EoFF Monthly Book Club - Book Suggestions

[Miriel]

Book Title: Another Roadside Attraction
Author: Tom Robbins
Genre: Comedy/Fiction
Synopsis: Honestly, I'm not too sure. From what I can gather, it's about the 1960s, gypsies, a former football player, assassins, the Vatican, Jesus Christ, and talking animals.
Your reasoning for why we should read this book: Someone recommended this book to me and the Amazon reviews are fairly glowing. Plus, I've read Tom Robbin's Jitterbug Perfume. And while it was kinda strange and dizzying, I'm pretty sure that I enjoyed it.


Book Title: Survivor: A Novel
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Genre: Satire/Thriller
Synopsis: A charismatic religious leader, the last surviving member of suicide cult, is alone on an airliner recording his tragicomic life-story into the jet's black box before it crashes into the Australian outback. The whole novel is structured like a countdown to the inevitable crash.
Your reasoning for why we should read this book: Another recommendation, another book with several hundred positive reviews on Amazon.

[Rocket Edge]

Book Title: Eye of the World
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: Pretty similar to your basic Final Fantasy storyline: five people, who are more significant than they think, end up on a big journey to save the world. Only, this journey is spread over a total of 12 books, as well as a prequel that I don't own but definitely wish to read sometime. Very hard to put this book down once you start reading it.
Why we should read this book: Because Rand, the main character, is a total Pimp. Also, because Robert Jordan (R.I.P.) is a genius, and has been often compared to J.R. Tolkien, though his work is nowhere near as confusing. In fact, here...wikipedia article explains it better than i can The Wheel of Time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That sounds good.

[The Man]

Title: Halo
Author: Mastar Chief
Genre: Halo
Synopsis: we should read this b/c mastar chief are cool and fights aliens and doesn't afriad of nything.

*halo is a pretty cool guy, eh kills aleins and doesn't afraid of anything.

And anything but Eragon, please. Except Twilight.

[Polaris]

Those books are really big like with 700 pages or more XD Perhaps we should consider some smaller and with more depth books

[Del Murder]

I agree with Polaris. Something shorter that's an easy read would be good for our first undertaking. Survivor sounds interesting.

[Tama2]

Call of Cthulhu!

[Miriel]

Yeah, I don't think it would be a good idea to start a book that's part of a series. Unless you guys are really invested in the idea of reading the entire series in which case, I'm out.

[Darkswordofchaos]

x-men origins

Or some other good graphic novel

[The Man]

If we do a graphic novel, I'd suggest Watchmen as it's a landmark in the field and a lot of people are probably going to want to read it due to the film anyway. Some of Moore's other stuff, especially From Hell and V for Vendetta, is also well worth recommending and would probably be fairly accessible to people who hadn't read many graphic novels before.

[Bunny]

Yeah, I don't think it would be a good idea to start a book that's part of a series. Unless you guys are really invested in the idea of reading the entire series in which case, I'm out. :p

I've encountered this problem before and my only response is that the suggest book, if part of a series, could serve merely as an introduction to the series itself. The group reads the first book and, if interest is high enough in an individual, they can read the rest of the series by themselves. The book club on GHF did this with my suggestion of The Blade Itself, which went over better than I imagined it would.

The book I'm going to suggest is part of a series but is also a good standalone book. The characters and world don't necessarily go away when the book is finished, but there is a pretty good conclusion to it. In my opinion, anyway.

Synopsis taken from the Wikipedia article.
Book Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Author: Scott Lynch
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: It follows the adventures of a group of con artists known as the Gentlemen Bastards. They live in a city called Camorr, heavily based on late medieval Venice. The book is divided into two interspersed stories. In the present time, the Gentlemen Bastards must contend with the Grey King, a powerful figure terrorizing Camorr's criminal community. Every other chapter, however, delves into the history and mythology of Camorr, the Gentlemen Bastards, and especially the protagonist Locke Lamora.
Your reasoning for why we should read this book: It sounds like a pretty standard entry into the fantasy genre and for the most part, it probably is. But the speed in which the book takes off, the characters within the book, and the flowing style of Lynch's writing are something to be fairly admired. I've read a lot of fantasy books and very few have been able to keep my attention like this one. Oh, and it wasn't written by Robert Jordan who was a big smurfing prick.

[The Man]

The Lies of Locke Lamora was pretty awesome. Still need to read the second and third books in that series.

[Bunny]

I'm currently reading the second book and it is about as awesome, if not more so, as the first one. Some weaker parts but that's to be expected. Glad to know someone else is reading them.

[The Man]

Is the third one out yet? I haven't been paying close attention because there were a couple of years where I basically didn't read any fiction at all.

[Bunny]

Nope. Was supposed to be released last month but was delayed for some reason. Will probably be released sometime this year.

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[Shlup]

You Suck: A Love Story

It's not so much a love story as a comedy. I read the first two chapters (chapter 2 is like eight lines) and it's lulz.