For those of us that read

i've been meaning to read that i've read his other zen books. i just picked up a big fat thing of selected writings from karl marx from the library which i've been enjoying very thoroughly.
 
I read the rest of Dan Brown's books which are way better than the Da Vinci CodeSome other favorites are The Things They Carried and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
 
yea its been that and this other physics book "the elegant universe" thats supposed to overly simplify string theory. i haven't been reading much of it tho casue i am busy on NS.
 
I had to read it for school and fucking hated it but then I read it afterwards and found it really interestingthe stories are so fucked up I can't even imagine how crazy it was in Vietnam
 
honestly, i felt bad that i dropped harry potter as such a fan when i was a kid (got "too old" i thought) after the fifth book, so now im reading the sixth and finishing it. why not right?

 
this is one of the next ones on my list. ive had it sitting around my room for a while. i just havent picked it up and started it yet.
 
Bahh I just watched the pbs documentary on that.

I guess without the math it makes string theory sound more like philosophy than physics.
 
i fucking love kurt vonnegut. you should also check out sirens of titan and breakfast of champions. both by him. both amazing
 
breakfast of champions is so good.

I'm readin' monster by kody scott and a short history of nearly everything by bill bryson
 
read Deniro's Game by Rawi Hage its soo good its about these 2 guys and one chooses a life of crime and one chooses the military and they meet up later on
 
i was like 3/4 through DIGITAL FORTRESS and I lost the book. It was getting so suspenseful too, I def need to finish. Also working on Angels and Deamons, but progressing extremely slow.
 
Yeah Digital Fortress is awesomeAngels & Demons is great too but DON'T see the movie if you've read the book haha it blows and doesn't follow the story at all. Deception Point was probably my second favourite but I can't seem to find it to read it again....
 
I went on a religious book kick, so I read mere christianity and then the shack, and I think it was the order that threw me off most. Mere Christianity is a very compelling theological argument by arguably one of the top Christian theologians of the past century. The Shack had many of the same points in it, but was just watered down into a story. I felt it was like reading Luke (from the bible) and then read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. It wasn't bad, just kind of a letdown for me as far as content.
 
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Not for you serious types, or for anyone who believes in morals. A womanizer's dream. Made me laugh out loud countless times. My mom tried to read it but said it was too intense for her, but any immature male would adore it.
 
Twilight, New moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn.

I read them all just to see what vampire sex was like, and quite frankly i was let down.
 
house of leaves.

i just finished the man who fell to earth which is also a movie. some sci fi, pretty good.
 
i just read the new chuck palahniuk book, snuff, not too impressed. otherwise, im gonna read push by sapphire and then im reading a confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole
 
gah i hated atlas shrugged, i was really young to be reading it at the time, my 8th grade english teacher assigned it to us, he was insane, but it was brutal. i'm gonna try it again now that i might be able to understand it
 
i read the first few pages of that book and had to put it down. all it was was that dude claiming how cool he was because he drinks and fucks girls, i have no idea how someone could have such a huge ego to think he has he right to write a novel about it. get over yourself people you're not that cool.
 
harry potter is the shit. i read most of the series when i was in my 20's.

currently almost done with "this is reggae music- the history of jamaican music." it is really really interesting. i would reccomend it to anyone interested in reggae
 
yea man it was, i want to read the tipping point and the other books he wrote, zen and the art of motorcycle maintance is good to0, freakamonics + extended edition (most people have read that though) im more into those types of books, more so than the whole fiction genre
 
having made it 5 chapters in before returning my copy... and then ordering my copy from Amazon.. its an intense book for an 8th grader....
 
I just finished Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. It was defintiely a good read and I would recommend it.
 
donald miller FTW.

I have read all of his books. blue like jazz is at the top though.

i would also recommend "life of pi" if you are going on a road trip this summer, pick up the book-on-tape version that is read by the indian guy. it's incredible.

agatha christies are good too. and their are TONS OF THEM. also, sherlock holmes, if you want a undertaking. i would get "part one" of the collection and then get part two only if you really like it.

 
Malcolm Gladwell- any of his books- buy just finished tipping point, and it was very interesting, now reading blink
 
working on "The War Nerd" right now. It's about a lot of the current and not so far in the past wars and conflicts in the world, written by a very un-PC guy who is hilarious in his writing style, but extremely knowledgeable.

The book opens with Columbia, and gives a 3-step program to understanding war in Columbia (followed by a much lengthier in depth analysis):

"

1. Rent Scarface

2. Fast forward to the scene where Pacino and his friend are in the hotel trying to deal coke with the Columbians, and the Columbians chainsaw off the arms of Pacinos boy and then all hell breaks loose with so much blood that you can't tell who's killing who.

3. Reply the scene over and over for 400 years.

"

Very entertaining and actually quite insightful into a lot of the current conflicts, though a little biased at times.
 
Just read Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Olalla by that same author. Then moved on to a bunch of essays and short stories by Washington Irving, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and now I am moving on to The Hobbit again, because it is an incredible book. From there I'll most likely pick up the Count of Monte Cristo and Gulliver's Travels. If you want a really sick, simple, but incredibly entertaining read, pick up T.S. Elliot's Robin Hood, one of my favorite books. Also, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a great read.
 
I've read all her fiction, and honestly We the Living doesn't even come close to comparing. Have you read The Fountainhead yet? That's her best book. It's not quite as in depth into her philosophy as Atlas Shrugged, but it's a lot less tedious.
And why would a teacher ever assign it in 8th grade? That's just retarded. I think I read it for the first time around then, but I was actually interested, and I was way too young to fully comprehend it. In 12th grade after reading it several times I'm still seeing new things every time.
I'm about to start reading The Driver by Garet Garrett, which supposedly Rand plagiarized in writing Atlas Shrugged. Should be interesting.
 
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