Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

"The God Delusion"
Might as well see what all the hype was about.

[dontblameyoko]

finished Anansi Boys last week.  not my favorite Gaiman book, but a really funny book.

diving into Clive Barker's Sacrament this week.

what's Sacrament about?

It's been sitting on my coffee table for weeks and I finally got past page ten last night.

Starts out normal enough, about a nature photographer, one of the best apparently.  Shooting Polar Bears up close.  Ends up getting mauled and then cuts to memory for back story, with the photographer meeting two main characters who seem to be spirits or gods of some sort.

Then the obligatory Barker extremely descriptive sex scene between the earthbound spirits that also seem to be brother and sister in a way. 

I fell asleep after that.

It's never taken me this long to get into a Barker book.  I'm hoping the story picks up a bit.

Why is it called Sacrament?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This weekend I finished "Dress Your Family In Corduroy & Denim", and "Chop Suey", which was excellent. I just started "Luka and the Fire of Life" and "Blood Meridian". I have three or four others in progress but those are the ones I'm likely to actually finish in a timely fashion.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

David Eddings- Queen Of Sorcery.

[Disco Pickle]

finished Anansi Boys last week.  not my favorite Gaiman book, but a really funny book.

diving into Clive Barker's Sacrament this week.

what's Sacrament about?

It's been sitting on my coffee table for weeks and I finally got past page ten last night.

Starts out normal enough, about a nature photographer, one of the best apparently.  Shooting Polar Bears up close.  Ends up getting mauled and then cuts to memory for back story, with the photographer meeting two main characters who seem to be spirits or gods of some sort.

Then the obligatory Barker extremely descriptive sex scene between the earthbound spirits that also seem to be brother and sister in a way. 

I fell asleep after that.

It's never taken me this long to get into a Barker book.  I'm hoping the story picks up a bit.

Why is it called Sacrament?

I'm nearly at the end and should have it finished this evening.  Really, that paltry intro does the book no justice at all and I'll write a bit about it here for anyone interested.

It took a bit to really get a grasp on the meaning of the book.  It deals heavily with extinction.  The two protagonists are seemingly ageless, have forgotten their true nature and are separated from what I think is their creator (I'm just now getting to some explanation of that part and the book's almost over.)  The female is unable to have children that live longer than a day, and the male has made it is purpose to travel the planet and bring extinction to each and every species, after which he chronicles it in journals.  He says it's to bring silence to the planet so that he might be able to once again hear god's voice.

The main character is the photographer.  He's gay and lived in San Francisco before, during and after the "plague" hit.  It's the second time Barker's touched on this time period in a novel of his (Imajica) and talks about the effect it had on the gay community there.  I can't believe I didn't know he was gay until about two years ago, and now that I know I see the evidence everywhere in his writing.  This story taken with the other I mentioned leads me to believe he lost many friends to the virus.

I was initially disappointed with it, and it's probably still my least favorite of his, but I'll hold off until I finish to get a true picture of the story he is telling.

I'm still unclear about the reason for the title Sacrament.  Maybe it will be clear when I'm done.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

Just finished Atlas Shrugged.

Working through Wealth of Nations.

Jesus Christ, you read ALL of Atlas Shrugged?
Are you now a rugged individualist commie-punching entrepreneur?

[Epimetheus]

a rugged individualist commie-punching entrepreneur?

Just like Jesus.
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[Lenin McCarthy]

I'm reading an interview in a local Norwegian newspaper with a friend of mine, where he explains why drugs should be legalized, why the offshore drilling plans in vulnerable sea areas off the Norwegian coast should be stopped, and why removing civil liberties and increasing government surveillance to fight terrorism just makes the terrorists win.

[Sister Fracture]

Brittania Ruled. Can any of you britspags tell me what "making a leg" at someone means? I get the general gist, but can you actually get a boner on command?

[Placid Dingo]

Just finished Atlas Shrugged.

Working through Wealth of Nations.

Jesus Christ, you read ALL of Atlas Shrugged?
Are you now a rugged individualist commie-punching entrepreneur?

I am honestly, probably now a little less antagonistic towards corporations.

It kind of protects you from itself though; every time it sounds like making sense it throws in something painfully stupid just to make sure you don't take it to heart.

[Epimetheus]

Brittania Ruled. Can any of you britspags tell me what "making a leg" at someone means? I get the general gist, but can you actually get a boner on command?

Um, Google tells me it means to bow to someone.

[Phox]

Brittania Ruled. Can any of you britspags tell me what "making a leg" at someone means? I get the general gist, but can you actually get a boner on command?

I can get a boner on command.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Brittania Ruled. Can any of you britspags tell me what "making a leg" at someone means? I get the general gist, but can you actually get a boner on command?

I can get a boner on command.

I can give a woman a fake orgasm from across the room.

[Disco Pickle]

Brittania Ruled. Can any of you britspags tell me what "making a leg" at someone means? I get the general gist, but can you actually get a boner on command?

I can get a boner on command.

I can give a woman a fake orgasm from across the room.

I can get a woman pregnant from across the room. 

that's some black magic there.

[Cain]

Finished The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson.

Guess all I need to do now is read the third book and complete the trilogy.  And then watch the subbed films, after downloading them.