Just finished 1984 finally, obviously loved it.

Starting Golden Compass

The Road - 8/10

Really good story, but the kid kind of annoyed me and I don't like the way Cormac McCarthy formats his books

It's a good one to start because it is mad accessible. I feel like you would like Naked Lunch though. Just a complete clusterfuck of ridiculous imagery with no cohesive plot.

On The Road is a good starting place too, everyone loves that book. I think it's slightly overrated but I do enjoy.

I haven't read anything in a few months now. I feel like a piece of shit everytime I see this thread because I am used to reading so much and have so much time/things I want to read.
Just haven't been motivated lately. Need to do something about this

naked mr. america, burning frantic with self bone love, screams out: "my asshole confounds the louvre! i fart ambrosia and shit pure gold turds! my cocks spurts soft diamonds in the morning sunlight!"

I've currently been reading Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

so far I rate it 6/10

I agree with what you said completely, would also give it 7/10.

"Eeeee Eee Eeee" by Tao Lin - 9.8/10

This book was amazing to me. Read the entire thing in one sitting last night, feeling really good after each page.

Seems like a book that if someone else who knew me read it, they would say to me, "damn, you definitely should read this book. You would definitely like it."

Kinda Holden Caulfield/"Kafka-esque," to describe it in a cliched way.

<3 this.

I thought you've never read Catcher In The Rye??

I have.

Star Wars The Thrawn Trilogy 90/100.

someone lone me some money to buy books so I can post in this thread

loan*

Someone loan Skippord a library card

boy was that imbarrassing

Bret Hart Book 8/10

Very good book. Very well written. However, there were some moments in the book I really didn't care about and Bret did not make me care about.

Without Fail by Lee Child.

Love the Jack Reacher series and this one didn't disappoint.

dynamite kid's autobiography

3/10

poorly written and half the time i had no idea what the hell he was talking about

Steig Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - 9/10.

Was recommended to me by a work colleague. Had never heard of him before but thoroughly enjoyed this book. Cleverly intertwines two underlying themes in the storyline and delivers a good mix of crime/suspense/mystery. Seriously had trouble putting this book down at times.

A very good translation into English by Reg Keeland. Quite often I have been disappointed with poor translations but this version was excellent. If anyone decides to read this book make sure you get the Keeland version.

Have now begun reading the next book in the trilogy The Girl Who Played With Fire.

I keep seeing these books prominently displayed at Barnes and Noble. I have been meaning to see what they are all about. The KYR recommendation has sealed the deal for me.

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth - 10/10

Oh my god. I feel like as a whole, this is literally the best thing I have ever looked at/read/whatever in my entire life.

Felt like crying @ how good it was about 50-100 times during reading it.

Jesus. Was just like "beautiful." Every page was drawn/designed so incredibly. "Breathtaking."

Seemed like it was written/drawn by some guy who had completely lost his mind making this.

Went and read like 15 interviews with the creator, Chris Ware. Feel like I am "in love" with him.

This was amazing.

It becomes much more epic in scope. I read those books when I was a teenager as they came out, I've read them again since, and I think they're brilliant. They do go to town on the blasphemy, attacking the concept of God moreso than the church itself really.

Last book I read was Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, borrowed from someone who highly recommended it. I loved it. It's about an unnamed guy who dreams that a girl he loved is calling him, and he must go back to a seedy old hotel to find her, only the hotel has been replaced by a super big Western modern luxury hotel with the same name. The story then follows as he almost passively tries to figure out where this girl may have gone, encountering various characters along the way. Strange, funny book. I've since learned it's like a loose continuation of an earlier trilogy of books. I'm going to get some more Murakami books after this 9/10

Reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gael Garcia Marquez now. It's very strange indeed.

God Bless You Mr. Rosewater 8/10

Finally finished this. Pretty atypical Vonnegut... pretty funny and a decent story. Not one of his best but still very good. Punchline after punchline.

For Whom the Bell Tolls -10/10

I liked this more than The Sun Also Rises and that is the only other non-short story Hemingway I have read.

I should hopefully finish Crime and Punishment and Divine Comedy this week, with two eight-hour train trips on Thursday and Saturday. Then i'll be reading William Thackeray's Vanity Fair.

Just bought this today. Hoping it will be a good read

Brets book a 7/10. Some boring parts brought it down a bit but very readable towards the end.

Jericho's book a 9/10. Good read, definitely seemed like he had a hand in the writing more than they let on. Had Jericho humor throughout.

Steig Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire - 10/10.

Book 2 of the Millenium Trilogy and even better than the first. Could not put this book down.

Now reading Book 3 - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.

The No Complaining Rule by Jon Gordon 0/10

Easily the most gods-awful piece of shit I ever read, and I only did so because Work forced me to. Compared to this, that pile of shit in book form called Battlefield Earth is a 9.5/10. I need to read the Hitchhiker's Trilogy again just to get the sour taste out of my brain.

Dante - The Divine Comedy 7.5/10

Definitely a book that I will read again at some point. But to appreciate it more, a number of classical works need to be read first.

Oliver Twist - 7/10 - I don't really like Dickens but I hadn't read a Dickens novel in a few years so I thought I'd try again. I felt better about it than I did others but he's still not one of my favorites. Maybe in another few years.

Stieg Larsson - Men Who Hate Women

7.5/10 - Pretty cool.

EDIT: Uhm, apparently it was also released under the title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Been reading some short stories by Irvine Welsh that have been pretty good. Particularly enjoyed one entitled "Eurotrash"

Not done with the whole book yet though sirs

Been reading Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire

not one usually for vampire books but I recently watched the movie adaptation so I was interested in the book

definitely much better then the movie

I'll give it a 7/10

The second book, The Vampire Lestat, is far better.

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

Seems like every great contemporary novelist is from the UK. I loved this-- 6 stories connected in various ways, each story has it's own unique style... it starts with a Mellville inspired story set in the 19th century and moves all the way to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. 10/10

Day By Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile - 9/10

Another great work of art from JL Bourne. Having read his entire DBD Armageddon (first book) in an entire work day, I was eager to read the 2nd one. While he does go just a bit fast with the story, it's understandable and is written so that you never want to put it down. The only reason for not being 10/10 is that I know that there's another book coming by the ending, and that I'm not looking forward to another couple years wait.

Cloud Atlas is a brilliant book. You should check out Mitchell's other books if you haven't already. Ghostwritten is similar in scope and style, with several interweaving stories. number9dream and Black Swan Green are somewhat different but still brilliant.

Reading "Pillars of the Earth" right now. It's about a thousand pages long, and I'm at 300. This is a great book up to now. If it keeps up the pace for the remaining 700, this could be one of the best book I've ever read.