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10 Most Disturbing Books of All Time (Plus Bonuses!) | AbeBooks' Reading Copy

http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/10-most-disturbing-books-of-all-time-plus-bonuses/ My boyfriend is watching The Wire , and the poor guy just finished Season 4. For those who have seen it, Season 4 ends in a cataclysmic doom-and-gloom explosion of life kicking the crap out of all the characters we’ve spent 4 seasons growing to care about. I kept getting text messages from him last night: “I hate this show now.” “They just killed so-and-so.”

50 Novels to Read When You Need a Good Laugh

Posted on Thursday July 15, 2010 by Staff Writers Let’s face it: Sometimes you really need to get away. Between the economy, the war, and nightly news filled with spills of who knows what, it’s a good idea to take a break every now and then and actually laugh. That’s where these novels come in. They’re drawn from different genres, eras, and even continents, but they’re all pretty much guaranteed to give you a good laugh and help you ignore your troubles for a while, whether you’re a college student or beleaguered member of the rat race. So sit back, put your feet up, and pull one of these off the shelf. http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2010/07/15/50-novels-to-read-when-you-need-a-good-laugh/

[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E. E. Cummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179622
I was incredibly lucky that my Mom owned a beautiful second-hand book store throughout my adolescence, because I constantly got to reap the reward of having amazing literature at my finger tips. Whatever I wanted to read, I was lucky enough to get to read. And as a result of the store taking second-hand books, can you even grasp how many amazing books must I got to read, that I never would have known about otherwise? Every few days, I was switching out. http://remycarreiro.com/five-books-that-changed-my-life/

Five Books That Changed My Life | Remy Carreiro

you may not believe it but there are people who go through life with very little friction or distress. they dress well, eat well, sleep well. they are contented with their family life. they have moments of grief but all in all they are undisturbed and often feel very good. and when they die it is an easy death, usually in their sleep. http://plagiarist.com/poetry/188/

Charles Bukowski | "The Aliens"

Many of us think of university as the great opening-up of our lives – a time to explore new ideas and new ways of thinking. The following books are just a tiny smidge of the countless great works of literature available today. http://www.goodbyeboredom.com/2012/02/01/seven-books-you-have-to-read-before-you-finish-university/

Seven books you HAVE to read before you finish university » GoodbyeBoredom.com

10 Weirdest Science Fiction Novels That You've Never Read

http://io9.com/5888835/10-weirdest-science-fiction-novels-that-youve-never-read I really enjoyed James De Mille's "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder," published in 1888. It's a "lost world" story (written before "The Lost World" and the Haggard stories) about an explorer who finds people and dinosaurs in Antarctica.

The 100 Best Books of All Time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100_Best_Books_of_All_Time The World Library is a list of the 100 best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four different countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Norwegian Book Club .