5 books everyone shouldn't read
How about chicks trying to find themselves?
like prozac nation.
[QUOTE=tom9d;1081817]1. the catcher in the rye
2. the great gatsby
3. blow
4. me
5. fuckers[/QUOTE]
are you serious?
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
[QUOTE=morey;1081841]like prozac nation.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't a big fan of that one.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I should have read Catcher for my essay, but I didn't. seems whiney.
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
The Great Gatsby wasn't terrible, but Catcher in the Rye definitely irritated the shit out of me. Especially after everyone I knew who read that book recommended it to me, just KNOWING that I'd love it. Fuck that. All that asshole does is whine.
[QUOTE=CorporateWhore;1081823][url=http://www.amazon.com/Road-Jack-Kerouac/dp/0140042598]On the Road[/url] bothered me more then The Great Gatsby. I guess I'm sick of guys trying to find themselves, oh wait, he was the first, whatever.[/QUOTE]
On The Road? Wow...
I'd say:
1. Atlas Shrugged
2. Anthem
3. The Fountainhead
4. We The Living
5. The Romantic Manifesto
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[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1081843]are you serious?[/QUOTE]
Hah..yes. If you are a fan of one or both of those, I am sorry 
[QUOTE=Jill's Tit;1081859]Catcher in the Rye definitely irritated the shit out of me. Especially after everyone I knew who read that book recommended it to me, just KNOWING that I'd love it. Fuck that. All that asshole does is whine.[/QUOTE]
Exactly...also, too many people who don't read anything that isn't assigned to them in school love this book and think it's the greatest book ever. It's really annoying.
The Naked Lunch
Catcher in the Rye
The Road
those are the only three i can think of right now...
My top five hates:
Catcher in the Rye.
The Da Vinci Code.
Lord of the Rings.
Anything by Anne Rice.
Anything by Shakespheare.
[QUOTE=ireLocus;1081871]On The Road? Wow...
I'd say:
1. Atlas Shrugged
2. Anthem
3. The Fountainhead
4. We The Living
5. The Romantic Manifesto[/QUOTE]
so... anything by ayn rand?
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
[QUOTE=tom9d;1081873]Hah..yes. If you are a fan of one or both of those, I am sorry :)[/QUOTE]
I can understand people not digging catcher in the rye, especially if read too late in life. But the Great Gatsby? Come on, its one of the most celebrated books of all time. I have read it twice and loved it both times. I'm sure I will read it again at some point in my life and love it again.
also, just because you don't like it doesn't mean its a book that everyone shouldn't read.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
She has a point. Everyone SHOULD read these books, just to know for themselves how shitty they are.
[I]Eragorn
Tuesdays With Morrie[/I]
and some other books I cant think of right now.
[QUOTE=Jill's Tit;1081898]She has a point. Everyone SHOULD read these books, just to know for themselves how shitty they are.[/QUOTE]
I disagree. if anyone wants to waste some time and is curious they should read them but know way SHOULD they feel a need to just to see what all the hub-bub is about.
Especially The Road. God. 200 pages of nothing!
[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1081894]I can understand people not digging catcher in the rye, especially if read too late in life. But the Great Gatsby? Come on, its one of the most celebrated books of all time. I have read it twice and loved it both times. I'm sure I will read it again at some point in my life and love it again.
also, just because you don't like it doesn't mean its a book that everyone shouldn't read.[/QUOTE]
Haha, don't mind me. I just made this thread because I've been neglecting the book club and wanted to make a new thread, because the poor thing has been struggling. This is more of a "what books do you think are shitty?" thread...but if that was the subject, it wouldn't be a parody thread.
[QUOTE=Jill's Tit;1081898]She has a point. Everyone SHOULD read these books, just to know for themselves how shitty they are.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;1081902]I disagree. if anyone wants to waste some time and is curious they should read them but know way SHOULD they feel a need to just to see what all the hub-bub is about.
Especially The Road. God. 200 pages of nothing![/QUOTE]
If you just want to know that they're shitty, it's not worth wasting your time reading them to find out...but if you'd like to know why they're shitty and be able to discuss their shittyness, you obviously have to read them.
