IS that the book by Brett Easton Ellis (Hope i spell his name correctly). I'd like to read it but so far, I can't find it anywhere in the bookstores at my place.
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IS that the book by Brett Easton Ellis (Hope i spell his name correctly). I'd like to read it but so far, I can't find it anywhere in the bookstores at my place.
Yes, other than a couple of scenes where some people die, I did not really enjoy it.
You liked the rat scene? Horrid person!
Yep, sure did. Thanks, that really makes my day. You've got to give him credit--in a world filled with violence and murder as they are so publicized--he is creative enough to come up with a new way to kill someone.
books that changed my life >>>
Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man And The Sea
My favourite book ever. It completely changed how i was as a person. I cry every time i read it, and at more then one part. It actually convinced me to make my own boat, (still working on it), and i make a note of reading it every two months. I ahve endless praise on this book, and i can proudly say that i have forced at least 50+ people to read it.
JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit
My second favourite book, and the most enjoyable to read. I love how its written. So simple and direct, yet its got much depth and many other words that sound intellectual. Its also on my every-two-months reading list.
also:
David Creighton - Deeds of Gods and Heroes.
made me interested in ancient mythology
Stephen King - IT
made me want to kill clowns
Tom Schulman - Dead Poets Society
made me want to be an english teacher (still pursuing that)
John Steinbeck - Cup Of Gold
made me want to be a pirate and ravage spanish ports (still pursuing that)
Check out Ragtime by EL Doctorow...not only is it historical but it is eye opening to how people feel and stuff
The Trial by Kafka
Outsider and Plague by Camus
They made me realise that there was more to the books... Till then I was reading merely for the entertainment value without reading much into books much.
Hmmm, interesting thread, but I cannot quite list all books that have changed my life without really thinking about it, but a few:
The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger (really got me interested in literature first),
Breakfast At The Victory: The Mysticism In Ordinary Experiences by James Carse,
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (due to its symbolism),
A Week On The Concord and Merrimack Rivers and Walden by Henry David Thoreau,
the essays and poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
anything by Immanuel Kant,
Metamorphoses by Ovid,
poetry by Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rumi, D.H. Lawrence, Sylvia Plath, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, and Robert Frost,
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Holy Christ! I'm not sure how you could read that book and actually want to become a yuppie, but that's an amazing story. You should write to Brett Easton Ellis and tell him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert E Lee
Nothing that dramatic in my reading life, but these, in no particular order, are my top perception altering reads:
Blood and Guts in Highschool by Kathy Acker
Nausea by John Paul Sartre
Summer Rain by Marguerite Duras
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
It is the Holy Bible that changed my whole life,when I survived from suicide,when I escaped from homelessness and darkness,I had read the Holy bible,which saved me from fear and sadness,which gave me power to solution everything that I met.
For me too, the bible has had a profound influence in my life. When I was twelve, I was fed up with all the religious people around me preaching the bible and stuff. I figured I would read the whole book and see what was so special ( so far I had only heard the stories told by others.) about the book. After I had completely finished reading every book in the bible I decided Christianity was a waste of time and not worth the trouble. Fortunately I have very understanding parents, and they accepted my decision.
Another book that heavily influenced me is Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. It is responsible for my fascination for All Things SF.
Of Mice and Men and Crime and Punishment have both played a part in shaping me as a person (i.e. they made me quite cynical).
But,It left nothing in your heart,isn't it? it didn't change your spirit,en?Quote:
Originally Posted by AimusSage
Goodmorning, midnight by Jean Rhys changed my life. Though I cannot quite explain why. I read it as a warning never to become as estranged from people as the heroine. The book shook me to the core. And since I already was going through a dark time - it pushed me just over the edge. I sat at home watching my hands for weeks. I just took up the courage and leafed through it.. and now I find it incomprehensible that I read so much into just this one book. All my feelings of failing and being an outsider. I even wrote an essay that the book ends in a dreadful rape. But now that I reread the last sentences I cannot quite understand why I was so absolutely convinced of that. ?? Anyway, after that I no longer had the guts to study English and read great books. I was afraid they would touch me as much as this one did.
:D But I am back to reading now...
Actually it set me free, I was no longer bound and confined by religion. But don't think it is an attack against christianity, because it isn't. It is just that for me, the very concept of religion feels wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by red leaves
I have great respect for you to find such strength, but I think it comes from you, rather then from the bible. It was the bible that showed you YOUR strength. In a way the bible set you free as it did me.