Really? I was going to use these 3 series as examples of good books!SirDeadly said:
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Poll: BOOKS!!!
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right now I am re-reading 120 days of Sodom, I blame a friend of mine for that but afterwards planning to pick up War of the Ancients, world of warcraft
I read on the train/bus home and to school or if I'm traveling sometimes to pass the time.
The Witch's Boy is my favorite book of all time.
The Witch's Boy is my favorite book of all time.
I enjoy reading, to be sure- problem is that, nowadays, I tend to sit up until 5, sleeping till past noon, and I'm always too tired to concentrate on the little black blips on the page.
Still, I will always respect the medium, even if I don't utilize it
Still, I will always respect the medium, even if I don't utilize it
I always blame my experience at school (which is a long, boring and very opinionated story) for making me very anti-reading. To me, it always felt like such a chore, and as such I've never been much of a reader. I've been known to be enjoying a book, and then just not bother finishing it.
Since I started counselling though, and I have downtime with no internet access, I've been reading a lot though. I think I can safely say that I have read more books in the last year than I have probably read in previous 25 years.
During this time I have read good books which my husband loaned me, and bad books that happen to be lying around at work.
Good books:
Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Okay books:
A Cat Called Birmingham by Chris Pascoe
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Bad (actually, fucking awful) books:
Secret Diary of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Goodbye Jimmy Choo by Annie Saunders (with a plot I predicted accurately just a few chapters in)
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (which I can confirm makes your brain dribble out your nose)
Brief summary: avoid chick-lit.
Since I started counselling though, and I have downtime with no internet access, I've been reading a lot though. I think I can safely say that I have read more books in the last year than I have probably read in previous 25 years.
During this time I have read good books which my husband loaned me, and bad books that happen to be lying around at work.
Good books:
Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Okay books:
A Cat Called Birmingham by Chris Pascoe
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Bad (actually, fucking awful) books:
Secret Diary of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Goodbye Jimmy Choo by Annie Saunders (with a plot I predicted accurately just a few chapters in)
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (which I can confirm makes your brain dribble out your nose)
Brief summary: avoid chick-lit.
Seeing as I started reading alot of these books when I early teens I kinda have to finish off the series:
Darren Shan - Demonarta series (not overly complicated by a few random wtf names but like in every book, you can call them what the hell you choose really)
James Patterson- Maximum Ride series (great books, I can fly through these books, see what I did there =p)
Skulduggery Pleasant - just uber, remember I'm 19 and I started reading alot of these books when i was like 14ish (which is apprently their target audience, audience shmordience you can read what ever you books you choose)
and last but not least Dracula! the real badass of the night, not some pussy fag >_<
Darren Shan - Demonarta series (not overly complicated by a few random wtf names but like in every book, you can call them what the hell you choose really)
James Patterson- Maximum Ride series (great books, I can fly through these books, see what I did there =p)
Skulduggery Pleasant - just uber, remember I'm 19 and I started reading alot of these books when i was like 14ish (which is apprently their target audience, audience shmordience you can read what ever you books you choose)
and last but not least Dracula! the real badass of the night, not some pussy fag >_<
I think you're the first person I've "met" who has heard of that book. I loved it. BTW the author you're looking for is Salmon Rushdie. He wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories after the, I believe it was Ayatollah Khomeini, called for his death for being critical of Iran (I think that was what it was for). So he figured "I'm gonna die so wtf, I'll just write this". He had wanted to write Haroun and the Sea of Stories for awhile but knew if he did it would pretty much be his death sentence because the whole thing is basically mocking Iran.zombiejoe said:
As for the OT: I tend to read in waves, I'll read a lot every day for awhile and then not read much for a while and it just cycles. I just finished reading The Stand and haven't picked anything up again yet, maybe partly because that book is incredibly long (especially since I read the longer uncut version) so I need a break.
For suggestions, sorry if these have already been suggested but tl;dr.
-Adventures of a Simpleton. Old book but still awesome and not boring in the slightest, at the beginning it seems like it's going to be but it gets going quickly.
-Watership Down. Great book, I was sad when it was over.
-The Dharma Bums, may not be for everyone. At first Kerouac's writing style bothered me but I got used to it and now after reading two of his books I can't even remember what it was that bothered me.
-The Road. Do yourself a favor and read the book first or better yet just skip the movie altogether. (I've heard Blood Meridian is a great book and his best work though I haven't read it so I can't vouch for it).
-Free Culture. A non-fiction book but a great read (and you can get it online, legally, for free) about how overzealous IP and copyright law can adversely affect our freedom of speech (and thereby culture). Definitely worth a read for anyone interested in the topic or for people in the content creation business.
-David Eddings' fantasy seris (notably the Mallorian and Belgariad series).
-Perdido Street Station. This book has been criticized on a few things, namely being overly descriptive with the scenery, which I can grant is somewhat true but still a great book.
-If you like sci-fi the Lost Fleet series is great and is written by an actual physicist which is cool. I think it's the only space sci-fi I've read/seen that takes into account relativistic effects besides this one short story I read once.
-Of Mice and Men. Personally I loved this book.
Edit: I can't believe I forgot these. The Ender books by Orson Scott Card. Fucking great books.
Same here. A shame there aren't that many books with an interesting mind-fuck out there; at least I can't seem to come across them that often. I just love it when a book stops you around the end and forces you to rethink what you just read.TheYellowCellPhone said:
Yeah, Dean Koontz is pretty good. I've been reading mostly Ted Dekker, and biographies of bands. Interesting stuff.CrashBang said:
I mostly read autobiographies, i just don't find time in the day to relax with a book - I get my enjoyment in life other ways
I'm getting this book today, seems pretty funny.Max Goldfine said:
OT: ARTEMIS FUCKING FOWL, READ EM'.
When i was younger i was top of my reading class. 3+ stages ahead of my peers, all because of my love for reading. I got through each of the Harry Potter books within 2-4 hours undisturbed, no skipping of pages or words. I'm fussy on the books i read however so i have to buy them cheap unless i know it will be something i'll enjoy.
So far my favourite books are:
The Railway Children, Robinson Crusoe, Heidi, Little Women, Fallen, Torment (Fallen sequal), Twilight Saga, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson series, Stephen King's Misery and Christine, Megan Trilogy, Hard Cash trilogy, The Time Rope trilogy ...... god the list is endless so i'm going to give up.
So far my favourite books are:
The Railway Children, Robinson Crusoe, Heidi, Little Women, Fallen, Torment (Fallen sequal), Twilight Saga, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson series, Stephen King's Misery and Christine, Megan Trilogy, Hard Cash trilogy, The Time Rope trilogy ...... god the list is endless so i'm going to give up.
I like books and reading the only problem is that I am dyslexic so reading is slightly more difficult than for everyone else so it is not relaxing and requires some effort.
