What's the last book you read?

[Tenbatsuzen]

I just finished reading Dave Barry's "Big Trouble" tonight... although it's a great book, I can see why the movie version was delayed... in retrospect concerning 9/11, it's kinda tragic.

I read a lot of non-fiction, but haven't read a lot of novels lately.

I'm working on the Iron Chef book, but it's very... dry.

Fukui-San! The Iron Chef is adding shark farts to the nacho platter! Ahhhh.

[IkeaBoy]

I just finished "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations" last night after reading The Tailor of Panama which was made into an EXCELLENT film this year and moved onto Al Franken's other book "Why Not Me?" tonight. After that either Naked Lunch or Iron Joe Bob (the Joe Bob Briggs book- Joe Bob ruled!!! Monstervision kicked ass!!!).

Is it strange that I've been doing a lot more personal reading while in school than before college?

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I apologize for my awful call Thursday, I stink.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Naw, high school was all about bad lunch and infidelity, to borrow a line from kevin smith.

College is all about expanding your mind. As long as you're reading books YOU want to read and not the crappy John Grisham books-of-the-quarter or something.


Christ I sound like a friggin' Reading-Is-Fundamental PSA

[IkeaBoy]

if you honestly think i'm going to sit here and let you blast John Grisham, you have a completely different and wrong view of me.

Carrot Man to Big Apple: I Miss my baby carrot.

Pro-War NYU Student. We're not all peace fags.

I apologize for my awful call Thursday, I stink.

[Tenbatsuzen]

I'm not saying John Grisham is a bad writer. That came out wrong.

What I meant to say is, read what you want, not because people tell you this book is oh-so-good.

Then again, the people can be right. I enjoyed Tuesdays with Morrie.

[Rob The Serial Killer]

I just finished "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk. Hopefully I didn't butcher his last name too badly. He wrote Fight Club, and this is pretty much in the same vein.





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[Dirtybird11]

KURTS ANGLES BOOK.
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[girl germs]

the last book i read was, "what do you do with a grumpy kangaroo?: a book about feelings."

i've been reading cometbus #47(a zine) over and over again, as it's the only thing i enjoy reading right now.

i started reading "towing jehovah" by james morrow but i couldn't concentrate. i'm gonna pick it up again soon. when i'm finished with that i plan on reading "scepticism inc." by bo fowler or "white teeth" by zadie smith.

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[girl germs]

i forgot.

i read the play "street theater" by doric wilson (a pre-stonewall play about street life) and i went to a discussion of it today. doric wilson was there and meeting him was great.

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[FezWad]

Mankind's book (from wwf)it was pretty good for a book and I am not the biggest fan of reading unless it comes from fictional character produced by a box on my television screen.

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[FezWad]

Iron chef Book I love Iron Chef it rules!!!!!!!!

Who's got a little text under his name?I do! :-)

[TooCute]

A confederacy of Dunces
(Toole) and Kicthen
confidential, I think it was
called? Hm. Don't eat fish on
Mondays and don't do brunch!




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[adolescentmasturbator]

Remember Spain by Murray
Bookchin, My Disillusionment
With Russia by Emma Goldman,
and Anarcho-Syndicalism by
Rudolf Rocker.


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[Se7en]

In honor of Halloween, I reread Dracula, and I also finished the great new Neil Gaiman book, "American Gods".

And anything by Chuck Palahniuk rules.

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--Spider Jerusalem

[Schematic]

i read some stupid biography on walt disney

Camil Szewczyk

[Noellevious]

The Virgin Suicides. It was amazing. I heard the movie blew, so read the book first so you won't be tainted.

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[Noellevious]

bad lunch and infidelity


Now that sounds like a novel. ;-)

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[HordeKing1]

"Woman and the New Race" by Margaret Sanger.

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[reeshy]

"Mein Kampf" by you know who. Had to read it for a class-very disjointed and psychotic and scary!!!

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[CruelCircus]

I mostly read magazines these days, sadly, I used to read a lot more books.
Believe it or not, the last book I read was "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Good quick read for flying back from Germany with.


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[Dan]

I'm almost done with "The Nick Adams Stories" which is a collection of Hemingway stories that all feature the Nick Adams character.

It's pretty cool because it put them all in chronological order of where they would be in Nick's life and added some unpublished stuff.

I need to stop reading hemingway for a while...I'm getting too manly and cynical.

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[Tenbatsuzen]

Dan:

You stop reading Hemingway when a shotgun for breakfast sounds like a good idea. :)

[Pootertoot]

"Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" by Anthony Bourdain (It was good, I swear)

I started Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" but abandoned it for "The Dark Knight Returns" on gvac's recommendation.

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[furie]

The Dark Knight Returns kicks ass! The best graphic novel ever.
The last thing i read was Salem's Lot. I've seen the movie a few times, but just felt like reading the book. Of Course the book was so much better than the made-for-tv movie.



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[Dan]

I thought forever that Steven King was crap but then I had to read Salem's Lot for a Class and I realized I had been an idiot. I missed one of my Fraternity's Parties to finish reading it.

In retrospect, I'm kinda a tool.

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[Death Metal Moe]

I've been TRYING to read "Attack Upon Christendom" by Soren Kierkegaard. It's just that the translation is SO hard to follow sometimes.

So I guess that last book I read was The Return of the King", the last in the Ring's Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkein. METAL!!!!

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[JustinR]

The last book I read was "Fast Food Nation". The book will make you think twice before eating at a fast food joint. I know it stopped me from going to them.

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[adolescentmasturbator]

Lent I read Fast Food Nation
3-4 months ago and I haven't
ate fast food since then.
People talk about
life-changing books this
book changed my eating
habits.

