I can't remember the last time when I sat down and read through a whole book for the heck of it. On Friday, my friends and I were browsing in a Barnes and Noble next to the restaurant we were at because one of us had to wait for a parent to pick him. At B&N, books are sometimes placed on the sides of shelves just to kind of advertise them, probably to dumb asses like us who wouldn't look at the actual shelves for books. On this shelf-siding, a number of interesting books were displayed.

The most immediately important book on that shelf was The Alphabet of Manliness. One of us owned a copy of the book, and it actually is quite hilarious. The other notable book was The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, who also authored World War Z, a novel I have not yet read about an eventual zombie apocalypse. There were two copies, which my friend and I bought, mostly for the lolz. Well, yesterday morning, I started reading it. I read for extended periods of time on and off for the next two days, and, I have to say, I'm impressed. The book seemingly "accurately" describes what an ordinary citizen should do in-case of a Solanum (the virus which causes death and reanimation) outbreak. It also describes zombie physiology and past zombie outbreaks. While the entire work is obviously fiction, Max Brooks is able to turn an impossible situation into a likely disaster.

While this book may not be the most literary of novels, I have been inspired to actively read again, something I have not done since Junior High. After I post this blog, I'm off to start reading the Lord of the Rings again. You may wonder why I would possibly need to read a thousand page epic again. Frankly, when I first read them, I stumbled through them due to my lack of comprehension when I was 12 or whatever. Hopefully by now I can read them and thoroughly interpret and enjoy them.

My only regret is that I didn't play any Dead Space... Ah, well. That can wait for another day.

I can't remember the last time when I sat down and read through a whole book for the heck of it. On Friday, my friends and I were browsing in a Barnes and Noble next to the restaurant we were at because one of us had to wait for a parent to pick him. At B&N, books are sometimes placed on the sides of shelves just to kind of advertise them, probably to dumb asses like us who wouldn't look at the actual shelves for books. On this shelf-siding, a number of interesting books were displayed.

The most immediately important book on that shelf was The Alphabet of Manliness. One of us owned a copy of the book, and it actually is quite hilarious. The other notable book was The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, who also authored World War Z, a novel I have not yet read about an eventual zombie apocalypse. There were two copies, which my friend and I bought, mostly for the lolz. Well, yesterday morning, I started reading it. I read for extended periods of time on and off for the next two days, and, I have to say, I'm impressed. The book seemingly "accurately" describes what an ordinary citizen should do in-case of a Solanum (the virus which causes death and reanimation) outbreak. It also describes zombie physiology and past zombie outbreaks. While the entire work is obviously fiction, Max Brooks is able to turn an impossible situation into a likely disaster.

While this book may not be the most literary of novels, I have been inspired to actively read again, something I have not done since Junior High. After I post this blog, I'm off to start reading the Lord of the Rings again. You may wonder why I would possibly need to read a thousand page epic again. Frankly, when I first read them, I stumbled through them due to my lack of comprehension when I was 12 or whatever. Hopefully by now I can read them and thoroughly interpret and enjoy them.

My only regret is that I didn't play any Dead Space... Ah, well. That can wait for another day.

I got to meet Max Brooks once.  He was heading to Chicago and stopped in my Barnes and Noble (at which I'm a manager) for coffee.  It was pretty awesome. 

You should read World War Z.  It blows the Survival Guide out of the water.

I would suggest that you read The Brothers Karamazov.  THAT is an amazing book, sir.  Plus, if you can read that, then you can read just about anything.

"I would suggest that you read The Brothers Karamazov.  THAT is an amazing book, sir.  Plus, if you can read that, then you can read just about anything.

Except Palahniuk's "Rant".  That's a tough fucking book to follow.  Written very oddly.

"

The Necronominicon is great, its a big collection of story's written by H.P Lovecraft, its horror and suspense, but the story's are awesome.

"jakob187 said:

"I would suggest that you read The Brothers Karamazov.  THAT is an amazing book, sir.  Plus, if you can read that, then you can read just about anything.

Except Palahniuk's "Rant".  That's a tough fucking book to follow.  Written very oddly.

"

Sounds to Russian (and thus RED) for my tastes. ;-)

Never heard of those, though. Maybe I'll eventually get around to them."

Another good book is "How to survive a robot uprising"

"I would suggest that you read The Brothers Karamazov.  THAT is an amazing book, sir.  Plus, if you can read that, then you can read just about anything.

Except Palahniuk's "Rant".  That's a tough fucking book to follow.  Written very oddly.

"

"I would suggest that you read The Brothers Karamazov.  THAT is an amazing book, sir.  Plus, if you can read that, then you can read just about anything.

Except Palahniuk's "Rant".  That's a tough fucking book to follow.  Written very oddly.

"

You need to read more often.
I suggest the authers Simon Scarrow and Bernard cornwell, their books are a good read and very bloody and violent, the way i like them.

I'm reading Duma Key at the moment, kinda makes me wish Stephen King would co-write an episode of Lost.

I read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for an independent reading assignment for school and it really hit hard. It just made you realize where we're headed as a society.

I'm reading Watchmen. Yeah, I am original, I know. Well, I just got back from the movie and I thought it was fucking amazing so now maybe I should read it and appreciate it even more, right? So far, it is a great book, or graphic novel, whatever you want to call it.

"I'm reading Watchmen. Yeah, I am original, I know. Well, I just got back from the movie and I thought it was fucking amazing so now maybe I should read it and appreciate it even more, right? So far, it is a great book, or graphic novel, whatever you want to call it."

Well, I haven't had time to read the book beforehand, but I did read the first chapter and immediately noted the similarities. It is great. The movie does it justice, from my judgment at least.

"Well, I haven't had time to read the book beforehand, but I did read the first chapter and immediately noted the similarities. It is great. The movie does it justice, from my judgment at least. "

Well, I can't wait to get to that part, lol. Don't tell what happens! 

That scene was very Sin City-esque right? The shadow and the blood....I didn't realize it was Snyder's film. By the way, I thought 300 was "meh" so this comes as a big surprise that Snyder is capable of making a great comic book film. On par or better than Sin City in my opinion.

I've read Crime and Punishment, and it's a damn great book as well.  Karamazov just felt a bit more resonant and attaching to me.