Looking for a new book to read

[hexplex?]

Originally Posted by gorthan313

Question: Do you mind language in the books you read?

I hope you don't, seems like it might be hard to find a book without language in it.

*Edit: If you don't mind bad words check out anything but "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk

[RageAngel]

If you were to take the forum posts of our banned members and put them into a bound edition you'd have a book without language in it.

[Blite]

Yes, I've read all of Twilight series and the Host ^_^

And no I don't mind language lol

[Bill Newby]

Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield ... Battle of Thermopylae ... One of the best books I have ever read in my entire reading-filled life.

[Phaethon]

Originally Posted by SpartanNinja

Let's see how much substance you can take... read David Copperfield.

Another book of "substance"... Moby Dick. The chapter on classification was especially daunting and that was before I realized he was almost completely wrong.

If you like fantasy, my son is now reading the "Rangers Apprentice" series. It's quite good... but definitely not deep. Lots of action, which I'm sure appeals to the target audience.

[SpartanNinja]

Originally Posted by Phaethon

Another book of "substance"... Moby Dick. The chapter on classification was especially daunting and that was before I realized he was almost completely wrong.

That, sir, is definitely a book of "substance." I barely got through that book... it is quite boring from what I recall...

I would never recommend that book to anyone. Although I might try reading it again when I find time... but don't hold me to it .

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson is another good book, and, no worries, it doesn't have half the substance as Moby Dick... well, maybe half, but it's actually interesting.

[CheddarLimbo]

Shardik by Richard Adams. I'm practically working for that guy lately, I've been plugging his work so much.

[scottishlad5]

1984?

[ollie]

Originally Posted by SpartanNinja

That, sir, is definitely a book of "substance." I barely got through that book... it is quite boring from what I recall...

I would never recommend that book to anyone. Although I might try reading it again when I find time... but don't hold me to it .

My favourite literary theory about Moby Dick (from a lit student friend): it's deliberately really long and really boring to capture the mindset of really long, really boring, sea voyages.

[gorthan313]

Originally Posted by ollie

My favourite literary theory about Moby Dick (from a lit student friend): it's deliberately really long and really boring to capture the mindset of really long, really boring, sea voyages.

! I like that theory a lot, ollie!

[Onion Knight]

Ditto on Shogun and Moby Dick.

ALSO...

If you aren't reading George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, then you are not living life to it's fullest.

[SpartanNinja]

Originally Posted by ollie

My favourite literary theory about Moby Dick (from a lit student friend): it's deliberately really long and really boring to capture the mindset of really long, really boring, sea voyages.

I'm in agreement with that statement! It certainly captures both of those qualities very well.

The Dark Tower and Other Stories by C.S. Lewis is a good book... it's a collection of short stories and the incomplete manuscript The Dark Tower. I'd recommend it to anyone!