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angee Senior Member Posts: 391 |
posted July 06, 2001 08:31 PM
  
okay- for all you irvine welsh fans- i have a great recommendation. YOU HAVE TO READ THE WASP FACTORY BY IAIN BANKS!!! it is such a trippy book. i read it many years ago, and it was harder than hell to find at the time. they recently began publishing it again, and i was so excited to find it in the bookstore. this is a MUST READ book. i have skimmed thru some of his other books but found none of them half as intirguing as this wonderful book. fair warning- this is not for the prude or faint of heart. it is quite a burly book. READ IT!!! cheers! -gee IP: Logged |
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Bodhisattva Senior Member Posts: 86 |
posted July 06, 2001 10:41 PM
Hey Ken (and All), Rand's philosophy is called Objectivism, though Egoism would probably work just as well. I'm reading The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood (The musical Cabaret was based upon the stories in this collection), and Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou. Both autobiographical pieces, and very interesting. p.s. IP: Logged |
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kenmeyerjr Senior Member Posts: 815 |
posted July 06, 2001 11:22 PM
bod, yeahhhh, I forgot that it was technically objectivism...my mistake. And yeah, read 158 lb marriage, it's one of the few books of his that is just plain funny, no tragedy. IP: Logged |
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Blackwuzzy Senior Member Posts: 1580 |
posted July 30, 2001 10:04 AM
Some good ones: Luminous Mind-The Way of the Buddha by Kalu Rinpoche Awakening The Buddha Within-Lama Surya Das.......excellent Buddha Heart,Buddha Mind by His Holiness The Dalai Lama IP: Logged |
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Blackwuzzy Senior Member Posts: 1580 |
posted July 08, 2002 09:39 PM
Let's keep this thread alive guy's. IP: Logged |
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galore4 Senior Member Posts: 179 |
posted July 09, 2002 01:47 AM
Sure thang  I'm currently reading The Hours by Michael Cumingham. I absolutley love it! And it's required reading for my Modern Novel Class... that doesn't always happen- A *good* book! I'm a happy gal. You should probably read Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway to get the full effect of the book. Yep, that's it. *Maria IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 66 |
posted July 09, 2002 10:45 AM
Today I'm starting Nick Hornby's "How to be Good". (the same author of high fidelity) Hope it's good, has anybody read it? Silvia IP: Logged |
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Aquagirl Senior Member Posts: 92 |
posted July 09, 2002 03:34 PM
I'm actually starting to read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". It seems pretty interesting and I love the whole Objectivism idea that I just heard about. Seems pretty cool. Anyways IP: Logged |
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wakechic Senior Member Posts: 480 |
posted July 10, 2002 01:17 PM
ok. i haven't been reading that much this summer. but i have read: acid house- irvine welsh. great book, but kind of confusing with the accents. brave new girl- luisa luna. a great book, and easy read. sloppy firsts-?? mccafferty. really REALLy good book, and it only took me a day to read. all the sky together- ???. an ok book, but the end is totally awesome. any one have any good books i can read, IP: Logged |
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Blackwuzzy Senior Member Posts: 1580 |
posted July 10, 2002 03:33 PM
Maria, stay Happy!!!!!! IP: Logged |
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galore4 Senior Member Posts: 179 |
posted July 10, 2002 08:55 PM
Aww  Thanks, Wuzzy! You made me smile. Take care, IP: Logged |
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ericka Senior Member Posts: 557 |
posted July 11, 2002 01:25 AM
erika... i read brave new girl. it pissed me off. i flew out to san diego today and i finished reading "breakfast at tiffany's" on the plane. i was kind of disappointed. it may sound dumb, but i prefer the movie. i am about to start reading "the bell jar" by sylvia plath. IP: Logged |
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sweetsnail Senior Member Posts: 1279 |
posted July 11, 2002 03:34 AM
