What Are You Reading?

[Grave]

Finished Darkly Dreaming Dexter last night, enjoyed it for the most part but I thought the ending was totally rushed and unsatisfying.

Reading Arthas: Rise of the Lich King right now and LOL VIDEO GAME BOOKS it is fucking awful. Being this sort of book, obviously the only kind of person who should ever even consider reading it is someone who's a die-hard WoW fan. Slight problem: Warcraft fans have already heard this story a million times in a million ways. The vast majority of them could probably tell it better than Christie Golden could. The games sure did! Its only saving grace is the fact that some knuckle-dragging moron from trade chat could potentially be encouraged to set foot in one of those big buildings where you can take home books for free and they might see something else of worth that catches their eye while they hunt for this. A more realistic scenario involves the ordering it on Amazon.com, annoyed that the whole endeavor made them accidentally close the tab that had their next Domino's order priced out ready to go. Needless to say I don't think I can bring myself to finish this.

[A Robot Bit Me]

Needless to say I don't think I can bring myself to finish this.

What brought you to start it? The fuck, man?

[Grave]

I admit I wondered about it when it came out, could be a decent time if it was well-told and actually expanded significantly on everything the reader knew.

Yeah, I should have known better.

[Josh]

[Michael]

Red Dragon, Thomas Harris

Tasty so far.

Also just got done reading Wizard and Glass and am dreading starting Wolves of the Calla, but I just want to get the series over with.

[Grave]

Finished Dearly Devoted Dexter and Dexter in the Dark. I like these.

[Josh]

Also just got done reading Wizard and Glass

It's all downhill from here

[A Robot Bit Me]

Finished Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. I liked the parts that validated my own opinions the best (Vanilla Sky chapter, namely)! Kloster Man occasionally loses sight of his (kinda tenuous) points, but even the tangential stuff is entertaining. The soccer chapter is the funniest.

Anyway, I think I want to read more of his stuff very soon. Recommendations?

[Compass]

Wrapped Under the Dome recently. Amazon had the hardcover available for pre-order for $9 so I snapped it up. The frickin' Kindle file was like $15. Maybe they made a mistake? Anyway, not one of King's best, but entertaining enough I guess. On his Wiki it says he's a big fan of LOST and it definitely shines through here.

I wish there was more experimentation and positing on the Dome itself. I really like that stuff.

Apparently people were disappointed with the ending, but that was my favorite part.

Please let us live our little lives.

[Brisco Bold]

Finished Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. I liked the parts that validated my own opinions the best (Vanilla Sky chapter, namely)! Kloster Man occasionally loses sight of his (kinda tenuous) points, but even the tangential stuff is entertaining. The soccer chapter is the funniest.

Anyway, I think I want to read more of his stuff very soon. Recommendations?

If you want a hilarious travelogue/memoir/more musings on rock—at one point he compares all the girls he's seen to members of KISS—try Killing Yourself to Live.
If you want more of the same, try Eat the Dinosaur.
If you like the way he writes, but prefer it in fiction—where all the characters sound exactly like Chuck, for better or worse—try Downtown Owl.
Oh yeah, and if you looooooove metal, try Fargo Rock City. (I'm not crazy about metal, but I liked it.)

I am currently re-reading Douglas Coupland's Microserfs, and noting the similarities between it and J-Pod.