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Post by Miss Take on Jun 4, 2008 8:24:39 GMT -5
in the past three weeks i've read both of chelsea handler's books and a collection of essays by sloane crosley entitled "I Was Told There'd be Cake" ...once i picked them up i could not put any of them down, awesome reads...i'd definitely recommend them to anyone who really just needs a good laugh, especially chelsea's books, because they are absolutely hilarious.
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Post by Fated to Pretend on Jun 4, 2008 18:13:04 GMT -5
Recently: Primary Colours - Anonymous Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Just now I'm reading Lanark by Alasdair Gray
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Post by Ass Turkey on Jun 4, 2008 19:58:50 GMT -5
Gastby is great; what did you think of it? Sometimes people need to read through a second time to really enjoy it...
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Post by Modern Method. on Jun 5, 2008 6:17:30 GMT -5
Yeah, I was like that. Read it 2 years ago and had to pick it up again. It's a book you really have to read between the lines.
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Post by Modern Method. on Jun 6, 2008 15:02:48 GMT -5
Ring - Koji Suzuki
Took me ages to get my hands on this.
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Post by Modern Method. on Jun 16, 2008 18:34:50 GMT -5
PS. I Scored the Bridesmaid by Ross O Carrol Kelly
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Post by Modern Method. on Jun 22, 2008 5:17:23 GMT -5
'Middlesex' by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Post by timmy on Jun 24, 2008 2:35:08 GMT -5
right now i'm reading the 'devil wears prada' I got the book today and I am already in chapter 6.
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Post by Modern Method. on Jun 24, 2008 2:52:00 GMT -5
I never knew that was book before the film.
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Post by timmy on Jun 24, 2008 3:25:09 GMT -5
I never knew that was book before the film. The book is better. But I love the movie Meryl Streep is beautiful! The book goes into more detail than the movie + alot of the story was changed in the movie like when they first meet. Miranda and Andy.
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Post by greg on Jul 5, 2008 22:32:35 GMT -5
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz which is the sequel to the book Odd Thomas, about a guy who sees dead people.
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Post by Modern Method. on Jul 6, 2008 4:24:41 GMT -5
I love some of Koontz' early stuff. I must read some of his stuff over the summer. Any reccommendations?
Still reading 'Middlesex'. Been really busy and haven't got a minute to myself.
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Post by Sukkubus on Jul 7, 2008 6:52:54 GMT -5
I've got this book The Science of Self-Realization, about Hare Krsna movement and it's founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, many years ago from a friend of mine as a joke. I've been now reading it just out of curiosity. Kinda fun to read actually.
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Post by Modern Method. on Jul 7, 2008 7:08:36 GMT -5
Sounds interesting. I might check it out!
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Post by Sukkubus on Jul 7, 2008 10:08:54 GMT -5
Hehe, yeah let's spiritualize together!
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Post by Modern Method. on Jul 7, 2008 10:21:52 GMT -5
Hehe, I like the sound of it!
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Post by hotroots on Jul 7, 2008 12:53:23 GMT -5
after reading the vampire chronicles again, i read "boomsday" by christopher buckley. hysterical! he also wrote "thank you for smoking." current events fiction. the term boomsday refers to the day that the first of the baby boomers begin to retire. in the book, a young woman protests the rising costs of social security (the concept of a younger generation being handed the tab on the extravagant ways of retired boomers) and inadvertently incites riots on golf courses and country clubs. following that, she gets a bill introduced in congress to offer incentives to folk over 65 who "voluntarily transition;" i.e. kill themselves. sarcastic and hysterical.
now i'm rereading the lord of the rings and other tolkien works. i tried reading them before and just couldn't get into them; i also wasn't a fan of the movies the first time around. well, i tried watching the movies again (with movies i think i should/would like, if i don't like them, i'll go back to the stories months/years later with lowered expectations and find that i love them) and loved them and eventually bought them. now i'm rereading the books and am loving them. i suspect it has a lot do with the fact that i've seen the movies enough now that i'm familiar with the extensive list of complicated names of people and places and don't hafta focus so much on reading the book.
after this, i'm going on to augusten burroughs' new book "wolf at the table." any burroughs fans? he's a riot.
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Post by greg on Jul 7, 2008 16:42:52 GMT -5
I love some of Koontz' early stuff. I must read some of his stuff over the summer. Any reccommendations? Well Odd Thomas was my first Koontz book (Forever Odd, my second), so I'm not so familiar with his work as of yet, but I would definitely recommend Odd Thomas - it's a good read. My mom has quite a few Koontz books, so I'll be checking out more of his work as soon as I finish the 'Odd' series.
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Post by hotroots on Jul 7, 2008 18:49:10 GMT -5
my favorite koontz book, as i recall (it's been awhile), is lightning. i used to like koontz a lot, but i got a little tired of his hollywood endings.
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Post by tetherednchained on Jul 7, 2008 23:05:25 GMT -5
Koontz is one of my favorites also.
My favorite Koontz book is Night Chills. Also good are: Twilight House of Thunder Midnight Watchers
I also like Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The Death Gate Cycle was very good. -Dragon Wing -Elven Star -Fire Sea -Serpent Mage -The Hand Of Chaos -Into The Labyrinth -The Seventh Gate
Also Piers Anthony is very entertaining.
I read all those a very long time ago. Maybe I should go back and read them all again. Someday when I get time I maybe.
Edit: hotroots, Is Lightning the one about the lady that had the car accident and couldn't remember who she was. She ended up in a creepy hospital and strange things start happening?
If that's the same one, then I agree that was a great Koontz book too. If its not the same one then I am getting it confused with another Koontz book. I have read quite a few.
If you haven't checked out Night Chills you really should. Its creepy!
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