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Just listened to the Encore podcast, @Jason Tate come hang out in here and get back into reading for fun more!

 

Reading “The Fireman.”

 

Oh man I love The Fireman. Just finished the first book in this series and recommend it if you're looking for some sci-fi in your life.

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

 

After never reading more than 2-3 books a year (if that) through high school and most of college, I finally made a leap in 2016 and read about 8 or so. In 2017 a switched flipped and I finished about 31 different titles (a few comics and audiobooks included). Honestly this year has been super rewarding and I finally really fell in love with reading.

With that said I’ve spent the last 2 and 1/2 months reading Infinite Jest and it kicked my ass. I just finished it this afternoon and while I grasped the basics of what was happening, the majority of the meaning flew right past my head. One of the most interesting, but frustrating experiences.

 

My next read is either going to be Meet Me In The Bathroom or Heavier Than Heaven, that Kurt Cobain biography. Has any one read the latter?

 

i own the latter but haven't quite gotten to it. i like the author's other work though!

 

wait ignore me, i definitely meant the come as you are biography by michael azzerad, sorry, my bad

 

And now The Cider House Rules is talking about pony penises. Yep. Pony penises.

 

Never a dull moment. :)

 

I'm very curious to figure out what the title means and connects to haha

 

Enjoyed it immensely, loved the time period, was obsessed with Napoleon for a bit while reading. The only difficult part for me was the first war campaign that's in the first 200 pages or so, I spent forever on it, too many military people to keep track of. But once I got past that, it was great.

 

Not read it personally but i know a few people that have and enjoyed it. I'd like to give it a shot one day.

 

I always feel weird in this thread cuz most of the talk is about books I've never heard of and don't seem interesting to me and I realize that most people don't read anything remotely close to what I do hah!

 

Have you read any other Joe Hill works?

 

Same, haha. I don't usually have any idea what others are talking about and I get excited when I do lol.

 

It does often seem that this thread revolves around more literary fiction than genre fiction. Which isn’t a bad thing, just an observation.

Which may be why genre fiction has kinda migrated to other threads, but more specialized by authors.

 

I’m halfway thru You Shall Know Our Velocity! and I’m really enjoying it. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to finally read it.

 

i really enjoyed this, and i've enjoyed the three works i've read by Eggers. he seems to be very love / hate among fans / readers, but i really like and connect with his writing style. although i did feel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was about twice as long as it should have been, i still enjoyed it and the world Eggers painted. The Circle was also very, very good although nothing really groundbreaking.

 

what u readin?

 

The only other Eggers I’ve read is What is the What, but I’m definitely planning on going through his bibliography after I finish Velocity. I’m a big fan of his style. I’m excited to read Staggering Genius and Zeitoun.

 

What's the difference between Genre/Literary? I've always just seen things as Fiction or Non-Fiction.

 

Currently reading The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz.

 

I'm not mad about it or anything it's just funny to me that most here are reading things WAY above my level. Like I might as well be reading fucking Goosebumps haha

 

Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Romance, Horror, YA (kinda—it has all the same subsidies as adult literature), Mysteries, etc.

Literary: usually nominated for Pulitzers/classics—think of things like To Kill a Mockingbird or anything by Steinbeck.

Of course, something can be both. But there’s a tradition of looking down on genre fiction that has continued in the canon of literature for centuries.

 

This makes sense. I guess I'm just more interested in the former then. Although Mockingbird is one if my favorites I just haven't read it in years.