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... about the resolution of most crime books. The "whodunnit" part rarely seems to live up to the set up for me.
102. Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk is falling into the category of authors that I read but am not sure whether I like yet (the other prime example being Douglas Coupland). ... OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
... in no particular order:
Thirty Stories by Kay Boyle
Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
GraceLand by Chris Abani
The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Mat ... ... Meyer
7. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
8. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
9. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
10. Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
11. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
12. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
13. A Charmed Life: Growing up in Macbeth's Castle by ... ... presence and absence, on the memory of a character, on the way his disappearance affects the characters around him. (Heck, Rant, constructs a whole book around a character who we never meet directly.) Fforde's take on things serves the defeat-evil-genius plot, but is actually pretty ... I havn't read Rant but I have read The Purple Emperor I finished Rant last night and it was really good. I don't know what I'm reading next though. I haven't read Cyteen but I have read Rant. I finished Rant last night. It was reallllly good. ... Polly, I didn't even know it was a movie. It was an impulse buy one day at Meijer.
I'm getting really close to finishing Rant. It's gotten good, but it's still a little strange. ... for a couple days though and now he has a really bad sunburn. His shoulders are practically covered in blisters.
GN: Rant and my charger were returned from Missy's house. yay!
GN: After tonight, I have 3 days off of work.
GN: Saturday I'm going to a concert =D *angry voice* Yes, and I will be returning that Rant ASAP! >:(
Not really my kind of book, you see. ;) I'm really starting to enjoy Rant. It's a little strange, but it is definately entertaining me. However, I left it at Missy's house. It's an hour away. So I won't be reading it for a couple days.
... and I got there safely =)
Good News: I had a lovely time hanging out with Missy and playing with Miles.
Bad News: I left Rant and my phone charger at her house.
Good News: Other people in my family have the same charger so I will survive. ... of the novel.
57. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk - finished 7/24/09
Despite what criticisms I've had of Palahniuk, I really ended up enjoying Rant and ... Yesterday, I finished The Ceremonies, which was really good. I also finished up the audiobook of Rant. Despite some hiccups, it's probably one of my favorite Palahniuks so far.
Today, I started The Master and Margarita. Update on Rant:
Lee Harvey Oswald. James Earl Ray. Sirhan Sirhan. John Wilkes Booth.
One of these things is not like the others. One of these things does not belong...
And, no, it's not Mr. Sirhan's lack of a middle name that sets him apart. While the official record states that ... #3> Carlos, for the most part, I enjoyed Rant a lot. Oh, well. C'est la vie!
Last night I reread the great Melville short story, "Bartleby the Scrivner," for the first time in quite a while. That piece never ceases to amaze and amuse me.
Tonight I will begin The Fourth Bear, which will ... Update on Rant:
It struck me today that even though the novel is structured as a biography of Buster "Rant" Casey, I feel a little confused as to why anybody felt any particular interest in writing a biography of this person. Rant has these out-sized personality traits that are pretty extreme ... ... for people who find William Burroughs' works to be a little too straightforward.
I'm about done (I think9 with Rant, which has had its ups and downs. It was actually pretty intriguing for a while, but I've sort of hit this point of, Tell me again why anyone would write a biography ... I'm going to start reading Rant so I can get that back to my friend before he goes off to school. But I also need to read my ER book so I can write a review! ... themes to Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons, but is better written. Anyway, it's a lot of fun.
I've still got Rant on audiobook. I have to give Palahniuk props for the chapters on boosted peaks and party crashing, which is where the book gets really into its science fiction phase. ... Update on Rant:
I've heard some people refer to Chuck Palahniuk as this generation's Vonnegut. Personally, I'd say it's too early to call but I can see some of the parallels. One really big difference, though: Vonnegut writes like on old man, like someone weary beyond his years and ... I'm in a Middleton, a small town in Middle America where Buster "Rant" Casey has been bitten by a (radioactive) spider. I'm also in Russia with Yakov Petrovich in Dostoevsky's The Double. ... I think it's supposed to be a comedy, but I'm finding it downright depressing. I hope it picks up soon.
I've also got Rant on audiobook. I'd say it's about average so far for Palahniuk works. It has his usual flaws (poor pacing and characterization) but it's kind of fun to see the usual P ... ... to read more today, instead opting to start something new. (But I only have 30 pages left, so I am not giving up.)
Rant is pretty enjoyable, though Palahniuk seems to lack a good sense of character. He has one elementary school teacher talking about how she tries to emphasize to her ... Book Started: Rant
Category: Audiobooks
I'm somewhat ambivalent when it comes to Palahniuk. I enjoyed Lullaby although the main characters seemed to be future Darwin Award nominees, thought Diary was an entertaining train wreck, found myself turning Republican* as I read Choke, and ... ... Nicholson Baker 3/5
41- The Blind Owl by Sadiq Hidayat 2.5/5
42- London Art Deco by Arnold Schwartzman 4/5
43- Rant by Chuck Palahniuk 2/5
44- The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting by Mark Roseman 3.5/5
45- The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown 3/5
46- Engineering Arc ... 43- Rant by Chuck Palahniuk 2/5 I've been reading Rant. ... have stopped there, but a fellow reader at my workplace *really* likes Mr. Palahniuk, and so she loaned me Haunted and Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey and I read both because I thought I would give the author a second chance.
