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Post by ET had AIDS on Aug 20, 2014 2:11:16 GMT -5
alao, i don't remember why the axe murders was the cold-case i'd been reading up on when there are a lot of more interesting ones out there, and a lot more recent..... but something drew me in- go figure?!
I also recently read for like the 50th time Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, which is really good for a crime novel btw. I'd recommend it.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Aug 20, 2014 2:57:04 GMT -5
I've only read a few books that weren't wrestling related.
The Outsiders Star Wars Novelizations
Wrestling wise I've read countless autobiographies:
Mick Foley (Never finished the third and Never grabbed Countdown to Lockdown) Shawn Michaels (The first wrestling book I read. I was hooked after that) Brock Lesnar Bret Hart Stone Cold (Never finished it) Chris Jericho (Both of his books were absolutely amazing. I damn near died of laughter multiple times. Cant wait for his third book) Road Warrior Animal (This was a bit of a chore to get through. Some great stories and great if your a huge RW fan but Animal puts himself and Hawk over so damn much it damn near ruined the book for me. People talk about Bret putting himself over in his book but god damn does Animal have him beat) Ric Flair (NEED to go back and finish this one. I didn't get far into it because I was in the process of moving and sadly I don't really know where it is anymore)
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Post by breakthewaltzdown65 on Aug 20, 2014 13:15:37 GMT -5
I read a lot of books mostly by Stephen King. My favorite book is IT.
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Post by Shane O. on Aug 20, 2014 13:38:16 GMT -5
I'm currently reading George R.R. Martins' "A Clash of Kings" and I just finished Bret Harts book.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 13:45:37 GMT -5
I read mostly autobiographies and Stephen King.
My favorite book would probably be Jerichos first one.
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Post by ocecon on Aug 20, 2014 15:02:33 GMT -5
I love to read. And I dabble in writing aswell when I have the time.
Currently reading Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. I love David Foster Wallace's style to no end. Also, i'm reading The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. I'm on vacation, and I only brought DFW's book, but i'm enjoying The Corrections as well.
My other favorite writers include Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys is amazing), Neil Gaiman (personal favorite author), Susanna Clarke (wrote my favorite novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell), Terry Pratchett, Jason Pargin (his pseudonym is David Wong), Stephen King and his equally talented son Joe Hill (still need to check out Stephen's other son Owen's novel Double Feature), Charles Bukowski, Cormac McCarthy, Mark Z. Danielewski, Khaled Hosseini, Chuck Pahlaniuk, Thomas Pynchon, China Mieville, and J.K. Rowling.
All just amazing talents and groundbreaking workers.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Aug 20, 2014 18:13:03 GMT -5
I love to read. And I dabble in writing aswell when I have the time. Currently reading Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. I love David Foster Wallace's style to no end. Also, i'm reading The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. I'm on vacation, and I only brought DFW's book, but i'm enjoying The Corrections as well. My other favorite writers include Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys is amazing), Neil Gaiman (personal favorite author), Susanna Clarke (wrote my favorite novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell), Terry Pratchett, Jason Pargin (his pseudonym is David Wong), Stephen King and his equally talented son Joe Hill (still need to check out Stephen's other son Owen's novel Double Feature), Charles Bukowski, Cormac McCarthy, Mark Z. Danielewski, Khaled Hosseini, Chuck Pahlaniuk, Thomas Pynchon, China Mieville, and J.K. Rowling. All just amazing talents and groundbreaking workers. DFW is a polarizing figure to me, having read his work (or some of it) at least- but probably not enough to form a real opinion to put out there unless I'm jotting thoughts in a notebook in a reader-like fashion..only, it would be something no one would read. So forget that one. But back to Foster Wallace— I find (or found) his will to be pretty amazing, but myself know some writers (one who just got in deep crap, so I won't mention his name on here... we don't speak and are on rotten terms now anyhow) who can pile a lot of text into one spot fast- and perhaps Wallace does that sometimes. Hell I do that when I try to leave a note to let someone know that cat needs fed. I'm doing it now! I guess what I'm getting at without even trying to nutshell it, because it isn't even possible for me- let alone if I'm talking about this sort of stuff, LET ALONE a writer like David Foster Wallace who had thousands of pages of text just outright stolen and NEVER recovered while he was writing INFINITE JEST. In theory, at that moment in time- date unknown to me without finding a citation and I'm a lazy sod, but it was before INFINITE JEST came out in print, obviously- as he had almost everything, if not everything he had written to point completely erased. Flushed down the drain and gone really. I don't know if the story goes the suitcase the text was in was accidentally mistaken to be something else, and then just tossed (with some pieces of paper recovered randomly as if someone threw it out alongside the road when realizing they stole the wrong thing), or if it was taken on purpose- regardless he re-wrote it all. And that book became almost a competition to see who would or could actually finish the entire thing (for a minute, at least- around its release or one summer when it was really big and gaining traction maybe- it was a good while ago, but I remember because I read a section of it, part of which seemed to keep intersecting between the Tennis Academy and a rehab ward, but I only jumped into the middle and read that bit which was probably 100+pgs alone...)..... my father was just one of many I knew who was reading through it, and he still has yet to finish it but is really far in, last I saw him & asked. I find DFW polarizing because the will that he had to rewrite such a book which has such absurdity in different ways, but is still a nice work.... but he could not find the will to fight his clinical depression and mental illness. It's really sad to me in a weird way. Maybe it's because of my own battle with mental health and addiction, but I've kind of pondered on that thought for awhile.... How he was able to rewrite all of that, and still come out with a book those who have read seem to speak wonders on. I liked the bit I did read- and I've read part of a book he wrote before that, w/ Lobster in the title somewhere. I've always wanted to read more of his stuff.... There is one book in particular I was recommended to check out that also precedes IJ, but I don't remember its name. I think he also recently had something released which was finished or compiled by someone else (ergo a posthumous thing, but it received good feedback I think). Nice to see another fan- cheers!
