You are probably right about Choke being a little to intense.
However I have a couple more suggestions.
1984- George Orwell (Its short, and very good, plus there is lots to discuss.)
or
The Curious Incidence of the Dog in the Nighttime -Mark Haddon (Another short book with a lot of substance.)
Both of these books are excellent. I am in cahoots with you there. Also,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time reads fairly quickly. I think I read it in a day or so. Not a difficult one, but very compelling and beautifully written.
I've actually been kind of interested in 1984, as well as Animal Farm, another book by George Orwell.
Both are great works. Orwell is one of my favourite authors, so if you ever get a chance to pick up one of his books, you should definitely go for it.
jber4life, would you please pm me with all your book recommendations? I think I love you. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is one of my favorite books ever. I also love Palahniuk and Orwell is always interesting. I might have to go look at The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test just because its the only one you recommended that I haven't read (and thereby enjoyed).
On the topic of what the August book should be, though, I've read Animal Farm and 1984 and wouldn't necessarily want to read them again when there is so much out there to read, y'know?
Agreed and agreed. Don't get me wrong; I love Orwell and Huxley, but this is an opportunity to read pretty much whatever we want. Like I said, I don't want anyone to feel like they're stuck in school. Especially in the summer.
oo, I'm so down with this. You should cut the reading time down from 2 weeks tho, to maybe just one week. That way we could fit in more books.
Sooo many good books.
I would suggest staying away from classics, or books that everyone might have read already.
@zero beat, A book forum would be pretty amazing. Though I'm not sure how much activity if any at all it would get.
Thanks for your suggestions! So many good books. I haven't read
I Am The Messenger, but I've heard that it's absolutely fantastic. And I've read another one of Jonathan Safran Foer's,
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and it was just wonderful.
And I understand why you would want to squeeze as many books in as possible, but I tried to pick a schedule that would work well for everyone. I'm guessing that you're somewhat of a speed reader (like me), but I want this to be feasible for everyone. But I'll see if I can rework the schedule to include the faster readers sooner. Sound fair?
And like I said before, Orwell and Huxley are some of my faves, but yes, they have been done my many before.
The Great Gatsby is a pretty good book to read. Itz no longer than about 140pgs long, basically u can get it done in one week if you try to.
Thanks for the suggestion; I'll add it to the list.
@Macman: Well, I bleive lythium said to suggest two books, but those still look great.
I've already read
The Thief Lord, but I'd love to give it another go, and I saw the movie version of
Everything is Illuminated, which I loved. I usually tend to enjoy the book version better than the movie, so I'll probably like reading that.
I lol'd. Everyone definitely has more than two books to suggest, so I've just been letting that one go.
I've read
The Thief Lord when it first came out, but it was sorta 'meh' for me. But I agree,
Everything is Illuminated sounds really good.
oo in that case, I would suggest,
I am the Cheese [Robert Cormier is amazing. We need to read atleast one of his works.]
and
I am the messenger.
I've never seen the film. And yes I generally like the book versions better than the film versions. I was mad when I realized fight club was first a book. Though someone told me the book wasn't as good.
A month is sooooo long for just 1 book. o2d2nibd
Okay, I'll put those on the list. And your other ones. Why not?
Also, whoever told you that
Fight Club was better as a movie, they lied. Except the ending. I like the ending better in the movie.
EDIT: The voting has begun!
