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Post by osnafrank on Sept 27, 2019 20:00:50 GMT
Started Under the Dome today.
Only 40 pages in but there are already some major differences to the Series.
I have watched almost two seasons of the the Tv-Show but always thougth..."WTF"
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Post by morgan on Sept 27, 2019 23:28:15 GMT
Started Under the Dome today.
Only 40 pages in but there are already some major differences to the Series.  |
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Post by morgan on Sept 27, 2019 23:29:42 GMT
Finally started The Institute yesterday. Only about 70 pages in, but I'm liking it so far.
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Post by doccreed on Oct 7, 2019 14:57:15 GMT
I just finished Clock Without Hands for the third time. Flannery O'Connor throws enormous shade on this novel, it is revealed in one of her letters to a friend, but I think there is more than a hint of jealousy in her contempt. It is a work of genius, in my opinion. Quite frankly, I think Flannery is over rated and I've maintained that Eudora Welty is a better writer in every way.
First of all, any reader new to Carson McCullers must realize she writes with acute symbolism and her characters are distilled and hard as coal. All her novels deal with loneliness (and don't get me wrong, McCullers delves into the hearts of her characters, and they are not wholly impervious), but the point to each book is that no one can truly know another person. Whether the character is the lover or the beloved, they are doomed to be unfulfilled. This idea is reminiscent of Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe. Don't worry, though, her books are not cold or devoid of emotion; they are full of pathos, not despair. The reader can expect to be shocked and enlightened, but never indifferent. There is a desperation (and childlike candor) to her novels and universal themes transcend her choice of time and place, pre-Civil Rights South mostly.
I recommend McCullers to anyone uninitiated in Southern Gothic fiction because she tells simple stories without sacrificing profundity. One of her shortest, and most famous, works is called The Ballad of the Sad Café. Start there, I'd say.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 7, 2019 16:13:28 GMT
Still UTD, i`m 450 pages in now.
Started On Writing last Friday.
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Post by doccreed on Oct 13, 2019 2:12:55 GMT
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality- Sigmund Freud. A little at a time on my Kindle.
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Post by neesy on Oct 16, 2019 13:23:26 GMT
Just finished reading Deliverance by James Dickey - good book!
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Post by Steffen on Nov 1, 2019 1:48:24 GMT
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Post by osnafrank on Nov 2, 2019 17:37:29 GMT
Martyrs (2008) is one of the most extreme, creepiest, violent, and disturbing movies I've ever seen.
Very cool list. 
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Post by Ceefor on Nov 4, 2019 10:44:55 GMT
IT.
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Post by cat on Nov 8, 2019 0:54:35 GMT
Have not been reading very much lately. Too much going on in October, plus I have been super sick. But, I am about halfway through The Ridge by Michael Koryta on the kindle. Not my favorite by him, judging it to this point. Also, now that our group read of Needful Things is done, I need to get back to my reread if The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. Also need to finish The Mist.
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Post by morgan on Nov 8, 2019 3:56:19 GMT
Have not been reading very much lately. Too much going on in October, plus I have been super sick. But, I am about halfway through The Ridge by Michael Koryta on the kindle. Not my favorite by him, judging it to this point. Also, now that our group read of Needful Things is done, I need to get back to my reread if The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. Also need to finish The Mist. |
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Post by annamarie on Nov 8, 2019 17:36:55 GMT
I am about half way through Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese. He is my daughter-in-laws favourite Indigenous author.
I’m also half way through The Outsider. I brought it with me when I was working the election and had lots of free time during the advance days. I had actually bought it be accident. It was a The Institute I wanted to read. My husband just texted from the airport....he’s bringing it home.
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Post by osnafrank on Nov 8, 2019 19:01:25 GMT
Have not been reading very much lately. Too much going on in October, plus I have been super sick. But, I am about halfway through The Ridge by Michael Koryta on the kindle. Not my favorite by him, judging it to this point. Also, now that our group read of Needful Things is done, I need to get back to my reread if The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. Also need to finish The Mist. Hope you feel better soon. ??? Still reading The Talisman and Christine |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 20:26:34 GMT
Listening to the audiobook of Cari Mora by Thomas Harris. Enjoying it so far.
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Post by cat on Nov 10, 2019 21:57:07 GMT
Finished The Ridge, it got better, but still not a favorite by Koryta. Also finished The Mist, finally. Now back to Witching Hour.
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Post by doccreed on Nov 17, 2019 2:42:25 GMT
The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 27, 2019 14:51:47 GMT
I finished Dracul this week. It's written by Dacre Stoker, the great grandnephew of Bram Soker and J.D. Barker. This take on the classic vampire tale is told from Bram Stoker's point of view and is rooted in his original papers. Dacre Stoker manages the Bram Stoker Estate. dacrestoker.com/estate/
The book has 4.1 stars on Good reads. I've had my copy for a year in my TBR stack. It was well worth the read. Lots of great characters and dramatic suspense. I recommend it.
Next up, is the Marvel Comics The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers.
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Post by wireman on Nov 27, 2019 15:15:50 GMT
I just finished Clock Without Hands for the third time. Flannery O'Connor throws enormous shade on this novel, it is revealed in one of her letters to a friend, but I think there is more than a hint of jealousy in her contempt. It is a work of genius, in my opinion. Quite frankly, I think Flannery is over rated and I've maintained that Eudora Welty is a better writer in every way.
First of all, any reader new to Carson McCullers must realize she writes with acute symbolism and her characters are distilled and hard as coal. All her novels deal with loneliness (and don't get me wrong, McCullers delves into the hearts of her characters, and they are not wholly impervious), but the point to each book is that no one can truly know another person. Whether the character is the lover or the beloved, they are doomed to be unfulfilled. This idea is reminiscent of Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe. Don't worry, though, her books are not cold or devoid of emotion; they are full of pathos, not despair. The reader can expect to be shocked and enlightened, but never indifferent. There is a desperation (and childlike candor) to her novels and universal themes transcend her choice of time and place, pre-Civil Rights South mostly.
I recommend McCullers to anyone uninitiated in Southern Gothic fiction because she tells simple stories without sacrificing profundity. One of her shortest, and most famous, works is called The Ballad of the Sad Café. Start there, I'd say.
Sounds interesting. I'll put it on my list.
I picked up an interesting sounding Southern book from the kindle deal of the day. It's an anthology edited by Tom Franklin called Mississippi Noir.
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