violiieThis is a reading recommendations blog for the group Bookworms and Wordsmiths that anyone can use to make or view recommendations for reading material!
Recommendations can include but are not limited to books, articles, and fanfics
A few rules to keep in mind before posting are:
I recommend the book "[title]" by [author's name]. This book contains nsfw content and may not be suitable for all audiences. (Everything from here is optional but preferred) This book is of the ____ genre and it is about [any description without spoilers]. I hope you all get a chance to check out my recommendation!
It doesn't have to be worded just like that, but those are good guidelines to help get people interested in your recommendation
P.S. this blog was based off of Fleather's original, but since he's inactive, I'm posting this new one to the group to reopen the blog
Recommendations can include but are not limited to books, articles, and fanfics
A few rules to keep in mind before posting are:
- Make sure to say if whatever you're recommending is nsfw (contains sexual content, swearing, drug use, or other mature themes)
- Please include the title and author if you are recommending physical material or a link if it's online (Wattpad, Google, etc)
I recommend the book "[title]" by [author's name]. This book contains nsfw content and may not be suitable for all audiences. (Everything from here is optional but preferred) This book is of the ____ genre and it is about [any description without spoilers]. I hope you all get a chance to check out my recommendation!
It doesn't have to be worded just like that, but those are good guidelines to help get people interested in your recommendation
P.S. this blog was based off of Fleather's original, but since he's inactive, I'm posting this new one to the group to reopen the blog
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Homer Price – Robert McCloskey ©1943
This is a collection of six shorts [mostly] about the improbable adventures of a small town boy.
Probably the best known is "The Doughnuts" which was adapted into a short movie of the same title 28m – 1963
There is also a second collection: Centerburg Tales Robert McCloskey ©1951 [sometimes know as Homer Price #2 or similar]
of four additional stories.
Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift (~1726) was originally published as “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World”: anonomously due to the contained social and political satire.
There are four 'voyages' described: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the Houyhnhnms: each being an essentially seperate work of roughly novella length.
In each instance, Gulliver serves as the outsider whose observations of the habits of the natives are used by Swift to comment on various issues of his time.
Some measure of the lasting impact of the work may be seen in the terms lilliputian, brobdingnagian, and yahoo having become English words.
Being in the public domain, the work is available for free at www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
A novel set is a future [at the time, published in 1957] American dystopia, the book follows the struggles of a partcularly competent female protagonist [unusual at the time of publication] against a crony infested collectivist government before finding an unexpected solution.
Most objections to the book have been [and continue to be] based on disagreement with the economic and political philosophies of teh author.
For students, a free ebook version can be requested at https://aynrand.org/students/free-books/order-details/?book_request=Atlas%20Shrugged&cc=1
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The book follows the efforts of a US Air Force member to avoid combat and/or get out of the military.
Set in the 1944 Mediterranean theater this is an extremely funny (if often very darkly so) book.
It was also made into a very watchable movies (somewhat less dark, but still far from kid-friendly) in 1970.
[Note: The sexual references, violence, etc are (particularly in the movie version) not particularly noteworthy by contemporary standards, but the overall tone of the works still probably indicate that the reader/viewer should have acquired a level of maturity.]
The Sprawl series by Willam Gibson
The series consists of three novels:
Neuromancer 1984
Count Zero 1986
Mona Lisa Overdrive 1988
but also encompasses (to varying degrees) the stories in the collection:
Burning Chrome (collection) 1986
(Gibson appears to be the originator of the term 'cyberspace', among other things.)
For movie buffs, Johnny Mnemonic 1995 is based on the eponymous short story (which is included in the Burning Chrome collection) and may give some further indication of the sort of content involved.
[I would not describe the movie as a close adaptaion of either short or series, but it is of the genre. ]
PS a definite to read is u like sci-fi!
It doesn't contain any NSFW content really, but there is some child abuse so if that's a trigger for you, I wouldn't read it
The genre is classical romance
How I heard it described was "Pride and Prejudice" but more depressing, which I agree with to an extent after reading both. It's basically about a miserable young girl named Jane who grows up pursuing happiness and romance despite her circumstances
I hope those of you who read it enjoy the story :)
The Book I will be recommending includes swearing and may not be suitable for all audiences.
The Title is "The subtle art of not giving a fuck" By Mark Manson
It is a self help book to help live a happy life. Using the writer's life experiences