Official Book/Literature Thread!
#1
Official Book/Literature Thread!
We have tons of threads about video games, television, and a whole bunch of other things, but how can we forget about books (and magazines, newspapers, etc)!!! I haven't read any good books in a while, and I might as well make a thread where we can all share our love (and need) to read. So if you have anything to say, go for it!
While I am here, I would recommend "Watchmen." It is a graphic novel (a comic book, basically), so it is a little different, but it is a really good read (for those who have an inner-nerd). But beware, for it is an explicit novel(blood, language, sexuality).
While I am here, I would recommend "Watchmen." It is a graphic novel (a comic book, basically), so it is a little different, but it is a really good read (for those who have an inner-nerd). But beware, for it is an explicit novel(blood, language, sexuality).
#2
if you're into graphic novels...."Maus" by Art Spiegelman is dang good. about the holocaust but a cool take on it...
i recommend these as my favorite books though:
The Great Gatsby
A Farewell to Arms
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Sun Also Rises
The Old Man and the Sea....I love all of these books....Yeah i like hemingway lol
i recommend these as my favorite books though:
The Great Gatsby
A Farewell to Arms
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Sun Also Rises
The Old Man and the Sea....I love all of these books....Yeah i like hemingway lol
#3
"Watchmen"
Almost finished with it... Loved it. Had to read it after seeing the movie and I'm surprised how closely they followed the story line in the book.
#4
I'm more of an Asian lit kind of reader. Here's my short list of good reads:
Haruki Murakami - "South of the Border, West of the Sun"
Murakami's best novel yet IMO, this is a tale of star-crossed separated childhood sweethearts who meet again in middle age.
Arthur Golden - "Memoirs of a Geisha" (owned mine since 1999)
The book is very well written - I never bothered watching the movie. Very well-researched too, great if you're heavily into Japanese culture. It feels like you're in Kyoto yourself.
Liam Hearn - "Tales of the Otori #1: Across the Nightingale Floor"
This is an action-packed pseudo-Japanese fantasy tale - think of an imaginary ninja James Bond.
Wally Lamb - "She's Come Undone"
Really sad tale, but cathartic in the end. You think you're having a crappy day? Read this.
Takeshi Kitano - "Boy"
The actor/director behind "Takeshi's Castle" and "Zatoichi" makes his English-language debut with a collection of 3 short stories about boyhood.
Bill Dare - "Natural Selection"
A hilarious dose of British humor about a guy using Darwin's famous theory to try figuring out why his girlfriend loves him despite much better, "more suitable" guys out there.
Haruki Murakami - "South of the Border, West of the Sun"
Murakami's best novel yet IMO, this is a tale of star-crossed separated childhood sweethearts who meet again in middle age.
Arthur Golden - "Memoirs of a Geisha" (owned mine since 1999)
The book is very well written - I never bothered watching the movie. Very well-researched too, great if you're heavily into Japanese culture. It feels like you're in Kyoto yourself.
Liam Hearn - "Tales of the Otori #1: Across the Nightingale Floor"
This is an action-packed pseudo-Japanese fantasy tale - think of an imaginary ninja James Bond.
Wally Lamb - "She's Come Undone"
Really sad tale, but cathartic in the end. You think you're having a crappy day? Read this.
Takeshi Kitano - "Boy"
The actor/director behind "Takeshi's Castle" and "Zatoichi" makes his English-language debut with a collection of 3 short stories about boyhood.
Bill Dare - "Natural Selection"
A hilarious dose of British humor about a guy using Darwin's famous theory to try figuring out why his girlfriend loves him despite much better, "more suitable" guys out there.
#5
i'm curious to find out if there are any car related (not interested in inidial d) novels that are worth reading? admittedly, i don't read much but i do want to start; all my reading comes from internet articles =/
#6
Twilight anyone? Well, Ive read a couple cause i decided to jump on the band wagon like everyone else.
But i do have a couple of books that i have read, that i enjoy reading over and over... for example, anything by Alice Seabold and David Pelzer.
But i do have a couple of books that i have read, that i enjoy reading over and over... for example, anything by Alice Seabold and David Pelzer.
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