I didn't know "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was a book. But if the movie is better, I'll stick with the movie.  I adore that movie. I was surprised the first time I saw it and George Peppard was in it. I used to watch this mystery show on A&E; called "Banacek" (sp?) and he was in it. He was older in the show than the movie, but I was so excited to recognize him in the movie. Books. Well, I just finished this book by one of my favorite authors, W.P. Kinsella. He wrote "Shoeless Joe", which was made into the movie "Field of Dreams". He has writen several other novels, and a few collections of short stories. If you like sports, I suggest checking out his stuff. If you like mysteries, M.C. Beaton is a good writer. They aren't hard core thriller/mysteries, but the characters are fun and I love the Hamish MacBeth series. There are two fairly recent ones. I'm reading Death of a Celebrity right now. I like it. -steph IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 11, 2002 11:44 AM
Currently reading Arthur Nersesian's The Fuck-Up. It is a gritty story of NY life, and our hero is an aspiring writer searching for himself despite his slacking tendencies. I like stories that show humour and the funny side of life; it's a goodie for anyone who likes reading about rising above urban desperation IP: Logged |
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wakechic Senior Member Posts: 480 |
posted July 11, 2002 11:53 AM
ericka- i liked the book, but the ending was very.....crazy the fuck-up- i have wanted to get this book forever, but my mom won't let me simply because of the title. grrrrr. IP: Logged |
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angee Senior Member Posts: 391 |
posted July 11, 2002 11:57 AM
i'm an a non-fiction kick at the moment... i am reading The Liar's Club by Mary Karr - when i am done with this one, i'm gonna read Cherry- which is also by Mary Karr. after that i am gonna read The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro. it's fiction, but looks too funny. (yes, i read a lot) cheers! IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 11, 2002 09:38 PM
uh oh Erica...my mom steals my books all the time!! She claims she is "borrowing" them, but really, she finds some of what I read too offensive so she nabs them on me! LOL....should I mail it to ya in a brown paper bag? IP: Logged |
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ericka Senior Member Posts: 557 |
posted July 12, 2002 03:59 AM
i was looking for "the fuck up" the other day in books a million but they didn't have it. erika... since you seem to be going through the mtv books collection, i recommend "pieces." it's a collection of short stories. most of them are outstanding. a few are not as impressive, but what can ya do? it doesn't beat "the perks of being a wallflower" but it's worth your time. steph... yeah, stick with the movie. i like truman capote's style, but i like the more idealistic, romantic movie version of "breakfast at tiffany's." in the book, he does not get the girl. IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 12, 2002 10:07 AM
Sorry wakechic....I meant to respond to you but used Ericka's name instead...(apologies Ericka!) oooopppsss IP: Logged |
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wakechic Senior Member Posts: 480 |
posted July 12, 2002 01:25 PM
thanks guys! i've been looking for "pieces" for about six months now, but still no find. Ms-my mom tried to steal "the acid house" from me. i know she wouldnt approve of that one! so i hid it behind all my books! lol! erika IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 13, 2002 04:37 AM
aha, I just took a peek at your age The mother in me says NO YOU CAN'T READ THIS BOOK FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR!!! but the avid reader in me remembers reading "Carrie" and various steamy Judy Blume's at 11 or so. One thing remains certain, You will have to hide your books from ma for the Rest Of Your Life, har har har IP: Logged |
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j.r.piskorski Senior Member Posts: 42 |
posted July 13, 2002 01:24 PM
I'm reading CONTACT by Carl Sagan for the 4th time in 3 years right now. It's the perfect book for me and it has changed my life. It is a novel but it makes you think about issues you wouldn't normally consider during every single line. I'm also reading O BRUXO DO CONSTESTADO (THE WIZARD OF THE CONTESTED) which is a novel about a war that happened in Brazil. I've just finished THE EMPEROR OF URSA MAJOR, which it's really nice, it's a social criticism. A great book, in a lot of senses, is POLAND, by James Michener. It covers 800 years of the history of Poland told as a novel, following the characters of the same family through the ages... I always try to read the books that inspired the movies I like: THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Graham Greene) <<Rodolfo>> [This message has been edited by j.r.piskorski (edited July 13, 2002).] IP: Logged |
