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Summer Reading Thread 2008 (pg. 3)
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| Porky |
| quote: | Originally posted by Intangible
I also want to read more John Irving books, I read The World According to Garp, a while back and LOVED it.
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GARP!
one of my fav books.... the movie was horrid even though it had an allstar cast of robin williams, john lithgow and meryl streep... |
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| rabbitjoker |
| What is this thing you call "books"? |
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| Ania_xox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Intangible
Lady of Windermere's Fan |
In the pile of books I set aside last month for the summer :D
Can we please be all pretentious and scholastic and discuss it after (via PM or IM or IRL for those of you who fear thread-crappage) ??? :toothless |
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| Intangible |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
In the pile of books I set aside last month for the summer :D
Can we please be all pretentious and scholastic and discuss it after (via PM or IM or IRL for those of you who fear thread-crappage) ??? :toothless |
And discuss the morals of victorian society ;) lol lets do it! |
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| Cro_Addict |
| ERROR: Does not compute :conf: |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| Helter Skelter. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| Oh, and Where the Wild Things Are. Classic. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
You have Solaris, too, don't you? I'd like to borrow that as well please!
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It's in Polish though, is that ok?
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Almost bought this today...but 21 dollars is a rip off. Gonna get it from the library instead! |
10 bucks on amazon.ca |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What is this thing you call "books"? |
From Uncyclopedia:
| quote: | | Way back in Ye Olden Times (think: before your parents were born) , books were invented for the sole purpose of entertaining the peasants while they were not working in the fields (even though they were illiterate). Before books, the entertainment of watching the fire burn or shouting "poink!" At unsuspecting pigeons was the most entertaining entertainment that the lowly peasants could have. But watching these fires caused notable injuries to the peasants when they attempted to make the fire more interactive. The land owners could not deal with all these losses of labor, so they created the first books. These books were, like today, a collection of letters including vowels and letters that aren't vowels to make funny sounds. Outside of dogs, books were considered to be man's best friend. Inside of dogs, however, it is too dark to read. People smart read books. |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
So I have f*cking heard! So key to the understanding of the Victorian period of English Lit - I got through Shelley's Frankenstein just fine... and I kinda like the creepy feeling of reading alone in bed with these insane characters coming alive in your head... but when I was reading Dracula, at one point I actually started trembling. LOL
I stopped right around the part where the narrator (Jonathon?) hears the women's voices cackling or shrieking or something :nervous: |
I must check out Dracula then. As for Frakenstein it's GREAT, loved it. Shelley's description of the Alps was just great, force of nature themes run that book.
The Importance of Being Earnest is so GOOD, laughed the entire time. Loved it. Reminded me of Seinfeld
I did read a bit of sci fi stuff s well, check out "The Machine Stops" by E.M Forster, short story. Also "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (mentioned it in another reading thread), very very good. Couldn't put it down.
Trying to finish the last few books of the "Wheel of Time" Fantasy series but it just drags on and on and on. |
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| The Highroller |
The World According to Garp was a great book. It was a really twisted book, but absolutely hilarious. I'd recommend it to anyone.
I didn't really like Lolita. I'm not saying it was a bad book, but it disturbed me a bit too much, and books about love/romance aren't really my thing in the first place. I decided to read it only because it's a very well known book that lots of people like.] |
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