[S!n]

I like If only it were true and Finding you - Marc Levy.

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

omg *screams*
harry potter and the deathly hallows!!!
i cannot wait!

[lakuru]

Holy War, Inc. such a good book...

[STR8UPGSTATUS]

I was going to read Beloved by Toni Morrison, but it was assigned so I obviously sparknoted it...
It seemed like it would be a good read, but then again, it was assigned. x_x

[paigehk]

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Death of a Celebrity by M.C.Beaton
Dandelion Killer by Wanda Luttrell

all of them are pretty interesting, although I only have the first few chapters read

[.moony.]

omg *screams*
harry potter and the deathly hallows!!!
i cannot wait!

OMG me either!! I cant wait for it... *runs to borders to sign up*

I was going to read Beloved by Toni Morrison, but it was assigned so I obviously sparknoted it...
It seemed like it would be a good read, but then again, it was assigned. x_x

I read Love by Toni Morrison a few weeks ago, and it was pretty interesting ^^

[LoH_Ter]

Freedom is an Endless Meeting

*proceeds to kill self

[tOasty]

The Book Of Tea
Very interesting stuff.

[MUXU]

Can anyone recommend me a sad sad book (like catcher in the rye or Metarmorphosis) or a twisted book like Battle Royale? or anything thats thought provoking ^^

Edit: someone mentioned Lolita...I couldn't get past the first 5 pages T_T maybe i should try readin it again...

i would recommand 'a clockwork orange' by anthony burgess, but i suggest you go online and find a 'clockwork orange' "dictionary" while you read it. alot of the words(slangs) in the book are slavic.
i havent got to reading anything by Truman Capote yet, but his book 'in cold blood' seems pretty interesting. it's about two serial killers.

im reading Lolita right now . i just brought the 50th anniversary version yesterday and i love it so far. i hate the cover though, it looks like some kind of chick lite cover.
i hail nabokov for his words of passion, force and sensuality. this book is indeed very poetic. it's like im falling into a pile of pillows of love and sex and misery when i read it. i can get the sense of saddness and maddness and desire and the ups and downs, and the voice inside my head talks with various tones.

im also flipping through a book called 'illustrated true crime'. brought it on sale, features alots of pictures of crime scenes and criminals, con men, mass murders and vital clues. the pictures comes with a short description as well.

[VersusVillain]

im also flipping through a book called 'illustrated true crime'. brought it on sale, features alots of pictures of crime scenes and criminals, con men, mass murders and vital clues. the pictures comes with a short description as well.

Awesome. That sounds like the kind of book I'd be into.

I really want to read Lolita. Next time I go book shopping I'm going to pick it up.

As for now, I've just begun The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.

[Xiaholic.]

Of Nightingales that Weep - Kathrine Paterson

[Tamago86]

i would recommand 'a clockwork orange' by anthony burgess, but i suggest you go online and find a 'clockwork orange' "dictionary" while you read it. alot of the words(slangs) in the book are slavic.

nu!! no dictionary!! that's spoiling half the fun

[starforme]

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

[cherryonken]

im reading Lolita right now . i just brought the 50th anniversary version yesterday and i love it so far. i hate the cover though, it looks like some kind of chick lite cover.
i hail nabokov for his words of passion, force and sensuality. this book is indeed very poetic. it's like im falling into a pile of pillows of love and sex and misery when i read it. i can get the sense of saddness and maddness and desire and the ups and downs, and the voice inside my head talks with various tones.

I'm reading it for the second time and it's a lot better - I agree with the torrent of emotion and feelings you go through reading the book - I won't be too specific but for me personally - the clash of pure hatred and emphatic heartbreak that I feel for the protagnist, Mr HH is wow...only Nabokov can elicit such a thing. I love Lolita's mannerisms and speech, the American slang I picked up was strangely addictive in the novel. I love this book but hate how it is taken out of context...a la child pornography websites O_O as seen on the news in UK.

Awesome. That sounds like the kind of book I'd be into.

I really want to read Lolita. Next time I go book shopping I'm going to pick it up.

As for now, I've just begun The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.

Read it read it read it! Nabokov's mastery of the English language is borderline genius and charming in it's precision, if not for the plot then for the literary style.

And sunmoon - it's an oldie but a goodie - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. Exceptionally sad, the book was called this generation's Catcher in the Rye for extra consolidation and for your consideration...

Valley of the Dolls is tripe.............can't stand it ugh. Why is it a cult classic?

[VersusVillain]

And sunmoon - it's an oldie but a goodie - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. Exceptionally sad, the book was called this generation's Catcher in the Rye for extra consolidation and for your consideration...

Ah, I read that last month and it's become one of my favorite books. The boys obsession with the girls is so intriguing, beautifully and sometimes comedically written. The film is brilliant too!

[cherryonken]

Ah, I read that last month and it's become one of my favorite books. The boys obsession with the girls is so intriguing, beautifully and sometimes comedically written. The film is brilliant too!

is your sig from the film =)?

[MUXU]

^i believe her sig is from marie ann.
i want to read 'the virgin suicides' for a while now..but it kept sliping my mind.
gah...i have so many books i want to read, but i read heck slow.

tamago yes...but the reader will also be scratching their head for every other word and will eventually end up hating the book because of the language. im sure there are readers that will hate the book anyways if they understand the book.

versus =D 'illustrated true crime' is a good toilet book. the book would be even better if it featured more crime scene photos though. especially those old old crime scene photos, where the subject and placement of the camera is so effortlessly composed. interesting compositions.

cherry haha...XD. i was actually quite surprised reading words like 'dope' and 'goody-goody'. it seemed so clashing with humbert humbert's formal, european mannerism. Lolita's words were adorable. the whole time i read the book, i kept thinking about Violet from the movie 'pretty baby' and how much humbert would love Violet im sure 'pretty baby' was made semi based on nabokov's description of a nymphet

[hikki2me]

i just read PS I LOVE YOU by Cecilia Ahern
---> very nice and sad novel... better try this novel...

now i read SHOPAHOLIC GET MARRIED ---> currently gettin boring wit that girl's attitude... shoping shopping shopping... i'm sick of it... anyway, i'm enjoying reading this sequel coz she's shopping branded stuff (which i hope i can shop like her) ... i just heard that it mayb have another sequel... the shopaholic wit her baby...

[mtrgl7]

I just finished A Spot Of Bother, the new one by Mark Haddon, same author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. I loved the Curious Incident sooo much. For those who are looking for sad books this is a good one, and really short and easy to read as well. It's almost heart-wrenching to read it.

Mark Haddon uses a lot of the same techniques in The Curious Incident to convey emotions and sadness in A Spot of Bother. But I didn't like this one THAT much.

Now I'm embarking more on non-fiction. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. I figured I start with the popular ones first.

I've been wanting to read Lolita for a long time but I keep forgetting. You guys just reminded me again.

[VersusVillain]

is your sig from the film =)?

MUXU is right, it's from another Sofia Coppola film, "Marie Antoinette". I can tell the Air lyrics in your sig is though. xD