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duncanbox Senior Member Posts: 152 |
posted July 13, 2002 09:16 PM
MsD- Ah...the Judy Blume books. I read Forever when I was about 12. Wow that was an eye-opener. There's also a girl in there named Sybil who has a baby and something or something... I only remember that because of her name. Wow did I get teased. I just finished reading Original Self by Thomas Moore. It's this pretty interesting book separated into two or three-page chapters with the author just theorizing on why some people are the way they are. I wouldn't even call it a self-help book (those things frighten me for some reason)- it's just this guy explaining what he thinks of the world based on what he's been through. He talks about not losing his originality in such a calculated, mechanical world. It's very interesting and it has quotations from various places in the beginning of each chapter, which Moore uses to prove his point. I hope I'm explaining it the right way- I could be totally off but that's what I think it's about. Either way it's a good read. I also finished reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut for the second time. I don't know how to even begin to explain that book. Those who have read it know what I mean. Good book though. I just started the Arthur Miller play "A View From the Bridge". I'll let ya know on that one. IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 14, 2002 04:07 AM
LOL Sybil; Judy Blume I think I started with "Freckle Juice" and moved right on to "Wifey"....the first book I had to hide from maw.I know what you mean about self help books, I am very wary of them as well b/c it just seems like too many of them are shiny, happy, capitalistic bruhahaa...but your Moore read sounds interesting. I am a troll, will read anything once BTW, I just love Arthur Miller. I mean, I think he was a total babe. NERD magnet, haha. IP: Logged |
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ericka Senior Member Posts: 557 |
posted July 15, 2002 04:24 AM
i read "contact" by carl sagan and was less than pleased. miserable, actually. sybil... i love kurt vonnegut. well, what i've read of his so far. i have a copy of "slaughterhouse five" sitting there awaiting me after i finish reading "the bell jar." so far i've read three vonnegut books. "welcome to the monkeyhouse,""cat's cradle," and "breakfast of champions." all three were excellent. IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 66 |
posted July 15, 2002 09:29 AM
Ericka, I read the bell jar a long time ago. I thought it was pretty good. How do you like it so far? The book is pretty much an autobiography and it's really depressing!! Silvia IP: Logged |
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angee Senior Member Posts: 391 |
posted July 15, 2002 03:27 PM
For those of you interesting in Sylvia Plath- you should read Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (her husband). It is a book of poems he wrote to/about her after her suicide. cheers! -angee IP: Logged |
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MsDMeanor Senior Member Posts: 112 |
posted July 16, 2002 01:36 PM
Angee, I saw the best play on Sylvia Plath last year called "Letters to Home". It was adapted from letters written from Sylvia to her mother, and acted out by two actresses reading the letters out loud (and in 'Sylvia's' case verbally writing them to mother) It covered the time of Sylvia's life in England, courtship with Ted Hughes, marriage and pregnancy and eventual divorce....FANTASTICALLY moving....the kind of theatre that makes you want to watch it again immediately!! IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 66 |
posted July 25, 2002 07:29 PM
I've just finished Hornby's "How to be good", it was quite good. I read the translated version so I missed a bit of the spirit of the book. Oh well... Now I'm reading "the Hobbit"!!!! I'd never read it before but it's such a cute story. No wonder it's so popular among kids! I'm practically half way through it already and I really recommend it... Silvia IP: Logged |
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ericka Senior Member Posts: 557 |
posted July 26, 2002 03:49 PM
i have been a busy girl, so i'm only about halfway through "the bell jar." but so far, it's fantastic. well worth my time. IP: Logged |
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Blackwuzzy Senior Member Posts: 1580 |
posted August 06, 2002 12:52 PM
