In need of books

by Piegie • 15 Jul 2011, 09:25 • Journals
Since the weather in South France doesn't look that good atm, I'll be needing some books in case it really starts getting shit! I like fantasy series, but some romantic one would be fine aswell, same goes for other genres :)

Last books ( series ) I've read ( past months ) :

* Eragon series
* Artemis Fowl
* Loads of Stephen King books


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urtier 15 Jul 2011, 10:30
I'm reading the classics atm, like Gulivers Travels, Jekyll&Hyde, around the world in 80 days etc. Quite nice imo and they cost nothing. 1-3 Euro each!
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Piegie 15 Jul 2011, 10:31
free on iBooks etc!
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urtier 15 Jul 2011, 10:33
I prefer the actual books though (especially for this price), and I don't own any of these fancy apple products :-|

It also looks like you're well educated when there are lots of books on the shelf! :-D
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Piegie 15 Jul 2011, 10:36
Good point, I rather have something like a book in my hand than to have to zoom in 24/7 on my iPod :D + My bookshelf is stacked with childhood books, doesn't look educated at ALL :
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schNee 15 Jul 2011, 10:52
got like 200 books at home. mostly bought at ebay :)
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urtier 15 Jul 2011, 10:55
I'm always getting the cheap books to save shipping costs at Amazon :-DD

Bought a couple of used cook books on Amazon.co.uk marketplace though lately, that's pretty nice. Paid like 20 GBP for 3 books. Would have cost me atleast 70 Euro if I bought them brand new in Germany.
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RASHOMON 15 Jul 2011, 10:58
Don't you have book shops in your city ? Or department stores where you can basically find any kind of book you want ?
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urtier 15 Jul 2011, 11:03
Yea we do, and in Germany all the book prices are even forced (atleast if they are new), so they cost the same everywhere. But at Amazon they simply ship for free if you take a book in your shopping basket.
And for the cooking books, I wanted the english original rather than the German translation (and they were even cheaper!). :)
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RASHOMON 15 Jul 2011, 11:12
Wow forcing prices for new books is a great idea, I doubt there is such a thing in France :/
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RASHOMON 15 Jul 2011, 10:37
Please... Buy a real book :/
Try the Picture of Dorian Gray, by Wilde, awesome, pleasant to read and just brilliant :)
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Piegie 15 Jul 2011, 10:37
hasn't there been a movie about that ?
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RASHOMON 15 Jul 2011, 10:39
Probably, yes ! Classic book, the only very famous one written by O. Wilde actually, but the movie cannot replace Wilde skills that are unique (there also are sometimes short maxims, aphorisms about life, women, love and it's even brilliant to read 'em) !
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Rhand 15 Jul 2011, 15:25
Gulivers Travels is disgustingly bad. It's like 40 pages describing everything on the island (how they look, how they act, how they govern themselves, etc) followed by 10 pages of action and 1 page to start the cycle all over.

I had more fun reading classics like "Tale of Two Cities" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" (nothing like the Disney-movie) once I got used to the writing style.
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Severus 15 Jul 2011, 10:30
try game of thrones series
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schNee 15 Jul 2011, 10:32
1 billion dollar is rly good
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huumeantti 15 Jul 2011, 10:39
reading sartre's nausea
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RASHOMON 15 Jul 2011, 10:46
Just reading that it has been chosen as one of the twelve best french novels of the XXst century, lucky you :D
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huumeantti 15 Jul 2011, 10:47
Good, looks like I didn't make a bad choice then. :)
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dualinity 15 Jul 2011, 13:27
you hipster!
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huumeantti 15 Jul 2011, 14:31
how come
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dualinity 15 Jul 2011, 15:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKnSGn914M

hipsters fucking love sartre
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huumeantti 15 Jul 2011, 16:37
ok, call me an accidental hipster then
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dualinity 15 Jul 2011, 17:07
thats how i became one too :(
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schNee 15 Jul 2011, 10:46
HENRY MILLER!
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Kevin 15 Jul 2011, 11:14
I've been reading The Wheel of Time lately ( 16 books in total ), I have no other way to describe it than "Epic".

Other good fantasy series : Night Angel Trilogy, Tawny Man Trilogy,Age of The Five.
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eLc 15 Jul 2011, 11:16
A Song of Ice and Fire
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FLExican 15 Jul 2011, 11:21
... moet nog 6 boeken lezen (nederlandse literatuur) voor volgend jaar :/
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infect 15 Jul 2011, 12:17
How was the Eragon series?

Read the series for "How to train your dragon" or the book series for "game of thrones"
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loazis 15 Jul 2011, 12:38
Catcher In The Rye if you haven't read it yet.
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syriusz 15 Jul 2011, 12:43
wanted to recommend you something but then saw Eragon :XD
e: bridget jones should be great.
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Snatix 15 Jul 2011, 12:48
read : In need of boobs and i was like, yeah a nice journal, but then i serious'd
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Eddo 15 Jul 2011, 12:49
burn it all
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caTchEr 15 Jul 2011, 12:55
A Song of Ice And Fire

epic books

first is game of thrones
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IceQ 15 Jul 2011, 13:22
Naruto manga
One Piece manga
Fairy Tail manga
Bleach manga
Toriko manga
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HIZAKO 15 Jul 2011, 13:47
I heard Wolfenstein ET is pretty cool
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arca 15 Jul 2011, 13:50
Anything by Terry Pratchett.
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Edgar 15 Jul 2011, 15:08
Game of Thrones - the series are great but I've heard that the books are even better.
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Rhand 15 Jul 2011, 15:30
Fantasy:

WoT - Robert Jordan (13 books atm, 14th and final is being written atm)
Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson (10 books, in the final 3 books the characters tend to become too reflective and philosophical though)
Song of Ice & Fire - GRR Martin (dude takes 5 years for a book and there are still 3 more books to be written so I advice you to wait a decade before you pick this one up)

Bernard Cornwell writes historical fiction and is very enjoyable. Ken Follet's 2 historical fiction books (Pillars of the Earth and World Without End) are fucking brilliant. Definitely must-reads.
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Deactivated6678 15 Jul 2011, 16:03
Charles Bukowski
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