Book Recommendations

[nmsles]

the new david sedaris (in addition to any old david sedaris.) is laugh out loud hilarious.
 
 in addition to middlesex, eugenides's first novel, the virgin suicides, is fantastic.
 
 just read neil postman's "amusing ourselves to death," it was very, very interesting.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  does anyone use audible.com?

First off...congrats.
 
 Now.  I use Audible.  What do you need to know?
 
 I obviously can't recommend any book because I only read non-fiction and you want nothing about current events.
 
 Smackette is reading "A Winter in Kandahar" and then she will be reading "Snow" for her book club.  That's about all I can offer. [/b]

tip o' the hat, feels good to be done
 
 do you feel like you get your money's worth with audible?  seems like a pretty good service
 
 i basically have only read non-fiction for the last few years (pretty sad for an english major), but i'm trying to read more history and keep my current events stuff to the internet and magazines
 
 i love quirky history stuff like Changes in the Land ... looking for more of that

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  kosmette recommends you checkout librarything.com for getting book recommendations

this looks cool, thanks

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  for non-fiction, i'd recommend stuff like "the united states of arugula" by david kamp

this looks awesome

[vansmack]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  do you feel like you get your money's worth with audible?  seems like a pretty good service

Totally.  Especially when it's split in the household between the two of us.  Like Pollard, we use it for long commutes when we can agree on a book, otherwise, we just download a book a month.  They let you carry up to 6 credits over month to month (ahem, eMusic, a subscription service lets you carry over you credits, a novel concept), but if you can't find a new book in 6 months...well, then a book service just isn't for you.
 
 Their selection is solid and you don't have to be a current subscriber to listen to your books.  Once you buy them, they are yours to keep.  We pay around $10 a book - even for new releases - hard to beat that.
 
 They are DRM, so have a strategy for listening devices.  We use the iTunes/iPod model.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  for non-fiction, i'd recommend stuff like "the united states of arugula" by david kamp

this looks awesome [/b]

You're both so gay and you don't even like boys.

[walkonby]

if you can read it from an "observer" point of view and not take it too seriously, anything by edward alexander crowely.  his writings "take you there." book of the law is the best example of this. where 'there' is, i'm not smart enough to translate yet, but i know it does alter your subconscious dream state and can lead to inner fights of depression, rage against classes, and a desire to think you are better than others.  remember, just read them for the fun of it.

[renton007]

Second on American Pastoral. It's a great story. Do you like golf and humor? If so, check out Dan Jenkins The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist. It's about an average pro on the tour and his life off the course (two ex wifes and a rocky relationship with his girlfriend).
 
 I wish I could offer something in the graphic novel genre but I haven't looked a a comic book since GI Joe in like 1985.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  for fiction- i've recently enjoyed "american pastoral"

[DeathFromAbove1979]

I'm on a Chuck Pahlniuk binge right now. I've read like 4 or 5 of his books and I think he's amazing. My favorite so far is Choke. I finished Snuff not too long ago and I think I'm gonna read Lullaby or Survivor next.

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
  I'm on a Chuck Pahlniuk binge right now. I've read like 4 or 5 of his books and I think he's amazing. My favorite so far is Choke. I finished Snuff not too long ago and I think I'm gonna read Lullaby or Survivor next.

lullaby is great. snuff isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

[thirsty moore]

None of us know anything and television can only entertain.
 
 

Originally posted by nmsles:
 just read neil postman's "amusing ourselves to death," it was very, very interesting.

[renton007]

Read Survivor first, I think you get more enjoyment from it than Lullaby. I started Lullaby and put it down about 35 pages into it. Avoid Diary as well.
 
 

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
  I think I'm gonna read Lullaby or Survivor next.

[walkonby]

or these:
 
 dictionary of theories - jennifer bothamley
 
 (fm 21 - 76) us army survival manual
 
 the terror - dan simmons
 
 small town restaurants in virginia - joanne anderson
 
 people of the lie - m. scott peck, m.d.
 
 angels a-z - matthew bunson

[thirsty moore]

Check out Mark Trail or Rex Morgan, MD.

[terry]

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan was very good.