ON TOPIC: Tort's reading club v.2

[MadCast Tort]

bump for update.

[Dream]

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, if you haven't read it, do it. It's a really unique book, but tends to require alot of intellect so that you're not confused. The book in a way resembles a puzzle, and even has alot of spoilers out on the web, to solve its many wonders.

I highly recommend that you do NOT look up anything about the book, because nearly everything is a spoiler. (I know this makes this difficult). You'll immediately know that the book is interesting if you pick up the full color version in any book store and flip through it.

Just to explain it a bit, the character starts to lose his mind in places, and the font goes backwards, upside down, diagonal, and mirrored. It always keeps you on your toes. Different colored fonts mean different things.

The Minotaur is just one example.

[MadCast: Oliver]

YOu should read the perks of being a wallflower its a very short but worth the read

A great book cause of love this author and own everything hes written is haunted by chuck palanuik

[MadCast Tort]

I just got a shipment of books in, so bumping to see if anyone wants to discuss (After I am done reading or either read along with)

Jane Eyre,
The War of the Worlds,
Slaugterhouse-Five,
Treasure Island,
The Origin of Species,
The Jungle
Beloved,
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,
The Last of the Mohicans,
A Farewell to Arms,
Lolita,
and To the Lighthouse.

[MadCast: LTTelamon]

Ughh. There's a lot of books I hate in there. Slaughterhouse Five, though, I will happily discuss.

[MadCast: Disma]

I don't really agree with the anti-Moby Dick sentiment actually. I thought the book was incredibly well-written, and although it's long and painful to get through, everything in it serves a purpose for the work as a whole. I hated reading it, but I thought it was worth it after understanding all the subtle language and criticism of religion/science Melville puts in.

Jane Austen is the worst author I have ever read, Pride and Prejudice was just awful, guess I would have to be feminine to understand it.

Slaughter-House V is one of my favorite books actually. Kurt Vonnegut is an exceptional writer, I hope you like it. Don't know if the Origin of Species is something you can just sit down and read thoroughly, and it's not really a timeless work, more meant for his generation, although it depends if you believe in his theories or not.

[MadCast: LTTelamon]

Jane Austen is the worst author I have ever read, Pride and Prejudice was just awful, guess I would have to be feminine to understand it.

This is my opinion of Jane Eyre, the most loathsome book I was ever forced to read.

[MadCast: Malacca]

I just got a shipment of books in, so bumping to see if anyone wants to discuss (After I am done reading or either read along with)

Jane Eyre,
The War of the Worlds,
Slaugterhouse-Five,
Treasure Island,
The Origin of Species,
The Jungle
Beloved,
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,
The Last of the Mohicans,
A Farewell to Arms,
Lolita,
and To the Lighthouse.

Bolded works are ones I've read previously. I really liked Slaughterhouse Five and War of the Worlds. Beloved is extremely well written but pretty sad.

[MadCast: LTTelamon]

Bolded works are ones I've read previously. I really liked Slaughterhouse Five and War of the Worlds. Beloved is extremely well written but pretty sad.

Pretty much agree with these statements.

[MadCast: Oliver]

Ughh. There's a lot of books I hate in there. Slaughterhouse Five, though, I will happily discuss.

Kurt vonnegut is amazing, Welcome to the Monkey house is another great one by him

[MadCast: LaggMaster]

If we are kicking this off again I was wondering if we could add this book the the list. http://www.amazon.com/Grimms-Complet...9379912&sr=8-1

It is a leather bound copy of the Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales. Bought it a while back and have not gotten around to reading it yet.

Also for the books on the list, can you list the ISBN number for the book?

[MadCast: Oliver]

Im digging into the complete works of Shakespeare. It is crazy.

Tort, A Farewell to Arms and Of Mice and Men are two great books.

[MadCast: The Prince]

Well my current reads are:

Rule 34 by Charles Stross

A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

And I just finished:

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss

[MadCast: PoolofInk]

tort, war of the worlds was friggin awesome, i just got done reading time machine by hg wells as well, and it was not bad at all.

[MadCast: Chompers21]

Fahrenheit 451 was an interesting read, also slaughterhouse was fun to dissect for English class.

[MadCast: Sotarkadin]

I recently read World War Z, which I didnt think I would enjoy but a friend asked me to try it out. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am currently in the process of reading, Ready Player One.

[MadCast: The Prince]

That is a very fun book Sotarkadin

[MadCast: Sotarkadin]

That is a very fun book Sotarkadin

Which one, RPO or WWZ?

[MadCast: The Prince]

Both actually, but RPO is the one I was referring to.

[MadCast: Mr. Toodles]

Im currently reading from these ashes a collection of short stories by frederic brown

[MadCast: Sotarkadin]

so I just finished reading, Ready Player One, Prince was right it was very good. I know it was mentioned in another post but I do not remember who. I enjoyed it so much I am going to read it again after I finish the one I am currently reading which is Atlas Shrugged. Orgazmo you were right I am about 100 pages in and still kind of confused as to what is going on but I am intrigued and will continue to read it.

Edit: Mudvayne was the one who has posted regarding Ready Player One, thank you mud, it was a great read.

[MadCast: Sotarkadin]

I have just added The War That Came Early by Harry Turtledove to my list to read after Atlas Shrugged. It sounds like an interesting series. Anybody read any of that series yet?

[MadCast: The Prince]

Working on Empire State by Adam Christopher