Chi 2624 Posted May 8, 2019 Joyland by Stephen King Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted May 8, 2019 The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville 1 Azaeroe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azaeroe 40 Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) Started Nadja because of that, To-To, but I never finished Nadja. The most interesting part of it was the lucid intertextuality. Phillip Larkin and his Contemporaries Principles of Art Literature in Ireland I would like to understand the return to Romanticism that occurred in England, as well as understand what exactly magic craft is, and understand the history of literature in the Irish language. Edited May 10, 2019 by Azaeroe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azaeroe 40 Posted May 10, 2019 Schloß Rodriganda Popular German Adventure Novel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azaeroe 40 Posted May 11, 2019 Witchcraft isn't so much the objective fashioning of a reaction, as it is the inspired organisation of symbols for some mystic, indefinable, end. Rather than being subordinate to the artist, art is subordinate to the magian, and his occult quest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighttime Jae 238 Posted May 11, 2019 Susanna Kaysen's "Girl, Interrupted" (much darker than the movie adaptation) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gesu 1537 Posted May 11, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 3:52 AM, Azaeroe said: Phillip Larkin and his Contemporaries I think I actually have this lying around somewhere. I have something by him, anyways. Pretty sure it's this. IIRC, it has my favourite poem in it (I'm not normally too big on poetry, but I can make exceptions). 1 1 cheesy_VK_Freak and Azaeroe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azaeroe 40 Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) hildesheim und seine umgebung i am there Edited May 13, 2019 by Azaeroe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chocobuzz 752 Posted May 14, 2019 "Frihetens pris är okänt: Om demokratiska revolutioner i Georgien, Ukraina och Kirgizistan" by Anna-Lena Laurén. I'm trying to start reading more stuff in Swedish again, my skills have gotten a bit rusty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azaeroe 40 Posted May 14, 2019 Nabokov's Pushkin. Because it is a novel in verse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) I've been slowly making my way through Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. I saw the movie version a long time ago, and came across this book one day with a discount price, so I was like 'why not'. There's a lot more stuff happening in the book than what I remember from the movie and it's interesting enough... the slow trudging through it has to do more with me and my short attention span for novels these days, lol. I'm also getting back more into comic books lately, feels really cool and refreshing to catch up on some stuff I've missed. Thankfully there seems to be somewhat of a small 'boom' here in Hungary with random collected edition comics so right now I'm just jumping from volume to volume, whatever I can get my hands on that seems good: - I've just finished volume 6 of Jodorowsky's & Moebius' The Incal (I've been buying this series steadily since they first announced it), it was a very creative, profound but also funny space opera. I'm curious to see whether they'll continue with releasing the prequel story in Hungarian too. - Finished up the 4th collection/trade paperback volume of Mike Mignola's Hellboy. This guy just cannot disappoint me, gotta love the dark lore and fantastic art style (this edition also contains a story illustrated by Gary Gianni, different but still cool visuals). - Began reading Alan Moore's and Eddie Campbell's massive From Hell, so far so good. It took a while for me to get used to the dark and sketch-like art style but I realized that it fits the mysterious and grim atmosphere of the story perfectly. I'm still at the first few chapters, can't wait for the rest. Edited May 25, 2019 by Jigsaw9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chi 2624 Posted May 25, 2019 Finished Out by Natsuo Kirino. Liked it way less compared to Grotesque. The book kinda went downhill towards the end. Now onto Lord of the Flies^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted May 26, 2019 Read Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked. by Adam Alter, and hope to move on to Homo ludens; a study of the play-element in culture. by Johan Huizinga in anticipation of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) Just bought a ton of Spawn: Origins and Hellspawn collected hardcover comic books these past few weeks, brb reliving my teenage years. ♥ Edited June 22, 2019 by Jigsaw9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted June 22, 2019 I'm struggling with Junji Ito's Uzumaki. I really need to read it, but I can't find the motivation and it's absolutely gigantic; I mean 3 volumes in book form, but it feel like a huge book. 1 Tokage reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nullmoon 784 Posted June 22, 2019 34 minutes ago, secret_no_03 said: I'm struggling with Junji Ito's Uzumaki. I really need to read it, but I can't find the motivation and it's absolutely gigantic; I mean 3 volumes in book form, but it feel like a huge book. But it's so good! Maybe try some of his shorter works first and build up? ^^ 2 secret_no_03 and platy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted June 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, nullmoon said: But it's so good! Maybe try some of his shorter works first and build up? ^^ Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give that a shot. 1 nullmoon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chi 2624 Posted July 11, 2019 Currently reading Frankenstein for the first time lol 1 monkeybanana4 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chi 2624 Posted July 13, 2019 Frankenstein was a snoozefest. I somewhat get the message of the book but if you can't drawn me in with your book, I will just go find a book with the same message that I might find more interesting. Finished this book mostly because I wanted to see what Frankenstein is originally like. The movie that popularized it really changed everything Lol. I'm now reading Stephen King's Thinner, in a mission to read all the books I have collecting dust on my shelf. Listening to the audiobook of Sadie by Courtney Summers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted July 13, 2019 'The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales' by Mark Samuels, it falls pretty much in that same niche of weird horror that authors like Jon Padgett, Laird Barron and their ilk fall into. The highlight of the collection for me was probably the story about the Mexican town with its weird folk tradition. Most of the stories are definitely good, and I'd recommend it to people who are into this particular brand of weird horror fiction, though at the same time I do have to say that if you've read more stuff falling within this particular sector of horror you won't find anything TRULY surprising here, it's mostly just about the sort of stuff you'd expect at this point. Biggest point of criticism I can give is that it went a bit TOO much into the 'enlightened redditor' / 'pissed off boomer dad' dimension with the ''DUDE did u know modern society totally sucks & people worship the media even though celebrities are all vapid & shit'' stuff in a few of the later stories in the collection Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted July 23, 2019 Just read this amazing book that Hideo Kojima keeps referencing, so I was really curious and was not disappointed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted July 23, 2019 Looking at some books about Joy Division, but I'm not sure which to get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted August 11, 2019 I have eight books on hold at the library and I'm planning to get The Road tomorrow when the library opens up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted August 12, 2019 Books on hold: Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Fahrenheit 451 The Martian Chronicles Kobo Abe The Boxman Ryu Murakami Coin locker babies Yukio Mishima The temple of the golden pavilion Acts of worship : seven stories Posthumously published under Christopher Hitchens name. The four horsemen : the conversation that sparked an atheist revolution / Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris, Dennett ; foreword by Stephen Fry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted September 16, 2019 Currently slowly getting through a Hungarian book on posthumanism. Shit's pretty wild, man. Also started (a Hungarian edition of) Karin Tidbeck's collection of short stories "Jagannath". So far so good. Also, shit's pretty wild, man. [2] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites