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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
01-22-2008, 09:25 PM
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What's the Last Book You Read?
I'm currently reading Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.
Before that was The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
So what was the last book you read?
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- Bill Maher
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01-22-2008, 10:49 PM
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The Runelords by David Farland.
It's... interesting...
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01-23-2008, 03:30 AM
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Hehe. "Perks" is in my bathroom. I read it when it first came out, but I've been checking out snippets here and there on the crapper. I didn't realized Trainspotting was a book. I figured it had to be, but when I watched the movie I didn't see any "based on" reference. I'm definitely going to check that one out. Movie is hilarious and right on. I used to do a lot of heroin.
Last book I read was "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." It kicks ass. I went to school right outside Savannah, but somehow I never read that book. I like when I know some of the people he talks about and some of the places.
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01-23-2008, 07:17 AM
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You'll love Trainspotting. And if you've spent time in and around the drug scene, you'll recognise a lot of the characters. It's like he's written a pastiche of all the junkies you ever knew.
Reading (nearly finished) The Kite Runner. Superb book, one of those that leaves you slightly changed after you've read it. I just hope the ending doesn't disappoint.
Recently finished: Slaughterhouse 5.
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01-23-2008, 09:09 AM
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Saturday by Ian McEwan. Amazing prose. Manages to to take a full book to describe the events of a day and still makes them interesting, even the most mundane events, which take up the majority of the book
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01-23-2008, 10:15 AM
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Trainspotting is fantastic. If you liked the movie and if you like reading about the drug scene, you'll love it. Just finished it last night, now reading its sequal, Porno
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"And at the end of the day, is magic underwear really that much crazier than giant arks, or virgin births, or talking bushes. You're either a rationalist or you're not. And the good news is, a recent poll found 20% of adults under 30 say they are rationalists and have figured out that Santa Claus and Jesus are really the same guy."
- Bill Maher
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01-23-2008, 11:52 AM
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I am America and so can you!
Absolutely hilarious!
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01-23-2008, 01:34 PM
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Haha. I've got the Colbert book on audio CD and it's great. That guy has killed since Strangers with Candy.
How was Slaughterhouse 5? I've always wanted to check that out, but have never come across it.
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01-23-2008, 03:37 PM
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"Warlord" in the Hythrun Chronicles trilogy by Jennifer Fallon.
it was quite a nice read. funny. xD
Now for His Dark Materials...
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01-24-2008, 07:39 AM
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Hi I haven't visited this forum for ages,well I haven't posted for ages anyway. The last book I read was The 13th Apostle by Richard and Rachael Heller. I thought it was really good right up until the last couple of paragraphs where it turned itno a lecture on how to live your life and, for me, totally spoiled the whole book.
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01-24-2008, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Malone
Haha. I've got the Colbert book on audio CD and it's great. That guy has killed since Strangers with Candy.
How was Slaughterhouse 5? I've always wanted to check that out, but have never come across it.
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Slaughterhouse 5 is a grat book. Made me fall in love with Vonnegut.
I just started And The Sun Also Rises by Hemmingway. So far not bad, I'm only like 20 pages in though. I just finished HaM on Rye by Bukowski, thought that was an amazing book and went to the book store to pick up more of his work yesterday. |
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01-24-2008, 11:57 AM
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Wow. I'll HAVE to get that then. I've put it off too long.
Yeah, Bukowski pretty much changed the way I look at writing. There are few things I enjoy as much as reading his stuff. Check out his poetry too. I mean, wow.
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01-24-2008, 01:18 PM
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Shadowfall by James Clemens.
Kind of tells Tolkien to go fuck himself.
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01-24-2008, 04:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Malone
Wow. I'll HAVE to get that then. I've put it off too long.
Yeah, Bukowski pretty much changed the way I look at writing. There are few things I enjoy as much as reading his stuff. Check out his poetry too. I mean, wow.
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I'll have to do that. I have to admit that I'm a tad burnt out on Poetry though. I had an ex that was obsessive about reading poetry. To the point where he wouldn't pay any attention to me at all. |
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01-24-2008, 05:21 PM
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Currently reading the first of the Dune series, by Frank Herbert.
Finished The Mist by Stephen King, last night.
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