It was so controversial back then haha. My mum wouldn’t let me read it.
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I got the norwegian translation of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone about one year before I could read properly and about two years before I saw the movie. I only ended up reading the book in its entirety after watching the movie. The norwegian translator Torstein Bugge is absolutely incredible, so much so that I rate it as equal to JK’s original words. Although battered and bruised, it is actually first edition. 
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I thought I was having a brain aneurysm with “Philosopher’s Stone”.
The “too academic for American kids” gave me a hearty chuckle.
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I just finished up the Old Man and the Sea, and a Farewell to Arms by Hemingway. I haven’t read him before, his writing is simple and approachable, but can also be very thought provoking.
I’m planning to read all he’s written, novels anyways.
I’m already more or less on a classics kick, will probably stay here a while.
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I’ll have to revisit old man and the sea. It was part of the curriculum as a kid and the most boring book I can remember reading. Maybe it’ll be a better read as an adult.
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I was thinking as I read through it, if I read this as a kid I’d think “Wow, a whole book about an old guy going fishing”.
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I’m so glad you’re reading Wheel of Time! I wasn’t sure if I was going to commit to the whole series before reading but after finishing Eye of the World, I knew I was definitely going to read them all.
@Vertemes I own up to volume 13 of Vinland Saga which I think is in the 160s as far as chapters. After I read that, I read what else was available at the time. I know that it’s finished now so I need to do a reread and see how it ends! If you liked Vinland Saga I would highly recommend Vagabond. It’s another historical fiction manga with absolutely insane artwork.
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Haha, this is also why I mentioned:
in my post when I mentioned Harry Potter. I always thought those minor differences between the original UK and ‘translated’ US version were funny ever since I first heard about the Philosopher’s vs Sorcerer’s title change. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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I binge the podcast Legends of the Old West and have been wanting to read this book among others. Great podcast if you haven’t stumbled on it yet.
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Couple of books I’m reading and some that are on the to read list:
Great books/series:
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames: I loved this fantasy story that mixes fantasy and comedy really well. I was afraid the comedy would take me out of the fantasy immersion but the Author did it so well that it had me hooked the whole time.
Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson: One of my favorite fantasy series that I around half way through so far. The first 2 or 3 books are incredible.
Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: Currently reading this as I have taken a big interest in the American Civil War over the last year or two.
Dead Reckoning by Dick Lehr: The crazy story of the Americans during WWII intercepting Japanese flight itinerary of Admiral Yamamoto and going on a mission blind hoping to run into his squadron.
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this is such an intriguing list!! to me the “self-aware white guy trying to be a better person” poster boy is david foster wallace, have you read any of his stuff? his non-fiction-ish pieces especially, i discovered him (like many probably did) through “this is water” but i fell in love with him through “consider the lobster” and “a supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again”.
i’ve only ever seen fight club the movie, never read it. maybe this is the sign that i should start it!!
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Reading the card explains the card
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woah, my mom just pulled that out of an old box that a friend gave her many many years ago. I guess its a sign, I should read it.
I need to start going through the books I have already on my shelf. I keep picking things up from the used book store and not reading them.
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Funnily enough, the author of Fight Club likes the movie more than his book
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if you’re open to listening, “this is water” is actually available on youtube narrated by the man himself, since it was originally delivered as a commencement speech. it’s short and sweet and can give you an idea of whether you find him intriguing or insufferable lol.
i’ll take your word for it RE: men needing to punch and be punched lol. but i remember thinking the movie sort of endorsed the nihilism and i was turned off by that.
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lmao so the opposite of starship troopers then?
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Very good book! Easy read, and gives a nice perspective that I think we could all use more of in the modern world It is definitely a sign 
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Red Rising, anyone?
I am a fan of Dmitry Glukhovsky’s The Future, classics like 1984 and similar dystopian stories and this hits the spot just right.
Each book has a quality in it’s own (I am on the 5th one now). 7th one is in the works and should be the last as far as I know.
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I read Red Rising and Golden Son before reading the Wheel of Time early this year and I had a hard time getting into them. I might give them another chance at some point and at least finish the trilogy because there were aspects that I really enjoyed.
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I think Golden Son was the weakest book of the 5 I read so far, but I found them all enjoyable. I think what drove me is wanting to know answers. Morning Star, the end of the first saga, is probably my favourite.
Nonetheless, it sometimes reads like too much like a Young Adult book (which it is, but sometimes with more emphasis on the young) and I wish it sometimes didn’t back down from the dystopian depression it carries. I think it’s the writing style that does this, rather than the content (?). Not sure 
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