I just finished reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. If you haven’t heard of it… It’s a memoir of a guy who had an extremely weird childhood. It is equally disturbing and hilarious and I highly recommend it.
So, what books have you read recently?
Wandering by Herman Hesse. Interesting stuff there. The whole Don Juan stuff by Carlos Castaneda too.
Last week I read Corn Dolls and Steel Witches by Patrick Lennon. Just started Grave Doubts by Elizabeth Corely. Acouple of weeks ago I read Let the right one in. That’s the best book I’ve read for a while. I’m halfway through a biography of Alesteir Crowley. I normally have 2 on the go at the same time, 1 bio or fact and 1 fiction. 200+ T.V stations and I read all the time! At least 2 books a week. A couple of friends have got themselves a Kindle, but I don’t know if reading from that would be for me. I could go on al day about books and authors and ya’ll would roll your eyes and wish death on the OP for starting it!
Besides, there’s a mouse in the corner that needs rescuing from the cats.
Angels and Demons.
I’m reading a “chick book” now LOL. It’s called “13 Reasons Why”. My wife was reading it and I got interested in the concept. A girl kills herself, but before her death, she mails out 7 audio tapes with 13 sides of recordings. She details why she did it based on 13 people. She sends the tapes to the first one with instructions to forward it to the next person. If they don’t keep sending the tapes, she has another set to be released publicly. Good, light reading.
Besides, there’s a mouse in the corner that needs rescuing from the cats.
How is that Crowley book? I may have to pick that up
It’s good. Very detailed. Lots more in it than others I’ve read. ‘A Magick Life’ by Martin Booth. It’s a bigger picture of the man than I’ve read before.
In the middle of reading Stephen King Cell for like the 4th time. I’ll read pretty much anything written by Stephen King I love IT, Cujo, Firestarter, The Shining, Misery etc etc! IMO the books are always better than the films.
I also like a good murder mystery especially Harlan Coben.
I’ve only read two King books – Needful Things and Desperation – and they were great 🙂
And Kellermann.
My new favourite is Mike Carey. The Felix Castor books.
Well I tend to have around 6 books on the go at any one time as prefer reading to tv but currently just polished off:
Survivor Chuck Palahniuk (guy who wrote fight club) about a guy who is on a plane that he has hijacked and let everybody off so he can crash and kill himself. He was a lone survivor from a suicide cult that were ‘programmed’ to do themselves in when they heard that the cult had topped themselves.
No denying it is a dark book but oddly had a lot of chuckles – well worth reading.
For academic purposes I am working my way through Marquis De Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom. It is perhaps the most disgusting and sexually perverse book I have ever read and why they chose it for my literary class I am still trying to get to the bottom of..
Oh I finished (again) 1984 by George Orwell and I am comparing it to the vision in the book version of Battle Royale – both excellent reads.
Overall I love warhammer sci-fi horror and have read all of King’s work mostly I like but Geralds Game and the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon frankly sucked balls.
Take Care
Matthew
Think i might check that out. I love Fight Club (the film) and still need to read the book.
i hardly ever read books 😮
think the last one i read was kat von d’s 😮
Survivor is my favorite Palahniuk book. It’s been a while since I’ve read anything by him, though. He’s just too damn dark and twisted!
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