Books...

[cerah]

I'd like to hope that some/most of you don't derive all your reading pleasure from message boards. That said I'm looking for some good reads this summer while I waste my life on transit to and from work.

I'm tired of the Stephen Kings... Dean Koontz... mystery/suspense/horror crap.

I've had my fill of Terry Goodkind and dragons for the time being.

I'm looking for something Copeland-esque... something with a lil bit of substance... something that'll stop and make me think.

Any suggestions?

[frogprincess]

she's some undone - wally lamb (thumbs up)

this i know is true - wally lamb (currently reading, currently très bon)

[miss.myra]

I'm reading the new Margaret Atwood called Orace and Crake right now, it's quite swell.

[Danshrew]

The vampire chronicles by Anne Rice are pretty good to read, there are loads of them, but try and read them in order.
I also enjoy a good true crime book or things on the yorkshire ripper, but then again...im f00ked up lol

[cerah]

^^^

I read the Vampire Chronicals years ago. IMO The Vampire Lestate was the best one. After Queen of the Damned it all went downhill... I think I got halfway through Tale of the Body Thief before I got bored with all the sex. If I want sex I'll re-read Sexus, Nexus or Plexus by Henry Miller (great set of books by the way).

As for the true crime things... I'm always up for them. I've got a fairly large serial murderer book collection.

[Senior]

Read "The Life of Pi" I can't remember the author off hand but it's an excellent book!

[miss.myra]

^ It's Yann Martel!

I just finished the life of pi, i loved it!

I want a richard parker and an orange juice of my very own

[Senior]

Originally posted by miss.myra:
^ It's Yann Martel!

I just finished the life of pi, i loved it!

I want a richard parker and an orange juice of my very own

So goodd eh, I loved the ending especially!

[SomeGuy]

Do you really wanna think?

Thomas More - Utopia(Philosophy) or there is some epic poems.. Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales, John Milton - Paradise Lost.. <-- these are all in old english and take a lot of concentration to recieve in there full wealth of knowledge.. so many damn good books, not enough time :(

[Chet]

if you like war books (probubly don't but.....)
Tom Clancy is the man
Grisham is always a good read
as well as Salmon Rushdie
oh oh read the Hardy Boys there terrific
I heard white oleander
THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, by Lauren Weisberger

[Chet]

oh yeah and RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs

[cerah]

Sweet thanx for the suggestions... I'll try and get some from the library... or ya know if you have them you could lend them to me =)

[Xtafen]

The Sleeping Prophet by Jess Stern

[cinist]

pot planet: adventures in global marijuana culture by Brian Preston

[Chet]

also read the animal farm
it's good

[cerah]

I read that one in high school... it's mandatory. I always hated mandatory novels in school.

The Crysalids (sp?) was the stupidest book ever!

[Lush]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
Do you really wanna think?

Thomas More - Utopia(Philosophy) or there is some epic poems.. Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales, John Milton - Paradise Lost.. &lt;-- these are all in old english and take a lot of concentration to recieve in there full wealth of knowledge.. so many damn good books, not enough time :(

The familiar passage on the literature provincial this year was from "Paradise Lost." I wouldn't have minded a passage from "The Canterbury Tales" but Paradise Lost was pretty brutal. Those are both really good suggestions, if you just want a casual read I would suggest:
"The Torn Skirt" - Rebecca Godfrey
"Normal Girl" - Molly Jong-Fast
"The Lovely Bones" - Alice Sebold
"On the Road" - Jack Kerouac

that's all I could think of off the top of my head, I'll post more later

[crackjoy]

"Ender's Game" - Orson Scott Card

quite possibly my favourite book ever.

[.anya]

oooh oooh

The Outsider - Albert Camus (it's short and wonderful)
also, if philosophy interests you at all a good one is: Sophie's World - Joseph Gaarder (sp?)
also, Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" made a lasting impression on me, i thought the book was much better than the movie

(haha, if you actually end up reading any of the above, i would like to hear your thoughts on 'em) :)

[frogprincess]

the babysitters club is cool too

[cerah]

^^^ I used to read those all the time as a kid...

[g-RocK]

Cerah u have to read the power of one, it's the best!

[bob]

i'm going through my library of dostoyevsky novels at the moment...

some beautiful works from that man if you're into that kinda shit...

[Erica]

Right now I'm reading "Madame Saddayako: The Geisha Who Seduced The West". VERY good read so far! :)

[greenwire]

Originally posted by g-RocK
Cerah u have to read the power of one, it's the best!

<cerah being a lazy mo-fo not wanting to sign out>

Dood... you're so fucking creepy!! I just finished unpacking my apartment last night and I found that book and I grabbed it to start re-reading.

Greg = ver very creepy!!