what book are you reading this time? - Page 47

yoko* · #**1151** (**permalink**) May 22, 06

"Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp"

This is the first book that I've had the patience to read for a very long time. I'm still 4/5ths through it though. I can't say that it's a GREAT book either, but for some reason i was able to read it, possibly because it is just so ridiculous, funny, childish, straight-forward and sarcastic. It's almost like a book for adults that was written from the perspective of an awkward teenager.

Nick talks a lot about jerking off, wanting to lose his virginity, Sheenie Saunders, and his T.E. (Thunderous erection). The book is far from realistic but I guess the stupidity of it all is what makes it so easy to read.

yoko* · #**1152** (**permalink**) May 22, 06

Oh, while I'm here, can someone suggest me a good book to read?

I'm looking for something that is brutually honest, sarcastic, some-what cynical and socially critical, and at the same time humorous in an odd way.

am I asking too much or too little?

Goat · #**1153** (**permalink**) May 22, 06

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i totally want to read that apathy book. have you picked up sedlacks new book? or, it's at least his 'newest' book. something aboug goats. or lambs. horn of the lamb maybe. i dunno, it's early.

I'll lend it to you next time I see it. It was pretty good. Horn of the lamb was pretty good. It's about a canadian retarded kid who tries fundraising for his favourite hockey team so they don't get sold to the states. It's way different then the Safari Papers, totally worth checking out though.

Yoko - check out Apathy and Other Small Victories. It might be what you're looking for. Coupland or Pahlaniuk may be too. Or Battle Royale (i forget who the author is) - Sort of like Pahlaniuks Fight Club. It's hardcore but good.

now reading:
Tandia
by Bryce Courtney

yoko* · #**1154** (**permalink**) May 22, 06

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Originally Posted by Goat

I'll lend it to you next time I see it. It was pretty good. Horn of the lamb was pretty good. It's about a canadian retarded kid who tries fundraising for his favourite hockey team so they don't get sold to the states. It's way different then the Safari Papers, totally worth checking out though.

Yoko - check out Apathy and Other Small Victories. It might be what you're looking for. Coupland or Pahlaniuk may be too. Or Battle Royale (i forget who the author is) - Sort of like Pahlaniuks Fight Club. It's hardcore but good.

now reading:
Tandia
by Bryce Courtney

I will keep those in mind when I go to chapter's next, thanks :)

yoko

sidekick · #**1155** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

^don delillo's 'white noise' and 'americana' are also really good. they're funny and dark and socially critical. but yeah, you should definitly check out douglas coupland or chuck palahniuk, like max said.

maybe bret easton ellis too. american psycho, less than zero, rules of attraction are all killer books. rules of attraction is my favourite.

chuck klosterman's book of essays "sex, drugs and cocoa puffs" is also really good if you want funny pop culture analysis from saved by the bell to pamela anderson.

Discord · #**1156** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

spiral dance By: starhawk

ebbomega · #**1157** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

^^ I once danced at a bonfire with Starhawk. True story.

Currently reading: Shadow of a Giant by Orson Scott Card, the fourth in the Ender's Shadow series.

Why is it that Card always has these ridiculously good books followed by series that just drivel off into christian-influenced rhetoric? *sigh*

Discord · #**1158** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

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Originally Posted by ebbomega

^^ I once danced at a bonfire with Starhawk. True story.

*sigh*

lucky!

crookedking · #**1159** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

just finished the rest of the "sharpe" series by bernard cornwell and now i'm reading "PSYCHOMECH" by brian lumley.

cutienikki · #**1160** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

has anyone ever heard of the book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke?

It got recommended to me by a friend but i was wondering if anyone else has read it or heard good things about it.

djOKIBI · #**1161** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

Lately I've been reading, The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead.
Before that, 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke.
And before that, Tianamen Square by Simmie / Nixon.

yoko* · #**1162** (**permalink**) May 23, 06

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Originally Posted by sidekick

^don delillo's 'white noise' and 'americana' are also really good. they're funny and dark and socially critical. but yeah, you should definitly check out douglas coupland or chuck palahniuk, like max said.

maybe bret easton ellis too. american psycho, less than zero, rules of attraction are all killer books. rules of attraction is my favourite.

chuck klosterman's book of essays "sex, drugs and cocoa puffs" is also really good if you want funny pop culture analysis from saved by the bell to pamela anderson.

fabulous, thankyou. i need to go to chapter's soon anyway to buy a recipe book. I'll write these and goat's suggestions down later

thx agn

yoko

sidekick · #**1163** (**permalink**) May 24, 06

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Originally Posted by cutienikki

has anyone ever heard of the book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke?

It got recommended to me by a friend but i was wondering if anyone else has read it or heard good things about it.

i know a couple people who have read it and said that it's good, but not for everyone and that it's slow at some parts. i have a copy myself but haven't read it yet.

lithe · #**1164** (**permalink**) May 24, 06

white noise was terrible, a real disappointment since dellilo is usually quite good.

jonathan strange & mr norrell is sloooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwww.

Gusto · #**1165** (**permalink**) May 24, 06

sooo sloow. i've read 3/4's of it and it's sitting on my shelf, unfinished. i really like the theme though, so i'll finish it off soon, i think.

tiedye · #**1166** (**permalink**) May 24, 06

The Amazing Spider-Man: Issue #87 hehe

sidekick · #**1167** (**permalink**) May 24, 06

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Originally Posted by lithe

white noise was terrible, a real disappointment since dellilo is usually quite good.

i loved white noise. i thought it was awesome. i loved his strange children and the whole idea of the contaminated cloud. and i loved the way everyone spoke.

edit: how come you didn't like it?

miss.myra · #**1168** (**permalink**) May 24, 06

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Originally Posted by sidekick

i loved white noise. i thought it was awesome. i loved his strange children and the whole idea of the contaminated cloud. and i loved the way everyone spoke.

edit: how come you didn't like it?

Seconded, white noise was an amazing novel. I absolutely love the way Delilo plays with narrative pace to even set the white noise buzzing throughout the book. I've bought that book for friend's birthdays and they've all seemed to like it too.