However, I feel like either Fight Club was his best book, ... I recently started Rant. ... Haunted was okay, but it wasn't my favorite Palahniuk book. Actually, the only other Palahniuk book I've read was Rant, so I don't have a whole lot to judge by. I do have a few others on Mt. TBR, but I think I'll wait a while before picking up another by him. Don't know if my stomach ... ... Haunted was okay, but it wasn't my favorite Palahniuk book. Actually, the only other Palahniuk book I've read was Rant, so I don't have a whole lot to judge by. I do have a few others on Mt. TBR, but I think I'll wait a while before picking up another by him. Don't know if my stomach ... ... ~~~~~~~~
I'm about 1/3 of the way through Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. It's def not my thing. It's grosser than Rant was, and I read someone's review somewhere that Haunted is the book for the truest Palahniuk fans, and I believe it.
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. It's def not my thing. It's grosser than Rant was, and I read someone's review somewhere that Haunted is the book for the truest Palahniuk fans, and I believe it.
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fi ... Hi readeron!!!
Glad you're liking Palahniuk - have read them all except the last 3 (Rant,Snuff and Pygmy - my favorite was Survivor... just love his "voice" - I've had plenty of weird looks on public transportation because I was in the midst of a particularly rich passage and I'm ... ... Choke at any of the 8 libraries that I can access?! The only ones they have is Haunted, Fight Club, Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Stranger Than Fiction, Lullaby and Survivor. {RANT February should be promounced FEB-RU-ARY, not Feb-u-ary.
It pickles my beets to hear it pronounced Febuary. {/RANT
Can I add "Yo Damn Skippy?" It's been a while since I heard it last, but it went through like a tumbleweed clogging up all conversation.
"Hey! Did the Sox win ... ... her. She was just such a darling woman, with a way with words to boot.
3. Twilight (yes, I'm ashamed. Just a bit)
4. rant by Chuck Palahniuk. I have an absolute love hate with him. :/
And yeah, My first topic got sent without text (how i did that i don't know). I *THINK* I managed to ... ... of the book were very good, but the last third was a disappointment in my view, to put it mildly. Also, I recently read Rant by Palahniuk, which I enjoyed a lot.
I loved Wise Blood. A great book. Gotta read that again sometime. Very good movie, too.
Last night I finished St. Ronan's ... ... Martel
AMAZING AMAZING book! The end was shocking, completely turned the book upside down.
March
6. Rant - Chuck Palahnuk
Real page turner! The style it's written in was very different, but very interesting to read...
Interesting concepts, great characters.
7. ... Book 11: Rant: an Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
A fun, strange, imaginative wholly enjoyable science fictionish black comedy that becomes stranger and more surreal as you go along and the ... I'm about halfway through Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. It's my first book by Palahniuk and I'm enjoying it a lot. A black comedy, laugh out loud funny from time to time, disturbing more often, but always astounding in terms of Palahnuik's imagination.
Also, I'll add my praise for The Executioners ... ... here seems to enjoy most! Oh, well. Anyway, my next two books are going to be relatively current: Bonk by Mary Roach and Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. I also have never read Rant (just to jump start the thread...) Authors I've Never Read Before:
1) Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff - ***
2) Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
3) Drop City by T. Coraghessan Boyle - **
4) The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
5) The Casualty by Heinrich Boll - *****
6) House Made of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday
... ... Way Comes
5. Breakfast of Champions
6. In Defense of Food
7. Rant
8. Angels and Demons
9. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
EC. The Last Templar
EC. Da Vinci Co ... #46 - Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey (Chuck Palahniuk) ... by Stephenie Meyer (2nd time)
My Wish list:
1. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
2. Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
3. Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
4. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
5. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
6. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
7. Stranger than Fiction by Chuck Palahn ... ... Story is my favorite Stephen King. It's the first book review I posted on my blog. :-D
bazooka: I loved Rant. It was really weird and cool. I just ordered Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey and The Devil & Miss Prym LT has a bad effect on me, all I want to do is buy books D: bazook CRAP! there's a movie? dang, I'll have to get on that book! :-o
I think RANT would make a pretty cool movie IF they got the right screenwriter and director for it. Whoever did Fight Club could do Rant I think. Chuck Palahniuk is always brilliant - can't remember them now but in Choke and Rant I recall being instantly hooked by the conversational style of the openings. I think the problem with having something too concise and catchy is that it could become cliche, maybe applicable to the above ... I just finished reading Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. My review is In the Shadow of Mt. TBR. Very weird book, but I really liked it. There's a lot in it that makes you wonder about humanity, our government, time ... Just finished Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. Very uber-bizarre. But I liked it! My Review is In the Shadow of Mt. TBR. Just finished Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. Completely bizarre, but I really loved it. It's just the kind of freak show I like. My review is In the Shadow of Mt. TBR.
