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*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Blindness - José Saramago. One of the best books I have ever read in my life (I read a lot). Read it now 'cause they be making it into a major motion picture, in fact it premiered opening night at Cannes
Post by thingsfallapart on Jul 24, 2008 16:06:44 GMT -5
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers is a great (mostly true) stream-of-consciousness type memoir. I sometimes think Eggers is one of the true voices of our generation.
I'd also recommend The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (very beautiful), Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (NOT easy reading, but well worth it). Those should keep you busy for a while.
IDK I really had been reading them for years since the first reissue of the Gunslinger. I hated how far apart they were, but loved reading them. I think Wizard and Glass was my favorite.
imho though anyone who's has not read Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins should.
From wikiquote
"If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid— but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contradicting what you profess to believe in, and you set a bum example. If you want to change the world, change yourself."
I just finished reading this upon your reccommendation, and I gotta say thanks! It was the first Robbins book i'd read, and I already can't wait to get another!
imho though anyone who's has not read Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins should.
From wikiquote
"If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid— but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contradicting what you profess to believe in, and you set a bum example. If you want to change the world, change yourself."
I just finished reading this upon your reccommendation, and I gotta say thanks! It was the first Robbins book i'd read, and I already can't wait to get another!
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Sept 4, 2008 20:04:01 GMT -5
^^^^ I've been wanting to read some Augusten Burroughs, I work in a bookstore and I always seem drawn to his books, A Wolf at the Table keeps drawing me in....I guess I'm just gonna have to check out this guy
Post by iridethecannibus on Sept 7, 2008 9:51:45 GMT -5
hi everyone! i would second the recommendations of anything by douglas adams (i personally like "Long Dark Teatime of the Soul"), "East of Eden" is great... i loved "A Wrinkle In Time" when I was younger. For mind candy, I enjoy Dean Koontz as well as Stephen King, although I know many people criticize Koontz in comparison, I prefer his optimism. For females looking purely for fun fluff, "The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road" is a great read, as well as any of her other books. The "Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire" by Deepak Chopra is incredible, as well as "What the Bleep Do We Know?" Some Barbara Kingsolver books like, "The Bean Trees," "Animal Dreams," and "Pigs in Heaven" provide an easy read with some ponderings about life.