Hussain Elius

Oz, should I read Transmetropolitan?

Har. :p
Have you read anything by Milan Kundera?

You seem to be burning through Irredeemable. May I suggest Incognito?

I know, I know. A rock fell on me, and I couldn't get it off, so I've been living under it ever since.

Hey thank you. Got the files :D :D

I dont know audiobooks have questionable file sizes mailing them would be a drag :( i'll find some other sources...private tracker? yes i was a devoid demonoid user you can always find everything there:( :( :(...all the new semi-private/private torrent sites require some kind of donation or recommendation to register so no luck so far..i use some ebook sharing sites and usenet and can find like 95% of the books i'm looking for and would just have to be content with that.
nilkhet na? haven't been there since my last semester..no more textbooks lol...i think i'm getting more comfortable reading ebooks, wouldn't know what to do with physical ones :D
btw added you in last.fm...nice list :)

really? yes i read ebooks, lately its all i've been reading...ebups are fine, if you can send them to nowheregirl_2012@hotmaildotcom that would be great....i am usually very good with searching for ebooks but just couldn't find the ones i was looking for anywhere!

I had so gotten used to reading ebooks that I'd forgotten just how great paper books are. I'm in love with 'actual' books once again.

Lol :)
That's . . . startling. :)

Yes, that's what everyone else asked me to start with. Let's see, absurdist classic . . . abducted by aliens . . . and I love Catch- 22, so I think I might like that.

I suppose this is one of those books I won't like while I'm reading, but will later sing songs of it's brilliance.

Yes, I still haven't quite gotten over the dystopian wave either.
The-sparkle-vampire-wave. I think I'm going to have to make a shelf called that. :)
So 3 stars. Nothing special, right?
What's the best of Vonnegut's work there is, anyway? I've been meaning to read something of his for a long time, I might as well start now.

Hey :) I see you're reading Breakfast of Champions. I've never really gotten around to reading anything by Kurt Vonnegut. :)

Elius wrote: "Rajiv wrote: "I see you've started Preacher. Isn't it amazing?"

it's good so far, but i haven't reached any "holy shit I did not see that coming" part, which is my standard for amzing :P"

That's not how Preacher works. As a matter of fact, you can clearly see where they're going. It's how they get there - that's what makes the series what it truly is.

Rajiv wrote: "I see you've started Preacher. Isn't it amazing?"

it's good so far, but i haven't reached any "holy shit I did not see that coming" part, which is my standard for amzing :P

I see you've started Preacher. Isn't it amazing?

Rajiv wrote: "Are you thinking of continuing the 52 books challenge next year?"

nah. reading against the clock takes a lot of the fun away. gonna take it slower next year. I'd like to re-read some of the books I read plus start with Game of Thrones, Dune, and other, thicker, books that I had to keep off.

Are you thinking of continuing the 52 books challenge next year?

Rajiv wrote: "I've noticed that you don't like Crichton's books very much, which is interesting because most other people I've met love his novels quite a bit. What does he do wrong?"

I just read two of his books and both had interesting premises. But that's where it ends. The writing style is nothing to talk about, which I don't mind myself as long as the stories are good. And they do start of well but they tumble somewhere in the middle.

Next is a bunch of interwoven stories which jump around quiet a bit, never giving depth to any of the storylines, which is a big failure when you are publishing a work as a novel.

The Andromeda Strain also has an exciting plot, but it fails as a thriller when he tells you in the very beginning that everything is okay at the end. There were some personal conflicts hinted but never shown. And then there was the Deus Ex Machina. Uggh.

So yeah, I'd love to love his books, because I am a fan of the combination of technical details plus action, but I am also a fan of finishing a book and not thinking that it was a waste of time.

To his credit, the words flows easily. I managed to finished Andromeda Strain within 5-6 hours.

I've noticed that you don't like Crichton's books very much, which is interesting because most other people I've met love his novels quite a bit. What does he do wrong?