Extremely loud & incredibly close

[purplejumpsuit]

What the?

What about a teakettle? What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare. or just crack up with me? I could invent a teakettle that reads in Dad's voice, so I could fall asleep, or maybe a set of kettles that sings the chorus of "Yellow Submarine," which is a song by the Beatles, who I love, because entomology is one of my raisons d'etre, which is a French expression that i know. Another good thing is that I could train my anus to talk when I farted. If I wanted to be extremely hilarious, I'd train it to say, "Wasn't me!" every time i made an incredibly bad fart. And if I ever made an incredibly bad fart in the Hall of Mirrors, which is in Versailles, which is outside of Parism which is in France, obviously, my anus would say, "Ce n'etais pas moi!"

first paragraph in one of my favorit books, Extremely loud & incredibly close, by Jonathan Safran Foer. Anyone else read it?

whats some of your guys fav books?

 

[babujib]

never heard of the book but Dan Brown books are unreal ive got em all

 

[JamesR]

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. very good book. in fact i should probably read it again soon.

 

[kyle_w]

that sounds like something id say piss drunk

 

[Pippin]

enders game series really started my interest in reading back when i was a youngin

 

[purplejumpsuit]

its a very messed up paragraph, its a 9 year old boys imagination tho, him just going off about stuff in his head. Really good, at times confusing story, written kinda differently too. I really liked it. very sad tho.

 

[AALT]

elsewhere, i dont remember who wrote it, best movie ever. it was about what happened to you after you died best book ever.

 

[k-rob]

The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks

dopest book ever, it's about a guy who goes and plays this game in another galaxy, and the whole galaxy's political and social system is based on the game.

SPOILER!!!!at the end of the book he beats the galaxy's emperor at the game and basically fucks the whole galaxy up beyond repair.END SPOILER.

 

[gmack24]

word I've never been an avid reader but his books are sick...Im so pissed because I'm 3/4 through digital fortress and I left the book at my old apartment and have ZERO f'ing clue whats gonna happen. It's like a commercial break from an intense movie but forever.

 

[finssidedown]

This is what you do in your downtime??

You could've made me like 100 headbands!

 

[onearmwanderer]

same here man. my teacher read it to us in 5th grade or somethin and i got hooked

 

[purplejumpsuit]

haha, I read this book in the winter actually! I sadly haven't done any reading this summer.

 

[josh.]

i started reading that and thought you where drunk then i realized it was quote. but my favoriet book would be no country for old men, its a great book, the ending kinda sucked tho

 

[Ender]

jeaaa

 

[sarahskis]

Amazonia by James Rollins is the best i've read recently.

Lots of action, crazy fighting, plagues, and sex

 

[panojibber]

End of discussion.