I did like [I]The Road[/I] though.
Do not read "Ironman" The Novel.!!!!!
You are all beautiful and i wish you never get ugly like him.
[B]Life Matters [/B]by Dr. Phil., don't shell out the money just pm me and i'll tell you how to be happy.......for real.
The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy is a big piece of shit
[QUOTE=morey;1082092][B]Life Matters [/B]by Dr. Phil., don't shell out the money just pm me and i'll tell you how to be happy.......for real.[/QUOTE]
Dude, first clear out your Inbox, I tried to PM you and I cant. :confused:
I'm seriously finding this thread disturbing because Catcher in the Rye and Da Vinci Code are in the same list? Dude, I mean seriously, there's something wrong!
I hate the Davinci code because everybody loves it.
Ha! Take that society!
i cant believe so many of you dislkie catcher in the rye! i mean, its not my fave sallinger, but i do REALLY like it.
I'm pretty open towards books so their isn't really many I dislike, except The Bean Trees. I had to read it in school a few years back and I absolutely hated it. I also didn't like To Kill a Mockingbird, but i just don't think I fully got it. I donno.
[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1081892]so... anything by ayn rand?[/QUOTE]
Yeah! You can google....
A better list would be top 5 authors to avoid. I agree with 'anything by Anne Rice'.
Ish....
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[QUOTE=ireLocus;1082689]Yeah! You can google....
A better list would be top 5 authors to avoid. I agree with 'anything by Anne Rice'.
Ish....[/QUOTE]
Yes, I [i]can[/i] google... but I think that everyone would know who wrote [i]at least[/i] three of those books. I went to high school, I know who she is.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;1081877]The Naked Lunch
Catcher in the Rye
The Road
those are the only three i can think of right now...[/QUOTE]
Did anyone actually finish reading Naked Lunch?
That book caught me by surprise. I hadn't heard of it, and I just saw it sitting there and I got it. Then I read the forward and stuff, so prepared myself for the worst.....
I read about 7 pages, not in order.
See i could never read a book that sucks.
i mean if a book sucks then i can tell you that three or four chapters sucked and the rest of it just is not worth me finding out.
like the terresact by alex garland.
cause "the beach" was like crack cocaine addictive and the terrasact felt like trying to drink a 40oz of warm bad beer.
at least four chapters of it :confused:
I was also surprisingly unimpressed with both of cleavenger's books..... but i think i will give them a re-read. some times a great book takes a second read for it to sink in.....its strange.
i really liked the tesseract. The coma, on the other hand, was quite dull.
[QUOTE=shawnPboyle;1083493]See i could never read a book that sucks.
i mean if a book sucks then i can tell you that three or four chapters sucked and the rest of it just is not worth me finding out.
like the terresact by alex garland.
cause "the beach" was like crack cocaine addictive and the terrasact felt like trying to drink a 40oz of warm bad beer.
at least four chapters of it :confused:
I was also surprisingly unimpressed with both of cleavenger's books..... but i think i will give them a re-read. some times a great book takes a second read for it to sink in.....its strange.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=marsjams13;1083529]i really liked the tesseract. The coma, on the other hand, was quite dull.[/QUOTE]
[I]The Beach[/I] was indeed an amazing book and I didn't want it to end...but I loved [I]The Tesseract[/I] too. [I]The Beach[/I] is better, but [I]The Tesseract[/I] is still a great read, imo. [I]The Coma[/I] is definitely not on the same level as Garland's other stuff.
I also loved both of Clevenger's books. I like [I]The Contortionist's Handbook[/I] a bit more, but I think they're both outstanding books.
It bothers me that Catcher is the only Salinger book most people have heard of, since it pales in comparison to Franny and Zooey, but I liked it. Gatsby is one of my favorite books, largely because of the similarities between Fitzgerald's writing and Salinger's. Maybe that's why there the hits on this list.
