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1. one book that changed your life - the hardest question first.
quite lame but matilda. i didn't really get into reading books for fun until i was 14 but when i was about 8 or 9 i adored the book because its about being a loner and struggling againsts things because of and despite your talents. however, i have to cheat and say that fear and loathing in las vegas rekindled my intrigue into literature. after that it would be camus' the outsider which explores darker areas of being a loner. and no logo made me appreciate non-fiction
2. one book that you've read more than once.
mostly philosophical texts but a fictional piece i had to reread because i barely understood it was douglass coupland's life after god. probably wasn't worth it. i like the ideas and the way he delves into the way people's lives are aimless but the way its written makes my skin crawl
3. one book that you'd want on a desert island.
a survival book, simple
4. one book that made you laugh
tragically catch-22. i'm still unsure if i like yossarian but he is cast into the most ridiculous situations. also, all the other pilots that die, how did i find it so funny?
5. one book that made you cry
not come across that one yet but i am rather stoic sometimes. its the price of being a libran
6. one book that you wish you had written
catcher in the rye. holden caulfield is character i have alot of empathy with
7. one book you wish had never been written
lord of the rings
8. one book that you are reading at the moment
go tell it to the mountain by james baldwin. in an effort to come to terms with my dad's death and also to understand his abandonment of religion, albeit catholicism and not the evangelist church, i chose baldwin's "this my struggle". i'm reading some cool comics too, action philosophers, brilliant!
9. one book that you've been meaning to read
the mystery of things by a.c. grayling, only because i need to get back into philosophical texts after a year off. on a more fictional playing field i've been aching to read puckoon by spike milligan about how stupendous northern ireland's gripes have been over the last century
10. five others that you’d like to do this:
albert camus, hunter s. thompson, gabriel garcia marquez, peter cooke, douglass adams. only one of those can return the favour and i bet he doesn't!
quite lame but matilda. i didn't really get into reading books for fun until i was 14 but when i was about 8 or 9 i adored the book because its about being a loner and struggling againsts things because of and despite your talents. however, i have to cheat and say that fear and loathing in las vegas rekindled my intrigue into literature. after that it would be camus' the outsider which explores darker areas of being a loner. and no logo made me appreciate non-fiction
2. one book that you've read more than once.
mostly philosophical texts but a fictional piece i had to reread because i barely understood it was douglass coupland's life after god. probably wasn't worth it. i like the ideas and the way he delves into the way people's lives are aimless but the way its written makes my skin crawl
3. one book that you'd want on a desert island.
a survival book, simple
4. one book that made you laugh
tragically catch-22. i'm still unsure if i like yossarian but he is cast into the most ridiculous situations. also, all the other pilots that die, how did i find it so funny?
5. one book that made you cry
not come across that one yet but i am rather stoic sometimes. its the price of being a libran
6. one book that you wish you had written
catcher in the rye. holden caulfield is character i have alot of empathy with
7. one book you wish had never been written
lord of the rings
8. one book that you are reading at the moment
go tell it to the mountain by james baldwin. in an effort to come to terms with my dad's death and also to understand his abandonment of religion, albeit catholicism and not the evangelist church, i chose baldwin's "this my struggle". i'm reading some cool comics too, action philosophers, brilliant!
9. one book that you've been meaning to read
the mystery of things by a.c. grayling, only because i need to get back into philosophical texts after a year off. on a more fictional playing field i've been aching to read puckoon by spike milligan about how stupendous northern ireland's gripes have been over the last century
10. five others that you’d like to do this:
albert camus, hunter s. thompson, gabriel garcia marquez, peter cooke, douglass adams. only one of those can return the favour and i bet he doesn't!