favorite books

[afk999]

watership down, animal farm, 1984, IT

[agentGumbo]

go ask alice, harry potters

[kcgb3]

watership down: rated R for rabbit violence

1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, Who Moved My Cheese, Andromeda Strain

[WasteMyTime]

Fight Club

[agentGumbo]

Fight Club
was that a book before a movie?

[afk999]

was that a book before a movie?
yeah it was

[kcgb3]

was that a book before a movie?

what a stupid soup you are, of course it was a book

[agentGumbo]

yeah it was
i just tried to rent it at blockbuster last night and it was already rented out :(

[WasteMyTime]

i just tried to rent it at blockbuster last night and it was already rented out :(
rent it, a great movie...if you thought donnie darko was confusing...this one will put ur nuts in a vice...well actually no...but it's just a well done movie and the book is great too.

[agentGumbo]

rent it, a great movie...if you thought donnie darko was confusing...this one will put ur nuts in a vice...well actually no...but it's just a well done movie and the book is great too.

damn i love the 90s already gave away the secret though :(

[afk999]

damn i love the 90s already gave away the secret though :(
yeah i know that was so mean of them

[kcgb3]

damn i love the 90s already gave away the secret though :(
yeah stupid i love the 90s

[WasteMyTime]

damn i love the 90s already gave away the secret though :(
ahh are you serious???? dude that blows. I love movie with just huge twists like that...

how about se7en...that's another great movie.

[agentGumbo]

ahh are you serious???? dude that blows. I love movie with just huge twists like that...

how about se7en...that's another great movie.
i love that movie. gluttony's the best/grossest

[WasteMyTime]

i love that movie. gluttony's the best/grossest
oh ya it's one kick ass flick. I thought the scene where John Doe walks into the police station drenched in blood was gross but amazing.

[afk999]

usual suspects was another movie with great twists

[WasteMyTime]

usual suspects was another movie with great twists
another great movie. Singer did a great job on it. I'm still not sure how everything worked out in the end like that (btw, one of the best movie endings ever)...like I'm not sure who ended up killing who and how certain characters were in certain places...I guess it all depends on trusting the narrator.

[afk999]

yeah that ending might be the best one ive seen

[Alex Djaferis]

Out Of The Silent Planet
Perelandra
That hideous Strength - CS Lewis (amazing trilogy)

the Never Ending Story - Michael Ende

If This Is A Man - Primo Levi

Dracula - Bram Stoker

The Outsider - Albert Camus

Life Of Pi - Yann Martel

All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

[Scott Irvine]

My ALLTIME favorite book is 'All Quiet On The Western Front'.

[Alex Djaferis]

My ALLTIME favorite book is 'All Quiet On The Western Front'.

good choice. great read. so moving.

[Indie Bracelet]

Lolita, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Secret Lives of Bees, Nothing Feels Good, The Giver, The Virgin Suicides (great book, horrible movie), Kissing Doorknobs.. a bajillion other books.

[Scott Irvine]

Lolita, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Secret Lives of Bees, Nothing Feels Good, The Giver, The Virgin Suicides (great book, horrible movie), Kissing Doorknobs.. a bajillion other books.

I thought The Perks... was pretty lame. I hate reading about stuff like that.

[Indie Bracelet]

I thought The Perks... was pretty lame. I hate reading about stuff like that.
It's one of those books where a middle ground isn't likely; you either love it or hate it.

[WasteMyTime]

It's one of those books where a middle ground isn't likely; you either love it or hate it.
I pretend to have read the book so I look scene...

haha.

[Indie Bracelet]

I pretend to have read the book so I look scene...

haha.
You hit sparknotes didn't you?

[WasteMyTime]

You hit sparknotes didn't you?
sparknotes was my life in high school. I don't know much at all about Perks...but I know it's big among scene kids.

[Indie Bracelet]

sparknotes was my life in high school. I don't know much at all about Perks...but I know it's big among scene kids.
Of course it is. It's "feeling infinite" (which is fucking crazy..). It's being straight and gay and in love and molested and everything good and bad about life. It's.. a whole lot of confusing, that's what it is.

[SuperWoman7700]

Mmmm...I love books.
Some of my favorites: Prep, the Secret Life of Bee's, I Am Charlotte Simmons (long but entertaining), The Great Gatsby, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Catcher, Sloppy Firsts, Dear Zoe, The Shopaholic books

For me, book don't need a lot of deep substance, just an entertaining story.

[WasteMyTime]

Mmmm...I love books.
Some of my favorites: Prep, the Secret Life of Bee's, I Am Charlotte Simmons (long but entertaining), The Great Gatsby, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Catcher, Sloppy Firsts, Dear Zoe, The Shopaholic books

For me, book don't need a lot of deep substance, just an entertaining story.
kellyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy it's me richter!!!

[SuperWoman7700]

WHOA dude! what happened? why did you get a new username? i was on vacation for a few weeks, something happened. i just read over that list of rules. fill me in

[A picasso blue]

yeah It was great, but very fucked up. especially how all the boys went over to the girl and fucked her one at a time as some sort of pact... :headshake


someone should do a remake of that. the 80's movie was terrible. it honestly could've been rated PG without the tiny amount of blood



also i like Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies

[agentGumbo]

Lolita, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Secret Lives of Bees, Nothing Feels Good, The Giver, The Virgin Suicides (great book, horrible movie), Kissing Doorknobs.. a bajillion other books.

THE GIVER! i forgot about that book but it's definitely my all-time favorite

[afk999]

THE GIVER! i forgot about that book but it's definitely my all-time favorite
yeah that is a great book

[nar]

Man, I love reading.

The Little Prince. Wicked. Anthem. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Invisible Monsters. Catch-22. Good Omens. Fahrenheit 451. mmm books.

+ although it's not my favorite, I do like The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

[Indie Bracelet]

THE GIVER! i forgot about that book but it's definitely my all-time favorite
Indeed. It's very powerful. I still haven't read the other two books; I'm not sure I want to though.

Man, I love reading.

The Little Prince. Wicked. Anthem. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Invisible Monsters. Catch-22. Good Omens. Fahrenheit 451. mmm books.

+ although it's not my favorite, I do like The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Fahrenheit 451, another of my favorites.

[followtheformat]

I'm reading Angels and Demons right now, already read Da Vinci code, am I alone in thinking Dan Brown is a genious?

[Indie Bracelet]

I'm reading Angels and Demons right now, already read Da Vinci code, am I alone in thinking Dan Brown is a genious?
I've never read them. I've heard all good things about them, but I have yet to pick them up for myself. I have far too many other books on my list to worry about right now.
Aren't they easy reads? Like, thought-provoking, but not high level reading?

[WasteMyTime]

I'm reading Angels and Demons right now, already read Da Vinci code, am I alone in thinking Dan Brown is a genious?
nope you're not alone...the man has some interesting plot lines though he's not the most amazing writer...but that's all an opinion. His books kept me interested and wanting more and that's why I liked him. And ya, it does take a clever mind to think up the things he did.

[nar]

I'm reading Angels and Demons right now, already read Da Vinci code, am I alone in thinking Dan Brown is a genious?

