The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!

[Russ]

Don't read the Hunger Games #2 and #3. Just. Don't.

[Readinya]

And what the hell were you doing reading Perfume at 10?!??!

The book was  lying around in my house.... I must say I started sniffing people after reading that book


John Marsden is pretty good for the younger readers;

"The Vintner's Luck" - by Elizabeth Knox 

Books by Tracy Chevalier for historical fiction

I also heard that "Embedded" by Dan Abnett is pretty good - kind of like a Matthew Reilly with more depth book. Sci-fi, action

EMBEDDED sends a journalist into the frontline of a distant planetary war… chipped inside the head of a combat veteran. When the soldier is killed, the journo must use all his resourcefulness to get safely home again, reporting on a live feed all the way.

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1. The Outsider-Albert Camus
2. The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
3. Anna Karenina-Leo Tolstoy
4. To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
5. Dr Seuss books


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[Russ]

Going by my bedside table/kindle/bookshelf

The House of God by Samuel Shem is pretty hilarious and might convince you that medicine is a bad career path
Joe Abercrombie's books are all very good. Read them in order though.
Science of the Discworld by Pratchett et al are awesome, whether you're good at science or not. They walk you through it
Anthem by Ayn Rand. You can get the exact same experience of Atlas Shrugged, only with about a billion per cent less pain

[ninwa]

I loved Flatland. Great if you don't have much time (it's quite short) and feel like getting your mind twisted a bit

[Lasercookie]

This has probably been mentioned before, but The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.

I loved Flatland. Great if you don't have much time (it's quite short) and feel like getting your mind twisted a bit

+1
Flatland is an awesome read. If you can't find a copy, it's out of copyright and is online. Just be sure to read a version with proper illustrations. (The one I found on Project Gutenburg had illustrations converted to ASCII)

e.g. this one isn't ideal, images are a bit low-quality: http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/eaa/FL.HTM
This one is probably the best copy (it's a digitised scan of the original book):
http://www.archive.org/details/flatlandromanceo00abbouoft

[xdecay]

Don't read the Hunger Games #2 and #3. Just. Don't.

i honestly don't understand the hype of this series. i thought the books were just average, in my opinion.

total rip off of 'battle royale' too (japanese).

[nisha]

Since we are all on HOLIDAYS, we need to take advantage of it. Yes getting ahead is fine, but cool off now, so you can kick ass later.

Anyways, what books are you reading now, for FUN?

Me? Harlan Coben-Tell No One

[fuzzylogic]

I rarely get time to read anything besides text books during uni, but currently reading
The Beautiful and the Damned- F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Zafaraaaa]

I'm reading "Looking for Alaska" (John Green)

[funkyducky]

This thread should be moved to OGD/water cooler. (or merged w/the good books thread?)

On topic, I'm currently reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and just read the Hunger Games.

[EvangelionZeta]

Atonement, by Ian McEwan.  Also, a variety of Batman graphic novels. (y)

[abd123]

I hate reading lol. The only thing I would ever read in this world is my 'name' and thats how far I'm going to go lol

[fuzzylogic]

Atonement, by Ian McEwan.  Also, a variety of Batman graphic novels. (y)

omg how good is atonement *squee*

[nemolala]

I would like to read, but I don't know what I should be reading..Its very hard for me to pick out a novel..I'm sorta afraid it'd turn out boring and I just wasted my time reading it