The Book thread...

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:46 pm

I know the feeling. My legs froze as we walked through the rooms with make shift cells.

Very powerful experience.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:10 am

patricia cornfuckingwell has had her day. just pitched book of the dead half way through. boring and lame

lionel shriver's post birthday world is win
also read true crime one about peter falconio story. very interesting. dunno how they could convict that murdoch dude on the basis of the poor evidence they had.

joanne lees is hmmm...

whole situation is hmmmm....

too many indiscrepancies in story

Post by **Friday** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:25 pm

just read 'the road' by cormac mccarthy. awesome read. very bleak, but absolutely enthralling. would definitely recommend it.

also 'after dark' by haruki murakami was good. read it in just a few days.

also just read and loved 'born on a blue day' by daniel tammet. he's high-funtioning autistic and also a savant (like rainman) and also an epileptic. genius with words and numbers. can learn a new language in a week, and holds the world record for reciting Pi to 22,500 places from memory

fascinating book.

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:31 pm

Friday wrote:just read 'the road' by cormac mccarthy. awesome read. very bleak, but absolutely enthralling. would definitely recommend it.

also 'after dark' by haruki murakami was good. read it in just a few days.

also just read and loved 'born on a blue day' by daniel tammet. he's high-funtioning autistic and also a savant (like rainman) and also an epileptic. genius with words and numbers. can learn a new language in a week, and holds the world record for reciting Pi to 22,500 places from memory fascinating book.

Hey Lucie

Yeah After Dark was my last book. Ended way too quickly.

I'm currently reading 'Under The Skin' by Michel Faber. It's awesome, but pretty intense.. i'm now too scared to read it before bed time

Post by **Friday** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:44 pm

ooh - just the name and cover is making me scared!

might give it a go soon.

currently reading 'a long way down' by nick thornby. only a couple of chapters in but seems pretty good so far.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:09 pm

ahhh born on a blue day is great

did you see 60 mins about autistic savants a while back?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:10 pm

Friday wrote:just read 'the road' by cormac mccarthy. awesome read. very bleak, but absolutely enthralling. would definitely recommend it.

i really liked that book, epseically for after-the-end-of-the-world from a different view point than usuall...

now reading hells angels by hunter S.

Post by **Friday** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:55 pm

gnat wrote:ahhh born on a blue day is great

did you see 60 mins about autistic savants a while back?

No I didn't. Bummer. Since reading it I've downloaded the BBC doco that they made about him though. Really interesting. Can burn for you if you want...

ghetto kitty wrote:
Friday wrote:just read 'the road' by cormac mccarthy. awesome read. very bleak, but absolutely enthralling. would definitely recommend it.
i really liked that book, epseically for after-the-end-of-the-world from a different view point than usuall...

it was great wasn't it. i found it really moving...

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:10 pm

best book i've read in ages. for anyone who's ever been in a relationship that's become 'comfortably mundane' and wondered about what life would have been like with someone else

the ultimate story of the grass being greener on the other side

a lesson in life and humility

so well written- highly recommend

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:39 pm

Stared reading the Lemmy Kilmeister auto-B "White Line Fever". It's hard to put down so far. Good conversational styled narrative. Hope he does more than just take drugs and objectify women.............

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:31 pm

Blaxter wrote:Hope he does more than just take drugs and objectify women.............

what else could anyone do that's better than that?

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:56 pm

gnat wrote:patricia cornfuckingwell has had her day. just pitched book of the dead half way through. boring and lame

lionel shriver's post birthday world is win
also read true crime one about peter falconio story. very interesting. dunno how they could convict that murdoch dude on the basis of the poor evidence they had.

joanne lees is hmmm...

whole situation is hmmmm....

too many indiscrepancies in story

I thought she was hhhmmm at the time...something there is not right...
Did they ever find his body? She just...yeah not right....

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:45 am

no, body never found

interesting case

and while murdoch was defo an odd character, a drug runner and a bit of a loose cannon i can't see HOW they can have him behind bars for murder

fuck all evidence

SUS alright

excellent debate for anti capital punishment

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:50 am

deviant wrote:
Blaxter wrote:Hope he does more than just take drugs and objectify women.............
what else could anyone do that's better than that?

They could play some fucken breaks?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:20 pm

Blaxter wrote:
deviant wrote:
Blaxter wrote:Hope he does more than just take drugs and objectify women.............
what else could anyone do that's better than that?
They could play some fucken breaks?

you got a lol from kitty blaxter.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:43 pm

ebooks are for gheys.
reading off a screen makes me squinty.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:54 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:
Blaxter wrote:
deviant wrote: what else could anyone do that's better than that?
They could play some fucken breaks?
you got a lol from kitty blaxter.

thanks kitty.

