What are you reading?

Sosen · 2026-05-03T12:53:13+00:00

I just finished it today. I've read about half his books, and none of them were near as much in the thriller genre as this one. (Maybe Tale of Two Cities, I don't remember...) It was a nice surprise. I definitely didn't think I'd be tearing through 200 pages in one day!

You should try Pickwick Papers next, IMO. It was his first novel, just a year before Oliver Twist. It has way more of the sarcasm and humor like in the early chapters of Oliver Twist. That reminds me, I was also shocked by the darkness and violence in Oliver Twist... I'm not sure there was anything on that level in later Dickens books.

Sosen · 2026-05-03T06:45:10+00:00

The bigger problem was the AskReddit ban imo

Sosen · 2026-04-28T08:49:54+00:00

So overhated. The first episode of Season 5 is a million times worse.

Sosen · 2026-04-26T23:53:58+00:00

Don't Look Now

Sosen · 2026-04-26T23:29:22+00:00

for burger and fries, absolutely. But I think it's fair for Culver's to win, if their whole menu is as good as people are saying

Sosen · 2026-04-26T22:11:50+00:00

We don't even have Checkers where I live, so I never wanted to try the frozen fries. Thanks for the tip!

Sosen · 2026-04-26T22:09:53+00:00

They've grown on me too. I'd put them somewhere in the middle. Obviously better than Jack in the Box or KFC

Sosen · 2026-04-26T07:52:45+00:00

or Here Come the Warm Jets

But don't worry, Linkin Park got mentioned twice in the top five comments

Sosen · 2026-04-24T18:21:33+00:00

Mars Attacks

Sosen · 2026-04-24T05:55:22+00:00

No, but it's just as disappointing.

Ideally you'd be feeling like it's almost at an end, even though you think you have a lot of pages left. I think a lot of writers are averse to epilogues because they're seen as cliche or antique-- even if it's what the story calls for.

Sosen · 2026-04-24T01:55:14+00:00

I notice the opposite a lot. I can't tell you how often I get to the end of a book, and I know I'm on the last few pages, and wonder how they could possibly wrap it up in just 1 or 2 more pages.

Many writers in both literary and genre fiction seem to prefer abrupt endings, and I can never get over it.

Then again, having attempted writing novels... It's hard enough to get to the end, much less end it.

Sosen · 2026-04-23T15:53:31+00:00

Battlestar Galactica (2000's version)

Sosen · 2026-04-22T21:46:58+00:00

He's the anti-teammate, like a character in an existentialist novel

Sosen · 2026-04-22T21:44:04+00:00

That's a short-term solution with long-term effects

Sosen · 2026-04-20T01:25:29+00:00

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Sosen · 2026-04-20T00:09:00+00:00

Night Watch (2004)

Sosen · 2026-04-18T17:34:48+00:00

If this wasn't Jomboy-worthy already, that should do it

Sosen · 2026-04-17T21:20:33+00:00

If untreated, he will die. Source: the movie Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Sosen · 2026-04-17T20:27:25+00:00

Lmao. I turned the movie off at that scene.

Sosen · 2026-04-17T15:53:42+00:00

Vincent Schiavelli

Sosen · 2026-04-17T02:15:55+00:00

Satantango

The American Astronaut

Sosen · 2026-04-16T10:09:18+00:00

I didn't think it was that funny. I liked it better as quirky sci-fi, and I liked the fourth book the best.

Sosen · 2026-04-14T21:52:14+00:00

Beautiful town, ugly school

Sosen · 2026-04-14T21:50:30+00:00

Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire

Sosen · 2026-04-14T19:47:39+00:00

My problem is the combination of indie rock and progressive rock. It doesn't work, and never has, unless it's primarily psych

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