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Aug 18, 2006 16:15

So I gave in, and now a part of my soul can be found at www.myspace.com/rindarindarinda. Now that's it there tho, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with it. I can't even work out how to change the background. Useless.

I haven't read a whole lot this year, but I thought I'd just go through the few things I have and comment on them, cos I've been ( Read more... )

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anonymous August 18 2006, 10:36:20 UTC

That is so true about Chuck Palahniuk. I loved Fight Club and Lullaby, marginally enjoyed Choke and then when I read Survivor, I was just so so over it. I like how many authors interweave subtle social commentary into their books... but it shits me that Palahniuk hits you with it like a sledgehammer.

As for Banana Yoshimoto, she's pretty good but not as good as Murakami. Her writing seems a bit more primitive to me. Meanwhile, I found two books for sale at Borders today... I think I'll blog about it! :D

Btw, what did you think of Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis?

anonymous August 18 2006, 10:36:58 UTC

that was Alex btw... heh.

dig_for_fire August 19 2006, 06:36:31 UTC

I read Glamaorama too slowly, and by the time i got to the end i couldn't remember what happened at the beginning and didn't have a freaking clue how any of it was supposed to fit together. Maybe it doesn't make sense anyway.
I liked Glamorama a lot just for Bret Easton Ellis' writing style, but i found the violence really confronting. Even more so than American Psycho, I think, maybe because it's just so unexpected. I read Glamorama before American Psycho, which I had to read for Art/Pornography/Blashempy/Propaganda and I was considering not readign American Psycho because Glamorama disturbed me so much. Especially that bit with the RU487, it made me feel sick for hours and I had trouble sleeping that night. for real!

beastmaster666 August 19 2006, 03:40:12 UTC

and yet you still havent read motley crue - the dirt...

dig_for_fire August 19 2006, 06:36:53 UTC

hehe, i will do it one of these days!

anonymous August 20 2006, 02:13:16 UTC

I read A Bride Stripped Bare. Not sure about not being able to put it down, but it was a good book all the same. The gang bang scene in the hotel where the girl is involved too was a bit 'ick' for me!

Also, that Motley Crue book....Amanda Keller was talking about it on Spicks and Specks the other night, saying it was a very interesting read. Not sure why I thought of this but she was also talking about Ozzie Osborne and apparently he used to snort ANTS for kicks! Weirdo!

leesh

anonymous August 20 2006, 02:14:46 UTC

ps. if you want a book with overt social commentary, try 'Seven Types of Ambiguity' by Elliot Perlman. It gets rather painful after a while, even though I agree with everything he argues about!
leesh

dig_for_fire August 20 2006, 02:33:08 UTC

haha, yeah there were some bits in the book that were pretty ick, especially that hotel one. but i guess it made some kind of point at the time.

don't ants bite? were they live ants? that would hurt. maybe that's where the kick came from.

t_dohr August 20 2006, 12:34:53 UTC

lol who names their child banana

t_dohr August 20 2006, 12:42:41 UTC

i guess it could be an aspirational name for a boy ;-)

alex

anonymous August 22 2006, 16:48:08 UTC

have you read the perks of being a wallflower (by stephen chbosky)? it's one of my favourites at the moment (maybe cos it was the first book i have read cover to cover at least a few chapters every day in ages!)

anonymous August 22 2006, 16:49:23 UTC

^^ diney btw

dig_for_fire August 23 2006, 05:26:44 UTC

i haven't read it, but i respect your taste in books (because it seems to be almost identical to mine!) so maybe i will give it a go next, after i read another birthday book i received from tim called 'the history of love.' i've been assured it's not depressing. heh.