Stratford Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 "As I Lay Dying", "The Sound & The Fury" and "Light in August" by William Faulkner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finding IT Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 In terms of contemporary fiction, prolly Sara Gruen's outstanding novel, Water for Elephants. I have a short blog on it at myspace.com/jrobertsapp. Also have a blog on the S&A tour, fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Fiction: To my surprise I started reading my wife's Portable Edith Wharton and really enjoyed her work. Fantasy: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. Not that I completely understood what was going on in this series but his prose is great I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I couldn't put that one down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Some others I remember that were particularly outstanding are Papillon by Henri Charriere, Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce, The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, and The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill. All great movies and equally great books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2008, 09:16 AM) I read quite a lot in 2007, particularly in the last six months. What were your favorites in 2007? For me, it was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini and "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I also really enjoyed the populist detective fiction of Dennis Lehane, especially "Mystic River." I read all seven of his books in '07. I searched out this post - GR, you read Prayers for Rain, yes? You have any comment on his Andy Warhol/Rush statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcrystalcompass Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2008, 10:16 AM) I read quite a lot in 2007, particularly in the last six months. What were your favorites in 2007? For me, it was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini and "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I also really enjoyed the populist detective fiction of Dennis Lehane, especially "Mystic River." I read all seven of his books in '07. I have Kite Runner sitting in my car and I haven't picked it up yet. I think I'll give it a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Me On Dead Man Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 18 2008, 03:30 PM) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 12 2008, 12:11 AM) Stephen King's Dreamcatcher. Crap film, great book It's difficult to put into a movie what's going on in someone's head and that for me was the highlight of the book. I agree. The film's ending was especially bad. It was completely different from the novel's ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Jan 6 2009, 03:59 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2008, 09:16 AM) I read quite a lot in 2007, particularly in the last six months. What were your favorites in 2007? For me, it was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini and "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I also really enjoyed the populist detective fiction of Dennis Lehane, especially "Mystic River." I read all seven of his books in '07. I searched out this post - GR, you read Prayers for Rain, yes? You have any comment on his Andy Warhol/Rush statement? I totally know the quote, of course! Disappointed on the dissing of Rush, but I've come to expect that. The great film "Return of the Secaucus Seven" also dissed Rush. I sent both pop culture references to Eric at Powerwindows for inclusion on his website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 8 2009, 11:05 AM) QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Jan 6 2009, 03:59 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2008, 09:16 AM) I read quite a lot in 2007, particularly in the last six months. What were your favorites in 2007? For me, it was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini and "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I also really enjoyed the populist detective fiction of Dennis Lehane, especially "Mystic River." I read all seven of his books in '07. I searched out this post - GR, you read Prayers for Rain, yes? You have any comment on his Andy Warhol/Rush statement? I totally know the quote, of course! Disappointed on the dissing of Rush, but I've come to expect that. The great film "Return of the Secaucus Seven" also dissed Rush. I sent both pop culture references to Eric at Powerwindows for inclusion on his website. Yeah...I just find it ridiculous for someone obviously intelligent to say that they SUCK. I mean, sure, if you don't like them, then whatever...but how can anyone really say that they SUCK? Anyhoo. I'm still working on the book and enjoying it in spite of that little blip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcrystalcompass Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 18 2008, 03:27 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 13 2008, 05:49 PM)QUOTE (Territorial_Game @ Jan 12 2008, 10:20 PM) I also reread Catch-22, which I do frequently, and it still stays at the top. Great recommendation. I always meant to read that. Maybe I'll make it my next read. It's a classic, I read it about 20 years ago now I should read it again sometime, all I can remember about it is that it was very funny. I liked the guy who thought he could prolong his lifespan through cultivating boredom I think his name was Dunbar. The line was similar to: "Dunbar lying in his bed, staring at the wall with doll-like eyes, working hard at increasing