Dec 30, 2008 11:30
Alright so while Im looking for a job theres going to be a lot of down time and I get to do the things I didnt make time for before. Such as reading a good book all the way through.
Has anyone read a good book recently?
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The Golden Compass (and sequels) / Philip Pullman
and if you haven't read it: Hitchhiker's Guide!!
all great, more than great even.
I also hear good things about Terry Pratchett. kbye!
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Read the golden compass and the ending pissed me off. I think cause it forced you to read the next book. I was reading a series before that that did a better job of summing things up each book so you didnt really need to read more. I think the fact that I felt forced just made me want to rebel.
Thank you for the suggestions though. If youre driving to work one day tell me about your party! 8)
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1) Hitchiker's movie is not verbatim (there's 5 books! how could it be? besides, you can skip the first few if you want), and the true wit of Douglas Adams can never be captured on film. Also: very light reading, which is a plus. not to mention they butchered the plot with the love story between Trillian and Arthur.
2) sequels that spend any time rehashing the story from the previous installment suck. It tells the reader that the author thinks you're too out of it to remember the last book, or that you couldn't just figure it out from a few hints here and there. Simply: we are left to believe that the author thinks the reader is dumb.
3) You felt 'forced' to read the next book? I thought you were looking for books to read? dude, that trilogy is consistently brilliant - just read the whole thing. jeez!
4) if the above statements are true, you will probably hate No Country For Old Men.
I am now going to go read the 5th Hitchhiker's book. and for reference, I saw the movie first too. still good. pbbbt.
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sorry I got a little weird there...but they're really good books! I wholly understand the imagining characters as actors thing though. I have seen Dune many times since I was a child, and I could not for the life of me imagine the characters differently when I finally read it last year. it was total poop. I would sit there and come up with my own version of the characters based on the descriptions in the book, and just sit there imagining them...but ultimately my brain would always default to the movie. stupid brain. so yeah, you totally have my sympathy on that. I imagined Tommy Lee Jones while I read No Country For Old Men, and I haven't even seen the movie.
Golden Compass is great, Subtle Knife is great too, but different, not quite as fast-paced. I hear the third book in the trilogy is good - my sister has told me on numerous occasions that "the ending is sooooo good. it's amazing" ...but I have yet to even finish the second book, so, yeah.
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