Books read recently

[The Germanator]

Just read "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Very good. See the movie "Capote" as well. It is worthwhile.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

Just read "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Very good. See the movie "Capote" as well. It is worthwhile.

I saw Capote about 2 months ago.

So far since I moved to Virginia and only take a couple of night classes I have read:

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
re-read American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter 6 J.K. Rowling
Basic Cooking skills for dummies, err I'm like 1/4 through it. I cook as I go.
Read a lot of poetry by Pablo Naruda
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

and just today I started reading "In Cold Blood"

Heh finally got around to it.

Also it's a graphic novel but...

Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman. I think there is a second one now also.

[Ginkasa]

I've been stuck in the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for a while now... Its good, but I haven't been in the mood to read, I guess...


/me shrugs and walks away

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by TheSlyMoogle

I saw Capote about 2 months ago.

So far since I moved to Virginia and only take a couple of night classes I have read:

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
re-read American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter 6 J.K. Rowling
Basic Cooking skills for dummies, err I'm like 1/4 through it. I cook as I go.
Read a lot of poetry by Pablo Naruda
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

and just today I started reading "In Cold Blood"

Heh finally got around to it.

Also it's a graphic novel but...

Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman. I think there is a second one now also.

I love Neil Gaiman. Haven't had a chance to read Stardust yet though. Good?



Just started to read A Scanner Darkly in anticipation of the film.

[Canyarion]

Not reading anything at the moment. I wanted to read War of the Worlds, but then I read a short X-files book and another one awaits me and other things came up.......

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

I love Neil Gaiman. Haven't had a chance to read Stardust yet though. Good?



Just started to read A Scanner Darkly in anticipation of the film.

It's kinda like a more mature fairy tale or something like that. It's very good though, in a fairy tale sort of way.

[Vampyr]

I own Coraline by Neil Gaiman...sort of like a twisted Alice in Wonderland. I've been wanting to read American Gods forever.

A friend of mine was going to a bookstore yesterday so I sent money with him to pick up George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice, Book I, A Game of Thrones"

I'll find out Monday if they had it. ^_^

[Vampyr]

I started reading Flowers for Algernon a few days ago...and it's become one of my favorite books ever. :| It's an addictive read.

I also finished Grendel, my John Gardner the other day...it's the epic Beowulf written from the monster's perspective...it was glorious as well.

[Krypton]

To Kill A Mockingbird.

what a great book it was.

$4.00 well spent.

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

I also finished Grendel, my John Gardner the other day...it's the epic Beowulf written from the monster's perspective...it was glorious as well.

Ah, read that a few weeks ago. Enjoyable.

[Swan]

Just finished The Shining the other night. Quite a good read

[Krypton]

I just finished the book called, "Lords Of Chaos".



Gangsta Rap's white-kid counterpart, black metal music enjoys a continued obscurity that is baffling in light of the made-for-tabloid events detailed in Moynihans's and Soderlind's book. Their book is a sort of guide to the Norwegian black metal scene, where, the authors claim, this latest, more rebellious form of heavy metal music originated. Moreover, Norway is the recent setting for the burning of numerous churches, and for two gruesome murders for which a small group of black metallers have been convicted. Whereas gangsta rappers might cite ancient African traditions that have been violently uprooted as a cause for their crimes against society, Norwegian black metal-heads cite the slaughter of their pagan traditions at the hands of early Christians as their justification. For most readers, such rationalizations will fall apart as they note that black metal kids murder their own kind (as, often, do gangsta rappers). It does not require 344 pages (plus appendices) to become disenchanted with the authors' rather disorganized history, but rabid fans will find much to savor here, such as lengthy interviews with the scene's icons. This is an exhaustive look at a few, extremely disturbed young men who, tragically, did not get Ozzy Osbourne's joke.


I thought it was a good read, went to borders and was looking for a book, mainly one on a biography, but this one really caught my eye.