Does anyone here have a good Novel to recommend? - GoFuckYourself.com

Jayvis · 12-11-2005, 08:52 PM

I'm really looking for a new book to pick up next time I hit Borders. Let me know of something you like. A little description of what the book is about would be great.

Deej · 12-11-2005, 08:53 PM

Well what do you like in the past? or is this "just gimme a book to read" type thing?

Jayvis · 12-11-2005, 08:54 PM

I'm into everything.

Jace · 12-11-2005, 08:54 PM

A Million Little Pieces

just finished it...fucking AMAZING....it sucked me in so bad i skipped work and read it in one day

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038...lance&n=283155

Jace · 12-11-2005, 08:55 PM

here is a blurb

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The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled and missing four front teeth, Frey is on a steep descent from a dark marathon of drug abuse. His stunned family checks him into a famed Minnesota drug treatment center where a doctor promises "he will be dead within a few days" if he starts to use again, and where Frey spends two agonizing months of detox confronting "The Fury" head on:

"I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous alcohol on Earth. I want fifty bottles of it. I want crack, dirty and yellow and filled with formaldehyde. I want a pile of powder meth, five hundred hits of acid, a garbage bag filled with mushrooms, a tube of glue bigger than a truck, a pool of gas large enough to drown in. I want something anything whatever however as much as I can."

luv$ · 12-11-2005, 08:55 PM

Just about to start Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk - other than that I got done reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King...

Jace · 12-11-2005, 08:57 PM

the first page of A Million Little Pieces

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I wake to the drone of an airplane engine and the feeling of something warm dripping down my chin. I lift my hand to feel my face. My front four teeth are gone, I have a hole in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut. I open them and I look around and I'm in the back of a plane and there's no one near me. I look at my clothes and my clothes are covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood. I reach for the call button and I find it and I push it and I wait and thirty seconds later an Attendant arrives.
How can I help you?
Where am I going?
You don't know?
No.
You're going to Chicago, Sir.
How did I get here?
A Doctor and two men brought you on.
They say anything?
They talked to the Captain, Sir. We were told to let you sleep.
How long till we land?
About twenty minutes.
Thank you.
Although I never look up, I know she smiles and feels sorry for me. She shouldn't.
A short while later we touch down. I look around for anything I might have with me, but there's nothing. No ticket, no bags, no clothes, no wallet. I sit and I wait and I try to figure out what happened. Nothing comes.
Once the rest of the Passengers are gone I stand and start to make my way to the door. After about five steps I sit back down. Walking is out of the question. I see my Attendant friend and I raise a hand.
Are you okay?
No.
What's wrong?
I can't really walk.
If you make it to the door I can get you a chair.
How far is the door?
Not far.
I stand. I wobble. I sit back down. I stare at the floor and take a deep breath.
You'll be all right.
I look up and she's smiling.
Here.
She holds out her hand and I take it. I stand and I lean against her and she helps me down the Aisle. We get to the door.
I'll be right back.
I let go of her hand and I sit down on the steel bridge of the Jetway that connects the Plane to the Gate.
I'm not going anywhere.
She laughs and I watch her walk away and I close my eyes. My head hurts, my mouth hurts, my eyes hurt, my hands hurt. Things without names hurt.
I rub my stomach. I can feel it coming. Fast and strong and burning. No way to stop it, just close your eyes and let it ride. It comes and I recoil from the stench and the pain. There's nothing I can do.
Oh my God.

pornguy · 12-11-2005, 09:02 PM

I actually enjoyed the Harry potter books.

DateDoc · 12-11-2005, 09:13 PM

The Camel Club by David Baldacci - Excellent read as most of Baldacci's books are.

Marshal · 12-11-2005, 09:18 PM

The English Patient...
the book is great! (though the movie is better) ;)

smack · 12-11-2005, 09:20 PM

anything by hunter s thompson.

i just finished generation of swine, and am currently reading 'fear and loathing on the campaign trail 72'. really everything he wrote was excellent, if you're into copius amounts of drugs and political commentary.

reynold · 12-11-2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by nettrust

The English Patient...
the book is great! (though the movie is better) ;)

I never thought they got that from a novel.

Deej · 12-11-2005, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

the first page of A Million Little Pieces

I've heard of this. Also, this first page is intriguing....may have to snag it. thanks for the tip

Honeyslut · 12-11-2005, 11:46 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044...books&v=glance

Lucky you by Carl Hiaasen

bbe · 12-12-2005, 02:49 AM

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

chaze · 12-12-2005, 02:52 AM

"the lost road" if you like sycology books.

Imagica but it's long "clive barke" also his great and secret show is really good.

reed_4 · 12-12-2005, 04:39 AM

Read the complete book of LOTR.

aiken · 12-12-2005, 04:54 AM

Depending on your taste, either Name of the Rose or Foucault's Pendulum, both by Umberto Eco. NotR is historical fiction set in a monestary in the 1300's (?),, Foucault's is modern. Both get at cool issues about who you can trust and whether belief contributes to or creates reality, and both are just damn good page-turners.

Cheers
-b

aiken · 12-12-2005, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bbe

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Hey, how was that compared to Everything is Illuminated? I liked EiI, but found it kinda slow. Parts were hilarious and entertaining (the translations, especially), but parts were really plodding for me. Is ELaIC any quicker?

Cheers
-b

onno · 12-12-2005, 05:06 AM

Dumas Club - By Arturo Preze Reverte

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...lance&n=283155

polle54 · 12-12-2005, 05:09 AM

try not reading...

waste of time if it's not a programmering book or something like that.

C_U_Next_Tuesday · 12-12-2005, 07:34 AM

Running with scissors...excellent read.

dissipate · 12-12-2005, 07:46 AM

Just finished reading "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown (also wrote the da vinci code)

Angels and Demons was great... with a great big "holy shit i didnt see that one coming" ending.

12-11-2005, 08:52 PM	#1
Jayvis Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 5,428	Does anyone here have a good Novel to recommend? I'm really looking for a new book to pick up next time I hit Borders. Let me know of something you like. A little description of what the book is about would be great.

12-11-2005, 08:53 PM	#2
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DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	The Camel Club by David Baldacci - Excellent read as most of Baldacci's books are. __________________

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Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	A Million Little Pieces just finished it...fucking AMAZING....it sucked me in so bad i skipped work and read it in one day http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038...lance&n=283155

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smack Push Porn Like Weight. Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Inside .NET Posts: 10,652	anything by hunter s thompson. i just finished generation of swine, and am currently reading 'fear and loathing on the campaign trail 72'. really everything he wrote was excellent, if you're into copius amounts of drugs and political commentary. __________________ Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

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12-12-2005, 02:49 AM	#15
bbe Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 110	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

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chaze Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,752	"the lost road" if you like sycology books. Imagica but it's long "clive barke" also his great and secret show is really good.

12-12-2005, 04:39 AM	#17
reed_4 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 9,640	Read the complete book of LOTR. __________________

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aiken Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kona, HI Posts: 204	Depending on your taste, either Name of the Rose or Foucault's Pendulum, both by Umberto Eco. NotR is historical fiction set in a monestary in the 1300's (?),, Foucault's is modern. Both get at cool issues about who you can trust and whether belief contributes to or creates reality, and both are just damn good page-turners. Cheers -b __________________ ICQ: 12005327

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onno Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 732	Dumas Club - By Arturo Preze Reverte http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...lance&n=283155 __________________

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dissipate The Dirty Frenchman Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 8,904	Just finished reading "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown (also wrote the da vinci code) Angels and Demons was great... with a great big "holy shit i didnt see that one coming" ending.