Introduction (General Book Club Discussion)

Nope. Just American Gods. If this book is cool, I definitely give Stardust a shot though.

 

Stardust is excellent (I'm a fan of Gaiman too). Reinvigorated my interest in the traditional fairy tale story. I plan on reading one of the books that inspired it, Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees, eventually.

I'm all for Neverwhere. It's been on the list for a while.

 

I found a version narrated by Gaiman

 

are you on myanon?

 

12 hours 37 min

 

Looks interesting enough.

 

Maybe I'll try audiobooks again with this one. I usually just can't focus while listening

 

I love gaiman, it someone has a kindle version email me plskthx

 

I'm finishing up The Barkeep but I'm on board for this one. I actually already have it on my tablet.

 

I would start reading as soon as I got a copy.

 

I'm trying to think of the books I was reading where you had the "gods" living in these secluded palaces and they were like perfect impressions of what humans could be. You had the two princesses from another kingdom there (one engaged to the supreme ruler, the other trying to rescue her).

The Blackfish you know what I'm talking about?

 

Sounds like Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

 

Maybe I did read it??

 

So apparently I did read it. I need to get more organized with my reading. I didn't even finish the Malazan book i was on and jumped into Bands of Mourning.

Is Warbreaker part of a series? I really enjoyed it.

 

He wrote it as a stand alone, but there could be indirect sequels.

 

Reading The Orphan Masters Son currently.


Took awhile to get going but fan now. Fiction based off North Korea and a persons life journey with their military at a very high level.

 

I read it. 6.5/10

 

Hey guys, quick survey, anybody here use an Amazon Fire tablet and if so, do you use Aldiko? Any info is appreciated.

 

Yes but no.

 

I have no idea if you all are interested in reading horror (it's not a genre that a lot of people enjoy), but I have a friend who writes horror and she raved about this book. It also scared Stephen King, so I thought I'd suggest it.

A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay

“A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I’m pretty hard to scare.” (Stephen King)

Spoiler

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.

To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.

Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface--and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.

 

Im not that into the horror genre. However, what I like most about book club is reading shit I never would have read otherwise. I'm down.

 

Best audiobook for me was Shantaram. Dresden is great as well from an audiobook perspective.

 

How do I find this on the standard podcast app? If you're speaking about Neverwhere I'll start that today.

 

Anyone still have a copy of "The Great TMB e-book ZIP file"? I went looking for mine the other day and I think I lost it when my laptop crapped out a couple months ago.

 

Another suggestion for June . . .

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2016 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction

Spoiler

The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, compared by critics to the works of Graham Greene, Denis Johnson, and George Orwell, The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity, politics, and America, wrought in electric prose. The narrator, a Vietnamese army captain, is a man of divided loyalties, a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent in America after the end of the Vietnam War. A powerful story of love and friendship, and a gripping espionage novel, The Sympathizer examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

 

Just suggestions. I'm open to hearing other ones

 

Yeah, me neither. I was looking for things outside what I usually read that sounded intriguing.

 

Any other nominations for June? Or preferences out of what I posted above?

 

I'd lean towards I Let You Go, but A Head . . . also looks entertaining.