[QUOTE=timmah638;45379978][I]John Dies At The End[/I] was absolutely excellent. For being a part of an over-saturated genre, it felt incredibly fresh and genuinely entertaining. It's been about two years since I've read it, and I still tell people to check it out all the time.[/QUOTE]
Same cant be said for the movie unfortunatly, but the book is fantastic!
Read it years ago, but never knew the sequel was out for two years. I ordered it on Amazon today. Hopefully because of Prime it'll come in very soon.
[editline]15th July 2014[/editline]
By the way I loved the first book.
Everything by Jose Saramago, he has a very special writing style, he uses no "" and only ends sentences when a new person is speaking or the scene changes, it makes reading the book really really flluent and ambivalent in meaning.
Also I read the "forbidden" Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and I think everyone who's interested in the conflict should read it.
Furthermore the original book to Life of Pi is a wonderful read.
Finished [B]Stardust [/B]- Such a heart warming tale.
just finished the picture of dorian gray earlier, wilde is an amazing writer
^^One of my favorite book.
Started reading [B][URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8883476-do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep"]Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?[/URL][/B]
[QUOTE=fritzel;45396378]Started reading [B][URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8883476-do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep"]Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?[/URL][/B][/QUOTE]
Good boy! One of my all time favourites.
Remember to also read A Scanner Darkly.
Has anyone read Lolita? Is it worth reading?
I finally finished [I]A Feast For Crows.[/I] It picked up near the end, and the final Cersei and Jaime chapters were excellent imo. Still, reading 750 or 800 pages for two really good chapters was incredibly tedious.
Oh well, here's hoping that [I]Dance[/I] keeps the plot moving.
I finished reading 1984 a few days ago. My god, it's just as powerful as the first time I read it. I almost want to start over and do it again, but I've moved on to The Hunger Games.
Picked up Dune, Metamorphosis (and a few other kafka stories in with it) and Notes from underground today.
I'm happy.
Finished The Stand after reading it for nearly 6 months. Liked it. Now I've picked up All Quiet on the Western Front.
[editline]20th July 2014[/editline]
Rather liking it so far. It reads a lot like The Things They Carried, which I loved, and oddly enough, it's reminding me of the Metro series. Katczinsky remind me so much of Khan.
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You can definitely tell this was written during his drug addiction years. I don't think any of his other novels make a point to describe every female character's boobs in such detail.
I was curious about the hype, so I read through [I]The Fault In Our Stars[/I] yesterday. I'm kinda surprised at how much I enjoyed it; it was clearly catering to a young adult crowd, but it didn't feel dumbed down, even if the plot was fairly simple and predictable at times. In short, I laughed, I cried (not literally, though the end was goddamn sad), and I thought it was worth checking out if interested. Now, back to [I]A Dance With Dragons.[/I]
Can any Australians refer me to a website from which to buy books that isn't Fishpond? Last time I ordered something it took 3 weeks to the day from placing my order to it being shipped "from a local supplier" and another 2 weeks before it arrived. The prices are great but the service sucks ass.
[QUOTE=timmah638;45457111]I was curious about the hype, so I read through [I]The Fault In Our Stars[/I] yesterday. I'm kinda surprised at how much I enjoyed it; it was clearly catering to a young adult crowd, but it didn't feel dumbed down, even if the plot was fairly simple and predictable at times. In short, I laughed, I cried (not literally, though the end was goddamn sad), and I thought it was worth checking out if interested. Now, back to [I]A Dance With Dragons.[/I][/QUOTE]
Midway through the book I felt forced to read but overall a good story. Okay ?
Finished [B][URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver"]The Giver[/URL][/B] - Ending felt a bit like The Road, open ended. We all make choices and that's what life is all about. Do we know beforehand the outcome of choices made ? Not necessarily at that moment if we haven't experienced it before. But still it is what we choose to do. Bad or good choices, doesn't matter. And how do we define something we don't even know. Something which our senses are not conditioned to recognize ? Are there feelings and things in world which we can cannot perceive at all ?
[QUOTE=timmah638;45457111]I was curious about the hype, so I read through [I]The Fault In Our Stars[/I] yesterday. I'm kinda surprised at how much I enjoyed it; it was clearly catering to a young adult crowd, but it didn't feel dumbed down, even if the plot was fairly simple and predictable at times. In short, I laughed, I cried (not literally, though the end was goddamn sad), and I thought it was worth checking out if interested. Now, back to [I]A Dance With Dragons.[/I][/QUOTE]
I really felt like I was being told how to feel throughout that book. And then felt like it was my duty to finish it.
