What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (13 Viewers)

[Scientician 0.8]

I just googled stephin merritt and the predictive yokey came up with "stephin merritt racist". Wuh?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I just googled stephin merritt and the predictive yokey came up with "stephin merritt racist". Wuh?

http://www.slate.com/id/2141421/

 

[washingcattle]

http://www.slate.com/id/2141421/

That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. That Hopper one comes across like a right goon. Is she the one that's written a book called girls guide to rocking ? If so J'Accuse!! If she doesn't write a boy and transgender guide to rocking then she is a sexist.

 

[jonah]

That Beyonce, she's only famous because of her outfit.

 

[washingcattle]

Don't refer to Destiny's Child as an outfit.

 

[jonah]

I love Destiny's Child, don't you imply otherwise.

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[washingcattle]

I imply nothing but my need to shake my rump.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

This was a bit disappointing, I had high hopes. Its not a bad book, quite entertaining, but nothing special, a bit of a posh thriller.

 

[rettucs]

ok, I've warmed somewhat to this. Should finish it in the next couple of days but its well-written and a worthwhile enough read (apart from the sex scenes which he writes horribly badly).

I did find approximately 3 spelling mistakes so far though. That does my nut.

 

[hugh]

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

This was a bit disappointing, I had high hopes. Its not a bad book, quite entertaining, but nothing special, a bit of a posh thriller.

Just picked this up over the weekend. Gonna get stuck into it just as soon as I finish Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" ... which is great.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Is he trying too hard, do you think? I loved Ghostwritten and Number 9 Dream, but found elements of Cloud Atlas mildly frustrating. I fully intend reading this, but keep putting it off. It was said here before, but difficult does not necessairly mean better. Is this one of his difficult ones? That said, I like the idea of a "posh thriller"!

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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

This was a bit disappointing, I had high hopes. Its not a bad book, quite entertaining, but nothing special, a bit of a posh thriller.[/QUOTE]

 

[jonah]

I love her so.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I love her so.

I attended bridge classes a few doors down from her birthplace. Don't know a thing about her i must admit.

Is he trying too hard, do you think? I loved Ghostwritten and Number 9 Dream, but found elements of Cloud Atlas mildly frustrating. I fully intend reading this, but keep putting it off. It was said here before, but difficult does not necessairly mean better. Is this one of his difficult ones? That said, I like the idea of a "posh thriller"!

I dont know about trying too hard. This one and Black Swan Green are fairly straight forward stories. As i say, theres nothing much wrong with it (apart from one twist in the plot which I didnt like) it just didnt have that je ne sais quoi of a really great book and i had hoped it would.

I have since read a short travel account by Keith Roberts (who wrote Pavane) of a week he spent in Ireland in 1978. It was alright. Now I'm on C by Tom McCarthy.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Just got this today and only about 20 pages in, Phillip Roth's Nemesis. It's another novella, his fourth in a row, here's hoping it's more like Indignation and less like The Humbling, which was a pile of shite. It's set during a Polio epidemic in New Jersey in 1944.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

it seems wisest to assume that his books will be a pile of shite and then be pleasantly surprised if its good and not too disappointed when it turns out shite

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Of the ones I've read most have been excellent and I've read quite a few, but when he's bad he is farshtunken.

Goodbye, Columbus Good
Letting Go
When She Was Good
Portnoy's Complaint Good
Our Gang
The Breast
The Great American Novel
My Life As a Man
The Ghost Writer
Zuckerman Unbound Good
The Anatomy Lesson
The Prague Orgy
The Counterlife OK, not great
Deception shit
Operation Shylock shit
Sabbath's Theater good
American Pastoral Amazing
I Married a Communist Amazing
The Human Stain Amazing
The Dying Animal v. good
The Plot Against America good
Everyman good
Exit Ghost shit
Indignation very good
The Humbling awful
Nemesis
Hope it turns out good.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

oh sure why not. heres my list

Portnoy's Complaint - ok
American Pastoral - bad
I Married a Communist - bad
The Human Stain - bad
The Plot Against America - excellent
Everyman - really awful
Indignation - excellent

maybe he's just not for me.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I think the one that surprised me most was Indignation. It is so slight yet not so, if ya get me.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

yeah, that was good alright

 

[hugh]

This is a great game .. for me ...


Portnoy's Complaint Good
Sabbath's Theater Great
American Pastoral Amazing
I Married a Communist Amazing
The Human Stain Amazing
The Dying Animal Shit
The Plot Against America Great
Everyman Good
Exit Ghost Shit
Indignation Good