I need a new book to read!

humbo jumbo

humbo jumbo

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The people of paper by salvador de plasencia

Realll real good book I think. Odd, took me a a good 100 pages to get real into it but then I blew out.

Other people couldn't read it, and then others finished it in one day.

I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading!

Among gang warfare and paper cuts, this book is about the wounds made by first love and sharp objects. The People of Paper reveals the ever elusive prophesies of the Shandean Baby Nostradamus and the approximate temperature and incendiary potential of halos. Herein disillusioned and AWOL saints reclaim their crowns and fight purses, while a gang of flower pickers go off to war, led by a lonely man who cannot help but wet his bed in sadness. Part memoir, part lies, this is a story about loving a woman made of paper.
 
Wikidbchofthewst

Wikidbchofthewst

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Dude, has anyone read that book Haunted by chuck palahniuk? I just finished reading the short story about Saint Gut Free...seriously, that shit almost made me ill. I couldn't read it all at once, I kept having to stop and take a breather...

So I want to know, is the whole book that gross?
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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Never even heard of it. But Dave reminded me that I have a $50 online gift cert to Barnes & Noble (I keep forgetting what I did with the info, though.. :( ) and I should use it BEFORE we leave out of the country. You know, have something to read for a little while at least.
 
Celestial

Celestial

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Wikidbchofthewst said:
Perfume...was that book made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman? lol, I swear I think I saw a preview for a movie that was titled Perfume, and it was about murder...


I think that this is the same book that I mentioned but I haven't seen this movie and in my experience if you really like a book and it's made into a movie, it always ends up being a little disappointing. The book is very good however. I ended up reading it because I did an internet search of 'best books ever' or some similar thing and made a list of those that kept occuring on lots of different lists. I found this a really good way of discovering reading that I wouldn't have normally been interested in but really enjoyed.

I agree with the person who mentioned 'Trainspotting' and if you can get past the difficulties with the very colloquial Scottish dialogue, it is a really funny and well written book and one of the very few examples of where a movie can be every bit as enjoyable as the book from which it was sourced.
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Wikidbchofthewst

Wikidbchofthewst

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natmoon said:
I really liked this trilogy of books.
I read them a while back now but they were cool with the best one being the first book called Magician.
The riftwars ideas and the characters and the weird magic ideas in these books kept me glued for hours after i had had a smoke:joint:

Magician (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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omg, I totally forgot about that series. I READ those books, it's more than a trilogy. I remember I found that book when I worked at Magic Mountain. At the end of the night we used to run up and ride Goliath a few times. I someone had left it in the seat I jumped into.
 
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