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1001 Books to read before you die : Favourite Book from the 1001 List that You Read in 2009		17	staci426, Yesterday 9:31pm
Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading - Part II		60	Talbin, Friday 9:46pm
999 Challenge : Carlos' 999 challenge		240	hailelib, Tuesday 3:53pm
What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008		175	newlifecoming, Tuesday 4:24am
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of December 12, 2009?		210	justmejo, Monday 11:24pm
Book talk : Chuck Palahniuk: Am I missing something?		17	genze, December 11
Lectures des francophones : Mr_Inverno - lectures 2009		42	Mr_Inverno, December 9
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Ti99er's 75 in 2009		155	suslyn, December 5
1001 Books to read before you die : Dave's 1001 List		17	Nickelini, December 2
1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read?		265	ekebivibeke, November 15
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Book talk : Books made into movies		107	Ape, October 25
50 Book Challenge : TheresaHPIR's		105	lisaling, October 13
50 Book Challenge : AlbinoRhino's 2009		37	AlbinoRhino, October 10
What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009		215	jdthloue, October 2
BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: September 2009		104	freelunch, September 30
1001 Books to read before you die : Sanddancer's 1001 List		33	sanddancer, September 16
List Five Books Parlour Game : The one and only		54	rolandperkins, August 14
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : MissTeacher reads her little eyes out! 120 in 2009!		45	MissTeacher, August 9
The Green Dragon : Reading Alphabetically		413	calm, August 8
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Banned Books : Would you censor your own child's reading?		75	mguthriejr, June 30
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Books I Hated : Most Dreadful Book Ever?		26	Sandydog1, April 18
1001 Books to read before you die : 1001 List: What Book are You Reading MARCH '09		145	klobrien2, April 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 14 March 2009		196	porchsitter55, March 24
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I read four that I thought were not just the best of the year--but the best I've ever read: Choke On the Eve The Old Man and the Sea Atonement

... into one of the Chuck Palahniuk pdfs I have on my desktop before tomorrow morning. Any suggestions? I'm deciding between Choke, Lullaby, and Survivor.

... of authors that I read but am not sure whether I like yet (the other prime example being Douglas Coupland). I loved Choke, didn't mind Diary which is generally considered one of his weakest and wished I'd not seen the film when I read Fight Club. But Rant created more mixed ...

Gosh, I didn't find Choke funny, so best I not try Snuff. I read a A Confederacy of Dunces some years ago, unfortunately after meeting someone rather like the character while I was in San Francisco. It coloured my perception of the book somewhat, as not only being a bit strange, he was a ...

... I'm not sure what to say about it. It is offensive and unpleasant with none of the cleverness of Fight Club or humour of Choke, and its "shock ending" was easy to see coming a mile off. I think I'll declare it a 'miss'. next up a book whose title screamed BUY ME when I saw it in remusly in What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009 (Sep 7, 2009, 12:54am)

... sequel to Lost Souls, it has a lot of characters from it so I wanted very much to get some more background on them. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk It is very rare for any Chuck Palahniuk book to be available at my library, and when I saw one that I hadn't read I simply couldn't stop myself ...

I've kinda been slack on this, so let me hit you all at once... #57: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk finished 7/22/09, ***1/2 Reviewed (Short Review: Crazy!)

... Fingersmith 26. Everything is Illuminated 27. Unless 33. Middlesex 38. Gabriel’s Gift 42. Atonement 48. Choke 49. Life of Pi 52. The Devil and Miss Prym 54. White Teeth 56. Under the Skin 63. The Blind Assassin

... Potter et les reliques de la mort de J.K. Rowling Bonne fin, les dernières réponses du cycle sont données. #22 Choke de Palahniuk Tranche de vie d'un drogué du sexe en pseudo-thérapie, qui se fait vomir pour être aimer, qui travaille dans un musée vivant, et qui recherche ...

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

... I'd recommend trying one other book by him before giving up. The people I've talked to tend to say Invisible Monsters and Choke are his other two great novels.

... subjects can be hard to pin down.) I've had this problem before with Palahniuk protagonists, such as Victor Mancini of Choke who I think became a sex addict in order to develop a personality. I imagine that Palahniuk is intentionally crafting his characters in broad strokes to increase the ...

