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fljoe0 said:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy

I think I'm the only person who hasn't read this. I read about half of it last night and I think it's excellent. What's the deal with no quotation marks in this book? It took me a while to get used to that.
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Thats an example of McCarthys "style". I have always felt that his books would be better, even better i mean, if he could turn down the Stylishness a couple of notches. You can have an individual style without the exxagerations he sometimes uses. The Road was very dark i remember......
 
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I'm nearing the completion of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace. It takes me a while these days to get through a book (no matter how good it is) so I've been reading this for a few weeks now. I read this when it was first published back in 1996 and remember liking it but being a bit confused by it. Now that I am (ahem) older and a bit more wiser, I am loving this book. Atwood's writing is superb here and the storytelling is top notch. Dare I say this is one of her best? Yes, I think I will.
 
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fljoe0 said:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy

I think I'm the only person who hasn't read this. I read about half of it last night and I think it's excellent. What's the deal with no quotation marks in this book? It took me a while to get used to that.
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That's definitely a theme in most of his books. "The Road" is one of the few books my mom, who's an avid reader, absolutely will not finish. She proclaimed it the most depressing book she's ever read..lol. I loved it. Have you ever read "No Country For Old Men"? Most of McCarthy's books are pretty decent, but these two are my personal favorites.
 
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ghost19 said:
That's definitely a theme in most of his books. "The Road" is one of the few books my mom, who's an avid reader, absolutely will not finish. She proclaimed it the most depressing book she's ever read..lol. I loved it. Have you ever read "No Country For Old Men"? Most of McCarthy's books are pretty decent, but these two are my personal favorites.
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No I haven't read No Country. I did love the movie, though. I think I've seen it at least 3 times.

After I finish The Road, I'll put it on my list.
 
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fljoe0 said:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy

I think I'm the only person who hasn't read this. I read about half of it last night and I think it's excellent. What's the deal with no quotation marks in this book? It took me a while to get used to that.
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I've read The Road a couple of months ago, great book, especially if you're a father yourself. I've watched the movie right after, one of the best
movies from a book i've ever seen.
 
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Finished Edge by Deaver (finally!). Wasn't too impressed with the last book of his I read either - think it was The Kill Room. I usually like his Lincoln Rhyme novels, so maybe I'll stick to those in the future.

Started The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood last night. Excellent even from the very beginning.
 
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...this here tome:

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....got myself an ARC....
 
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Kurben said:
I feel like i have awakened from a bad dream..... I suddenly realized that it has been days, perhaps even a week, since i read a single line in a book. Then late last night i read Strip Poker by Oates (a very unsettling story about 4 18 year old guys and a 14 year old girl alone in a cabin) and realised what i missed. I think i must have been depressed or something, it is simply not me not to read for so long a period. Today i started The Breaker by Minette Walters. She is usually reliable but we'll see.
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You are such a prolific reader going days without reading certainly indicates there was something heavy on your mind. Go glad you broke through!! Happy words!
 
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fljoe0 said:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy

I think I'm the only person who hasn't read this. I read about half of it last night and I think it's excellent. What's the deal with no quotation marks in this book? It took me a while to get used to that.
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Not using quotation marks is a McCarthy trademark. He likes to remove anything that distances the reader from the reminder that he's reading a story. When it comes to punctuation he is a minimalist (he doesn't even use commas, if I remember correctly) and uses a Hemingway-esque
simple, stripped-down use of language. Conversely, in his earlier novels, he was more Faulknerian and the reader needs a dictionary to get through the first chapter. Lol
 
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Doc Creed said:
Not using quotation marks is a McCarthy trademark. He likes to remove anything that distances the reader from the reminder that he's reading a story. When it comes to punctuation he is a minimalist (he doesn't even use commas, if I remember correctly) and uses a Hemingway-esque
simple, stripped-down use of language. Conversely, in his earlier novels, he was more Faulknerian and the reader needs a dictionary to get through the first chapter. Lol
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Thanks for the info. I have noticed a lack of commas too. I found the lack of quotations a little distracting at the beginning but I got used to it.

It seems that I read someone else that didn't use much punctuation but I can't remember who that was.
 
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Finished The Breaker by Minette Walters. It was good but..... it is a step down from her early novels like The Ice House or The Scolds Bridle. This was her 6,th novel. Probably has written many more by now. The early ones had a more creepy feeling to them, they are crimenovels but still, and this one ended on completely wrong note. When a policeman expresses sympathy with the criminal.... and for such crimes i get a sour taste in my mouth and it was so completely out of character too. And it was more of a sad story than anything else, still a good story but sad. A police man should never utter sympathy for a rapist and murderer. The two most abominable crimes in the book. Silly name too, wonder who came up with that?
 
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carrie's younger brother said:
I'm nearing the completion of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace. It takes me a while these days to get through a book (no matter how good it is) so I've been reading this for a few weeks now. I read this when it was first published back in 1996 and remember liking it but being a bit confused by it. Now that I am (ahem) older and a bit more wiser, I am loving this book. Atwood's writing is superb here and the storytelling is top notch. Dare I say this is one of her best? Yes, I think I will.
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I think that's one of her best, as well.
 
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I'm reading The Ocean At The End Of The Lane. Just 50 pages in but so far i'm loving every word of it. Having a bit of a difficulty finding the right word for it. It is not fantasy or sf or horror.... I think what comes closest is fable.
Somehow i havent come across this one before in spite all the praises i've heard but better late than never, right?
 
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