Well, I'm back to this one. It's an excellent book I got at the library again. Alittle over one year ago I took it up to the "Hampton's"...saw Duncan there then. It came with me. I couldn't understand it that well then, but because I have been studying, I now understand it much better than before and it is one of the best books I have read on the subject. I highly recommend this one. "Luminous Mind" The Way of the Buddha by Kalu Rinpoche IP: Logged |
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ericka Senior Member Posts: 557 |
posted August 07, 2002 03:20 PM
i finished "the bell jar." loved it! i made two purchases recently. "twenty love poems" by pablo neruda and "the dharma bums" by jack kerouac. i really really dig jack kerouac's style. nothin like it. IP: Logged |
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Carly Senior Member Posts: 490 |
posted August 07, 2002 04:57 PM
On the Road by Jack Kerouac Carly IP: Logged |
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angee Senior Member Posts: 391 |
posted August 07, 2002 05:14 PM
i recently finished The Idiot Girls' Action Advernture Club by Laurie Notaro. you ALL have to read it. my boyfriend is reading it. (i'm sure people who see him reading are fairly confused) it is definately a MUST READ- it'll make you laugh out loud. i swear!cheers! -aa IP: Logged |
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angee Senior Member Posts: 391 |
posted August 07, 2002 05:17 PM
one more thing--- in a previous post i said this book was fiction- uh, i lied... it is non-fiction. & so funny! READ IT!! you won't be disappointed!! cheers! -aa IP: Logged |
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butterflys view Member Posts: 11 |
posted August 08, 2002 03:06 PM
Hey everyone ~ newbie here. Right now I'm reading "The Surgeon" by Tess Gerritson. Whew. I had read "Harvest" by the same author b4 and couldn't put it down. Also, I just read "It's my F---ing Birthday." It's pretty funny and helps to put things into perspective. I'm also in the middle of "Living a Life That Matters" by Harold Kushner. IP: Logged |
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JessicaB Senior Member Posts: 34 |
posted August 28, 2002 04:06 PM
I see nobody has posted in a while, so I thought I'd breath some new life into the topic (I hope). I just finished reading Mr. Maybe by Jane Greene. Very cute/funny/enjoyable. I also read Jemima J by her also. I read About a Boy by Nick Hornsby and it was also fantastic. Better than the movie, but aren't they always! (Although I enjoyyed the movie, but that's another thread.) HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER! Next on my list to read are Bridget Jones' Diary, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. I also want to read High Fidelity and How to be Good. You may notice, every single book on my list is set in England. I'm discovering that I am a total Anglophile. Who knew! ------------------ "There is no chance at all. We are all trapped by a singular fate. No one ever finds the one." IP: Logged |
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ericka Senior Member Posts: 557 |
posted August 28, 2002 06:43 PM
Jessica... Funny that you have that quote as your signature. I just finished watching "Dream for an Insomniac" (one of my favorite movies ever) about 10 minutes ago and that line is used in the movie. I just started reading "Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs" by Jim DeRogatis. Rock n roll... IP: Logged |
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Brazil Senior Member Posts: 66 |
posted August 28, 2002 09:02 PM
Jessica Great taste! I love Nick Horny. I read How to be good last month and I've read High Fidelity already. Both are great although I prefer HF. I bought About a boy but haven't got around to reading it yet. I haven't seen the movie yet cause I want to read the book first. And Mr Maybe...very entertaining! Silvia IP: Logged |
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duncanbox Senior Member Posts: 152 |
posted August 28, 2002 09:53 PM
I just finished Homo Faber by Max Frisch. It was originally written in German, so I found out about it through my cousin when I went to Germany. I found a copy in English so I decided to pick it up. It's a great book. The main character reminded me a little of a Vonnegut character- there's something similar about both authors. It's about a man who believes that life must revolve around technology, not ethics. Soon he begins to feel the loneliness that comes along with that mindframe. It's really a great book with some interesting twists. Has anyone ever heard of it? Smiles, Sybil IP: Logged |
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