I...can't remember the last book I read that I really hated. Unless you count the last fifty pages of Huck Finn as a seperate book, which you really should.
You glue sniffers sure have some odd tastes. I read Naked Lunch cover to cover, along with the rest of Burroughs' stuff. You have to at least appreciate it for the landmark obscenity trial associated with its publication.
I am in total support of the time machine assassination of Ayn Rand. Her books are guilty not only of influencing a generation of Neo-con ultra douches, but the characters are the most overbearing one dimensional cretins to ever reach print.
I thought Cavalier and Clay was a waste of time.
Batttle Royale was worthless (I know some of you like fight fantasy, but come on, this shit was dumb).
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (or whatever it's called) was not nearly as curious as boring. It takes more than a retard to make a story special.
I know I'm new here and I know this will probably get me endless flaming, but I didn't like Rant at all after the first hundred pages.
[QUOTE=chad lott;1083695]You glue sniffers sure have some odd tastes. I read Naked Lunch cover to cover, along with the rest of Burroughs' stuff. You have to at least appreciate it for the landmark obscenity trial associated with its publication.
[/QUOTE]
I don't know about the rest of your post but I agree with this much.
I didn't say no one should read Naked Lunch, I learned a lot about myself in those 7 pages. Like I never want to be an addict.
Honestly, I found it fascinating for the same reason I found Fight Club and Survivor fascinating. Being inside the mind of some guy that you would probably hate, but being in his shoes, and knowing his digusting thoughts..... personally, that is the reason I'm here.
I don't think I could ever tell anyone not to read a book. What was disturbing and creepy beyond imagination to me, could be someone's favorite book.
I feel like the Burroughs book that most people are really looking for is Junky. It's the straight up story that most people drawn into his legend want to hear. The book is accessible, readable, and catchy in a pulp sort of way.
So many people pick up and put Naked Lunch right back down because of the dis-linearity that his cut up method creates. I admit that it's no lazy Sunday read, but the sociology surrounding the manuscript is what made me keep going back until I finished it.
Oh, you should also never read the Rolling Stones biography Exile on Maine St. Christ, what a turd.
I definitly agree with Great Gatsby, I hated that book, but not as much as I hated reading Moby Dick.
Catcher; started but didn't finish, it didn't really engage me.
Gatsby; LOVED.
Books I despise:
Maestro, by Peter Goldsworthy
Anything by James Marsden.
[B]1. Bible[/B]
2. Any self-help/diet/fad book, shit like Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
3. The Secret or any variant of (Come on
4. Remainder by Tom McCarthy (man did that book suck, thank FSM it was free)
5. Books by people like Ann "The Cunt" Coulter
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
I'm actually surprised other people hate Gatsby too. I don't even know why I hate it so much. I understood it and everything...and there are plenty of books I struggled through or disliked reading more than Gatsby that I don't dislike as a piece of literature nearly as much. The whole thing just bothers me. But a lot of people love the book. I guess it's a love or hate thing.
Remainder - I agree...I didn't hate it, but it is literally the only book I have read as a result of a Cult recommendation that I disliked.
Also, I've only read one Ann Coulter book...[I]How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Mus)[/I]...and it was great. Her voice bothers me, so I don't like listening to her, but I loved the book
[QUOTE=tom9d;1084078]Also, I've only read one Ann Coulter book...[I]How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Mus)[/I]...and it was great. Her voice bothers me, so I don't like listening to her, but I loved the book :)[/QUOTE]
I hope that was in a it's so retarded it was funny, great.
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
Nope 
It was a I-enjoy-reading-things-that-mocks-liberals-since-there-are-so-many-things-that-mock-republicans-and-conservatives great.
I'm not looking to start a politics debate...I realize my political beliefs are not the norm on this site, just like they're not the norm in my city or my state...just sayin is all.
Can't handle, don't read, and all around loathe:
1. The Harry Potter books. All of them. BITE ME.
2. A Room With a View
3. The DaVinci Code. Give me a break.
4. Milk Run. A Chicklet shit novel someone gave me for my birthday.
5. The Jungle
[QUOTE=marsjams13;1083529]i really liked the tesseract. The coma, on the other hand, was quite dull.[/QUOTE]I agree totally.
