and it's a story that might bore you but you don't have to listen, she told me, because she always knew it was going to be like that, and it was, she thinks, her first year, or actually weekend, really a Friday, in September, at Camden...
In the entire time that I've been in college, I've only read one book purely for pleasure and not because it was required for school. That being said, the first book I'm going to discuss is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis. This book explores the not-so-romantic entanglements of a web of college students in the late 80s. The story is presented with chapters narrated by pretty much every named character, primarily focusing on Sean, a drug dealer with an "I don't give a shit" attitude toward life that's falling for Lauren, an art student pining after a boy she fell in love with that's off in Europe that also used to date Paul, a bisexual drama student that looks down on almost everyone around him that may or may not be in a relationship with... Sean. It may sound like the setup for a bad game of Fiasco, but the unusual rambling trains of thought and multiple unreliable narrators weave an interesting tale that somehow ends up conveying a pretty meaningful message. Don't watch the movie though. It's exactly as shitty as this description would have you think the book would be, and its only redeeming quality is Ian Somerhalder.
Moon. Glorious moon. Full, fat, reddish moon, the night as light as day, the moonlight flooding down across the land and bringing joy, joy, joy.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay is the first in a series of books that sparked the show on Showtime that you're probably more familiar with. The book follows Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department by day and a vigilante serial killer that hunts down killers that have gotten away with their crimes, as he tries to determine the identity of the Tamiami Butcher (or, for viewers of the show, the Ice Truck Killer). The writing isn't great, but it's a quick and worthwhile read. The second book in the series is as well, and is a lot less predictable for people that have seen the show, though I've heard terrible things about the third and beyond.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
Ahh, Harry Potter. As others have said this week, the world that J.K. Rowling has crafted with this series is so vast and memorable that it'd be hard not to find yourself in love with it. This blurb is less about encouraging reading that, and more about Pottermore. For anyone that lives under a rock, Pottermore is a site that was launched last July that contains a lot of fun flash games relating to the various books in the series, but much more importantly, it allows you to get a deeper look at the world that the series takes place in. The various sections are filled with detailed notes from J.K. Rowling about various aspects of the world that simply never found its way into the books. Plus, you can be sorted into the appropriate house and be assigned a wand. Who wouldn't get excited about that?
To whoever might find this, my name is Chris Lynch, and I'm pretty sure I'm dying. In fact, if you are reading this, then I'm probably already dead. Not that anyone will be around to read this... from what I've seen, I'd guess this is the end of everything.
This last recommendation is probably the least substantial on this list, but it's worth the entire half hour it'll take you to read it. Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. It tells the story of a poet that is going about his day to day life when he becomes a victim of a zombie apocalypse, and then he continues writing about his journey as a zombie to his eventual death... in haiku. It's a fun little book that provides a nice little bit of entertainment on a rainy afternoon.
Hopefully you've seen at least a handful of things this week that have aroused your interest enough to get you heading to the nearest bookstore. I'm about to read The Stolen Throne by David Gaider, a book set in the Dragon Age setting that serves as something of a prequel to the series of games, and then I'm probably going to be off to Bookmans to find a few of the books that have been recommended this week. Have a great weekend, and good luck to everyone heading back to school this week.
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