alright, that thread got locked...

whjen's it gonna start? rasp, you initiated it this time, so you should choose the book... and be sure to amazon search anything 9s suggests.

cborgman said:

Y'all please let me know when it starts and what we're readin...

cborgman said:

What about Harry Matthews Singular Pleasure!




heh heh
[This message was edited Tue Jan 20 19:26:20 PST 2004 by 2the9s]

Grrr!

We need to read more books!!

2the9s said:

should i even bother to search it?

Beware of the pages falling out of any book that 9s suggests.

To be honest, I'm not very good at picking books, which is why I really hoped someone else would. The last few I've bought have really not been interesting so I tend to revert back to the classics.

So, if anyone has a book they'd like us all to read, or one that they've read and feel will provide us with something to talk about, please go ahead and pick ...

cborgman said:

Ulysses! And then you can all tell me what it's about so I can skip reading it for my class.

Natsume said:

Oh yeah, due to the fact that Ulysses and Joyce both SUCK MY ASS, I now nominate Harry Potter's Chamber of Secrets or whatever the fuck it's called!

Natsume said:

2the9s said:

Let's read an anthology of world literature instead!

Natsume said:

Are you sure your wallet is still there??

2the9s said:

I thought I lost my new credit card today but Gareth found it!

Natsume said:

You could lose that sig too and I wouldn't be sad!

2the9s said:

Does having my signature around make you currently sad?

Natsume said:

Hmmm...

~~Must answer correctly~~

2the9s said:

Natsume said:

Please no

I bought an anthology of Dutch literature a few weeks ago
and already it has prompted me to buy more than 20 books
online



I've read 3 up until now. Always thought all Dutch books
were at least 70% pure shit, but some of these pickings
are simply amazing. I never thought we had writers as
good as that.

"De Komst van Joachim Stiller" is my fav by far out of
the ones I ordered.

So imagine what would happen from reading world literature
anthologies. I'd have to mortgage my...ehm...well.

Okay... may I suggest "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold



It's beautiful!

Okay, not elevated reading, but a thrill nonetheless;

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, a popular, simple In The Name Of The Rose.

June7 said:

Ive read 'The Lovely Bones' and enjoyed it very much. Very moving.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I thought the way of writing the book was rather original indeed.

But the drama, the portrayal of heaven did not move me.
Nor did the end.

gooeythehamster said:

May I recommend 'Carter Beats The Devil' to the book club? Its by Glen David Gold, husband of Alice Sebold. I've got it but not read it yet so Im wondering if anybody would care to join me?

cborgman said:

omg so much fun!

I'm in...!

Lleena said:

me too! It'll be fun to exchange insights about a book with yall.

I nominate that we do an Alex Garland book sometime. "The Tesseract" was great.

[also I haven't read "The Lovely Bones" or "The DaVinci Code", but they sound interesting. Harry Potter might be fun ]
[This message was edited Wed Jan 21 5:23:39 PST 2004 by conch5184]

davinci code got some really rave reviews and several of my (offline) friends have suggested it, and it's turned up on the list a few times...
maybe that?

I am nearing the end of a book (David Attenborough's Biography - Life on Air), so I could be in, as long as we have at least a fortnight to read it - I am very slow

I have an unread copy of "life of pi" I have been meaning to read for about 6 months!