Babbling

[R.I.P.carlansparky]

I just got done with Carpe Juggulem by Terry Parchet (?). Worst book, its really like a 4 year old A.D.D kid took to with a paper and pencil. Never read it, but 2 books I highly recomend for any book readers are

Slaughter House-Five (Shame on you if you havnt read)

Mice And Men (Same as Slaughter House-Five)

I would read SHF because of the way its wrighten. I would read Of Mice And Men because its just one of the best dam.n books I have ever read.

[luthientuniveil]

Mice And Men (Same as Slaughter House-Five)

I read that book like 7 yrs ago thanks for reminding me to reread it was a good one. Did you get to see the movie Mice and Men.

[R.I.P.carlansparky]

I seen alittle bit. About a hour of it. I would rather read the book though that is the only movie I have seen that is accurate to the book. I know why you read them seven years ago, because you where in high school right? I think I could read both a number of times. Grapes Of Wrath and Breakfast Of Champions (both by the same author of SH5 and OMAM) Are two long but good ones too.

[GoodbyeGlitterGirl]

Aldous Huxley-The doors of Perception   and  Heaven and Hell ...2 books condensed into one book...how fun.

The Cosmic Trigger- Robert A Wilson.  Judging from these books I probably look like a drugged up, paranoid, hippie, conspiracy theorist....but I am not.... I just like to read, and these happen to be the only books I was able to borrow from a friend, who happens to fit in the category earlier stated.

[luthientuniveil]

GRapes of Wrath very good don't think that I have read Brave New World need to. Mice and Men, and grapes of wrath required reading for english back in the day

[luthientuniveil]

Aldous Huxley-The doors of Perception  

Glad to see you have read that book thanks for reminding to read it I read the 1st chapter at a book store but didn't buy it (but liked what I read). Feel free to frequent and make updates or discuss or what not. The Doors got their name from the Door of Perception.

[R.I.P.skateboardinFREEK]

BOOKS **bleep** unless their magizines, stratagy guides, or books like that

[luthientuniveil]

BOOKS **bleep** unless their magizines, stratagy guides, or books like that

everybody has a different preference

[GoodbyeGlitterGirl]

Have you read Brave New World? It's the book most people associate Huxley with. I haven't read it. I'm sure it will be great, but if you (or someone else) has read it, I'd like to know if it's worth buying. Like I said before, I like reading, but money is kinda tight and I don't want to buy something unless I know I will enjoy it. I've been borrowing books from everyone I know, and I don't think anyone has BNW.

[R.I.P.hill12]

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luthientuniveil wrote:

Thanks for the synopsis, feel free to give anymore recommendations or synopsis's. Favorite Dahl book BFG and James and the Giant Peach.

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Okay, here's one I recently read and HIGHLY reccommend:

Pastoralia  by George Saunders

[R.I.P.Pontifex]

Dragon Wing - Weis and Hickman
Day of the Dragon - Richard A. Knaak
Lord of the Clans - Christie Golden

Obviously I haven't read much in the past year. I just started The Hitchhikers Guid to the Galaxy(Douglas Adams) and a book of HP Lovecraft stories. I've also been reading Quicksilver(Neal Stephenson) off and on.

Message Edited by Pontifex on 03-17-2005 03:20 PM

[R.I.P.cat_01]

Does reading a magazine about snowboarding count? If not, i read....uh....no, don't tell me.....i don't remember but i'll think of it.......

[luthientuniveil]

Have you read Brave New World

I did like 10yrs ago so I don't remember the story anymore need to reread it but me and boyfriend did give that book to one of our close friends for x-mas and in return he gave us A Yaqui Way of Knowledge the teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castenada.

[luthientuniveil]

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cat_01 wrote:
Does reading a magazine about snowboarding count? If not, i read....uh....no, don't tell me.....i don't remember but i'll think of it.......

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I would say it counts, it's reading but not actually a book but if you want to list the snowboarding magazine your more then welcomed to do that and welcome to the thread.

[mcguirk_35]

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luthientuniveil wrote:

I am going to start Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.  Everyone and their mother's uncle is talking about how wonderful Mr. Palahniuk books are.. so I want to see what all the fuss is about.  And no I haven't seen the movie.  I'll watch it after I read the book.

Got the movie and have seen it but haven't read the book, need to though got so many books I want to read. When you do see Fight Club let me know which one you like better, most of the time the book is better than the movie.

