Currently Reading? (contd......)
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Quote: curly_cow, Jan 2013
Curly, have you tried any Alice Hoffman books? I think you'd like them
Recently finished:
Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas
The Magician's Elephant - Kate DiCamillo
Currently reading:
Comet in Moominland - Tove Jansson
Book of the Week in the Nursery:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Curly, have you tried any Alice Hoffman books? I think you'd like them
Wife of Amy, Sex Goddess
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I've forced myself to get about 50 pages into this, and so far the title is incredibly accurate.
This book isn't an autobiography, it's just a day-by-day diary of the life of Kevin Smith and this is basically how every day goes:
Woke up by the dogs, had breakfast, took my daughter to school, went to a meeting, had lunch, f*cked my wife, read some emails, picked my daughter up, had dinner, signed some merchandise, read some more emails and the message board, watched some TiVo and fell asleep.
Yay, I can read again! 
Read another collection of Annie Proulx stories, Fine Just the Way It Is. Pretty good but far short of her best work, although was worth sticking with till the end for Tits-up In A Ditch. Am now on with You Shall Know Our Velocity by the wonderful Dave Eggers. I say this every time I mention him but he's a f*cking magician with words and he's an incredibly worthy human being as well. Check him out.
Read another collection of Annie Proulx stories, Fine Just the Way It Is. Pretty good but far short of her best work, although was worth sticking with till the end for Tits-up In A Ditch. Am now on with You Shall Know Our Velocity by the wonderful Dave Eggers. I say this every time I mention him but he's a f*cking magician with words and he's an incredibly worthy human being as well. Check him out.
Quote: Roxannie, May 2013
Do yourself a favour, and never read Kevin Smith again.
Doc, Eggers' best starting point would be what?
I've forced myself to get about 50 pages into this, and so far the title is incredibly accurate.
This book isn't an autobiography, it's just a day-by-day diary of the life of Kevin Smith and this is basically how every day goes:
Woke up by the dogs, had breakfast, took my daughter to school, went to a meeting, had lunch, f*cked my wife, read some emails, picked my daughter up, had dinner, signed some merchandise, read some more emails and the message board, watched some TiVo and fell asleep.
Do yourself a favour, and never read Kevin Smith again.
Doc, Eggers' best starting point would be what?
Quote: Jam Pot, Jun 2013
Similar. Trainspotting (the movie) was one of the cultural touchstones of my youth (i was 15 when it came out) and had a massive impact on me. That said, I've never been a hugh fan either. I've always thought of him as a good writer rather than a great one, and for every great thing he did (The Granton Star Cause, for example) there'd be summat like Filth that I didn't like at all.
Skagboys is a really, really good book though. Howling funny, desperately sad, witty as f*ck and stomach-churningly gross, amongst other things. Maybe it's from OD'ing on the film over the years, but the characters are so real in my head that it's unbelievable. There's some really good social commentary in here as well, in the Notes On An Epidemic section. The ending is really good too.
So, came with a sense of trepidation and came out smiling. Haven't enjoyed a book (especially by a non-American writer, seeing as though that's mostly what I read these days) so much in ages.
(There was a lot of other stuff I wanted to say in this post but I have to put Luka to bed now so I haven;t articualted any of it properly
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Quote: the doc, Jun 2013I'm reading Skagboys. Will talk about it at length when I've read it all, but it's been quietly compulsive so far.
Never been the world's biggest Welsh fan. I think he was overrated cos he talked about Iggy Pop and stuff at a time when Blur were fashionable. Burroughs' is always my silly turn to for heroin fun, really.
Similar. Trainspotting (the movie) was one of the cultural touchstones of my youth (i was 15 when it came out) and had a massive impact on me. That said, I've never been a hugh fan either. I've always thought of him as a good writer rather than a great one, and for every great thing he did (The Granton Star Cause, for example) there'd be summat like Filth that I didn't like at all.
Skagboys is a really, really good book though. Howling funny, desperately sad, witty as f*ck and stomach-churningly gross, amongst other things. Maybe it's from OD'ing on the film over the years, but the characters are so real in my head that it's unbelievable. There's some really good social commentary in here as well, in the Notes On An Epidemic section. The ending is really good too.
So, came with a sense of trepidation and came out smiling. Haven't enjoyed a book (especially by a non-American writer, seeing as though that's mostly what I read these days) so much in ages.
(There was a lot of other stuff I wanted to say in this post but I have to put Luka to bed now so I haven;t articualted any of it properly
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