Trying to figure out my summer reading; what do you guys think of these?
- Mao II by Don DeLillo
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradury
- Night Film by Marisha Pessl
- V. by Thomas Pynchon
- The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
- The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- Crash by J.G. Ballard
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
- House of Leaves by Mark. Z Danielewski
Any better suggestions from any of the authors above? Note: I've already read the following books by the above authors:
- White Noise by DeLillo (thought it was just okay)
- The Crying of Lot 49 (really interesting), Gravity's Rainbow (Actually started, haven't finished) by Pynchon
- Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury (hate it)
- Wonder Boys by Chabon (loved it)
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Eggers (absolutely LOVED it)
So, yeah...thanks for your time, can't wait to hear your opinions!
House of Leaves may take you the whole summer to read.
That's a hell of an ambitious list. You have your work cut out for you.
Wait, you hate Fahrenheit 451? You are the first that I know to say that.
Hope you make your goal!
jw
I loved the book but hated the film of The Bonfire of the Vanities, even though I like the principal players in it. The only two films (imho) made from books that worked better than said books was Jaws and Gone With The Wind; in each case the screenwriter cut out a lot of superfluous side stories that would have bogged down the movies.
Keep us posted on your progress!
Stop what you're doing and start House of Leaves now. One of the strangest, scariest, coolest, most interesting and original books you can read. It took me about 2 months to read IJ too, but I finished HoL in like 8 days. It might not speak to you the way it did to me or others, but it's fun and moving at the same time. Hard to put down.
I think Libra is Don Delillo's best work by far, although i'm not finished with Mao II yet. Libra is nice and long too, good for the summer.
I also liked Libra a lot.
Recently finished Chabon's Amazing Adventures of K&C. Not perfect, but a really fun read. Chabon writes brilliant sentences. I'd guess if you like Eggers, you'll like Chabon (not for the meta-stylings of AHWoSG, but there's some similar temperament in their work).
I'll be reading:
- The Holy Bible (For a review, I'm an atheist)
- Tom Sawyer Part First
- Hans Christian Anderson
- The Secret Garden
- Mary Poppins Opens The Door
- Bread And Roses Too
- Count Zero (I'm going to try to finish it.)
JL: I'm impressed with the amount of reading you're going for in addition to classes? Greek lit? Are you doing summer semester as well? When will you sleep? :)
Ah, Requiem for a Dream-- very fine.
You will need to clear some time to read House of Leaves, but it's well worth it!
Cheers!
Libra is a lot less aimless than White Noise. They're definitely different.
I'm probably going to have to reschedule some things, so far:
- Count Zero
- Number The Stars
- Great Gilly Hopkins
- Bread And Roses Too
- Harry Potter
- The Dream Master - Roger Zalezney
- Eve - For a review.