catcher in the rye

McNally

was kinda lame


what are you guys reading?

Carl with a K

i just read a seperate piece and i loved it

Favlaud

Harry Potter erotic fanfiction

Raijin Quickfoot

Didn't we just have a topic about this?


And I am reading the Roald Dahl Omnibus

Gunstar

sex drugs and cocoa puffs

naporeon

OK, I'm tired of people shitting on The Catcher in the Rye.

Unless you were forced to read it for some reason. In that case, shit away.

AHH!

My sister's Telling my to read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

naporeon

AHH! wrote:

My sister's Telling my to read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Dude. We totally had a bonerfest over this, last week.

I even posted pictures of myself holding an autographed first printing of the last book in the series.

Sticky Mouse

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books.

Metzger Meister

I'm re-reading of Mice and Men. When I finish that I'll be moving on to A Clash of Kings.

Marcus

I just started the Dark Tower series, and I just finished the Silmirillion.

naporeon

Metzger Meister wrote:

I'm re-reading of Mice and Men. When I finish that I'll be moving on to A Clash of Kings.

Oh man, Steinbeck blows so hard. I love his writing, surprisingly, but his plots are all fucking identical.

Doodmann

Gunstar wrote:

sex drugs and cocoa puffs

Now that is an american classic.

Arcibi

You know what book I thought sucked a lot

Wuthering Heights

At first I thought I hated it because I had to read it for a class but I pretty much enjoyed everything else I had to read for the class

It turns out that the book just plain sucks

<3

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books too. Of Mice and Men, however, is not.

I'm reading Good Omens right now.

Rankenphile

forums, mostly

Carol Vorderman

I really liked the Catcher in the Rye

Marcus

Oh and i am also going to re-read Breakfast of Champions soon.
Maybe tonight.

J. Grant

Hold Caulfield should have eaten the live end of a shotgun. Bang, one chapter, done. Fucking Emo kid.

Sticky Mouse

Some great books I had to read in school:

1984, Animal Farm, Catcher in the Rye, Candide, The Once and Future King, The Remains of the Day (probably my favorite)

Metzger Meister

The only reason I'm re-reading it at all is because I barely skimmed it for class. I thought maybe I'd enjoy it, because it's supposedly really fucking good... So far, I'm actually kind of liking it. But, yeah, A Clash of Kings! I'm about halfway through that... I just decided to take a break from the crazy fantasy political intrigue.


Edit: I really liked Animal Farm, but I fear most of it is lost on me. You know... references. Plus, I haven't had a government class yet.

naporeon

wrote:

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books too. Of Mice and Men, however, is not.

I'm reading Good Omens right now.

WIN.

"You're Hell's Angels. . . What chapter are you from, then?"

"REVELATIONS. . . CHAPTER SIX."

Orikaeshigitae

i'm reading 100 years of solitude

it's pretty good and also Spanish

J. Grant

naporeon wrote:

wrote:

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books too. Of Mice and Men, however, is not.

I'm reading Good Omens right now.

WIN.

"You're Hell's Angels. . . What chapter are you from, then?"

"REVELATIONS. . . CHAPTER SIX."

I liked that Death was in it, all Pratchett-style.

<3

naporeon wrote:

wrote:

Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books too. Of Mice and Men, however, is not.

I'm reading Good Omens right now.

WIN.

"You're Hell's Angels. . . What chapter are you from, then?"

"REVELATIONS. . . CHAPTER SIX."

omg spoiler.

naporeon

Sticky Mouse wrote:

Some great books I had to read in school:

1984, Animal Farm, Catcher in the Rye, Candide, The Once and Future King, The Remains of the Day (probably my favorite)

I loves me some Voltaire, but I prefer Zadig to Candide.

Air

i dont read a whole lot and normally i find an auther that i like and just read up a whole bunch of their books and maybe some other similar books

so i have been reading haruki murakami recently, with a couple of other japanese authors thrown in

a few years ago i read the godfather and then went about reading most of mario puzo's other books. also picked up 'gangster' by lorenzo carcaterra

AHH!

naporeon wrote:

AHH! wrote:

My sister's Telling my to read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Dude. We totally had a bonerfest over this, last week.

I even posted pictures of myself holding an autographed first printing of the last book in the series.

man no shit?

so it's good?

Well I guess I'll just start reading this then

with

the

audioboooooooook

Metzger Meister

So, Bloodhound Gang references Catcher in the Rye in one of their songs. And how awesome are they?




