How about for this thread and this thread only we dispense with the sniping bulldhit. What the fuck have you read that's good and what the fuck have you read that sucks? Muslims whites blacks republicans chunks (fat chinks) democrats Indians paki Indians quadrapalegics tall fuckers Jews antisemites antidentites A-Rabs Genobots douchebags spics Mics WOPs grape stomping guineas chowds one precenters gangstas squirters Squat Cobblers. We good? _
@nyjetsmets89 and @joe Love you both and you guys fought enough. Please take a break from this thread and let me handle Stokes the Italian sensation.
My original post was a measly 4 word response directed to NotSatoshiNakamoto - don't blame me the twitchy cunt (netsjets) butted in and went full-girl unhinged with it.
Another meltdown. You still haven't offered anything relevant to this thread. What are you reading? What have you read lately?
I mocked, you melted. I'm reading "Capturing Jonathan Pollard" a story about a money-grubbing traitor who $old out his own country.
Either you don't like Jews or I got you so mad that constantly bringing up Jewish culture and people is your way of trying to get me mad. You're small potatoes Benjy. You seem to me more like a Tolstoy guy.
Let the Great World Spin was terrific. Give Transatlantic (also by Colum McCann) a try, also very good. East of Eden is a favorite of mine as well. Read both this past year.
I've read most of McCann's books. Great World was his best. I went to dinner with him a few years ago and he was a really good dude--ended up staying at the restaurant until about 1:00 am having more than a few drams of scotch. _
I have not. Some fun noir/vampire books set in San Francisco are the Blood Sucking Fiend books by Christopher Moore. Best horror book I've read in the past 5 years, hands down--Let the Right One In. Made into a foreign film and then a US film. Really really well written. _
I'll check it out. Ever Read Robert McCammon? A Boy's Life is one of my favorite stories from him. I've yet to read Wolf's Hour or Gone South, but I will soon.
East of Eden was good, but I prefer Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Both hit me a little harder and the story is a little tighter. East of Eden spans 3 generations and a lot of things are left unfinished (although that mirrors life I suppose). Thou mayest
Both are great novels. I think EoE more so. The struggle of good and evil, and the sense of self acceptance and the ability to plot one's own course. FWIW, Steinbeck believed EoE to be his best work and that all others were in preparation for it. Timshel!
It's been a while but when his Chinese servant came clean I had to go back and read it 3 times it was so powerful. _
