By Kylie
'Marvellous...the writing is pungent, the antics uproarious, the wit as sharp as a hypodermic needle' Daily Telegraph
Are you serious? Did I miss something? This book was a complete and grotesque waste of my time! The Daily Telegraph is right though, 'the writing is pungent'. It stinks like S**T!!! As for uproarious antics, I'm funnier after three wines and a sedative!
On a positive note, Slaughterhouse 5 is only 157 pages so I managed to read most of it while getting a tattoo. Thankfully the tattoo distracted me from the intense, pain of reading Vonnegut's dim-witted, unintelligent, crap.
Tragically I am responsible for inflicting this torture on the book club members and I am tremendously apologetic for doing so.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
"On The Road'. . . just an opinion
By Kylie
After a taxing struggle with the first 100 or so pages, the following few hundred had me firmly embraced in a love/hate relationship with Kerouac's stories and characters.
Written in such intimate detail, Kerouac allowed me the sensation of being truly present on Dean and Sal's many expeditions. His scenes and situations described in such depth, often evoked strong recollections of personal journeys and events.
Unfortunately my slight disdain for the main characters at the beginning was firmly entrenched by books end. The futile ravings of these self indulged, self diagnosed sane were hackneyed and predictable. Believing the painfully insignificant as intoxicatingly pertinent left me wanting to slap them into reality.
Out of five stars I give 'One The Road' two and a bit!
After a taxing struggle with the first 100 or so pages, the following few hundred had me firmly embraced in a love/hate relationship with Kerouac's stories and characters.
Written in such intimate detail, Kerouac allowed me the sensation of being truly present on Dean and Sal's many expeditions. His scenes and situations described in such depth, often evoked strong recollections of personal journeys and events.
Unfortunately my slight disdain for the main characters at the beginning was firmly entrenched by books end. The futile ravings of these self indulged, self diagnosed sane were hackneyed and predictable. Believing the painfully insignificant as intoxicatingly pertinent left me wanting to slap them into reality.
Out of five stars I give 'One The Road' two and a bit!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The Time Traveler's Wife.
This is a book that isn't an official Book Club book, but has been read, and is being read, by Book Club readers.
It's about a guy with a genetic fault that makes him randomly travel through time. He meets a girl when she is six, and continues to visit her as she grows up. Don't let the premise put you off, this book isn't so much about time travel as it is about the love story. You get lost in the love story, so much so, that you don't question the validity of the whole time travel thing.
I have read some brilliant books this year, and I'd have to say this is just about the best. I give it five stars (of a possible five).
Simon.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Book Club - book number two.
This month's Book Club book is Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.
Below is blurbs, 10 words or less, from people who have read the book...
An unstuck romp through time, war and death - exquisite.
Being unstuck in time eliminates surprise but not anxiety.
“… Perplexed tale of war, love, war, aging, war, and aliens.”
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.
Below is blurbs, 10 words or less, from people who have read the book...
An unstuck romp through time, war and death - exquisite.
Being unstuck in time eliminates surprise but not anxiety.
“… Perplexed tale of war, love, war, aging, war, and aliens.”
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.
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