Posted March 6, 2008 I need to read the Great Gatsby, to become a real person. It's on my shelf, in a queue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 I need to read the Great Gatsby, to become a real person. It's on my shelf, in a queue. Ditto! I'm half way through The Fountainhead and I'm really loving it. Its not amazingly written but its really immersive and there are some really interesting ideas in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 Oddly, a lot of my favourite literature is actually American. Gatsby, Moby Dick, Catcher in The Rye, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 Same. Bellow, Nabokov, Hemingway, Faulkner, Twain, Fitzgerald, Updike, Roth, to an extent Thompson and Vonnegut. They're the guys for me. Even the English novelists I like are Americanized (Amis). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 Cell - Stephen King Epic first half, but the second half was nonsense, and the ending was poor. I wanted to know what happened to the characters dammit! This book actually creeped me out a bit, so kudos to King. 7/10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 I'm currently reading The Heroin Diaries: A year in the life of a shattered rock star by Nikki Sixx. Its a good read, so far, and I'm sure it will be all the way to the end.:awesome: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 Which might in itself be a reference to London Fields? Edit: Nope, 1) Pre dates it, 2) Is a man. Maybe Amis is into Motley Crue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 Cell - Stephen King Epic first half, but the second half was nonsense, and the ending was poor. I wanted to know what happened to the characters dammit! This book actually creeped me out a bit, so kudos to King. 7/10 Yeah, he's been at a stage where he likes to have open ended novels. I read this t'other year when it came out and thought it was a lot better than I expected. I was expecting just some zombie book that wouldn't be that amazing (seeing as SK had "retired") so I was surprised by how good it was. I reckon things turned out ok, but its up to you really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 I have just got to the third part of the Heart of Darkness at school! It is a great book! and studying it makes it even better! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2008 Oddly, a lot of my favourite literature is actually American. Gatsby, Moby Dick, Catcher in The Rye, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest... That is the most irritating, depressing and by far the worst book I have ever had the misfortune to read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2008 So you've not read many books? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2008 Currently just over half way through the Reginald Hill crime novel On Beulah Height. It's one of the Daziel and Pascoe ones, and it's very, very good, even for Hill... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2008 That is the most irritating, depressing and by far the worst book I have ever had the misfortune to read. It's because you're ginger. Yeah, it's depressing at times, but how is it irritating in any way? Your problem is that you probably read it at school and never saw it as anything more than work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 27, 2008 I'm currently reading The Heroin Diaries: A year in the life of a shattered rock star by Nikki Sixx. Its a good read, so far, and I'm sure it will be all the way to the end.:awesome: It's awesome! The Dirt is another good read as well. Especially the part with Ozzy Osbourne and the ants. Yuck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 27, 2008 just finnished wolf of the plains, its the first part of a serise about gengis kahn. hes a pretty likable fella so far. the books great. realy takes you to mongolia, and almost every chapter was great. the fights and battles are extreemly good, im fairly sure this will be made into a movie. richard and judy get me onto anouther winner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 28, 2008 I prefered it when Richard And Judy suggested porno flicks. Now they're just touting airport literature. They used to be cool damn it!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 28, 2008 Started reading A Scanner Darkly again. I love that book... The beginning is just kind of weird Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 28, 2008 I've been reading Solzenitsyn recently - books about life in Stalinist Russia. 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch' is brilliant, a single day in the life of a gulag prisoner. No great drama, just a really well written work which manages to really give you the thoughts and feelings of an individual in a prison camp. I'd really recommend it 'Cancer Ward' and 'The Red Wheel' are also both very good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 28, 2008 How To Be Good - Nick Hornby A very addictive book, very easy to read and interesting. Wasn't too sure on the ending and it starts to feel slightly tired by the end, but nonetheless an entertaining, easy read. 8/10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 28, 2008 That is the most irritating, depressing and by far the worst book I have ever had the misfortune to read. That'd be you being wrong, then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 5, 2008 I finished The Fountainhead and I absolutely loved it. There are a lot of extremes but some fascinating ideas. Definitely one of my favorite books ever. It really is quite something. I wouldn't say it changed my view of myself or the world but it definitely reinforced ideas I already had. I'm saving Atlas Shrugged for the summer. Went on and read The Great Gatsby right after. I enjoyed it a lot but I didn't really feel it was personally relevant so it didn't blow me away. Good book though. Interesting pacing. I just bought The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson. I love HST. I can't wait to get stuck into this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 26, 2009 Aye, so here I am with a semi-authorized bump on the Book thread because I don't really want to create a new thread, and this bump is primarily due to 3 things: A: The Road is definitely uber awesome, and I'm wondering what other books of his (except Blood Meridian, which I've read already) might one be inclined to suggest to moi. Also I'm not that keen on the movie adaptation. Except for the casting (which seems pretty solid). B: Dostoyevsky is possibly the best thing ever to occur in all of human history. C: I'm deeply enfatuated with Charles Bukowski, particularly Ham on Rye. YAY! So, yes, books, my fellow N-Ers, get to it, what the f have you been reading? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 27, 2009 Semi-authorised by me! I'm currently part way through Hell's Angels and just started What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Hoping to read more over the summer/when this dissertation is done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