No. You're not alone. You just don't have a comrad in me.

Yeahhhhh the da Vinci code was fun to read, but... man, there's better out there. Especially better endings. Who else felt the end was a cop out?

[AShannon04]

Aren't they easy reads? Like, thought-provoking, but not high level reading?
They're pretty easy reads, but they're not complete trash either. I guess if you wanted, you could get as much or as little out of the books as possible. All of the stuff about the freemasons and religion is pretty interesting, but not too deep if you don't want it to be. I'm sorry, I don't know if that made ANY sense whatsoever

[Indie Bracelet]

They're pretty easy reads, but they're not complete trash either. I guess if you wanted, you could get as much or as little out of the books as possible. All of the stuff about the freemasons and religion is pretty interesting, but not too deep if you don't want it to be. I'm sorry, I don't know if that made ANY sense whatsoever
It probably could make sense if I wanted it to. ~_^ I mean, they sound like good books, and a book doesn't have to be the hardest read to be good; sometimes books are better because they are easier to read and to understand.

[bassnat]

1984 is my all time favorite book...

[afk999]

1984 is my all time favorite book...
spectacular book

[kcgb3]

i concur

[afk999]

animal farm is amazing

[kcgb3]

1984 was better

[afk999]

i disagree

[littlehope4us]

catcher in the rye, hollywood, high fidelity, this side of paradise, more.

[sundials]

Girl Interrupted (kaysen), Cats Eye (atwood), ghost world (if comics count) and the Virgin Suicides

[bassnat]

I read Animal Farm and 1984 one after the other, and I have to say 1984 was better. I liked the portrayal of humans as pigs in Animal Farm, but "Doublethink" is the coolest thing ever.

[Bishop]

This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitgerald
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Oscar Hijuelos
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christs Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore
All In the Timing: 14 Plays - David Ives

[sundials]

I have to read "The great Gatsby" this summer... I don't mind though, so many people have said really nice stuff about it.. I preferred Animal Farm, I never managed to finish 1984 for some reason.

[LeftWideOpen]

Me Talk Pretty One Day by Sedaris
Post Office by Bukowski

Probably would have to say those are my two favorite. The Best American Non-Required Reading series is a good read, too.

[Stereo Mike]

Vampire Hunter D, Volume 1.

[organizedchaos]

great gatsby, animal farm, grendel, harry potters, the prince, candide, streetcar named desire, to kill a mockingbird, tess of the d'ubervilles, anything by janet evanovich

[WasteMyTime]

I'm just recently getting into the harry potter books...I've read 2 and 4...now I'm on five...order of the phoenix

[richter915]

just bringing this thread back.

[FOBPrettyNPunk]

Timeline by Michael Crichton

[sleepygrlgreen]

chariots of the gods, brave new world, and lucas even though i never got to finish reading it :(

[oldwirehands]

The Da Vinci Code is fucking great. It might be overrated but whatever. Its still a solid book.

I don't usually read novels. Actually, The Da Vinci Code was the first novel I read since one of the Resident Evil book when I was younger haha.

I like to read about metaphysics, speculation, physics, psychology, and philosophy.

I loved the 12th Planet. The concept is way fucking out there but the book is put together really well.

[icicles]

books by annie proulx. i'm a fast reader but i usually spent a lot more time reading when it comes to her books

[YearsGoneBy]

Catcher in the Rye, 1984

[ClapClapSnap]

Spite Fences, A Separate Peace, Pride and Prejudice, The DaVinci Code, The Historian, MONSTER, To Kill a Mockingbird

the first book i read when i was in like the 5th grade and it floored me completely...i just finished "Angela's Ashes" yesterday and now i'm working on, "A Million Little Pieces" i don't usually like books with a lot of hype, but it's the only book in my house i haven't read yet...

[resUrectMe617]

funny thing, a lot of my fave books were from junior yr of high school: great gatsby, catcher in the rye, brave new world, cat's cradle, of mice and men (fresh year tho). nowadays, i am digging stuff by Plato, and i am finishing up da vinci code, and starting this book called The Working Poor.

i'm a sucker for the classics i guess.

[resUrectMe617]

Me Talk Pretty One Day by Sedaris
Post Office by Bukowski

Probably would have to say those are my two favorite. The Best American Non-Required Reading series is a good read, too.

oh dude, sedaris is amazing. i had to read it excerpts for my prose class. totally made me wanna pick up the whole thing. nice pick.

[resUrectMe617]

Spite Fences, A Separate Peace, Pride and Prejudice, The DaVinci Code, The Historian, MONSTER, To Kill a Mockingbird

the first book i read when i was in like the 5th grade and it floored me completely...i just finished "Angela's Ashes" yesterday and now i'm working on, "A Million Little Pieces" i don't usually like books with a lot of hype, but it's the only book in my house i haven't read yet...

ah yes. a separate peace... good stuff, and angela's ashes, yeah solid. i thought the pride and prejudice movie was good, like the plot...i had read the book first, but only via sparknotes and some random chapters here and there because my ap lit teacher was so fucking annoying and anal and it really just made the class and readings very unpleasant.

[ClapClapSnap]

funny thing, a lot of my fave books were from junior yr of high school: great gatsby, catcher in the rye, brave new world, cat's cradle, of mice and men (fresh year tho). nowadays, i am digging stuff by Plato, and i am finishing up da vinci code, and starting this book called The Working Poor.

i'm a sucker for the classics i guess.

yeah def...i think it was when i first started reading real books that had depth...that spite fences book was about a white girl growing up in the south during the 50'...just kinda had an impact on me because i was coming out of a catholic school and into a public one...so it just kinda threw me through a hoop when i read it...i guess it just depends on what's going on in your life for how books are going to impact you

god i hope that made some kind of sense hahah

another book i forgot to mention was "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult
it's about two sisters [obviously] and one is dealing with cancer...it touches base with designer babies...it makes you consider what lengths you would go to for your own family...and it makes me cry like a little girl every time i read it...i HIGHLY suggest it

[ClapClapSnap]

ah yes. a separate peace... good stuff, and angela's ashes, yeah solid. i thought the pride and prejudice movie was good, like the plot...i had read the book first, but only via sparknotes and some random chapters here and there because my ap lit teacher was so fucking annoying and anal and it really just made the class and readings very unpleasant.

angela's ashes made me appreciate food, my house, clothing, heat...jesus everything

no wonder why irish are known for drinking...if i had lived in that time period i might've jumped into a bottle too...i still can't decide if i liked it or not...every person i mentioned to that i was reading it, made such a big deal "that book is amaazing" and i can't decide if i feel the same way

[mcfly21]

very good book i just read, Digital Fortress by Dan Brown(wrote da vinci code). I suggest it to anyone

[cuetheflames]

i read this book called On The Road by Jack Kerouac a little while ago. Some of you have probably heard of it its pretty known. But i thought it was great its just about this guy and his friends and his life on the road and not having a plan just sorta going with everything and drinking and smoking and seeing towns and people and girls and love and loss and a lot of stuff. i just think its really good.

check it out.

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

[heyRomanticA__x]

A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemmingway.

