[mattmatumbo]

Started 1Q84, pretty good in the first 10th of the book.

[Jumpoff]

Originally Posted by mattmatumbo

Started 1Q84, pretty good in the first 10th of the book.

Have you read other Murakami before? I still can't decide how I felt about 1Q84. A lot of really interesting stuff was in it, but some of the dialogue and sex scenes were just

[mattmatumbo]

Originally Posted by Jumpoff

Have you read other Murakami before? I still can't decide how I felt about 1Q84. A lot of really interesting stuff was in it, but some of the dialogue and sex scenes were just

I've gotten a little bit further, and considering it's name, I was expecting a little more altered reality (something more with what the taxi cab driver says at the beginning and police no longer using 6-shooters) but it's enjoyable.

So far, I'd rather had Aomame transported into a different/parallel universe or something to that effect, like a police state like in 1984... but alas, I can't control that.

I haven't read anything else by Murakami, I hear his early stuff is far better though. What'd you think of 1Q84? Have you read any other books by Murakami, any recommendations?

[mattmatumbo]

I see that I haven't actually posted my favorite list.

1984 (seems to be unanimous in here) Did anyone else feel that Fahrenheit 451 was kind of a Disney version of 1984? Or is that just me being a dick?
The Sandman- ETA Hoffman
Tender Buttons
House of Leaves
Still Life With Woodpecker
The Things They Carried
The Satanic Verses
The Yacoubian Building
Miramar
One Thousand Years of Solitude
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
A Dictionary of Maquiao
Anything by Lu Xun (If you're interested in the last 150 years of Chinese history, read this man's work)

[mattmatumbo]

Originally Posted by Xuut

The Kite Runner - Can't remember the dude's name done feel like looking up

Khaled Hosseini, I read One Thousand Splendid Suns, a pretty good page turner.

[jacinta.]

1984
Night
Invisible Monsters
The Pleasures of the Damned
On the Road
The Stranger
Water For Elephants
Of Mice and Men
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
The Road
Lullaby
Lord of the Flies

I always thoroughly enjoy David Sedaris' books as well.

[Jumpoff]

Originally Posted by mattmatumbo

I've gotten a little bit further, and considering it's name, I was expecting a little more altered reality (something more with what the taxi cab driver says at the beginning and police no longer using 6-shooters) but it's enjoyable.

So far, I'd rather had Aomame transported into a different/parallel universe or something to that effect, like a police state like in 1984... but alas, I can't control that.

I haven't read anything else by Murakami, I hear his early stuff is far better though. What'd you think of 1Q84? Have you read any other books by Murakami, any recommendations?

You should definitely check out Kafka on the Shore. I've currently rewad that one, The Wind-Up BIrd Chronicle, and 1Q84. Kafka on the Shore is phenomenal and so far my favorite work of his.

[RyanPm40]

Damn, this thread makes me want to read a book for fun in the first time in.. God, I don't know how long. Maybe I'll finally read my Hobbit+LOTR box set that I got years ago. Or The Shack.

Anyways, anyone read Misery by Stephen King? Love that book. One of my favorites. The Watchmen was a brilliant graphic novel, as well.

Not sure if I've posted in this thread in the past. Too lazy to check xD.

[marinaaa]

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein is my all time favourite book.
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[mattmatumbo]

Originally Posted by Jumpoff

You should definitely check out Kafka on the Shore. I've currently rewad that one, The Wind-Up BIrd Chronicle, and 1Q84. Kafka on the Shore is phenomenal and so far my favorite work of his.

I'm now over halfway done with the book, and quite frankly, I LOVE IT. Nothing against your opinion of course. My buddy, who recommended me 1Q84, has Kafka on the Shore and is going to lend it to me once I've finished 1Q84. I read 200 some pages of 1Q84 yesterday...

[Jumpoff]

Originally Posted by mattmatumbo

I'm now over halfway done with the book, and quite frankly, I LOVE IT. Nothing against your opinion of course. My buddy, who recommended me 1Q84, has Kafka on the Shore and is going to lend it to me once I've finished 1Q84. I read 200 some pages of 1Q84 yesterday...

Oh totally thats awesome. Its not even that I dislike 1Q84, I'm just not completely sure how I felt about it. Some of the sequences were brilliant though.

[ChaplainTappman]

East of Eden
Catch-22
The Hitchhiker's Guide
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Great Gatsby
In Cold Blood
Life of Pi

[mattmatumbo]

Originally Posted by Jumpoff

Oh totally thats awesome. Its not even that I dislike 1Q84, I'm just not completely sure how I felt about it. Some of the sequences were brilliant though.

Worst part for me: getting into a chapter so bad that when it ends I entirely don't give a rats ass what Tengo (or Aomame) is doing after reading the last chapter. I think it'd be cool to rearrange the books into just Aomame's plot and Tengo's, rather than having a choppy rhythm of one then the other.

for instance, when Leader is killed, I would have had a great time reading the same events occurring simultaneously between the two characters, but with 450 pages between the two, or something, you know? But ultimately that would take away from the "parallel world" I'd imagine.

[whenyourearound]

Lord of the Flies
The Outsiders
The Great Gatsby
To Kill A Mockingbird
Running With the Buffaloes

Currently reading Catching Fire in the Hunger Games series.

[Cripsin]

Breaking Dawn: Fantasy. It is the fourth and final book of the Twilight Saga. I'm sure you've heard it.
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