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Anyone reading anything interesting lately????
I just read a book on Bobby Sands the IRA guy who starved himself for 62 days back in 81 protesting British internment of IRA members. "Nothing but an unfinished song" it's called; good read.
Just started "Under the Banner of Heaven" by John Krakauer. About these crazy mormon funamendalists in Colorado and Utah. Scary sh#t! Messed up religion man.
What about everyone else?
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I'm reading To Kill A Mockingbird... and it's ace!
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johnny got his gun...i read this at least once a year..
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A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
-Screwed up book with plenty of slang that you need to learn to understand. It's wild how the mind understands foreign words used in a certain content. It took me about 50 pages to really grasp the terminology and after that I couldn't put it down.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell)
-Never read it in school so I thought I'd take the liberty to read it now. Great timeless book and goes hand-in-hand with V for Vendetta.
V for Vendetta (Moore)
-1984 for the future. Can't really compare it to the movie because they vary quite a bit. Both the movie and book are excellent in their own right though.
On Writing (King)
-King uses his amazing storytelling ability to answer the question "where do you get your ideas." Its part autobiography and part writing manual, but some principles can be applied to any occupation.
DaVinci Code (Brown)
-Lives up to the hype IMO
And I just started into King's new book Cell... so far it's like a mix of The Stand and Desperation with a sprinkling of modernism and George Romero-zombie-movie... it's too early to judge how this one will turn out
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Busting Vegas
An easy read on how Casinos all over the world don't like you winning, even if you don't count cards or cheat in any way.
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The best book I've read in a while was something I just read, King Dork by Frank Portman.
It's really for young adults, and is something of a high school kid/detective story, and its a super easy read. There's nothing to it, but if you were not one of the cool kids in high school, you'll probably enjoy it.
Plus there are a ton of references made to music in it (the main character is in a band that changes its name every 15 pages or so).
Also, I read Catch-22 this summer. But who hasn't?
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Forgot to say that I recently read The Three Musketeers, and it's a far better book, in it's complete form, than most other translated classics... Plus I'm acting in a new stage version of it next year hopefully!
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dammit man... you've killed it for me... now, where did I leave my P.G. WEodehouse anthology??
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I've been on a bit of a novel blitz lately in the last couple of weeks I've managed to finish off.
Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)- Great novel, apparently they made it into a mini series in the mid 80's I'd like to rent it if I can get my hands on it someday to compare it to the book...I'd recommend it to anyone, it's extremely well written and very interesting...quite long though 570 pages.
Barney's Version (Richler) People call this satirical comedy I call it a painfully difficult book to get into. It probably took me 6-8 attempts to get through the first 50 pages. After that it got kind of exciting, you don't find out what really happens until literally the last line...and it still leaves you scratching your head a little bit.
The Alchemist (Coelho)- a cult classic for many but a weak read I thought. Perhaps I heard way too much "this is the greatest book ever" nonsense and I had my hopes set too high...I was underwhelmed.
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Just finished 'A People's History of The United States' by Howard Zinn (on the recommendation of E. Vedder). History from the PoV of Indians, slaves, women, the poor working class, and others who have been exploited. Depressing, really.
