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Post by Grumpella on Mar 1, 2011 17:16:28 GMT -5
Blood Meridian is an exceptionally fantastic book. The story stays with me, the language - Cormac McCarthy's style - snuck into my head so completely it affected the way my thoughts ran through my head, and the character of Holden is both right out of a textbook on sociopaths and Homer's tales. I've read Blood Meridian twice and I don't think I'll need to read it again - it's imprinted in my subconsious now. I can't read two Cormac McCarthy novels in a row,either, they're too intense. Wow, cool find, Analuisa.
Lungsey's troll picture in the BJL thread reminded me that American Gods is another great read - I've made my pagan friends read it to see what they thought of the way the "ideas" of the gods were brought to America and changed once here.
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Post by frauleinkül on Mar 1, 2011 18:37:19 GMT -5
Hmmm Maybe I should give Cormac McCarthy a try... He's been lurking around my world for a while now, and - though you can't compare a novel and the adaption to film - "No country for old men - the movie" is in anyway saying anything about his writing, I'm definitely intrigued.
But where to start? Blood Meridian?
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Post by Montage on Mar 1, 2011 18:42:54 GMT -5
I read The Road. It was good. Couldn't put it down as there are no definite breaks, and ending up reading it in one afternoon.
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Post by Grumpella on Mar 1, 2011 18:51:33 GMT -5
No Country was actually an excellent adaption of the book, one of my friends who saw it noted that one of the things the film successfully did was to use the locations like a character, which is like the novel. Where to start with reading Cormac McCarthy depends on how "hardcore" you are, to my mind. No Country is probably one of his easier reads, as is All the Pretty Horses (which is my least favorite of his books that I've read). The Road, too, although it differs in setting from the other books of his I've read, which are all "westerns." Blood Meridian, in contrast, is very bleak and violent, also mesmerizing, and not for the faint of heart. Dive in head first and start with Blood Meridian is my suggestion - it was actually suggested to me by a friend when she found out how much I loved the film The Proposition. Hopefully another Cormac McCarthy fan posts, I'd love to see other opinions of his work.
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Post by frauleinkül on Mar 1, 2011 19:16:04 GMT -5
Thanks! I guess I consider myself a fairly "hardcore" reader - not too squeamish, and not shying away from a tough read. (at my last exam one of the professor actually pointed out that I seemed to prefer "unhealthy" literature - I really don't know how he got that idea based on a conversation about Jack the Ripper and mutated teenage bodies in comics ;D )
Just found Blood Meridian to €5,5. I take it as a sign
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Post by barriers on Mar 1, 2011 19:38:40 GMT -5
I've only ever read The Road. I throughly enjoyed it (the movie not so much.) I really liked his awkward, punctuation deprived style of writing. The characters not having any names in The Road made it even neater. I think I'll dive into Blood Meridian in the not too distant future.
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Post by solitude on Mar 26, 2011 22:49:21 GMT -5
Must be spring because I have had enough heavy non-fiction.
Now I am stuck on Jodi Picoult. Finishing Keeping Faith and about to start Songs of the Humpback Whale.
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Post by gr0undzer0 on Mar 28, 2011 23:47:18 GMT -5
Life from Light by Michael Werner "is it possible to live without food?" I promised a co worker I would read it  |
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Post by grangerlang on Apr 2, 2011 19:36:08 GMT -5
Sounds interesting! I'm not a fan either, but I have heard some interviews with him back in the day, and he was very well spoken. I might have to check this out! |
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Post by dcdog on Apr 2, 2011 21:13:14 GMT -5
"killing yourself to live" - Chuck Klosterman, if you love rock-n-roll, which i know you do cause youre here....you will enjoy this one.
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Post by gr0undzer0 on May 8, 2011 6:21:58 GMT -5
American by choice - Craig Ferguson
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Post by solitude on May 8, 2011 12:01:23 GMT -5
I had to proctor SATs for hours, so I indulged by reading a collection of ee cummings' poems. I love to read him in Spring!
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Post by gr0undzer0 on May 9, 2011 19:46:19 GMT -5
Between the Bridge and the Water - Craig Ferguson
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Post by Montage on May 9, 2011 19:52:17 GMT -5
Just finished Notes From Underground by Dostoyevsky. Such an interesting read.
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Post by solitude on May 12, 2011 6:12:57 GMT -5
I promised a few people I would try Water for Elephants, but I can't seem to start it. Looks too romantic.  I heard the movie was a flop too. |
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Post by gr0undzer0 on May 20, 2011 3:01:44 GMT -5
Autobiography of a recovering Skinhead - Frank Meeink
WOW ! what a read this is! It touches me as I grew up in these kinds of stupid circles, but the music is the only thing that ever mattered to me.
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Post by Montage on May 22, 2011 2:52:20 GMT -5
Re-read 1984  |
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Post by Maidli on May 22, 2011 6:06:49 GMT -5
Re-read 1984 Nice |
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Post by frauleinkül on May 24, 2011 17:17:50 GMT -5
Just finished Notes From Underground by Dostoyevsky. Such an interesting read. I studied Russian for a while, and we had to read the first chapter or two of "The Idiot". I got through 1,5 page before literally collapsing over the arsenal of papers, grammar books and dictionaries scattered over my desk and floor. I've been traumatized ever since  Hopefully I'll get over it one day (it's gotten better  ), because I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy his works. Translated Still working my way through Blood Meridian. It's a tough but brilliant read |
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Post by Montage on May 24, 2011 18:03:50 GMT -5
I haven't read any of his other works yet as they're in a box thousands of miles away, but for Notes the first part is a tough read because it's as if it's rambled. I can't imagine attempting any of it in Russian though! It's hard enough in my native alphabet.
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Post by gr0undzer0 on May 24, 2011 23:41:36 GMT -5
Autobiography of a recovering Skinhead - Frank Meeink WOW ! what a read this is! It touches me as I grew up in these kinds of stupid circles, but the music is the only thing that ever mattered to me. Apparently this is the guy American History X was based on loosely, amazing read! |
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Post by Montage on Aug 2, 2011 16:13:50 GMT -5
Just recently read Great Gatsby for the first time ever (I managed to avoid it in highschool).
I probably would have hated it back then, but it truly is a wonderful novel.
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Post by chapeuzinho on Aug 3, 2011 0:25:32 GMT -5
Just recently read Great Gatsby for the first time ever (I managed to avoid it in highschool). I probably would have hated it back then, but it truly is a wonderful novel. I also missed it at school and bought a copy a couple of years ago. When I got to the counter to pay for it the person behind me said it was their favourite book, which prompted the cashier to say it was hers also. They then expounded at great length about it. To each other, with me squished in the middle of their literary snog fest. Completely put me off the book. Perhaps it's still on my shelf waiting... |
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Post by beyondthepale on Aug 3, 2011 0:34:02 GMT -5
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I heard the movie was a flop too.
), because I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy his works. Translated 