Comments on: Hey, I read a book! http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/ A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jake http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7634 Jake Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:50:37 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7634 The "hyper-masculinity" thing can be especially grating/ironic/confusing considering he's gay, but maybe that's just me stereotyping. ;) The “hyper-masculinity” thing can be especially grating/ironic/confusing considering he’s gay, but maybe that’s just me stereotyping. ;)

]]> By: casey http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7632 casey Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:11:59 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7632 laugh. i just felt bad for suddenly invading your blog out of the blue, is all. i have never liked palahniuk. i spent the entirety of the fight club movie sputtering indignantly. i guess i have trouble with hyper-masculinist type stuff, to say the least. i have been terrible at reading lately. i read almost solely while waiting for buses on the way home from work. it may be kind of sad that i have a spanish degree and i have never read the entirety of don quixote. when i was in spain, i went to several places mentioned in the story, too. i just can't get into literature from that era. laugh. i just felt bad for suddenly invading your blog out of the blue, is all.

i have never liked palahniuk. i spent the entirety of the fight club movie sputtering indignantly. i guess i have trouble with hyper-masculinist type stuff, to say the least.

i have been terrible at reading lately. i read almost solely while waiting for buses on the way home from work.

it may be kind of sad that i have a spanish degree and i have never read the entirety of don quixote. when i was in spain, i went to several places mentioned in the story, too. i just can’t get into literature from that era.

]]> By: Jake http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7631 Jake Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:42:13 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7631 Oh please, Casey, we've had plenty of comment convos on the Corcorans' site. You're practically family! ;) I read so slowly these days that I'm a poor, poor companion for any kind of book club. My last read what <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400032822/ref=nosim/blahstuff-20" rel="nofollow">Haunted</a> by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm generally a huge fan of Chuck but this one ranks as my least favorite. It has the "Guts" short story in it, though. Right now, I'm taking time off "easy" reads to put another dent in the Grossman translation of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060934344/ref=nosim/blahstuff-20" rel="nofollow">Don Quixote</a> (luckily I've developed a skill for picking up where I left off in a book, even if it was several months ago...) Next, I think I'll do John Irving's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400063833/ref=nosim/blahstuff-20" rel="nofollow">Until I Find You</a> and then maybe <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582346038/ref=nosim/blahstuff-20" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell</a>, but who knows, really? Oh please, Casey, we’ve had plenty of comment convos on the Corcorans’ site. You’re practically family! ;)
I read so slowly these days that I’m a poor, poor companion for any kind of book club. My last read what Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. I’m generally a huge fan of Chuck but this one ranks as my least favorite. It has the “Guts” short story in it, though.

Right now, I’m taking time off “easy” reads to put another dent in the Grossman translation of Don Quixote (luckily I’ve developed a skill for picking up where I left off in a book, even if it was several months ago…)

Next, I think I’ll do John Irving’s Until I Find You and then maybe Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, but who knows, really?

]]> By: casey http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7624 casey Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:41:46 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7624 oh, yeah. hi, jake! i'm casey. oh, yeah. hi, jake! i’m casey.

]]> By: casey http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7623 casey Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:38:21 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7623 nice. i loved what feed did with language. reminded me a bit of a more comprehensible clockwork orange. or a bit of orwellian newspeak in that the kids just didn't have the language to express certain concepts anymore. we need a young adult fic book club or something. i just read another one i plan on handing off to eddie. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689857721/ref=wl_it_dp/103-4385113-8286225?ie=UTF8&coliid=IH6PDXA7K0IP7&colid=MSO3DNBJM27S" rel="nofollow">america, by e. frank</a>. nice. i loved what feed did with language. reminded me a bit of a more comprehensible clockwork orange. or a bit of orwellian newspeak in that the kids just didn’t have the language to express certain concepts anymore.

we need a young adult fic book club or something. i just read another one i plan on handing off to eddie. america, by e. frank.

]]> By: da kine http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7590 da kine Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:39:37 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7590 Yeah, Ed gave me Feed when he crashed my Vegas vacation. It's pretty pissah. Yeah, Ed gave me Feed when he crashed my Vegas vacation. It’s pretty pissah.

]]> By: Jake http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7568 Jake Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:59:15 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7568 Interesting. I haven't even heard of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0763622591/ref=nosim/blahstuff-20" rel="nofollow">Feed</a>. Sounds like a good one. Interesting. I haven’t even heard of Feed.
Sounds like a good one.

]]> By: casey http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7562 casey Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:35:18 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/09/07/546/curious-incident-dog/#comment-7562 hey! i gave that book to eddie! i'm the young adult fiction freak. you should also pick up feed by m.t. anderson. hey! i gave that book to eddie! i’m the young adult fiction freak.

you should also pick up feed by m.t. anderson.

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