recent books
My idea for this thread is for everyone to list the last fewbooks they've read. Whether you're proud of them or whatever...i don't care. Just post your last few books. Here are mine since Dec. '02. (Oldest to most recent)
1. The Fellowship of the Ring (not much to say about this...its good)
2. The Two Towers (ditto)
3. The Return of the King (ditto, ditto)
4. Lullaby (mmm...such a great book)
5. Survivor (mmm....ditto)
6. Fight Club (don't worry, this wasn't my first time through
7. Prey (I have a weakness for Michael Crichton...this book isn't bad)
8. Choke (mmm...*cough**cough**hack**cough*)
9. Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut is very good here, So it goes.)
10. At The Gates of the Animal Kingdom (Chuck isn't exaggerating when he praises Amy Hempel)
11. Like A Hole In The Head (this isn't recommended on the Cult but it should be, it was a hilarious, quirky, good read and everyone should read it (it's by Jen Branbury (I think that's spelled right)))
12. Trainspotting (This book is just fucking excellent)
13. High Fidelity (This book put into words what it is to be me...childish and bad at relationships...but its all okay)
14. I am currently reading Microserfs by Douglas Coupland and its hilarious.
So, since I'm a nerd and I've been keeping track...that's 3815 pages since December...not counting the 34 pages I've read of Microserfs...then its 3849.
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
currently reading:
1."Bringing Down the House" Ben Mezrich
2.re-reading"Survivor" C.P.
3."Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class" Bikram Choudhury
4.just finished "The Art of Deception" Kevin Mitnick
5."Hemingway on Fishing" Ernest Hemingway
6."Holy Blood, Holy Grail" Michael Baigent
7."The Good Soldier" Ford Maddox Ford
8.just finished "The Rules of Attraction" Bret Easton Ellis
9.just finished "The Body Artist" Don DeLillio
10."Yoga Mind & Body" Sivananda
so far all good.
I love how I posted this thread a minute and a half ago and there are already 2 replies
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
4 posts, if you want to count yours and this one i'm just posting right now...
good call trypdwyre...you never cease to amuse me...
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
forgot two
"Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" Eric Schlosser
"Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America" Kalle Lasn
both very eye opening
trypd...I know you read my first (or maybe first and second) essays that I wrote (Adventures in minimalism) you had good feedback and all...have you read my latest (Adv. in Mini. Vol. 3)? It's in the FAN section under "Adventures in Minimalism, Vol. 3."
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
i forgot fast food nation, too. also, check out The End of The American Era - US Foreign Policy and Geopolitics for the 21st Century. Wow.
i gave you your feed back, aheffel. constructive criticism. nothing more, nothing less.
i'll have to check that one out fram.
1. Currently reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
2. The Toy Collector by James Gunn
3. Invisible Monsters
4. Lullaby
Can't really remember what books I read between before or after those...
just read fight club in russian
BUSY SIGNAL AT THE SUICIDE HOTLINE/LET US HOPE THAT THE WHORES OF EVIL NO LONGER LOITER ON THE DOORSTEPS OF YOUR PATH,BECKONING YOU INTO THE BROTHEL OF DESPAIR AND HERE AND AFTER YOU MAY PRESENT THEM WITH THE MOST RIGID MANIFASTATIONS OF A FIRM AND MANLEY WILL. AD ASTRA PAR ASPARA / THIS IS THE MARCH OF THE FIRE ANTS
Since Christmas:
Re-Read Choke
Concrete Island
American Psycho
Started Catch-22
Started The Screenwriter's Bible
Started Creating Unforgettable Characters
I wish I had more time to read. Or could make more time to read.
Here are some books I am going to need to read, and yes I know this is the complete opposite of this thread but I can't remember all the books I have read as of recently....
Good Omens- Neil Gaiman/Terry Prachett
Slapstick- Kurt Vonnegut
How late it was, How Late- James Kelman
The Subject Steve- Sam Lipsyte (Chuck endorses this one on the back of the hardcover's dust jacket). (about 30 pages into it)
Ecstasy- Irvine Welsh
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas- Tom Robbins (about 40 pages into it)
Great Apes- Will Self
Sweet Smell of Psychosis- Will Self
Mao II- Don DeLillo
Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald * Currently reading for school.