Very awesome.

naporeon

AHH! wrote:

naporeon wrote:

AHH! wrote:

My sister's Telling my to read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Dude. We totally had a bonerfest over this, last week.

I even posted pictures of myself holding an autographed first printing of the last book in the series.

man no shit?

so it's good?

Well I guess I'll just start reading this then

with

the

audioboooooooook

If you're going to listen to it, rather than read it, try the radio production they did. It was kinda fun. But then, I'd already read the books.

You do know that Daniel Craig and Eva Green, fresh from Bond awesomeness, are both going to be in the promising live-action film adaptation, right?

mackingtheknife

i like catcher in the rye because of how radical it was when it came out

i am reading cold mountain but i am fairly uninterested because it is all boohoo and not bang bang

AHH!

well I just started The Golden Compass since it was sitting right in front of me.

Quirk

I'm reading a book called 'The Big Over Easy' which is a bit of an odd one about a police force in Reading (Redding, England-pronunciation for those people of foreign climes who do now know the cities of the UK) who solve 'Nursery Crimes' and is in fact about the death of Humpty Dumpty but is surprisingly funny. I can't remember the author as it is upstairs and i aint going up there right now.

I love Pratchett's books, apart from only you can save mankind cos that was lame. Also i will put in a vote for everyone reading the His Dark Materials trilogy, as it is very good, VERY good.

Also everyone, and i MEAN ALL OF YOU should read Douglas Adams' books, both the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and the lesser known Dirk Gently novels (which deal with surreal themes such as alternate realities and ancient gods)

Also for those interested in biographies, American Scream; the story of Bill Hicks is a good read. Well written and surprisingly moving

Catcher in the Rye was quite good when i first read it (about 4 years ago) but i tried re reading it recently-ish and found the main character too irritating to sympathise with. Mice and men however i read about 5-6 years ago then a year later in my english class and still love it, even though the story was simple.

naporeon

Quirk wrote:

I'm reading a book called 'The Big Over Easy' which is a bit of an odd one about a police force in Reading (Redding, England-pronunciation for those people of foreign climes who do now know the cities of the UK) who solve 'Nursery Crimes' and is in fact about the death of Humpty Dumpty but is surprisingly funny. I can't remember the author as it is upstairs and i aint going up there right now.

I feel like I should tell you that the Thursday Next series is something like 7 times better the Jack Spratt stuff.

It's been scientifically demonstrated.

Metzger Meister

Simple is good. The theme of Of Mice and Men is friendship and stuff. Who can't get behind that?

Lemming

Catcher in the Rye was awful

Currently reading the first book in Otherland

naporeon

Lemming wrote:

Catcher in the Rye was awful

Currently reading the first book in Otherland

Hey, thanks for making it clear that I should never take your opinion on literature seriously.

Thanks!

Lemming

naporeon wrote:

Lemming wrote:

Catcher in the Rye was awful

Currently reading the first book in Otherland

Hey, thanks for making it clear that I should never take your opinion on literature seriously.

Thanks!

Ok

jimninja

I liked Catcher in the Rye.

I also really really liked World War Z, which I finally got my hands on last week. Unfortunately, I didn't have the scratch for the Zombie Survival Guide.

Quirk

Naporeon i thank thee, as i am really liking the writing style in this book, but the story leaves something to be desired to far (though not so bad considering i was only in waterstones to buy my gf a birthday present and only bought that book to have change to buy a big issue off the cool guy with big issues outside)

metzger, i liked the theme of mice and men, hell i liked the whole book, im jut a bit drunk and not articulating too well, i meant that some people i know don't like the book as the themes, dialogue and story are fairly simple. I did quite like it however, and was glad i got sent out of the classroom on an errand as we were reading the end of the book because it was making me tear up.

also jimninja i loved WWZ, i got it for xmas, and it furthered my zombie paranoia which is always fun

naporeon

Quirk wrote:

Naporeon i thank thee, as i am really liking the writing style in this book, but the story leaves something to be desired to far (though not so bad considering i was only in waterstones to buy my gf a birthday present and only bought that book to have change to buy a big issue off the cool guy with big issues outside)

Don't get me wrong, I love all of Fforde's stuff. He is a very brainy guy, and the Thursday Next series is saturated with literary references, both obvious and oblique. Be prepared.