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The good book thread

Everyone:

I have not read nearly enough in the past year. I used to read frequently and have not read jack shit since I graduated. This has reflected in my vocabulary and.... well there you go, can't think of another word.

So everyone list a good book you have read recently with a small synopsis (if you like). Please include author.

I am going to a second hand book store this weekend and am stocking up, for sun tanning at the beach this summer

I will start with some of my fav's

For Whom the bell tolls - Hemmigway
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

Farewell to arms - Hemmingway
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

A canticle for liebowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/05...glance&n=283155

1984 - george orwell
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

the naked ape - desmond morris
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/03...glance&n=283155

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Originally posted by simms327 1984 - george orwell http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

+ everything by Chuck Palahniuk

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Originally posted by simms327 1984 - george orwell http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

I'm a big Orwell fan. 1984 is an awesome book.

Just finished reading Animal Farm for a second time.

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Originally posted by Sasha + everything by Chuck Palahniuk

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From Publishers Weekly What elevates Palahniuk's best novels (e.g., Fight Club) above their shocking premises is his ability to find humanity in deeply grotesque characters. But such generosity of spirit is not evident in his latest, which charts the trials of a group of aspiring writers brought together for a three-month writer's retreat in an abandoned theater. The novel intersperses the writers' poems and short stories with tales of the indignities they heap upon themselves after deciding to turn their lives into a "true-life horror story with a happy ending." They lock themselves in the theater, reasoning that once they're found, they'll all become rich and famous. They raise the stakes of their story by first depriving themselves of phones, and then of food and electricity; eventually they cut off their own fingers, toes and unmentionables before they start dying off and eating each other. Palahniuk tells his story with such blithe disregard for these characters that it's hard not to wish he had dispensed with the novel altogether and published, instead, the 23 short stories that pop up throughout the book. For instance, "Obsolete," about a young girl about to commit state-mandated suicide, and "Slumming," about rich couples who pretend to be homeless, play so deftly with expectations and have an emotional core so surprising that they consistently, powerfully transcend their macabre premises to showcase the heart beating beneath the horrors.

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Originally posted by Stingray I'm a big Orwell fan. 1984 is an awesome book.

if you like 1984 by orwell, read "A canticle for liebowitz" the link is in the first post.

i read it after i read 1984, and its a really good book, similar kind of theme, but a little different, humanity destrying itself over and over again.

OH, i also forgot another 1984-ish book

Farenhiet 451 - Ray bradbury
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/03...glance&n=283155

last book I finished reading was Angels & Demons I highly recommend it if you're into thrillers; Dan Brown is a a genius.I'll list some older books later.

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Originally posted by Stingray Just finished reading Animal Farm for a second time.

I read that for the first time last summer. Awesome book. Kept me entertained on multiple levels, since I was able to learn about the Soviet revolution which sparked the book.

When I read the last line of the book, I actually had a big smile on my face, because it was just so well setup.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/00...glance&n=283155

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

Satanic Versus - Salman Rushdie

two of the last books I read and that was high school OAC. been a while!

i did a project on censorship for english oac and i read these two contoversial books. catcher in the rye was my favourite b/c satanic versus was a tougher book to read and understand. you like contoversy? go read them!

there's a big story about both of them, especially salman rushdie's work. the entire islam religion wanted him dead, burned all his work but i think he's still alive today and lives in new york if i'm not mistaken. anyone knows for sure?

Where the hell were YOU last night?

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Originally posted by Stingray Where the hell were YOU last night?

i was reading satanic versus

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

In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje

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

awesome Ray, im going to check this out.

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Originally posted by mushyflowa In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje

Yes, that and Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry are my fave Can Lit books.


My fave cottage book is Old Man and the Sea by Poppa Hemingway.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard

I got that book autographed by Robert Munsch. Deffinatly a good read.

on another note....I'll always love To Kill A Mockingbird.

Kamasutra

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Originally posted by Sasha + everything by Chuck Palahniuk

i have read a few of his books now - a little disturbing but still a good read

a few of the books I have read in the last little while:

Culture of Make Believe (been reading this over and over for a while now)
http://www.derrickjensen.org/published.html

Madonna's Biography (thank you Muzzybear for lending it to me)

The ethical slut (a different perspective on a different alternative lifestyle)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...glance&n=283155

William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

Vladmir Nabokov - Lolita
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/06...glance&n=283155

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Originally posted by Tiesto4Life i was reading satanic versus

My all-time, I've read them 5-6 times or more each:

IT by Stephen King
Nostalgic terror and humanity at it's best. I just feel like I'm there every time I read this book.

In a Sunburnt Country by Bill Bryson
I laugh out loud with this travel story through all the reaches of Australia. His other books are also great - he writes about places that make you feel like you've visited them with him. And he always finds humor in the strangest places.

Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Unique writing style make me gobble this book up every time. I feel like it's lyrics in my head.

Harry Dresden Series by Jim Butcher
A wizard with a Beetle and a large sheepdog fighting the bad guys from his basement apartment with a talking, horny skull. Good twists, great characterization, one of my best fantasy finds since high school years.

Books I'm reading now:

Sabriel by Garth Nix
A Tristan recommendation - good series, don't be fooled by it's standing as a Young Adult series. This is def a story for adults - necromancers, daring do, and more.

After years of science texts, I totally fell back into reading tons of fiction.

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Originally posted by Frenchina on another note....I'll always love To Kill A Mockingbird.

yes, that one is definitely a classic. I remember reading that in high school. Another high school book that I LOVED was Lord of the Flies. There was soooo much symbolism in it! Then there's Shakespeare. My favourites are Macbeth, and King Lear.

Lately I have not really been reading "books" per say, but dictionaries instead. I love looking at words, breaking them apart, and figuring out their origins. lol

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Originally posted by evil_cookie last book I finished reading was Angels & Demons I highly recommend it if you're into thrillers; Dan Brown is a a genius.I'll list some older books later.

+1

Haven't read lately, but most of my favs are all fantasy nerd stuff.

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