That sounds fantastic! I've been on a huge Terry Pratchett kick of late, but my local library system is really spotty on things that aren't WWII history or programming sourcebooks.
I'm toward the end of Don Quixote as I never read it in school, next I am reading Faust. But I'd like to recommend The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas: Stories by Davy Rothbart and Henderson The Rain King by Saul Bellow
I'm reading Twilight. My sister had been telling me over and over to read it and everyone I talked to loved it. I'm 3/4 of the way thru. I suppose it's good. Not great, persay.
You know, I try to always forgive the art for it's artist. (Author Orson Scott Card, for instance, is kind of a huge LDS jerk. But I still like Ender's game and I'd still loan that book to kids I know, without worry.) But when I hear so many people say the writing's "Meh." AND I feel repulsed by the themes and ideas presented in said art, marketed toward vulnerable young minds, no less, I start to think maybe I should just avoid it altogether.
However, because of all the hullabaloo, I have found and read a bunch of "alternative suggestion" books to Twilight, which turned out to be great, and got me visiting the library again and again so woo to that!
I just finished Norwegian Wood a few minutes ago, which reconfirmed for me my undying love of Haruki Murakami.
I've been reading selected bits and pieces of H.P. Lovecraft before bed every night and enjoying the heck out of that, too. (What an odd guy.)
You know, it's funny you would say that about American Psycho... I seem to remember having a similar reaction to the movie, (in spite of no lack of blood) and I didn't finish watching it, and I wondered if the book was better. (Or maybe I just really dislike Reese Witherspoon sometimes?)
Ha, my boyfriend just gave me a comic made of or inspired by Lovecraft stories, called Locke and Key which looks really promising.
As for American Psycho, the movie is like an abridged word for word perfectly realized version of the book. After reading most of it, I can at least say that the people who made that movie were incredible at what they did. If you didn't make it through the movie, don't touch the book with a twelve-foot pole, though.
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But I'd like to recommend The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas: Stories by Davy Rothbart and Henderson The Rain King by Saul Bellow
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However, because of all the hullabaloo, I have found and read a bunch of "alternative suggestion" books to Twilight, which turned out to be great, and got me visiting the library again and again so woo to that!
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Library=good.
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I've been reading selected bits and pieces of H.P. Lovecraft before bed every night and enjoying the heck out of that, too. (What an odd guy.)
You know, it's funny you would say that about American Psycho... I seem to remember having a similar reaction to the movie, (in spite of no lack of blood) and I didn't finish watching it, and I wondered if the book was better. (Or maybe I just really dislike Reese Witherspoon sometimes?)
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As for American Psycho, the movie is like an abridged word for word perfectly realized version of the book. After reading most of it, I can at least say that the people who made that movie were incredible at what they did. If you didn't make it through the movie, don't touch the book with a twelve-foot pole, though.
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