Author Topic: What are you reading? (Read 482516 times)

Rama · « **Reply #990 on:** Nov 10, 2013, 09:07:03 AM »

She is still writing now...just not Vampire books anymore.

Took a stint of writing Christian novels, and now I think she is writing Werewolf books. Published a book called The Wolves of Midwinter this year in fact.

B E C K · « **Reply #991 on:** Nov 13, 2013, 12:48:31 PM »

I had a blast reading the one-star reviews for The Wolf Gift when it came out last year. I used have Anne Rice liked in Facebook and the Amazon link had popped up in my feed. She also liked to whore her son's work.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #992 on:** Nov 13, 2013, 08:18:48 PM »

Quote from: Rama on Nov 10, 2013, 09:07:03 AM

She is still writing now...just not Vampire books anymore.

Took a stint of writing Christian novels, and now I think she is writing Werewolf books. Published a book called The Wolves of Midwinter this year in fact.

lmao
How did she go from vampire anal play to christianity and now to werewolves?
Women.

Rama · « **Reply #993 on:** Nov 14, 2013, 09:49:03 AM »

She is a conflicted woman...and you can see it in her fiction.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #994 on:** Nov 16, 2013, 06:41:34 PM »

Quote from: Rama on Nov 14, 2013, 09:49:03 AM

She is a woman...and you can see it in her fiction.

ftfy

Rama · « **Reply #995 on:** Dec 17, 2013, 04:09:06 PM »

Finished:

Bold and Gold by Anne Rice
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Communion by Whitley Striber

and I'm now reading Pandora by Anne Rice

Rama · « **Reply #996 on:** Dec 23, 2013, 08:05:40 PM »

Finished Pandora...kinda a let down. It barely covers any Vampire stuff, and it didn't answer the biggest question which was who was the deal with the Vampire Pandora was traveling with. He is mentioned in The Vampire Lestat, Blood and Gold and this book...but he is glossed over in all three. Other then he is Asian and Pandora may or may have not made him...we know nothing about him and I thought this book would get into that, but it didn't. He is just mentioned in passing and what is mentioned about him doesn't match up with some of the stuff written in Blood and Gold. =\

The D · « **Reply #997 on:** Jan 03, 2014, 07:35:19 PM »

Since I spend way too much time alone and in a vehicle while at work, I wondered why I didn't listen to audio books while I did my job?

The first book I wanted to get was Lolita. This copy is read by none other than Jeremy Irons, the same actor who played Scar in the Lion King. Which means every time Humbert the Pedo goes to have sex with the 13-year-old Delores he starts singing "Be Prepared".

But the CD book was checked out so I checked out "The Sign of Four" which is the second Sherlock Holmes book and the first where it establishes his cocaine habit as well as his boxing past.
This book was actually better than A Study in Scarlet as it didn't devote half the book into the background of the bad guy. And it had some very creepy moments. Even so, I found the back story of the main villain too long. And unlike the first book, where I actually sympathized and agreed with the murderer (the people he killed were complete assholes), in this case the bad guy kept trying to act like he was completely innocent even though he had murdered a stranger for a large amount of money in the past.

Also, I predicted the ending halfway through the book, which was pretty impressive.

Rama · « **Reply #998 on:** Jan 03, 2014, 11:36:54 PM »

Reading Vittorio the Vampire now. Kinda like this one...if for nothing else Lestat is no were to be seen and it is about a Vampire we have never met before and feels more like Interview then the other books do. Plus he hasn't fucked or wanted to fuck one guy....which is a refreshing change for Anne Rice.

After I finish this one I only have to read Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle. I actually tried reading Blackwood Farm back in like the early 2000s when it first came out, but I got pissed at it as of Chapter 20 there was only a fleeting mention of a Vampire. So not looking forward to that, but my OCD won't let me not read it. So there you go.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #999 on:** Jan 06, 2014, 04:56:05 AM »

Quote from: Rama on Dec 17, 2013, 04:09:06 PM

Finished:

Communion by Whitley Striber

DAMN YOU for reading all the books I want to read! Ive had Communion in my list for so looooong but i cant find it anywhere! Tell me how was it, was it scary as fuck? Boring? quick reading?

Rama · « **Reply #1000 on:** Jan 06, 2014, 11:52:20 PM »

It wasn't boring. It also wasn't that scary...at least not to me. It was a quick read though.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1001 on:** Jan 08, 2014, 01:40:09 AM »

Quote from: Rama on Jan 06, 2014, 11:52:20 PM

It wasn't boring. It also wasn't that scary...at least not to me. It was a quick read though.

