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Started by Barbie in Chit-Chat

OK, I need a book to read. Can you recommend anything? I wouldn’t care but i have a really hard time choosing books cos I’ve read everything that’s really popular and a lot of biographies of old people (which really aren’t very popular at all). My preferences are: books which are so funny i want to wet myself or books which are serious and sad and psychological. But I’ll read anything (within reason, no Shakespeare or Dickens!). Actually, the only thing it really needs to be is English. That would be best I think. And somebody please reply to this otherwise I’ll look like a sad loser.

Posted on Fri, 19 January 2001 at 18:56

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Unbeliever wrote:

Ok, I’m not a real reader. But I read a book called ‘Girl, Interrupted’ There’s also a movie based on the book. This book is about a girl that gets locked up in a mental hospital in her late teens. And I think it’s a good book. So maybe give it a try, it’s American btw. It was written by Susanna Kaysen. Better read the book before seeing the movie. The movie is not bad, but totally doesnt have the feel of the book. And the book contains loads more stuff to actually think about while you read it.

Posted on Fri, 19 January 2001 at 20:19

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trigger wrote:

Try ‘Pedro Paramo’ by Juan Rulfo.It’s very strange and you wont understand what it talks about unless you really think about it.That is the beauty of books though,the fact that they make you think and they broaden your mind.

Posted on Fri, 19 January 2001 at 21:07

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White Psycho wrote:

Try one of the Gormengast books by Mervyn Peak. They’re really good.

Posted on Sat, 20 January 2001 at 09:35

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Barbie wrote:

ok, thank you people!

Posted on Sun, 21 January 2001 at 14:10

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Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

Im doin a degree in English:

‘No Logo’ by Naiomi Klien (really inspiring, up to date)
‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald (i had to read this for uni but its really, really surprisingly good)
‘The Wasp Factory’ by Iain Banks (really twisted, early T? type)
‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger
but most of all ‘Trainspotting’ by Irvine Welsh, even if youve seen the movie the book kicks ass

Posted on Thu, 25 January 2001 at 00:46

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Michael wrote:

Catcher in the rye is pretty weird, I thought. I’m more into thrillers, e.g. by Stephen King. A book that impressed me was ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’, I forgot the name of the author, it’s some German guy (original title: Im Westen Nichts Neues). It’s about WW I, it’s probably the best book I ever read.

Posted on Thu, 25 January 2001 at 13:29

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White Psycho wrote:

Another good book is Duncton Wood by William Horwood. Its about moles. No really it is, but these are moles with human mentalities. Its quite long but its really worth reading it!

Posted on Thu, 25 January 2001 at 18:28

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deekoi wrote:

have you read catch-22 by Joeseph Heller? probably the most fundamentally life changing book I’ve come across; or try Fight Club; even if you’ve seen the film; Red Dwarf and it’s follow ons; or go the whole hog and try to read every Star Wars Book ever written (there are about four released every month)!

Posted on Thu, 25 January 2001 at 20:11

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trigger wrote:

Yes,Ian Bainks is really good.Another book that is pretty nice (and sinister) is The Pariah, but i keep forgeting the name of the author.
Has Bainks written that too?

Posted on Thu, 25 January 2001 at 20:35

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White Psycho wrote:

The Red Dwarf books are really good. They aren’t just the shows written down in a book, they are just based on them and go off into totally new plots.

Posted on Thu, 25 January 2001 at 21:17

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Barbie wrote:

I’ve read Trainspotting, The Catcher In The Rye and Catch 22. They were good. I’ll probably read them again sometime. I’m wishing I hadn’t asked this now cos I don’t have enough money for everything and my library is really sucky. Never mind. Oh yeah, and I think I’ve read a Red Dwarf book but that was ages ago so I’ll have to read it again as well.

Posted on Fri, 26 January 2001 at 11:50

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