[resUrectMe617]

A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemmingway.

i read that last year. i thought it wasn't too bad, maybe its' just not my type of genre i'm not sure. otherwise, hemmingway is quite good.

[ClapClapSnap]

i read this book called On The Road by Jack Kerouac a little while ago. Some of you have probably heard of it its pretty known. But i thought it was great its just about this guy and his friends and his life on the road and not having a plan just sorta going with everything and drinking and smoking and seeing towns and people and girls and love and loss and a lot of stuff. i just think its really good.

check it out.

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

yeahh i'm from Lowell, MA and Jack was born here...basically if you went to any public school here, you know all about him...we have park downtown dedicated to him and it's all these huge pieces of stone with all his poems and parts of his stories carved into them...pretty awesome stuff

[FeynmanWannabe]

Go read Blindness (Jose Saramaga, 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature) and Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut, nothing more needs to be said)

[ThexQuietxCull]

um...... catcher in the rye
american psycho, less than zero (bret ellis)
1984
Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Wicked
anything by chuck p.

[alchemistandi]

I think the books that have had the biggest impact one me are:
On the Road
The Most Beautiful Woman In Town (Chucky Bucky)
Blood Meridian and The Road (Cormac McCarthy)

and a handful fo Vonnegut books, esp Breakfast of Champions and A Man Without a Country

[Neo Cassady]

Catcher in the Rye
Rules of Attraction
1984
On the Road

Also, I'm reading American Psycho right now and also taking a personality psychology class...it's a pretty interesting combination.

[theliftedlorax8]

Hmmm. I'd say The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Watchmen, The World According to Garp, Enders Game, and maybe A Short History of Nearly Everything.

I'm reading American Gods right now, which is pretty awesome.

[xashkox]

sloppy firsts by megan mccafferty, the irresistible revolution by shane claiborne, savage inequalities by johnathan kozol, blue like jazz by donald miller, sex, drugs and cocoa puffs by chuck klosterman, nothing feels good by andy greenwald...

the list goes on and on...

[concernedparent]

Just finished The Stranger by Albert Camus last night. Looooooved it.

[OnLettingGo]

i just bought on the road but I haven't had a chance to read it yet.

house of leaves was pretty great.
i really loved walden. really insightful.
1984
catcher and the rye
the list is really long. i've read so many books lately. i'm currently reading no country for old men, life of pie, and survivor

[drewziph]

anything john grisham

[FayeQC]

Just read Dave Sedaris's Me talk pretty one day, it's really good.

[Radical Noise]

the recent book i've finished is Adam Fawer's Empathy. I like it

[radiogirl]

How to Kill A Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartolo. It's freaking amazing and I would recommend everyone read it.

[¡vivalasanti!]

my sister's keeper
ender's game
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
nine days a queen (a great one if you're interested in the events that led up to the reign of "bloody mary")
too many to list...

*edit: three cups of tea
-i had to read this one for summer reading this year. it's a great story, and it's all completely true.

[fieldbelow]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safron Foer

What a gorgeously written, fantastically beautiful book. His writing style, the story; basically, I highly recommend it!

And if you're into theatre, read August: Osage County (amazing! dramadramadrama), Raised in Captivity, and Angels in America. All contemporary plays, and they're all powerful.

[The_kok]

I recently bought about 8 books of the penguin classic series

I now have On Revolution by Hannah Arendt, Volume I to III of Marx' Capital, Thus spoke zarathustra by Nietsche and about five books by Plato

any reviews by anyone?

[quarterhorse101]

anything by chuck p., j.d. salinger
perspolis
would be the ones i can just ramble off right now, goodreads.com has my selection in more detail

[DickfaceChillah]

anything by chuck p., j.d. salinger
perspolis
would be the ones i can just ramble off right now, goodreads.com has my selection in more detail

NICE on Perspolis.

My favorites are The Catcher In The Rye, Watchmen, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (if nobody has read this, you really have to), Snow Angels, Kubrick (By Michael Herr), most anything by Cormac McCarthy, and absolutely ANYTHING ever put to paper by H.P. Lovecraft.

[quarterhorse101]

did anyone see the movie they made out of perspolis?

[Anne.Frank]

Human Osteology, 2nd edition (2000), T. White.

Excellent book.

[ThisIsSuchAPity]

THE GIVER! i forgot about that book but it's definitely my all-time favorite

I read that in 6th grade. It was alright.


The Perks of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Pieces - Stephen Chbosky
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

[PixxiexD]

Catch 22, 1984, Catcher in the Rye and A Clockwork Orange.

[June_Bug]

Right now, A Dirty Job, The Book Of Lost Things, Montana 1942, and The Giver.

[Billy Da Mute]

as of now: clockwork orange, junky, less than zero, choke, wringer, battle royale

[ska4life07]

Don't hurt me....To Kill a Mockingbird

[nonamesleft]

Really good book:

The man who ate the 747

[eHaMpToN]

Slaughter House V
Naked Lunch
1984
Animal Farm
Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test

[Matthew]

Just finished The Stranger by Albert Camus last night. Looooooved it.

You should check out The Plague. The story and writing suffer comparison to The Stranger but the philosophical thrust of the novel is one of the most elegant, humane and beautiful answers to the problem of evil that I've come across. Camus is the man.

[ska4life07]

Slaughter House V
Naked Lunch
1984
Animal Farm
Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test

Totally let slaughter house V slip my mind! I change my decision.

[thisischaos]

Important Things That Don't Matter - David Amsden

[&IllBeTheReason]

A Man Without A Country, Time Travelers Wife, Enders Game, Pride and Prejudice, A Wrinkle in Time and so many others i cant even remember them.

[justletgo]

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

[.invisible ink.]

Slaughter House V
Naked Lunch
1984
Animal Farm
Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test

great choices!

I love those plus:

anything by Tom Robbins (especially Another Roadside Attraction and Jitterbug Perfume)
most of Chuck Palahniuk's books save a few that suck (i.e. Invisible Monsters)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Vurt
anything by Henry Rollins
anything by Douglas Copeland

[furey]

My Top 5:
Naked Lunch (I also love the movie)
The lost writings of Jim Morrison
Please Kill Me
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
Babylon - Victor Pelevin

[BryCoustic]

I'd have to say Kafka on the Shore, or House of leaves.

[concernedparent]

Just started reading House of Leaves, it's sooooooooo good

[3mpire]

Just started reading House of Leaves, it's sooooooooo good
Gave up on that book halfway when I tried reading it about a year ago.

Might have to give it another go.

[ohshizz]

Just started reading House of Leaves, it's sooooooooo good

oh i really like house of leaves! :)

[Jessooker]

In Cold Blood- Truman Capote.

[Raiden]

I always really liked The Giver. Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz , Desperation - Stephen King, and The Jester - James Patterson

[OnLettingGo]

Just started reading House of Leaves, it's sooooooooo good

brilliant book. i read it 2 years ago and loved it.

[Rudie2tone]

Fight Club
My mom ruined the movie for me in the first 10 minutes

[.invisible ink.]

My mom ruined the movie for me in the first 10 minutes

i hope you still watched it after she gave it away, it's such a brilliant film.