... this linked off of Neil Gaiman's blog Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice Howling at the Moon by Karen MacIerney - I ordered the wrong book ...

... future Darwin Award nominees, thought Diary was an entertaining train wreck, found myself turning Republican* as I read Choke, and thought Haunted was tedious, stupid and pretentious. I really don't find myself sharing whatever love people have for his prose style. I have to give him ...

... The first novel I read by him was Fight Club, which I will admit, I really liked. Because I liked it so much, I read Choke which is also by Chuck Palahniuk. This one I did not like quite as much, and so my interest in the author dropped. I would have stopped there, but a fellow reader ...

Hi, Any kind Angel willing to try and get this for me: http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/0385720920 Choke by Palahniuk, Chuck I am in South-Africa. Thanks!

... by Philip Roth, 391 pages. 3/5. Review. Finished 3/13/2009. 14. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, 293 pages. 3/5. Review. Finished 3/19/2009. 15. Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn, 403 ...

Can you belive that I can't find Choke at any of the 8 libraries that I can access?! The only ones they have is Haunted, Fight Club, Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Stranger Than Fiction, Lullaby and Survivor.

Hey cal8769, From the ones that I have read, I highly recommend starting with Choke. The movie was not too bad either...

Just finished 1984. Continuing with On the Eve and Choke.

#138 Talbin Thanks for the review of Choke. there was a lot of buzz about the book on LT last year and I sort of had it on my "virtual" TBR. However, it definitely sounds like I would no enjoy this book so one less to worry about! :-)

I don't think I have read Choke yet, Tui. I was planning to, but never felt the time was right. He is a very punchy writer.

Kiwi, was it last year that you read Choke? We were having a discussion on another thread about it and I wondered what you had thought about it.

Searching on Choke (http://www.librarything.com/search_works.php?q=choke) leads to a list headed by this
# Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (4773 copies) # Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (3296 copies)
The second link goes to Haunted, and I can't see why. Combination challenge or bug? Plea ...

14. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, 293 pages. 3/5. Review. Finished 3/19/2009. I found this to be a mixed bag. I really enjoyed Palahniuk's writing style, and there were some great moments in the book. However, the heavy focus on ...

I just finished Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, which was okay but not great. I think I'll either read Choke by Chuck Palahniuk or Mosquito by Roma Tearne next (after cleaning the house, though :-( ).

I just finished Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, which was okay but not great. I think I'll either read Choke by Chuck Palahniuk or Mosquito by Roma Tearne next.

... of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon 5. Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides 6. Atonement – Ian McEwan 7. Choke – Chuck Palahniuk 8. Life of Pi – Yann Martel 9. The Human Stain – Philip Roth 1900's 10. The Hours – Michael Cunningham 11. Memoirs of a Geish ...

7. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk So, after being very satisfied with Diary and then watching Choke this weekend, I felt that I would pick up Choke again despite the fact I hated it last time I tried to read it. I'm so glad I went back to it. It was wonderful! I may very well end up being one ...

... loved it! I was worried this would be bad because I liked Fight Club fair enough and couldn't work my way through Choke, but Diary was definitely worth the time and money! If you weren't impressed with Choke or Fight Club, don't despair: this may be the right Palahniuk book for ...

I am reading Choke as my first Paluhniuk novel.

... by James Patterson Seeing by Jose Saramago Bones by Jan Burke Twilight by Stephanie Meyer Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

10) Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Interesting.

... -- Jonathan Safran Foer 10) Middlesex -- Jeffrey Eugenides 11) The Corrections -- Jonathan Franzen 12) Choke -- Chuck Palahniuk 13) The Blind Assassin -- Margaret Atwood 14) after the quake: stories -- Haruki Murakami 15) Disgrace -- J. M. Coetzee 16) Amsterdam -- ...

... by Philip Roth, 391 pages. 3/5. Review. Finished 3/13/2009. 14. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, 293 pages. 3/5. Review. Finished 3/19/2009. 15. Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn, 403 ...

> 29 Lisa, Fight Club is now a cult classic. But most recently I read and thoroughly enjoyed Choke (now a Major Motion Picture).

