Madzozs

So tomorrow is payday, and I need to get a few new books to read. I just got done 100% my last Nintendo DS game(Castlevania: PoR), and am going to have free time at work. I'm typically into historical books, mainly east asia. If anyone has any books in that category then its a bonus, but I'm up for anything honestly. I'm going to be going to Borders/Barnes and Nobles tomorrow and grab a few.

Hook a brother up.

captainlaziness

These aren't in your preferred genre but are great books:

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - a Sci-fi but still a really, really, really good read, it's more character based than spaceships and lasers

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski - takes the craft of writing to a new level, awesome story

Tripping - Charles Hayes - a collection of narratives about well, tripping...interesting and entertaining, you may be surprised by some of the people who have stories in there

God's Debris - Scott Adams - yeah, the guy that writes Dilbert, a quick read but has some very interesting ideas

A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking - physics stuff, but not real technical

Those are my personal favorites, hope you check one or two out (or all of 'em) and enjoy them as much as I did (do).

ZTC

cirque du freak read it
of mice and men read it
farenheight 451 read it
night read it
brokeback mountain nah jk

theblue

tom clancy's rainbow six, maybe you'll get addicted to his stuff like i did

PAxAgirl

thumbsucker - by walter kirn
the perks of being a wallflower - by steven chbosky

both very awesome books.

Madzozs

House of leaves seemed to have caught my eye, and everytime someone talks about book recommendations, "perks of being a wallflower" manages to come up. I always thought I was a bit old for reading it seeing as I'm not a high schooler anymore, but the more I look at it I have to say I'm intrigued.

Those 2 will most likely be picked up tomorrow. Keep them coming, it's only a matter of time before scionlife gets blocked from the buildings computers.

PAxAgirl

haha perks of being a wallflower is a mature natured book i assure you. its a very blunt book and totally worth reading no matter what age you are. i've read it many times because it's one of my favorites and i ALWAYS reccommend it to people.

Tamago

beautiful monsters
if tomorrow comes
without remorse

captainlaziness

House of Leaves can be a little tough at times, but I really think anyone who likes too read should give it a try. Don't let the strange text format scare you away. The text itself (not just the words) help tell the story and convey the mood. It's a haunting story that will follow the rest of your life.


I still have HoL flashbacks. I'm gettin' goosebumps just writing about it.

If they don't have it, I highly suggest searching for it.


I love that book.

Madzozs

Well, I ended up getting "Wallflower", and "Only Revolutions" by the author of House of Leaves. I also picked up "Confucius Analects" and a book on Saigo Takamori(the "Last Samurai").

konsumer

I read Wallflower in two days, I liked it and It was given to me a few years ago by a 16 yr old.

CletusTC

Lamb: The Gospel of Christ According to His Best Friend, Biff. By Christopher Moore. Funniest book I've ever read

Madzozs

I believe I'll be checking that one out just for the name.

spECIal

GOOSEBUMPS!!!! by R.L. Stine

scandalous

Choke - Chuck Palahniuk

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Madzozs

Books for the youth of today kick ___ now. I remember when Goosebumps came out I was in like 7th or 8th grade so I didn't touch them, but when I worked in child care I read them with kids and they were pretty awesome. The new craze is the "Captain Underpants" series. Absolutely cracked out.

captainlaziness

R.L. Stine also wrote a book for adults called 'Superstitious.' It's a pretty good read, but definately not for the kids.

spECIal

yea i started readin them when i was in middle school.
those were the reason i read books.
i had 1-100. my fav, welll that i can remember now, were the Night of the Living Dummy.

thats y i think kids now cant read, or struggle with it, or just refuse to. they have nothin that interest them.

im lookin for a good series now to start gettn into.

burstaneurysm

Read anything by Chuck Palahniuk (Choke, Fight Club, Haunted, etc.)
or Max Barry (Syrup, Jennifer Government, Company)
Two of the better contemporary authors IMO.

Madzozs

I finished Wallflower at work. I should've read it earlier. It was a good book. Very well written too. Now I have to give it the usual 2nd over before I pass it on to someone else.

My cousin(who is getting wallflower from me) recommended David(not sure if that is the first name or not) Sedares or something like that. Literature is one of the few things she and I can really talk about. Between that and architecture and art we have our own little conversations on the side of family functions, its kinda fun.

After I finish the remaining 3 I just bought, I'll most likely be heading back to the store for more.