The Reading Rainbow Book Thread

Discussion in 'The Thunderdome' started by chavisut, Nov 20, 2011.

  1. InVolNerable

    InVolNerable Fark Master Flex

    Greatest of all time.
     
  2. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Does anyone wanna read Infinite Jest? I need accountability.
     
  3. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Reading The Firm. Decided to reread it as an adult. Can't put the stupid thing down.
     
  4. Volst53

    Volst53 Super Moderator

    The millionaire next door.

    It's a really good book and makes you look at wealth in a new light.
     
  5. possumslayer

    possumslayer Roadkill Guru

    I read the proverbs while I was in jail in 77.
     
  6. PoochPunt3rdDown

    PoochPunt3rdDown Troll Guru

    Lotta good that did.
     
  7. PoochPunt3rdDown

    PoochPunt3rdDown Troll Guru

    Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, The Brothers Karamazov by, ahem, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sound and the Fury by Mr. Faulkner. I threw in Lucky Jim just for fun. All intelligent men should read these novels, imo. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez is a perfect book.
     
  8. here to lurk

    here to lurk Hidden Member

    Eat that Frog and The Power of habit are two books that I have read recently. ETF is kinda a self help getting organized type book and TPoH is a book that looks at how are brain works and how habits are formed. very interesting stuff
     
  9. _Crew_

    _Crew_ Contributor

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    ...so much insight.
     
  10. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    30 pages into Washington: A Life.

    Only 787 more to go.
     
  11. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Had it gotten to the part where he puts up all those yards against LSU?
     
  12. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    I was thinking it was about Claudell Washington and his struggles with blow
     
  13. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    No Huck Finn?
     
  14. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    Did you ever get around to it? It's at the top of my list for after I graduate.
     
  15. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    Currently reading The Prince in my spare time. In the Heart of the Country by J. M. Coetzee became my new favorite book last semester.
     
  16. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    About 70 pages into Doctor Sleep.

    If there were ever an official 8th book club, Infinite Jest should be the first entry. This group stikes me as one which could handle it. It is on my list as well.
     
  17. cotton

    cotton Stand-up Philosopher

    Along with Moby [penis], they are the three contenders. My vote goes to Gatsby.

    BTW, Cormac McCarthy sucks. I mean really sucks. The Pulitzer committee must have been high. If that's the best that current American literature has to offer, I'm going back to reading shit from before WWII.
     
  18. cotton

    cotton Stand-up Philosopher

    Washington
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  19. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    I tend to stick with stuff from across the pond. Have never read Moby [penis]. That's a commitment I just haven't had the time for.
     
  20. chavisut

    chavisut Dan Mullen Fan Club President

    I love McCarthy.
     

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