reclegend22;1442071 wrote:Also just read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey awhile back. It's a harrowing, and sometimes starkly sad, memoir about his spiraling fall into alcohol and cocaine addiction after his girlfriend was hit by a train. The book begins with Frey awaking from a booze and crack-fueled coma in an airplane, with no teeth and no idea how he got there or where he was headed, and then chronicles his road to recovery at a rehabilitation center. The book is written with some of the most beautifully bare prose I've ever read. A real inspiration for anyone who's ever struggled with addiction or just likes a great memoir.

As a fan of William S. Burroughs' work, I really enjoyed it.

ptown_trojans_1;1441900 wrote:Finished the latest Foreign Affairs, and now about 30% into the 2nd Bond novel, Live and Let Die.
Pretty good so far. Different than the movie as it is set in New York and Harlem, not New Orleans. And focus is not heroin, but gold coins used to fund SMERSH.

Heretic;1442267 wrote:Started Book 13 of the overly immense Wheel of Time fantasy series. By the time I finish it, I'm hoping the 14th and final will have been released as softcover.

After that's done, it'll be time to truly dig into the Song of Ice and Fire series. Have the first four books. Just hoping it doesn't wind up like Wheel of Time where, because I pick it up midway through things, I wind up having to constantly refresh my memory on what's happened every damn time a new book gets released.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1442261 wrote:Are you aware that Frey fabricated significant events in the story? It stands up as a work of fiction based upon reality. But that is something less than the impact it has when read as a memoir. I read it before all that came out and was deeply affected. Once the deceipt became known, it became merely a pretty good novel.

reclegend22;1460852 wrote: Read Into the Wild for the first time recently and that might be the best book I've ever read. An incredible story with the saddest ending to any book I've ever read.

fan_from_texas;1460885 wrote:Did you see the movie? Does it follow the book pretty well?

said_aouita;1461547 wrote:

Tigerfan00;1461585 wrote:Shocker

said_aouita;1461590 wrote:It's called a book. Maybe you should try reading one too.

j_crazy;1462194 wrote:Sarcasm was laced throught his post. I will explain.

He was alluding to the cover. Bunch of boys scantily clad all of whom look to have self esteem issues and would welcome the comforting hand of a coach, to be a father figure ans to help guide them through their first sexual experience. Next there's the title Juggernauts, obviously your brain had a Freudian fart and read tuggernuts. Needless to say the sarcasm comes through because no one would be shocked to see you read this type of literature as you clearly have both an affinity for homoerotica and a predisposition for mis-reading material at first glance.

j_crazy;1462194 wrote:Sarcasm was laced throught his post. I will explain.

He was alluding to the cover. Bunch of boys scantily clad all of whom look to have self esteem issues and would welcome the comforting hand of a coach, to be a father figure ans to help guide them through their first sexual experience. Next there's the title Juggernauts, obviously your brain had a Freudian fart and read tuggernuts. Needless to say the sarcasm comes through because no one would be shocked to see you read this type of literature as you clearly have both an affinity for homoerotica and a predisposition for mis-reading material at first glance.

Ironman92;1462207 wrote:I picked up your mic....would you like it back?