~Take a look, It's in a BOOK, Back She Goes~

by **Grotewold** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 13:05:19

Woodward's Trump book was really good and, surprisingly, lent credence to Fire and Fury

by **phatj** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 21:37:43

Houshphandzadeh wrote:the idea that classics or canon literature are generally boring or painful to read is preposterous. you probably don't like Moby Dick because you don't like fiction

I pretty much exclusively read fiction (books, that is), and have found many so-called classics not enjoyable. Moby Dick is one example; never could finish it. Others that leap to mind are A Tale of Two Cities and Les Miserables. Also The Catcher in the Rye, though that wasn't boring so much as just generally annoying as the protagonist is so unlikable.

On the other hand I've read many others that I've enjoyed tremendously. Robinson Crusoe, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, Huckleberry Finn (really anything by Twain), Animal Farm, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest off the top of my head.

by **Monkeyboy** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:28:05

So I co-wrote a book chapter about citizen science at my previous school. I kinda forgot about it, but I just found out today it was published. As a whole, the book was mostly written by some profs and a few museum directors. My part was about citizen science in education. Groovy.

by **momadance** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:10:57

phatj wrote:Also The Catcher in the Rye, though that wasn't boring so much as just generally annoying as the protagonist is so unlikable.

Holden Caulfield was an insufferable twat. Also going to assume JD was as well.

by **Bucky** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 13:23:17

phatj wrote:
Houshphandzadeh wrote:the idea that classics or canon literature are generally boring or painful to read is preposterous. you probably don't like Moby Dick because you don't like fiction

I pretty much exclusively read fiction (books, that is), and have found many so-called classics not enjoyable. Moby Dick is one example; never could finish it. Others that leap to mind are A Tale of Two Cities and Les Miserables. Also The Catcher in the Rye, though that wasn't boring so much as just generally annoying as the protagonist is so unlikable.

On the other hand I've read many others that I've enjoyed tremendously. Robinson Crusoe, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, Huckleberry Finn (really anything by Twain), Animal Farm, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest off the top of my head.

so what you're saying is you like some books and don't like others?

by **phatj** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 21:48:24

Maybe...

I guess my point was that my enjoyment rate when reading classics is lower than my normal fare. The ones I've liked however have been better on average.

by **Bill McNeal** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 22:12:52

Kind of randomly started reading The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi and I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

by **Grotewold** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 15:16:16

Bad Blood gets to be a bit much on the engineering and science, imo, but incredible story

by **JUburton** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 15:25:13

Grotewold wrote:Bad Blood gets to be a bit much on the engineering and science, imo, but incredible story

I'm of a science background and I work in the field so I thought it was pretty incredible start to finish. A worthwhile read for anyone.

by **JUburton** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 15:27:32

Read Itzkoff's Robin Williams biography. Pretty good.

by **Grotewold** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 15:31:56

JUburton wrote:
Grotewold wrote:Bad Blood gets to be a bit much on the engineering and science, imo, but incredible story
I'm of a science background and I work in the field so I thought it was pretty incredible start to finish. A worthwhile read for anyone.

Just saw your earlier comment about her voice. even though the author mentioned it several times, it still blew me away when I heard it for the first time today. I hope we get a clearer picture at some point of how much of this was concerted fraud from the outset vs. some combination of sincere overconfidence and privilege

by **Bucky** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 17:46:29

I ran into Harlan Coben today

He said nothing.

by **swishnicholson** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 23:43:25

I've read a lot about Otessa Moshfegh and a few of her stories, but none of her novels. Finally reading My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and I'm not sure how I didn't realize before that she's very funny.

by **Bucky** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 22:02:33

Harlan Coben is a really fine writer, one of the best, but this is like four of his books in a row now that I've read that start off with the same basic premise.

by **thephan** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 22:23:08

I enjoyed Artemis by andy weir. You can get a used copy for like $2

by **Napalm** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 09:45:27

hey pals, recommend me a really fun book! Most of my personal library is self-interest stuff, so a neato adventure is what I'm looking for.

by **CalvinBall** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 09:46:04

looking for fiction or non fiction?

by **Napalm** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 09:49:20

Fiction! Like maybe an explorers quest, in the vein of Adventures of Tin-Tin because that's what fun sounds like to me. Open to any all adventures though

by **The Dude** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 09:51:57

how about Hitchhiker's Guide

by **The Dude** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 09:54:06

just got a new kindle e-reader for my wife $35. We had an old one with a cracked screen laying around. Amazon gave me $5 for that plus 25% off a new kindle

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