Book worms

**DSM4Life** · 03-11-2008, 08:35 PM

I am looking to pick up a few books so give me some ideas !

Give me title, author and a brief summary , id appreciate it.

My most recent books were:
I am Legend
Catcher in the Rye (yes read it again)
All 4 of Augusten Burroughs books.

**MartínFierros** · 03-11-2008, 08:50 PM

What would you like to read? fiction? gay literature? english literatura? american literatura? from other countries? classical? poetry? modern, contemporary? give a clue and your expectations.

**DSM4Life** · 03-11-2008, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by MartínFierros

What would you like to read? fiction? gay literature? english literatura? american literatura? from other countries? classical? poetry? modern, contemporary? give a clue and your expectations.

I use to read nothing but non-fiction but i have been branching out. Gay literature if ok but i haven't found anything really good. Most of the gay books i read just seem ummm fake, if that makes sense. I don't see too much in foreign/classical and no poetry at all for me

Does that help ?

**MartínFierros** · 03-11-2008, 09:30 PM

There are million authors. See what happens with Allan Hollinghurst (English gay literature) I read The swimming-pool library. he wrote a novel i haven't read but i would like to: The line of beauty. In american gay literature i think the man is David Leavitt. Try Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

but you always have melville, henry james, jack london, flanery o'******, Dubliners by James Joyce...millions to quote unfortunately

**MartínFierros** · 03-11-2008, 09:31 PM

i dont know why the stars Flanery O******. I forget the great Joseph Conrad. Sorry

**DSM4Life** · 03-11-2008, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by MartínFierros

There are million authors. See what happens with Allan Hollinghurst (English gay literature) I read The swimming-pool library. he wrote a novel i haven't read but i would like to: The line of beauty. In american gay literature i think the man is David Leavitt. Try Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

but you always have melville, henry james, jack london, flanery o'******, Dubliners by James Joyce...millions to quote unfortunately

I am going to look them up, thanks man !

Have you read any of the Augusten Burroughs books ? I can't stop, haha. His story/life is so crazy i can't seem to pull myself away from his books. Evern time i end a chapter i tell myself, ok just one more.

**SMCengineer** · 03-11-2008, 09:35 PM

I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It's really good so far.

**MartínFierros** · 03-11-2008, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by DSM4Life

I am going to look them up, thanks man !

Have you read any of the Augusten Burroughs books ? I can't stop, haha. His story/life is so crazy i can't seem to pull myself away from his books. Evern time i end a chapter i tell myself, ok just one more.

First time i hear about him. i take note of it.

**kfrost06** · 03-11-2008, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by DSM4Life

I am looking to pick up a few books so give me some ideas !

Give me title, author and a brief summary , id appreciate it.

My most recent books were:
I am Legend
Catcher in the Rye (yes read it again)
All 4 of Augusten Burroughs books.

I love catcher in the rye, I have read it a hundred times, you know just like the psycho killers do. Anyways, I go through phases on the type of books I read. Have you tried Agatha Christie? I am addicted to her Hercules Poirot books, murder mysteries and they are awesome! I bet you'll love them too. Start with "the murder of Roger Ackroyd" also in death on the nile, murder on the orient express, and the list goes on. I believe there are 53 books with him as the detective.

**kfrost06** · 03-11-2008, 10:04 PM

Oh it's you DSM! Do you read Oscar Wilde, thats right up your alley.

**Prada** · 03-11-2008, 11:16 PM

Two of the books Im reading are:
1)Hopkirk, Peter. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia. 1994 Kodansha International

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Gre.../9781568360225

2)Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo. 2003 Penguin Group

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Cou...0449266/?itm=5

Both are good but Ive taken an interest in The Great Game, The Count of Monte Cristo is unabridged version. Also reading accounting book.

**Renesis** · 03-12-2008, 02:05 AM

Catcher in the rye is a great book. Idk I like sci-fi kinda things along with mysterys. My fav book is Angels and Demons, though I have not read a book in 2 years >.<

***El Diablo*** · 03-12-2008, 02:59 AM

Paula Coelho.

***El Diablo*** · 03-12-2008, 03:00 AM

Paula Coelho- thats the only author i know and his books is Fab!

**DSM4Life** · 03-12-2008, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by kfrost06

Oh it's you DSM! Do you read Oscar Wilde, thats right up your alley.

I haven't but ill take a look.

**DSM4Life** · 03-12-2008, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by *El Diablo*

Paula Coelho- thats the only author i know and his books is Fab!

Did you just say "fab"

**Prada** · 03-12-2008, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Renesis

Catcher in the rye is a great book. Idk I like sci-fi kinda things along with mysterys. My fav book is Angels and Demons, though I have not read a book in 2 years >.<

Had Dan Brown not written Da Vinci Code, I think Angels and Demons would have garnered much more attention.

**Tock** · 03-12-2008, 10:50 AM

Fiction: "The Fancy Dancer," by Patricia Nell Warren. Story about a gay marathoner. Rumor has it that it'll be made into a major motion picture (someday).

Non-fiction: Systemantics -- a parody of business systems -- recommended, particularly if you work in a corporation or government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics

**goodcents** · 03-12-2008, 12:07 PM

What are "gay" books, like romance novels only gay?

