(07-08-2012 11:17 AM)Nuudoru Wrote:  I once tried the read The Great Gatsby and it was very difficult to follow the book and understand what's going on.

It was the first time I actually have felt any difficulty reading anything by not having english as my native tongue..

Man, The Great Gatsby is insanely beautiful.

Stephen King is amazing if you get buried in his books, with the night light on, of course.
Other than that, I've always loved the LOTR trilogy, Harry Potter and the Lightning Thief series in that order, and I love finding the fiction section and randomly picking up a book, then reading the whole thing and judging. Found some great novels that way, as well as some terrible romances....
Terrible.

(07-08-2012 11:36 AM)Beardy Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:17 AM)Nuudoru Wrote:  I once tried the read The Great Gatsby and it was very difficult to follow the book and understand what's going on.

It was the first time I actually have felt any difficulty reading anything by not having english as my native tongue..

Man, The Great Gatsby is insanely beautiful.

it's my favorite book of all time. ughhhh!!! <3
I'm excited for the new movie in december!

MAX BROOKS... MAX BROOKS.... OH, AND I LIKE MAX BROOKS..... Also I have to read Moby Dick over the summer. I haven't read it yet, but I surely will.

(07-08-2012 11:57 AM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  MAX BROOKS... MAX BROOKS.... OH, AND I LIKE MAX BROOKS..... Also I have to read Moby Dick over the summer. I haven't read it yet, but I surely will.

WE SHOULD READ IT TOGETHER AND SKIP OVER ALL THE WHALING CHAPTERS. -forum friendship reading powers-

(07-08-2012 11:59 AM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:57 AM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  MAX BROOKS... MAX BROOKS.... OH, AND I LIKE MAX BROOKS..... Also I have to read Moby Dick over the summer. I haven't read it yet, but I surely will.

WE SHOULD READ IT TOGETHER AND SKIP OVER ALL THE WHALING CHAPTERS. -forum friendship reading powers-

YEAH! Except I'm not sure of my teachers position on the whaling chapters. Actually I'm not even quite sure of what you're talking about.

(07-08-2012 12:01 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:59 AM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:57 AM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  MAX BROOKS... MAX BROOKS.... OH, AND I LIKE MAX BROOKS..... Also I have to read Moby Dick over the summer. I haven't read it yet, but I surely will.

WE SHOULD READ IT TOGETHER AND SKIP OVER ALL THE WHALING CHAPTERS. -forum friendship reading powers-

YEAH! Except I'm not sure of my teachers position on the whaling chapters. Actually I'm not even quite sure of what you're talking about.

I haven't read it yet but..
there is a big portion of the book dedicated to Ishmal's revenge on whales...and the whaling chapters explain how to...catch a whale.

(07-08-2012 12:06 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:01 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:59 AM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:57 AM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  MAX BROOKS... MAX BROOKS.... OH, AND I LIKE MAX BROOKS..... Also I have to read Moby Dick over the summer. I haven't read it yet, but I surely will.

WE SHOULD READ IT TOGETHER AND SKIP OVER ALL THE WHALING CHAPTERS. -forum friendship reading powers-

YEAH! Except I'm not sure of my teachers position on the whaling chapters. Actually I'm not even quite sure of what you're talking about.

I haven't read it yet but..
there is a big portion of the book dedicated to Ishmal's revenge on whales...and the whaling chapters explain how to...catch a whale.

Knowing my teacher, he'll probably want some sort of paper that explains what you think of the whole thing.

(07-08-2012 12:12 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:06 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:01 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:59 AM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:57 AM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  MAX BROOKS... MAX BROOKS.... OH, AND I LIKE MAX BROOKS..... Also I have to read Moby Dick over the summer. I haven't read it yet, but I surely will.

WE SHOULD READ IT TOGETHER AND SKIP OVER ALL THE WHALING CHAPTERS. -forum friendship reading powers-

YEAH! Except I'm not sure of my teachers position on the whaling chapters. Actually I'm not even quite sure of what you're talking about.

I haven't read it yet but..
there is a big portion of the book dedicated to Ishmal's revenge on whales...and the whaling chapters explain how to...catch a whale.

Knowing my teacher, he'll probably want some sort of paper that explains what you think of the whole thing.

Oh..well I have to read it for my school's academic team. Each member is assigned two books to read and then we have to write something called a "Major Works Analysis" and bring it in...we pretty much need to know the books like the back of our hand just in case we get asked about it at a meet.

#smartpeopleproblems.

(07-08-2012 12:56 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:12 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:06 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:01 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 11:59 AM)PikaPikari Wrote:  WE SHOULD READ IT TOGETHER AND SKIP OVER ALL THE WHALING CHAPTERS. -forum friendship reading powers-

YEAH! Except I'm not sure of my teachers position on the whaling chapters. Actually I'm not even quite sure of what you're talking about.

I haven't read it yet but..
there is a big portion of the book dedicated to Ishmal's revenge on whales...and the whaling chapters explain how to...catch a whale.

Knowing my teacher, he'll probably want some sort of paper that explains what you think of the whole thing.

Oh..well I have to read it for my school's academic team. Each member is assigned two books to read and then we have to write something called a "Major Works Analysis" and bring it in...we pretty much need to know the books like the back of our hand just in case we get asked about it at a meet.

#smartpeopleproblems.

That legitimately sounds like fun xD

(07-08-2012 01:04 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:56 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:12 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:06 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:01 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  YEAH! Except I'm not sure of my teachers position on the whaling chapters. Actually I'm not even quite sure of what you're talking about.

I haven't read it yet but..
there is a big portion of the book dedicated to Ishmal's revenge on whales...and the whaling chapters explain how to...catch a whale.

Knowing my teacher, he'll probably want some sort of paper that explains what you think of the whole thing.

Oh..well I have to read it for my school's academic team. Each member is assigned two books to read and then we have to write something called a "Major Works Analysis" and bring it in...we pretty much need to know the books like the back of our hand just in case we get asked about it at a meet.

#smartpeopleproblems.

That legitimately sounds like fun xD

bro. academic team is so much fun.
our meetings are pretty much like ultimate trivia sessions..and if you get a question right...YOU GET CANDY. :O

it's better than jeopardy.

(07-08-2012 01:15 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 01:04 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:56 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:12 PM)Mr.Holmes Wrote:  

(07-08-2012 12:06 PM)PikaPikari Wrote:  I haven't read it yet but..
there is a big portion of the book dedicated to Ishmal's revenge on whales...and the whaling chapters explain how to...catch a whale.

Knowing my teacher, he'll probably want some sort of paper that explains what you think of the whole thing.

Oh..well I have to read it for my school's academic team. Each member is assigned two books to read and then we have to write something called a "Major Works Analysis" and bring it in...we pretty much need to know the books like the back of our hand just in case we get asked about it at a meet.

#smartpeopleproblems.

That legitimately sounds like fun xD

bro. academic team is so much fun.
our meetings are pretty much like ultimate trivia sessions..and if you get a question right...YOU GET CANDY. :O

it's better than jeopardy.

I just had visions of trivia and candy at the same time. Sounds like heaven.

Has anyone here read "Ready Player One"? It's a seriously amazing book, I would recommend it with the burning passion of a thousand exploding suns.

It is heaven.

and oh, what's it about? Sounds like a video game book!

Martin Amis has written two books I genuinely love, and a few that I think are great. He's, for better or worse, an elder statesman of literature, what with his dad being amazing and all. I personally think he's going downhill a bit at the moment, though.

Anyway, I've read all his books apart from his guide to video games written in the Space Invaders era. I would kill to read this book.