What books blew your mind upon first reading?
musicismylife78
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For me two recent ones were Toni Morrison Bluest Eye, and Eckhart Tolle Power of Now. Sucks big time because now every book pales in comparison
Anyone else have any suggestions in good mind blowing books
Anyone else have any suggestions in good mind blowing books
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2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
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Ft Worth 9-15-23
Hartford 5-13-06, 6-27-08, 10-25-13
Mansfield, MA 6-30-08, 6-28-08, 7-2-03, 7-3-03, 7-11-03, 8-29-00, 8-30-00, 9-15-98, 9-16-98
Worcester 10-15-13, 10-16-13
trainspotting too. at first it was hard, what with the scottish dialect and stuff, but after a while i could not put it down and when i finished i NEEDED more. it was like the book as a whole was a metaphor for it's opiate content
Dublin, 23/08/2006 = Lifechanging! X D
Katowice, 13/06/2007 = Phenomenal = )
London, 18/06/2007 = Pretty darn sweet = )
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I read it every year around my birthday
I looove that book. I read it for the first time when i was around 15 or 16. I haven't read it in forever. I should find a copy one of these days and read it again.
angels share laughter
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the alchemist
Once I get out of this town
9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
I can see how it might have been groundbreaking stylistically when it was released.. but my reaction on finishing it was' is that it?'
I didn't find any narrative motor nor emotional connection.
books that blew me:
"La Nuit des Temps" by Barjavel
"Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks
"Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield
"The Perfume" by Patrick Suskind (film was not very good though)
Also avidly read (and re-read):
Foundation serie by Isaac Asimov (I love most of Asimov anyway )
LOTR (read it in my late 20s and loved it, still don't know why people thinks it's heavy reading, I devoured it in 4-5 days, and English is my second language!)
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (film doesn't look a good adaptation though :()
Shantaram ~ Gregory David Roberts
Lord Of The Flies ~ William Golding
Nineteen Eighty Four ~ George Orwell
Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
Icing On The Damper ~ Marie Mahood
White Coolies ~ Betty Jeffrey
Voyage From Shame, The Cowra Breakout ~ Harry Gordon
A Fortunate Life ~ A.B. Facey
Emergency Sex And Other Desperate Measures ~ Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andrew Thomson
Singer of The Bush, Song of The Pen The Complete Works ~ A.B. (Banjo) Paterson.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
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And recently Chart Idol by Ben Elton. The way he decribes the 3 different groups of contestants is so spot on its worth the read alone never mind the comedy in it.
And of course, the 4th Harry Potter book, which was so exciting I couldn't even sit for the last 150 pages.
we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
Ali Smith, 'The Accidental'
Ken Kessey, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'
Hunter S. Thompson, 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'
Monica Ali, 'Brick Lane'
Douglas Coupland, 'Hey Nostradamus!'
Kurt Vonnegut, 'Slaughterhouse 5'
J.D. Salinger, 'The Catcher in the Rye'
Mark Haddon, 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'
C.S. Lewis, 'The Chronicles of Narnia
John Bunyan, 'The Pilgrim's Progress'
C.S. Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters'
OK, that'll do for the time being.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Ohhh BOOKS....
what are those?
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
To Kill A Mockingbird
Mysteries - Knut Hamsun
The Thiefs Journal - Jean Genet
The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehardt
In The spirit of crazy Horse - Peter Matthiessen
Journey to Ixtlan - Carlos Casteneda
I have to read it again...
2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
2009: Rotterdam, London
2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
anything by roald dahl
ah dahl, the undisputed master of the twist. i recently read all of his more adult books (got the boxed set for my birthday) and i was able to rekindle the love i had for his literature when i was a kid. anyone who hasn't read his adult books really really really has to!!
Dublin, 23/08/2006 = Lifechanging! X D
Katowice, 13/06/2007 = Phenomenal = )
London, 18/06/2007 = Pretty darn sweet = )
London Poster Wanted, PM if you have one for sale = )
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut blew my mind in a different way.
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
When I was quite young, I read 'The picture of Dorian Gray', Oscar Wilde. I read it at least once a year. There's just something about that book. Same with 'The Master and Margarita' by Bulgakov.
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me