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messynessie:
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ANYWAY. I also bought a book on philosophy, Sophie's World, and it presents philosophy in such an entertaining light that it doesn't feel like you're taking a correspondence course/being quizzed on. I've learned a lot, and it really makes you question your roots and how the universe came to be, etc etc.
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omg i love jostein gaarders books! sophies world is my favourite! the chrismas mystery is really good too.
Lise:
YAYYYYY glad to see that I'm not a sob story (buying self-help books) and that other people enjoy reading up on philosophy as well :). I loved that reference in the beginning of "burying in the rabbit's fur"- that describes people who are too engrossed in their lives that they don't ask questions about life after death, etc. They're too deep and comfortable in the rabbit's (the universe) fur.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check the christmas mystery out as well :). The same goes to that Ruiz book. My problem isn't really dealing with love, it's how to work out relationship kinks after the initial dating stage is over with. You know, the first two months are always "perfect" because both people are very aware of how they act around/treat each other, and thus potential for disagreements are eliminated. That gets different after one year...
Ok, no more babbling from me :).
onewheelwizzard:
One aspect of Ruiz's various points is that there's really no distinction between the early and the late stages of a relationship when it comes to "love." He doesn't really define "love" as being something that you build up and eventually feel towards someone in particular through a burgeoning relationship with them ... it's not a step you reach after a process. He defines it as a way of life. This is why it has seemed like such a revolutionary book to people I know (and why the book of his that I did read was revolutionary to me) ... the way he universalizes "love" and makes it a part of everyday life without detracting from its power as an emotion or a feeling really makes you think differently about how you behave both within and without the confines of a relationship. One of the nice things about Ruiz's writing, and one of the main reasons why I'm talking about his books in the "books that changed your life" thread, is that his points really can apply to everything in life.
OK, no more raving from me.
StupidityKills:
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--- Quote from: lifelesseyes ---The Perks of Being a Wallflower - everyone I know who's read this says it changes their life, and it's true.
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It didn't change mine :P Honestly I thought it was pretty bad. The characters were inconsistent and the plot as a whole seemed rather contrived, ESPECIALLY the ending, my specific criticisms of which I will not go into lest I "spoil" it for other people.
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Thank you!
I wouldn't say it was bad but it was so hyped up to me by the time I read it that I was a bit like, oh thats it? I think its basically just a good book for hipsters to quote and say they love for the sake of it.
For me:
Arabian Nights - Firstly because it takes a lifetime to read, and also because its just such a wealth of interesting and inventive stories.
Unlikely by Jeffrey Brown, which is a graphic novel, but shush. It so alarmingly honest and unashamed, even through some pretty graphic and embarassing details of a relationship breakup.
I Lucifer by Glen Duncan, dunno about life changing, but an all time favourite. So much so I'm on my third copy because I keep lending it and giving it to people.
Lise:
Stupiditykills, I completely agree with you on "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." It took me two attempts and a year of random reading to finish that book. I just wasn't that engaged in it. Sure, it had a touch of melancholy, but it didn't affect me as much as say, "Flowers for Algernon."
And here's a few books from a list of that "all hipsters should read, or at least pretend that they've read": (from Hipster Handbook)
1) Anything by Dennis Cooper
2) J. D. Salinger (personally I disliked the Catcher in the Rye)
3) Jacqueline Susann- Valley of the Dolls
4) Ernest Hemingway- A Moveable Feast
5) Albert Camus- The Stranger (This I liked).
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