here's what i'm reading... what are YOU reading?

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in the interest of making this rather dull, arduous semester go by more quickly... i've decided i need to read something thought provoking (and not something that makes me want to gouge my eyes out a'la gloria steinem's self esteem book)... here's the beginning of my list... please leave me suggestions of good books (but spare me trashy romance

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[kdtb]

You rock KT!

[cacie]

check out anything by chuck palahniuk - he's the guy who wrote fight club, but i actually haven't read that one yet. i read invisible monsters and i'm in the middle of survivor - both really well written, real mind-fucks (if you're into that kinda thing).

oh and i know you're into the musician poe - well her brother (mark z. danielewski) has a book called house of leaves which is definitely worth checking out. it goes with poe's album haunted, and both the book and the album were inspired by their father's death.

ok more than you ever needed to know, but hey, you asked.

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yes, yes YES!!! i remember loving invisible monsters and of course, fight club... i will check out survivor for sure...

thanks for the recs.

[cacie]

go seek survivor at once! post-haste!

like i said, i'm in the middle of it, and i gotta tell you man...

mmmmmmm!!

[symphy]

I've read Middlesex by Eugenides (who is an awesome guy in person; he graduated from my high school, the school that Virgin Suicides was paroding) and Oryx and Crake by Atwood -- both phenomenal.

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thanks!!! I've heard the Oryx and Crake recommendation before... and sadly, i have never read the virgin suicides so... off to the bookstore i go!

[symphy]

The Virgin Suicides is my favorite novel of all time. 1984 (Orwell), The Other (Tryon), Ender's Game (Card), and The Company (Littell) probably round out the top five. I'm reading Koontz' "The Face" now. :)

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Another vote for Invisible Monsters and Survivor from me. Check out Red Sorghum by Mo Yan, Norwegian Wood or A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami. If you have never read Kurt Vonnegut than you should definately check him out. Slaughterhouse Five and Mother Night are my favorite Vonnegut.

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Red Sorgum... i will definately check that out... and both by Haruki Maurakami! THANKS AIMEE with an accent!

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and isn't Tipping the Velvet a trashy romance novel?

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hahaha okay you caught me there you literary snob, you (it's ok literary snobs are hot)... but tipping the velvet has a sort of... um... literary... context... um... err... yeah.

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They didn't cover the 'lesbians' is synonymous with 'literary context' principle in my AP class. Damn!