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Post by ET had AIDS on Aug 20, 2014 18:17:34 GMT -5
I could probably shoot some recommendations yr way, man! I read the list of other authors up there, and noticed a lot of which I also enjoy or styles similar. I've wanted to check out Neil Gaimon and heard good things from people I share taste.... but have no clue of anything he has written or where would best be to start?
i also have a lot of bukowski I still haven't gone through, but sometimes I can grow tired of him and just see Burroughs/burrouoghs jr. (even) when reading some of his novel work. I also have seen a lot of modern writers who try to put out Bukowski-like work and it just.....doesn't work. It's fresh for as long as their first two novels can run on for... and it eventually just makes the person come off as an angry bitter old coot. And that's not so appealing these days to me at least because I picture Bukowsi with a modern face and it's gag-worthy, then. Bukowski wasn't bad though and my prior page rant was probably a bit much, but I still find it odd how I like his poetry about 12000x more than his novels...
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Post by ocecon on Aug 20, 2014 22:11:02 GMT -5
For Bukowski, i've read his poetry as well as his novels Ham On Rye and Women. Women was really good, but I thought Ham On Rye was the clear cut masterpiece. So raw but at the same time engaging. And I enjoy his poetry a great deal. Blue Bird is my favorite. As for DFW, I actually haven't read Infinite Jest yet, haha. I've been pondering whether I should read that or The Pale King last.
As for Neil Gaiman, i'd say start with Neverwhere and then go for American Gods. There really isn't a Gaiman book that I hate (but Stardust is my least favorite). American Gods was a truly amazing work in my opinion. Neverwhere was a little straightforward, but I don't mean that as a negative thing. Also, his most recent novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane is something else. It's a quickread, but fastpaced and utterly engrossing. I can't gush enough about it.
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Post by 0,Y on Aug 21, 2014 7:00:36 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Bear Grylls' autobiography 'Mud, Sweat and Tears' in English and before that I read Rafael Nadal's autobiography in German as I don't speak Spanish.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Aug 21, 2014 19:47:42 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Bear Grylls' autobiography 'Mud, Sweat and Tears' in English and before that I read Rafael Nadal's autobiography in German as I don't speak Spanish. Woah. It has to be awesome to read books in their og language, so nothing gets lost in translation, and the beauty of the language is intact. If only I could really read in multiple different languages. I poke through lucha mags, and have checked put understanding Kanji, but never fluently. I took 3 years of spanish, many years ago, and I still struggle every time. I bow to you sir. VPV
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Post by 0,Y on Aug 22, 2014 6:47:35 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Bear Grylls' autobiography 'Mud, Sweat and Tears' in English and before that I read Rafael Nadal's autobiography in German as I don't speak Spanish. Woah. It has to be awesome to read books in their og language, so nothing gets lost in translation, and the beauty of the language is intact. If only I could really read in multiple different languages. I poke through lucha mags, and have checked put understanding Kanji, but never fluently. I took 3 years of spanish, many years ago, and I still struggle every time. I bow to you sir. VPV It really is. I've been learning English for 7 years now and both this forum and watching wrestling has helped me a lot. Every now and then I have to look up some words in the dictionary but that's no big deal. Yeah I know the feeling that you have with Spanish. I learned Italian for 3 years in school but I have forgotten almost everything by now. It's a shame really.
