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kk, mum being bitchy and trying to get me to read more, i like reading but never found much that interests me enough or challenges me, any ideas??

Questions welcomed

>> No.2159599

k.t. is that you??

>> No.2159614

get your mom to post

>> No.2159619

.

>> No.2159620

>>2159599
no
>>2159614
she has a shit taste in books

>> No.2159622

Go to bed, Deep.

>> No.2159623

What have you read before?

>> No.2159624

>>2159620

want to read that mom's posts anyway

>> No.2159628

>>2159623
ummm, malorie blackman, trudi canavan, morphugo, terry pratchet, there just some books on bookshelf

>> No.2159669

>>2159624
??????

>> No.2159688

>>2159628

How old are you?

They are pretty much teen books. If you want to move onto something a bit more 'grown up', Douglas Adams is akin to Pratchett in terms of humour.

Karen Miller, Maria Snyder, Kate Elliot are similar to Trudi Canavan, with Snyder being the best of the 3.

If you want more straight fiction, I would suggest some of the classics like Austen, Bronte, Dickens. Or maybe things like Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird.

>> No.2159703

>>2159688
15, always considered myself more mentally mature than most 15 year olds, haven't picked up any of those books for a while

As for recommended books, thanks!! However, I have read To Kill A Mockingbird and the likes and I see the beauty of it, and how its so renowned, but its crap. Is that genre based or just that book???

>> No.2159720

>>2159703

Np. I could name a few more if you liked? Fantasy is pretty much my genre.

Personally, things like To Kill a Mockingbird never interested me - that goes for most of the 'must reads', so maybe you should give them a miss.

>> No.2159740

>>2159669

just looking to post with a cool mom, nbd

>> No.2159748

>>2159720
yea, fantasy is always a good call, your top 3/5 must reads???

>> No.2159752

Infinite Jest

>> No.2159766

Infinite Jest, numero uno??

>> No.2159808

>>2159752

A good book, but a little dense for a 15 year old maybe.

>>2159748

My top 5:
Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun
Alfred Bester - The Stars my Destination
Patrick Rothfuss - Name of the Wind
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
Steven Erikson - Gardens of the Moon

I would advise Rothfuss and Abercrombie from my top 5. Others you could read:

Anything by Neil Gaiman / China Meiville. Scott Bakker (The Prince of Nothing series) and Glen Cook (The Black Company series) write great fantasy that is free from cliche and are some of my favourites. Scott Lynch, Lies of Locke Lamora, Sam Sykes, Tome of the Undergates are worth a read too.

>> No.2159815

>>2159766

Is not me

>>2159808
>>2159720
>>2159688

Are all me. Anonymity can be confusing : /

>> No.2159817

>>2159815

Oh, and Im going bed now, is 3am in England.

>> No.2159821

The Great Gatsby's a pretty good book. Fun to read and well respected by the literati... not that anyone cares that they think anyways though.
F. Scott Fitzgerald is a great author in general though, I'd recommend him to you.
Oh, and GRRM is pretty entertaining and will help you build some enthusiasm regarding reading.

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try some literature in translation from far-off lands. change your whole perspective on shit.

>> No.2160534

>>2159808
Thanks alot man, really helped me out here!!
>>2159821
Will try them out (already read Great Gatsby)

>> No.2160561

15? read 'the filth' by grant morrison.

>> No.2160586

Here's some stuff I liked when I was around 15.

1984, Catch 22, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Slaughterhouse Five, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Great Gatsby

>> No.2160591

>>2160586
That's some shit everybody liked when they were a teenager.

>> No.2160593

>>2160591

Whatever, still just recommending some good books.

I'd also recommend Joyce as he's my favourite writer, but he is difficult so give him a read after you've read a fair amount of books.

>> No.2160594

>>2160586
Are you me?
(good picks, by the way)

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Kurt Vonnegut is what every 15 year old should be reading

>> No.2161028

>>2160593

Enjoy your arse full of farts you freak

>> No.2161104

>>2161022
>>2161022
The man speaks wisdom.
Fuck, that's what I was reading at 15. Hell, still fucking do.