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Finally read Rip It Up And Start Again - pretty much skimmed the last quarter, Reynolds spent way too much time on top-40 synthpop and U2 to give The Birthday Party three paragraphs and only refer to the Cure dismissively.

"The Wall" by John Lanchester was good -- sorta like 1984 at first

I really liked "Circe" which is a new novel about Circe. It's like a really good miniseries.

11/22/63 - been a decade-plus since I read any King, really into it so far but I'm dreading the likelihood of the last third being a disaster.

Just finished The Man Who Was Thursday, just started this

Learning more about sommeliers and the senses of taste and smell than I thought. I also learned more than enough to know I never want to be a certified sommelier.

What percentage of books you read on the recommendation of friends do you wind up enjoying?

My friend group has pretty diverse and firm interests so I don't get (or give) a lot of recommendations but when it happens they're pretty spot on.

I do keep copies of one book to give to new people to see if I can traumatize them - the three Andre Dubus novellas collected as "We Don't Live Here Anymore."

repoman wrote:What percentage of books you read on the recommendation of friends do you wind up enjoying?

100%!! Lucky me.

I think this is simply because only the friends that have a good handle on my reading tastes recommend books to me.

I'm currently reading Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite. If you ever want something that will challenge you mentally, physically, and spiritually (haha) this is it. Super fucked up book that has a twisted romantic edge to it. It's extremely sad as well as it highlights just how hard life was as a homosexual male in the 90's (which is something I think a lot of readers kind of missed the point on).

It's a hard read but I haven't been able to put it down. Only two chapters left.

jirodreamsofdank wrote:11/22/63 - been a decade-plus since I read any King, really into it so far but I'm dreading the likelihood of the last third being a disaster.

No spoilers.

I really enjoyed 2/3 of this book and didn’t understand why the other 1/3 was included. It doesn’t even really matter which third you choose. You could just pick one, remove it, slap the other two together and be good to go.

Started this

Media Virus by Douglas Rushkoff:

repoman wrote:What percentage of books you read on the recommendation of friends do you wind up enjoying?

Probably like.. 10%.. in fairness after about 1 or 2 chapters if I'm not digging what I'm reading, it's over.

Started The Dead Zone, got to a 1975 Stephen King description of bondage/sex, deleted it from my Kindle.

It's like how I feel when I picture George R R R^4 Martin writing all the rape shit in game of thrones. Pass