I was just living my life at the time, but it's a big book and kind of impossible to read quickly. Though on the other hand, it's written in a way where it's kind of impossible to follow everything that's going on, so maybe you won't miss much by skimming. I think it would be OK to read during school as long as you didn't have to do a lot of reading for class and such.
Gotcha. I'm going to be taking either one or two English classes because I'm planning on minoring in English, so we'll see how it works out.
Do comics count for this thread?
Just call them graphic novels. I read Night Fisher the other night, also Ghost of Hoppers.
Only if they actually are though. One of my pet peeves is when people say "graphic novels" when they're really just "comics" that were collected in a trade or hardcover. I'm not saying that I think there's no such thing as a "graphic novel," I'm just saying that if my mind were to Venn diagram it, all graphic novels are comics, but not all comics are graphic novels.
I just finished reading Grant Morrison and Richard Case's run on DOOM PATROL last night. It's absolutely phenomenal. I can't believe I've lived so much of my life without having read it. It's probably my second or third favorite Morrison work (after ALL STAR SUPERMAN, and maybe WE3), although I will be reading THE INVISIBLES this week and hope it tops everything else.
Do comics count for this thread?
Just call them graphic novels. I read Night Fisher the other night, also Ghost of Hoppers.
In that case I'm reading about 5 graphic novels a week.
Are they actually graphic novels or do you mean monthly comic books (or just collected trades or HCs)? Whatever the case, what are you reading and what do you think about them?
I'm reading the new Nick Hornby, 'Juliet, Naked', and I have to say, it's pretty ace.
Oh cool, I didn't know he had a new book out. I will be sure to check it out. Books are one medium I always wish I was more up to date on. I find that even my favorite authors have novels fly right by my radar for a good while until I randomly happen by their Wikipedia page. So I started trying to make a note of it whenever I see one has an upcoming book.
What NEW books are you guys looking forward to reading?
-Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 - It got rave reviews in Japan, but no English translation has been announced yet.
-Jonathan Lethem's CHRONIC CITY - I'm a big Lethem fan. September.
-Dave Eggers's THE WILD THINGS - A long novel adaptation to go along with the upcoming movie he co-wrote. He's said that the novel is more his story and the movie is more Spike Jonze's. I can't wait for either. (Eggers also just released ZEITOUN, a nonfiction book about a Syrian man in New Orleans during and after Katrina; that was pretty good)
Yeesh. Long post.