(no subject)

[sarcasticsquirrel]

the packing feels so overwhelming. i know i dont have that much stuff. i guess everything is just a mess so it seems worse. someone should show up with a magic wand and make my shit be packed. or at least help me get shit down from high spots.

ok so i figure its time for my what should i read this summer so my brain doesnt liquify post.

so far in my not read books pile at home i have

lolita
one flew over the cuckoos nest
1984
brave new world
strip city
the pirate book i got (forget teh name)
farenheit 451

possobly mroe i forgot. and im reading the amber spyglass by phillip pullman.

so recommend:

a classic

one of your favorites

something you think would be good for me

something light

something heavy

something you think id love but never choose on my own

and anything else you want.

Comments

[the-dodger.livejournal.com]

a classic

The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein

one of your favorites

City of Golden Shadow, Tad Williams

something you think would be good for me

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Dale Carnegie

something light

Knight of Ghosts and Shadow, Mercedes Lackey

something heavy

Focault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco

something you think id love but never choose on my own

To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Robert A Heinlein

and anything else you want.

Dragonlance books. And Drow books too.

[lokidecat.livejournal.com]

Ender's Game

[lokidecat.livejournal.com]

Oh ya, and I second the "how to stop worrying" book by Carnegie. It rocks.

And the Dragonlance books are a must. Lucy Lawless has been cast as the voice for Goldmoon in the upcoming 3D animated version of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. OMGOMG.

[timthepenguin.livejournal.com]

- Classic: "One Hundred Years of Solitude," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Favorite: "Skinny Legs and All," by Tom Robbins
- Something good for you: I have this book called "A Treasury of Kahlil Gibran." A lot of the stories deal with Christianity, especially its Lebanese version, but not all of them do. Somewhere in my journal I have the story "The Ambitious Violet," I'll send you a link when I find it.
- Something light: "Stardust," by Neil Gaiman
- Something heavy: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," by Daniel Dennett

[sassastonia.livejournal.com]

i second 1oo years of solitude
but also
andohti roy's 'the god of small things"

[rat-bastird.livejournal.com]

wow... a posting draught you've come out in force!

I've read brave new world and 451 and really enjoyed both of those. I've seen 1984 and lolita. Lolita was disturbing to me because I really hate to watch weak male characters being dragged around and used. I watched it because my gf at the time was telling me how hot it was... yeah... i didn't think so.

1984 was an interesting movie and i'm betting it would be a pretty good book too.

My favorites: Enders game. It's light but soooo freaking awesome. Orson Scott Card. The series then branches off into the shadow and the ender series. I HIGHLY suggest it though. It's light, but there's a depth to it too. It's explored further in additional series.