his lifespan." I'm sure I buthered it a bit but that's the jist of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Jan 8 2009, 01:02 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 8 2009, 11:05 AM) QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Jan 6 2009, 03:59 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2008, 09:16 AM) I read quite a lot in 2007, particularly in the last six months. What were your favorites in 2007? For me, it was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini and "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I also really enjoyed the populist detective fiction of Dennis Lehane, especially "Mystic River." I read all seven of his books in '07. I searched out this post - GR, you read Prayers for Rain, yes? You have any comment on his Andy Warhol/Rush statement? I totally know the quote, of course! Disappointed on the dissing of Rush, but I've come to expect that. The great film "Return of the Secaucus Seven" also dissed Rush. I sent both pop culture references to Eric at Powerwindows for inclusion on his website. Yeah...I just find it ridiculous for someone obviously intelligent to say that they SUCK. I mean, sure, if you don't like them, then whatever...but how can anyone really say that they SUCK? Anyhoo. I'm still working on the book and enjoying it in spite of that little blip. Well, his opinion. Luckily enough, that's the fifth and final book in the series; if he had dropped that bomb in the third book, I may not have read the last two! Incidentally, here's what Eric posted on his site about it; I basically fed him the information: QUOTE Prayers for Rain, the novel by Dennis Lehane, June 2, 1999 At the bottom of page 61 of the hardcover edition, as the character Patrick Kenzie is narrating, he tells us, "I think Warhol is to art what Rush is to rock music, which is to say, I think he sucks." Not a glowing endorsement for the band, but a Rush reference all the same. Edited January 8, 2009 by GeddyRulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalogKid15 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Confessor by Terry Goodkind The last book in the Sword of Truth Series. I had to wait for it to come out in paperback because I'm too cheap to buy it hardcover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady April Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Dr. Fegg's Encyclopedia of all world knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporTrails04 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Jan 13 2008, 04:20 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 12 2008, 10:08 PM) QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Jan 12 2008, 02:01 PM) Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. It might be my favorite book I've ever read. Kind of a bold statement, but it's really freaking good. Chuck has quite the cult following. I had a co-worker who swears by his books, his favorite (at the time) being "Choke." (For the uninformed, this is the author who wrote "Fight Club" - from which the movie was made.) Maybe I'll give Chuck a try. Supposedly dark and strange, though... don't know if I can handle that. I wouldn't recommend every one of his books to people even though I like them all. Haunted, for example.....I loved it, but the first story in it almost made me sick. I had to picture it in my head with cheesy b-movie effects in mind just to get through it. I couldn't be the one to do that to someone else. i read "choke" and bought rant. i got a big pile-up of books to read because b&n had a buy 2 get 3rd free special on their "classics" so i went overboard. anyways i was waiting at b&n for awhile and decided to sit down and read haunted. i read the story about the boy and the swimming pool drain and ended up running to the bathroom to puke. many people warned me about that story but im not usually the type to get squemish like that, but man that story is disgusting. that said, everybody should read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Sphinc-Tor Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Either Salem's Lot...or Too Fat to Fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHands Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Jan 11 2008, 10:27 AM) 'Lone Survivor' by Marcus Luttrell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 To Kill A Mockingbird. I read it in 8th grade L. Arts, and my freshman class read it this year as well. Last year was the first time I read it, and it's my favorite book we've read at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 2666 by Roberto Bolano Mind blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalsciences101 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I did not read much last year, but the few that I did choose to thumb through were real winners. The Loss of Leon Meed - Josh Emmons Indecision - Benjamin Kunkel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer Now, I'm presently 2/3rds through 'White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga. Never read a novel with India as the setting before this one. I've noticed recently that I'm much more interested in 'character-driven' stories these days, as opposed to those Hollywood 'high concept' plotlines with very little substance. The video equivalent of this character-driven fare would correspond roughly to what one would see on IFC or Sundance channel. Intelligent, thought provoking stories with little, yet purposeful action. And, well-crafted great dialogue. Anyone else lean towards this type of book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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