[QUOTE=santa.exists;1084103]Can't handle, don't read, and all around loathe:
1. The Harry Potter books. All of them. BITE ME.
2. A Room With a View
3. The DaVinci Code. Give me a break.
4. Milk Run. A Chicklet shit novel someone gave me for my birthday.
5. The Jungle[/QUOTE]
I'm not going to hate the Harry Potter books. They got a whole world of kids to start reading again. Can you see a seven year old picking up a book for enjoyment before these came along? Could you see him picking up a 500+ page monster before these? Kids are reading more now and that's a great thing.
I agree with PGoutis, Harry Potter has got a lot of kids reading again and when they are suffering withdrawal we can shove some Roald Dalh books on them.
As for the Da Vinci Code its got a lot of adults reading aswell. for years Ive been throwing books at my friends and most are used as beermats. However with all the Dan Brown hype they started to ask me for more books and now Ive got them hooked on proper stuff.
I really enjoyed The Remainder, I got it for free aswell but I would have paid good money for it.
On Harry Potter:
Yes, yes, good for the kids.
I, personally, think the books are shit and the entire phenomenon a little annoying. I am not a kid, therefore I did not experience the happy delights of a 500 page novel at age 7.
[QUOTE=Barca Boy;1084134]I agree with PGoutis, Harry Potter has got a lot of kids reading again and when they are suffering withdrawal we can shove some Roald Dalh books on them.
As for the Da Vinci Code its got a lot of adults reading aswell. for years Ive been throwing books at my friends and most are used as beermats. However with all the Dan Brown hype they started to ask me for more books and now Ive got them hooked on proper stuff.
I really enjoyed The Remainder, I got it for free aswell but I would have paid good money for it.[/QUOTE]
Derek, I see your point on the Da Vinci Code...but my experience hasn't been the same. It got a lot of adults to read that particular book...I don't think it got them to start reading more in general. Maybe a lot of them loved the book and so they went out and read Dan Brown's other books, but that's about the extent of the Da Vinci Code's influence as far as I've seen. I still can't get people to read the books I recommend.
[QUOTE=tom9d;1084094]Nope It was a I-enjoy-reading-things-that-mocks-liberals-since-there-are-so-many-things-that-mock-republicans-and-conservatives great.
I'm not looking to start a politics debate...I realize my political beliefs are not the norm on this site, just like they're not the norm in my city or my state...just sayin is all.[/QUOTE]
Me too!
On the "enjoy-reading-things-that-mocks-liberals-since-there-are-so-many-things-that-mock-republicans-and-conservatives" thing anyway. I was raised "conservative" I suppose, but I can see the point both sides make to issues. But it's nice to see the liberals get jabbed at, just because it's only fair I think....
[QUOTE=Barca Boy;1084134]I agree with PGoutis, Harry Potter has got a lot of kids reading again and when they are suffering withdrawal we can shove some Roald Dalh books on them.
[/QUOTE]
If only this were true. There is a study that shows that children who would not otherwise be reading regularly don't actually go on to read more after experiencing the Potter series. The study is partially referenced in this article: [url]http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/07/09/in_end_potter_magic_extends_only_so_far/[/url]
Unfortunately, books are out, Myspace is in.
(for the record I have no problem with Myspace, just decline in reading.)
[QUOTE=labelleza;1084254]Me too!
On the "enjoy-reading-things-that-mocks-liberals-since-there-are-so-many-things-that-mock-republicans-and-conservatives" thing anyway. I was raised "conservative" I suppose, but I can see the point both sides make to issues. But it's nice to see the liberals get jabbed at, just because it's only fair I think....[/QUOTE]
Awesome. That is refreshing. All the young people are liberals these days.
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Road-Jack-Kerouac/dp/0140042598]On the Road[/url] bothered me more then The Great Gatsby. I guess I'm sick of guys trying to find themselves, oh wait, he was the first, whatever.