Have you seen Fire in The sky? if so, can you compare on the level of scariness? (cause the movie was damn scary)

Rama · « **Reply #1002 on:** Jan 08, 2014, 10:16:35 AM »

I actually own that movie.

I'd say around the same, but it is hard to compare a book to a movie in terms of scary. The scariest book I ever read was the Amityville Horror, even though I know it isn't true...still scary. But there is a movie version of Communion staring Chris Walken which I saw back in the early 90s before I read this book and there is a scene in that movie that scared the crap out me. It is when a "grey" peeks around the corner of the door at Walken who is laying in bed. Far scarier then anytime Leatherface put a chainsaw in a guy.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1003 on:** Jan 09, 2014, 08:32:08 PM »

Quote from: Rama on Jan 08, 2014, 10:16:35 AM

I actually own that movie.

I'd say around the same, but it is hard to compare a book to a movie in terms of scary. The scariest book I ever read was the Amityville Horror, even though I know it isn't true...still scary. But there is a movie version of Communion staring Chris Walken which I saw back in the early 90s before I read this book and there is a scene in that movie that scared the crap out me. It is when a "grey" peeks around the corner of the door at Walken who is laying in bed. Far scarier then anytime Leatherface put a chainsaw in a guy.

OH SHIT I didnt know there was a movie of Communion!
Agree with you on the Amityville Horror book. I have it too and its my fave. The drawing of Jody running through the snow sends chills to my spine

Rama · « **Reply #1004 on:** Jan 10, 2014, 09:46:57 AM »

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097100/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1005 on:** Jan 11, 2014, 04:18:13 AM »

Should I watch it before I read it?/

Have you seen Abduction in lake County? scariest ufo movie ive ever seen. Its like Blair Witch Project but alien version (and its old so it was made before the whole hand-held-camera movement was popular)

Rama · « **Reply #1006 on:** Jan 13, 2014, 11:59:34 PM »

Depends...that is how I did it, but I don't think it matters.

And no, never heard of it. Might watch it if I get a chance.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1007 on:** Jan 15, 2014, 05:36:19 AM »

Good stuff, good stuff.

Tomorrow Im going to get the first LOTR book, finally found a place they sell it in this freaking country. They have Justin Bieber books but no Tolkien, its bullshit

Rama · « **Reply #1008 on:** Jan 15, 2014, 01:08:44 PM »

You should read the Hobbit first...I didn't and I should have. There are lots of call backs to the Hobbit in the LOTRs.

I'm read a book called Area 51: A secret history. Pretty good, but the author maintains that what crashed at Roswell was a captured Nazi flying wing piloted by Russians and then offers no support of this theory at all. Because having Russian in the 1940s having mastered anti-gravity and then never using it again through out the entire Cold War makes way more sense then Aliens.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1009 on:** Jan 17, 2014, 01:41:22 AM »

There are so many theories about the nazis and the ufos, the nazis and the hollow earth (have you heard/read about Admiral Byrd?)

Quote from: Rama on Jan 15, 2014, 01:08:44 PM

You should read the Hobbit first...I didn't and I should have. There are lots of call backs to the Hobbit in the LOTRs.

Well like I said in the other thread I couldnt get the damn book. Didnt Tolkien write the Hobbit after the LOTR trilogy???

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edit: I dont want to read the Hobbit first because I want to be surprised when I see the movie! I know Thorin dies tho, goddamn people not saying they are posting spoilers

Rumble · « **Reply #1010 on:** Jan 17, 2014, 05:15:32 AM »

Quote from: Faye Valentine on Jan 17, 2014, 01:41:22 AM

Didnt Tolkien write the Hobbit after the LOTR trilogy???

Nope, he wrote the Hobbit first

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #1011 on:** Jan 18, 2014, 12:55:32 AM »

For that matter, he wrote the Silmarillion before that...but I'd read it after Hobbit and LOTR, if at all. I loved it, but it's not for everyone. But that's Tolkien for you.

I read LOTR first due to having seen the movies (TTT pissed me off, and it was a year until I saw ROTK, so I read the whole thing in a week's time), and read Hobbit later. It was much more "kiddy", but not so much that I couldn't deal with it. I'd probably recommend reading Hobbit first, since LOTR explains a lot of it in the course of reading it, and then there are the appendices.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1012 on:** Jan 18, 2014, 07:13:49 PM »

Quote from: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 18, 2014, 12:55:32 AM

For that matter, he wrote the Silmarillion before that...but I'd read it after Hobbit and LOTR, if at all. I loved it, but it's not for everyone. But that's Tolkien for you.

