Books you love or hate

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^Battle Royale by Koushun Takami is great fun. Very violent, though, if you object to such content.

JolieFleur said:
JazakAllah khayran

Is Orwell the one who wrote Animal Farm and Z for Zachariah?
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Orwell wrote Animal Farm.

Robert O'Brien wrote Z for Zachariah.

p.s. I haven't actually written a book. It's just, if I ever did write this one I'm planning, everyone would be stumbling over themselves to pay me money to read it, obviously :p
 
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Muezzin said:
Orwell wrote Animal Farm.

Robert O'Brien wrote Z for Zachariah.

p.s. I haven't actually written a book. It's just, if I ever did, everyone would be stumbling over themselves to pay me money to read it, obviously :p
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Aha!

I'd have paid you to tell me the name Robert O'Brien thats for sure! I've been wondering for ages who the author was. I read it when I was 12 and its still stuck in my mind, I wanna get hold of it again insha'Allah (Yeah I read unusual books when I was younger) :-[

I read a book ages ago, I was young. It had words like Sou'wester in it and was set somewhere else. I remem some lines off by heart, it went like this 'Whittle a stick Jo, do what you must, but dont fall asleep' ... I read it in year 6 and it was really good...I cant for the life of me remem the name of the book though...arghh

I wanna read ur book bro, can I be the 1st one? ;p
 
Life of Pi by Yan Martel (Though I sense I'm kinda late in replying)...I thought the book was disturbing enough.
The Curious incident of the Dog in the Night is definitely thought provoking, not sure about disturbing though.
And when will you be releasing your book Muezzin? Are you gonna put up some more stories to go with Skye's pics?
 
Battle Royale ?!! you mean the one who has that movie
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The very same.

Musaafir said:
Life of Pi by Yan Martel (Though I sense I'm kinda late in replying)...I thought the book was disturbing enough.
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I should really probably read that. Or something by Pynchon.

Currently reading Moby D ick by Herman Melville (I had to put a space there to dodge the board censor software, amusingly), and am enjoying it a great deal.

And when will you be releasing your book Muezzin?
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I haven't written one. Just 'planning stages'. Still working on that short story though. Final scene!

Are you gonna put up some more stories to go with Skye's pics?
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Inshallah. A little busy in real life.

truemuslim said:
u mean the author? lol silly nobody cares who the hell the author is, ppl care how the book is.
author is a person who sits at home nd write stuff for fun, or for life. i dunno or care..
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Well, book shops and libraries sort their books by authors' names, not by titles, so it's kind of important to name the writer if you're recommending a book.

On the other hand, you actually make a very good point - too many authors these days want to constantly remind the reader of their presence (in the worst ways possible) rather than let the reader get involved in the story.
 
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Greetings,
Muezzin said:
I should really probably read that. Or something by Pynchon.
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Life of Pi is an amazing book that I would recommend to everybody. The author creates incredibly dramatic situations with very minimal ingredients, and as an example of just what is possible with story-telling, it's first rate.

As for Thomas Pynchon, I'd recommend starting with The Crying of Lot 49. It's his shortest book and gives you a good idea of his general approach in writing fiction. "Conspiracy-thriller" is how a marketing person might characterise it, but it's a book that works on many levels. At once his writing is hilarious, dark, paranoid and though-provoking, and he is certainly one of the greatest writers of late 20th century fiction. Post-Joycean linguistic exuberance of the highest order.

I haven't written one. Just 'planning stages'. Still working on that short story though. Final scene!
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Don't tinker over your story forever in the hope of reaching perfection. Wrap it up and move on to the next one!

Peace
 
czgibson said:
Don't tinker over your story forever in the hope of reaching perfection. Wrap it up and move on to the next one!

Peace
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I did that once, even though the book wasnt a book as such, just a long story, but if you 'tinker' over it, I think you tend to lose a little of the juice you started out with.
 
I used to love writing stories in my secondary school years. But they were normally mystery type ones and looking back, I feel they weren't fit to read.
Now however, have too many things to do that don't involve creative writing. Still love reading books though.
Intrigued by the sound of Pynchon now.
 
has anybody read 'Granny, by anthony horowitz

i remember reading it as a lil 9 yr old lol and it was my fav book. It was advanced for my age but i loved reading.

right now im re-reading Sands of time and Windmill of the Gods, excellent books.
 
No, but have you read the Alex Rider series by the same author? As well as the Diamond brothers stories. They're aimed at lil kids but they make me laugh. I don't think the Alex Rider series is supposed to be humorous though. It makes me laugh all the same..in a light hearted way of course.
 
The Curious incident of the Dog in the Night is a great book, read it two days ago lol

the outsiders is nice, was written by a 15/16 year old i think, and "The Foreshadowing" is excellent, although i haven't finished it yet, but so far its really good

i'm planning on reading A Road to Mecca i checked it out, but i still haven't started
 
czgibson said:
Greetings,


Life of Pi is an amazing book that I would recommend to everybody. The author creates incredibly dramatic situations with very minimal ingredients, and as an example of just what is possible with story-telling, it's first rate.

As for Thomas Pynchon, I'd recommend starting with The Crying of Lot 49. It's his shortest book and gives you a good idea of his general approach in writing fiction. "Conspiracy-thriller" is how a marketing person might characterise it, but it's a book that works on many levels. At once his writing is hilarious, dark, paranoid and though-provoking, and he is certainly one of the greatest writers of late 20th century fiction. Post-Joycean linguistic exuberance of the highest order.
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That reminds me, Ulysses is on my reading list.

As is anything by Virginia Woolf (gasp, I still haven't read that literary great).

Don't tinker over your story forever in the hope of reaching perfection. Wrap it up and move on to the next one!
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Trust me, it's not tinkering. Tinkering is what I do for fun. But thanks for the support. :)
 
My favorite books are:
The entire harry potter series and my sister's keep by jodi picoult.

Other than those, i enjoy James Patterson's books, (although i find some of his writing a bit mushy) jeffrey deaver, dean koontz and sydney sheldon.

The only non-fiction that i read are my prescribed textbooks (boring) and islamic books.
 
Proudly_Muslim said:
My favorite books are:
The entire harry potter series and my sister's keep by jodi picoult.

Other than those, i enjoy James Patterson's books, (although i find some of his writing a bit mushy) jeffrey deaver, dean koontz and sydney sheldon.

The only non-fiction that i read are my prescribed textbooks (boring) and islamic books.
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Harry Potter's Occult. (thats a joke, please no really thats a joke....no more potter threads..they melt the brain!!!!)
 
anyone read Faust?

oh and here's a good fantasy series : Dune
could be considered a level up from potter.
 
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