• Literary Discussion: Lets chat about books!
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[QUOTE=RobbL;45738032]why do people use bookmarks?[/QUOTE] Because not everyone has a photographic memory and can't remember the page number they left off at?
[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;45738240]Because not everyone has a photographic memory and can't remember the page number they left off at?[/QUOTE] Also folding the corner of the page is rather bad for your books, especially if you put it down for a long time.
[QUOTE=RobbL;45738032]why do people use bookmarks?[/QUOTE] You don't read much, do you?
[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;45744041]You don't read much, do you?[/QUOTE] I usually get through two books a week? [editline]20th August 2014[/editline] unless you're extremely uninterested in what you're reading, it's quite difficult to forget where you left off
but it's just more convenient to open the page exactly where you left it instead of leafing through the pages to find the spot
found a second hand bookstore nearby with an immense catalog of dirt cheap books that otherwise cost 10 times more new, which is absolutely fantastic oh and i finished existentialism is humanism by satre
Completed [URL="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11517032-brave-new-world"]A Brave New World[/URL] - I'd trade happiness and stability over truth and love.
[QUOTE=RobbL;45746330]I usually get through two books a week? [editline]20th August 2014[/editline] unless you're extremely uninterested in what you're reading, it's quite difficult to forget where you left off[/QUOTE] I usually can remember what page I left off on, it's just easier to open up immediately to that page via a book mark or a jig.
Completed [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39988.Matilda"]Matilda[/URL] - Simple story. I would have liked it very much as a child. But now it seems nothing extraordinary and replete of one dimensional characters. Still a good easy read within a day.
Completed these: [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18991896-the-madman"]The Madman[/URL] [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11094566-of-mice-and-men"]Of Mice and Men [/URL] [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18853133-genome"]Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters [/URL] [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20580981-the-great-gatsby"]The Great Gatsby [/URL] [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92303.The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest"]The Importance of Being Earnest[/URL] [URL="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11464621-the-english-patient"]The English Patient [/URL]
Did anyone ever read my Detective Lowe story for as much I had written?
Hey. This thread isn't really alive, but I felt like contributing to it anyhow. I've been reading Metro 2033 and The Road as of late, and have been enjoying them quite a lot. I'm probably going to pick up Roadside Picnic whenever I get the money to do so. Anyone recommend any others I should read in a similar vain? I'm in love with the two I'm reading and would love more stuff to read.
^^ I left Metro 2033 around 70%. It's a long book but the story is quite engaging. Road was tedious to read sometimes but the atmosphere and setting justify that.
I'm finding the Road a little hard to get through mostly because of the way it's written. Not to say it's bad at all, just a little hard to sit down and stay with it for very long. Great book though.
I've started re-reading the Harry Potter saga last month and I'm already on Prisoner of Azkaban. There are so many little details I've forgotten since I read them as a kid/seen the movies and I'm falling in love with it all over again.
[QUOTE=OficerHonkHonk;46316325]I'm finding the Road a little hard to get through mostly because of the way it's written. Not to say it's bad at all, just a little hard to sit down and stay with it for very long. Great book though.[/QUOTE] The writing style really fits the setting though. It's not meant to be a pleasant lighthearted read.
I'm currently reading Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke and I'm like half way through. It's really good so far and I would highly recommend it.
[QUOTE=OficerHonkHonk;46299014]Hey. This thread isn't really alive, but I felt like contributing to it anyhow. I've been reading Metro 2033 and The Road as of late, and have been enjoying them quite a lot. I'm probably going to pick up Roadside Picnic whenever I get the money to do so. Anyone recommend any others I should read in a similar vain? I'm in love with the two I'm reading and would love more stuff to read.[/QUOTE] You're reading the books I want to read. Right now, it's kinda my goal to read cream of the crop apocalypse/post-apocalypse fiction. Which is why I'm reading Stephen King's [I]The Stand[/I]. You might like it. It's about a disease that wipes out most of humanity and the people who are left form into two factions, one of good and the other evil. King said it was his attempt at Lord of the Rings, but in an American setting.
Completed [B]Anthem[/B] by [B]Ayn Rand[/B] - Nothing to write home about. Simple story about individualism instead of collectivism and a bit too pretentious to read. Gives you [B]The Giver[/B] vibes. Currently reading [B]Trial[/B] by [B]Franz Kafka[/B].
Hey literary thread, can you name any good books that have an old fashioned noir-like mood to them (set between 1900s to 1960s preferably)? It can be mystery, romance, action, any genre as long as it feels like one of those old black-and-white noir films. I'm still trying to figure out what I should read after I finish Harry Potter.
^^The Trial by Franz Kafka ? Currently reading the same.
Is it bad that I buy books at thrift stores that people might actually read, put them on a shelf, and never read them? [t]http://i.imgur.com/vNuiKiK.jpg[/t] All of that together would only be about $15 at most. Book on the far left is 'I Am America! (And So Can You!)'.
[QUOTE=The freeman;46428676]Is it bad that I buy books at thrift stores that people might actually read, put them on a shelf, and never read them? [t]http://i.imgur.com/vNuiKiK.jpg[/t] All of that together would only be about $15 at most. Book on the far left is 'I Am America! (And So Can You!)'.[/QUOTE] You'd enjoy Catching Fire if you've read the first Hunger Games book. CF is easily the best in the trilogy.
I didn't even know there were 24 books.
Damn, I have been chatting with this girl so much that I haven't made any progress in The Trials by Kafka. Probably next week will become free and finish it.
Picked up part 1 of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, can't really get into it though
[QUOTE=Porky.;45400401]Has anyone read Lolita? Is it worth reading?[/QUOTE] Yes, it is quite a book. Humbert Humbert is the most lovable pedophile you'll ever meet, and the writing itself is dazzling and rhapsodic. [editline]14th November 2014[/editline] Anyone ever read The Red Calvary by Isaac Babel?
Finally I can resume my list.
Fritzel you seem to be devouring books. I highly recommend Grendel by James Gardner if you are familiar with the anglo-saxon beowulf epic.
^^I haven't read Beowulf. Can you tell me which edition to read. I see so many entries on kindle store.
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