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I used to adore Stephen King, but after reading a great deal of beautifully written literay pieces, I can't stand his writing anymore. Oh, and Duma Key sucked.

"Probability for Dummies." Haha, that's definitely the first book I'd pick up after seeing the rest of your titles. And wow, you do have a pretty messy shelf/shelves. Nice collection, from what I can see. How is "Tender is the Night," by the way? I've been meaning to get back to some...

I could never get rid of my old books, for the same reason it's hard for me to sell old movies, games, CDs, etc. I just like having the memories. For example: I can't stand Stephen King anymore, but two years prior to now I was obsessed with his books, and I have plenty of them. The...

I just put in a link. That should do it.

While I find judging someone based off the books on their shelves is an idiotic thing to do, I like the idea of this thread. Seeing as I'm a high school kid who lives with his parents, I don't have the sort of "book den," I wish I did, nor do I own all the books I wish I did, but I still like my...

Junot Diaz won? Seriously? That's awesome! I loved The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (bought it the day of release, no less!) But...no offense, isn't the Pulitzer prize meant for deep/moving/inspiring pieces of work? I loved the novel, don't get me wrong, but I would think something a...

I prefer his work over all the crapshit wastes of paper in the fantasy section.

This forum really has turned to shit...

I was reading Writer's Journal and they had a section dedicated to some guy named "Junot Diaz," who was supposedly hot shit for one short story collection he put out. I picked it up, read it, and loved it. It's a very short work, so you could finish it in a day or two. And the reason for the...

Plenty of people read for pleasure. The reason hardly anyone reads those crap literary magazines is because the stories in there are from writer's who try to be literary for the sake of being literary. I don't mind someone who shows off their talent, but someone who shows off the machinery...

Yeah, there has never been a rap song with meaningful lyrics. Ever. I mean, look at this filth. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NvBwpiJyYw0

The writing is good, but there's no rhythm. Read this out loud to yourself--it sounds monotonous. Change up the sentence length a bit more from time to time, then try it. Long burst of explanations followed by quick tidbits rolls off the tongue nicely. And yes, when you're reading you're...

Who cares? Harry Potter was a fun series (Well, no; last one sucked, sorry :( ), and if Dumbledore was gay, all the power to him. And like, holy crap-Jesus, I usually stay in tune with the news, but this made CNN FRONT PAGE?. That is sad and stupid on so many levels. As for Rowling herself...

I'd like to make a reader's confession: I have been incapable of enjoying anything for the last month. I began Salem's Lot by Stephen King, made it to page 378 and tossed it. I made it to page 800 in It and tossed it. I began The Haunting of Hill House, tossed that as well. A countless number of...

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/2859 Ooooooh, Yeeeeaaah.

Any time I attempted to come here, the B&R logo flashed, and then I was taken to some random school intuition website, with some young college girl at her locker smiling at me and mocking my disdain. It was then I set forth to enact my plan. Course everything is all well and dandy, so I put the...

Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt Black Swan Green - David Mitcheel (Even though I already read it, which makes the purchase both stupid and sad) Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell Everything Is Illuminated - Some dude (Hardcover $1 at the library--was a steal) Gosh, I'm poor. Back to the...

If readers want to find different books readers will find different books. I go out of my way to avoid the mainstream crap (I'm not saying I don't read it, though, as I love a lot of the higher profile authors, but I stick with the small guys, too), and manage to find something both fresh and...

How ironic, and here I was driving across the country looking for the college girl smiling in the photo, planning to make her pay for my misfortune. But, looks like the site is up, so it's all good.

To those who loved "The Wheel of Time" books Sorry about your luck. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/books/18jordan.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin