What are you reading?

[AngryGoldfish]

I know there is going to be something huge in the end. It's one of those stories that is essentially a build up to a pivotal conclusion. Everything, everyone, is all a build up. I'm also really curious as to why the Amazons are the way they are. Hero, the lead characters sister, has spoken briefly about why she changed, about some things that men did that were not proclaimed to the world at the time. Maybe that has something to do with the ending. I'm stoked to find out!

After that I think I'm going to buy another Batman comic. I miss Batman.

[futuresailors]

Moby Dick's insane; every other word's a goddamn allegory. Mr. Denton's right in it being a lot of work though. I tried reading it in like 6th or 7th grade along with the other "Great American Novels" and did not get very far. Had it in class a while ago where we spent half the semester doing a close reading of it and...

[AngryGoldfish]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

[RR Bigman]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

really? I always found McCarthy's style to be simple and lacking the American Gothic elaborations of Poe, Melville etc .

I don't care what they say, Melville is only a haunted house and a heart under the floorboard away from being an American Gothic writer.

[AngryGoldfish]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

really? I always found McCarthy's style to be simple and lacking the American Gothic elaborations of Poe, Melville etc .

I don't care what they say, Melville is only a haunted house and a heart under the floorboard away from being an American Gothic writer.

I always thought I had a decent grasp on the English language and its many quirky branches and sub-branches, but I struggled to visualise the scenes when I read The Road and Suttree. Maybe I should give them another try.

[futuresailors]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

really? I always found McCarthy's style to be simple and lacking the American Gothic elaborations of Poe, Melville etc .

I don't care what they say, Melville is only a haunted house and a heart under the floorboard away from being an American Gothic writer.

Melville- ALL YR GENRES ARE BELONG TO US

[morange]

I found the language in The Road and No Country for Old Men to be simple enough; but Blood Meridian was full of ridiculous words I ignored and did my best without. Take that, McCarthy. Really enjoy that book anyway, though.

[terminator]

umberto eco slips in latin, Italian, French and german all the time. I have to assume they are jokes that don't forward the plot. I mean, medieval latin puns are ripe comic material.

[RR Bigman]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

really? I always found McCarthy's style to be simple and lacking the American Gothic elaborations of Poe, Melville etc .

I don't care what they say, Melville is only a haunted house and a heart under the floorboard away from being an American Gothic writer.

Melville- ALL YR GENRES ARE BELONG TO US

[D.o.S.]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

really? I always found McCarthy's style to be simple and lacking the American Gothic elaborations of Poe, Melville etc .

I don't care what they say, Melville is only a haunted house and a heart under the floorboard away from being an American Gothic writer.

I always thought I had a decent grasp on the English language and its many quirky branches and sub-branches, but I struggled to visualise the scenes when I read The Road and Suttree. Maybe I should give them another try.

That's because McCarthy does the Hemmingway thing where he totally skimps on visual detail.

[Achtane]

Y'all are cray.

[AngryGoldfish]

I feel the same when reading Cormac McCarthy. I have to look up every second word in the dictionary and thesaurus in order to fully fathom his thoughts and the scene. It's a tiring experience and I end up never finishing them.

really? I always found McCarthy's style to be simple and lacking the American Gothic elaborations of Poe, Melville etc .

I don't care what they say, Melville is only a haunted house and a heart under the floorboard away from being an American Gothic writer.

I always thought I had a decent grasp on the English language and its many quirky branches and sub-branches, but I struggled to visualise the scenes when I read The Road and Suttree. Maybe I should give them another try.

That's because McCarthy does the Hemmingway thing where he totally skimps on visual detail.

That makes more sense then.

I'm honestly not that big of a reader. All the people I've met over the years, the ones that have sparked my passion to know them, they always ask the same question: What books do you read? And I never know what to say. I read amateur poetry and graphic novels. It just makes me feel...less intelligent. I love the English language and have always wrote either stories or lyrics, read poetry, prose, short stories, comics, been interested in stories in general, but just picking up a novel and reading it from start to finish, I rarely ever do it any more.

[futuresailors]

And you're Irish! Home of probably the only Great Writer of the past century.

[aeonrevolution]

Just started trying to read House of Leaves. Wish me luck.

[D.o.S.]

And you're Irish! Home of probably the only Great Writer of the past century.

James Joyce is rad, but 1913-2013 has a whole host of Great Writers.