[Raiden]

I didn't think the book was as good as the movie. Idk Chuck's books are kinda hit or miss with me. Haunted was just wooooooh.

[.invisible ink.]

I didn't think the book was as good as the movie. Idk Chuck's books are kinda hit or miss with me. Haunted was just wooooooh.

i agree, some are outstanding and others just leave me kind of empty (Diary and Invisible Monsters come to mind).

[Rudie2tone]

i hope you still watched it after she gave it away, it's such a brilliant film.
I actually didn't.
I was really pissed, it sounded like it was a good movie though. I'd read the book but I have no money to buy it and I owe the library alot of money:-(

[TheZeroKid]

Catch-22
Slaughterhouse V
A Clockwork Orange
I Am Legend
The Mist

Oh, and these if they count:
Watchmen
Akira

[IF_YOU_LIE]

Dress Your Family in Demin and Corduroy
When You're Engulfed in Flames
What is the What
A Stagering Work of Heartbreaking Genius
Choke
Invisible Monsters
Fight Club
Lullaby
Diary
The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
Atonment
Amsterdam
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Watchmen
And I'm reading Pulp right now it is so good

[Delicate]

Watchmen
The Little Prince
The Art of Happiness
Sex,Drugs,and Cocoa Puffs

[JuJu the hinder]

Jpod, by Douglas Coupland
Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
Of course the Harry Potter Series
and The Twilight Series.

[anthony051]

Fight Club was pretty fucking awesome, Survivor wasn't half bad either.

I think my favorite book is a 3 way tie between The Good Earth, Flowers For Algernon and Tuesdays With Morrie.

It's hard to pick an absolute favorite though. I've read a shit load of books in my short 18 years on earth.

[markzilla]

Read some Kerouac.

[A_Rolling_Stone]

east of eden by steinbeck. and the idiot by Dostoevsky, i admire the russian people. at least how they are described in books i read, ahaha

[Nerdy91]

Has anyone read As I lay dying by Faukner? I liked it

[Nerdy91]

THE GIVER! i forgot about that book but it's definitely my all-time favorite
I love the Giver

[Nerdy91]

Don't hurt me....To Kill a Mockingbird
I love that book too!

[just.Starla.]

I love the Giver
ditto on "The Giver"

i like
The Outsiders
Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture
The Bell Jar

and I'm sure there are many, many more

[A Love American]

Haha Everybody Hurts was a funny book.

The Perks of Being A Wallflower
A People's History of the United States
Calvin & Hobbes

[andrewa5]

Go ask alice was great

[jster2000]

Catcher in the Rye

the list goes on longer
but that book is just awesome

Lord of the Flies is a excellent piece of literature to though

[3eb23]

The Game

[anthony051]

The Game

I just lost the game.

[pixystyx power]

I adored the Great Gatsby, Farenheight 451, the Things they Carried, plus the Picture of Dorian Gray was really interesting. Other ones include Harry Potter and the LoTR series. Plus anything for Lousia May Alcott, LM Montgomery, and other ones from Oscar Wilde.

I read Animal Farm, and the symbolism was clever, but I couldn't get itno it so much.

On another note, I DESPISE Lord of the Flies.

[c_rob2700]

I adored the Great Gatsby, Farenheight 451, the Things they Carried, plus the Picture of Dorian Gray was really interesting. Other ones include Harry Potter and the LoTR series. Plus anything for Lousia May Alcott, LM Montgomery, and other ones from Oscar Wilde.

I read Animal Farm, and the symbolism was clever, but I couldn't get itno it so much.

On another note, I DESPISE Lord of the Flies.
let me guess; LotF was "boring"

[pixystyx power]

let me guess; LotF was "boring"

No, not really, Not for me anyway. In fact, it's an excellent supporting premise for the Conflict Theory, It was just extremly depressing.

[screamoutmyname]

scar tissue by anthony kiedis

[Indoor Living]

Catcher In The Rye and Fahrenheit 451 have always been guilty pleasures of mine. And Of Mice And Men. Short, Sweet, to the point. Love it.

[phil19]

well i just remembered how much i used to love superfudge by judy bloom. i dont think ive been as excited over a book since then =P

[just.Starla.]

I adored the Great Gatsby, Farenheight 451, the Things they Carried, plus the Picture of Dorian Gray was really interesting. Other ones include Harry Potter and the LoTR series. Plus anything for Lousia May Alcott, LM Montgomery, and other ones from Oscar Wilde.

I read Animal Farm, and the symbolism was clever, but I couldn't get itno it so much.

On another note, I DESPISE Lord of the Flies.

I understand your point on Animal Farm. I just couldn't get into it.

Catcher In The Rye and Fahrenheit 451 have always been guilty pleasures of mine. And Of Mice And Men. Short, Sweet, to the point. Love it.

I almost forgot about Fahrenheit 451. I used to love the book

well i just remembered how much i used to love superfudge by judy bloom. i dont think ive been as excited over a book since then =P

All the Fudge books were awesome. I used to love all of her books, but i dont think I've read any since like middle school maybe

[Indoor Living]

To Kill A Mockingbird too.

[Indoor Living]

Shit. Ha. and The Stand by Stephen King.

[ArTkY_]

Every Fitzgerald novel ever.

[Indoor Living]

Every Fitzgerald novel ever.

The Great Gatsby is a classic. All I've read by him.

[phil19]

I understand your point on Animal Farm. I just couldn't get into it.



I almost forgot about Fahrenheit 451. I used to love the book



All the Fudge books were awesome. I used to love all of her books, but i dont think I've read any since like middle school maybe

how good where they!!! i know, neither have i. i just recently remembered how much i loved them when i was younger

[wroteurname]

Rivers Edge: The Weezer Story was really really good
also

Ordinary People
Giovanni's Room
Wise Blood

[entrepy]

Some great books floating around here. Mine have got to be something like...

Shalimar the Clown
The Accidental
The Book Thief
a million little pieces

[vonnii]

Maximum ride 1,2,3,4, and Broken Soup

[just.Starla.]

how good where they!!! i know, neither have i. i just recently remembered how much i loved them when i was younger

what?

[phil19]

what?

my bad. i think i meant to say "how good were they"

[TheWeakest]

Rivers Edge: The Weezer Story was really really good
also

Ordinary People
Giovanni's Room
Wise Blood


yo, where the fuck can i get my hands on that weezer book?

also, high fidelity is an incredible book and so is anything else by nick hornby. i strongly suggest looking into it and also the movie for that matter.

[wroteurname]

yo, where the fuck can i get my hands on that weezer book?

also, high fidelity is an incredible book and so is anything else by nick hornby. i strongly suggest looking into it and also the movie for that matter.
I dunno, I borrowed it from my ex who is easily their number 1 fan.

[just.Starla.]

my bad. i think i meant to say "how good were they"
ah okay, i understand.
ps- i think you spelled Judy Blume's name wrong in your original post. It's Blume, not Bloom

[Un'Aria Ancora]

Of Mice and Men
Ender's Game
Veronika Decides To Die

[phil19]

ah okay, i understand.
ps- i think you spelled Judy Blume's name wrong in your original post. It's Blume, not Bloom

did i? oops =P
sorry.
its been awhile since i read them.

