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You should definitely read The Screwtape Letters by Lewis. That's my favorite book of his.

For some reason the woman with her Princess phone who was scared of lightning still makes me sad to think about.

Move over strand games, it's time for strand books.

I haven’t read that in 10-15 years so I’m looking forward to rereading it again soon

I just read this one a few months back. It's the only book that made me feel like i was going insane in parts reading it. So amazing (i do not want to reread it)

I found the stuff about the Zampano and Navidson absolutely compelling but had no interest in the footnote story and stopped even reading them.

Book #5 A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami My 7th Murakami I’ve read and had a blast with it. Maybe the most fun I’ve had reading a book of his, it is rather fast-paced, noir-y and just a good time. Did not realize it’s the 3rd of a trilogy tho, so will need to go back and read the first two.

My favorite book, always glad when I see someone give it a go. Did you find the check mark?

Yeah that’s feels like the vibe haha I’m rebuilding my interest in reading so idk if I’ll get to it this year but I wanna get a copy in my hands this year

I should finally start reading it in earnest. I'm maybe 100 pages in and I really wanna experience it, but it's probably the most complicated to read book I've ever read lol

Such a phenomenally creepy book! Was reading it while also playing Killer 7, and had to put the game away for later, because I was getting messed up. 😬

ICYMI, the author‘s sister is the musician “Poe” who released an album based on or otherwise related to this book. It’s quite good.: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted...

I read this book in 2008? Something like that. And I remember being blown away by it. I really need to give it a re-read

I really want to read this one! It never pops up on my discount book website though, lol

this one took me a full month I think, it's such a beast. really enjoyed it though, and the letters at the end made me cry lol

Oh this one. 😱

I love this one and also kind of an eye-opener looking up what that comically huge sum of money is adjusted for inflation

I’m slowly going through his works, read 4 of his novels so far. Cat’s Cradle’s ending stands out in my mind as one of the best of anything. I think it’s tied with Sirens of Titan for my fave of his I’ve read so far, but it’s also been over a decade since I read Slaughterhouse.

I’ve read Sirens of Titan and Cat’s Cradle. Slaughterhouse as well, but it’s probably been about 15+ years.

whoa, that’s a new favorite of mine!

Such a fun read! I always think of the riddle with the tooth horses.

My main memory of this book is still just Gandalf inviting person after person into Bilbo's home while he just goes "oh geez oh no please stop oh geez" which i gotta hand it to Tolkien, comedy gold

Also LOT OF WALKING

I loved him throwing flaming pine cones at the wargs lol As a little kid my image of a wizard was like... conjuring fireballs and lightning bolts out of thin air. The fact that he needed a medium for fire was strange and interesting to me even as a pre-teen.

Yeah, OG Gandalf is rather OP.

Tbh those are basically the two most critical pieces of the Middle-earth lore

I love that cover and form factor

If you want to go for my other childhood fav you could read Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. A classic of children's literature!

Best book/story ever made.

Thanks for the offer! My local library has a copy though, so I’m set! 🧑‍🏫

That’s so awesome 🥹 I still haven’t checked out the other two myself, but still plan on it!

i mainly like the narnia books because of lion jesus .... and because liam neeson voiced him...

I definitely wanna give it a shot still, but we’ll see how far I get

Oh no

i really did love the first one and the otter people. the sexy naked lady who is still pure and falls to no temptation was weird but i finished it. the third one i never really made it through tho i don't know if it's bad or i just didn't want to read it

You should check out William Blake's poetry. ...that's really all I recommend folks. If you have: cool 😎!

perelandra is similarly weird! it has one particularly horrifying scene that i still think about from time to time

Its a good Iron Maiden song!

Yup, don't remember them super well, but the imagery of the dark tower really stuck with me

You can kinda feel he isn't at his best just yet with this book. BUT. If do read the other two, you'll follow him as he grows as a writer, which was a pretty cool experience. Second book is another Journey with Ransom. Third book completely explodes the narrative framework.

That is a pretty fascinating series of books.

Out of the Silent Planet made a lot more sense to me when I learned that the three species of Mars represent the three parts of the soul according to Plato. It’s a fascinating idea for a sci fi story!

You know I have this on my bookshelf and have been meaning to read it for years. I have a buddy of mine who told me some crazy stuff that happens in there.

glad to see a thread like this! I need more reading incentives (as we all do)

So this is where the song by Iron Maiden with the same title came from