... s How to Eat Fried Worms Private Parts **flees** The Princess Bride The Neverending Story A Christmas Story Choke Little Women All Creatures Great and Small The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh Hunger Point The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Just ...

... for posting this list, it will certainly help me in deciding which books I want to read. I already have The Sea and Choke on my 2009 list to read.

From littlegeek: I've read Choke, if anyone cares. I've never read Phineas Finn, but it's next on my list.

I've read Choke, if anyone cares. I've never read Phineas Finn, but it's next on my list.

I have read The Fellowship of the Ring But I've never read Choke

... dreams... I got an ASUS Laptop.. yay finally a laptop of my own... and 2 books A New Dawn by Ellen Hopkins and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

1001 Books ... 1. Lolita 2. The Color Purple 3. The Sun Also Rises 4. Choke 5. A Clockwork Orange 6. The Shipping News 7. American Pastoral 8. An Artist of the Floating World 9. 2001: A Space Odyssey

... Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff Choke - Chuck Palahniuk I discovered lots of writers for the first time this year, and my reading was influenced by recommendations on here, another book site and by one ...

... loved the inventiveness of it - the bit about human fat and soap was disgusting but genius. It did have similarities with Choke that I read back in September and I think I did prefer Choke slightly to this, but still really enjoyed it. Having originally aimed for 50 books in a year, re-set ...

... So different from anything else I've read. A twist on the detective novel. Definitely deserves to be on the list. Choke Chuck Palahniuk Another book I loved. Warped characters and circumstances but still oddly believeable. Not one for everyone but should be on the list. City of Go ...

... and completed 1001 Books to Read Before You Die 1. Hideous Kinky - Esther Freud 2. Saturday - Ian McEwan 3. Choke - Chuck Palahunik 4. Drop City - T C Boyle 5. The Outsider - Albert Camus 6. The Third Man - Graham Greene 7. The Light of Day - Graham Swift 8. The Secr ...

... Saturday Ian McEwan The Sea John Banville Drop City T. Coraghessan Boyle The Light of Day Graham Swift Choke Chuck Palahniuk City of God E L Doctorow Whatever Michel Houellebecq The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx Hideous Kinky Esther Freud The Sea, The Sea ...

I just finished Anna Karenina and started Jane Eyre for the first time. I am also listening to Choke on audiobook in the car.

... a guide to forgery and psychiatrists' tests which was fascinating. I loved this book and it reminded me very much of Choke in its style. But I was a bit disappointed with the ending - it wasn't as much of a twist as I thought it was going to be, assuming I've understood it. I think I'll ...

... because Franz Kafka is a unique and gifted writer. Cause for Alarm is a fairly decent thriller. Easy read. Choke, even though it was removed from the later edition of the 1001 list, Chuck Palahniuk is a writer worth reading at least once before you die. Crome Yellow ...

... BUT FIRST: I had to roam the bookstore's aisles, of course. And got me two treats: Duma Key by Stephen King and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Yay!

... thanks for the book depository recommendation. I can see many happy hours buried in its depths! I too choked on the Choke preview! Saw it when I caught Burn After Reading on the weekend, which was excellent. When I came in, the preview was already screening & it took me a while to work ...

... Mr TQD enjoyed the whole movie; but sometimes movie adaptations can be better than the original text). And I really enjoyed Choke (and am looking forward to the upcoming movie adaptation, although I almost choked (no pun intended) on my wine when I saw the trailer in shock that someone would ...

... as Chuck Palahniuk and all his ilk, whereas I couldn't even stomach the whole of American Psycho and drew the line at Choke. This year's lot, though, I've picked up from a departing colleague, so don't really know how 'advanced' their tastes are. My next question is... does anyone ...

... read Haunted first, but I've never been blown away by his style. Some people claim Survivor is really good, but after Choke I lost pretty much all curiousity and just decided, meh, he's not for me. If I had it own audiobook, I might eventually get around to it, but my library doesn't ...

On another thread, I picked on Chuck Palahniuk's Choke, but it doesn't really rank for me as the worst of Palahniuk's books (of which I've read 5). That title has to go to Haunted. It has many of the same flaws as Choke, but manages to be aggressively unpleasant to boot. The nicest thing ...