[just.Starla.]

did i? oops =P
sorry.
its been awhile since i read them.
yeah, i think you spelled it Bloom kind of like Orlando Bloom, but its actually Blume. i was in the library yesterday and noticed that

[FScott]

crime and punishment, brothers Karamazov, all quiet on the western front, this side of paradise, player piano

http://genedeitch.awn.com/illustrations/CH25-image1.gif

[stupid__kid]

the catcher in the rye
the bell jar

[bleach]

also, high fidelity is an incredible book and so is anything else by nick hornby. i strongly suggest looking into it and also the movie for that matter.

Seconded.

[Closet Fan]

The Alphabet Of Manliness by Maddox is a must-read.

[Shatter590]

American Gods (Because I AM Mr. Wednesday)
House of Leaves (The only book thats ever truly scared me)
A Wild Sheep Chase (Because Murakami is amazing)
Wind Up Bird Chronicle (A mindfuck in print, plus it has a graphic depiction of a man being skinned)
Dune (THE SPICE MUST FLOW!)

[sheslostcontrol]

1. Wuthering Heights. 2. 1984. 3. The Lovely Bones. 4. Twilight Saga. 5. Anna Karenina. 6. Animal Farm. 7. Jane Eyre. 8. Pride & Prejudice. 9. How I Live Now. 10. Dracula (though the endings terrible).

++ Any vampire thing. I'm obsessed with them XD

[MarsEatWorld]

American Gods (Because I AM Mr. Wednesday)
House of Leaves (The only book thats ever truly scared me)
A Wild Sheep Chase (Because Murakami is amazing)
Wind Up Bird Chronicle (A mindfuck in print, plus it has a graphic depiction of a man being skinned)
Dune (THE SPICE MUST FLOW!)
american gods is amazing.

i also like choke and unorphaned anythings

[BryterJonah]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/38/20061102105907%21Cloud_atlas.jpg
http://www.tomandmaria.com/st197/images/dick%20cover.jpg
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/greatest-book-covers/34-1.jpg
http://www.en8848.com.cn/Soft/UploadSoftPic/200705/20070529092456740.jpg

[NicoleMariex3]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower absolutely broke my heart... Charlie, though he has beyond miserable experiences, is still able to hold himself together, is still such a sweetheart to everyone... and he takes life as it comes to him...

[BryterJonah]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower absolutely broke my heart... Charlie, though he has beyond miserable experiences, is still able to hold himself together, is still such a sweetheart to everyone... and he takes life as it comes to him...
I always thought of the events in that book as lukewarm. Not so, you know, compelling.

I mean, would I lose all composure if my sister told me she was prego and I went with her to a clinic? No.
I'd handle it in human terms. I'd analyze and learn. Learn the faults and consequences that come in being human.

Don't want to sound harsh, but the whole book seemed gimmicky.

[zion the lion]

House of Leaves is one of my favorites eventhough it made me afraid of the dark.

[NicoleMariex3]

The gimmic of it made me love it... Its innocence.... I do believe the way he reacted to some situations were unbelievable, but it could have been that he had no way of reacting to anything because of the excessive amount grief in his early life... He was just desensitized to any other event that happened to him...

another really good one, though the ending was disappointing, was The Pact by Jodi Piccoult

[perceptrons]

On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
The Code Book by Singh (I believe?)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? by Phillip K Dick
How to Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson

[speakhandsforme]

Nausea by Sartre
Candide by Voltaire
You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense by Bukowski
1984 by Orwell
Crime & Punishment by Dostoevsky
I Am Legend by Matheson

[crimsonandclovr]

kite runner. i can read this over and over again. i also wrote a 12 page paper on it, and actually enjoyed writing it! (and i HATE writing.) such a good book.

[BryterJonah]

Let me say one thing: Fight Club is shit, Invisible Monsters is shit, and all that other dribble is shit.

The best synopsis most of the fans of this garbage can offer is a "FUCK YEAH!". Seriously, grow up.

[NickLopez]

Let me say one thing: Fight Club is shit, Invisible Monsters is shit, and all that other dribble is shit.

The best synopsis most of the fans of this garbage can offer is a "FUCK YEAH!". Seriously, grow up.
You really liked Pale Fire more than Lolita? I mean, good call on Pynchon and Dick, but I didn't really care for Pale Fire at all. On the other hand, Lolita floored me.

[BryterJonah]

You really liked Pale Fire more than Lolita? I mean, good call on Pynchon and Dick, but I didn't really care for Pale Fire at all. On the other hand, Lolita floored me.
It's mostly the experience I had reading it. Switching from note-to-note, going over the poem, checking the footnotes. I just felt the novel was unbelievably well put together. After a while I just genuinely enjoyed going back and forth, following all these notes.

It's oddly fun to me. But no, I don't believe it tops Lolita in terms of writing and plot.
I love almost anything Nabokov writes though, so I went with the one I felt more inclined to glance over time and time again.

[hells army]

http://sethhoward.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/031286504x01lzzzzzzz.jpg

[Rest_Easy]

A tale of Two Cities was great. A confederacy of Dunces was well done although his diatribes can be a bit much (it fits his character so well).
I love Wilbur Smith's books. So much fun.

Cat's Cradle, fahrenheit 451, the odyssey all stand out in my mind.

There are probably so many I'm forgetting. Books are fun.

[ijbet59]

Fight Club by Palahniuk
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

[Animalhill]

"The Brothers Karamazov"-Fyodor Dostoevsky
"East of Eden"-John Steinbeck
"American Psycho" Brett Easton Ellis
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"-Michael Chabon
"Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time Vol 1" Marcel Proust
"The Plague" Albert Camus
"A Season in Hell" Arthur Rimbaud
and many, many more.

[LaDiabla]

I read sooo much but a few favs are:

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (way better than On The Road IMO)
Howl - Ginsberg
Everything by Kafka
The Great Gatsby, The Diamond as big As The Ritz, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the night - Fitzgerald
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Capote (waaaay better than the movie)
American Psycho - Ellis
Fear and Loathing in Las vegas - Hunter Thompson
The Age of innocence - Edith Warthon
The Picture of Dorian gray - Oscar Wilde
2666, The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano
Complete Stories and poems - edgar allan Poe
Poems, stories - bukowski
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
Most of Chuck Palahniuk's work
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay - Chabon
The Gambler, Bobok ect - Dostoyesvky.

Thats all I can think of for now

[joeag1985]

I'm on a Kerouac buzz again lately.. On The Road, Maggie Cassidy.

[joeag1985]

I read sooo much but a few favs are:

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (way better than On The Road IMO)
Howl - Ginsberg
Everything by Kafka
The Great Gatsby, The Diamond as big As The Ritz, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the night - Fitzgerald
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Capote (waaaay better than the movie)
American Psycho - Ellis
Fear and Loathing in Las vegas - Hunter Thompson
The Age of innocence - Edith Warthon
The Picture of Dorian gray - Oscar Wilde
2666, The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano
Complete Stories and poems - edgar allan Poe
Poems, stories - bukowski
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
Most of Chuck Palahniuk's work
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay - Chabon
The Gambler, Bobok ect - Dostoyesvky.

