Best book you've read this year

[Sweep_the_Leg]

@KMeriwetherD

@Sweep_the_Leg

@KMeriwetherD

Anything else by Bret Easton Ellis any good.

Less Than Zero is great (so is the movie). It’s basically an 80’s version of Requiem for a Dream. The Rules of Attraction is fine. Best part about it is Patrick Bateman makes a cameo.

Thanks! I will pick one of those. Is either one very humorous?

Not like American Psycho. Less than Zero is intense. Rules of Attraction really isn’t worth reading. There are better books out there.

[GorillaNerd]

@KMeriwetherD

@Nerdyblop

i’ve read the stranger as a required reading in college. that shit was pretty depressing and confusing. why he kills the dude. why he gives up in jail. hell why did he even get the death penalty.

You have to read it with some detachment because it is extra absurd in order to illuminate Camus’s philosophy. My favorite part about it is that the main character is shown to actually be very sincere in the way he grieves the death of his mother in his own way, feels mostly just physical about his girlfriend, and finally shoots a man “because the sun was irritating him”. It all depicts the idea that man is actually pretty basic when you strip away all the “narratives” and often his behavior is nothing more than random … but also that the most beautiful triumphs and peak moments happen in “meaningless” context. It is also a story about society loving it’s narratives and ostracizes those that diverge. The stranger is a man who gets the death penalty for not crying at his mother’s funeral.

i bet a bunch of mass killers feel like strangers, but i dont think having a strange philosophy makes you a killer. i think 1 can be apathetic and not necessarily be a killer.what i dont understand is, if you are apathetic, why cant you just pretend then that you have feelings of remorse to get a lighter sentence.

i am also a big fan of ostracizing people that diverge. its how i do extremely well in multiple choice test. that song from sesame street always come to mind!

https://youtu.be/ueZ6tvqhk8U?t=11

[Black_Swan]

@KMeriwetherD

@Nerdyblop

i’ve read the stranger as a required reading in college. that shit was pretty depressing and confusing. why he kills the dude. why he gives up in jail. hell why did he even get the death penalty.

You have to read it with some detachment because it is extra absurd in order to illuminate Camus’s philosophy. My favorite part about it is that the main character is shown to actually be very sincere in the way he grieves the death of his mother in his own way, feels mostly just physical about his girlfriend, and finally shoots a man “because the sun was irritating him”. It all depicts the idea that man is actually pretty basic when you strip away all the “narratives” and often his behavior is nothing more than random … but also that the most beautiful triumphs and peak moments happen in “meaningless” context. It is also a story about society loving it’s narratives and ostracizes those that diverge. The stranger is a man who gets the death penalty for not crying at his mother’s funeral.

This is a good choice, I actually bought this book a few months ago but haven’t gotten to it yet.

[KMeriwetherD]

@Sweep_the_Leg

@KMeriwetherD

@Sweep_the_Leg

@KMeriwetherD

Anything else by Bret Easton Ellis any good.

Less Than Zero is great (so is the movie). It’s basically an 80’s version of Requiem for a Dream. The Rules of Attraction is fine. Best part about it is Patrick Bateman makes a cameo.

Thanks! I will pick one of those. Is either one very humorous?

Not like American Psycho. Less than Zero is intense. Rules of Attraction really isn’t worth reading. There are better books out there.

Hmmm… yea, not really looking for intense at the moment. Who has a good, but maybe on the lighter/ satirical side recommendation?

[KMeriwetherD]

@ohai

I read Call of the Cthulu finally, and this is just a short story, not a book. I think it has probably the best opening paragraph of all time, possibly ever. However, the rest of the story is pretty crap.

I’m a pretty big HP Lovecraft fan. Had to go back and review that opening. Lol…could be Turd’s calling card.

[breadmaker]

We read Camus’ “La Peste” in the original French for high school French. I wanted to set my hair on fire.

[SamCryBaby]

I am halfway through “The Power Broker” . The book is more than 1200 pages long and pretty dense.

[Isaiah_53_5]

I just started reading a book KMD recommended: “How bad do you want it.” (by Matt Fitzgerald)

[KMeriwetherD]

@Isaiah\_53\_5

I just started reading a book KMD recommended: “How bad do you want it.” (by Matt Fitzgerald)

Yeaaa, glad you are reading it! Now, I have a complimentary recommendation. By the same author, “80/20”, about how 80% of the endurance athletes training should be low intensity and 20% high intensity… stay away from moderate intensity! The first book got me so pumped up to “mentally prepare” for my races I started pushing the pace on long runs and conditioning workouts when they should be low intensity. Now I am battling my second cold of the summer and my performance numbers are starting to stagnate. Hopefully I am catching myself early enough to get back on track!