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One of the best books I have ever read.[/QUOTE]
Read Cat's Cradle.
[QUOTE=Numidium;30995325]Eoin Colfer[/QUOTE]
I thought Artemis Fowl was shit.
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Also:
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Refreshingly unbiased and goes into extraordinary depth of the real people behind the flag pin. It's a great story.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;31080818]Read Cat's Cradle.[/QUOTE]
Also Mother Night.
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Any other books like this as real as this?
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Not his best, but still pretty good.
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Need I say more? It's really funny. Pokes fun at everything related to jesus.
lolita by vlad nobokov
[QUOTE=salty message;31103175]lolita by vlad nobokov[/QUOTE]
Ah the book of guilty boners.
Just started reading [I]The English Assassin[/I] by Daniel Silva. Looks interesting.
[QUOTE=Mr.Goodcat;31001544]Alright I just finished that last book in the Night Angel trilogy. Now going to read 1984 anyone got any other recommendations that I could read?[/QUOTE]
I'd recommend this, just finished it in 3 nights. First book I've gotten into since The Black Prism which is another by Brent Weeks that was highly enjoyable.
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This is most of what I'm currently reading, aside from the .pdfs on my computer. From top to bottom, it's:
[i]Frankenstein,[/i] Mary Shelley
[i]Grendel,[/i] John Gardner
[i]A Thousand Splendid Suns,[/i] Khaled Hosseini
[i]Brain Droppings,[/i] George Carlin
[i]Ishmael,[/i] Daniel Quinn
[i]Why does E = mc^2?,[/i] Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
[i]Now the Hell Will Start,[/i] Brendan I. Koerner
[i]The Dream Life of Sukhanov,[/i] Olga Grushin
[i]The Joy of Music,[/i] Leonard Bernstein
[i]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,[/i] J.K. Rowling
I know I'm late in reading HP7 and I'm not very excited to read A Thousand Splendid Suns, but it was the best book out of the secondary summer reading list for my school. All the others are fantastic.
Fuckin love Brain Droppings.
[editline]15th July 2011[/editline]
Just bought Neuromancer and Eisenhorn at the bookstore today. Already read Neuromancer, borrowed it from a friend a few months ago. Can't wait to read Eisenhorn.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;31126805]Fuckin love Brain Droppings.[/quote]
My girlfriend loves him, and showed him to me the other day and let me borrow the book. I'm so tempted to do so many things he suggests doing in this book, and I've already fallen in love thirty pages in.
[QUOTE=GhostG45;31129910]My girlfriend loves him, and showed him to me the other day and let me borrow the book. I'm so tempted to do so many things he suggests doing in this book, and I've already fallen in love thirty pages in.[/QUOTE]
If I would like to read something uplifting, would you recommend it?
I wish I could read like you guys.
I remember when I thought spending an hour reading a whole Captain Underpants book was a huge achievement. I like reading but I have to be in a certain mood and the book has to interest me.
thats why I don't read a lot of fiction. I just can't help but feel its a waste of time although its stupid of me to think that because its for my own enjoyment.
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This is most of what I'm currently reading, aside from the .pdfs on my computer. From top to bottom, it's:
[i]Frankenstein,[/i] Mary Shelley
[i]Grendel,[/i] John Gardner
[i]A Thousand Splendid Suns,[/i] Khaled Hosseini
[i]Brain Droppings,[/i] George Carlin
[i]Ishmael,[/i] Daniel Quinn
[i]Why does E = mc^2?,[/i] Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
[i]Now the Hell Will Start,[/i] Brendan I. Koerner
[i]The Dream Life of Sukhanov,[/i] Olga Grushin
[i]The Joy of Music,[/i] Leonard Bernstein
[i]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,[/i] J.K. Rowling
I know I'm late in reading HP7 and I'm not very excited to read A Thousand Splendid Suns, but it was the best book out of the secondary summer reading list for my school. All the others are fantastic.[/QUOTE]
Ah dude, I fucking loved Ishmael. When you finish it let me know what you think. I've been looking for someone that's also read this book.
Also I'd like to thank you johnnymo for interesting me in Lovecraft, picked up a big collection of his works in Richmond yesterday.
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someone posted about this in another thread, so far I'm diggin it
[QUOTE=Mooe94;31144195]If I would like to read something uplifting, would you recommend it?[/QUOTE]
Certainly. If you know who George Carlin is and have enjoyed any of his humor, stand-up, or general work before, then you'll love this. If not, all the better. It's hilarious. It's not exactly what I would call spiritually uplifting, it's just a good read that makes you laugh.