Thats all I can think of for now

Never read that. Must check it out.

[LaDiabla]

Never read that. Must check it out.

my dad is big on all the beatnik stuff so i started to read Kerouac some time ago (i read his first novel in german, thus I have forgotton the name..) and from all of his work I like Dharma Bums the best, its basically on the road but on mountains, if that makes sense? haha
definitly worth a read and only like 200 pages so you basically fly through it..

ohhhhh also for anyone into Hunter/beatnik stuff
check out Tom Wolffe, specially 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test' basically on the road, only in california and with a LOT of Acid.

[killerswells]

I read sooo much but a few favs are:

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (way better than On The Road IMO)
Howl - Ginsberg
Everything by Kafka
The Great Gatsby, The Diamond as big As The Ritz, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the night - Fitzgerald
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Capote (waaaay better than the movie)
American Psycho - Ellis
Fear and Loathing in Las vegas - Hunter Thompson
The Age of innocence - Edith Warthon
The Picture of Dorian gray - Oscar Wilde
2666, The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano
Complete Stories and poems - edgar allan Poe
Poems, stories - bukowski
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
Most of Chuck Palahniuk's work
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay - Chabon
The Gambler, Bobok ect - Dostoyesvky.

Thats all I can think of for now

hmmm i need to read more.

[joeag1985]

my dad is big on all the beatnik stuff so i started to read Kerouac some time ago (i read his first novel in german, thus I have forgotton the name..) and from all of his work I like Dharma Bums the best, its basically on the road but on mountains, if that makes sense? haha
definitly worth a read and only like 200 pages so you basically fly through it..

ohhhhh also for anyone into Hunter/beatnik stuff
check out Tom Wolffe, specially 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test' basically on the road, only in california and with a LOT of Acid.

Sounds Fear and Loathing-esque. Must check that out. My college tutor last year told me about a tonne of beatnik authors... Although, I'd heard a lot of them before, just never checked them out.

She got us in to see the 'On the Road' scroll display actually. It was in our old college library for about two weeks. Amazing to see it all together. He basically taped the papers together before typing so he wouldn't have to keep changing the paper.

[LaDiabla]

hmmm i need to read more.
one can never read enough.

Sounds Fear and Loathing-esque. Must check that out. My college tutor last year told me about a tonne of beatnik authors... Although, I'd heard a lot of them before, just never checked them out.

She got us in to see the 'On the Road' scroll display actually. It was in our old college library for about two weeks. Amazing to see it all together. He basically taped the papers together before typing so he wouldn't have to keep changing the paper.

Have you read Burroughs (sp?) ?

My dad has a lot of books by him, but I only made it through Naked Lunch and another one, its a little too freaky for me.

Thats so cool you saw that, I would love to see that in real. He also wrote it without being intoxicated, just coffee. what i thought was interesting as well.

[Animalhill]

I read sooo much but a few favs are:

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (way better than On The Road IMO)
Howl - Ginsberg
Everything by Kafka
The Great Gatsby, The Diamond as big As The Ritz, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the night - Fitzgerald
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Capote (waaaay better than the movie)
American Psycho - Ellis
Fear and Loathing in Las vegas - Hunter Thompson
The Age of innocence - Edith Warthon
The Picture of Dorian gray - Oscar Wilde
2666, The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano
Complete Stories and poems - edgar allan Poe
Poems, stories - bukowski
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
Most of Chuck Palahniuk's work
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay - Chabon
The Gambler, Bobok ect - Dostoyesvky.

Thats all I can think of for now
So really, when is our wedding?

[LaDiabla]

So really, when is our wedding?

When I turn 21 I'm celebrating in Las Vegas, we can get wedded there?

[Animalhill]

When I turn 21 I'm celebrating in Las Vegas, we can get wedded there?
Yup. ;-)
But really, you have a great fucking taste in literature. Thank you.

[LaDiabla]

Yup. ;-)
But really, you have a great fucking taste in literature. Thank you.

Thank you, and so do you!

I've been meaning to read Proust. And Albert Camus is the shit (even though I've only read 'The Stranger').
And I plan on reading more Dostoyesvky, those are just the only books we had laying around at home..

[Animalhill]

Thank you, and so do you!

I've been meaning to read Proust. And Albert Camus is the shit (even though I've only read 'The Stranger').
And I plan on reading more Dostoyesvky, those are just the only books we had laying around at home..
Proust: Start with, "Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time Vol 1" naively assuming you read these in english, go for the translation by Lydia Davis.
Camus: Read, "The Plague"
Dostoevsky: Read, "The Brothers Karamazov" and THEN "Crime and Punishment".
Also, "East of Eden" by Steinbeck. Best work of fiction I've ever read. The pages breathe.

[joeag1985]

one can never read enough.



Have you read Burroughs (sp?) ?

My dad has a lot of books by him, but I only made it through Naked Lunch and another one, its a little too freaky for me.

Thats so cool you saw that, I would love to see that in real. He also wrote it without being intoxicated, just coffee. what i thought was interesting as well.

Yeah. That was a difficult read, some riskee moments ha. It's the only book I've ever picked up from him. It was all over the place really, couldn't get a good flow. I probably should give it another shot some day though.

Wow. Did not know that... Damn, whole books ruined for me now haha

[LaDiabla]

Proust: Start with, "Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time Vol 1" naively assuming you read these in english, go for the translation by Lydia Davis.
Camus: Read, "The Plague"
Dostoevsky: Read, "The Brothers Karamazov" and THEN "Crime and Punishment".
Also, "East of Eden" by Steinbeck. Best work of fiction I've ever read. The pages breathe.

Noted, and as soon as I'm done with the pile I have I'm getting those.

Not so sure on Steinbeck, given I've only watched the movie of Mice and Men and didn't really like it, i dont know.
But I saw his house when I was somewhere around San Francisco..so I'll give it a shot.

[joeag1985]

Proust: Start with, "Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time Vol 1" naively assuming you read these in english, go for the translation by Lydia Davis.
Camus: Read, "The Plague"
Dostoevsky: Read, "The Brothers Karamazov" and THEN "Crime and Punishment".
Also, "East of Eden" by Steinbeck. Best work of fiction I've ever read. The pages breathe.

I felt so average after reading that book. So well written.. I had to read it a few times just to get a better idea of the story.

[Animalhill]

Noted, and as soon as I'm done with the pile I have I'm getting those.

Not so sure on Steinbeck, given I've only watched the movie of Mice and Men and didn't really like it, i dont know.
But I saw his house when I was somewhere around San Francisco..so I'll give it a shot.
Honestly, fuck everything else that dude ever wrote (with the exception of Grapes of Wrath, which is very decent). East of Eden is fucking unbelievable.

[Animalhill]

I felt so average after reading that book. So well written.. I had to read it a few times just to get a better idea of the story.
Which translation did you read? That is crucial.

[LaDiabla]

Yeah. That was a difficult read, some riskee moments ha. It's the only book I've ever picked up from him. It was all over the place really, couldn't get a good flow. I probably should give it another shot some day though.

