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What is the last good book you read? (pg. 15)
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| L.E.N. |
| quote: | Originally posted by diesel_tron3000
this one is pretty dope and the movie is pretty good too
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Took me a bit to get used to the "accent" and local slang. I didnt know there was a glossary for the lingo in the back until the end.:(
Havent read the second one yet. |
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| Lucas-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Really? That's pretty cool lol. Mine doesn't have that, so I had to text all my Scottish friends and ask them :haha: |
HAHa i bet your phone bill must have been alot then. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lucas-K
HAHa i bet your phone bill must have been alot then. |
Some of it I already knew, as I lived in Scotland for a few months. Some stuff though, yeah, not so common :wtf:
| quote: | Originally posted by L.E.N.
Took me a bit to get used to the "accent" and local slang. I didnt know there was a glossary for the lingo in the back until the end.:(
Havent read the second one yet. |
The second one (Porno) is awesome. |
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| barbina |
"Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk
- he wrote "Fight Club" and its just as good, if not better. |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
A few weeks ago I finally finished The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (a really good narrative on the life of an immigrant in DC), and have moved on to Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which is remarkable thusfar.
http://www.halfofayellowsun.com/index.php |
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. |
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| diggerz |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
The last book i read (or started reading for the second time) was don quijote... read it while in europe and when i came back i never finished it. Got half way though but now if i pick up where i left off it will be useless.
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In europe I read Ernest Hemingway and I enjoyed "The Old man and the Sea", didn't think much of it (I was reading the Da Vinci code before everyone else knew about it hehe and yes it was a good read for a couple of days, until I got to the middle and it lost me). |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by diggerz
In europe I read Ernest Hemingway and I enjoyed "The Old man and the Sea", didn't think much of it (I was reading the Da Vinci code before everyone else knew about it hehe and yes it was a good read for a couple of days, until I got to the middle and it lost me). |
well aren't you special and unique :mad: |
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| Project-K |
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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| SuspicionVandit |
| quote: | 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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| barbina |
| quote: | 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 ed, 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. :) |
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| lücid |
| 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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| ZeJayMan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Crossland
I have books from all these authors which ones should i look into.
Banks,Iain
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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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