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Janszoon 10-01-2012 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal (Post 1236074)
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Words can't explain this book. You must read it. It'll change who you are.

I have to say I found that book to be pretty disappointing. It started off so strong then built up

to

basically

n o t h i n g.

Scarlett O'Hara 10-02-2012 03:38 AM

Wow!! Thank you everyone! I am so happy about how many books to get through I honestly wasn't expecting that many. Burning Down I have read The Handmaids tale 3 times, what do you think kicked off my obsession with distopia?

Burning Down 10-02-2012 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla (Post 1236862)
Wow!! Thank you everyone! I am so happy about how many books to get through I honestly wasn't expecting that many. Burning Down I have read The Handmaids tale 3 times, what do you think kicked off my obsession with distopia?

Have you checked out other Margaret Atwood novels?

Rjinn 10-02-2012 05:29 AM

Historical books of any kind would be great. Greater if it were about music. Thanks.

The Batlord 10-02-2012 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Wicked Weasel (Post 1236777)
We'll go with two classics that also happen to be a couple of my favorites.

Shogun James Clavell

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

One of my absolute favorite books of all time. So glad I stole it from my summer school English teacher. I don't think I've ever read a book that has such a brilliantly engrossing narrative in my life. The fact that it's used for the purposes of a purely escapist, Japanophile novel is just the icing on the cake.

SATCHMO 10-02-2012 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Rjinnx (Post 1236872)
Historical books of any kind would be great. Greater if it were about music. Thanks.

It's an autobiography, so by default it's historical, but Charles Mingus' Beneath the Underdog is one of the most well-written books about music I've ever read and very insightful into the history of jazz.

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Exo 10-02-2012 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1236808)
I have to say I found that book to be pretty disappointing. It started off so strong then built up

to

basically

n o t h i n g.

Read it again. Lol. I don't know. Not for everyone I guess. I loved the originality of the main house storyline nd the writing and detail of the book is just incredible. It's a wonderful reading experience.

Janszoon 10-02-2012 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal (Post 1236973)
Read it again. Lol. I don't know. Not for everyone I guess. I loved the originality of the main house storyline nd the writing and detail of the book is just incredible. It's a wonderful reading experience.

I thought it was very original as well and I enjoyed it while I was reading it, my problem was that it didn't really go anywhere.

Exo 10-02-2012 01:05 PM

I'm a Lynch fan. I don't need fancy things like reason or endings.

Wicked Weasel 10-02-2012 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1236918)
One of my absolute favorite books of all time. So glad I stole it from my summer school English teacher. I don't think I've ever read a book that has such a brilliantly engrossing narrative in my life. The fact that it's used for the purposes of a purely escapist, Japanophile novel is just the icing on the cake.

Honestly? If you put a gun to my head and made me pick my favorite book of all-time, I would probably have to select that one. I must read it once every other year or so. Masterpiece.


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