r/books discussion

Hi all! I live in and go to school in NYC, but was born in this former Soviet Union country called Azerbaijan. Tima is my russian name, which I happen to like most, but most people call me Tim (which I don't mind) or Timur (which I don't like). In elementary/junior/high school I told everyone my name was Timur, and it wasn't till 10th grade that I really didn't like that name at all, but it was too late since all my high school people already knew me as that. But once I got to college, I made sure to let everyone new I met know, my name is Tim. So anyway, I'm a pre-med chemistry major who doesn't spend as much time reading as he would like, due to the chemistry pre-med thing to nobody's surprise.

I'm determined however to find time to get reading done, and recently I've been getting results as I read a book I've wanted to read for years, Slaughterhouse Five, in about five days. I'm now reading this super cute light read that I love so far called This is How You Lose Her, its about love and our experiences with it, don't judge me, I needed something light after reading about the bombing of Dresden in Vonnegut's book, which I did love however. Anyway, I think Junot Diaz is becoming one of my favorite authors quickly. I should be done with that within the next few days and will definitely be participating in reading Fool with some of you guys and am pretty excited about that. So yeah, I hope to get to know you all, really happy to be here, and plan to spend this journey of mine resurrecting my reading habits with you guys :)

Hi, Tima! I like Tima most among the names you provided. :P

Another Vonnegut fan, yay. Slaughterhouse Five was great but I love Cat's Cradle and The Sirens of Titan more. And Junot Diaz! I've been meaning to read This is How You Lose Her after reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which was one of my most favorite reads last year. I highly recommend that book. Welcome to the group, Tima!

Gah! So many Vonnegut fans on here, I have officially added Slaughterhouse-Five to my to-reads since EVERYONE seems to love it.

And welcome, Tim! I look forward to your input in the discussions :).

Like most books, I feel like I need to read Slaughterhouse-Five a couple more times to really get the most out of it, it's definitely a strange book in how the story is told but there's no doubt that it works. To be honest I wasn't too crazy about it, I liked Breakfast of Champions just as much, but I'm definitely planning to read his other work.

@Darliza: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Diaz is definitely something I've been meaning to get my hands on for a while, the prose of This is How You Lose Her though is what just got me hooked instantly. Its not like a typical love story at all, it is as real a depiction of love I've seen any author give.

Nice to meet you guys!

Welcome Tima!

I definitely can say that you will enjoy The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and I'm glad you are enjoying This is How You Lose Her, I read his other short story collection Drown and while I like it, I read poor reviews on it so I was highly skeptical. Although he received praise for Drown after he wrote Oscar Wao.

Anyhow, welcome!

Hi Tima! Welcome to the group! Really excited for you to join us for Fool!

Ashley wrote: "Gah! So many Vonnegut fans on here, I have officially added Slaughterhouse-Five to my to-reads since EVERYONE seems to love it.

And welcome, Tim! I look forward to your input in the discussions :)."

You and I, Ashley, are in the same boat. I've had Vonnegut on my to-read for a while now... at some point, I'm sure I'll cave ;)

Hey guys! @Annie: I actually remember reading Drown back in high school about four years ago, before it became well known and was critically acclaimed, and though I remember that I really liked it I feel like I should reread it because I pretty much remember nothing from it.