book geeks

[Kelster]

i need a book to read to entertain me on the plane, during my layover and on the hot sandy beach while i'm tanning.

got any suggestions? i need something that's dumbed down enough so that i don't get lost. something that will keep me reading and not lose interest.


how's da vincis code?

[mojo]

i dont read that much, so i cant help you

but good to see your not leaving the airport in texas.save some $ for cervesa's. did u look into day rooms?

[LLaaUUrrYYn]

"Shes come undone" By Whalley Lamb

Its weird but def good.

[Bevvy Swift]

get "along the tracks" fuck i forget who its by, but its definately an awesome read, and its not too difficult either

[vesperstina]

get "he's just not that into you", and the "jade peony" by wayson choy.

im not a book geek.

[miss.myra]

^ I have the jade peony if you want to borrow it kelly!

ps- fall on your knees by annemarie macdonald is good too.

[Bevvy Swift]

the "jade peony" sucked my balls. only worse book i can think of is "to kill a mockingbird"

fuck that was boring.

[BAL1STOPHER]

its a gooder....i dont read much and i couldnt put it down..read it in one sitting..its by the authour of fight club too

[maple blondie]

Life of Pi Yan Martel.

Quite an interesting one.

[miss.myra]

I had so much hope for the life of pi, seriously! The first part of that novel is so beautifully written and constructed..

but the ending of the book really let me down, bigtime.

The ending just seemed like such a copout, and when I don't like the end of a book, I feel like my whole investment was wasted.

Kelly have you read Catcher in the Rye?

[Quin600]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Kelly have you read Catcher in the Rye?

Booo! What a poor piece of "American Classic" liturature. Its like the entire book is filler. No content. *shudder*

This and Lord of the Flies



Ah, good entertaining "Dont wanna put them down" books?

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Might not be dumbed down or anything, but are easy enough to get, and a joy to read.

[Bevvy Swift]

Originally Posted by Quin600

Booo! What a poor piece of "American Classic" liturature. Its like the entire book is filler. No content. *shudder*

This and Lord of the Flies

heyheyhey, ive never read catcher in the rye, but lord of the flies was intoxicatingly good. you just have to read between the lines.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by Quin600

Booo! What a poor piece of "American Classic" liturature. Its like the entire book is filler. No content. *shudder*

Holden Caufield is a fucking pillar character in literature as far as I'm concerned!



We can all relate to him a little.

TAKE IT BACK.

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by Quin600

Booo! What a poor piece of "American Classic" liturature. Its like the entire book is filler. No content. *shudder*

This and Lord of the Flies

BOO!

both of those books are on my favourite books list.

Kelly: "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albolm
"The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon

[Quin600]

Bah. It was so poorly written, and boring, and DRY.

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by Quin600

Bah. It was so poorly written, and boring, and DRY.

it was a great character study, with the writing giving insight into character and the time period. and NOT dry.

[maple blondie]

Holden made me want to attempt to slit my wrists with the pages of the book for two reasons:

His character drove me insane because he was just so...FLKGHDGHKLJH!KLJ!!!!
Myra is right, the only other reason it bothered me because I saw some of him in me, me in him.

Catch my drift...?

[vesperstina]

but really, who wants to read a book about vancouver and about a boy that wants to kill himself while on vacation?

i know i do!

i can't remember what i was reading the last time i went on vacation.

probably archies.

[ebbomega]

You can totally see who here read these "Classics" because they wanted to, and who read them because they had to in school.

Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash for the Cyberpunk/Sci-fi category. Actually, anything by Stephenson is pretty sublime. I heard bad reviews for Quicksilver, but haven't read it yet. I'm prolly gonna start reading Zodiac at some point soon.

And for easy/lazy read that's really entertaining and poignant, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

[-ff-]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Holden Caufield is a fucking pillar character in literature as far as I'm concerned!



We can all relate to him a little.

No we can't!

Maybe you can. But I thought he was just a twerpy little shit who never bothered to stop for 3 minutes to think before he made a choice.

Catcher in the rye sucked!

[sungoo]

Siddhartha by Herman Heese.
Short book, about 150 pages. Easily one of the top 3 most powerful books I've ever read. I think Herman Heese also won a Noble prize in literature, not sure if it was for this book, but that should atleast shows that he get's credit for his work.

This book will change your life.

[sidekick]

^i have that book sitting on my bookshelf, but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by -ff-

No we can't!

Maybe you can. But I thought he was just a twerpy little shit who never bothered to stop for 3 minutes to think before he made a choice.

You're telling me you've never been a twerpy little shit?

[bigorangedan]

The Eyre Affair by jasper Fforde


witty, comic and almost a cuff upside the post-modern head

[justin]

Originally Posted by Kelster

i need a book to read to entertain me on the plane, during my layover and on the hot sandy beach while i'm tanning.

got any suggestions? i need something that's dumbed down enough so that i don't get lost. something that will keep me reading and not lose interest.


how's da vincis code?

jenna jameson - how to make love like a porn star ; a cautionary tale

(its a total coffee table book and is dumbed down enough that it will be keep your attention when ur bored on a plane or whatever.. its her life story it has murder, drug abuse, stripping, porn, sex with celebrities.. lots of fun stuff lol)