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Originally posted by Yohan *drool*

drool indeed
fellow York graduate too!

Hunter S. Thompson - The Gonzo Papers vol.s 1 - 3

Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Mosters

Christopher Moore - The Island of the Sequined Love Nun

George Orwell - selected position papers and editiorials

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Originally posted by Import Currently reading -The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time- Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Not sure what next, possibly something from this thread, but taking the GO everyday im sure i will get alot of reading done this summer.

This book is cute and got a few chuckles out of me. Its great for a beach/vacation read. Very short chapters, a simple story line, easy read. I definately recommend it.

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Originally posted by The Highroller Any recommendations?

Ive been sticking to a lot of the same authors so hopefully someone on here can recommend something for me as well.

What Ive enjoyed:

Augusten Burroughs - Ive read all his novels and short story collections. Absolutely brilliant. Ive never laughed so hard.

David Sedaris - The guy at my bookshop recommended him to me because i liked Augusten Burroughs so much. I enjoyed Naked, a collection of short stories... But did not enjoy him as much as Burroughs. But still funny.

Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes. Most people think Im nuts when I say its one of the funniest books Ive ever read. But it really is. It is also one of the most depressing books Ive ever read. But Franks humour is so witty/dry I absolutely love it. I read the second part, Tis, but I cant remember what I thought about it.

John Irving - I've only read The World According to Garp and the Forth Hand, but they were both brilliant.

On my list to read this summer:

Chuck Palahniuk - Choke.
Doug Coupland - All Families Are Psychotic

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Originally posted by The Ear Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Mosters

This book was so weird, even for Palahniuk.

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Originally posted by Intangible Doug Coupland - All Families Are Psychotic

One of the few books that actually makes me laugh out loud.

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Originally posted by Irishaddict One of the few books that actually makes me laugh out loud.

jPod did the exact same thing for me. Such twisted humour. I have no idea how Coupland comes up with the stuff that he does.

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Originally posted by slingshot My summer reading list is massive. This is going to be the summer of reading for me.

Ditto.

This started for me back in March when I started going crazy when tax time started heating up and i need an "escape" to keep myslf grounded and un-stressed (as possible) when at work.

Since then I've been going through a novel a week, save for the 2nd latest one I read, which took me two weeks, since im not really enjoying the "level" to which David Eddings had written this fantasy series at.

Read about 7 books in the last two months, and now am actively looking for new fantasy series to start, since ive now gotten through most that have been on my reading lists for years now (usually just later instalments (ie. book 5 or 6 or 3, etc.) in series that I've already began years ago and get to points where i need to wait for the newer novels in teh series to come out.

On "The Younger Gods" (Book 4 in the Dreamers series) now by David & Leigh Eddings, but i def wouldnt recommended it. His early work was far superior. I have haunch the addience he's intending to capture with it must be younger... otherwise i dont know what the hell happened, but he's dumbed down things WAY to much in this series. Loving the idea of it, but dont like the writting of hte plot or characters much at all. Fails to impress.

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Originally posted by The Highroller jPod did the exact same thing for me. Such twisted humour. I have no idea how Coupland comes up with the stuff that he does.

STILL need to read this novel. Dammit.

But I dont know if im gonna touch anythign but fantasy series this summer.

Last fall and winter I read a lot of the lawyer or fiction novels I'd gotten behind in re: authors that I follow.

Now that I've caught most those up, i need to start reading my epic fantasy series and knock those off the list.



If anyone like Grisham, then JOHN LESCROART is an author i HIGHLY recommend to you. He writes better than Grisham (though there are 1 or 2 Grisham novels that I love far above the others, The Chamber being one of them... intense book) and his books have continuity of characters!!

(The best part!) Being familiar w/ these characters and feeling like you "know" them from other books adds SO MUCH to the reading experience. And the characters are not static! They change jobs, lose jobs, lose family members, have crises... and it all just builds to the overall world in these books. So the character you know as the lawyer or police chief in the first few novels may not be still in that roll by book 3 or 4. They will remain the main characters, but their role in the novels changes dramatically as they progress through their careers. It keeps things very �real� and even more interesting!

Best lawyer novels I've read.

Has anyone read Perfume: Story of a Murderer?

I bought it a while ago and haven't picked it up yet - it sounds kind of twisted... I'd have to read it on a sunny day lol

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Originally posted by The Highroller jPod did the exact same thing for me. Such twisted humour. I have no idea how Coupland comes up with the stuff that he does.

+1

His new book The Bubble Gum Thief was not very good at all - very dissapointed in it

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Has anyone read Perfume: Story of a Murderer? I bought it a while ago and haven't picked it up yet - it sounds kind of twisted... I'd have to read it on a sunny day lol

I read it in Russian
read it!
and watch the movie!
very twisted, yet so good!

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Originally posted by The Highroller jPod did the exact same thing for me. Such twisted humour. I have no idea how Coupland comes up with the stuff that he does.

I was flip-flopping on jPod for a while. Always picked it up in the bookstore but never ended up buying it. You're saying it's definitely worth picking up?

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH I was flip-flopping on jPod for a while. Always picked it up in the bookstore but never ended up buying it. You're saying it's definitely worth picking up?

Yup! I liked it.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Has anyone read Perfume: Story of a Murderer? I bought it a while ago and haven't picked it up yet - it sounds kind of twisted... I'd have to read it on a sunny day lol

i read it over christmas break and thought it was weak. i found it simple, and the characters lacked depth. i didn't like the way it was written either. it didn't have the finesse i've come to expect from my books. i had just finished re-reading Steinbeck's East of Eden before i took up Perfume so maybe i was coming at it with the bar set too high. give it a shot though, maybe you'll like it.

i went to chapters last week and will be picking my way through these reads:
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden
Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar - Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe - Steven Weinberg

"The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory"

Jenn, did you watch the movie? there are a few books, movie adaptations of which I've seen, and I wondering if I should bother reading the books now

p.s. for all bulk book shoppers - don't waste your money at Chapters, go on amazon.ca instead some books can be up to $10 cheaper and you get free shipping on orders over $39

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Originally posted by Irishaddict The ending could have been so much better. Sorry Rach!

I don't think I will bother finishing it then as my mum said exactly the same thing!

I will skip straight to the Time Traveller's Wife

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew "The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory" Jenn, did you watch the movie? there are a few books, movie adaptations of which I've seen, and I wondering if I should bother reading the books now

personally i can't watch the movie and then read the books. i like experiencing what i think the elements of the story look like by reading the book. if i see the movie first, then i just have the people/storyline from the movie stuck in my head following the storyline of the book, which sucks the fun right out of reading for me. i think the indication of a really great movie is when it lines up with how you imagined the story to be when you read the book(like LOTR trilogy)

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Originally posted by Gypsy personally i can't watch the movie and then read the books. i like experiencing what i think the elements of the story look like by reading the book. if i see the movie first, then i just have the people/storyline from the movie stuck in my head following the storyline of the book, which sucks the fun right out of reading for me. i think the indication of a really great movie is when it lines up with how you imagined the story to be when you read the book(like LOTR trilogy)

oh god LOTR was just a very hard read for me

Rach, enjoy it
let me know, I'll be happy to lend it to you

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew oh god LOTR was just a very hard read for me Rach, enjoy it let me know, I'll be happy to lend it to you

I have it hun and I have had it for well over a year, just haven't had time.... thanks though

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Originally posted by Gypsy Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

^^ HATED it! lol

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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe - Steven Weinberg

Hmmm. This title has me intrigued!! Interested to see if you like it Jenn. LEt me know habibi.

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