Annie Ozone
Young Armadillo
Death of Cars, Reader of Books, Drinker of Booze, and Generally Accident-Prone Lady
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 17, 2011 2:21:49 GMT -5
You know how it is. Your friend's all, "There's nothing good to read, man, do you--" and you just hand them the book. "Keep it, I need a new copy anyway!"
For me, there's:
The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker
Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov
Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 17, 2011 5:17:19 GMT -5
Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson. I feel like I've been recommending it left and right lately.
Also, Battle Royale. The book's better than the movie. Trust me.
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Post by cyanea on Jun 17, 2011 5:43:51 GMT -5
Depends on the person and what I know of their interests. For most of my friends just looking for something to read, anything by David Eddings. For my friends who are a little more like me (twisted), The Alienist by Caleb Carr or American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
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Post by BasicallyRun on Jun 17, 2011 19:23:20 GMT -5
Hah, awesome, you have Good Omens on your list too! My list:
PG Wodehouse in any form - Code of the Woosters in particular.
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Sabriel by Garth Nix (strictly speaking, Lirael would be the 'you need to read this now!' book, but as it's the second in a series...)
Raffles the Amateur Cracksman by EW Hornung
A Passage to India by EM Forster
Maurice, also by Forster
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ThatsMyPie
Armadillo Pup
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
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Post by ThatsMyPie on Jun 17, 2011 19:46:14 GMT -5
A lot of my friends have very socialist political opinions and are very involved in political conversations so I hand them my copy of V For Vendetta for the sake of informing them about anarchism and whatnot, as the story is very politically based. I'm not sure if that counts, though, does it?
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Gina
Armadillo
Every second is a highlight.
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Post by Gina on Jun 17, 2011 21:42:00 GMT -5
I wish I wasn't too lazy to screen-cap this thread and post it to Tumblr as a GPOY.  My books are: - The Crucible- Arthur Miller
- The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller
- Winesburg, Ohio- Sherwood Anderson
- The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 19, 2011 0:23:20 GMT -5
American Gods, hands down.
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 19, 2011 0:58:24 GMT -5
White Noise and Slaughterhouse-Five.
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Post by Silva on Jun 19, 2011 1:31:19 GMT -5
The Master and Margarita- Mikhail Bulgakov.
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