Book club - what did you enjoy reading recently?

[Morell]

Since the Library is only about occult books, I think I want a place to discuss other books too. We do not read occult books only. So why not? Tell us about some book you recently read and enjoyed.

Exploring Alucard I ordered two books that seemed to offer interesting story. (not that much about him out there) One of them was Alucard by Matthew Scott. And damn, it is a good one! It took concept of Castlevania, but made some more connection with biblical mythology and Dracula myth. And the created world he created in the book does have really dark and definitely Castlevania-like vibes. (I'm highly impressed by that!) His Alucard is definitely well written, which I do not see/read much. Only downside is that the book contains like one half or one third of intended story. It is practically part one of longer tale... and the book is out for years now so I dunno if the tale will be finished. There is more that could be improved in this book, but the main issue is unfinished story...

 

[ZanySpirtist]

I've been reading lots of psychoanalysis stuff and critical theory. I loved Zupancic's "Disawoval" for instance. And Venhuele's "Why psychosis is not so crazy" (and his "The subject of psychosis", but that's a dense academic piece and not light reading).

As to fiction, I've been reading Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and contemplating re-reading "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", it's very discordian in nature and always gets my mood up.

 

[Morell]

Nice books. From higher education I grabbed The Exorcist Effect from Joseph P. Laycock. It was fascinating exploration into how the movies like Exorcist influenced modern religions in USA. Lovely example how fiction can alter how we understand the world.