Books motherfuckers, do you read them?

[A. Crow]

i'm still in A Clash of Kings...

dude must be freaking rolling in cash right now. 

[shoopfox]

Just started Feast for Crows myself.  Storm of Swords was pretty intense I thought.  Not surprised the fourth would be abit slower after everything that happened with the last one.  Not sure when I'll get Dance with Dragons afterwards,  unless I can get the hardcover REALLY cheap.  I hate that it takes so long for a book to go paperback.

I'm mostly sad my hardcover doesn't match my paperbacks at all. It's not even green like it was originally supposed to be @_@

[at0m]

Considering how much [spoiler]underage & incestuous[/spoiler]sex is in these things, I'm surprised it doesn't have a pink cover. But then they'd have to break them all down to <200 pages. I think that's contributing as much as anything else, although I'm really enjoying them.

[Squishy3]

Considering how much [spoiler]underage & incestuous[/spoiler]sex is in these things, I'm surprised it doesn't have a pink cover. But then they'd have to break them all down to <200 pages. I think that's contributing as much as anything else, although I'm really enjoying them.

Well, there's only a few cases of incestuous sex, mainly Craster and Jaime. The underage sex isn't an issue in the actual universe, as there is no "age of consent" other than the girls are able to have sex after they get their first period.

[HeK]

Well, there's only a few cases of incestuous sex, mainly Craster and Jaime. The underage sex isn't an issue in the actual universe, as there is no "age of consent" other than the girls are able to have sex babbies after they get their first period.

Think of the children!

[A. Crow]

[quote author=Squishy link=topic=1145.msg217932#msg217932 date=1312555043]
Well, there's only a few cases of incestuous sex, mainly Craster and Jaime. The underage sex isn't an issue in the actual universe, as there is no "age of consent" other than the girls are able to have sex babbies after they get their first period.

Think of the children!
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they are.

Also, finished Clash of Kings, started Storm of Swords.

[at0m]

[quote author=HeK link=topic=1145.msg217939#msg217939 date=1312558249]
[quote author=Squishy link=topic=1145.msg217932#msg217932 date=1312555043]
Well, there's only a few cases of incestuous sex, mainly Craster and Jaime. The underage sex isn't an issue in the actual universe, as there is no "age of consent" other than the girls are able to have sex babbies after they get their first period.

Think of the children!
[/quote]

they are.

Also, finished Clash of Kings, started Storm of Swords.
[/quote]I know the underage stuff isn't 'out of place', and neither is the raping and pillaging, but still. Also, [spoiler]no, Cersei fucks her cousin too, and Asha molests her brother after he gropes her too[/spoiler].

[HeK]

[A. Crow]

[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=1145.msg217942#msg217942 date=1312559368]
[quote author=HeK link=topic=1145.msg217939#msg217939 date=1312558249]
[quote author=Squishy link=topic=1145.msg217932#msg217932 date=1312555043]
Well, there's only a few cases of incestuous sex, mainly Craster and Jaime. The underage sex isn't an issue in the actual universe, as there is no "age of consent" other than the girls are able to have sex babbies after they get their first period.

Think of the children!
[/quote]

they are.

Also, finished Clash of Kings, started Storm of Swords.
[/quote]I know the underage stuff isn't 'out of place', and neither is the raping and pillaging, but still. Also, [spoiler]no, Cersei fucks her cousin too, and Asha molests her brother after he gropes her too[/spoiler].
[/quote]

[spoiler]I'm pissed she didn't kill the kingslayer.[/spoiler]

[3clipse]

Just finished reading this book. It's the first book I've read all the way through since the 5th grade probably. My girlfriend wanted me to read it. Easy read. Interesting, with quite a twist at the end. It's about these twin girls. One is like a cutter and throws up n shit. The other gets molested by her father does drugs and what not. Pretty fucked up stuff. Unfortunatly I couldn't really relate to anyone in the book, besides maybe one guy just a little bit. Everyone is just a little fucked in this book.




Finished reading this for summer homework, going into AP Statistics. Interesting, and makes you never want to believe stats again, without knowing a deep background of the stat it self.