Wow. Did not know that... Damn, whole books ruined for me now haha

Yeah, I read another book by him, I think it was called The Yage Letters or something (dont remember) and its basically him in Mexico drinking peyote and fucking other dudes. But its far better structured and has more literary 'wisdom'? like you get more from the book? nahmeaan?
I think Naked Lunch is overrated.

haha yeah, it takes away the essence. But Kerouac was never really into the whole drug scene after all, he was totally against the whole acid movement, basically the only beatnik that made the transition is Ginsberg.

[joeag1985]

Which translation did you read? That is crucial.

I think it's the Garnett translation? Just looked it up on amazon. The cover doesn't look like the one I have though. Quite worn out looking actually.

[joeag1985]

Yeah, I read another book by him, I think it was called The Yage Letters or something (dont remember) and its basically him in Mexico drinking peyote and fucking other dudes. But its far better structured and has more literary 'wisdom'? like you get more from the book? nahmeaan?
I think Naked Lunch is overrated.

haha yeah, it takes away the essence. But Kerouac was never really into the whole drug scene after all, he was totally against the whole acid movement, basically the only beatnik that made the transition is Ginsberg.

Ah I hear ya. Nice. I think I shall pick that up. Just book marked it... or rather phone marked it in my draft messages.

Yeah I didn't know a lot about his background, certain stuff like that before I went to see the scroll. I got talking to one of the people involved with displaying the script. Apparently he was quite the athlete in college. Guess that's why he veered clear of it. I should really read more about the guy. I know far too little, aside from a few books.

[Animalhill]

I think it's the Garnett translation? Just looked it up on amazon. The cover doesn't look like the one I have though. Quite worn out looking actually.
This would be the problem. This is indisputably the best translation: http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Fyodor-Dostoevsky/dp/0374528373/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248972612&sr=8-1

[on a frequency]

i know everyone calls it boring, but i really, really love 'pride and prejudice'. and 'holes' and the 'giver', even though they're kid's books. i think those are my favorites.

[joeag1985]

This would be the problem. This is indisputably the best translation: http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Fyodor-Dostoevsky/dp/0374528373/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248972612&sr=8-1

Ah nice. One of the translators is actually Russian. I might just get that one.

[Animalhill]

Ah nice. One of the translators is actually Russian. I might just get that one.
SO good. Really, really, really good.

[shimmyshakes]

looking for alaska. One of the only books i've ever read just for 'pleasure'.
Highly recommended.

[shimmyshakes]

Also, My Sister's Keeper. Don't bother with the movie.

[Animalhill]

looking for alaska. One of the only books i've ever read just for 'pleasure'.
Highly recommended.
Why?

[NickLopez]

Reading is hard!!

[BrennanHickson]

go ask alice, harry potters
I liked Harry Potters too!

[deFobbed14yrs]

i know everyone calls it boring, but i really, really love 'pride and prejudice'. and 'holes' and the 'giver', even though they're kid's books. i think those are my favorites.


the giver is the best shit

[deFobbed14yrs]

I liked Harry Potters too!


you did not just quote someone from 4 years ago......lol

[everybodywakeup]

So I've attempted reading The Brother's Karamazov, but I guess the translation I've been reading isn't as good as the one posted a few pages back, so I'm definitely going to look into that. My favorite thing I've read by Dostoevsky is probably White Nights though ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Nights_(short_story) ) and I just found out that the movie Two Lovers is loosely based on it, which I'm going to DL right after I post this, haha. Especially since it's Joaquin's last movie, that just makes it all the more amazing.

[BrennanHickson]

you did not just quote someone from 4 years ago......lol
Apparently I (unknowingly) did. Oops.

[Indoor Living]

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is another of my favorites.

[on a frequency]

the giver is the best shit

isn't it?! i love that book oh so much.

and i just realized i wrote the "giver" instead of "the giver". oops!

[deFobbed14yrs]

isn't it?! i love that book oh so much.

and i just realized i wrote the "giver" instead of "the giver". oops!


haha w/e w/e. i can read that book over and over and the sequels as well.

[nikaidoh]

"V.", Thomas Pynchon
"Last Exit To Brooklyn", Hubert Selby Jr.
"A Clockwork Orange", Anthony Burgess
"Naked Lunch", William S. Burroughs
"Dharma Bums", Jack Kerouac
"Big Sur", Jack Kerouac
"Catcher In The Rye" J.D. Sallinger
"Song of Solomon", Toni Morrison
"This Side of Paradise", F. Scott Fitzgerald

[on a frequency]

haha w/e w/e. i can read that book over and over and the sequels as well.

what was the third one called? i read gathering blue a couple of times... i liked it, but i didn't love it. i never made it to the third one.

[deFobbed14yrs]

what was the third one called? i read gathering blue a couple of times... i liked it, but i didn't love it. i never made it to the third one.


the messenger. i wish i could remember what it was about....

[Jake Denning]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Crash_Book.jpg/250px-Crash_Book.jpg

http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/teacher/covergallery/1995/find.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B4FF351ML._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb -sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg

http://sottai.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/roald-dahl-the-bfg.jpg

[NickLopez]

^^^

Fuckin'... seriously?

[kaycey]

for now its "the white tiger"

[Animalhill]

So I've attempted reading The Brother's Karamazov, but I guess the translation I've been reading isn't as good as the one posted a few pages back, so I'm definitely going to look into that. My favorite thing I've read by Dostoevsky is probably White Nights though ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Nights_(short_story) ) and I just found out that the movie Two Lovers is loosely based on it, which I'm going to DL right after I post this, haha. Especially since it's Joaquin's last movie, that just makes it all the more amazing.
Trust me, read that translation I posted. Its far, far better than any of the other ones.

[Animalhill]

^^^

Fuckin'... seriously?
I literally read most of those books when I was 9.

[NickLopez]

I literally read most of those books when I was 9.
Yeah dude, wtf. I'll assume he's joking.

[Animalhill]

Yeah dude, wtf. I'll assume he's joking.
haha I sure hope so.

[handlikesecret]

The Lord of the Rings
Catcher in the Rye
Great Expectations
The Once and Future King
The Great Gatsby
Life of Pi
The Sun Also Rises
Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange
Pride and Prejudice

too many more.

[Zach-Attack]

Life of Pi was such a good book Probably one of my favorites. ( I don't read much lol )

[Animalhill]

Life of Pi was such a good book Probably one of my favorites. ( I don't read much lol )
You should.

[WafflesAreYAY]

The Slash Autobiography
To Live Is To Die
The Heroin Diaries

[nicolenice1218]

A Child Called IT is an amazing book.

[WafflesAreYAY]

The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten

[WafflesAreYAY]

my sister's keeper
ender's game
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
nine days a queen (a great one if you're interested in the events that led up to the reign of "bloody mary")
too many to list...

*edit: three cups of tea
-i had to read this one for summer reading this year. it's a great story, and it's all completely true.


Can't go wrong with "Hitchhikers Guide"

[something.monic]

Walden, Running With Scissors

[something.monic]

The Lord of the Rings
Catcher in the Rye
Great Expectations
The Once and Future King
The Great Gatsby
Life of Pi
The Sun Also Rises
Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange
Pride and Prejudice

too many more.


