lazyboyx51
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Posted: Jul 14th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
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I'm about 100 pages away from finishing Chuck Palahniuk's latest, 'Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey'. Worth checking out if your a fan. As usual, some people feel Chuck's work has been declining, but I truly don't believe that. I really enjoyed his last one, 'Haunted'. 'Rant' is just as good - quintessential Palahniuk, taking an average person to produce astronomical events afflicting the world; pure satirization (is that a word?) of society. Rant, the nickname for Buster Casey, brings rabies to an epidemic level. Palahniuk has also shown a society where segregation isn't by the color of skin, but by the time of day you live your life (Nighttimers vs. Daytimers), where the Nighttimers are considered the waste of society, the low-rank subhumans that should be extinguished. The novel is also written in a unique way, accounts from all people who knew Rant Casey - not one comment from Rant himself (hence it being a 'biography'). IMHO, Chuck continues to find ways to present an interesting story, even if the underlying theme is similar to his previous books.
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"You know the sound of thunder, Mrs. Garret...Your husband and me had this talk, and I told him to head home to avoid a dark result. But I didn't say it in thunder. Ma'am, listen to the thunder." - Wild Bill Hickok, Deadwood
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lazyboyx51
Thinker Member is offlineDid you f**k me while I was out?...Then quit lookin' at me like that.
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Posted: Dec 15th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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Since the summer, I've finished Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" and "Purgatorio", both classics and recommended reads. After those heavy reads, I'm back to a little 'lighter' reading with John Sandford's "Easy Prey" (one of the earlier ones in the series).
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"You know the sound of thunder, Mrs. Garret...Your husband and me had this talk, and I told him to head home to avoid a dark result. But I didn't say it in thunder. Ma'am, listen to the thunder." - Wild Bill Hickok, Deadwood
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Posted: Dec 15th, 2007 at 08:35 pm
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I love that series of Sandford's-they are a lot of fun.
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"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own."--The Prisoner
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Posted: Dec 19th, 2007 at 03:04 pm
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Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (1999)
by Ann B. Ross
Miss Julia's husband of forty years or so has recently passed away, and she is just starting to become accustomed to her status as a wealthy, independent widow, when a woman by the name of Hazel Marie Puckett arrives at her door with her little boy in tow. According to Hazel the little boy is the son of Julia's late husband. Julia can't argue seeing as the little one looks so much like her late husband it would be hard for just about anyone to dispute it.
And that leaves Miss Julia with a problem on her hands. Hazel doesn't want money. She wants Julia, who has never had any children of her own, to care for the boy while she gets in her life in order. And she doesn't ask so much as just takes off without him. Living the church going Miss Julia in the middle of the scandal of her life.
Oh so Southern (and I know of what I speak), smart, touching and charming....the story is hurt only by the rather trite ending. But hey, it was supposed to make you feel good and it does. So I guess I can't say it was hurt by that all that much. I really enjoyed this book.
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lazyboyx51
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Posted: Feb 22nd, 2008 at 05:53 pm
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After Sandford's Easy Prey, I read Patricia Highsmith's final novel, Small g. Highsmith is the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and subsequent Ripley novels as well as Strangers On A Train, made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Her last book was pretty good, a little different than I would've expected, but a good read nonetheless. I just finished re-reading Chuck Palahniuk's Choke being that it has been adapted to film and should get a release sometime this summer.
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lazyboyx51
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2008 at 08:57 pm
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I finished reading Stewart Stanyard's behind-the-scenes look into The Twilight Zone - Dimensions Behind The Twilight Zone. Great read for any fan of Rod Serling and his wonderfully innovative and genuine show. Now, I'm reading Paul Auster's The Brooklyn Follies.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2009 at 08:27 pm
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This past week I finally got around to reading Memoirs of a Geisha. I was expecting it to be a little overdramatic and chick-lit-y, but it was a great book! It's about a woman's life in the Gion geisha district of Kyoto from 1929-1950ish. If you like historical fiction, I'd recommend this book.
I'm currently working on White Oleander by Janet Fitch. I made the mistake of seeing the movie first, but even if you've seen the movie, the book is great (so far). The book follows a thirteen-year-old girl through a large number of foster homes. It's a good read, especially if you're like me and love overly depressing fiction.
I'm so happy to finally get my hands on some fiction! (I've been reading only nonfiction for a few years now.) My only problem is that I've been sucked into these novels and haven't been going to bed until 3:30 am or so because I can't bring myself to put my book down. 
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"It is impossible to step twice into the same river."
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Posted: May 5th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
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Memoirs is a great book-I read it quite a few years back.
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"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own."--The Prisoner
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