#20, well, I came to Choke after a couple of other Palahniuk books, including Haunted which deserves a mention elsewhere, so I already had some level of skepticism, which Choke ran right into. And I have to admit, I didn't find the main character repulsive so much as pathetic. The book ...

#5 arthur, your description of Confederacy of Dunces reminds me of Palahniuk's Choke which some people seem to consider as among his better works. I'm not sure why. The book struck me as dishonest, sentimental, and in love with its own outrageousness--qualities it shares with its narrator.

37) Choke by Chuck Palahniuk I'm not a huge Palahniuk fan, even though I've read most of his books, but I did enjoy this one more than the others I have read. My boyfriend is a huge fan of his and plans on taking me to see the movie soon, so I'm glad I got the book in first.

... You Die 1. Hideous Kinky - Esther Freud 2. The Graduate - Charles Webb (overlap) 3. Saturday - Ian McEwan 4. Choke - Chuck Palahunik (overlap) 5 . City of God - E. L. Doctorow (overlap) 6. Drop City - T C Boyle 7. The Outsider - Albert Camus 8. The Third Man - Graham Gr ...

... Dreaming Dexter Jeff Lindsay 3. 84 Charing Cross Road - Helen Hanff 4. Last Orders - Graham Swift (overlap) 5. Choke - Chuck Palahnuik (overlap) 6. Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay (overlap) 7. Hallam Foe - Peter Jinks 8. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne Read ...

... Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Reading Kristin Lavransdatter must be doing strange things to my mind - suddenly, I had a strong need for humor. (Those of you reading Kristin ...

I'm about halfway through Choke by Chuck Palahniuk and very near the end of If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell. I want to get Choke finished before the movie comes out. I'm not a huge fan of Palahniuk's writing, but so far I think this is one of his better works.

... eparately. Fiction (in no particular order) Fup Jim Dodge Naive Super Erlend Loe Post Office Charles Bukowski Choke Chuck Palahniuk If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor Non-Fiction (not read that many so just picking two here) The Year of Magical Thinking Joan ...

... working a second job, second shift, for a month and a half. Reading's slowed way down. But I digress. Just finished Choke by Chuck Palaniuk. Not much to it. I wanted to like it, and did at first, but after just so much whining by an oddball sex addict, I kind of got the picture. Ju ...

31. Choke by Chuck Palaniuk

... novel by any means. This was my first experience with Palahniuk, and I think I'm going to go ahead and track down a copy Choke and give that one a shot as well.

... erase! I have read/heard/seen things that I WISH I could erase from my brain - and I'm an adult. Examples: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (mentioned above) Running with Scissors byAugusten Burroughs Justine by Marquis de Sade

32 Choke by Chuck Palahniuk This is only the second book by Chuck Palahniuk that I've read (the other was Diary). I liked this one even more, actually I loved this one. It is about a sex addict, medical school drop-out who fakes choking to con strangers into "saving his life" and thus feeling ...

... t. Instead I've read All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland which I got through very qiuckly and am now reading Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.

... Jeff Lindsay (overlapping two categories) 4. 84 Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff 5. Last Orders Graham Swift 6. Choke Chuck Palahniuk (overlap) 7. Dearly Devoted Dexter Jeff Lindsay Read so far: 7 To read: 1 Prize Winners and Nominees 1. The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch, Boo ...

... to Read Before You Die 1. Hideous Kinky - Esther Freud 2. The Graduate - Charles Webb 3 Saturday Ian McEwan 4 Choke Chuck Palanuik Read so far: 4 To Read: 4 Non-fiction 1. The Hypocrisy of Disco Clane Hayward (memoir about growing up in seventies communes 2. Pies and Preju ...

... Prior The Secret History Donna Tartt Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk Choke Chuck Palahniuk

... -- Jonathan Safran Foer 10) Middlesex -- Jeffrey Eugenides 11) The Corrections -- Jonathan Franzen 12) Choke -- Chuck Palahniuk 13) The Blind Assassin -- Margaret Atwood 14) after the quake: stories -- Haruki Murakami 15) Disgrace -- J. M. Coetzee 16) Amsterdam -- ...