...XD You've totally knocked out all of mine, Cherry.
Knerd: Oooh, This is Your Brain on Music was really good. :D

This is a really good idea. It'll help me get some initiative to actually read the ton of books i've bought but have yet to read! I think i'll save this post for my list then. This is quite exciting. x3

Sphynxee's Book List:

1. Have not yet decided.

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Finished books:

None yet! xD

Originally Posted by Cherry Flavored Antacid

I still haven't quite found what I'm looking for.
I'm looking for a book that is mind-blowingly good, intelligent, dark, doesn't involve dead cats (seriously), and isn't super-old.
It's not that I have a deep prejudice against really old books, I just have problems getting sucked into the story when I'm so focused on how weird everyone is talking.

I've read A Clockwork Orange, 1984, and Animal Farm. Ideally, I'd like something somewhat like those. But it doesn't have to be exactly like those. Not necessarily the same setting, but the same style of writing?
I don't think anyone's read Max Barry here, but something like his writing, too.
I just have this craving. xD I've had it for months. And I've read (and seen movies) to fulfill it, but it just won't go away! xD
Argh, maybe I should just go watch Blade Runner a few times. xD

You might try Watership Down, Shardik, or the Plague Dogs by Richard Adams or Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams (although some cats do die in this story)...those are, in some ways, similar to Animal Farm, only slightly less political. If you want political symbolism, you could read Lord of the Flies if you haven't already, although that seems to be an either love it or hate it book. If you're looking for something along the lines of A Clockwork Orange, you might try Slaughterhouse 5 or Vernon God Little. I also would recommend The Things They Carried as a very thought provoking novel in a similar line to the books you've mentioned.

XD *Welcomes Sphynxee to the thread~*

Oh.. I love that I found this place! I should read more >w<

Hey Sphynxee! Welcome to the Challenge.

@Cherry:
The best 'modern' novel I've read lately is The Anubis Gates by Time Powers.
It's basically about time travel. Once you start reading through it, you'll be amazed at all the perfect little details that fit together. It's fascinating how he managed to tie all the historical periods into on man's life. During parts of it, I was actually reading with my hand over my mouth in shock. :XD

Originally Posted by shadowfoot

You might try Watership Down, Shardik, or the Plague Dogs by Richard Adams or Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams (although some cats do die in this story)...those are, in some ways, similar to Animal Farm, only slightly less political. If you want political symbolism, you could read Lord of the Flies if you haven't already, although that seems to be an either love it or hate it book. If you're looking for something along the lines of A Clockwork Orange, you might try Slaughterhouse 5 or Vernon God Little. I also would recommend The Things They Carried as a very thought provoking novel in a similar line to the books you've mentioned.

My cat died last spring, so I'm sort of... very touchy about cat death. If it's of old age, I can probably handle it. But anything brutal really gets me (though my cat died of old age xD).
I've actually been wanting to read Lord of the Flies for a while now.

Slaughterhouse 5? o_O I haven't heard of it, but it sounds rather gorey just by the title. xD Is it? I liked Clockwork more for the mind-fuckness and how dark it was, not necessarily for the Ultra Violence. I mean, I didn't mind it, it didn't bother me, but I'm not really big on gore books.

And thanks, I'll look into those. ^^

Originally Posted by Knerd

@Cherry:
The best 'modern' novel I've read lately is The Anubis Gates by Time Powers.
It's basically about time travel. Once you start reading through it, you'll be amazed at all the perfect little details that fit together. It's fascinating how he managed to tie all the historical periods into on man's life. During parts of it, I was actually reading with my hand over my mouth in shock. :XD

Thanks! I'll look into it~

Originally Posted by Cherry Flavored Antacid

My cat died last spring, so I'm sort of... very touchy about cat death. If it's of old age, I can probably handle it. But anything brutal really gets me (though my cat died of old age xD).
I've actually been wanting to read Lord of the Flies for a while now.

Slaughterhouse 5? o_O I haven't heard of it, but it sounds rather gorey just by the title. xD Is it? I liked Clockwork more for the mind-fuckness and how dark it was, not necessarily for the Ultra Violence. I mean, I didn't mind it, it didn't bother me, but I'm not really big on gore books.