**wantmoremass** · 03-12-2008, 03:41 PM

recent books i've read and liked:

'the kite runner', by khaled hoseinni
'the alienist', by caleb carr
anything by gabriel garcia marquez (probably my favourite author). especially 'one hundred years of solitude', 'or love in the time of cholera'

all fiction.

**Schmidty** · 03-12-2008, 03:47 PM

Iv read a lot of chuck palanuke, hes my favorite righter hands down. He wrote fight club, choke, survivor, all kindsa fvckn awsome books. He use to use anadrol , and the main guy n survivor gets all juiced up. Hes writing another book now n he said its about 3 guys n line of the worlds longest gangbang, its the story of how they got their n their whole lives. Choke is about a sex addict n he luves going to restarunts to choke on food so he can be saved n make people feel better about themselves. Hes a twacked out individual, but amazing writer.

**Flagg** · 03-12-2008, 06:51 PM

Last good book I read was "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" by Mark Haddon.

The Stand by Stephen King is an absolute classic.

Hannibal Lector series by Thomas Harris.

Hey, if you havent, give the Harry Potter books a try, they might surprise you..

**dupa95** · 03-12-2008, 07:02 PM

Oh I can answer this one Young asian girls in heat, Daddy spanks me, Big breasted girls go to the club, Girls with big men, One girl & man on an island, school girls in jello

**dupa95** · 03-12-2008, 07:18 PM

Oh and asian girls go deep

**dupa95** · 03-12-2008, 07:21 PM

MILFS in heat, GILFS in heat ,Mommys hot ,Mary love to masterbate

**wilson9d** · 03-12-2008, 07:23 PM

Literature and Its Writers - Compact Introduction to Fiction Charters, Ann / Charters, Samuel

**dupa95** · 03-12-2008, 07:30 PM

POOP on me

**DSM4Life** · 03-12-2008, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by dupa95

POOP on me

someone is very bored tonight.

**StoneGRMI** · 03-12-2008, 07:45 PM

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk. I really liked Fight Club and Choke that he wrote.

**J*U*icEd** · 03-12-2008, 07:47 PM

umm i guess im the only one that doesn't read books

**Tock** · 03-12-2008, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by goodcents

What are "gay" books, like romance novels only gay?

Sometimes romance novels, sometimes mystery (the Dave Brandstetter mystery series), accounts of gay-related history (like the guy who invented computer science, Alan Turing), or books like "Geography Club:"

"Geography Club," according to publisher HarperCollins, tells the story of a teen convinced he's the only gay student at his high school until his online chat buddy turns out to be the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. The two eventually find other gay peers but must meet in a guise so dull that local homophobes won't think to intrude -- hence the "Geography Club" of the title.

Google for a "Gay book club," see what's for sale . . .

**Tock** · 03-12-2008, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by dupa95

POOP on me

If you look at that upside down, it reads:

aw no dood

**RapaciousShark** · 03-12-2008, 10:30 PM

I could list so, so many great classical authors. No one else likes them though

**Sir Lifts-a-lot** · 03-12-2008, 10:43 PM

I know you said you are off of Non-fiction right now but STeve Martin's memoir 'Born Standing Up' is a good read.

Another good book that I have picked up but haven't had a chance to really open up is 'Tree of Smoke' from what I hear.

**IronReload04** · 03-12-2008, 11:40 PM

seawolf

takes place probably somewhere between the 30's and 50's maybe, I really really am not sure.....anyways, a guy with a privalaged life, is on a boat in the ocean which sinks......barely alive, he gets rescued by some kind of hunters, I cant remember exactly what it was......Anyways, he gets forced to work, the captain of the ship is a bad ass son of a bitch who has this really crazy and unique outlook on life (he is a selfish prick basically).........anyways, the book is highly philisophical......we actually had to read it for philosophy class......Their is alot of philisophical discussions and arguments between the rescued guy and the captain.....its a great book

I thought I would hate it, but ended up likeing it

**dupa95** · 03-13-2008, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by DSM4Life

someone is very bored tonight.

snatchers

***El Diablo*** · 03-13-2008, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by dupa95

POOP on me

LMFAO!...

***El Diablo*** · 03-13-2008, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by DSM4Life

Did you just say "fab"

You also dont miss anything now do you?.... fck!

**Odpierdol_sie!** · 03-13-2008, 09:17 AM

The Good Life, by Dorian Amos

**MartínFierros** · 03-13-2008, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by IronReload04

seawolf

takes place probably somewhere between the 30's and 50's maybe, I really really am not sure.....anyways, a guy with a privalaged life, is on a boat in the ocean which sinks......barely alive, he gets rescued by some kind of hunters, I cant remember exactly what it was......Anyways, he gets forced to work, the captain of the ship is a bad ass son of a bitch who has this really crazy and unique outlook on life (he is a selfish prick basically).........anyways, the book is highly philisophical......we actually had to read it for philosophy class......Their is alot of philisophical discussions and arguments between the rescued guy and the captain.....its a great book

I thought I would hate it, but ended up likeing it

The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. The book doesn't say it but the captain is on steroids .

j/K