Wha Choo Readin? soon: 100 collected stories by O. Henry love that shit. http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,93929#msg-93929 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:29 -0700 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134713#msg-134713 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134713#msg-134713

(just put it on hold at the library, btw. thanks for the sugg.)

i been reading greil marcus stuff. boring review type things, one of the doors, one of van morrison. i skipped a lot of pages. made me listen to the doors and van morrison again though, great stuff. currently giving his "invisible republic" a shot. i assume invisible republic will make me listen to all the basement tape stuff again too. good enough.

also read tony iommi's autobio, it wasn't as good as ozzy's, but it was fine, i finished it. also read nick mason's autobio "inside out," pretty good floyd accounting, but nothing new really. what else.

two books by peter martin. his "landsmen" book was j. d. salinger's favorite book. it was the first of a trilogy, the second being "the building." but peter martin died after the second book. no trilogy afterall.

i think that's it for now.]]> mike10k Whole Wide World Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:35:14 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134712#msg-134712 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134712#msg-134712
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keep me filled in on that one, bluesmer. both my folks were marines.

That explains it.]]> bluesmer Whole Wide World Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:25:26 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134707#msg-134707 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134707#msg-134707 mike10k Whole Wide World Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:13:48 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134705#msg-134705 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134705#msg-134705
I recently watched "Full Metal Jacket'' on cable and asked an ex-Marine friend how accurate the basic training parts were. He gave me this book which follows a group of recruits through the complete basic training experience.


New thread time for this one.]]> bluesmer Whole Wide World Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:24:08 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134676#msg-134676 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134676#msg-134676 Achillius Whole Wide World Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:54:03 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134333#msg-134333 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134333#msg-134333
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All the pretty horses - Cormac McCarthy

looks damn good so far
The Road is fantastic as well. I just started Tolkien's Silmarillion, and I'm as entertained as I am overwhelmed.]]> Ballistic Chimp Whole Wide World Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:44:43 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134282#msg-134282 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134282#msg-134282
looks damn good so far]]> cronic Whole Wide World Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:08:08 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134263#msg-134263 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134263#msg-134263
(just 'cause it's long, and I'm a slow reader, and this is a super busy summer/fall/winter, and I need to re-read the Hobbit before that movie comes out, and probably something else.)]]> dtrom4 Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:27:07 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134262#msg-134262 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,134262#msg-134262 Kathaariancode Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:17:23 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132604#msg-132604 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132604#msg-132604
i'm reading an 800 page roald dahl short story collection and it is awesome.

great ww2 fighter plane stories so far.]]> mike10k Whole Wide World Tue, 15 May 2012 08:16:14 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132597#msg-132597 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132597#msg-132597

Getting back to finishing this guy up, put all my reading off concentrate on my coursework last semester, now I've got a stack non fiction to plow through this summer. Also, finally going to read Fight Club.



Yay Fight Club!]]> Kathaariancode Whole Wide World Mon, 14 May 2012 15:11:20 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132580#msg-132580 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132580#msg-132580 morevividthansunsets Whole Wide World Sun, 13 May 2012 15:20:13 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132510#msg-132510 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132510#msg-132510
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The Sandman Series - Neil Gaiman [Graphic Novel]

One down, many to go. Great stuff.

finished all 10 volumes....and it was fantastic. i can't rate it high enough.
Just finished Vloume 3 - didn't enjoy it as much as the others, 'Midsummer night's Dream' wasn't coherent or dark enough for me to get into. Calliope was great, though, and i'm looking forward to the rest.]]> betamax Whole Wide World Thu, 10 May 2012 01:41:08 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132469#msg-132469 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132469#msg-132469
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looking forward to this big time:


finished this, and i really liked it.

i'm not sure how it would be to someone that hadn't already read all 7 of the original books.

but i thought it was super duper, and i hope he writes a lot more "betweener" dark tower books.

jericho hill please next!]]> mike10k Whole Wide World Tue, 08 May 2012 11:28:14 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132333#msg-132333 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132333#msg-132333 killebrew Whole Wide World Tue, 01 May 2012 14:21:21 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132324#msg-132324 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,132324#msg-132324
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The Sandman Series - Neil Gaiman [Graphic Novel]

One down, many to go. Great stuff.

finished all 10 volumes....and it was fantastic. i can't rate it high enough.]]> mike10k Whole Wide World Tue, 01 May 2012 12:57:43 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131983#msg-131983 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131983#msg-131983 betamax Whole Wide World Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:02:19 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131972#msg-131972 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131972#msg-131972
next is the walking dead graphic book thing.

then 6 volumes of akira. 6 gigantic volumes.]]> mike10k Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:49:11 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131971#msg-131971 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131971#msg-131971 JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:46:36 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131966#msg-131966 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131966#msg-131966
Infinite Jest is currently on my shelf, staring at me, and I've decided to give it a try this summer, when I have nothing else to do and can give it the time it deserves. I've read up extensively on Wallace and read a few of his shorter pieces, so I'm certainly curious about it.]]> Jamison Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:22:43 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131958#msg-131958 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131958#msg-131958 dollabill Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:42:40 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131957#msg-131957 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131957#msg-131957 Infinite Jest.]]> maffj Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:56:23 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131956#msg-131956 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131956#msg-131956
it's a shame this forum doesn't have a [spoiler] function because i really want to spew forth about these little references...

i'll only say that there are, so far, crossovers involving Pemulis and Hal that i hadn't even considered. Has anyone sat down and, like, mapped everything out? The links, the locations, etc?

That would be a big job.

ETA: (ha...i feel that this acronym takes on a wonderful new meaning)

what i enjoy most about this book are the scenes that take place at the academy. the dialogue and narration surrounding Hal, Pemulis, Troetsch etc. are brilliant to read.]]> betamax Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:51:35 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131953#msg-131953 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131953#msg-131953
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Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

Second time through for me and, wow, there are so many little references that are currently blowing my mind. If you haven't read it, read it.. if you have read it, read it again and prepare for little yelps of excitement every now and again.
I read it pretty slow the first time, but man - I'm only ~half/2/3rds through a reread - there are things that didn't register as key the first time and bits I'd completely forgotten the joy of.]]> StatusFrustratio Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:48:31 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131952#msg-131952 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131952#msg-131952
Second time through for me and, wow, there are so many little references that are currently blowing my mind. If you haven't read it, read it.. if you have read it, read it again and prepare for little yelps of excitement every now and again.]]> betamax Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:07:57 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131948#msg-131948 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131948#msg-131948 JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:06:24 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131947#msg-131947 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131947#msg-131947 Slaughterhouse 5), so I went ahead and downloaded Breakfast of Champions.]]> dtrom4 Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:40:53 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131946#msg-131946 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131946#msg-131946 1Q84. I loves me some Murakami but this one is a little unusual, even by his standards. This is like the eighth book of his that I've read and he really recycles a ton of weirdly specific material between books to the point that I want to make a Murakami bingo card. Intertwining protagonists, talking cats, author protagonists, everyone is an expert on jazz and/or classical music, 30-something protagonist has platonic relationship with an offbeat teenage girl, prostitute with a heart of gold, and women with strange psychic premonition. Basically yeah, just read one of his books already!]]> Inside Outside Whole Wide World Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:26:04 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131698#msg-131698 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131698#msg-131698 JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo Whole Wide World Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:31:48 -0700 http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131677#msg-131677 Re: Wha Choo Readin? http://www.mountain-goats.com/forums/read.php?4,93929,131677#msg-131677 mike10k Whole Wide World Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:22:12 -0700