books to read

[rob2]

has anyone read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace? a friend of mine who's opinion i value recommended it to me but it looks really long (1000+ pages) so i want to know if i should put the time into it

DFW is my favorite author by a long shot and I think infinite jest is the best book of the 20th century. However it is quite tough going - I think there's over 200 pages of footnotes; its complicated, doesn't fully resolve, if you don't like challenging books you probably wouldn't like it. I'd recommend reading some of his short stories or essay collections first - if you like them you'll probably want to read everything he wrote. I'm unbelievably sad/excited about reading 'the pale king' when it comes out.

[sven thorkel]

i'm reading it now. i like it so far and can tell it's going to pick up but it's just frustrated reading for an hour and only finishing 13 pages. i think i will take a break every couple hundred pages and read another book just so i don't think im getting nowhere slowly

[Nosferatu]

Is Gravity's Rainbow really that good?  I think I got a couple hundred pages in last summer and liked it alot but am kind of dreading going back to it and being completely lost but also don't really want to start all over.

Long and good books are crazy.  I think Kesey's Sometimes A Great Notion was the longest I've finished recently, maybe ever.  Highly recommended.  Possibly a must read for any American.

Has anyone read Proust?

[oyolar]

Is Gravity's Rainbow really that good?  I think I got a couple hundred pages in last summer and liked it alot but am kind of dreading going back to it and being completely lost but also don't really want to start all over.

Long and good books are crazy.  I think Kesey's Sometimes A Great Notion was the longest I've finished recently, maybe ever.  Highly recommended.  Possibly a must read for any American.

Has anyone read Proust?

Sorry dude. I deleted my post because it made me sound more like a dick than I intended. But yeah, Gravity's Rainbow is really good, but super hard. It took me about a year and a half (off and on) to finish it. I'd say just go back to it. There's so much shit, that even if you read it all the way through for your first time, you're going to be lost. There's too many characters and side plots that don't intertwine that it takes a few readings. Plus, it's super satisfying once you finish it. I felt so good when it was done. It'll be a while before I read it again though.

[Dr. Evan]

I just finished "Apathy and Other Small Victories" by Paul Neilan.  I honestly can't recommend this book enough for a light humorous read.  Also recently read a book called  "Average American Male" by Chad Kultgen.  Again its a light read, but thoroughly entertaining.     

[overheated]

'Do androids dream of electric sheep?' by Phillip K. Dick. The book that became Blade Runner, however having watched the film and read the book I'd say the book is waaay more interesting. The film skips over the protagonist's doubt that he is human, which is fairly central to the book.

[sametelt]

Just finished Child of God by Cormac McCarthy and The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. The latter was really good, glad I finally got around to reading it.

Onto The Flood by Margaret Atwood. It's a continuation of sorts of Oryx & Crake, which I really enjoyed.

[kilgore.]

going to a bret easton ellis book signing next month, stoked.

[CUDDLEMONSTER]

Might start reading this soon, has anyone read it? I'm deciding between this or another Easton-Ellis novel.

all the president's men is good but it's more about journalism than watergate. if you want a great book about nixon i recommend boys on the bus, the selling of the president, nixonland or, of course, fear and loathing in '72. nixonland is especially readable and really well researched. the author, rick perlstein, lives in chicago and had lunch with me once. really nice guy.

[kilgore.]

 

[crunk juice]

These are all dope.  I had a paper due, hence the theme...

[professional]

Behold a Pale Horse by William Cooper.

[bakingsoda]

This book is entertaining, the main characters a jerk and stubborn as fuck. Funny, but read this book with a grain of salt. It's filled with Ann Rand's egotistical bullshit.



Pretty heavy themes in this book.



Sure everyone knows this and has either read the book or seen the film but it's worth mentioning.

[A Rolled Ankle]

bout half way through it.  awesome read for anyone, especially craft beer lovers.

[Soul Doubt]

Im reading "The things they Carried" about a guy and his army buddies story of Vietnam. I normally hate those fucking war pieces of shit but its good.

[sametelt]

Heard this was good, I'll be starting to read it tonight.

[Jack]

[Locbrew]

Went to a Tanger Outlet at North Myrtle Beach with my dad Saturday morning, they have a outlet book store, got these.
4 Bucks:



7 Bucks:

[frig deuce]

Finished this last week, loved it.


Almost done this,



And when I'm at home I read this kus its too big to carry around. Check out the comments/reviews for this shit http://www.amazon.com/Science-Sanity-Introduction-Non-Aristotelian-International/dp/0937298018

I first read this book over 25 years ago, and it stunned me. Only a fool or the bitterest cynic could come away from this book unchanged. Whether or not you agree with all or even some of its premises and conclusions, Science and Sanity will make you keenly aware of language, psychology, and communication in all aspects of your life. You will realize how little most people know or understand about the deep and complex role language plays at home and on the world stage. This book will give you a different platform to stand on. Yes, it is a difficult book to read, but like another difficult book, Samuel Hahnemann's timeless Organon of the Medical Art, it rewards the patient and thoughtful reader in countless subtle ways over the course of time. I'd rate this book in my top ten books of a lifetime spent reading everything under the sun.

[Sleazy]

i only pleasure read on vacation and i'm heading on vacation next week

my vacation reading list

[max power]

pretty psyched for this one. loved all his other books.

[sven thorkel]

just read



both of them are good (although 13 3/4 maybe for teens, whatever, i want to read the whole series and i might as well start at the beginning)

started this today, i cant get enough vonnegut


and im still reading infinite jest. this thing is gonna take me months... it is the size of a baby after all

[Blue Fescue]

just read



both of them are good (although 13 3/4 maybe for teens, whatever, i want to read the whole series and i might as well start at the beginning)

Every Adrian Mole is so good.  she is supposed to be writing one more.  i hope she does as the last one kind of ended in a mild cliff hanger.

[oyolar]

Happy Bloomsday everybody! I'm finishing up "Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" by Vladimir Nabokov tonight and picking up "Finnegans Wake" after a two year hiatus. Today seemed like the best day to restart it. I've read the first section of it and I'm trying to get as much finished before school starts again in September.

[Mackattack]

Got it as a birthday gift the other day and I have about 50 pages left, it's good.

Pretty decent book. Its strange how some of the interactions in American Psycho between Patrick Bateman, his mom, and his main female are almost verbatim from Clay's conversations in Less Than Zero. American Psycho is in definitely in my top 5 books so far. Don't know if i should read his other books?? ATM? Kilgore?

[sleepypancakes]

[Sneak]

This book is hilarious. If you can't afford the book check out the website/twitter, but the book ties all the quotes together

[dolphinstyle.]

[brycickle]

If you liked "Football Factory"  then you should check out this one:

[Useless Wooden Bench]

This is hard an intellectual read, but it's hard to find a book that makes you laugh out loud when reading it and this one did a good job of it or me. It is to literature what Dali is to painting.