Looking For Alaska was a way better John Green book. Way more interesting. Far less pretentious.
In retrospect, I can certainly agree; Green undoubtedly says,"FEEL THIS WAY" throughout. I suppose the reason I enjoyed it is because I had absolutely no expectations, good or bad, and had next to no knowledge of the story. My biggest complaint is that I knew from the first page that [sp]Gus' cancer would come back and he'd die.[/sp]
However, regardless of these things, I'm extremely unfamiliar with the young adult genre, so I'm hardly qualified to give a proper review. If nothing else though, I'm a bit more curious to check out [I]Looking For Alaska.[/I]
Stephen King seems really popular amongst this community, may I suggest James Joyce? One of my favourites, Finnegan's Wake is a must read for anyone who needs literary variety.
[QUOTE=fritzel;45477534]Finished [B][URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver"]The Giver[/URL][/B] - Ending felt a bit like The Road, open ended. We all make choices and that's what life is all about. Do we know beforehand the outcome of choices made ? Not necessarily at that moment if we haven't experienced it before. But still it is what we choose to do. Bad or good choices, doesn't matter. And how do we define something we don't even know. Something which our senses are not conditioned to recognize ? Are there feelings and things in world which we can cannot perceive at all ?[/QUOTE]
That top review on The Giver's page reminded me of every reason why I didn't like the book when I first read it about seven years ago. On the surface, it's a decent story. But if you try to analyze anything beyond that, the flaws start to stack up quickly.
Stephen King is just really popular. There have been loads of people who see me with one of his books and say "Oh yeah, I read It" or "The Shining freaked the shit out of me."
Maybe not totally fit here, but finally got around to reading my hardcover version of 'The diary of Kurt Cobain.', interesting guy.
Also, a song of ice and fire is good (first 2 books atleast, haven't read the others), although it can feel dragged out at some parts.
[QUOTE=mochisushi;45487320]Stephen King seems really popular amongst this community, may I suggest James Joyce? One of my favourites, Finnegan's Wake is a must read for anyone who needs literary variety.[/QUOTE]
I don't really think Finnegans Wake is a must read for anyone. Ulysses more like. Finnegans Wake is pretty avant-garde. I think it's a crazy interesting book but not so much "must read."
[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;45487547]That top review on The Giver's page reminded me of every reason why I didn't like the book when I first read it about seven years ago. On the surface, it's a decent story. But if you try to analyze anything beyond that, the flaws start to stack up quickly.[/QUOTE]
That top reviewer has a knack for rating books low :v:
It's a simple story. Not like something that will make me wonder for days. But still few things in it were good enough. Not one of my favorite books but worth a read. I rate [B]The Road[/B] above it even though both are drastically different and The Road has its' own niggles.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;45487677]I don't really think Finnegans Wake is a must read for anyone. Ulysses more like. Finnegans Wake is pretty avant-garde. I think it's a crazy interesting book but not so much "must read."[/QUOTE]
it's a landmark of modernism/postmodernism, as a literature student I would advise anyone who's interested in the modern day avant-garde to read up on Joyce, Beckett, and Stein
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;45489850]it's a landmark of modernism/postmodernism, as a literature student I would advise anyone who's interested in the modern day avant-garde to read up on Joyce, Beckett, and Stein[/QUOTE]
The fact that you're a literature student kind of reinforces my point. Great book, but a bit much for your average reader (and I don't consider that to exclude myself!). I've read a bit of it with annotations and it's absurd how much meaning Joyce can pack into a single sentence. Puns with portmanteaus of words from different languages and shit. Dude was a lunatic genius.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;45491607]The fact that you're a literature student kind of reinforces my point. Great book, but a bit much for your average reader (and I don't consider that to exclude myself!). I've read a bit of it with annotations and it's absurd how much meaning Joyce can pack into a single sentence. Puns with portmanteaus of words from different languages and shit. Dude was a lunatic genius.[/QUOTE]
yeah you right, it is kind of incomprehensible on the first couple read throughs, I'm kind of a dick with books, I always recommend modernist stuff that most people hate because I really want to have someone to talk about it to.
also has anyone read Taipei by Tao Lin? I really loved shoplifting from American Apparel but I haven't had a chance to pick up that one
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