I read Cash, Johnny Cash’s autobiography, a few years ago. I’ve picked it up every now and again, today being one of those, and started flipping between chapters. He goes through the good and the bad in his life with brutal honesty, and writes as if he’s talking to you over a cup of coffee (or in some cases, a little whiskey). In fact, once you’ve read it, it’s the sort of book you’ll want to go back to, if only to read a little more at a time. Above everything else, reading his thoughts on his life and music make me really appreciate what he has given to us throughout his career. The man is truly a legend, and that’s not an accolade I use too much.
Marionette: Thanks for telling us of that book! I am a big Johnny Cash fan, so I’ll give this book a look into.
Agreed, that’s very cool. I’ll definitely look for it.
I’m reading The Great Gatsby. Parts are interesting, but I’m not really enjoying it.
I have to read Crime and Punishment this summer, which’ll be loads of fun (sarcasm)
And Virginia, I’ve heard of that. I feel like I’m gonna have to read it sometime in my high school career. Is it for school, or just because?
My dad’s making me read it. however, last year, the juniors had to read it over the summer.
I enjoy that book! I hope it gets better for you. And I read that book when I was a Junior in school.
My favorite book is Holes
I’ve never read or seen it.
It’s really good, you should read it. The movie is good too.
I’ve never read the book Holes, but I absolutely love the movie. It’s one of my most favorite movies, too. I should probably get my hands on the book eventually, and read it. I loved the storyline in the movie, and I’m curious to see if it’s the same as/similar to the original book.
little chef
I watched a bit of the movie and can’t remember much about it, but I think it was pretty entertaining. I heard that a lot of people said they liked the book, and I’m very curious to check it out.
Right now, I’m reading a couple of books about Zen Buddhism to prepare for a Rango fanfiction I’ll be writing. Oh, and I hope to borrow Deathly Hallows and finish it before Part II arrives in cinemas!
Friend lent me The Hunger Games! Cannot wait to start reading this.
Great! Share your thoughts on it. Reviews have been really good.
TDIT: Yay! It’ll be worth it, the seventh book is a little slow at the beginning but it gets unbelievably amazing by the end.
Leirin: I read those! Well, I finished the first two, and was halfway through the third and it just didn’t hold my attention. The first one was the best, I thought. They were okay in my opinion, but I was a little disappointed because of all the good reviews I saw and it just didn’t seem that good compared to them. Still entertaining, though! it was worth it
Rule number 74 of reading books: Do NOT listen to reviews. People post good reviews on bad books and bad reviews on good books. Actually, I’ve even seen a good review on a book I enjoyed that I would have avoided if I had read the review first because it compared the book to other books that I dislike…
Anyway, yesterday I finished reading “Sleep, Two, Three, Four,” by John Neufeld. It is a political thriller where all the races were split into different ghettos, and the President of the United States is about to enter his fourth term in office, and Spiro Agnew is supposed to be a national hero even though if people were paying attention they would realize that he’s a national zero. Also, people are paid by the government to raid houses and break things when they do this. And colleges are disbanded and replaced by Maturity Centers, whereby young men and women are taught exactly how to think and not to deviate…
The book seems like it could have been longer, but if it had been longer, we would KNOW that there’s no hope, whereas as it is, we think there might be some hope, even though it seems impossible.
^ Then, according to that, the Twilight books should be good, as they get nothing but bad reviews…
It’s not a perfect rule; there are exceptions. And for Twilight it doesn’t matter because people will read it whether there are good reviews or not. In fact, the bad reviews will likely intrigue more people to read it because they want to find out for themselves why it’s so awful.
I’m re reading ‘Louisiana Ghosts’. It’s a book about the supernatural in and around the most haunted city in the world, New Orleans.
^If you like books set in New Orleans, I suggest you read “A Confederacy of Dunces” by John by John Kennedy Toole. It’s about a man in New Orleans who does crazy things when he’s on the job.