Machine Man by Max Barry. It's fantastic so far.
What about you guys?
The books that it lists after my name.
Rage by Stephen King...or Bachman or whatever.
The Fandom of The Operator by Robert Rankin. Good old cheesy British humor.
I Partridge, We Need To Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge.
A fictional biography based on one of the greatest comedy series.
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. It was long overdue.
About to start Lord Dunsany's Book of Wonder; just waiting for Amazon to get it to the house today.
In the middle of Palahniuk's Damned while I'm in the middle of Pollock's Knockemstiff while I just started Ellroy's The Black Dahlia before I get into Lansdale's Zeppelins West.
Just received We Live Inside You by Jeremy Robert Johnson in the mail today and starting that tonight.
Reading the new one by John Rector, Already Gone.
Finishing up with Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs.
I'm supposed to be reading The Night Circus for a book club, but I'm being a rebel.
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock. Amazing.
@Nathan Angeldust Apocalypse was amazing try it if you haven't yet!
At the moment I'm in the middle of Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King.
"The Sisters Brothers" by Patrick deWitt, and when I'm done, I'm re-reading "Horns" by Joe Hill.
This Is How by MJ Hyland.
@1 3 3 -I definitely agree -ADA is a favorite of mine and why I picked up We Live Inside You. I read another good one too that he wrote about a guy in a roach suit. ahaha
@Nighty Nite -The Devil All The Time stays amazing. Good read.
@Brandon: I was one of the huge supporters of Machine Man when I found out he was writing it. And then when he sold it and it was going to get published, I posted everywhere. And then it came out and I still haven't bought it... I'm a shitty Max Barry fan. lol
I'm starting Slut Lullabies by Gina Frangello. Hopefully I can get through it pretty quick. (for the Book Club @ ChuckPalahniuk.net)
After that, I'm getting to Nik Korpon's Stay God. (for the Book Club here)
It's soooooooooooooooo good.
Fast as hell, too. This fucker moves.
Just finished Machine Man. Fucking great.
Moving on to The Maxx vol. 4.
You have good taste, Brandon. I loved Machine Man. Plus the Maxx is awesome. Tell Mr. Gone I said hi.
I've given up with Infinite Jest. I hate myself for it. That's the second time I've put it down. Sixty pages in two weeks is shit. I can't go on like that. I'm not forcing myself to read it. Fuck it. Sorry.
It's November and I'm reading In Cold Blood again and waiting for my copy of Kiss Me, Judas to arrive.
Finished The Maxx last night. Not a big fan of Sara being the main instead of Julie Winters.
Moving on to Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.
I think I need to reread The Maxx. I read it all in like a day or two because I got so absorbed in it.
Speaking of comics you recommended to me Brandon, I also want to reread 100 Bullets. That series was so fucking good. I think I read that one in a matter of a few days also.
Did I say I was reading Slut Lullabies? I think I did. I still am. Beautfiul stories so far. Check out the discussion at the cult. Gina has been posting over there.
Also been reading a pretty interesting book called Brain Rules by John Medina. Not fiction, but I'm still reading it so I'm allowed to post it.
Going to get The Samaritan - Fred Venturini and We Live Inside You - Jeremy Robert Johnson in the mail tommrorrow afternoon or friday morning.
Thanks to Nathan for telling me about JRJs' new release, the cover looks tasty!
Everything Matters! was pretty good, but it basically had two endings, which didn't really work too well for me.
Moving on to Rico Slade Will Fucking Kill You and Memoirs of a Geisha.
Memoirs of a Geisha is excellent. Can't say enough nice things about it.
I'm 45 pages in and so far it's very good. Smooth writing style.
I started Memoirs once, got about 100 pages in and then never finished. For the life of me now I don't remember why. I might have to read it again someday.
Speaking of re-reading, am currently going back over both Slut Lullabies (so I can come join in the Cult thread) and Pollen by Jeff Noon.
I wan't to read I Partridge, We Need To Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge. But am being a fanny, I don't want to just in case it's shit, Jay.SJ - give me a heads up!
You have no excuse not too! It's amazingly well written, just like the character we know and love and hate. It's laugh out loud the whole way through and reveals a lot about him and differs from the show but only because Alan is a lying narrcisist. Aha!
Working my way through The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel, Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver and thinking about starting either The Road by Cormac McCarthy or Falling Man by Don Delillo. I'll leave it to y'all fine folks... The Road or Falling Man?
I haven't read either but I would go with The Road from what I've heard. Read Delillo after the other books on that list.
I've only read the road but it's one of the best books I've read. Hempel is terrific too.
Howdy Pilgrims! Ha I just made that connection.
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Okay, got two votes for The Road...
Memoirs of a Geisha was just a fucking beautiful book all-around.
Rico Slade was pure fun.
Moving on to A Million Little Pieces under the impression that I'm reading fiction. I really could give a fuck what the guy lied about after the Q.R. Markham thing.
@Brandon: Although A Million Little Pieces was fabricated, it was still decent. I'd like to read his new one, The Last Testament of the Bible. Sounds, blasphemous.
Currently rereading Fight Club for the zillionth time. Will probably give Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) a try next, since I just picked it up in used hardback for $1.00, and it looks pretty great.
Finished Slut Lullabies. It was pretty good. There were some stories I loved in it, and some that didn't click with me. Compared to most short story collections, it was better than average.
Starting You Can Make Him Like You by Ben Tanzer some time today.
Greg Egan "Permutation City"
@Brandon - I told you Memoirs was great. The author is able to capture this voice so well, it just blow my mind.
Currently rereading Fight Club for the zillionth time. Will probably give Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) a try next, since I just picked it up in used hardback for $1.00, and it looks pretty great.
Blaze is pretty good. It moves along quickly for a King book. I rather enjoyed it.
Women by Charles Bukowski
The Cannibals Guide to Ethical Living my Mykle Hansen.
Even though Frey sets himself up to be a hero (a little self-serving for my tastes), I still liked A Million Little Pieces. The dental scene alone made it worth the buy.
Moving on to badbadbad by Jesus Angel Garcia.
@Brandon - I picked up A Million Little Pieces at a thrift store a while ago. The dental scene made me cringe until I had neck problems. I wasn't too thrilled with the heroic rescue from the crack-house though. What'd you think of that part?
I just finished reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss; it was more than inspiring. Now onto Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
@Raelyn - It seemed a little over the top and unrealistic. That was kind of the problem I had with the book: if it made Frey look like Mr. Hero, I probably wasn't buying it.
I thought the same thing. Since I was young when I read it I took it at face value and figured I was too naive to understand the reality of the situation. Also the very end--where he buys a drink--just left an impression of 'well isn't that clever'.
Wow, I just read the thing The Smoking Gun did on him.
