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There's a thread on it here To read this, you have to enjoy the feeling of vertigo that comes from having a narrator that is completely unreliable, untrustworthy, in fact, possibly nuts. It's part of the ride. Welcome to postmodernism. I'm not done with it, I'm only 100 pages in or...

! Yep, that's what I mean. I borrowed the 1st one and said "WHAT!" when I got to the last page.

Soundtrack: The Donnas, Switchfoot, Evanescense, Taking Back Sunday, Alter Bridge, lots of people I haven't heard of. Great sound, high energy and all that.

Good Omens, all the way. David Sedaris is great, tho non-fiction.

I'm going to, probably this weekend. Just bought the soundtrack and it's fab.

Haven't tried Ilium, but I loved, loved, loved Hyperion. Just get both books, cause in Hyperion, the 1st one ended on a cliffhanger.

That version of Hamlet was wretched. I KNOW the Mel Gibson version was pants, but really, at least everyone seemed to be having fun making it. The 4 hour Kenneth Branagh version is just too long.

Just finished watching the movies (extended versions), and while I'm not sure that I would call Legolas overrated, I did realize how fricking annoying it would be to have an elf around all the time. I mean, just by their presence, it's like, I'm better looking than you, I'm always perfectly...

I think it is emotional and sensory content that is difficult to describe. Smells, for instance, not too easy to describe. But generally, when I can't find the words, it's because i'm trying to describe something that I feel emotionally, not think rationally. Was reading The Love Song of J...

Rosie-Posie Chubb of Deephollow I think this means I'm a fat little hobbit.

I really like this line: I dream of vanilla and vetiver what a great image.

It's funny, historical fiction can really shape how you feel about characters. I've done a bit of reading in Roman history, but when I read Alice Borchardt's werewolf books, Caesar came alive as a character in ways I never felt from the straight history, even reading his own works. I know...

Partly it's selection, I want what I want to read now, not when someone checks it back in. I also don't want to bother about due dates. Plus, I'm just naturally acquisitive. And they look so nice in my library. And I don't have to worry about possibly maltreating it, so if it's mine, I can...

I tend to switch in and out of "deep" reading and a quick read, so I try to pick a selection that suits the phase I'm in. Lately, I've been in a bit deeper phase so I've read Life of Pi, Blindness, and now am on House of Leaves. I'm sure I'll be tearing through some romances soon tho. It's...

It seems like ideas flow into everyone's mind at the same time sometimes. Makes you believe in a collective unconscious or whatever. It is a difficult line to draw.

So far, the only thing that is getting a bit on my nerves (tho is actually very good for me) is that I keep having to look up words and cultural references I don't know.

I'm reading this now; I'm just starting it now but am really enjoying it. I'm a bit concerned that the post modernist elements will overpower the story, but I'm willing to give it a shot as everyone is so impressed.

Wolf says thank you!

While I don't read a lot in this area, lots of people seem impressed with Lisa Scottoline.

Let's take a look at your first paragraph here. You're starting with a description of a place, which is just not different enough to pull at the reader's attention. Also, almost every single noun has an adjective here. It's just wordy enough to make it hard to get a visual image, too much...