Reccomend A Worthwhile Book[views:2306][posts:33]________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:04am - xmikex ""] Toss me some reccomendations for novels to read. I fell out of synch with my reading habits when I was studying for the GREs, and I tried to get back into it by reading the Silmarillion (definently....definently not the right time for that book). Can anyone reccomend anything good? first one who says Perks of Being a Wallflower gets stoned to death. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:36am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Are you in the mood for a comedy? http://www.amazon.com/Three-Boys-Missing-P...102-9914203-0337711?ie=UTF8&s=books |
| ________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:43am - xmikex ""] menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Are you in the mood for a comedy? http://www.amazon.com/Three-Boys-Missing-Pedophilia-Underworld/dp/0977628140/sr=1-5/qid=1172586928/ref=sr_1_5/102-9914203-0337711?ie=UTF8&s=books http://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-Katrina-Pi...105-5697667-5590822?ie=UTF8&s=books |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:48am - the_reverend ""] snow crash by neil stephenson |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:51am - demondave ""] House of leaves is good http://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-Mark-Z-...102-5477201-4296904?ie=UTF8&s=books |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:54am - Joshtruction ""] go ask alice. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 9:55am - the_reverend ""] snow crash is sort of dated now, but it's one of the books that started a lot of the cyberpunk revolution. he came up with a lot of internet terms that we use now (like avatar) and popularized them. the book is a quick read and it's about a drug/religion/computer virus/human virus/etc... in a world where pizza delivery men are held to the 30 minute rule by death and the world is divided up into chain-corporation city states |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 10:28am - the_reverend ""] I've been debating starting a "book" special flag for a while |
| _______________________________ [Feb 27,2007 10:39am - Yeti ""] one fish two fish red fish blue fish |
| _________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 10:41am - xmikex ""] demondave said: House of leaves is good http://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-Mark-Z-...102-5477201-4296904?ie=UTF8&s=books house of leaves is one of my all time favorites. I was really really upset with the way Danielewski put together Only Revolutions though. I haven't even read it yet. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 10:43am - tbone_r nli ""] animal farm is the only book worth reading. |
| _______________________________ [Feb 27,2007 10:44am - Yeti ""] if you click that link, the first thing listed under key phrases is "dwarf nuns" haha. |
| _____________________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 10:58am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] xmikex said:menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Are you in the mood for a comedy? http://www.amazon.com/Three-Boys-Missing-Pedophilia-Underworld/dp/0977628140/sr=1-5/qid=1172586928/ref=sr_1_5/102-9914203-0337711?ie=UTF8&s=books http://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-Katrina-Picture-Jeffrey-Morgan/dp/1425919154/sr=1-8/qid=1172587371/ref=sr_1_8/105-5697667-5590822?ie=UTF8&s=books haha http://www.amazon.com/Washing-Machine-Repa...102-9914203-0337711?ie=UTF8&s=books |
| __________________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 11:01am - brian_dc teaching kids ""] have you read "Messiah" by Gore Vidal? It's nothing mindblowing, but it was a good read. Also, I just read House of Leaves and I loved it. I have Only Revolutions but can't get motivated to read it because it looks so mindless. I'll try to think of some more gooduns. |
| ______________________________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 11:10am - the illustrious silketh von supper ""] "my cousin, my gastroenterologist", by mark leyner |
| _________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 11:34am - xmikex ""] brian_dc teaching kids said:have you read "Messiah" by Gore Vidal? It's nothing mindblowing, but it was a good read. Also, I just read House of Leaves and I loved it. I have Only Revolutions but can't get motivated to read it because it looks so mindless. I'll try to think of some more gooduns. "Even Gore Vidal's kissed more boys than I have." "Girls, Lisa. Boys kiss girls." |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 11:46am - Niccolai ""] This months issue of penthouse variations is dece... |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 11:50am - Niccolai ""] And if you haven't read STIFF by Mary Roach, I'd give that a shot. It's about cadavers and the body farm what not. And also, there is a book called Death's Acre, which is also about the body farm (William Bass and Jon Jefferson) Both interesting reads if you're into deathsciences. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 12:24pm - thegreatspaldino ""] read anything Chuck Palahniuk |
| _______________________________ [Feb 27,2007 12:44pm - Yeti ""] Niccolai said:And if you haven't read STIFF by Mary Roach, I'd give that a shot. It's about cadavers and the body farm what not. And also, there is a book called Death's Acre, which is also about the body farm (William Bass and Jon Jefferson) Both interesting reads if you're into deathsciences. i have been looking for stuff about body farms. i would give anything to see time lapse photography of one. |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:07pm - Reverend_Cziska ""] [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:09pm - Reverend_Cziska ""] Another favorite: [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:17pm - BornSoVile ""] read Behold A Pale Horse. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:20pm - jonnyc ""] lords of chaos...pretty good reading [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:21pm - Reverend_Cziska ""] and finally... [img] |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:28pm - diarrhea_blumpkin ""] [img] |
| ________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:35pm - xmikex ""] BornSoVile said:read Behold A Pale Horse. hey Josh, how was this? I'm reading the description and it sounds out of control. Some of it sounds kind of out there. Is it all bat shit nonsense conspiracy theory or is it worth the read? |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:38pm - deadlikemurf ""] blindness by jose saramago. |
| ________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:43pm - xmikex ""] deadlikemurf said:blindness by jose saramago. that's another one that's been on my list for a while. I toyed with the idea of buying it a couple of times. Doesn't that book do some wierd things with punctuation and whatnot? |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:48pm - deadlikemurf ""] yeah with the dialog he doesn't really punctuate at all as far as quotations and such... he is an excellent writer tho.. very eloquent and will definitely challenge vocabulary... really good read. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 1:51pm - sxealex ""] oprah's book club |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 2:09pm - Granny in CA ""] I'm currently reading Geek Love which is about a family of carnival freaks. It's pretty good, but I've heard so much amazing stuff about it that hyped it up a bit too much, which left me a bit dissapointed. Worth checking out, though. Stiff by Mary Roach I reccomend to everyone. It's about what happens to our bodies after we die, not just decomposition but other things as well. Plus it touches on body snatchers, beating heart cadavers, the battle over which organ contains the soul, and various historic tidbits about dead bodies. Shes a great writer, I can't say enough about how I adore this book. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 2:15pm - diarrhea_Blumpkin ""] Granny in CA said: Stiff by Mary Roach I reccomend to everyone. It's about what happens to our bodies after we die, not just decomposition but other things as well. Plus it touches on body snatchers, beating heart cadavers, the battle over which organ contains the soul, and various historic tidbits about dead bodies. Shes a great writer, I can't say enough about how I adore this book. that is a really good book. i want to practice boob jobs on dead people |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 27,2007 2:21pm - This_Is_Heresy ""] Some good ones I've read recently... [img] [img] [img] |