Ample free time for reading (so I stop drinking so much). I'm hoping to be able to read through at least 2 books a month, 4 would be sweet.

Purchased:
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
The Stand by Stephen King
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
* The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

[edit] italics mean that i have already read it
[edit2] * means that i am currently reading it

To Purchase:
The Dark Tower 1-7
The Game of Thrones 1-5
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Fight Club
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This post has been edited by MoS. on Thu - Apr 19 2012 - 17:06:08

"Woe is me" and "boo fucking hoo" are 2 titles you should also look into.

You're the easiest out of anyone on this website to provoke into something.

Congratulations.

Also, I have read both of those already.

This post has been edited by MoS. on Wed - Feb 22 2012 - 14:45:44

dark tower series + game of thrones should keep you for a few months.

fyi i would read the stand before ANY other newer King books due to all the recurring elements dealing with it.

another couple of good ones are the talisman and black house.




but if you are just lonely get a dog
if not i suggest looking into the titles Adam mentioned

I've read lots of Stephen King books already. The Dome, the one about the cell phones, others. Always wanted to read The Stand.

I really wish I had a documented list of all the books that I read over the course of my life.

the newest one about JFK was pretty good too

My cousin's husband has it, but his mom and dad are reading it right now. I'll give it a go later when it's returned.

hunger games is for 14 year old girls

read nonfiction

ive got a huge list of fantasy novels ive got on my kindle, that i am slowly working through. I got the dark tower and ASOIAF audiobooks if you want those for your commute to work. also got the .mobi files if you wanna share on ur kindle.

libraries are great if you are cheap and dont wanna buy all this shit. books expensive man.

OKAY LOREMASTER

I like books, not sure why. I was given money to get a Kindle/Nook for Christmas, couldn't make my mind up so I don't have either.

I was pretty shocked when I saw some of the more popular books are only about 50% of the actual book cost itself, while there is all sorts of cannon fodder for $1.

I still may end up getting one, I need to buy my way into happiness again.

[edit] I guess I could read books on my phone.

This post has been edited by MoS. on Wed - Feb 22 2012 - 20:15:22

Read:
Wheel of Time books 1-8
ASOIAF books 1-4 (Martin)

To Read, in order:
WoT books 10-13 (Jordan, Sanderson)
Elantris (Sanderson)
Mistborn Trilogy (Sanderson) - 3 Books
Malazan Book of the Fallen (Erikson) - 10 Books
The Dark Tower (King) - 7 Books
Jurassic Park (Crighton)
The Lost Symbol (Brown)
The Kingkiller Chronicle (Northfuss) - 2 so far
The Way of Kings (Sanderson)

Reading:
Winter's Heart (WoT #9)
Dance of Dragons (ASOIAF #5)
Killing Lincoln (O'Reilly)

And that should be the next years worth of reading

This post has been edited by blackjack21 on Wed - Feb 22 2012 - 20:18:26

im just saying that i can share with you all the stuff i posted and more, and you can download all you want yourself too. you just gotta pay the 79 bucks for the kindle

but i do agree that the physical book is really nice. i think for certain things i will buy a nice hardcover (like the last WoT book for example), but otherwise im fine with the kindle. i really enjoy using it, and it feels like i read quicker on the kindle, i dont know why. maybe because i can change the font size. i really like that i can use the setting with black background, white letters. its easier on my eyes

^

did you read it? dont just discount it cuz you hate everything american

>bill oreily
>nope

i could have this same thread, except replace reading with schoolwork to get my degree

same person i guess

truth

never watched his show, book is interesting though. most of my friends at work think he is obnoxious

dont remember posting this, its not really true

i read infinite jest earlier this year and i liked it

idk about wallace's other books but i assume they are just as good

some parts are a struggle to get through but it was definitely worth sticking through it to the end, astounding look into addiction/tennis/movies/entertainment

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

lol

anything by chuck is good news

The Stand has just been finished. It was a version released with more pages that were cut out of the original, 1439 in total in this edition (small paperback, small font).

I felt throughout the first 1000 pages or so, that the story was building up to such a crescendo, that there couldn't possibly be enough story in the last 400 pages to give it a proper ending. However, around 1200 pages in, I decided to buy a 6 pack and some cigarettes (I haven't really drank or smoked much at all in the past 10 days), to treat myself to the ending. Some turn of events occurred that gave me such a strong emotional connection to one of the main characters and the ending, that everything started to fall into place. I think perhaps part of the huge suspense was the actual length of time it took me to read this book.

Highly recommended.

I will be starting Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut shortly.

This post has been edited by MoS. on Wed - Mar 28 2012 - 21:08:58

now go watch the movie and be annoyed...

If you want some non fiction suggestions I can help you there.

Dan recommended me the novels by Preston and Child, specifically the Pendergast novels.

Love them for quick easy reads that you can put down for a bit and not worry about being lost when you get back to it.

Currently reading Fight Club, will proelbay end up buying all of Chuck Palahniuk's books in time.

Read Palahniuk's short stories if you get a few spare moments, I believe they're all on his website.

I'll check them out, one of my buddies up here is a big fan of him and has recommended several of them to me as well.

Currently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I feel like arming myself with some very good Atheism related material to argue with dad about Jehova when I go home in May.

finished book 10 of wot

As you can figure from the book, Dawkins is not an atheist. I realize he 'sometimes' quotes himself to be an atheist however when you watch some of his better debates you'll realize he knows that 'atheist' is a extremely bad description. Infact being a definition atheist is as bad as being a fundamentalist theist. Most 'atheists' including Dawkins are better defined by Agnosticism Atheism.

tl;dr cool story bro.

Looks like a good read, let me know what you think