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Post by stephen on Apr 27, 2019 14:31:04 GMT
I had no idea Ken Follett had written a third entry in his Kingsbridge series. The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End are among my favorite historical novels, so last night I started reading Column of Fire.
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Post by jimmalone on Apr 27, 2019 20:39:30 GMT
I had no idea Ken Follett had written a third entry in his Kingsbridge series. The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End are among my favorite historical novels, so last night I started reading Column of Fire. Tell me later on what you think of it please. Pillars of Earth is indeed great and World without End still very good. But the third book of his century trilogy was so bad (after the second one was already weak) and there were one or two other ones I strongly disliked that I didn't touch Column of Fire so far.
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Post by stephen on Apr 27, 2019 21:21:00 GMT
I had no idea Ken Follett had written a third entry in his Kingsbridge series. The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End are among my favorite historical novels, so last night I started reading Column of Fire. Tell me later on what you think of it please. Pillars of Earth is indeed great and World without End still very good. But the third book of his century trilogy was so bad (after the second one was already weak) and there were one or two other ones I strongly disliked that I didn't touch Column of Fire so far. Awww, I hadn't gotten to reading the second and third books of the Century trilogy. I really dug the first one, but I think it was still a bit messy.
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Post by jimmalone on Apr 27, 2019 21:42:23 GMT
Tell me later on what you think of it please. Pillars of Earth is indeed great and World without End still very good. But the third book of his century trilogy was so bad (after the second one was already weak) and there were one or two other ones I strongly disliked that I didn't touch Column of Fire so far. Awww, I hadn't gotten to reading the second and third books of the Century trilogy. I really dug the first one, but I think it was still a bit messy. The first one was very good. Not as good as two first Kingsbridge books, but he still created a very interesting and complex background story around WWI and had much political insight. But he only repeated the same kind of patterns in the follow ups (especially the third, while the second had some good moments and segments) with partially such melodramatic, pseudo-romantic scenes and stories, while on top being rather thin in the historic context in the last one. He writes in a way that he just knows what many people would like to read, just to sell his books. It doesn't help that he isn't very good stylistically for the most part. So with Follett his books very much depend on the stories. All just my opininon of course. The two other Century books are well enough liked by many people.
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 29, 2019 11:04:30 GMT
Strange Weather, by Joe Hill.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Apr 30, 2019 12:22:17 GMT
I finished Pop. 1280 yesterday and it was top drawer stuff. One of my favourite books I've read is my immediate reaction. I'm not 100% how I feel about the very ending and you have to suspend your disbelief at the utter stupidity of a lot of people in order to thoroughly enjoy this, so I did and I did. Wonderful read.
I am now on to 11/22/63 (or 22/11/63 as I shall be calling it). I have decided to work my way through the 50ish% King books that I haven't read, as he is the only author I have any sort of relationship with. I've high hopes for this one.
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 30, 2019 12:51:35 GMT
I finished Pop. 1280 yesterday and it was top drawer stuff. One of my favourite books I've read is my immediate reaction. I'm not 100% how I feel about the very ending and you have to suspend your disbelief at the utter stupidity of a lot of people in order to thoroughly enjoy this, so I did and I did. Wonderful read. I am now on to 11/22/63 (or 22/11/63 as I shall be calling it). I have decided to work my way through the 50ish% King books that I haven't read, as he is the only author I have any sort of relationship with. I've high hopes for this one. Fantastic book!!!
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Post by evilbliss on Apr 30, 2019 12:55:56 GMT
I finished Pop. 1280 yesterday and it was top drawer stuff. One of my favourite books I've read is my immediate reaction. I'm not 100% how I feel about the very ending and you have to suspend your disbelief at the utter stupidity of a lot of people in order to thoroughly enjoy this, so I did and I did. Wonderful read. I am now on to 11/22/63 (or 22/11/63 as I shall be calling it). I have decided to work my way through the 50ish% King books that I haven't read, as he is the only author I have any sort of relationship with. I've high hopes for this one. Fantastic book!!! Is it Oscar buzzy?
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Post by stephen on Apr 30, 2019 12:59:15 GMT
I finished Pop. 1280 yesterday and it was top drawer stuff. One of my favourite books I've read is my immediate reaction. I'm not 100% how I feel about the very ending and you have to suspend your disbelief at the utter stupidity of a lot of people in order to thoroughly enjoy this, so I did and I did. Wonderful read. I am now on to 11/22/63 (or 22/11/63 as I shall be calling it). I have decided to work my way through the 50ish% King books that I haven't read, as he is the only author I have any sort of relationship with. I've high hopes for this one. 11/22/63 is Top 5 King and the best thing he ever did since his accident (with The Wind Through the Keyhole a close second). It earns its length. Also would highly recommend the brilliant Hulu adaptation, which I think manages to actually improve upon the source material and Franco gives the performance of his life in it.
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 30, 2019 13:01:05 GMT
Fantastic book!!! Is it Oscar buzzy? I'm talking about 11/22/63. Sorry I didn't clear it up.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Apr 30, 2019 13:05:18 GMT
Fantastic book!!! Is it Oscar buzzy? If you're asking about Pop. 1280, then it has 3 roles that could definitely lead to Oscar nominations, perhaps even 4. It would also be the type of film that could easily find itself with an adapted screenplay nomination, and it is somewhat acclaimed, a Best Picture one too.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Apr 30, 2019 13:07:41 GMT
I finished Pop. 1280 yesterday and it was top drawer stuff. One of my favourite books I've read is my immediate reaction. I'm not 100% how I feel about the very ending and you have to suspend your disbelief at the utter stupidity of a lot of people in order to thoroughly enjoy this, so I did and I did. Wonderful read. I am now on to 11/22/63 (or 22/11/63 as I shall be calling it). I have decided to work my way through the 50ish% King books that I haven't read, as he is the only author I have any sort of relationship with. I've high hopes for this one. 11/22/63 is Top 5 King and the best thing he ever did since his accident (with The Wind Through the Keyhole a close second). It earns its length. Also would highly recommend the brilliant Hulu adaptation, which I think manages to actually improve upon the source material and Franco gives the performance of his life in it.
