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I use to read all the time when I was a kid but I don't think I have the patience for that anymore since my attention span has gone down the drain in the last couple of years being a pothead. But I do remember reading alot of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew as a kid. I was hooked on those as well as R. L. Stein books.
In highschool we did alot of interesting reads like...
Animal Farm
1984
To Kill A Mockingbird
Lord of The Flies
The Catcher in the Rye
Merchant to Venice
Romeo & Juliet
Macbeth
King Lear
Hamlet
and many more for ISU but I forgot now :confused: |
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| muzzybear |
| quote: | Originally posted by AdReNaLiNa
Any idea on how The Corporation movie compares to the book? I was planning to rent it this weekend but if the book is good I may just read that first..
My last read was the Da Vinci Code and I found it enjoyable so I think I'm gonna pick up another one from Dan Brown :)
Great thread btw! |
I've got a book problem. I can't leave chapters empty handed. I have all of dan brown's books. They're all pretty good. Angels and demons is very good, it's the "prequel" to da vinci. Decption Point is ok, but they get to be like the jackie collins or danielle steele books because they have that repeating "formula".
I read "no logo", too which is like the corporation, but very textbooky. Canadian book/author. I think the girl who wrote it is married to Avi Lewis, former Citytv on-air guy.
About to start "sweet caroline" hahahaha (my real name) about Caroline Kennedy. |
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| Irishaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by AdReNaLiNa
Any idea on how The Corporation movie compares to the book? I was planning to rent it this weekend but if the book is good I may just read that first..
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Read the book first. The documentary series is a little 'theatrical' for lack of a better word because it's catering to a different audience. The book you get more information and more in-depth insight/detail into a lot of the issues.
Don't get me wrong - the series is still informative but I found the book to be a lot 'heavier' than it. |
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| tha_broad |
| quote: | Originally posted by loca
Fully read your post just now, i LOVE reading the exact same types of book you read!! Never heard of Helter Skelter though but it sounds amazing! Definitely the next one on my list.
I read a few of Patricia Cornwall's books, they're pretty good. My parents got me hooked on them :D I'm waiting to get Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed right now from them... looking forward to reading that!!! :eyespop: :eyespop: |
lol, loca, if I had known. My sister has this massive library of books of that sort....Im sure Ive read almost all of them minus the more recent ones which shes bought since she lives in Ottawa. Ive read the Jack the Ripper story (3 different ones) Helter Skelter, and also about Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, The HIllside Stranglers, the Paul Bernardo/Karla Homolka Story, plus so many other True Crimes. They come out of the states in the masses!
Right now, at the moment im reading Harriette Wilsons Memoirs. Shes a Courtesan from the 1800's who kept a diary and when she started to become "washed up" so to speak, She decided she was going to publish her memoirs, including names of all the dukes and lords and men of high class that had come to her and that had associated themselves with her. She started to blackmail them for $200 each not to have their names publicly published. I love historical books like this. Anything from European history, medieval stuff I like :)
Also reading Life of Pi, the story of a boy whos vessel capsizes and he survives on a lifeboat with a hyena, orangutang, zebra and a bengal tiger. I just started it, but its starting out good. |
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| muzzybear |
| quote: | Originally posted by tha_broad
Also reading Life of Pi, the story of a boy whos vessel capsizes and he survives on a lifeboat with a hyena, orangutang, zebra and a bengal tiger. I just started it, but its starting out good. |
I have that one on my shelf to read!
I love the "former bestsellers for under $10" shelf at Chapters. I prefer hardcover, too!
The travelling pants books were good, too, for a little light reading.
The only good thing about my job is that when it's slow (which is most of the time, actually), I can read! |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
I read the 600 page autobiography of Jenna Jameson a bit ago. Man that woman has a frigged up life, but it made for an amazing read;) |
Now THAT's my kinda reading! ;) Plenty of pictures I'm sure! :p
Sorry to lower the high intellectual level of this thread but summer/fall/winter/spring reading always includes good 'ol Maxim magazine. For the articles, of course :p
Aside from that, it's accounting text after accounting text. YUM! :) |
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| loca |
| quote: | Originally posted by tha_broad
lol, loca, if I had known. My sister has this massive library of books of that sort....Im sure Ive read almost all of them minus the more recent ones which shes bought since she lives in Ottawa. Ive read the Jack the Ripper story (3 different ones) Helter Skelter, and also about Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, The HIllside Stranglers, the Paul Bernardo/Karla Homolka Story, plus so many other True Crimes. They come out of the states in the masses!
