Book Recommendations
Book Recommendations
Okay, I know there was a book recommendation thread here before, but I can't seem to find it. Anyways, I haven't read a really good book (that I wasn't required to read) in a long time, any suggestions?
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Anything (and I mean ANYTHING) by Stephen King.
And the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (first book is Wizard's First Rule).
And the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (first book is Wizard's First Rule).
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Animal Farm by George Orwell is my personal fave... but anything by him is good
I can't wait until the day schools are over-funded and the military is forced to hold bake sales to buy planes.
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about"
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about"
yes it certainly is...
another good read is Catcher in the Rye,
another good read is Catcher in the Rye,
I can't wait until the day schools are over-funded and the military is forced to hold bake sales to buy planes.
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about"
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about"
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animal farm and 1984 were both great, but did anyone else have no trouble guessing what was going to happen in animal farm after reading 1984? the books were very similar, he just couldn't get a book like 1984 published during america and britains pro stalin period. so he released animal farm as a "fairy tale"
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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here's a really good one....
A Burning Book - By the Reno Rican himself.
naw, i'm screwing with you book luvin peoples.
The Fall of the Duke of Duval. <-- this shit really happened.
The Bartenders bible <--- tastiest book ever!
edit: damn i'm forgetting another good one.
Che Guevara's guide to gurilla warfare. be for warned, the buying of this book may/maynot put you on an FBI watch list. especially in today's day and age.
A Burning Book - By the Reno Rican himself.
naw, i'm screwing with you book luvin peoples.
The Fall of the Duke of Duval. <-- this shit really happened.
The Bartenders bible <--- tastiest book ever!
edit: damn i'm forgetting another good one.
Che Guevara's guide to gurilla warfare. be for warned, the buying of this book may/maynot put you on an FBI watch list. especially in today's day and age.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
Aerin wrote:su7an wrote:I was just about to recommmend the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
They're great books. Funny too.
If you get them, you best bet it to buy the big hard-cover omnibus with all five books. It's about 40 bucks, but it's definately worth it.
I paid $15 for that...
My copy was $35.95 canadian
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. I especially enjoyed Cat's Cradle.
I didn't really like 1984 after reading Animal Farm twice. To me, it just seemed like a lot of sex.
And Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger is good, along with his short stories. I don't know why, but I also enjoyed A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but that is a little bit younger.
I didn't really like 1984 after reading Animal Farm twice. To me, it just seemed like a lot of sex.
And Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger is good, along with his short stories. I don't know why, but I also enjoyed A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but that is a little bit younger.
!EMiLY!
sweet blasphemy my giving tree
it hasn't rained in years
i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears
leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home
and where that is i'm pleased as piss to say
i'll never really know
sweet blasphemy my giving tree
it hasn't rained in years
i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears
leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home
and where that is i'm pleased as piss to say
i'll never really know