These are books are on my shortlist to read



1) Dean Koontz - Forever Odd (the sequal to Odd Thomas, a charming book about a young man who can see the spiritual realm).

2) Victor Hugo - Les Miserable. JAYSUS this book is big.

3) Alex Garland - The Beach (ok, I'm 50% done with it already, but I put it down months ago. )

4) David Sedares - Naked (I read the first 5 pages and it bored me senseless. I will try and reread it again)

5) Orson Scott Card - All of the Ender's Shadow books.

AsianBomb777 said:

How can you say that? Go read it again now! It's not boring, I promise!

CarrieMpls said:

You like browsing tombstones at night. How can I trust you!

I rarely read books. Comic books are more me.

AsianBomb777 said:

We used to take rubbings of the ones we really liked, too. We had one favorite one too, her name was Hattie and she was very, very old. We liked her a lot and made up stories about her. And we'd bring her presents, just little things, like plastic toys and stuff and sometimes we'd light incense for her.

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (if LleeLlee ever gets off her ass and gets it.. )

The Iranian Labyrinth by Dilip Hiro

Chasing the Sea by Tom Bissell (this may be first up)

And Pynchon's Against the Day just came out! That may be my project for the new year...

P.S. This thread didn't make the cut.

CarrieMpls said:

A friend told me last week to finish reading whatever I'm slogging through right now, because I have to start reading Proust as soon as humanly possible. So, yeah. I guess that's on my short list, whether I like it or not.

Anx said:

You know, I've always meant to, too. Perhaps that will be next on my list.

2the9s said:

Don't you have any guilty pleasures 9s? All your books are regretfully cerebral.

Can you guys support this thread in the other forum?


It's starting to slide. http://www.prince.org/msg/7/209323

AsianBomb777 said:

No. I have no opinion on that subject. Sorry.

scififilmnerd said:

!!

AsianBomb777 said:

Bitch, please. The Iranian Labyrinth is a lighthearted romp through theocratic Iran and its furies.

2the9s said:

and again

Anx said:

Proust is mandatory if you want a good literary background. Got through 3/5ths of it all. What's tragic is he died so young and wrote Remembrance of Things Past in his early 20's.

SEE BELOW..I stand corrected.
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1. Ethics-Peter Singer I use this as a reference but need to read the whole thing.

2. American Characteristics-Thorton Wilder

3.The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815-David Gates


4. Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter-Theodore Roosevelt

5. Istanbul-John Freely

xplnyrslf said:

I don't think that's right.

2the9s said:

The leader of doom shouldn't be reading about any romps. This does not bode well.

2the9s said:

You're right. For some reason I thought he died at age 28. ?? Who am I thinking of??? Aubrey Beardsly ? I read Proust's biography but it was 20 years ago.
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Keats...age 26, consumption. (whew, racked my brain)
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AsianBomb, I read your #1 whilst I was demonstrating some lotion on a dull day at work. I pulled it from the book section. It was okay... I'd like to read Odd Thomas though.

I've just started reading The Stand. I never got around to it.

I plan to re-read Mika Waltari's The Roman.

war and peace, and anne rice's memnoch the devil.

xplnyrslf said:

Yeah, that sounded wrong to me. He did die relatively young (I just checked-- in his fifties) but he didn't start those novels until his thirties or late twenties.

Not that I've read them.

evenstar3 said:

Memnoch the Devil is my least favorite of the Lestate-centric Vampire novels.

It struck me as being a strange departure from the previous books. She ups the shock value a bit on this one, but takes a somewhat religious turn.

AsianBomb777 said:

Hmmm...that's a shame, I've gotten awfully fond of Lestat. I'll probably read it anyway just because I hate not knowing how things end.

evenstar3 said:

Some of my friends think it's the best of the books.

I like when Dan starts a book thread.

It's like a cow wearing pants.

Covenant with Black America

Essays by Michael De Montaigne

I need to get back to the classics too.