Are there any books you guys are reading? We can also discuss books you hate (we all had required reading in school), books you love, or books you're looking to read. Do you buy physical or download all the way? Technical books count as well. Currently I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. It's neat so far! What about you? Here's my current list of completed books for the year: 2014: 1984 Brave New World Brave New World Revisited The Prince Machiavelli’s Prince: A New Reading Catch-22 IT Project Management The Hunt for Red October A Catcher in the Rye Man’s Search for Meaning The Communist Manifesto It How To Become A Straight A Student The Sun Also Rises Fight Club All Quiet on the Western Front What Every Body Is Saying American Psycho Fahrenheit 451 A Confederacy of Dunces Cat’s Cradle Jurassic Park Game of Thrones Lolita Choke
I've only read 1 book from him: flow my tears the policeman said. But I want to read more from him cause that that book is amazing
I'm about to finish Linden Hills by Gloria Nayler and start Girl With a Pearl Earring: A Servant's Life, a Master's Obsession, a Matter of Honour (literally copy and pasted the official title). This thread is so cute god damn it.
Son I am disappoint. Nah I'll link or make a post of the book I've read this year. A lot is a revisit to High School and then some just leave that path
@fever Classic indeeed. The book I mentioned also won the Pulitzer Prize, I just rather not read a book about wandering through the woods. The premise and idea were good, the content bored me to be honest.
To be honest "meh" A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer but I don't think it's considered a classic. You should still read it though. It's decent
@Taco_Rocket My two favorite books would Animal Farm and The Great Gatsby, and maybe even Catcher in the Rye. When you first read The Great Gatsby what did you think of it? I really didn't care much for it until I read it over a few more times.
I've been meaning to reread The Great Gatsby but from memory I think it's another tale of the roaring 20s where the big theme was that after the War the definition of being a "man" wasn't the same as before. So instead of working hard and brawns getting the ladies, you have these people who become rich. These riches are then used lavishly to get the girl. It's a common theme seen in a lot of the roaring 20s works. The Sun Also Rises is a good example. Also known as nothing happens, the novel. Overall, it's not bad but I wouldn't hail it as the best literary work of all time. Animal Farm isn't bad, but read 1984. It will solidify your love for Orwell (and it's not that long either). Catcher In The Rye wasn't bad but the teenage angst was just annoying to me. It's your 17 year old coming of age story. It's just once you get over the age as a person, the sexualization of nearly everything is just "OH BOY, HERE WE GO AGAIN."
Also since you've notified me that you've read 1984 then read Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley. He was a mentor to Orwell and wrote about similar distopias. Where they differ is that Orwell thinks government will create the change, while BNW's theme is that technology will bring the change.
