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Post by Mattsby on Sept 22, 2019 18:12:20 GMT
Power Plays - Three One-Act Plays by Elaine May and Alan Arkin
May wrote two, Arkin one, which they acted/directed off-Broadway in '98. Two are iffy, but the first, May's 'The Way of All Fish' is the best, about a rich businesswoman and her increasingly alarming secretary, very funny dialogue ("Swiss food is just butter looking for a reason"), some deeper touches too... “We all have our version of paradise. Yours is fame. And mine is to live. I’ll do anything to live. So I lose.”
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Post by LaraQ on Sept 22, 2019 19:49:44 GMT
The Wives by Lauren Weisberger.Trashy,entertaining escapism.
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Post by akittystang on Sept 28, 2019 6:46:13 GMT
Wait, is this available already? I have an ARC...so far, I'd keep my expectations low.
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Post by Zeb31 on Sept 28, 2019 16:51:37 GMT
Wait, is this available already? I have an ARC...so far, I'd keep my expectations low. Because it's bad, or because it doesn't focus on Elio and Oliver?
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Post by akittystang on Sept 28, 2019 20:13:18 GMT
I have an ARC...so far, I'd keep my expectations low. Because it's bad, or because it doesn't focus on Elio and Oliver? The focus might be part of it, but honestly, if the prose had been a little better, it would’ve made the focus not being on Elio and Oliver a little more tolerable. Honestly, so far, It reads like a first draft that’s been rushed to meet a deadline.
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 29, 2019 16:18:09 GMT
Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean
The plot is totally constructed and his style is definitely not great, which is of course even hurt more by the fact, that I'm reading the third part of A la recherche du temps perdu at the same time... Still it has some good moments similar as the movie, which followed the book quite closely if I remember correctly (it's a long time ago I saw it).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2019 5:36:23 GMT
Jumping into House of Leaves for October. Spooooky
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 12, 2019 13:59:32 GMT
Rereading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2nd time read.
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Post by DeepArcher on Oct 13, 2019 17:38:13 GMT
Just finished: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock. A hauntingly incredible & delectably original slice of Southern Gothic. Comparisons to guys like Faulkner and McCarthy are obvious, but Pollock taps into that same vein to staggering results while very much carving out a voice of his own. His prose especially is just outstanding, every sentence so perfectly worded without ever getting superfluous, always evoking such specific and realized imagery without ever getting verbose. The characters are so thoroughly realized and lifelike, and through the combination of their bizarre traits and the doom-and-gloom setting, Pollack twists into a page-turning story with weird new ideas around every corner and a melancholy look at the ways that one generation can curse the next. To me the final stretch felt a little too neat and tidy by basically resolving the plot by having Arvin kill everyone , but otherwise I have nothing bad to say about it. Enjoyed it immensely.
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Post by cherry68 on Oct 13, 2019 18:21:49 GMT
Emma, by Jane Austen.
I never read her books but I saw some movie transpositions. Frankly, I was expecting more.
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Oct 14, 2019 15:33:21 GMT
The Night of the Iguana, my fourth time with Tennessee Williams. Loving it so far. Great characters and set descriptions (one can almost feel the heat and humidity of Mexico's coast). It's also quite funny at times.
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Post by stephen on Oct 14, 2019 15:35:56 GMT
Just finished: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock. A hauntingly incredible & delectably original slice of Southern Gothic. Comparisons to guys like Faulkner and McCarthy are obvious, but Pollock taps into that same vein to staggering results while very much carving out a voice of his own. His prose especially is just outstanding, every sentence so perfectly worded without ever getting superfluous, always evoking such specific and realized imagery without ever getting verbose. The characters are so thoroughly realized and lifelike, and through the combination of their bizarre traits and the doom-and-gloom setting, Pollack twists into a page-turning story with weird new ideas around every corner and a melancholy look at the ways that one generation can curse the next. To me the final stretch felt a little too neat and tidy by basically resolving the plot by having Arvin kill everyone , but otherwise I have nothing bad to say about it. Enjoyed it immensely. Tell me you'll be trying The Heavenly Table next.
