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I noticed some of that bud, but it wasn't too bothersome to me. Maybe it's because I'm near the area that I put blinders on. I'm a handful of chapters into his One Year After now.
All good, different strokes and all that. As much as I get irritated as I get by "book snobs" who only like super pretentious drivel (in my opinion), I'm just as snobby when it comes to editing and grammar in books. Just last night I came across a double word in Sleeping Beauties and it makes me think, "WHO EDITED THIS?" And that's a Stephen King novel where you know they have to be proof-reading. Anyway, enjoy. Glad you can look past that stuff. I need to get better at that.
I have about 20% left I think and it's a slog. I actually don't mind it too much, but nothing is really enjoyable about it either. I just kind of keep pounding on it every night.
I will say I did like the way it ended, although that may be a side effect of it just being over.
I am the same way - I get more frustrated when I don't love a book because it takes me so long to get through one. Instead of chalking it up to a couple duds, I get the mindframe that I am just not into reading or something like that and go too long without picking up a book (which also adds to me being slow at reading lately).
Yeah, remember the last one we discussed here? That terrible book about the Tornado Boy? I bought that book just from the blurb, then immediately polluted this thread about it before I even read the damned thing, causing a few others here to waste their time with it also.
Very different vein but I also am a big fan of the Hole series. Another you might like is the Matthew Scudder series by Lawrence Block. Alcoholic pi in New York. I think the stuff about his recovery along the way is the most interesting part of the series.
Yeah, I've read a bunch of Block but liked Keller the killer and Bernie the burglar better than Scudder although they were good too.
Funny, I just bought this today. Im not much of a fantasy reader but the reviews for this book are just too good to pass up.
Over the last 3 years I've probably read about 100 books, The Name of the Wind is easily top 5.
Whats the rest of your top 5 over the last three years?
Looking at my Goodreads, these are the books that really stood out.Native said:
Just get ready to join the Song of Ice and Fire fans waiting for their slow author to actually finish up what they started if you end up really digging this one and the sequel.Native said:
I was just coming in to post about this one. It's fitting that you wrote that because I thought the same thing after I finished reading it - that it was enjoyable, but it probably would have been an even better audiobook. I think sci-fi fans who liked the format of World War Z will probably like this quick read - it's written as though you are reading interviews and articles.
Both are very good but the types of books that could be very love hate. You might be passed the ideal age for On The Road.
That's the attitude! I read it when I was younger and loved it- same with Catcher in the Rye- but I know many people who tried to read those books as 30+ year old adults and they didn't get it. If you want an interesting follow up, check out Big Sur. It's nowhere near as good but it's Jack and his same group of friends about 10-15 years later. It's the darkside of that beat/hippy lifestyle.
No joke. Glacially slow. If you liked these you may well also like Abercrombie's The Blade Itself. Some of the most fun books I've read through.
I saw that the movie was coming out soon and checked this out at the library. Riveting stuff. Made me feel like I learned some new spy techniques and "tradecraft." Inventive, distinct characters. Definite page-turner.
Finally finished this. Meh.
Ended up just reading "Garfield in the Civil War." Since he had such a short Presidency, it worked out fine. It balanced out the Millard book because I knew about his Presidency and assassination from that book, and was more deficient in his earlier life.