Electric Jesus Corpse- Carlton Mellick III* Currently reading
Private Parts- Howard Stern
Microserfs- Douglas Coupland (I want to read this one next).
I am going to need to stop going to Half-Price books and buying 30.00 worth of books before reading the ones I have.
"Excuse me sir, Did you wash your hands after you took that big heaping dump. You know that sign, that sign says ALL employees MUST wash their hands after using the restroom, What part of that do you not understand?"- Malcom X
"Would you care to lick my sweaty baulz after they have been dipped in the finest venerial juices and sauteed in my own ass-sweat, madam?"- Winston Churchill
The Basques
Cod - both by kurlansky
microserfs is great
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
spalding gray, anyone? swimming to cambodia, impossible vacation, and sex, monsters and lies. great, great witty stuff.
Reading at present:
American Psycho
Red Mars
Road to Perdition
Recently Finished (in order of most recent to most distant):
Casino Royale
Dr No
(Reread Less Than Zero)
You Only Live Twice
The Rules of Attraction
Less Than Zero
Fellowship of the Ring
Currently reading Porno by Mr. Welsh. Fuckin awesome so far!
Suck me beautiful...
zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.
nice find. that's probably one of the most intriguing of that collection. others to read from said series "Zen and the Art of Murder" "Zen and the Art of Casino Gambling" "Zen and the Art of Anything"
the dummies guide to zen and the art of sand raking.
[QUOTE]Currently reading Porno by Mr. Welsh. Fuckin awesome so far![/QUOTE]
dude, i [URL=http://recommendedread.blogspot.com]just finished reading that book.[/URL] (scroll down a little).
[SIZE=1][QUOTE=ehquestionmark]Wow. This little thread got CRAZY. People telling me to abuse my girlfriend, people showing an alarming lack of respect for women as a whole, people questioning my masculinity in some kind of bizarre machoistic pissing-contest. Hell, I even got called stuffy. [/QUOTE]
[URL=http://confessionalpoe.blogspot.com]Grand Mental Station[/URL]
[URL=http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=15714&highlight=interview+insomnomaniac]Insomnomaniac: the found interview[/URL][/SIZE]
I read Filth a few weeks ago. I need more of this Scottishery, and fast. Reading Glamorama now, having just finished Invisible Monsters and The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents. And...some other books.
Bah.
In order:
Currently: Douglas Adams 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'
'Burmese Days' Orwell
Recently: Animal farm - Orwell
American Psycho - Ellis
Fury - Salman Rushdie
All of the books by Chuck
Then a cloud of Eddings and Orwell and books on the Doors
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oh, and Harry Potter (all so far)
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Everyone here should read [URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671027344/qid=1051487061/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-9579982-9578357?v=glance&s=books&n=507846]Perks of Being a Wallflower[/URL] by Stephen Chbosky
[CENTER]a million bucks[/CENTER]
currently readin breakfast of champions
battle royale
jennifer government
re-read choke
re-read the doors of his face, the lamps of his mouth
the paths of the dead
slaughter house five
agyar
Kitty,
Is Porno good? I just finished Trainspotting and I'm intrigued by the idea of a sequel but I'm really afraid it'll ruin it like Jurassic Park 3 or something.
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
In no particular order:
Perils of Prosperity
Hunter S. Thompson's Letters
Collected Stories of Mark Twain
Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Gold
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Trafalgar
Sharpe's Tiger
Sharpe's Fortress
Redcoat
Sex Tips from a Dominatrix
How to be a Rainmaker
How to be CEO
Don't Send a Resume
Patton on Management
Fork in the Road
Selling the Invisible
The Death of Ivan Illych
Notes from the Underground
Fight Club
Her
Meeting the Master
Larousse Gastronomique
*gasp*