Jaaakkkeee Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 just finished this:apparently a kids/young adult book (i found this out after i read it)thought i dont think it was that apparent whilst reading. gearing up for my next book cant decide between 3rd book in the dresden files or an xmen novelization ^^If you're looking for recommendations of great books I'd say go to Irvine Welsh or Chuck Palahniuk or Hunter S. Thompson or Karl Pilkington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Or anyone really, so long as they've written a great book. Edited December 31, 2013 by James Broonbreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Haven't checked this thread in ages. I'm running low on my stock of good books at the moment. Have resorted to buying Tony Adams' autobiography off amazon. I don't know what's going on. What should I be reading? if you could recommend one book and one book only which book would it be and why? Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' because the way Ellison writes is incendiary, as was the topic at the time. It's something of a bildungsroman during the civil rights movement in the US - it's personal and universal and so important. Definitely the best thing I read when I was at Uni and one of the best thing's I've read full stop. As for me, I just finished Donna Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' which was just a little heartbreaking/wrenching at the end. Fantastic book though. Another 'story of a young man's journey' but with loads of Dickensian plot-twists and brilliant flawed characters you feel odd rooting for at points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Aaaah, I love this thread.I really want to read that Donna Tartt book, KT, because even though she's only written three novels, I've somehow managed to miss all of them despite thinking they sound ace. I'll probably start with the Secret History, though, and keep it chronological.Every year I challenge myself to read four books a month and I always fail by March. Trying again this year, though. For the past few years I've been keeping note of everything I've read. This was 2013.I realised that I should right some wrongs and read the 'modern classics' that I never had before (The Catcher in the Rye, Lolita, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World and I bought, but have yet to read Catch 22).This year, I have read 'The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Juno Diaz, half of the graphic novel 'Berlin: City of Stones' by Jason Lutes and am currently 150 pages into 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay' by Michael Chabon. It is ace and weirdly inspiring, it makes me want to write or just create something. I hope it stays as good the whole way through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 What would you pick as your 3 favourites out of those? You have a real treat ahead with Catch-22, my favourite book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 My favourite bit in Catch-22 was Art Garfunkel. Seriously though, Brave new world is pretty fuckin' ace. Just finished re reading it last month. I also have an audio book of it read by Michael York which is fuckin' ace for falling asleep too. Michael York whispering 'spermatazoa' into your ears with his dulcet tones is nothing short of fuckin' ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 This year, I have read 'The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Juno Diaz, half of the graphic novel 'Berlin: City of Stones' by Jason Lutes and am currently 150 pages into 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay' by Michael Chabon. It is ace and weirdly inspiring, it makes me want to write or just create something. I hope it stays as good the whole way through. I ground to a halt half way with Kavalier and Clay, but I don't remember it being bad at all... I think I got side tracked by something. You should check out Wonderboys if you like it. It's also very good (and a lot shorter, which suited my attention span). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old Gold Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 ...either that or he picked up a copy of 'Old Gold's Big Old Book Of Romance' too. If he's set up a 'Cuddles Fort' of any description, stay clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Reading Zlatan Ibrahimovic's autobiography during lunch hours at work. I scanned chunks of it when it was translated and leaked online, but it's quite a slog reading a book on a computer. It's really great, because he's a total dick. He hates Barca, and Pep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Because Pique ditched him for Shakira I bet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 He didn't like driving the Barca company cars. He wanted to ride his Harley to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'm reading "Titanic: Destination Disaster" at the moment, it's exactly what you'd expect, the history of Titanic, from her inception right through to that nasty incident with the iceberg. Very very interesting read. Highly recommended. After that I've got "Senna vs Prost" lined up. Then when I take these ones back I've got an eye on Irvine Welsh's "Skagboys". Fucking LIBRARY, bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scottyboy Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Catch-22, when I read it years ago, didn't really grab me either; that's pretty much how I'd have put it. I liked the ideas behind it but it just wasn't that engaging, and didn't feel like it needed such a doorstep of a book to make the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 ...yet you still want to read it again, amirite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Catch -22 took me a little while to get into but I'm sure by the 170 page mark I was. Maybe it's just not for you but I'd recommend persevering. Book of Illusions is fantastic, Auster's best in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I'm sure I'll go back to it someday and it'll click. The Book of Illusions was ace but I still think it comes second to the NY Trilogy. Mind fuuuuuck! I'm typing this on my phone and the font is really weird and massive. Wonder if it'll come out normal. What an exciting experiment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 New York Trilogy is good and in some ways it might be the best example of the style and atmosphere Auster generally aims for but I love the detail of Book of Illusions. All those silent film plots he came up with and such well developed characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I'm working my way through James Ellroy's LA Quartet. Nearly finished the second one (The Big Nowhere) and really enjoying his writing style and the setting so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I didn't really take to Catch 22 until I read it a 2nd time. The first time around, I was just skimming through it and not really absorbing it. Loved it the 2nd time when I gave it my full attention. I'd certainly put it in my top 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 My current read is a history of Aberdeen FC published for the centenary. It's good to read because it's about Aberdeen and it's reminding me of a lot of stuff I had known before but forgotten over the years but it's not really that well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Nick Offerman - Paddle Your Own Canoe. Awesome. Good easy fun read. http://www.amazon.com/Paddle-Your-Own-Canoe-Fundamentals/dp/052595421X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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