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Discussion: Books, books, books
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JessicaLuvsMCS56 |
03-15-2008 @ 9:07 PM
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Wallflower
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I'm hoping I've been around long enough to post a new topic. And seeing as how there is no specific topic for book discussion, I thought I'd start one. What are your favorite books? What are you reading now? What have you read and absolutely hated?
My favorite books are Pride & Prejudice, The Mists of Avalon, Gone With the Wind, Women Who Run With the Wolves, and anything by Christopher Moore, but especially You Suck. I also love Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth, even though they're not necessarily books.
Right now I'm reading Dante's Divine Comedy, Poetry 180 (an anthology w/ intro by my fav poet Billy Collins), and I'm just starting Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass.
I have yet to meet a book that I absolutely hate. I read Gone With the Wind for the first time when I was 13, Mists of Avalon when I was 15. Basically, I love books, the good, the bad, and the extremely difficult to muddle through. (Which is why I'm voluntarily reading Dante)
Now THAT is punk bitches.
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magalvsr13 |
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03-15-2008 @ 9:13 PM
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King/Queen of the Pit
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there are some old book threads but theyre old so f*ck em
i hope i can get some reading done over spring break, i got a stack of books i need to get to
the short list of favorite books are Invisible Man, Crime and Punishment, Catch 22, Count of Monte Cristo
so forgive me for my lack of words
the nouns and adjectives are slowly pulling down my spine
and it seems each of them can't find a way to make any sense of it
just like me
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JessicaLuvsMCS56 |
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03-15-2008 @ 9:16 PM
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Wallflower
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^ I saw the book thread on the very bottom of the next page. Ooops! Oh wells, time to start a new discussion.
I have a copy of the unabridged Count of Monte Cristo, I just have to get around to it. It's rather large and daunting.
Now THAT is punk bitches.
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ms.ery |
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03-15-2008 @ 9:21 PM
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Front row devotee
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My favorite book would have to be A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I also love everything by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker, especially when they colaborate. Dean Koontz and Stephen King I will read on occasion. I am also addicted to the Twilight series but I will be the first to admit it's the cheesiest thing ever and if it wasn't for the vampires I would have never read it.
I am currently reading Brian "Head" Welch's "Save me From Myself"
If the dawn means the day is upon us, I say forever I will hide in the shadows. And if maturity means I am condemned to the cold, I will forever burn bright in childishness. If they tell me to settle for one who is less than ideal, I will always, always be alone. And if the tide brings in a trend of apathy, I will drown in my passion before it is taken away. And finally, if being warm, happy, content, and well-adjusted means selling myself to become what they say I should be, I will scream in the pain and agony of my abnormality for all eternity.
-Andrew Schwabb, Project 86
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stjoe |
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03-15-2008 @ 10:12 PM
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Front row devotee
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i was really into the R.A. Salvatore books but i've got out of them...i bought Uncle Tom's Cabin the other day thinking that i haven't read it and i should. i've tried but i can't. i hate the way it is wrote...the way they spoke at that time...it's just so aggravating
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MellorStrummer |
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03-15-2008 @ 10:27 PM
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Stage diver
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I need more Bukowski books.
Watch Out Now
Official White (wo)Man In Hammersmith Palais
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JessicaLuvsMCS56 |
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03-15-2008 @ 10:38 PM
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Wallflower
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I haven't read any of his books, but I totally dig his poetry.
Now THAT is punk bitches.
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ShawnRamone |
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03-15-2008 @ 10:42 PM
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Circle pit leader
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A Clockwork Orange is at the top of my list I've read it 5 or 6 times. I enjoy Fahrenheit 451 thats a great book and some of other ones I enjoy.Right now I'm reading mostly books about punk rock I enjoy reading about the culture the bands and what not so yeah thats my reading as of now.
Shawn Ramone
If We're never together if I'm never back again then I swear to God That I love you forever... -Against Me!
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Celadon |
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03-16-2008 @ 12:38 AM
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King/Queen of the Pit
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Favorites
To Kill A Mockingbird, Breakfast of Champions, Lolita, Watchmen, 1984. Frankenstein, Mr. Bump, Big Fish, Slaughterhouse Five, Brave New World, The Power and the Glory, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Road, The Ragazzi, The Folding Star
I punch nuns! I punch nuns!
I believe in Jesus Christ, but I punch nuns!
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6655321 |
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03-16-2008 @ 3:07 AM
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Stage diver
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My favorite book: Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.
Book I'm currently reading: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Next book on my list: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Some other favorites: Trainspotting, High Fidelity, House Of Leaves, A Clockwork Orange, and I absolutely love The Zombie Survival Guide.
No one I know is more depressing than me
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january |
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03-16-2008 @ 10:50 AM
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I don't think I really have any FAVORITE books. I typically love everything I read.
Recently I've finished Survivor, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Bell Jar and High Fidelity.
Right now I'm working on House of Leaves and Life of Pi.
And intermittently I'm reading Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs (it's great for when I only have 10 or 15 minutes to read).