[Maxon]

And onto a "Dance with Dragons".  Feast certainly wasn't quite as good as the previous two and was missing characters, but the little paragraph at the end of the book explaining that Feast and Dragons are more one book than two separate ones waylaid that bit of disappointment.  Not gonna wait for paperback, so hopefully I can get the hardcover cheap on Amazon.

[Kor]

And onto a "Dance with Dragons".  Feast certainly wasn't quite as good as the previous two and was missing characters, but the little paragraph at the end of the book explaining that Feast and Dragons are more one book than two separate ones waylaid that bit of disappointment.  Not gonna wait for paperback, so hopefully I can get the hardcover cheap on Amazon.

$19 plus shipping on Amazon. Mine's in the mail as I type this.

I thought Feast was decent in the regard that is really beefed out the secondary characters. The brilliance in the story telling is in the perspective provided; Martin is letting us see it all, but we keep reading to see how it comes together. Also, [spoiler]it's about time Daenerys had problems; I do love me some baby eating. [/spoiler]

[spoiler]I hope Martin isn't finished with Brienne. The romantic in me wants to read more Jaime/Brienne. Cannot wait to see where Tyrion pops up[/spoiler]

[ThunderStain]

Read the hobbit about 2 weeks ago. Really enjoyed it. Half way through Ubik now. Everyday at work in the lunchroom I talk about how I cant wait to get home to read more of it, then when I try and explain it I feel like an asshole hahaha.

[KarthXLR]

Got A Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, and a book about Hayao Miyazaki at Borders. Hopefully they are all good.

[Moosendoo]

Half way through Ubik now. Everyday at work in the lunchroom I talk about how I cant wait to get home to read more of it, then when I try and explain it I feel like an asshole hahaha.

I actually took a class on Philip K. Dick last semester.  It was pretty fun except for the research paper... From what we read, my favorite was probably The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

[Ianki]

Got A Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, and a book about Hayao Miyazaki at Borders. Hopefully they are all good.

A confederacy of dunces has been on my back burner for a good five years now, and i never get around to it.  I only hear great things.

[at0m]

[quote author=ThunderStain link=topic=1145.msg218939#msg218939 date=1313359297]
Half way through Ubik now. Everyday at work in the lunchroom I talk about how I cant wait to get home to read more of it, then when I try and explain it I feel like an asshole hahaha.

I actually took a class on Philip K. Dick last semester.  It was pretty fun except for the research paper... From what we read, my favorite was probably The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
[/quote]I had never heard of Ubik or Three Stigmata until I saw them in a compilation novel that I _almost_ bought while I was at Borders today. Decided against, because as much as I like his short stories I think my brain would fall out on the floor if I read a full-length novel by him.

[Eschatos]

[quote author=Karth link=topic=1145.msg218958#msg218958 date=1313369607]
Got A Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, and a book about Hayao Miyazaki at Borders. Hopefully they are all good.

A confederacy of dunces has been on my back burner for a good five years now, and i never get around to it.  I only hear great things.
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It is the best piece of satire I have ever read.  The author killed himself because no one would publish the book, and 11 years later his mother finally got someone to actually read it.  And then it got a Pulitzer Prize.  Shit is entertaining.

[Ianki]

[quote author=Ianki link=topic=1145.msg218982#msg218982 date=1313383251]
[quote author=Karth link=topic=1145.msg218958#msg218958 date=1313369607]
Got A Confederacy of Dunces, Don Quixote, and a book about Hayao Miyazaki at Borders. Hopefully they are all good.

A confederacy of dunces has been on my back burner for a good five years now, and i never get around to it.  I only hear great things.
[/quote]

It is the best piece of satire I have ever read.  The author killed himself because no one would publish the book, and 11 years later his mother finally got someone to actually read it.  And then it got a Pulitzer Prize.  Shit is entertaining.
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better satire than catch-22? i think catch-22 and lolita might be my two favorite books

[The Generic Name]

I just started reading Book 2 of a Song of Fire and Ice.  Color me hooked.