Topic: Nintendo Life Book Club

I'm about halfway through Stephen King's The Green Mile; where I last left off, they're preparing for Delacroix's execution. I mostly know what happens since I've seen the movie with Tom Hanks, but it's always neat to compare movies with the books they're based off of. It's been slow going since it 1. takes a backburner to gaming more often than not (ESPECIALLY since I'm currently deep into XC3) and 2. I generally use books to wind down before bedtime...if I don't fall asleep first. It's a bit embarrassing since I used to tear through books like they were going extinct when I was a kid.

the new Stephen King book Fairy Tale is pretty good. good fantasy story just like Eyes of the Dragon and Talisman pretty much

I wouldnt be surprised if a movie was being planned right for Fairy Tale just for the heck of it.

@Rambler I read Snow Country years ago. Yep, it’s worth a read as it’s rightfully considered a classic. It’s very slow, very otherworldly, very simple, very beautiful, very good.

Did she do it to bump her book sales?

“Catholic bishop resigns after falling in love with Satanic erotic fiction novelist”

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Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman. A question for anyone who's read Terry Pratchet - is this book similar to the discworld series? As in, is the humour similar, the way it's written etc. It's my first time reading something of his and want to know whether I'd like the rest or not based on this. Thanks!

@upisdown yeah they are pretty similar. Mort is probably the closest Discword book that is most like Good Omens for comparison.

Also even though both of them plotted the book Terry did the bulk of the writing of Good Omens as Neil kept getting behind on his schedule for Sandman.

@jump ok thank you that’s helpful to know

@upisdown Discworld is brilliant, for me the Vimes Stories (Guards, Guards,Night Watch, etc) are the best, then the Death collection (Reaper Man, Mort, etc)
Best to read them in order a kind of order as there are a few nods back to previous books, but it doesnt really matter for some of them.

@Bunkerneath I've heard good things from lots of people about it (esp. Guards, Guards). So if similar to Good Omens I can expect it to be very character-driven then.
Happy reading!

I finally got around to reading Lolita and the prose is amazing, though I find myself whipping out my phone's dictionary app every dozen pages or so. It's crazy to think English wasn't even Nabokov's native language.

Also, I have no idea how anyone could read it and hold the view that Humbert is meant to be a sympathetic character. I think people approach the book actively wanting to be offended and have a very shallow interpretation as such.

@moomin It's art, you get what you want from it.

True, but I think you can judge one's interpretations on merit.

@Rambler A told from the viewpoint of a steak? That's not the oddest thing I've heard, sounds like a dream I had once lol.

@Rambler THAT IS WHAT I SAW IN A DREAM.

I've been reading Great Satan's rage: American negativity and rap/metal in the age of supercapitalism, and it's been a bit unorganized so far. Like, talking about rap and metal and then going 20 pages into the nature of economic warfare and the theories of Georges Bataille and such.

It's really funny seeing insanely vulgar nu metal lyrics reprinted in an academic work.

@Rambler That sounds worth checking out

Have a side gig writing college papers so I had to read Raisin in the Sun, which was great. Also started a book about Deng Xiaoping.

I'm starting to become an armchair historian of the People's Republic of China.

I'm trying to get into more classics and my recent one was The Metamorphises by Franz Kafka. I hope to get into Sherlock Holmes soon. I enjoyed it. Currently reading Like a House on Fire, about a woman having a crises about her life and expectations of her as a middle aged woman. She gets a new job with a great new boss and that's all I'll say lol.