Thread: A Good Book

Originally Posted by M1ke

I am cheap in that regard too, and i figure i will only want to read a book once. I borrow E-books from my local library (and about 3 others) on the regular. They are delivered right to my kindle. Sad thing is some have waiting lists for the newer books.

What? There is a waiting list for e-books?

I love anything Vonnegut, but Slaughterhouse-Five, and God bless you, Mr.Rosewater are my favorite books.

Cant forget Cats Cradle, gotta love a book that ends in armageddon due to human stupidity...since we're on our way there now. haha.

Where do I begin? Let's start off with "Anabasis" by Xenophon, "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, "La Morte D'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Mallory and "The Divine Comedy" by Dante. For books from the 20th century, i'd go with anything by Albert Camus( especially "The Plague"), "On The Road" by Jack Keroac or any number of pulp science fiction, fantasy, or crime novels(all short, easy reads). There are so many other great reads out there, just not enough time to name them.

Originally Posted by Mephisto

What? There is a waiting list for e-books?

Absoloutly, you check them out just like you do a real book. And if they only have a few copies theres usually a waiting list as one person can only have it out at once.

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky
The thin red line - James Jones
The catcher in the rye - Salinger

I cant reccomend Blood Meridian enough, its a quite distrubing book but still fascinating to read.


Chris

i have a lot of favorites, but two i always keep in sight....The Lord of The Rings and Love in a Cold Climate/The Pursuit of Love by yet another Mitford. I don't read much fiction nowadays, and i am a big fan of public libraries. right now i'm reading a book about black holes.

I have some favorite authors: Fydor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Mann, Nelson Algren...

I have some favorite one-offs...Bleak House, Martin Eden, White Noise, Ask The Dust, The Sun Also Rises, Journey To The End Of The Night...on and on...

I have a lot of favorites. I didn't get out of the house much as a kid.

I have many that find time in my rotation, but the two that jump out off the top of my head are:

Shogun - Clavell
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

IMO, they are epic tales, written in a way that just leaves you breathless.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Hey Maple-I'm sure you know Frost was being ironic with that line. I know, everybody hates an internet know-it-all, but that line gets misused a lot.

ScoutHikedDad:
1. That's "mapleleafalumnus" to you.
2. My post stated exactly what I intended: a humourous response.

Originally Posted by Maxi

I have many that find time in my rotation, but the two that jump out off the top of my head are:

Shogun - Clavell
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

IMO, they are epic tales, written in a way that just leaves you breathless.

Shogun was a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong read.