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Just wanted to let you know that I finished reading Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk.  I started reading it last night in bed.  After a while my eyes started to sag with how tired I was but I couldn't put the book down.  I kept saying to myself..just one more chapter and I'll go to bed.  Before I knew it I had 30 pages left to read.  So I finished it at 4am.  It's a very good book.  This is actually one of the few books I have read that has lived up to all the hype.  While reading it I kept thinking that it was a cross between American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis and A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess.  Very disturbing read, yet thrilling. I recommend it!!  I now want to see the movie to see how close it comes to the book.  I think I am going to go over to Blockbuster later tonight and see if they have it. 

[R.I.P.The_4th_Horseman]

I'm nearly finished with Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard (Around 870 or 880 something of the 1000 something pages).

Before that I read the first three Dark Towers by Stephen King, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass (And Wasp and the Wig), and some other stuff I cant remember at the moment.

Ah, yes, I remember now. My friend had me reading Eragon after I had finished Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy).

Message Edited by The_4th_Horseman on 03-17-2005 09:42 PM

[luthientuniveil]

Just wanted to let you know that I finished reading Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk.  I started reading it last night in bed.  After a while my eyes started to sag with how tired I was but I couldn't put the book down.  I kept saying to myself..just one more chapter and I'll go to bed.  Before I knew it I had 30 pages left to read.  So I finished it at 4am.  It's a very good book.  This is actually one of the few books I have read that has lived up to all the hype.  While reading it I kept thinking that it was a cross between American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis and A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess.  Very disturbing read, yet thrilling. I recommend it!!  I now want to see the movie to see how close it comes to the book.  I think I am going to go over to Blockbuster later tonight and see if they have it. 

mcguirk_35
Nice, glad that it was an awesome read, the movie is excellent but I need to read that book so I can comare the two and see which one I like better. Clockwork Orange seen the movie I love Stanley Kubrick but haven't read the book yet I have so many books that I need to read almost done with Soul of Fire by Terry Goodkind about 50 pages left it has a total of 750 pages and there's 5 more books left in the series. I have the Illuminatist Triology waiting to be read and the newest Michael Crighton book.

[luthientuniveil]

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The_4th_Horseman wrote:

I'm nearly finished with Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard (Around 870 or 880 something of the 1000 something pages).

Before that I read the first three Dark Towers by Stephen King, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass (And Wasp and the Wig), and some other stuff I cant remember at the moment.

Ah, yes, I remember now. My friend had me reading Eragon after I had finished Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy).

Message Edited by The_4th_Horseman on 03-17-2005 09:42 PM

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haven't read any of those titles, which would you recommend first? How was the Dark Towers? Stephen King book that I really enjoyed was Desperation. Have you read that title done by King?

[R.I.P.DR3AMINxDR3MZ]

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

Awesome book, hard to put down.  It has a lot of great reviews, New York times Bestseller, SF Chronicle Best Book of the Year, I highly recommend it.

[luthientuniveil]

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DR3AMINxDR3MZ wrote:

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

Awesome book, hard to put down.  It has a lot of great reviews, New York times Bestseller, SF Chronicle Best Book of the Year, I highly recommend it.

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thx for the recommendation I'll have to look into it what's it about? and welcome to the thread feel free to put down any other recommendations or discuss, discuss, discuss

[R.I.P.DyerEffect]

Terry Brooks-Running With The Demon

Clive Cussler-Sahara

Steven Donaldson-"The Gap Saga"

Steven Donaldson-"The Chroncles of Thomas Covenant"

[materia666]

i'm not good at remembering authors' names so bear with me...

I know this much is true...don't know author
shogun...james clavell
all five books of the hitchhikers guide series
choke/diary/lullaby...chuck pahlniuk (sp)
hundreds of comics
and am currently reading David McCulloughs biography of John Adams
started reading the unabridged edition of The Stand by stephen king but never finished.
oh yeah, and Classic 40 ounce by jim mahfood

[luthientuniveil]

Steven Donaldson-"The Gap Saga"

Steven Donaldson-"The Chroncles of Thomas Covenant"

Is he a good author? Welcome to the thread feel free to frequent at anytime.

[luthientuniveil]

Carlos Castaneda - Don Juan A Yaqui Way of Knowlege

Terry Goodkind- Wizard's First Rule

Terry Goodkind- Stone of Tears

Terry Goodkind- Blood of the Fold

Terry Goodkind- Temple of the Winds

Terry Goodkind- Soul of Fire finished over the weekend

Christopher Tolkien- Book of Lost Tales 2

Dan Brown- DaVinci Code

Michael Ende- The Neverending Story

George Lucas (4)- Star Wars Triology (4,5,6) currently

J. DD Salinger -Frannie and Zoey****

now reading Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind

[rebornaraku]

right now im reading some book about a jar a bees for school it **bleep** and i hate reading.