My favorite books.

[CD.]

You live in a library, Alan... lol. Good for you for reading that much. It's always an eye/heart opener, isn't it?

i've always appreciated books, just the way i was raised. books kick ass. and i love them so much more because learning to read was no easy feat for me.

and if i could live in an actual library, i dont think i would ever leave lol.

[fjp999]

Was it he who wrote Under the Sheltering Sky? or Earthly Powers?
Under the Sheltering Sky was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci, methinks, with John Malkovitch starring.
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Sorry, missed this yesterday...

The Sheltering Sky is written by Paul Bowles who was good friends & maybe a lover of WSB???

WSB also known as Uncle Bill is best known for his first novel Junkie which was banned around the world when first published in 1953.

His novel Naked Lunch was made into a very odd film by David Cronenberg in 1991. The film & novel are a fantastical autobiography of WSBs varied drug abuses and halucinations.

Amazing the amount of drugs this man used but live to 83 and wrote until his death.

He made a great appearance on Saturday Night Live playing one of his characters Dr. Benway. Here is the youtube link: Beware it is a little bloody! I love the sound of his voice.

[princealbertofb]

Thanks for the info, I'd forgotten about Paul Bowles.. Have seen the film and bought the music soundtrack. The Naked Lunch, yes very weird film (and, I guess, book)

[Smurlos]

Just a few of mine:

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept - Paulo Coelho
The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time - Mark Haddon
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
When I Was Five I Killed Myself - Howard Buten
The Catcher in The Rye - J.D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
How To Be Lost - Amanda Eyre Ward
The Valley of The Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
Me and Emma - Elizabeth Flock
Flowers in The Attic - Virginia Andrews
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
For One More Day - Mitch Albom

Flowers in The Attic - Virginia Andrews - just thinking about this makes me want to cry :frown:

To Kill a mockingbird - that's a wicked book! We studied that for our english lit exams back at GCSE - very good story and book!

[Mark]

I like the story behind Wuthering heights. Just not with the weird old man which is the servant thing x.x

[Snowphi]

Enough of the stereotypical teenage angst

catch 22
Candide
The Kite Runner - rubbish film though

[452]

Mostly Harmless l Douglas Adams............

[Wilem]

Enough of the stereotypical teenage angst

Eh? :confused:

[Ang]

Lord of the rings by J.R.R Tolkien;
The hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams;
Digital fortress by Dan Brown;
Geomancer by Ian Irvine.

[YoUnGaY33]

twilight, new moon, eclipse, the host
^all of them are by stephanie meyer and they're all amazing