Right now, at the moment im reading Harriette Wilsons Memoirs. Shes a Courtesan from the 1800's who kept a diary and when she started to become "washed up" so to speak, She decided she was going to publish her memoirs, including names of all the dukes and lords and men of high class that had come to her and that had associated themselves with her. She started to blackmail them for $200 each not to have their names publicly published. I love historical books like this. Anything from European history, medieval stuff I like :)
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Hurry up and finish that book! I'm dying to read it! :D
And the next time you're at your sister's house, bring me back some books :D |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Great read for those hours I spend chillin on the beach everyday!! |
*jealous, oh sooo jealous!* |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by kabelicious
Fantasy and sci-fi are my favorite guilty pleasure reading. Some of my favorite series are:
David Eddings - the Belgariad & Mallorean series - great if you like to read epics that span many years and books
Piers Anthony - the Mode series - alternate universes anyone? :P
- the Immortals series
- the Xanth series - earlier novels
Laurell K Hamilton - Anita Blake series - vampires, werewolves, zombies, and one kick ass female detective :)
Mercedes Lackey - earlier works
Orson Scott Card - Alvin Journeyman series & Ender's Game
Tad Williams - the Dragonbone chair series
And many, many more - I have a veritable library at home for sci-fi and fantasy lovers. Unfortunately, the genre seems to be taking a headfall as the quality is starting to dissipate to the quantity put out there. If anyone has any GOOD recommendations, let me know - I'm always looking for non-pulp scifi and fantasy to read. |
First I'll address the issue of good--no, AMAZING--fantasy series to pick up and authors
1) The best one ever (my fav): THE SWORD OF TRUTH series by TERRY GOODKIND -- first book: "Wizard's First Rule"
2) a classic and prolly biggest fantasy name out there (next to LOTR): THE WHEEL OF TIME series by ROBERT JORDAN -- first novel: "The Eye of the World"
3) new favourite: THE RUNELORDS series by DAVID FARLAND -- first book: "The Runelords" (soooooooooo interesting, wow!)
4) another great one: THE HYTHRUM CHRONICLES series by JENNIFER FALLON -- first book: Medalon (amazing female fantasty write, polical intrigue that she creates is on par w/ David Eddings)
5) and OF COURSE any and all of the novels written by David Endings.
If you think the Belgariad and Mallorean (The Mallorean series is ONLY one of his books/series I havent read yet) are good, then pick up the Ellenium (sp?) and the Tamuli... OMG! "Sparhawk" is the ! These series are even greater and the polictal nature he brings to his fantasy books is at its apex here. Those are both total must read trilogies if you're a fan. David Eddings is one my favourite fantasy authors! I love hte way he writes... have you read his recent works... either Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress (of course, these are prequils to his Belgariad series), and most most recently, his REDEMPTION of ALTHALUS (so good) and now his new series THE DREAMERS...... book 2 came out in hardback over xmas! Fantastic! This man (and his wife) just keep going! Great!
Uhm, i LOVE vampires.......what is Laurell K Hamilton - Anita Blake series like??? Vampire movies and novels alwasy intrigue and interest me. how prominant are vampires in them?
Tad Williams - the Dragonbone chair series <<< bought this series like 7 years ago, started to read it them, but didnt like the first novel........ but ive been thinking of going back and start a fresh (i mean,i own all 4 novels anyways) and giving it another try!!!
And lastly, why teh heck do u consider reading fantasty a quilty pleasure -- huh?! why would it be a guilty pleasure?
-jem- |
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If anyone is looking for a good place to buy books, go to "BMV book store" next to the World's biggest bookstore on Edward St (yonge/dundas).
They basically sell books for 1/3-1/2 of the original retail price, and they have classics as well as recently released books! |
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| Jem_hadar |
The Bourne series of books are so good too... the movies have been great, but totally diverge from the novels and really dont do his charcter enough justice -- you'd have to read the books to realise how much even more Jason Bourne (aka David Webb, his real name) is the ! :whip: :whip: Amazing character.
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
and I saw that they're realeased a new one bridging the gap btween 2 of the novels (this was like 8 moths ago or so), but it's written by a different author of course, not Robert Ludlum :( RIP. Apparently they chose him bc his style is very similar and therefore the book reads remarkably similar to the prior 3.
I really wanna buy and read this one when it comes out in mass market paperback!
EDIT:
The Bourne Legacy
by Eric Van Lustbader ^5 |
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| zoogla |
Favorite books of all time:
The Black Stallion
King of the Wind
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Indian in the Cupboard
'Twas about that age that I stopped reading...oh, and I loved The Firm by John Grisham (last book I read). |
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