So what'cha readin'???

[Shmear]

CHOKE might be his best, imho. The detail and complex interiority he got spot on.

Nice, I better buy it.

 

[Farani]

Oh man, I bought Choke for someone, ever since, I've been wanting to read it. I'll get it next time I go to NY, for sure.

Haven't read fight club, though, I always hear that the movie was waaaaaaaaay better than the book. Who knows, I'll have to judge it and experience it myself.

Let me say that Fight Club is my favorite movie of all time, and I've probably watched it 500 times. That being said, I think the book is slightly better. They both stand kind of on their own, though. I feel both touch on different themes and different plot lines are developed through both. It's a rare time when you can't necessarily say the book is better than the movie.

Has anyone read Pygmy by him? I bought it a year and half ago, started it, and never got more than a few pages in.

 

[Soundwave13]

Same here - Fight Club is my favorite, though I've never read the book.

Choke (the book) was WAY better (& even funnier) than the movie: the only book that made me laugh so hard that I actually had to put the book down.



:hysterica

 

[Thegreekone]

Same here - Fight Club is my favorite, though I've never read the book.

Choke (the book) was WAY better (& even funnier) than the movie: the only book that made me laugh so hard that I actually had to put the book down.



:hysterica

Infinite Jest was like that for me. I laughed out loud and hard, too!

Genius.

 

[itallushrt]

CHOKE might be his best, imho. The detail and complex interiority he got spot on.

I agree.

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen by Michael Ruhlman

Who all here enjoy food writing?

 

[mwlabel]

Working my way through Lone Survivor right now. Very emotional book.

 

[hdroadglide]

dead or alive tom clancy

 

[SailorAg]

Confederacy of Dunces is by far the funniest book ever made. I laughed so hard that I to wipe tears from my eyes.

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

dead or alive tom clancy

Bob's literate??? :dunno:

 

[Jwrussell]

dead or alive tom clancy

How is it? I'm always leary when authors I like start writing "with" someone else.

 

[hdroadglide]

How is it? I'm always leary when authors I like start writing "with" someone else.

still pretty good. all the old characters are back again. i think he was kind of the first to write the topical novels. now there are so many who do it, he is not quite as 'special' as he was originally. about half way through and it is enjoyable.

 

[Jwrussell]

Just finished "Dead Zero" by Stephen Hunter, a "Bob Lee Swagger novel", my first book on the new Kindle ( :thumbsup: ), and am headed into "Dead or Alive" next.

 

[mwlabel]

Blackwater: Rise of the Worlds Largest Mercenary Army

 

[Poohdvm]

Currently reading "The Dirt" an autobio on Motley Crue. Bunch of drugged out womanizing freaks!

 

[wilfredsimpson]

Just finished Lolita and Old Man and the Sea. Trying to knock off a few classics. Now either going to read Hunger Games or Crime and Punishment.

 

[Farani]

3/4s through In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. I've been very health conscious ever since I stopped eating meat, but this gave me a whole new perspective and is definitely going to change the way I look at food. It's quite an eye-opener even if you've read a lot of other books about the food industry.

 

[Jwrussell]

Just finished Lolita and Old Man and the Sea. Trying to knock off a few classics. Now either going to read Hunger Games or Crime and Punishment.

If you are getting ready to start in on Hunger Games, make sure you have the next two books handy. They read fairly quickly to begin with, but trust me, you will have trouble putting them down. EXCELLENT series.

 

[Angry Bill]

Reading John Sandford's Bad BLood, Great author. Read Water for Elephants. Excellent book.

 

[hdroadglide]

i've read about 20 of sandford's books. good police stories. starting on coffin dancer by jeffrey deaver