Your Summer Reading List

[Rozzlyn]

If not, dear gawd, WHY NOT????

My Summer Reading List:

The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx

Steal This Book, Abbie Hoffman

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (for the THOUSANDTH time!), Roald Dahl

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (for the THOUSANDTH time), Hunter S Thompson

Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo

The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, Herb Goldberg

A couple of these, I'm still reading (cos I always get distracted by another book whilst in the middle of a book -- it never fails -- but at least I always finish the book; well, except for Interview With the Vampire, but that's cos Anne Rice is the only homoerotic soft-core author in existence who's actually succeeded in making it MIND-NUMBINGLY DULL).

I've also been meaning to read Prime and Liquor by Poppy Z Brite, but that's mostly cos s/he reads my LiveJournal (I'm not shitting, either) and that has a way of working me into a guilt-trip.

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I read

On The Road - Jack Kearouac

and

Everything's Eventual - Stephen King

[Rozzlyn]

If not, dear gawd, WHY NOT????

My Summer Reading List:

The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx

Steal This Book, Abbie Hoffman

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (for the THOUSANDTH time!), Roald Dahl

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (for the THOUSANDTH time), Hunter S Thompson

Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo

The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, Herb Goldberg

A couple of these, I'm still reading (cos I always get distracted by another book whilst in the middle of a book -- it never fails -- but at least I always finish the book; well, except for Interview With the Vampire, but that's cos Anne Rice is the only homoerotic soft-core author in existence who's actually succeeded in making it MIND-NUMBINGLY DULL).

I've also been meaning to read Prime and Liquor by Poppy Z Brite, but that's mostly cos s/he reads my LiveJournal (I'm not shitting, either) and that has a way of working me into a guilt-trip. 

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I also just started on The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (making this the second reading since high school) and Candide by Voltaire.

[Daevion]

I forgot how to read due to excessive internet and alchohol abuse....not even sure i can read this sentence I just wrote... :laughing

[LuluVox]

I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Almost done.

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I forgot how to read due to excessive internet and alchohol abuse....not even sure i can read this sentence I just wrote... :laughing

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[Rozzlyn]

I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Almost done.

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Oh noes!

A book without pictures!

:grin

[Daevion]

Yep...if it doesn't have mostly pictures I can't read it...comix are good, unless they are superman, but sometimes even they, get too wordy.....I think I've reached the point to where I can only get it if its drawn out with pix or graphix.

[gothicmom]

Finally finished Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

Thats all I've read this summer. Not been in the mood. I've leafed through about 3-4 magazines. I've read ALOT to my son. The kids were in the summer reading program. He's also going into the 1st grade, so I didn't want him to forget how to read!

[Rozzlyn]

Finally finished Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

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That's one of those "unfilmable" books that got way too much praise as a film.

[gothicmom]

That's one of those "unfilmable" books that got way too much praise as a film. 

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I'm sure.

I do have both versions qued on Netflix.

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That's one of those "unfilmable" books that got way too much praise as a film. 

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simply because KUBRICK Rules

I agree though

not his best film

a great book However

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I forgot

how could I forget

I read Motley Crue's THE DIRT

possibly the best autobiography I've EVER read

that's all I'll say

If you've got the nerve...READ IT

it's a must

[Rozzlyn]

I'm sure.

I do have both versions qued on Netflix.

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Had you ever noticed, after the more recent film came out, how many people people called it "a remake of a Kubrick film"?

A Clockwork Orange was better as a book than as a film, too.

[Rozzlyn]

simply because KUBRICK Rules

I agree though

not his best film

a great book However

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Lots of horrible films get unwarranted praise simply because of who the director is. Kubrick hadn't made a single decent film since OR before Dr Strangelove -- and that story was about a dozen times better than the film.

Hell, even Tommy was wretched -- and only barely Pete Townshend's story (his vision of the opera was the stage production) -- but the soundtrack was amazing and the visuals were WORLDS better than anything else to come out of the "psychedellic" era of filmmaking.

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Lots of horrible films get unwarranted praise simply because of who the director is.  Kubrick hadn't made a single decent film since OR before Dr Strangelove -- and that story was about a dozen times better than the film.

Hell, even Tommy was wretched -- and only barely Pete Townshend's story (his vision of the opera was the stage production) -- but the soundtrack was amazing and the visuals were WORLDS better than anything else to come out of the "psychedellic" era of filmmaking.

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let's not discuss Kubrick, it is the one subject I am admittedly closed minded on

Ken Russel has vision, unfortunately, noone else feels it

HA

you are still my crush Rozzlyn, from your earlier TOMMY quotes

[The_Dark]

The Dreaming Universe : A Mind-Expanding Journey Into the Realm Where Psyche and Physics Meet by Dr. Fred Wolf

[Guest MsMaldoror]

I've been reading a lot of teen and children's literature lately--mostly for my job. I finally read Penelope Farmer's "Charlotte Sometimes," which I'd been meaning to read for a while. Yes, the Cure's song with the same title is about the book. I read Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted," which was decent, but not as good as some of his other books in my opinion. I'm in the middle of Laurel K. Hamilton's "A Kiss of Shadows." Yes, it's trash, but I still kinda like it.

[Black Sunday9]

aside from the great Graphic Novels that my librarian friend brings for me to read (i.e. Green lantern, Superman and Batman, Ultimate Spider-man, Grendel, etc) I like the Green lantern Corps rebirth 6 part miniseries from DC comics.

Hal Jordan is back and was cleared of all crimes he commited as Parralex, as he was posessed by a demon. Also John Stewart is again a Green lantern after being a member of Darkstar.

[gothicmom]

I've been reading a lot of teen and children's literature lately--mostly for my job.  I finally read Penelope Farmer's "Charlotte Sometimes," which I'd been meaning to read for a while.  Yes, the Cure's song with the same title is about the book.  I read Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted," which was decent, but not as good as some of his other books in my opinion.  I'm in the middle of Laurel K. Hamilton's "A Kiss of Shadows."  Yes, it's trash, but I still kinda like it. 

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Sometimes you need to read a bit of trash!

[Darque Knight]

Angels & Demons, DaVinci Code & and more video game magazines than you can shake a stick at.

[Rozzlyn]

let's not discuss Kubrick, it is the one subject I am admittedly closed minded on

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I'm sorry.

you are still my crush Rozzlyn, from your earlier TOMMY quotes

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Dear gawd, why? :confused

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Ha... you assume I can read...

[Rozzlyn]

Ha... you assume I can read...

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Well, I'm more assuming that the majority of those on here not only can but do read...

You know... Gothic literature and all that....

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Everything I have ever typed on this site has been dictated to my assistant so I don't have to.