That's the best feeling, you finally get to read something YOU want to read

Oh yeah, for sure. Five weeks with nothing to do, and rainy days keeping me inside- definitely get to some pleasure reading I've been meaning to get around to.

You know, I found myself thinking the same thing. Then summer rolls around or Christmas break comes, and I don't want to read anything because my face has been crammed in books all semester. I've been taking a break from school for months now and have only manage to finish one book. This may be due to my anxiety of finishing books I love for fear that they will end. Fuck, maybe I'm just lazy ...

High fidelity-Nick Hornby,The Portrait Of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde,The Wrong Boy by Willy Russel,all James Ellroy novels,The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler,A Clockwork Orange by Antony Burgress,most John Le Carre,Philip Roth,Bill Bryson, Alan Moore,Douglas Coupland,Roald Dahl,Hunter S Thomspon and Roddy Doyle books,The Dead School by Patrick McCabe,The Go-Between by LP Hartley,Women by Charles Bukowski and American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis.

have you read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha?

My favourite book that I can think of has got to be, "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Awesome book.

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Well, in terms of just fiction, my favorite of all time is this one-

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Outstanding book.Only The Woman Who Walked Into Doors comes near it in the Doyle canon.

Mine arree

Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh, Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis, Bright Lights Big City - Jay McInerney, Hotel New Hampshire - John Irving, Bluebeard - Vonnegut, Brave New World, The Beach, Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann, Ham on Rye- Bukowski

I read it as part of my 5th year personal study in English. I really never liked it :(.
I just found it extremely boring, I really wanted to love it since everyone else liked it.
And with a book if I don't get into it I stop reading, with this I had to keep going. I've still got it somewhere, and I'll read it again since your opinion of it is so high, I really do hope I love it second time round.

Lot of stuff people living outside Ireland mightn't get. Without wishing to go into details the way people in Ireland behave in situations such as that in the book is accurately described and as big a problem now as it was in the period the book was set in.

I guess. It's the same with a few scottish things, like books, songs etc. Much people don't really get them. But I'll still give it another little read. :)

Has anybody here read "The Peaceful Warrior Trilogy"?

I've read Way of the Peaceful Warrior, but nothing else by Millman.

I have a certain weak spot for "Alice in Wonderland"

If you liked that one at all, I would recommend Journeys of Socrates. I just think it has a lot more of a storyline than that of Way of the Peaceful Warrior.

You don't know shit about shit.

You will shit out my shit, and then eat the shit that was made up of the shit that I made you eat.

Yum

your avatar owes me a living room wall.

He says to eat 333's shit that was made of the shit you made her eat.

Well, moving on, then.

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Early Thompson that gives the true identity of the infamous M.C. it's best explanation, which wasn't one of drug deals and imperial ambition like that of a mob-oriented group. But really, just the story of a bunch of guys that the world wasn't quite ready for (but needed), who just wanted to have a good time and live life how they saw fit. Purposefully put here if only just to remind us what this country says it stands for, and just how much trouble you get into when you go for it.

I know this is mainly a music message board but I'm in a kind of book-reading mood at the moment. I wanted to create a favorite book thread, but I found that there is already one, although it hasn't been used in ages, so I thought it could use some reviving. My favorite books:

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Part 2 of the list
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there are more, of course...

^^^ absolutely brilliant book ^_^

My all-time favourite book however.... and I'm probably gonna sound quite childish for this:

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The Animals Of Farthing Wood - Colin Dann (plus the continuation stories)
I watched the TV show when I was younger as well.... I used to be obsessed with it
I have two versions of the book actually
One version is the Omnibus version (with all the stories in one huge hardback book)
The other version is the version they bought out to tie-in with the TV show, so the cover is actually an illustration of how the characters look in the TV show.

Another one of my mroe recent favourite books is this one:

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Out - Natsuo Kirino

And If I'm going with book series theres the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
AND
The Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong

That thread already exists in the Media section:

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Man did I love this, and I don't think I ever read the book - but when I was younger my parents would put on a tape of the story on car trips. Plus the cartoon was awesome, I can't remember if this was actually in the original but the debris that people almost wrecked themselves on in the river has been a feature of menace in my dreams for so long.

has anyone heard of house of leaves? it's a very reader interactive book. the same author made another book called only revolutions and you have to turn the book upside down every eight pages. they both have multiple character points of views and are reminiscent of through the looking glass and alice in wonderland... just with more contemporary elements.

My all time favorite book is Edith Wharton's 1911 masterpiece novel "Ethan Frome"

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A brilliant analysis of the male psyche set aside the austere New England countryside, Ethan Frome is one of the most complex protagonists ever committed to a mere 100 pages. I love this book with all my being and I recommend it to everyone.

I've heard of it. A guy i know recommended it to me, but i really don't like him, so i haven't been interested in reading it at all. Is it any good?

My personal favourite is probably Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, the behemoth of a novel that is responsible for the musical. Believe me, the book is FAR better than the musical is.

i always wanted to read that but somehow other books just always got in the way. i'll read it if you read house of leaves. it's a very good book. i love it and it's easily one of my top five. there's even forums all about it... readers try to find theories as to why house is printed in blue and minotaur in red throughout the book... it's amazing. it's so well written too. he illustrates and captures things just right in the whole story.

Well i can't say no after a recommendation like that, I'll have to start looking around for it. :)

If you're going to read Les Miserables, be aware that it's big slog at the beginning before you get into the swing of the story through a passage that bears only a passing relevance to the rest of the story, but if you can get through it you'll be rewarded with a rich and deep narrative. Admittedly i don't know what your reading level is, but i do know a lot of people who have just given up real early.

well thank you for the heads up. i'll make sure that i persevere through it.

The more and more of Trainspotting I read. I fall in love with it a little more.
Taking the Heroin addict part away, it's like the story of my life. It's very very relevant to my life here actually. (It's set in a different part of the country).

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As with all his books I feel that ddrugs are only details, the real story is why they are used and the people that use them. I've read this soooo many times, it changed my entire life

Yeah definitely. There's a few characters when I read about them, I think.. "God that's Gordon* over the back". I definitely think this will be a book I'll read over and over.

What character was it you mentioned was the exact image of your ex? Begbie? Or is my memory done haha?

Yes, Begbie! One of my exfiancees, actually! I think I've dated most of em though, especially Sick Boy. Or a Sick Boy I thought was a Spud

It's an easy mistake to make. Most Sick Boy's act like Spuds to pick up the laydeees. :(

The Road- Cormac Mccarthy
No Country for Old Men- Cormac Mccarthy
a million little pieces- James Frey