And thanks, I'll look into those. ^^


Thanks! I'll look into it~

Slaughterhouse 5 is "a post-modern anti-war science-fiction novel dealing with a soldier's experiences during WWII." At one point the soldiers are forced to live in an abandoned slaughterhouse. It isn't a horror novel, although it does sound like one:sweat:
Also, Tailchaser's Song may not be for you yet, although it isn't humans killing cats. It's a cat society, where humans are known, but not very important. The deaths that occur have to do with the actions of the cat characters.

Oh, okay! Then I'll look into it.

Hmm. That probably wouldn't bother me, then. If they have a more human-type role in the book, I can be okay with it. It's when they're just normal pet kitties that it bothers me. Go figure. xD

Originally Posted by shadowfoot

Also, Tailchaser's Song may not be for you yet, although it isn't humans killing cats. It's a cat society, where humans are known, but not very important. The deaths that occur have to do with the actions of the cat characters.

Hehe...how interesting. o:
Who did you say it was by again?

&& Kita bought some books at a garage sale! :eager:

The first five Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder in a box set (Because sometimes, you know...a girl needs a break from action/horror vampire novels and yaoi/shonen-ai manga... >w>; ) Besides, I haven't read these since I was a little girl. o:

Beowulf Translated by Burton Raffel

and Macbeth by Shakespeare.

8D

@Cherry: I think it has to do with the cats being responsible for their own actions rather than helpless and being acted upon.

@Kitami: It's by Tad Williams.

Kitami: Oh, Macbeth is a wonderful play--one of my favourite Shakespeare works. I hope you enjoy it. ^^

Shadow - Yeah, probably. And that in that story, they may be more like humans than like the traditional thought of cats, so I wouldn't be thinking about a dead pet cat if one died.

Kitami: Finally someone else who actually bought Beowulf because they wanted to. My 12th grade class had to read an excerpt from it and I loved so much that I went out and bought it. The entire class thought I was insane for the rest of the year. One of my friends still thinks I'm weird for reading it. T_T Oh well... Have you tried reading it in Old English?

Originally Posted by Cherry Flavored Antacid

Shadow - Yeah, probably. And that in that story, they may be more like humans than like the traditional thought of cats, so I wouldn't be thinking about a dead pet cat if one died.

Probably. I love cats and l love that book, so you may be fine.

@Dream and Die: I loved Beowulf. I also read Grendal for fun. I went on the Canterbury Tales afterwards...

shadowfoot: I haven't gotten around to reading Grendal yet, but Canterbury Tales is up there on my favorite books list. Personally my favorite tale is the Miller's Tale. xD

I added

63. Fables - The Good Prince - Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham
64. The Cat Who Saw Stars - Lilian Jackson Braun


man i've been so busy lately i haven't had much time for reading.

Cute outfit, Melissa!

Aw thank you, Cherry.
I like yours too. All the layers look really cool.

Originally Posted by Dream_and_Die

shadowfoot: I haven't gotten around to reading Grendal yet, but Canterbury Tales is up there on my favorite books list. Personally my favorite tale is the Miller's Tale. xD

I like the Wife of Bath. That one just always makes me laugh. I also like the Knight's Tale because it seems to flow more than the others.

Hello there~ First time poster over here. =D

Anyhow, just wanted to come in and say that I'm very interested in partaking in this challenge. :3 Although, may I clarify something before I post my reading list? =O We start from scratch, right? As in, we're only allowed to include the books we'll be reading after we post the list? Just wanted to verify~ =)

Thank you in advance, and again, lovely little thread you have here. ;]

Originally Posted by shadowfoot

I like the Wife of Bath. That one just always makes me laugh. I also like the Knight's Tale because it seems to flow more than the others.

The Wife's prologue is funny too, but for me you just can't beat bathtubs on a roof and kissing the wrong end of someone. :sigh: poor Absolon

I haven't been in this thread in... forever ;_;

Darn college. Gives me no good time to read XD;

=O!

Hey Platty~ Nice to finally see you somewhere other than my pricing thread. xD

Anyhow, I'm still waiting for a reply to my question~ :3

Oh, hey there! LOL

I'm hoping to update my list with all the books I read this year, not just the ones I've listed XD; Even if they're not in the right order, I'll just list what I remember 8D;

And right now I'm reading God Grew Tired of Us, which is interesting and kinda sad because of all the bad things that happen to and around the main character D8;

EDIT: I think we're allowed to post other books we read before? Other people have done that, I think... XD