For instance,
"I've also grown weary of reading about clouds in a book. Doesn't this piss you off? You're reading a nice story, and suddenly the writer has to stop and describe the clouds. Who cares? I'll bet you anything I can write a decent novel, with a good, entertaining story, and never once mention the clouds. Really! Every book you read, if there's an outdoor scene, an open window, or even a door slightly ajar, the writer has to say, 'As Bo and Velma walked along the shore, the clouds hung ponderously on the horizon like steel-gray, loosely formed gorilla turds.' I'm not interested. Skip the clouds and get to the fucking. The only story I know of where clouds were important was Noah's Ark."
The whole book is pretty much like this. He's very straightforward and cynical.
[QUOTE=Mr. Sun;31144241]I wish I could read like you guys.
I remember when I thought spending an hour reading a whole Captain Underpants book was a huge achievement. I like reading but I have to be in a certain mood and the book has to interest me.
thats why I don't read a lot of fiction. I just can't help but feel its a waste of time although its stupid of me to think that because its for my own enjoyment.[/QUOTE]
I started reading because of my 4th grade teacher, she gave us stuff just for reading, and from then on. Addiction to books kicked in. I really recommend you find a good book, and just read it. Start to finish. I recommend a book in a series, having something to look forward to in a book makes finishing the book (especially when you've read a series and its the last book) so much more satisfying.
Speaking of books, I'm running out of series (can't think of the plural of this word) to read. Anyone have any recommendations on a good one? Thinking something fantasy, preferably something warhammeresque.
Reading Grapes of Wrath now. Absolutely beautiful.
Holy shit, The Once and Future King is amazing. I am a TH White convert.
Just read Consider Phlebas and Player of Games, planning on reading all of culture. But holy shit, I've been blown away. Incredible novels.
A friend of mine got me Neuromancer as a belated birthday gift. I'm not far into it, but so far it's a great read.
[QUOTE=GhostG45;31147306]Certainly. If you know who George Carlin is and have enjoyed any of his humor, stand-up, or general work before, then you'll love this. If not, all the better. It's hilarious. It's not exactly what I would call spiritually uplifting, it's just a good read that makes you laugh.
For instance,
"I've also grown weary of reading about clouds in a book. Doesn't this piss you off? You're reading a nice story, and suddenly the writer has to stop and describe the clouds. Who cares? I'll bet you anything I can write a decent novel, with a good, entertaining story, and never once mention the clouds. Really! Every book you read, if there's an outdoor scene, an open window, or even a door slightly ajar, the writer has to say, 'As Bo and Velma walked along the shore, the clouds hung ponderously on the horizon like steel-gray, loosely formed gorilla turds.' I'm not interested. Skip the clouds and get to the fucking. The only story I know of where clouds were important was Noah's Ark."
The whole book is pretty much like this. He's very straightforward and cynical.[/QUOTE]
Seems entertaining and easy to read, definitely getting this :)
Good thread, I love books.
Haven't had the time to read for years though, or.. I haven't made time to read.
Just joined SMB, Swedens Military History Library which sells really awesome books, like Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. It's an awesome book. Read it
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someone posted about this in another thread, so far I'm diggin it[/QUOTE]
I'm going to name drop his other book again, 'Only Revolutions'. It's great and it has an off the wall formatting like HoL, but not the same either.
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This is most of what I'm currently reading, aside from the .pdfs on my computer. From top to bottom, it's:
[i]Frankenstein,[/i] Mary Shelley
[i]Grendel,[/i] John Gardner
[i]A Thousand Splendid Suns,[/i] Khaled Hosseini
[i]Brain Droppings,[/i] George Carlin
[i]Ishmael,[/i] Daniel Quinn
[i]Why does E = mc^2?,[/i] Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
[i]Now the Hell Will Start,[/i] Brendan I. Koerner
[i]The Dream Life of Sukhanov,[/i] Olga Grushin
[i]The Joy of Music,[/i] Leonard Bernstein
[i]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,[/i] J.K. Rowling
I know I'm late in reading HP7 and I'm not very excited to read A Thousand Splendid Suns, but it was the best book out of the secondary summer reading list for my school. All the others are fantastic.[/QUOTE]Thousand Splendid Suns is actually a pretty interesting book and it gives a great look into the history of modern Afghanistan. Also I never thought I would like something as old as Frankenstein but it was actually really great I was completely surprised about how not boring it was, it's like there was this great literary era that was crushed by that Victorian bullshit.
I'm 2/3 through Imajica man it's like climbing a mountain.
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