I read LOTR first due to having seen the movies (TTT pissed me off, and it was a year until I saw ROTK, so I read the whole thing in a week's time), and read Hobbit later. It was much more "kiddy", but not so much that I couldn't deal with it. I'd probably recommend reading Hobbit first, since LOTR explains a lot of it in the course of reading it, and then there are the appendices.

Goddamnit now I dont know what to do. I really dont want to know whats happening on the next movie, but I want to follow your advice :/
Why isnt Silmarillion for everyone? I was planning on reading it after the 4 books. Too many names? ala 100 Years of Solitude??

Quote from: Rumble on Jan 17, 2014, 05:15:32 AM

Quote from: Faye Valentine on Jan 17, 2014, 01:41:22 AM
Didnt Tolkien write the Hobbit after the LOTR trilogy???

Nope, he wrote the Hobbit first

:-/

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #1013 on:** Jan 18, 2014, 09:16:22 PM »

Quote from: Faye Valentine on Jan 18, 2014, 07:13:49 PM

Why isnt Silmarillion for everyone? I was planning on reading it after the 4 books. Too many names? ala 100 Years of Solitude??

It's a tale sweeping across thousands of years, several lost continents, and the overlapping generations of numerous characters. Mix that with the epitome of disjointed storytelling (since it was compiled after the death of Tolkien by his son based on notes, letters, and other miscellaneous unpublished material dating back to before World War 1 all the way up to the man's death in '73), and you have the Silmarillion. Read it only if you've read the Hobbit and LOTR and find yourself wanting more. It's not something I believe you can just pick up and read and get the most out of it...you have to be willing to put forth an effort to piece everything together.

I recommend putting in the work. It's really something when you come to the realization that Hobbit and LOTR are only a very small part of what Tolkien crafted.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1014 on:** Jan 21, 2014, 02:25:24 AM »

Ok
I just got The Hobbit (still cant find the fellowship anywhere but this will do for now!)

Rama · « **Reply #1015 on:** Jan 22, 2014, 11:32:02 AM »

Dune by Frank Herbert

The D · « **Reply #1016 on:** Feb 12, 2014, 08:33:48 PM »

I've started reading some of the short stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Doyle. Every time, I attempt to figure out whodunit, or at least WHY they're doing it, before the story reveals it, much in the same way I did successfully for "Sign of Four". I'm 4 for 5, with the only exception the Irene Adler story which isn't really a mystery, more of an adventure, so there's little to deduce there.

I just finished the audiobook of Lolita read by Jeremy Irons. And it was one hell of a book.

First off Jeremy Irons, while at times can be monotonous, does such a great infliction of a snooty British man.

Second off, I fully expected and worried about the novel being explicit, but thankfully any sex is alluded to in passing, or not even mentioned (but implied).

The book is written from the point of the pedophile Humbert Humbert (a pseudonym) writing to a jury to explain WHY he committed the crimes he did (rape, pedophilia, and murder). Humbert shows texbook predatory and grooming behavior, like hanging out on park benches and being touchy feeley towards girls. The entire book is written using lots of big words and tons of wordplay and allegory. In it, Humbert tries to victim blame. For instance, claiming that his interest in children is because he was unable to have sex with a girl he loved when he was a teen. Saying that "nymphets", the girls he's attracted to, are demons in disguise and blaming them for being attracted to them. Putting the blame of his acts with Lolita on her, saying "But she sexually experimented with a boy at camp so I wasn't her first" and "She came onto me and initiated sex the first time". He almost redeems himself at times where he admits that he destroyed her life, and sometimes seems remorse. But being the novel is from his point of view it's hard to determine if he's sincere or just fucking with you.

In the end I found it to be an enjoyable book. Sure you want to kick the crap out of Humbert for being such a dick, but thankfully there's no depictions of sex that would make the book unreadable, and Humbert's wordplay and snooty, sarcastic descriptions of post-war 1950s America are funny and brilliant.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #1017 on:** Feb 12, 2014, 08:57:41 PM »

I just started re-reading Lord of the Words...I mean, Lord of the Rings this week. This'll be the fourth run-through. I'm at the mushroom chapter now...I'm aiming for a chapter a day. I'm taking this one easier, since I've got a lot going on this month.

Rumble · « **Reply #1018 on:** Feb 13, 2014, 12:27:29 PM »

My brother-in-law dropped off some superhero comics. Most of it is just the crap you'd expect from the medium but there's a couple of issues of the Superior Foes of Spider-Man and this title is laugh-out-loud funny.
I'm gonna have to track down the rest of this series

Rama · « **Reply #1019 on:** Feb 13, 2014, 01:14:38 PM »

Half way through Live and Let Die.

This is a pretty racist book.