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J-Neli wrote:Go read Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. You will never read a book the same after reading this book. Let's just say its 140 chapters on 185 pages.

^ I loved that one so much.

I read Cathcer in the Rye directly after Cat's Cradle and I felt like the book was going on forever. And I mean Catcher in the Rye isn't a long book, but with Cat's Cradle you can read 40 chapters in an hour, so it makes you feel like you're whizzing through it.

i read this weird book called last victim. it is written by this 18 year old guy. he decided to start a correspondance with serial killers through the mail, and this eventually led to phone calls, then him visiting them in prison. it was pretty sick. and when i say sick, i don't mean it in the slang way, i mean sick as in disgusting. but it was interesting.

I started The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat last night. I read the title story which was quite interesting. I'm anxious to read more.

will someone tell me why people want to read "The Man who Mistook His Wife For A Hat"??? Are you psych majors?

Because it sounds really interesting.

And yes, I am/will be.

The Da Vinci Code.

I just finished it. Probably one of the top three books I have ever read. Couldn't put it down. Lots of interesting facts. Different points of view on the church.

apples shit??

anyone read White Oleander? i liked it

this has probably already been suggested but i'm to lazy to check....

but i think it should be law that all human beings read George Orwell's "1984". It's not exactly Drama but it's definatly relevent to everything in our society.

Oh several people have suggested i read "the life of pi" so maybe i will.

Hope wrote:anyone read White Oleander? i liked it

Great book. The movie isnt so bad as well.

I AM ME wrote:but i think it should be law that all human beings read George Orwell's "1984". It's not exactly Drama but it's definatly relevent to everything in our society.

I semi-recommended it before, but now that I've finished it I'll recommend it fully. What an amazing book. Fascinating ideas, developed characters and it's extremely well written. I'd agree with it being relevent to society as well. One of the best books I've read in awhile.

I AM ME wrote:this has probably already been suggested but i'm to lazy to check....

but i think it should be law that all human beings read George Orwell's "1984". It's not exactly Drama but it's definatly relevent to everything in our society.

That's my fave book. Absolutely amazing, and its a shame Orwell died as he was reaching his prime.

Hope wrote:anyone read White Oleander? i liked it

Good book.

Sonya wrote:

Hope wrote:anyone read White Oleander? i liked it

Good book.

I love astrid
have you seen the movie? i don't know if it's good or not

Movie is good too, but a lot is edited out.

I loved the book enough to not risk the movie

I recommend Olivia Goldsmith's "First Wives Club" - a rare case in which the book is marvelous, and the movie is also marvelous, although in different ways.

Author recommendation: Nick Hornby

He wrote About A Boy and High Fidelity which were both turned into movies which you might have seen. However, I'd really recommend the books because the settings are different than in the books which really seems to change things even though the plots (in the book/movie) are pretty similar. About A Boy (the book) is set in England in the early '90s while in the movie it's still in England but in 2000 (or whenever the movie was made). The time period affects the plot a lot and makes for some really interesting movies. In the book High Fidelity, it's set in 90s England but in the movie it's set in the US.

But anyway, they're both really good books. How To Be Good (by him) is another great book. Smart, funny, British writing is the best.

I'm allowed to ramble/not make sense.. it's 2:30 am.