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Since this is the most popular book related thread:
Does anyone know if it would be allowed to have a thread for ebooks you want but can't find like MB's Most Wanted in the main forums? Or if a mod could just be like "cool" that would be gr8 |
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Are We All Nazis? by Hans Askenasy
Fantastic book. Written in 1978, however the information is still relevant today. It basically explores the theory that given the right conditions, any of us are likely to act in a manner inconsistant with our normal beliefs. It gives the reader a glimpse of the day to day life of the "monsters" at the forefront of the Nazi's regime, and argues that they weren't really monsters at all, but normal people like you and I. It also links these arguments with the Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram and his "famous" behavioural experiments, which I'd recommend looking up if you're not familiar. At any rate, it makes the reader really ponder how they would act in a similar situation. It's a thin book, but I've had to stop reading it mid-way through in order to absorb it. |
After finishing A Game Of Thrones (yes, I do watch the show but I'd only recently gotten round to buying the first book in the series) I've followed a recommendation of someone I probably shouldn't trust and have picked up Dubliners by James Joyce. Supposedly it's not as much of an absolute nightmare to read as Ulysses was, so I might actually be able to appreciate it rather than spending my time trying to keep up with what on earth is meant to be happening.
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I'm writing my dissertation on magical realism so I am studying One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Tin Drum and Midnight's Children. I've been trying to get through Midnight's Children for about two weeks now and I am struggling, really not enjoying it in the slightest.
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Speaking of Scotland, I've gotten back to this tome: http://i43.tower.com/images/mm100183...-cover-art.jpg You Scots fucking rule. |
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Reading this right now. The male protagonist really kinda pisses me off but I'm enjoying it anyway |
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Also, of course we rule! |
I'm re-reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes, book 6 of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Highly recommended!
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Room by Emma Donoghue.
It's a little bit (or maybe a bit more) pressing but also very very cute. I couldn't stop reading it and I totally recommend it! |
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