I'm in the middle of the
Cornel West Reader and the
Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy. After that it's the
Hobbit and LOTR.


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[Tenbatsuzen]

Dark Knight Returns is a phenomenal book. It's a damn shame it'll never be turned into a proper movie because of all the continuity involved with the comics (knowing about two-face, Joker killing Jason Todd, etc. etc.)

A friend of mine said that when Miller wrote DKR, he had Mick Jagger in mind for Joker, and I could definitely see that.

After seeing "Unbreakable", I could totally see Bruce Willis as the 50-year-old Bruce Wayne.



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[IkeaBoy]

I just finished Why Not Me? today and it's a fun, quick read.

And yes, DKR is magnificent. As for my next foray into literature I'm deciing betwene V or Naked Lunch or catching up on readign for college but chances are it won't be the latter.

Carrot Man to Big Apple: I Miss my baby carrot.

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[adolescentmasturbator]

For anyone interested in Al
Gore you should read Al
Gore: A User's Manual by
Alexander Cockburn and
Jeffery St. Clair. It shows
you just how bad Gore is. He
turns out to be
anti-environmentalist,
anti-labor, anti-free
speech, anti-gay, and
anti-abortion( The National
Right to Life Organization
gave him an 84% rating).


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[IkeaBoy]

thanks for the tip, i might give it a gander AM

Carrot Man to Big Apple: I Miss my baby carrot.

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[Code Grinder]

Recently finished "Good Omens", by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Very funny novel about the Apocalypse; a good read.

In honor of October, I think I might finally read "Something Wicked This Way Comes", by Ray Bradbury.

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[JustJon]

I'm reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. great read so far.

And DKR is awesome, but obviously Tenbats doesn't know his Batman continuity, or he'd know that DKR came out years before Jason Todd died.

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[reeshy]

I'm currently reading "Moby Dick" again. I don't know what it is about this book but I find it very compelling and spell-binding. Once I start it, I can't put it down.

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[CYYYFYYY]

Punisher #5... It wasn;t too
hot... Yep it is a comic
book..........


David the Franchize
Let them eat Cake!

[Tenbatsuzen]

Hey, um, Jon?

DKR happens 10 years past everything in current continuity. It's hinted that the death of Robin made Wayne think about retirement.

There's a empty Robin uniform in the batcave.

Wayne says, "Jason was a good soldier." or something to that effect.

I may not be a big comic book fanboy, but if you're gonna correct me, you can at least be right. :)


Unless, of course, you're indicating that it was written BEFORE Jason was killed by Miller, which is in fact true.

But the STORY takes place AFTER Jason died.

It's a whole weird time paradox thing.

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[Pootertoot]

How about I discuss the endings to all the books YOU'RE reading, bitches. ;P

Code Grinder, I'm fairly new to the Discworld series, but I HIGHLY recommend "Small Gods". Enjoyed it immensely.

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[reeshy]

Pootertoot,

I see you finally sold out and gave in to the "Man"!!!

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[PhishHead]

I just finished reading "On the Road" by Kerouac for the 5th time, and Kafka's "The Trial" for the 3rd time both great books I recommend them to everyone if you havent read them.

"Whatever you do take care of your shoes."-Trey

[PhishHead]

I just finished reading "On the Road" by Kerouac for the 5th time, and Kafka's "The Trial" for the 3rd time both great books I recommend them to everyone if you havent read them. sory for the dual post

"Whatever you do take care of your shoes."-Trey

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[Pootertoot]

Reeshy, it's a few short months til I kill them all, so hang in there.

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[IkeaBoy]

The Trial is my favorite book ever.

Carrot Man to Big Apple: I Miss my baby carrot.

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[Pootertoot]

Dark Knight Returns kicked much ass. Great fucking read.

The only, very, very minor problem I had was the broken semi-invented slang of the gangs. It just annoys me that whenever anyone writes about gangs of the future, they assume they're going to speak in broken english catchprases. How about just some good old plain threats of horrible violence?

Maybe Burgess set the bar too high with Nadsat.

I picked up "Ghost World" on Ms. Germs' recommendation and will probably read that next, but I also have "Kingdom Come" and "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut" (due to my newfound love for Invader Zim) on queue.

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[Se7en]

Is anyone else as excited as I am that the SEQUEL to DKR is coming out this December? It's tops on my Christmas list.

And if we're going to include comic books in here, might I recommend "Watchmen" by Alan Moore. It's one of the finest comic books EVER made.

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--Spider Jerusalem

[JustJon]

I picked up "Ghost World" on Ms. Germs' recommendation and will probably read that next, but I also have "Kingdom Come" and "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut" (due to my newfound love for Invader Zim) on queue.
JTHM original issues are better than the trade paperback because they have "Meanwhiles" that add to the story and other cool shit. I've been a Jhonen fan since JTHM #1 came out.

And DKR came out about 2 years before Death in the Family.

If we're recommending Alan Moore, how about "V for Vandetta" and "From Hell" (movie version comes out this friday)

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[HordeKing1]

Just finished re-reading Ender's Game. I gave it to my son to read. I forgot how good it is. I think I'll have to pick up Xenocide and Hegemon now and reread them.

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[Pootertoot]

Finished "Ghost World" last night. What a beautifully depressing book. Go read it. Thank you, Ms. Germs, you rock.

If we're recommending graphic novels, I recommend "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth". Another beautifully depressing book.

Started Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Hysterical. Loving it.

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[IkeaBoy]

see the movie Pooter. you might have to look but you won't regret it. And the scene in the video store is eerily reminiscent of what happens everytime you go into Blockbuster

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[JustJon]

HK, Ender's Game is my absolute favorite book! The sequels on the other hand... (And you forgot Children of the Mind)

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