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Anyone else out there actually read instead of watching TV? What've you been reading lateley?
Just finished Chuck Palahniuk's Choke, he's a fantastic writer (wrote Fight Club), also read Lullaby and Survivor (Survivor is I think his best)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel was one I've read recently that is going to be on the top of my list for a long time, it's inspirational but not in an overbearing way.
pretty much all hard sci-fi. anything by arthur c. clarke. been trying to diversify into other genres a little but cant really get into alot of other stuff.
Try The Acid House by Irvine Welsh. (he wrote trainspotting) Its a collection of short stories Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a classic. Its really creepy on how obessive the main charcter is. Also if you haven't read it, you should look at Catcher in the Rye. If you have read it check out some of his other works. The similarties between Franny and Zooey and "The Royal Tennebaums" are cool.
When it comes to reading, I've been a complete weiner over the past couple of years. I just started this the other day and am flipping through it during toilet sessions.
I would definiely recommend anything by master of Gonzo journalism and born Kentuckian, Hunter S. Thompson. As cliche as it may sound, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is still one of my top 5 books. However, his book Screwjack is also very good. Realize that neither book is very long. I think Screwjack was only like 80 pages (been 2 years since I read it).
Post by venusinfurs on Mar 8, 2006 16:43:18 GMT -5
puregrrr said:
I would definiely recommend anything by master of Gonzo journalism and born Kentuckian, Hunter S. Thompson. As cliche as it may sound, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is still one of my top 5 books. However, his book Screwjack is also very good. Realize that neither book is very long. I think Screwjack was only like 80 pages (been 2 years since I read it).
Try The Acid House by Irvine Welsh. (he wrote trainspotting) Its a collection of short stories.
If you're into Irvine Welsh, you should read Marabou Stork Nightmares, it's my personal favorite by him...
You can never go wrong with Salinger -- Franny and Zooey is especially good. (And just an aside for anyone who's read it, do you say "Zoo-ee" or "Zoh-ee"?)
Also, please please please check out J.T. LeRoy's work. Sarah is absolutely genius.
Anybody with similar tastes have a recommendation for me?
I know it's kind of, um, not hip?, but when I read for pleasure now, I read A LOT of Stephen King.....I like his "horror" work, but the other stuff is what I really like (the Dark Tower books, Insomnia, the Shawshank Redemption. I'm rereading Hearts in Atlantis right now).
I know it's kind of, um, not hip?, but when I read for pleasure now, I read A LOT of Stephen King.....I like his "horror" work, but the other stuff is what I really like (the Dark Tower books, Insomnia, the Shawshank Redemption. I'm rereading Hearts in Atlantis right now).
I've read my share of Stephen King. My screen name is actually from the Dark Tower, which I loved every page of (yes, even the last one). He's obviously very popular, and his writing style is really straightforward and transparent, but I really think he gets a bad rap and a lot of misconceptions because of how well his stuff sells. I think he'll be taken a lot more seriously in 100 years than he is now (a la Charles D!ckens).
Like I said I mostly read non-fiction, but along with Stephen King, the two fiction writers who have really sucked me in are Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. My favorite two from them:
And I'll just repeat my upthread reccomend of Jose Saramago's Blindness. My wife is into a lot of the stuff that people have reccomended here and that is her favorite book to reccomend. I think it's about
SPOILER everyone in the world going blind at the same time END SPOILER
but I'm not sure. If anyone is interested in reading about film, I've got plenty of reccomendations about that.
Post by venusinfurs on Mar 11, 2006 17:34:18 GMT -5
faletti said:
hilari said:
I know it's kind of, um, not hip?, but when I read for pleasure now, I read A LOT of Stephen King.....I like his "horror" work, but the other stuff is what I really like (the Dark Tower books, Insomnia, the Shawshank Redemption. I'm rereading Hearts in Atlantis right now).
I've read my share of Stephen King. My screen name is actually from the Dark Tower, which I loved every page of (yes, even the last one). He's obviously very popular, and his writing style is really straightforward and transparent, but I really think he gets a bad rap and a lot of misconceptions because of how well his stuff sells. I think he'll be taken a lot more seriously in 100 years than he is now (a la Charles D!ckens).
Like I said I mostly read non-fiction, but along with Stephen King, the two fiction writers who have really sucked me in are Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. My favorite two from them:
And I'll just repeat my upthread reccomend of Jose Saramago's Blindness. My wife is into a lot of the stuff that people have reccomended here and that is her favorite book to reccomend. I think it's about
SPOILER everyone in the world going blind at the same time END SPOILER
but I'm not sure. If anyone is interested in reading about film, I've got plenty of reccomendations about that.
EDIT: because "Charles thingyens"
Jitterbug Perfume was an excellent, excellent book (as was Welcome to the Monkey House, but I'm a Vonnegut fanboy as it is). Have you read Still Life With Woodpecker?
A hilarious book I'm currently in the middle of reading.
If you're into jazz at all, this book is a great look at the jazz scene in Great Britain. Its a wonderful rebuttal to what American jazz artists like Wynton Marsalis negatively say about jazz in other countries.
My boyfriend got me into reading again. It had lost its spark after high school, when they forced us to read and over-analyze books we weren't interested in. Now I'm really into David Sedaris. Me Talk Pretty One Day is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Two of my other all-time favorite books are Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. One of the moms at my school just wrote her 1st mystery. It's called Feint of Art, by Hailey Lind. If you're into mysteries, check it out. I just started it.
My boyfriend got me into reading again. It had lost its spark after high school, when they forced us to read and over-analyze books we weren't interested in. Now I'm really into David Sedaris. Me Talk Pretty One Day is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Two of my other all-time favorite books are Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. One of the moms at my school just wrote her 1st mystery. It's called Feint of Art, by Hailey Lind. If you're into mysteries, check it out. I just started it.
I karma you for the appropriate underlining of book titles.
I don't think I have read a word of Sedaris, but I have heard all of his books except the last one on tape. My wife has read and listened to them all and she thinks it is one thing that is actually better on tape. He reads them himself and there is plenty of funny voices and the like. Absolutely hilarious. I actually saw him in person once and I have to say that was a waste of money for me. He was great but I think it would have been just as good to listen to a tape of it.
Isabel Allende is one of my favorite authors - she has written lots of books - Of Love and Shadows and The Infinite Plan are my two favs out of her works which I've read. I should pick up something else by her ASAP. Awesome writer.
Great writer. His newer stuff isn't too great though.
I liked it, too! My brother and I had extensive arguments about that.
