i said i would write about whatever i found stuck to the inside of my head, ambles, rambles and so on.
this is not a good representation...
shoddy, really.
oops. i pressed all sorts of buttons and can't seem to uncross, unbold and unitalicize that whole paragraph.
awesome!
there really is stuff going on in my head! lots, actually!
(oh dear... not convincing)
the fact is, i've been ambling and rambling quite a bit, but haven't actually remembered to write it down.
....
anyways...
i'm about to go on a little trip- going out to the mountains to breathe clean air, talk to trees and do a lot of writing.
and reading.
this post is actually going to be an interactive one. i hope.
here's the deal:
i'd like to put together a reading list. not only for this trip, but just in general. i did a little tweet on the twitter, asking what books i ought to bring, and the response was a little overwhelming. in a GREAT way! i can't tell you how depressing it would be, to ask for reading recommendations and be met with radio silence (or whatever the text equivalent of that is- i suppose just... nothing... visual crickets...)
that would be terrible.
so... yes! anyhow!
the list is a little long. also, everyone's taste in reading is different. however, a great book is a great book.
i thought maybe you could help me out. . . . . ?
i'm going to write down the recommendations i received in the tweetarium- you tell me what you think. comment! please.
this will be fun. perhaps say what you like about your particular choice and why.
ok. here goes:
Into the Wild
Convivium
Of Mice and Men
the hunger games
Alive
It's Kind of a Funny Story
blue like jazz
The Dharma Bums
Desolation Angels
The Book Thief
Soul Craving
await your reply
PREP
Everybody Poops (*****THESE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM TWITTER I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THIS******)
Yours Ever
A Walk in The Woods
the gargoyle
going bovine
the weetzie bat books
a great and terrible beauty
the tea rose
sybil
Power of attraction
The Great Shark Hunt
Walden
Lovely Bones
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
The Good Good Pig
the girl w/ the dragon tattoo
Last Lecture
Stories of God
Dearest Creature
Years of Solitude
Mark of the Lion Series
The Great Divorce
Angels and Demons (read it already, fun!)
the Twilight Saga
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
The Poisonwood Bible
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Don Winslow (is an author...)
This Present Darkness
The Life of Pi
The lovely bones
The road
he Art of Racing in the Rain
jasper fforde (also an author...)
Women in Love
The Shadow of the Wind
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
breakfast at tiffany's
Heidi
Three Cups of Tea
Try Think and Grow Rich
Sharp Objects
Half Broke Horses
Into Thin Air
Prodigal Summer
Let the Right One In
Rebecca
The Dead Travel Fast
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
the history of love
The Museum of Mary Child
My Side of the Mountain
eggy sue contra los invisibles
The Secret History
Fingersmith
Jitterbug Perfume
The Diary of Max Tivoli
Beautiful Creatures
City of Bones
Catcher in the Rye (read it, loved it)
umm...a survival guide?? ( i love this tweet. very practical. thank you, bangtailcalico! )
Carolina Moon
earth abides
Designer's Don't Read
The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Alchemist (have it, bringing it!)
Wuthering Heights (tried to read this, got too sad, couldn't...)
Hangover Square
Tree of Angels
the help
Book of love
The historian
the hunger games books
the power of one
Lamb
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
1984 (oh yes, read this at 15, it changed my life... and scared the beeeeeep out of me)
Winter Girls
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Neuromancer
Undaunted Courage
For One more Day
The Host
The Shack
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook (this used to be in the bathroom at my parents' house.. ha)
the kite runner
the last patriot
Crossing to Safety
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The Pillars of the Earth
How to survive a bear attack 101 (haha... let's hope this won't be necessary)
3 Cups of Tea
Hunger Games
Catching Fire
aaah! i just pushed a button on twitter and... oh, well... i don't really have any more steam to tackle the next however many pages of tweets, i'll try to do it on the next post.
a lot of books, eh?? holy mackerel! and not even nearly the end of them!
this is a good start! let's discuss!
and here's a picture for you, because pictures are nice:
bye for now.
ax
