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[scobbie]

catcher in the rye is one of my favourits and ive just finished the da vinci code witch supprised me as a very good read. I make sure my kids spend at least twelve hours a week reading at the beggining it was tough trying to get them to read books now they are avid readers my 7 year old reads from a book every night before bed and hardly uses her play station now so harvethetic you are bang on all kids should spend some time reading as it broadens their horizon and helps there education ten fold and ive read all the books you have on your list and many more there is nothing better than a cou[ple of joints a cup of coffee and a good book its my way to escape the pain of my illness when i have a good book i get lost in it as with the davinci code good read

[beachguy in thongs]

We read "Lord of the Flies" in high school, I think we watched the movie, after. I liked the book better.

[SensiRide]

Books are always better. Movies are just condensed, simplified versions. The only movie I have thought was better than the book is Goodfellas ( I read the 2 books - Wiseguy & Gangstas & Goodfellas)

[beachguy in thongs]

Of course, but "The Green Mile" was exactly like the book. Three minor differences. Probably, the best movie made from a book.

[Smpthy4TheDevil]

i love to read. lately it's been aldous huxley and george orwell.

books made into movies generally irk me -- the book is almost always way better than the movie.

[Zinnia]

At least one bookcase in every room, three in my office.
History
True Crime
SciFi/Fantasy
Stephen King
Historical Fiction
Kama Sutra, Tantra, anything rated X LOL :thumbsup:
James Clavell's Shogun is cool.
The Jungle would have made me a veg-if I wasn't one when I read it.

[s2headhunter]

yea i love reading..its peacfull.....increases my vocabulary, and it opens up my mind and makes me feel better sometimes

[Cooler Then Jesus]

i just finished off "The Zombie Survival Guide" today, definaley a reccomendation for ANY stoner who aspires to go zombie hunting, or just a ghoul loving 14 year old like myself.

[SensiRide]

i just finished off "The Zombie Survival Guide" today, definaley a reccomendation for ANY stoner who aspires to go zombie hunting, or just a ghoul loving 14 year old like myself.

What a cute avatar!!
Another few of my favourite books are Trainspotting, Ecstasy & Glue by Irvine Welsh. I would imagine they would be very hard for a non-Scottish person to read though as its mostly written in very broad Scots dialect, but they are the only novels that can make me laugh out loud over & over again.

[Harvesthetic]

allright! nice to see a lot of comments,
Blowboy, that's so cool that you lived near Huxley's home. You could literally walk in his footsteps. BFA if you liked Frey, read 1984 or confessions of a dangerous mind, two books that you can keep reading and dissecting, with enormous social relevance.
SensiRide again puts it in words i wish i wrote lol.
Movies are just condensed, simplified versions of books. Spot on.

Beachguy, the Green Mile was indeed very well adapted.
Sensi, you should really read "Porno" by Irvine Welsch. It's great you can recognize it by the blow-up doll on the cover.
Zinnia, that's a relief to hear, you seem to be a bookwurm too nice. Those are the genres i read most too, but i read everything . My all time favorite genre is crimi/thrillers from the highest shelf in the bookshop. Carefully composed stories that leave you speechless, like Elmore Leonard, LIVE inside my head. Nothing is more fun than getting lost in a book, and for example missing your destination on the train because the chapter you were reading was just too exciting.
Drugs don't do that trick for me. Reading and forgetting the real world around you is a more intense dissociative trip than Ketamine.

there is nothing better than a cou[ple of joints a cup of coffee and a good book its my way to escape the pain of my illness when i have a good book i get lost in it as with the davinci code good read

That's exactly what i'm going to do for the next three hours going to get lost in: