| Book | Started On | Finished On (actual/target) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currently Reading | Ulysses James Joyce | August 9, 2011 | ?/September 20, 2011 |
And here's my book list at the moment in no particular order - I'll be crossing out books as I finish them.
I don't know about this book... It's very well written, but maybe I would have had more fun reading it as a kid, I guess... although I can't see myself being too interested even then. It did mention orgies at some point though so... Just an FYI. |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain |
This book is weird. It's really about nothing. But you keep reading, and reading, and then you realize that you totally agree with the kid. If you let your kid read this, he'll probably be an asshole for a while. He may be nicer to his siblings, but that's not a promise. ...I hate phonies!! |
| Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck |
| Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut |
| Moby-Dick Herman Melville |
Beautifully written book for pedophiles that can relate. Since I am not one of those, I found the descriptions of the protagonist's sexual frustrations much too disturbing and eventually boring. It got really slow and repetitive in the second half and picked up a bit in the end. Took me forever to read it, around 2-3 months. |
Holy god, was this depressing. The general atmosphere of the book was suppressive and just horrible. I had to skip a few pages towards the end where the anti-big-brother book was being read, and literally felt nauseous when reading about Winston's experience in the Ministry of Love. The idea of such a regime is extremely disturbing considering that it's not so out of this world bat-shit crazy. Eek. |
| Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell |
| The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck |
| The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams |
| The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner |
| Ulysses James Joyce |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams |
| Anna Karenina Lev Tolstoy |
| War and Peace Lev Tolstoy |
| As I Lay Dying William Faulkner |
| Native Son Richard Wright |
| The Trial Franz Kafka |
| Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce |
Here are some books that I have read, enjoyed, and would recommend :)
| A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry |
| I am Legend Richard Matheson |
| Choke Chuck Palahniuk |
| Survivor Chuck Palahniuk |
| Invisible Monsters Chuck Palahniuk |
| The Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas |
| Shutter Island Dennis Lehane |
| Lord of the Flies William Golding |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Patrick Suskind |
| Lullabies for Little Criminals Heather O'Neill (only read this if you wanna get depressed) |
A few notes - If you don't like Palahniuk's style, you probably won't enjoy his books. Even I got sick of it after a while. His writing is pretty racy, so beware. I wouldn't let a child read his stuff.
ALWAYS read the book before seeing the movie - Shutter Island is a prime example of that. The book was so amazing. The movie - yeah, alright. I am Legend: if you didn't see the movie, don't. If you saw the movie, read the book anyways - it's very different from the movie.
Also, anything by Agatha Christie is likely interesting. I read a few of her books a while back, and they were fun.
I was gonna add some pictures, but then got really lazy.
