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It'd been ages since I read any non-theoretical books, so a week or so ago I picked up:



About 100 pages along. I can hardly ever find the time to read it, but so far this has to be my favorite book ever.

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Originally posted by barbina "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk - he wrote "Fight Club" and its just as good, if not better.

I just read the synposis on wikipedia, wow

picking it up today

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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit I just read the synposis on wikipedia, wow picking it up today

Its the first book in a long time that actually made me "wow" at the end. Let me know if you like it, its pretty fucked, but it makes you think a lot. I read it in a day because Palahniuk's style of writing is so easy to get into.

i have never been able to get into Chuck Palahniuk's writing style. it's entertaining for the shock factor, but lacks substance. unless i'm just completely not getting it... but i've read a few of his books and thought they were all pretty forgettable.

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland I have books from all these authors which ones should i look into. Banks,Iain

Check out The Wasp Factory. Fantastic book.




The last great book I read was The Life of Pi. It's really really fantastic.

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Originally posted by Lucas-K Ya i saw the movie just recently and i enjoyed it. It made me want to read some of his books. I wanna read trainspotting and Marabou Stork Nightmares. They both look like very interesting reads.

Marabou stork nightmares isn't as good as Filth, that's an absolutely brilliant book by the same author.

Ben Elton - Blind Faith

That his new one? I've not read that one yet but I've read just about every other book he's ever written and I've loved every single one of them (with the exception of 'The First Casualty.')

Incredibly talented man.

Yep. Its about what happens when you cross religion with the digital age and make it compulsory to have faith by law. Fabulous book!

A trip to the library on the way home from work tomorrow is required I think...

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Originally posted by ZeJayMan Marabou stork nightmares isn't as good as Filth, that's an absolutely brilliant book by the same author.

ok ill have that one out than. Thanks

current reading:



after that i've got this lined up:

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike A trip to the library on the way home from work tomorrow is required I think...

On that subject, I was there yesterday and it was fucking depressing. Seemed like every thriller they had was some boring, stereotype serial killer novel, and every horror novel was something about vampires. Seems like literature is taking the same path as music and movies: uninspired crap for the dumb MTV consumer.

Yeah, I know, there's still good stuff out there, but it seems that the crap is taking over gradually.

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Originally posted by occrider Just finished Half of Yellow Sun. I thought it was somewhat good, but it didn't really stand out as spectacular in as much as Egger's "What is the What", which I happened to read right before. I think it's because Half of a Yellow Sun largely focuses on the fictional account of the trials and tribulations of the Biafran upper class during the Nigerian civil war whereas Egger's prose covers the Sudanese Lost Boys in relative contemporary times and is somewhat anchored to actual events. IMO I can identify more with the characters from Half of a Yellow Sun, but What is the What is a far more powerful novel when it comes to prose and emotional evocation.

I've been meaning to pick up the Eggers book for sometime, so it's nice to see someone give it a positive review.

I'm 300 pages into Half of a Yellow Sun and though I see what you mean about the focus on the upper-class, I think it also functions as a critique of the decadence of that class. They take their comfort for granted, and in the context of the war being waged around them there seems to be (the beginning of) an awakening taking place on that front. The characters are very vivid, though I would indeed like a little more emphasis on the historical context. I don't think this is meant to be a work of historical fiction inasmuch that the history takes centerstage, rather than a comprehensive character sketch of individuals experiencing a historic event.

I think part of my affinity for the book is my general preference for works of fiction in which the reader knows minimally more than the protagonist(s). In the case of Biafra it can leave the narrative as a slightly incomplete version of events, but in the context of the characters used to explore the history I think it works quite well.

But yes, I am going to need to read the Eggers book quite soon.

If you're interested in fiction with an African bent, I'd recommend immediately Ngugi Wa Thiong'o - 'Wizard of the Crow' (pictured in my avi) - best book of fiction I've ever read.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman from the NYT. I like his books a lot so I snagged this one the second I saw it at a news stand.

I cant remember the last book i finished. But right now Im reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt /Stephen J. Dubner.

Its about all kinds of different incentives and stuff. Pretty interesting way of looking at mathematics. I am really enjoying reading this book.

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