I need to actually read a clockwork orange. Does it make more sense than the movie? It was so interesting, but incredibly abstract.
I just read pride and prejudice last week and I loved it so much! "To yield without conviction is no compliment."
I was one of two kids in my english class this year who loved the great gatsby.
And, The Catcher in the Rye. I liked it, but I don't see why people ADORE it? I think it's very interesting but a wee bit overrated.

[handlikesecret]

I need to actually read a clockwork orange. Does it make more sense than the movie? It was so interesting, but incredibly abstract.
I just read pride and prejudice last week and I loved it so much! "To yield without conviction is no compliment."
I was one of two kids in my english class this year who loved the great gatsby.
And, The Catcher in the Rye. I liked it, but I don't see why people ADORE it? I think it's very interesting but a wee bit overrated.
the book is better and less extreme than the movie. there's much more character conflict in the book.

yes, Jane Austen is the best female author in all of history, in my opinion.

very nice! people like you give me hope that not all teenagers only read crappy teen fiction.

i don't know, i think it's just one of the most important books in all of American literature. it really paved the way for the whole concept of YA fiction. not to mention the awesome use of stream of consciousness writing. plus, for me, it really means a lot to me because of some of the stuff that my family's been through. that might play a petty huge role, but i've always thought of it as a really important work of literature.

[mattmatumbo]

Favorites:
The Arabian Nights- Haddawy
The Passion- Jeanette Winterson
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman- Laurence Sterne
Haunted & Survivor- Palahniuk
House of Leaves- Danielewski
Raw Shark Texts- Hall
1989- Orwell

[something.monic]

the book is better and less extreme than the movie. there's much more character conflict in the book.

yes, Jane Austen is the best female author in all of history, in my opinion.

very nice! people like you give me hope that not all teenagers only read crappy teen fiction.

i don't know, i think it's just one of the most important books in all of American literature. it really paved the way for the whole concept of YA fiction. not to mention the awesome use of stream of consciousness writing. plus, for me, it really means a lot to me because of some of the stuff that my family's been through. that might play a petty huge role, but i've always thought of it as a really important work of literature.


Yeah, it definitely has influenced YA literature, except that I think most current YA fiction is terrible. Ahah Catcher is good, I just wouldn't see that as a compliment, necessarily. i.e. the A List series or Clique series.
I don't know if the perks of being a wallflower is technically constituted as YA literature, but the influence of Catcher there is imminent. That book, however, I do not see as garbage.

[$eth]

The Last Tycoons
House Of Cards
Breaking Vegas
Bringing Down The House
The Reagan Diaries
Catcher In The Rye
The Swarm - If you're into science fiction or anything like that, this book is amazing. Long (Almost 900 Pages) but amazing.

[handlikesecret]

Yeah, it definitely has influenced YA literature, except that I think most current YA fiction is terrible. Ahah Catcher is good, I just wouldn't see that as a compliment, necessarily. i.e. the A List series or Clique series.
I don't know if the perks of being a wallflower is technically constituted as YA literature, but the influence of Catcher there is imminent. That book, however, I do not see as garbage.
oh i think YA literature is awful and is making teenager's IQs drop. i don't think kids should be reading that kind of stuff, as it causes a lack of reverence for classics. i just think Catcher is important in that regard. but unlike YA books, it is actually good and beautiful.

[something.monic]

oh i think YA literature is awful and is making teenager's IQs drop. i don't think kids should be reading that kind of stuff, as it causes a lack of reverence for classics. i just think Catcher is important in that regard. but unlike YA books, it is actually good and beautiful.


100% agreed.

[Fedaykin]

Fight Club

was that a book before a movie?

yeah it was

what a stupid soup you are, of course it was a book

i just tried to rent it at blockbuster last night and it was already rented out :(

rent it, a great movie...if you thought donnie darko was confusing...this one will put ur nuts in a vice...well actually no...but it's just a well done movie and the book is great too.

damn i love the 90s already gave away the secret though :(

yeah i know that was so mean of them

yeah stupid i love the 90s

ahh are you serious???? dude that blows. I love movie with just huge twists like that...

how about se7en...that's another great movie.

i love that movie. gluttony's the best/grossest

oh ya it's one kick ass flick. I thought the scene where John Doe walks into the police station drenched in blood was gross but amazing.

LOL

I just love that in our technology, ADD addled generation within the first page of a thread about BOOKS in the category of EDUCATION kids devolve to talking about R rated movies, violence & sin

hilarious

[Fedaykin]

1989- Orwell
LOL

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is another of my favorites.
Not really even a book IMO


Proust: Start with, "Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time Vol 1" naively assuming you read these in english, go for the translation by Lydia Davis.
Camus: Read, "The Plague"
Dostoevsky: Read, "The Brothers Karamazov" and THEN "Crime and Punishment".
Also, "East of Eden" by Steinbeck. Best work of fiction I've ever read. The pages breathe.

OR
Proust - In Remembrance of Things Past
Camus - Myth of Sysiphus
Dosdoevsky - Crime & Punishment
Steinbeck - ... how about nothin? Hate him sooooo much. Instead, try Eliot or J. Joyce, Portrait of an Artist or Ulysses

[Animalhill]

LOL


Not really even a book IMO



OR
Proust - In Remembrance of Things Past
Camus - Myth of Sysiphus
Dosdoevsky - Crime & Punishment
Steinbeck - ... how about nothin? Hate him sooooo much. Instead, try Eliot or J. Joyce, Portrait of an Artist or Ulysses
Have you even read East of Eden?
This is the most CONDESENDING post I've ever read ;-)

[Chop[chop]]

The Great Gatsby is still my favourite novel.
A few others have come close to taking its place recently though.

[mattmatumbo]

LOL

Glad i could bring a smile to someone's face ;-)

[Manicapathy]

I read the road....it was epic.

[Indoor Living]

LOL


Not really even a book IMO



OR
Proust - In Remembrance of Things Past
Camus - Myth of Sysiphus
Dosdoevsky - Crime & Punishment
Steinbeck - ... how about nothin? Hate him sooooo much. Instead, try Eliot or J. Joyce, Portrait of an Artist or Ulysses
Please explain how a gathering of texts over 200 pages long written by one person, binded, published, and sold in a bookstore doesn't classify as a "book?" You, my friend, are a festizio.

But, really, though, you're an idiot.

[UnityRiot]

The Chocolate War- Robert Cormier
The Giver- Lois Lowry
To Kill a Mocking Bird- Harper Lee
Go Ask Alice
The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut
Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson (One of the best done YA novels, I think)
Black Like Me- John Howard Griffin
The Stranger- Albert Camus

[bung]

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. If there is one book you should read before you die, this is probably it.

From Wiki: In his dissent from the majority holding that the book was not obscene, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Musmanno wrote Cancer is "not a book. It is a cesspool, an open sewer, a pit of putrefaction, a slimy gathering of all that is rotten in the debris of human depravity."

Also, if you liked Brave New World, read Eyeless in Gaza and Point Counter-Point. They're nothing like BNW, but it's still Huxley at his best.