I've got a ginormous list of books I still want to read... I've been through 8 years straight of college where I didn't read anything so I need to catch up. Plus I've realized that my high school reading requirements were totally lacking.
I definitely need to get some more Palahniuk because Survivor was great. I also want to read a Clockwork Orange. Oh, and more Vonnegut.
I need more balance, a more distanced
perspective.
I should accept what is.
nightmares are a part of existence.
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ShawnRamone |
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03-16-2008 @ 11:44 AM
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Anyone have some good suggestions on books to pick up I'm looking for something like A Clockwork Orange.And or I'm looking for anything on punk rock history if anyone has anything could you get back with me.Thanks.
Does anyone read Harry Potter or is just me I feel like a huge idiot for reading it.
Shawn Ramone
If We're never together if I'm never back again then I swear to God That I love you forever... -Against Me!
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no1vegasfan |
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03-16-2008 @ 12:14 PM
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Crowd Surfer
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i've worked at a library for the past 3 years so i've read a lot of books. my
favorites so far:
all books written by scott westerfeld
all books written by christopher moore
a certain slant of light by laura whitcomb
junior by macaulay culkin
there are more but i can't think of them right now.
sorry dudes, just my opinion.
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lollie |
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03-16-2008 @ 2:20 PM
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Stage diver
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^^ I totally read Harry Potter. It's one of those series you don't like to admit you love because it's so commercial and just sounds lame when you say "OMG. Did you read the 7th Harry Potter?!?!". But yeah, I like them.
But everyone here needs to read The Book Thief. I've read a bunch of Holocaust/WWII books, and this one's the best, IMO. I cried like ... 5 times. And it's pretty hard to make me cry.
In the marmalade forest, between the make-believe trees, in a cottage cheese cottage, lived . . .
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AllThatCal |
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03-16-2008 @ 4:43 PM
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King/Queen of the Pit
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Rule of the Bone
DELETRIX
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apathy. |
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03-16-2008 @ 5:30 PM
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Stage diver
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My favorite book is The Fountainhead.
The books I'm reading right now are Anna Karenina, Atlas Shrugged (the ending...I never quite finished it a few months ago), Only Revolutions...and I ordered Oil at the bookstore, so it should be here by next week.
And I just finished Anthem for the third time.
I hope that it turns out the way that you dreamed.
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Conan_Le_Flambeur |
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03-16-2008 @ 5:46 PM
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Front row devotee
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my favorite book is less than zero.
i am shiva, the god of death.
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admiringtheshapeofyourskull |
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03-16-2008 @ 7:30 PM
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Mingler
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^^ honestly, the only book i liked by her was anthem. i tried reading atlas shrugged and i just couldnt stand her charecters. should i try again?
anyway ive been reading lord of the flies again because of my english class. beautiful book, very complex theames.
also, did anyone read the hall family chronicals when they were a kid? they were thease beautiful kids books all about transidentalisim and walden and the main carecters would explore religion and morality. not enough people read them or have even heard of them. they're by the lady who wrote the fledgling and they start with the dimond in the window.
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xfalloutgirl27x |
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03-16-2008 @ 8:11 PM
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Mosher
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my favorite book of all time would have to be Touching From a Distance by Debroah Curtis. Its the Ian Curtis bio from like 1995, but its still amazing.
other favorites are catch 22, catcher in the rye, phantom of the opera, and ANYTHING by chuck klosterman.
you want to see me disappear? well so do I
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ellay_BITCH |
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03-18-2008 @ 9:01 PM
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i just read this AMAZING book by chuck palahniuk called invisible monsters
its a really easy read. took me about 4 hours total. and it's great. everyone needs to check it out.
how come when we say we do
we don't?
how come when we say we will
we won't?
"so anyway, i was f*cking in a public bathroom and..."
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freakozoid |
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03-18-2008 @ 9:16 PM
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Stage diver
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quote:
I need more Bukowski books.
And you cannot hide or ever, ever escape
And you cannot hide or ever put it away
Something glorious is about to happen
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akross |
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03-18-2008 @ 10:03 PM
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quote:
AMAZING book by chuck palahniuk
This is pretty much true of all his works...
Love them all.
"Choke" is being made into a movie.
It's heads or tails on heart attacks and broken dreams tonight...
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RockBlogger |
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03-19-2008 @ 5:59 PM
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Wallflower
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Heavy metal and you by Chris Krovatin. If you like realistic fiction, and stories of adolescence love - that - doesn't - quite work. this book is for you. I loved it, its inspiring and empowering
Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, and make it possible.
- T.E. Lawrence of Arabia
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anathallo |
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03-19-2008 @ 9:49 PM
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Mingler
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The Bible.
...........Just f*cking with ya.
I can fix anything with sound.
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Harry31 |
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03-19-2008 @ 10:26 PM
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Mingler
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For the guys...I just got done reading Tucker Max's I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, I pretty much pissed my pants from laughter reading it.
Amber Tinfoil Forrest Confines Us
...and We Disconnect Like This is the End
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