$30 gift card to Borders. Throw me your suggestions

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:49 pm

Nothing has jumped out at me the last few times to the store. Not going in with anything special in mind. Hit me with your ideas.

BBMarley · Post by **BBMarley** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:07 pm

Depends- what kind of shite are you into?

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:55 pm

Pretty much anything. But I'm not that big into Sci-Fi, Romance, or Mystery. Like History stuff, looking for a good Templars book, always looking for a good new fiction author. Not opposed to biographys or non-fiction if they are very interesting. Honestly, just looking for anything.

I have my eye on the Cash biography.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:17 pm

BBC version: Season I and II of "The Office" DVD.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:14 pm

King Crimson wrote:BBC version: Season I and II of "The Office" DVD.

Getting that with my Best Buy cards.

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:18 pm

Well there are definitely some things you should avoid. This article is a few weeks old, but worth reading:

From the Guardian

I'm not sure if's possible to write fiction that could be destined as a classic and include graphic sex scenes, but some of these are truly horrible. Two that stand out are:

And he came hard in her mouth and his dick jumped around and rattled on her teeth .... Like Zorro.

The First Casualty by Ben Elton (Bantam Press)

She could not answer. It is the one drawback of fellatio ....
At one point his lover backed away to inspect the unaltered gush of it, like a plumber saying to a customer, "Don't blame me. This water supply will stop when the dam's empty."

Winkler by Giles Coren (Jonathan Cape)

I'm just guessing the staff of the Observer haven't read any of Scooter Libbys books.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:51 am

American Psycho is a great book. Or, use it to buy the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia.(assuming you dont already have it.)

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:45 pm

e wrote:i'm reading The Shroud Of The Thwacker by Chris Elliot right now. funny and random...a lot like he is on tv.

Totally forgot about that. Big time Cabin Boy and Letterman era Chris Elliot fan here. Trip to the library is in order.

BBMarley · Post by **BBMarley** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:00 pm

Charlie Huston's books as well. He was recommended to me by my old man. Started reading Caught Stealing the other day. Entertaing book- not terribly challenging reads- but his style is very good and the characters are very different.

Pick up Caught Stealing and Six Bad Things. He just released another- but haven't seen it around yet.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:26 pm

Cicero wrote:American Psycho is a great book. Or, use it to buy the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia.(assuming you dont already have it.)

Got it, but it's about 3rd or 4th on the list right now (AP). I like Brett's work, so I'm interested in this book. Not really interested in the Encyclopedia.

I picked up the Cash book and a book by Tom Perrota. Wishbones. I got another card, so I'm going back tonight.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:32 pm

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0679736 ... eader-link

tremendous. absolutely one of the best books I've ever read.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:23 pm

PSUFAN wrote:http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0679736 ... eader-link

tremendous. absolutely one of the best books I've ever read.

a friend of mine i consider snobby enough to really pay attention to his suggestions about things...since there are few of them....really liked McCarthy's Blood Meridian.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:35 pm

Blood Meridian is great - gloriously bloody, with that quasi-Revelations tone that we all love. Suttree is even more brutal, at times...a searing exploration of human depravity with no sugar-coated conclusions. Also, McCarthy's use of obscure vocabulary makes for very interesting reading.

jtr · Post by **jtr** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:48 am

Do you own The Jerk?