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| Originally posted by EvilTree I'm stealing all your books. Don't mind if few sneaky malevolent trees raid your house  |
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| Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I have a feeling you won't like most of them, a lot of them are girly novels, scrapbookingstuff, cookbooks and wedding books. Though...I have a large selection of true crime - mostly serial killers and murder type stories, forensics type stuff and ghost stories/hauntings. However...if you touch those, I'll kill you. |
What is this thing you call reading?!?!?!
I love reading but hate the fact that I'm slow at it....I lose patience when I'm reading long novels and then dun end up finsihing 'em...
The only reading for me this summer is partying...
And Lisa....doooddd....pleeeezz dun read in Ibizaa 
I read a book a long time ago that changed my view on war and on humanity itself. 'Johnny Got His Gun' by Dalton Trumbo.
It was recomended to me by a friend after I returned from my Infantry qualification course and it haunted me. It still haunts me. Occasionally when I get in a car I get a shiver down my spine from the passing thought of this book.
It's the story of a young American soldier who gets hit by an artillery shell on the last day of World War One, losing his arms, legs, and face - and spends the rest of his life in a hospital bed trapped inside his own mind.
This is one book everyone should read, especially in today's political climate.
You can read selections from this work here
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| Originally posted by adi26 And Lisa....doooddd....pleeeezz dun read in Ibizaa |
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| Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* You do realize that the only reason I'm going to Ibiza is so that I can read on the beach right? |
My last 5 are:
Levitt and Dubner - Freakonomics
Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner <--- soooo good
James Frey - A Million Little Pieces
Brett Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero
Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter
Am now reading Cormac McCarthy - The Road
reading ftw 
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| Originally posted by EvilTree I call bullshit!!! |
Congrats on ur graduation, great feeling ain it...
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| Originally posted by Irishaddict My last 5 are: Levitt and Dubner - Freakonomics Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner <--- soooo good James Frey - A Million Little Pieces Brett Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter Am now reading Cormac McCarthy - The Road reading ftw |
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| Originally posted by adi26 omg..Freakonomics is such an entertaining book, which was your favorite story in the book???? |
Currently reading a book called Blink - The power of thinking without thinking.
It's a very interesting read I can't put it down even as I type this!! I'll be finished easily tomorrow if it's a nice day out.
I'll be reading The Kite Runner next. I'm quite pleased to see someone say it is a good read. I heard so many good things about it so I just had to pick it up.
My last few reads are:
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
White Mischief by Tim Madge
Bingo by Roger Caron
Contract Killer: The explosive story of the Mafia's most notorious hitman Donald Frankos by William Hoffman
Go Boy! by Roger Caron
The Roger Caron books are really good and based on his life.
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| Originally posted by adi26 omg..Freakonomics is such an entertaining book, which was your favorite story in the book???? |
Stumbling on Happiness- Daniel Gilbert 
note: this is NOT a self help book, it is a cognitive research book on peoples perceptions of happiness.
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| Originally posted by Refinnej The last book I read was Night by Elie Wiezel (Holocaust Survivor). It is a short book and you can read it easily in 3-4 hours. Probably one of the best books I've read in a long time and one that stayed on my mind for a few days after. I am now reading "The Torment of Others" by Val McDermid..this is a crime book and really like how the author goes into the mind of a murderer. |
I'm a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, it's at book #6 now. Historical fiction, the series starts in Scotland, Bonnie Prince Charlie and all of that and then moves to colonial America. Vivid detail, strong characters and it immerses you completely.
Fans of Jean Auel would like these.
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| Originally posted by yankeeBaby anyone know of any good auto/biographies? I have an urge to read one, but when I went to Barnes and Noble I got really overwhelmed by the selection LOL. |
I recommend any book by Haruki Murakami.
Over the past half year or so I've read 12 or so of his books (all but the two latest, waiting for paperbacks), and I have to say he's the greatest author ever.
I rarely get into books. Actually practically never, but after I picked up Wind Up Bird Chronicle.. I couldn't stop reading everything he's ever written.
The stories are completely spontaneous and impossible to predict.. they jump around in narrative voice, time, and location, reality mixes with fantasy (but always strangely believably so), writting style has a nice dose of dry humour.. and they are the most entertaining, thought provoking novels I've evr read.
So.. top recommends by him are:
Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Wild Sheep Chase
Norwegian Wood
Kafka on the Shore
Hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world
ANYTHING BY TOLSTOY, DOSTOYEVSKY
'war and peace' is perhaps my favourite of all time. 'anna karenina' is wonderful as well. Dostoyevsky's best is 'Brothers K'. For those who enjoyed 'oliver twist' and enjoy political commentary, i would suggest Dostoyevsky's 'devils'. Personally, I'll be reading 'Bleak House' and 'David Copperfield' this summer. I'm currently reading a brief history of Rome. (I was an english/history major if you didn't guess).
sorry, one might wonder 'what is the connection between 'oliver twist' and 'devils'. the prose is so similar that it is clear dostoyevsky was strongly influenced by dickens. very biting, very satirical and quite funny actually.
BTW, who's going to FREEDOM and getting 
I know I am.
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| Originally posted by slingshot shithead. |
Summer of classics for me!
currently working on:
- To Kill A Mockinbird
a few that will follow...
- Gone With the Wind
- Animal Farm
- Alice in Wonderland
- Tender is the Night
Currently reading Made To Stick. Its written by 2 professors from Stanford university on how to remove redundancies from your ideas and strip your point to the very core so that it sticks in the minds of those you are trying to convey your point to. Been a great read so far.
Next on the list � What got you here wont get you there by Marshall Goldsmith.
I'm reading Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' and I swear to God this book makes me horny...or something. I dunno, it gets me excited intellectually. I love her ideas, so much about this book speaks/appeals to me right now in my life. This book might be life changing for me...I'll just have to finish it and find out!!
The last book I read was Umberto Eco's 'Baudolino', which I didn't actually finish because it was getting on my nerves after a while. Just a lot of boring *yawn* egotistical hot air.
I also just finished Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'. Yeah, short story, but w/e. Gonna read some more Kafka.
Got a lot of stuff on my "To Read" list...'cept I keep adding more stuff before I get through the old stuff. So overwhelming! I love books! I love reading (books that aren't related to school/nursing)!!
^^I know what you mean Jenny, I have been reading therapy books for ages, and I am sooo glad that I can read something I like now.
Currently reading.... "Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide In Darfur and Beyond" by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle (aka the "ladies man").
Its a book on the current genocide in Darfur, and the history behind it. Our media is a piece of shit, and rarely covers what goes on there, so I wanted to know more about it. Really interesting, yet absolutely horrifying that shit like this happens.
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