Comments on: New Th-reads.

By: Emilie

Emilie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:05:15 +0000

The Chosen by Chaim Potok (I really liked My Mane is Asher Lev too).

I’m also a big Charles Dickens fan. He can be wordy but seeing that you’re re-reading Lord of the Rings I don’t think you’ll mind. A Tale of Two Cities is a classic if you haven’t read it already but my all time favorite is David Copperfield.

I just read Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden too and was surprised by how much I liked it.

I’m so jealous of your August plans! I hope you guys have so much fun heading off to NY too.

By: nicola durkin

nicola durkin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:50:07 +0000

oh yeah have you read the outsider by albert camus. it’s short and you’ll read through it in an hour knowing you but it is worth it. i think you’d like it. x

By: Q W Gorbott

Q W Gorbott — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:06:09 +0000

the end of the affair – graham greene (this book almost did me in it was so good)
gravity’s rainbow – thomas pynchon (hard to get into but incredibly good once you get into it)
a wizard of earthsea – ursula k leguin (if gandalf and harry potter had a child it would be this book’s main character)
any of susan sontag’s non-fiction books (i’ve not read any of her fiction books so i can’t vouch for it)
cats cradle – kurt vonnegut
slaughterhouse five – kurt vonnegut (i will recommend anything he has written. i have loved all 23 of his books)
beneath the wheel – hermann hesse
steppenwolf – hermann hesse (i’ve also really enjoyed all of hesse’s books)
the name of the rose – umberto eco
foucault’s pendulum – umberto eco (i’ve also like all of eco’s books)

and on and on

By: trevor huish

trevor huish — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:37:51 +0000

some of my favorites that come to mind…

extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathon safran foer

atlas shrugged or the fountainhead by ayn rand

a japanese author haruki murakami

jack kerouac!

richard brautigan!

another roadside attraction…and others by tom robbins.

kurt vonnegut

By: nicola durkin

nicola durkin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:18:28 +0000

now i know why maxi dresses made me feel so unsettled.
how about- into the wild by Jon krakauer i actually really enjoyed that and i’m not a biography type person, or leni by stephen bach which is all about leni riefenstahl and alongside information about nazi germany and it’s propaganda etc i’m liking that. or fiction wise – have you read any chip kidd? i thought the cheese monkeys was brilliant.
note how i didn’t recommend any mincing english dandy’s.
x

By: Tov Langstov

Tov Langstov — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:42:43 +0000

I just realized that three of the four last authors I recommended are drunk louses, and pretty much are in line with the “dysfunctional junkies” you don’t want to read about. So never mind those guys. But Steinbeck is amazing.

By: Tov Langstov

Tov Langstov — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:33:14 +0000

The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.

.. and a fun light read: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, by Mark Haddon.

Anything by John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, J.D. Salinger or Ernest Hemingway, you can be sure to enjoy.

By: crystal thomas

crystal thomas — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:22:52 +0000

I read Lolita right before I started student teaching. Not the best timing.