Good Books to read?

cor3y · Post by **cor3y** » 8/21/2003, 10:09 am

Fast Food Nation... I just got done reading that. For a factual book, it was a pretty interesting read because it's half story, half fact. It's very eye opening too, but I don't think I would've read it purely for entertainment.

Other than that, I haven't read any books that stick out in my head as amazing in a long, long time. Some books I read as a kid that I'd definitely recommend are:

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Where The Red Fern Grows
Shiloh

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 8/21/2003, 10:53 am

J-Neli wrote:One of the toughest reads I've found is Joseph Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness"

if you think that's hard try Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man by james joyce. it will kick your ass.

for my part i recommend One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Post by **saman** » 8/21/2003, 12:40 pm

i didn't like shadow of the hegemon quite that much. ender's shadow starts out better than ender's game, but ender's game is more emotional and less cocky.

i saw the movie "one flew over the cuckoo's nest". didn't know there was a book for that.

whatever you do, don't read "a handmaid's tale" by margaret atwood. it's pure evil packaged for sabotage in a book-shaped...book...

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 8/21/2003, 4:01 pm

I saw the movie, then I decided to read the book for a project for english, and it quickly became one of my favorite books. I spent about 4 months studying it.

Where the Red Fern Grows was the only book I took with me when I went to Peru for a month, so I read it like 34258293856 times, I heart it

Best book ever: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. I had to go and buy a new book, the old one was so torn apart from me reading it so much.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 8/21/2003, 4:35 pm

I wasn't too fond of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest... we read it last lear in English... It was a great concept but I just didn't like Kesey's style...

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 8/21/2003, 5:33 pm

Whatever you do, never read Maugham's "Of Human Bondage". The title is very misleading. You go in expecting kinky sex, and what you get is an endlessly boring and depressing account of some guy's boring and depressing life. :neutral:

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 8/21/2003, 5:41 pm

Wow, scary... I just watched an episode of Buffy today with a guy who read Of Human Bondage and used it as a "security blanket".

Eddie: 'Of Human Bondage.' Have you ever read it?
Buffy: Oh, I'm not really into ..porn... I mean I'm just... I'm trying to cut way back.

I love that show.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 9:43 am

It had its moments, but the series finale was HORRIBLE! :lol:

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 8/22/2003, 9:47 am

The Mechanics of the Tickle Me Elmo

By R.C. Callaghan.

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 8/22/2003, 12:47 pm

Tat wrote:It had its moments, but the series finale was HORRIBLE!

It was definitely disappointing, but i wouldn't use the word "horrible". :roll:

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/22/2003, 4:28 pm

Horrible in a "really cheesy" way :nod:

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 8/22/2003, 4:39 pm

Or really cheesy in a horrible way? Hmm, makes ya think.

Bananababy · Post by **Bananababy** » 8/22/2003, 10:07 pm

Idealist wrote:
J-Neli wrote:for my part i recommend One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

haha I was so set on reading that book because I was obsessing over it when our school was doing the play and I saw the movie, but then I didn't get around to it..
I am currently reading Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, and I think it's wonderful.[/u]

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 8/23/2003, 2:00 am

The Cat in the Hat....

Mechanical Thought · Post by **Mechanical Thought** » 8/23/2003, 10:16 am

cor3y wrote:Fast Food Nation... I just got done reading that. For a factual book, it was a pretty interesting read because it's half story, half fact. It's very eye opening too, but I don't think I would've read it purely for entertainment.

I started to read this book at Chapters once. It was so interesting, I still need to pick it up. I learned quite a few facts from just reading a couple chapters.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 8/26/2003, 2:15 am

I'm like 76876875966th on the list for Fast Food nation at the library, i'm too cheap to buy it

And I didnt know there was a play for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, coolio.

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 8/26/2003, 12:36 pm

Neil down and obey.. wrote:The Cat in the Hat....

No, dude, if you're gonna go with the Doctor, I must insist that you read "Fox in Socks". :nod:

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 8/26/2003, 1:17 pm

its all about green eggs and ham

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 8/26/2003, 1:18 pm

No way, dude. You can't beat a line like "If tweedle beetles battle in a bottle in a puddle then that would be a tweedle beetle bottle puddle muddle."

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 8/26/2003, 6:33 pm

Seuss