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Posted by Surreal JRS on May-05-2006 18:24:

I too am guilty of not reading enough novels. Sadly, most of what I read these days is dry technical literature and various news related publications. Hardly considered to be inspirational and thought provoking.

Some good book suggestions can be found in the Summer Reading thread:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=271000

Posted by rabbitjoker on May-05-2006 18:28:

What is this thing you call "books"?

Posted by kabelicious on May-05-2006 18:34:

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What is this thing you call "books"?

libris

Posted by zokissima on May-05-2006 18:35:

The fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged (IMO better than the above) both by ayn rand

Pretty much anything by paulo coelho, some simple reads, with profound meanings ,not too heavy though.

Neil Gaiman - American Gods. Very interesting read.

Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, and of course Crime and Punishment.

Posted by DigDeep on May-05-2006 18:35:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What is this thing you call "books"?

i only read magazines.... any more than four pages go by without pictures, i get discouraged.

Posted by slingshot on May-05-2006 18:39:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What is this thing you call "books"?

you get them at the biblioteque.

Posted by StereoPrincess on May-05-2006 18:43:

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Originally posted by Gamma

this is a book my uncle wrote. it is currently #7 best seller on amazon.

this is an excellent book. and a lot of work went into it.

plus the author is HOT!

Posted by Surreal JRS on May-05-2006 18:44:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What is this thing you call "books"?

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What is this crazy thing you call reading?

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...387#post4548387

Books and reading are apparently lost on RJ.

Posted by StereoPrincess on May-05-2006 18:44:

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Originally posted by The Wiz
awesome Ray, im going to check this out.

if i ever get my copy back from my mom, you can borrow it.

Posted by zokissima on May-05-2006 18:47:

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention one more. Kind of an oldie, and unless you're into spiritualism and that kind of thing, don't bother, you won't get it.

Sidhartha by Hermann Hesse

Posted by loca on May-05-2006 19:21:

Last great book i finished reading was called The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Great stuff if you like historical books.

I also recently read a book by Margaret Laurence called The Stone Angel, definitely a good read by a Canadian author!

Posted by Frenchie on May-05-2006 19:22:

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Originally posted by loca
Last great book i finished reading was called The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Great stuff if you like historical books.

I also recently read a book by Margaret Laurence called The Stone Angel, definitely a good read by a Canadian author!

How bout a short stories book by Geddes?? That one seems to be good. LOL...OHhhhhboy!

ps everyone else- This is an inside joke, don't bother to try and understand,

Posted by loca on May-05-2006 19:25:

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Originally posted by Frenchina
How bout a short stories book by Geddes?? That one seems to be good. LOL...OHhhhhboy!

ps everyone else- This is an inside joke, don't bother to try and understand,

I would die. Mind you i've read every single story in there because i was out of reading material one day lol That Hemmingway story is still confusing me though

Posted by muzzybear on May-05-2006 19:26:

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Originally posted by zokissima
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.

I hear Crispin Glover's in a version of it. Would love to see it.

Posted by muzzybear on May-05-2006 19:27:

The Alchemist by Pablo Coehlo

Posted by Frenchie on May-05-2006 19:28:

quote:
Originally posted by loca
I would die. Mind you i've read every single story in there because i was out of reading material one day lol That Hemmingway story is still confusing me though

Oh man! Just thinking back to them just makes me laugh. haha! Ohhh good ole English class.

Posted by Billche on May-05-2006 19:28:

Thomas Gifford - The Assassini
George RR Maartin - A Song of Ice and Fire trilogy
Dante - Inferno

Most insightful non-fiction book ever:
Douglas R. Hofstadter - Godel Escher Bach, an Eternal Golden Braid

Posted by Orko on May-05-2006 19:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorwhore
i only read magazines.... any more than four pages go by without pictures, i get discouraged.

I actually was a lot like that before. I was only interested in informative writting. Used to go through 3-5 mags a month, cover to cover.

Last summer i decided to read a novel cover to cover for the first time in 8 years, and i ended up reading about 7 over the summer.

Posted by naillil on May-05-2006 19:58:

oooh books!

here are some of my favorites:

Anything by Timothy Findley - The Wars, The Pilgrim, The Last of the Crazy People, Headhunter, Not Wanted on the Voyage (I read all of these and in the span of one year - he's THAT good)

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

The Five People you Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George (biggest book I ever read!)

The Devil Wear Prada by Lauren Weisberge - an amusing read.

Some childhood favorites (for fun):

Charlotte's Bed (the book that got me hooked on reading)
Tales of the 5th Grade Nothing

Posted by simms327 on May-05-2006 20:16:

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Originally posted by ** TigerLily **
Charlotte's Bed (the book that got me hooked on reading)

i'm assuming you mean "Charlotte's Web", unless you read some harlequin about some chick named Charlotte. lol

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