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Post by DeepArcher on Oct 14, 2019 15:54:58 GMT
Just finished: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock. A hauntingly incredible & delectably original slice of Southern Gothic. Comparisons to guys like Faulkner and McCarthy are obvious, but Pollock taps into that same vein to staggering results while very much carving out a voice of his own. His prose especially is just outstanding, every sentence so perfectly worded without ever getting superfluous, always evoking such specific and realized imagery without ever getting verbose. The characters are so thoroughly realized and lifelike, and through the combination of their bizarre traits and the doom-and-gloom setting, Pollack twists into a page-turning story with weird new ideas around every corner and a melancholy look at the ways that one generation can curse the next. To me the final stretch felt a little too neat and tidy by basically resolving the plot by having Arvin kill everyone , but otherwise I have nothing bad to say about it. Enjoyed it immensely. Tell me you'll be trying The Heavenly Table next. Uh, I definitely will be now!
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 14, 2019 22:35:24 GMT
The Catcher in the Rye
I'm not sure which will happen first: Me finishing this book or shooting myself. It's neck and neck right now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 22:50:38 GMT
The Catcher in the RyeI'm not sure which will happen first: Me finishing this book or shooting myself. It's neck and neck right now. Don't do it today. Happy B Day .
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 16, 2019 18:57:56 GMT
Finished Needful Things, which was interesting. It started off fantastic. It was fun, funny and full of life, a real easy read. Then about a third of the way in it just hit this wall and became a bit of a dull dirge, for probably the whole second third of the book. It recovered a fair bit after that, but never to the highs of the early stages. Middle of the road King thanks to that mid section.
So next in King Quest is his new one The Institute, which I've just started today.
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Post by TerryMontana on Oct 16, 2019 20:13:07 GMT
Finished Needful Things, which was interesting. It started off fantastic. It was fun, funny and full of life, a real easy read. Then about a third of the way in it just hit this wall and became a bit of a dull dirge, for probably the whole second third of the book. It recovered a fair bit after that, but never to the highs of the early stages. Middle of the road King thanks to that mid section. So next in King Quest is his new one The Institute, which I've just started today. Totally agree. Plus, the ending was kind of lame. Just like many of King's endings.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 18, 2019 21:29:19 GMT
Face It : A Memoir - Debbie HarryJust picked this up the other day - very engaging, easy to read - almost conversational, so far so good.......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 22:20:13 GMT
The Catcher in the RyeI'm not sure which will happen first: Me finishing this book or shooting myself. It's neck and neck right now. This book practically gets as much hate as Twilight these days and I'll never understand it. I think Holden actually being a realistic depiction of a confused, traumatized teenager turns a lot of people off for some reason.
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 19, 2019 8:30:58 GMT
The Catcher in the RyeI'm not sure which will happen first: Me finishing this book or shooting myself. It's neck and neck right now. This book practically gets as much hate as Twilight these days and I'll never understand it. I think Holden actually being a realistic depiction of a confused, traumatized teenager turns a lot of people off for some reason. Yeah, I'm also very surprised to see this. I think part of this may be an overreaction of people don't agreeing with it's classic status it has, and which in my opinion it doesn't deserve. But it is by no means a bad book.
I'm currently reading Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 19, 2019 18:13:04 GMT
just started Thinking in Pictures: The Making of the Movie Matewan by John Sayles - where he uses Matewan, which I like but I'm not a big fan, as the major example along with his previous experience too in breaking down every stage of filmmaking. It's pretty good and clearly written so far but obviously dated too. Published before he made his peaks City of Hope & Lone Star.
also going thru Ambrose Bierce's short stories that I've never read before like Oil of Dog and The Secret of Macarger's Gulch with a great last line - 'My dear,' said Mr. Morgan, with the mechanical intonation of an interpreter translating, 'the loss of Mr. Elderson's mule has peppered his coffee.'
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Post by TerryMontana on Oct 23, 2019 5:23:40 GMT
Iain Banks, Wasp Factory.
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 24, 2019 9:15:56 GMT
I'm currently reading Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf.
Great book. Indeed it's told and build-up like a compilation of a nordic saga, telling episodes of the life of a bunch of "good-for-nothings", who live together. In that regard it also borrows from picaresque novels. It's mainly about the living on the swedish country, about society issues and sometimes you feel indeed like you are in an Ingmar Bergman film - also, cause religion is deeply weaven into the pages. There are also, another point to classic sagas, some supernatural elements, like fairies and the possible involvment of the devil and one chapter points to death as a character as well. Lagerlöf also uses the language as in old sagas, therefore strengthen your impression of a mythology. I've only read this and Nils Holgersson from Lagerlöf so far, but I'd say she is rightfully considered as one of the greatest female writers.
Now: El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 27, 2019 12:09:01 GMT
Arno Geiger: Unter der Drachenwand
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