I will definitely we checking out the show afterward. I know you're not a big Franco fan overall, but I definitely am and I've held off of checking out the show, as I always intended to read the book first. So it's good to hear some praise for his performance from you.
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 30, 2019 13:11:36 GMT
11/22/63 is Top 5 King and the best thing he ever did since his accident (with The Wind Through the Keyhole a close second). It earns its length. Also would highly recommend the brilliant Hulu adaptation, which I think manages to actually improve upon the source material and Franco gives the performance of his life in it.
I will definitely we checking out the show afterward. I know you're not a big Franco fan overall, but I definitely am and I've held off of checking out the show, as I always intended to read the book first. So it's good to hear some praise for his performance from you. I'm not a Franco fan too, but his perf was quite good. And the series were solid. I'd recommend it to every fan of the book (which, I repeat, is fantastic).
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Post by stephen on Apr 30, 2019 13:11:37 GMT
11/22/63 is Top 5 King and the best thing he ever did since his accident (with The Wind Through the Keyhole a close second). It earns its length. Also would highly recommend the brilliant Hulu adaptation, which I think manages to actually improve upon the source material and Franco gives the performance of his life in it.
I will definitely we checking out the show afterward. I know you're not a big Franco fan overall, but I definitely am and I've held off of checking out the show, as I always intended to read the book first. So it's good to hear some praise for his performance from you. You're right about that. I can't stand Franco normally and hated it when I heard he'd been cast, but dammit all, I know when to give praise when it's due, and he kills it. But George Mackay is the real scene-stealer. That kid's going places and I think you're gonna be hearing his name a lot in the very near future.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Apr 30, 2019 13:17:21 GMT
I will definitely we checking out the show afterward. I know you're not a big Franco fan overall, but I definitely am and I've held off of checking out the show, as I always intended to read the book first. So it's good to hear some praise for his performance from you. You're right about that. I can't stand Franco normally and hated it when I heard he'd been cast, but dammit all, I know when to give praise when it's due, and he kills it. But George Mackay is the real scene-stealer. That kid's going places and I think you're gonna be hearing his name a lot in the very near future.My 2016 Supporting Actor winner.
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Post by DeepArcher on May 4, 2019 21:35:43 GMT
Finished Portony's Complaint. Reminded me a fair amount of Lolita, though I didn't like it as much as that. Roth is always a pleasure, though this one especially indulges in some of his worst tendencies of being repetitive and even outright exhausting. Still, it's incredibly funny throughout and rarely uninteresting, to say the least. Obviously gave a very radical voice to a lot of the frustrations of its time and that boldness really comes across in the reading.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2019 3:58:18 GMT
The Virgin Suicides
The Daring Game
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Post by pacinoyes on May 23, 2019 10:18:58 GMT
The Good Liar - Nicholas Searle
Quite good so far, sort of a slower but still engrossing Ruth Rendell - not nearly as light or comic as I thought it might be. The McKellen/Mirren film which I'm anticipating is coming this year and this would actually have been good for Chabrol or Hitchcock.
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Post by hugobolso on May 24, 2019 15:03:42 GMT
12 Rules for live. Jordan B. Peterson
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Post by jimmalone on May 27, 2019 7:44:16 GMT
Began with A la recherche du temps perdu. Proust's style is extraordinary. He doesn't have much of a story to tell, which is usually one of my main complaints. But his writing is so beautiful I don't mind it much this time.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 19:17:23 GMT
Tender, evocative - more a fever dream than a memoir. Translated with delicate beauty from the original French by Molly Ringwald. Allenism - I think you would love this.
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 1, 2019 2:18:29 GMT
Help I Am Being Held Prisoner - Westlake Thx to pacinoyes and Viced for the Westlake mentions - I gotta check out more of his stuff. I was surprised to find this one at the book store, Viced recommended it to me just a few days ago bc we were talking about umlauts (that's all we PM about btw - umlauts). I enjoyed this a helluva lot. Harry Künt is a great protagonist, humble, relatable, with a quiet punk-prank side to him. Many laugh out loud moments - the toothless parolee ("How will he live? How will he chew?") - Künt's practical jokes and his general demeanor of stressed compliance ("I pretended to be guilty in order to remember how to pretend to be innocent" is a favorite line) - ordering food during the heist - the whole middle part with Eddie and Künt at the Army base. There are a lot of observant moments, colorful detail.... The ending could've been better - it's just too cozy, I'd prefer a darker punchline. And, well, sure its view of prison life is totally unrealistic and wildly pleasant but this isn't ever pretending to take its matter seriously anyway. Last note - Coens shoulda adapted this in '95 with Depp.
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 8, 2019 13:39:47 GMT
Re-reading P. K. Dick's Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep, aka Blade Runner.
And then I'll probably rewatch the movie.
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Post by stephen on Jun 8, 2019 14:59:51 GMT
Just finished Devil's Call, which can best be described as The Revenant with witches. It's actually a really boss book that would make a terrific Lynne Ramsay movie.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 9, 2019 15:36:53 GMT
Hijinx and Hearsay - A pretty cool book with great photos. Worth a read and definitely worth looking at the photos if you go in a book store - great cover shot obviously. Stories on all the usual suspects and smaller niche scene bands too.
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