I just came across this new thing, I think alot of people here might like it. It's called Lord of the Ring by Junior Tolkien (sp?).
And also, I was travelling last month and in this one hotel I stayed in I found this other book called Bible. Kinda eclectic, but alot of really funny parts. There's also a murder mystery about half-way through it. Awesome twist ending, that's all I can tell you without giving anything away.
Anyway, I gotta get back to procrastinating on this research paper.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
There this other book. I forget the title, but it's about war and peace. By some Russian guy, maybe Gorbachev.
Also, there's this book with a bunch of useful tips on how to live your life, it's called Owner's Manual to 1991 Honda Civic. Great read.
Did you know that Ernest Hemmingway won the nobel prize for the back of 1947's box of Cheerios?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Should I encourage him?
There is also this new book by this new author. I forget his name. Its called Beginers Game or something like that.
Its about a kid who doesn't quite grow up to be a mass murderer, but considers himself one anyway.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Oh yeah, I read that in high school. It's about this kid named Scout who tries to kill all the birds in Alabama. Hitchcock made a movie out of it.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Have you read the one, Miniscule Women, or something, where these little girls keep burning each other's stuff and trying to drown each other, then end up marrying people who wanted their sisters?
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Then there's that one by Dan Colorsomething, Leonardo DaVinci's Secret. Really cool book about Renaissance art and a treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Wasn't that one a movie? =)
Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
Yeah, Indiana Jones, duh.
Wasn't the Russian book War and Peas?
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
The book is always better than the movie. Except for Cool Runnings, oddly enough.
Take The Ten Commandments for example. They totally cut out that whole "monkeys enslave the human race" sub-plot.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Cool Runnings LOL - I just watched that today..... the kids were on a "what haven't we seen in a while" kick. =)
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Neat. I hadn't thought about that movie in awhile myself. Funny how things work out like that.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
I've been wading through a book by that guy who's on the Internet a lot. They call him the Web-ster. The book is about how kids at a new university somewhere back East spell and pronounce their words. Pretty funny...some of the things those kids say...
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
That's funny, my nickname is Webster, on acount of my using big words all the the time.
Posted by delicate flower (Member # 6260) on :
quote:They call him the Web-ster. The book is about how kids at a new university somewhere back East spell and pronounce their words.
I think I read that book, but isn’t about a short black kid who lives with a white couple? Or is that just a sub-plot?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I'm reading non-fiction these days. It's a guide to business. Big yellow book. Very cool. Although it seems to be mostly specific to someplace I no longer live. I wonder if there's a local version for Iowa...
I also read an infinitely fascinating book called Mobius Richard. It's about a guy with a boat and obsessive compulsive disorder. Mostly he just goes fishing with his buddies.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I think there was a sequel to that one, Bob. They called it Re-hab. (sorry, cross-thread pun)
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
One time in high school civics they made us read this work of fiction called The Constitution. Hilarious stuff. It's like this really scathing parody of the government today. Maybe the guys at the Daily Show wrote it.
Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :