Anybody read a good book lately?

rjs246 · May 20, 2008, 02:24:20 PM

I'm reading God Save the Fan and it is farging outstanding. It BADLY need an editor though. At one point the author refers to the Pittsburgh/Carolina superbowl of 2006... which, of course, never happened.

phattymatty · May 20, 2008, 02:51:30 PM

Quote from: rjs246 on May 20, 2008, 02:24:20 PM
It BADLY need an editor though.

rjs246 · May 20, 2008, 02:58:11 PM

Cut me a break. My editor is on vacation.

Sgt PSN · May 20, 2008, 03:03:27 PM

Liar. We're all editors around here.

rjs246 · May 24, 2008, 08:46:55 AM

Quote from: rjs246 on May 20, 2008, 02:24:20 PM
I'm reading God Save the Fan and it is farging outstanding. It BADLY needs an editor though. At one point the author refers to the Pittsburgh/Carolina superbowl of 2006... which, of course, never happened.

Finished. The first 1/3 and the last 1/4 of the book were fantastic. The middle lagged and got a little preachy. Definitely recommended, though. He does a good job of communicating the rising level of frustration among fans and is pretty funny to boot.

Wingspan · June 11, 2008, 11:26:16 AM

So I finally got around to reading All the Pretty Horses...I can't say that I liked it all that much. There just wasn't much going on, I didnt see the point of the two even setting off to go to mexico.

I actually enjoyed the last 40-50 pages of the book and made up for the first 3/4 of it, and brought some closure to the story.

And while I realize that it was to add realism, the misuse of punctuation, and the use of spanish with no translation, really bugged me and detracted from the story, big time.

rjs246 · June 11, 2008, 11:28:29 AM

Fail.

Wingspan · June 11, 2008, 11:37:34 AM

I normally read 2 to 3 books a month, and this one took me 4 weeks to get though.

I've never had to re-read so many sections to make sure I could follow along with who was saying what. And if it was even dialogue at all. It could have been a brilliant story (it wasn't) but it's hard to see when it's almost a chore to read the damn thing.

rjs246 · June 11, 2008, 11:42:56 AM

I read All the Pretty Horses in less than 3 days.

Wingspan · June 11, 2008, 11:46:02 AM

Quote from: rjs246 on June 11, 2008, 11:42:56 AM
I read All the Pretty Horses in less than 3 days.

phattymatty · June 11, 2008, 11:46:27 AM

i'm with wing, i've read two of his books and can't seem to get on the mccarthy bandwagon. i didn't necessarily think the two i read (the road and no country) were hard to follow, but rather they were both kind of pointless. especially the road, what a piece of shtein that was.

rjs246 · June 11, 2008, 11:48:18 AM

FTL

mussa · June 11, 2008, 01:32:37 PM

All the Pretty Horses took me sometime to get into myself....the Crossing took even longer. The endings though on both books keep you glued. I'm excited to read the final, but I can't find it anywhere. I'm more excited to read his recent titles, but I'm trying to read them in order somewhat

Phanatic · June 11, 2008, 01:38:07 PM

The road made me cry so I hate it...

Wingspan · June 11, 2008, 01:38:23 PM

Quote from: mussa on June 11, 2008, 01:32:37 PM
All the Pretty Horses took me sometime to get into myself....the Crossing took even longer. The endings though on both books keep you glued. I'm excited to read the final, but I can't find it anywhere. I'm more excited to read his recent titles, but I'm trying to read them in order somewhat

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