Update: He plays lots of gigs and then takes frugs and objectifies women...

Post by **system** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:30 pm

will self's latest, "the butt", left me a bit cold. two duds in a row has harshed the buzz.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:37 pm

system wrote:will self's latest, "the butt", left me a bit cold. two duds in a row has harshed the buzz.

Will Self is the most overated, self indulgent and pretentious author ever. He should stick to doing smack.

Post by **system** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:49 pm

Hardy wrote:
system wrote:will self's latest, "the butt", left me a bit cold. two duds in a row has harshed the buzz.
Will Self is the most overated, self indulgent and pretentious author ever. He should stick to doing smack.

he had tings gwarn for a while, but yeah, you called it.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:04 pm

system wrote:
Hardy wrote:
system wrote:will self's latest, "the butt", left me a bit cold. two duds in a row has harshed the buzz.
Will Self is the most overated, self indulgent and pretentious author ever. He should stick to doing smack.
he had tings gwarn for a while, but yeah, you called it.

His really early stuff is pretty good, but he fell off pretty quickly imo.

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:12 pm

La Dame d'Esprit: A Biography of Marquise Du Chatelet by Judith Zinsser.

http://www.amazon.com/Dame-dEsprit-Biog ... B000R344QG

am stoked a bunch of books about this rad lady are coming out at the moment. History kind of forgot her.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:00 pm

remember james freud from the models?

bio about his alcoholic wastoid existence after the sun went down on 80's pop/rock

a solid read

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:55 pm

currently reading 'The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters' by William Dalrymple.
such a fucking awesome read. flagging pages for places to visit. evocative, inspiring and fascinating.

9.5/10

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:06 pm

kafta on the shore

excellent novel. loved it

Phyltr · Post by **Phyltr** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:52 pm

O.K. I know it's not a book, but this was one of the most compelling articles I've read in a long time.

It's got many of the elements of a big budget super flick, but you might actually find yourself feeling some emotion for the characters involved.

Amazing stuff - Dave Shaw - Bushman's Hole of death

Post by **system** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:24 pm

FoundationStepper wrote:kafta on the shore

excellent novel. loved it

kaftans need more pauly shore.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:29 pm

oops

kafka

Post by **Friday** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:40 pm

my mum just gave me david sedaris' new book 'when you are engulfed in flames' for my birthday. didn't even know he had a new one out and he's one of my favourite authors. yay. also just got just got lionel shriver's 'a perfectly good family', and woody allen's 'mere anarchy'. great holiday reading coming up!

enjoyed nick hornby's 'long way down'. funny book. also read cormac mccarthy's 'sunset limited'. written as a play script. just two people having a conversation about life - completely enthralling...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:16 pm

Finally... reading The Godfather now... goodtimes.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:18 am

motley crue bio- 'the dirt'. think liz told me about it once

got given it on weekers

will read post this jodi picoult 19 mins thing i'm currently into. was sus about her but i now retract that. she writes very thought provoking books. i'm liking it

also my new fave author lionel shriver, who wrote we need to talk about kevin and the post birthday world has a freshie out: a perfectly good family. must order

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:43 pm

buying marching powder for my bro for his b'day.
slight self-interest i must admit.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:46 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:buying marching powder for my bro for his b'day.
slight self-interest i must admit.

Good read that !!

:snort:

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:43 pm

ADD_Boy wrote:
witty_pseudonym wrote:buying marching powder for my bro for his b'day.
slight self-interest i must admit.
Good read that !!

:snort:

I am reading it now.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:05 pm

he'd already read if. fuckma.

i'll keep it. started reading it yesterday.

:gripping:

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:12 pm

gnat wrote:motley crue bio- 'the dirt'. think liz told me about it once

Some OUTRAGEOUS stories in there gnat.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:16 pm

Direktor wrote:
gnat wrote:motley crue bio- 'the dirt'. think liz told me about it once
Some OUTRAGEOUS stories in there gnat.

holyfuckingchrist- i'm 3/4 thru

the behaviour of those guys is FILTH. sooo wrong in so many ways. esp nikki sixx and vince! omg

there's bad boy and then there's drug fucked dero

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:35 pm

so i bought 'the time we have taken' by Stephen Carrol as he won the miles franklin award and
it was about suburban melbourne and i love extraordinary words about ordinary places.

and i usually devour books in the week i buy them but this one has been a LONG slog.