I'm still about a fourth of the way through < ... #210 - I read Rant last summer and I was thoroughly grossed out in several places. At least I thought so, until I picked up Snuff just recently. I should have known - the premise of the book is that a porn star is doing a stunt in which she does 600 guys. Palahniuk describes the bathroom ... ... reading outloud to my 9-year-old as we sat in the restaurant waiting for our food, I also started reading Palahniuk's Rant today. The best word to describe it is weird. I don't understand the daylighter and nightlighter thing nor the partycrasher. And *gag* the whole "sex ... ... still wearing holey shoes.
But I picked up:
Interpreter of Maladies and Austenland on the BOGO 1/2 off deal, and Rant for the birthday special deal of 30% off.
Austenland was recommended to me by someone since I'm doing a Jane-a-thon. It looks like a pleasant and enjoyable piece ... ... an interesting and pleasant read, with many acute observations on human nature. And then from a whole other universe:
25. Rant! Read Rant by Palahniuk great book. As funny as it is dark but I thought the ending could have been better. #25 sabinap--I have never read Palahniuk before--I actually had Fight Club and Rant in my hands and put them back. What ones do you recommend? I heard he is a great writer.
I bought on the buy 1 get 1 50% off table Memory of Water and Pack Up The Moon. Took a 1001 break to finally read Rant, but I'm thinking that once I finish, Never Let Me Go is calling to me... From Borders on Charing Cross Road:
When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain by John O'Farrell ... yesterday:
When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain by John O'Farrell
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk ... Mount TBR:
When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain by John O'Farrell
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
... only finished one book. However, it was an excellent read, and made up for the lack of other literary stimulation.
#3 Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey, by Chuck Palahniuk
I am something of a Palahniuk fan already, and I will say this: I was rather disappointed at first. Palahniuk ... 2007, I picked 150 books to read. However, the last Harry Potter book completely ruined things for me and I had to desire to pick up another book until recently. I got around 50, if I was lucky (see http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=6899).
So, I'm not going to bite off more than I ... I'm reading Things Fall Apart for school and Trainspotting, Torchwood Another Life, and Rant for pleasure. ... Diner and The City of Dreaming Books. The worst was also a tie, this time between The Poe Shadow, Ghostwalk, and Rant. ... ails.
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain was unbelievable, unrealistic, uninteresting, unlikely and damn near unreadable.
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. Chuck not only stumbles but falls flat on his face. He may never get back up.
Well, avaland did encourage us to state how we really felt. ... isn't working for this one) and Sarah's Key.
I just finished listening to Finding Noel on the ride and am starting on Rant. I'm still undecided on if I'm going to like Rant or not. ... of limitations expires).
I love Palahniuk's first three or four books (FIGHT CLUB and LULLABY) but his last few, RANT and, particularly, HAUNTED, were disappointing. It's like he's trying to top himself in terms of grossness and extreme imagery. His collection of essays STRANGER THA ... ... Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
21. Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon
22. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
23. Dead Bird by Verian Thomas
24. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
25. The Egg and ... Hehe... I'm actually going to spend the next 6 days on an Island. So far I'm bringing: Rant, Sandworms of Dune, Sin in the Second City, The World Without Us, maybe The Chess Machine, and probably something from the philosophy section. I'll probably only finish 2 or 3 of those, depending ... Today I finished Rant. As I always do after Palahniuk, I feel like I got a bad dose of E. Thirty-six hours later, the world looks a lot more evil and I feel dirty. I just started What is the What. So far, it looks to be a good story but a bit of a downer also. I seem to be on a trend of ... #19 Re: Rant
You can give up on Rant and not miss much. Palahniuk's retreading themes he's already covered and just upping the grossness factor. The attempt to tell the story in small flashbacks doesn't create any richness. Just some clever sentences here and there. I thought this about ... Last night I started Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. He has completely grossed me out several times and I'm not sure I want to continue with it. (And I hate when someone just has to have the F word on the first page.) I loved Fight Club, but I was only so-so with the other books I've read by him. C ... ... from her. I haven't decided yet which one of my library books I will go for next. It will be either What is the What or Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey. 39. Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk - I started rereading this in May before seeing him speak... then I realized that Rant was already out and switched to that. This book is great, and too often, it gets pegged as Palahniuk's worst book, but I don't think that is the case at all.
Don't get me ... 28. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk - Wow. He's done it again. Palahniuk continues to come up with haunting characters in the strangest of situations. This is definitely one of his best.
This is the biography of Buster "Rant" Casey, who did for rabies what Mary Mal ... My latest is about The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Right now I'm reading Rant, the new Palahniuk. I am assuming you read Rant because you received an advanced readers edition of some kind. how did you like it? His books have always been slightly off the wall, and the description of this one is no different. I have it, but have yet to read it. 12. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk SqueakyChu-
If you didn't like Haunted as much, you're in luck. His new book Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster casey (which is due out in May) reminded me more of Survivor and Choke when i read it for my 75 book challenge. It has a much simpler style and while it contains a lot of ...
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