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Post by gravedigger3 on Aug 26, 2014 16:56:03 GMT -5
I just read the Kite Runner, and WOW what an amazing story. Never been so emotional with a book
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Post by Halloween King on Aug 27, 2014 0:13:33 GMT -5
I dont read that much. There are less and less places where a person can purchase books/Magazines these days. I remember as a kid I loved going to the mall cause the mall had a book store. Either Walden Books or Boarders, or some kind of book store. I loved looking at the wide variety of magazines, then I would walk around and look at different types of books. I could spend a good long time in that store while my mom clothes shopped.
All of those book stores are gone for the most part. And sadly a lot of the magazines I liked as a kid are gone these days. Anyone remember Toyfare? Or the wide variety of wrestling magazines?
I use to like Maxim but then they published a very negative piece about truck drivers so I could never read that magazine again.
These forums are prob the most reading I do during the day.
When I read books I was always more interested in Non fiction. I'd rather watch a movie than read a fiction book.
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Post by Brad on Aug 31, 2014 23:53:31 GMT -5
I dont read that much. There are less and less places where a person can purchase books/Magazines these days. I remember as a kid I loved going to the mall cause the mall had a book store. Either Walden Books or Boarders, or some kind of book store. I loved looking at the wide variety of magazines, then I would walk around and look at different types of books. I could spend a good long time in that store while my mom clothes shopped. All of those book stores are gone for the most part. And sadly a lot of the magazines I liked as a kid are gone these days. Anyone remember Toyfare? Or the wide variety of wrestling magazines? I use to like Maxim but then they published a very negative piece about truck drivers so I could never read that magazine again. These forums are prob the most reading I do during the day. When I read books I was always more interested in Non fiction. I'd rather watch a movie than read a fiction book. Negative how?
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Post by Halloween King on Sept 1, 2014 10:00:43 GMT -5
I dont read that much. There are less and less places where a person can purchase books/Magazines these days. I remember as a kid I loved going to the mall cause the mall had a book store. Either Walden Books or Boarders, or some kind of book store. I loved looking at the wide variety of magazines, then I would walk around and look at different types of books. I could spend a good long time in that store while my mom clothes shopped. All of those book stores are gone for the most part. And sadly a lot of the magazines I liked as a kid are gone these days. Anyone remember Toyfare? Or the wide variety of wrestling magazines? I use to like Maxim but then they published a very negative piece about truck drivers so I could never read that magazine again. These forums are prob the most reading I do during the day. When I read books I was always more interested in Non fiction. I'd rather watch a movie than read a fiction book. Negative how? The article in Maxim was very negative towards truck drivers. Basically they were saying truck drivers are responsible for most deaths on roads. Later on Maxim would say it was a paid ad and that Maxim does not check ads for their content. Still I would never buy a Maxim again. As it is the last time I saw a Maxim I didnt like what the magazine was becoming. It had a lot more ads in it, compared to what I remembered from years ago.
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Post by Halloween King on Sept 1, 2014 10:00:54 GMT -5
I dont read that much. There are less and less places where a person can purchase books/Magazines these days. I remember as a kid I loved going to the mall cause the mall had a book store. Either Walden Books or Boarders, or some kind of book store. I loved looking at the wide variety of magazines, then I would walk around and look at different types of books. I could spend a good long time in that store while my mom clothes shopped. All of those book stores are gone for the most part. And sadly a lot of the magazines I liked as a kid are gone these days. Anyone remember Toyfare? Or the wide variety of wrestling magazines? I use to like Maxim but then they published a very negative piece about truck drivers so I could never read that magazine again. These forums are prob the most reading I do during the day. When I read books I was always more interested in Non fiction. I'd rather watch a movie than read a fiction book. Negative how? The article in Maxim was very negative towards truck drivers. Basically they were saying truck drivers are responsible for most deaths on roads. Later on Maxim would say it was a paid ad and that Maxim does not check ads for their content. Still I would never buy a Maxim again. As it is the last time I saw a Maxim I didnt like what the magazine was becoming. It had a lot more ads in it, compared to what I remembered from years ago.
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Post by Parchandri on Sept 2, 2014 14:22:04 GMT -5
Here's what I've read since June:
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Cormac McCarthy's The Road Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye Charles Bukowski's Post Office
I'm also in the middle of a few books at the moment: Ernest Hemingway's short story collection, Chuck Palahniuk's Pygmy (bit of a difficult read, but good so far), and I'm going to start Charles Bukowski's Women today.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 14:28:04 GMT -5
I love to read. But between work and college, I just have no time.
I did order the new Silent Hill Downpour: Anne's Story comic book though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 17:47:47 GMT -5
Currently reading John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" as inspiration for my ongoing novelette/novela that i'm in the process of writing.
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