I gave up when one of the characters (called pussy cat so i liked her)
commited suicide and I DID NOT CARE.

meh to this book.
wtf to miles franklin award?

moving on now....and did not even finish.

Post by **huge** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:05 pm

quiet roar in the age today

nice pic!

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:56 am

huge wrote:quiet roar in the age today

nice pic!

cover whore

Brain · Post by **Brain** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:35 pm

^^^^^His eyes in the magazine keep following me around the room!

Just finished reading Kill Your Friends by John Niven purchased from the amazing Brunswick Bound. The most totally wrong and totally funny book I have ever read!

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:02 pm

done alot of reading this month

revisited 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke. Very good read. Did not realise it was released at the same time as the film. Film is alot better with the book as a companion.

Read My Sisters keeper by Jodie Picoult. I liked how she can change up the writing style for each character. Was a bit pissed of for first 3/4 of the book, thought all the characters were self centred twats making things way more difficult than they needed to be, and felt that reflected on the author so was kinda thinking wtf is wrong with this woman, eventually it all spun on it's head though and there was no right or wrong. Bit nasty how she sets up an emotional trap for the reader and fucks them over though lol, albeit kinda clever. Just started her other one '19 minuets' which is a little bit less 'young Mum sitting in starbucks 10 minuets before bookclub' if you know what I mean.

Read to kill a mocking bird since I realised I was the only person the the planet that had not read it. Wasn't bad, would have been more moving at the time of writing, also some of the dialogue with young kids was a bit forced.

The Curious insciedent of the dog in the night time. I bought this by accident it was another book by mistake (still can't find the original book! If anyone knows of a book set in tasmania, loosley centered around a dog that has run away, with a confusing timeline and writing style please let me know!). Anyway it's writen froim the perspective of a young boy with Autism and it's kinda interesting from that point. Would make a good school book instead of the fucking crap they got us to read.

Anyone read the sequels of 2001? recomend them? thinking of buying. Or any other Sci-Fi'sh books that are well and truley out there and head-fucky please recomend to me

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:22 pm

flippo wrote:Read to kill a mocking bird since I realised I was the only person the the planet that had not read it. Wasn't bad, would have been more moving at the time of writing, also some of the dialogue with young kids was a bit forced.

I really liked the book, and the movie.

Finally, got another good book on the go... "Marching Powder" by Rusty Young.

'A true story of friendship, cocaine and South America's strangest jail'

SOLD!

Post by **huge** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:36 pm

im reading this

pretty full on hah

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:58 pm

yeh i got that from the library a while back huge

seriously fucked up but very interesting all the same

writing from his viewpoint v disturbing

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:20 pm

Direktor wrote:
flippo wrote:Read to kill a mocking bird since I realised I was the only person the the planet that had not read it. Wasn't bad, would have been more moving at the time of writing, also some of the dialogue with young kids was a bit forced.
I really liked the book, and the movie.

Finally, got another good book on the go... "Marching Powder" by Rusty Young.

'A true story of friendship, cocaine and South America's strangest jail'

SOLD!

They are making this into a movie with Don Cheadle playing Thomas McFadden.
Set to release in 2010

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:24 pm

has anyone read "The Ice Man"

story of Richard Kuklinski - Mob hit man in the US

Good read, pretty damn full on and eye opening.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:35 pm

My mate read that, told me to check it out as he really liked it.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:38 pm

Tis a good read

he is full on.

Two sides to his life. Family side & Mob side. His family had no idea what he did for a job.

he'd tie people up, leave them in caves, cut them up a bit and then leave them for the rats - still alive mind you.

he filmed it too to see what happened cause it took a few days for the rats to complete the task

The rats ate it all - nothing left, not even any bones.

full on.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:44 pm

Stray wrote:
Direktor wrote:
flippo wrote:Read to kill a mocking bird since I realised I was the only person the the planet that had not read it. Wasn't bad, would have been more moving at the time of writing, also some of the dialogue with young kids was a bit forced.
I really liked the book, and the movie.

Finally, got another good book on the go... "Marching Powder" by Rusty Young.

'A true story of friendship, cocaine and South America's strangest jail'

SOLD!
They are making this into a movie with Don Cheadle playing Thomas McFadden.
Set to release in 2010

Cool. Thanks for the info.

Still waiting to see Shantaram (my fave book ever) made into a movie. The rights were sold a few years back, with Johnny Depp rumoured to be taking the lead - but it's been 'all quite on the Western front' since.

Feigan - sounds an interesting read hombre.

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