posted May 03, 2012 06:19 PM            

I totally agree with you @Faith... I am very into stories about people beating the odds or beating the system. I like the story of Christiane F., the true life story of a young girl in a bad area of Berlin who became involved with a gang and drugs like angel dust at just 13, and how she managed to get out of it alive but scarred. The idea of a young girl like that standing by the train stations in a place as huge and unforgiving as Berlin, taking drugs and prostituting for them, makes me heartbroken. The movie had me in tears.

I also like She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (I know, chick lit-ish but DON'T LAUGH!) because a girl is forced to overcome sexual abuse and gaining weight, and later going insane.

And a curve-ball: Ai Yazawa's NANA

Although I haven't enjoyed many manga from Japan I actually gave this one a shot and man...it changed my life. The art, the storytelling, the music they made for this show, it was heartbreaking, and above all it was beautiful and unlike anything I'd ever seen. ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS MUST BEAT THE ODDS AND DEAL WITH TREMENDOUS HEART ACHE. Yazawa is a Pisces Sun and I calculated her chart as best I could... I believe she has Scorpio Mars, many personal planets in Pisces, Cancer Jupiter along with an Aquarius Moon. I have an 11H stellium and all my personal planets are in water except my Moon. My NN is in Scorpio, and most of my personal planets are too. I'm very drawn to the sign Pisces at times, even if in RL I have not always had good experiences with them. Maybe this is why Yazawa touched my heart with her stories.

posted May 03, 2012 06:44 PM            

The Immortal is the story of the return of the Apostle John to teach the Twelve Keys of Knowledge to prepare the world for the new age of peace. This is a book so riveting you will not be able to put it down until you've read the whole thing. The mystery of the book: Is it fact or fiction? Most readers agree this unique knowledge had to come from a higher source.

posted May 03, 2012 11:10 PM            

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Originally posted by Fleurdelis:
The most memorable for me was Veronika decides to die which is my fave book of his. I think that was Libra and Scorpio themed, with Neptune thrown in the mix..

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I'm going to check THIS out from the library, too. Sounds good!

It's been a while since I've read any good fiction. I read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón a few months ago, and I enjoyed it. It was a gift- only took me about five years to get past the first chapter.

Usually I prefer reading something about medicine: Bernie Siegel, Larry Dossey, Rachel Naomi Remen, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Carl Jung, Andrew Weil...those kinds of people.

posted May 03, 2012 11:29 PM            

Sweet-scorpion: Did you get my message on the clothing and fashion thread? I said that I can't believe you are so young, because you seem so much smarter than me...and I'm twice your age...so that's a little humbling.

Sylvia Plath: My thoughts about her always focus on her creepy suicide and how that affected her children. I've read some of her daughter's poetry recently. She seems a little bitter to me, but understandably so. Her paintings look like the doodles I used to make in college.

I am not a fan of that style anymore.

Thanks for telling me about Christiane and Nana! Onto my library list they go. I've been meaning to read She's Come Undone for a while. Maybe I actually will, that would surprise me because I've been procrastinating on it for about a decade.

posted May 04, 2012 02:12 AM            

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Originally posted by inthemisosoup:
John Steinbeck is a Pisces sun and Mars, Scorpio moon. And his mercury and Venus conjunct my Ascendant.

Checking some more authors, however, i think it's really more synastry and less about one sign or element in particular.

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posted May 04, 2012 06:15 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
I have always loved books about survival in harsh environments- some of my favorites include Daniel DeFoe's Robinson Crusoe, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Henri Charrière's Papillon, and books by people who climbed or tried to climb Everest.

I started reading about my NN in Scorpio and it only makes sense that this would interest me:

[QUOTE]A tendency to be overly self-reliant and set in our ways, to cling to our possessions (material and otherwise) and habits, to be too fearful of crisis and overly focused on security, and to attempt to achieve success through sheer will rather than listening to our sixth sense are some of the issues this position suggests. With this position, we need to loosen the grasp we have on the things and people around us and open ourselves up to our soul's need for transformation, change, and regeneration.

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Handy link for more on nodes: http://www.cafeastrology.com/nodesofthemoon.html [/QUOTE]

lol that's very interesting See...you would think so...but I have an aqua north node and I love those kinds of books, too!

Might be my pluto in the first, though, and my sun being trine pluto, also venus square pluto <3 yeppp perhaps..lol.

but i have no idea what aqua nn would like reading..haha...help a sister out!

posted May 04, 2012 07:01 AM            

But as for the nodes, let's see, your SN is in 3rd decan Leo, associated with heroic actions. NN is associated with altruism. Do you like action adventure stories where someone SAVES someone else, and is the saving your favorite part?

posted May 04, 2012 07:08 AM            

I love Milan Kundera, too. I only read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though.

He could be a Cap moon, and he's got Pisces Mercury, so maybe he resonates more for you because of that?

posted May 04, 2012 07:24 AM            

I'm kind of all over the place because I love Southern, African-American, Native American, Victorian Romance, Spanish, World War II/Holocaust, Spanish, and African literature.

I practically worshipped Anne Rice as a teenager. Thrillers still hold a special place in my heart, as well as most of my book case.

posted May 04, 2012 07:28 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Lonake,

I love Milan Kundera, too. I only read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though.

He could be a Cap moon, and he's got Pisces Mercury, so maybe he resonates more for you because of that?

His NN is conjunct my SN.

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posted May 04, 2012 07:35 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
^ It could be anything in the chart, I guess. I concede that.

But as for the nodes, let's see, your SN is in 3rd decan Leo, associated with heroic actions. NN is associated with altruism. Do you like action adventure stories where someone SAVES someone else, and is the saving your fa vorite part?

My favorite part is the alone and desolate part.

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No I hate those stories...

I like adventure/suspense/mystery novels mostly, as well as stories like that where the guy has to think of ingenious ways to survive in the jungle, and also tom sawyer and stuff that makes me laugh like Merry Mister Meddle and other stories about people playing practical jokes on others (tom sayer included). Umm...oh, and really crazy stories with a whole bunch of events that are hard to remember but in the end everything fits together like pieces in a puzzle and the protagonist learns some major life lesson which connects to some major philosophy we should all apply in our own lives (that's my sun and mercury in the 9th house talking :]). I also love seth godin and malcolm gladwell books, as well as Shel Silverstein and other poetry....but my favorite is definitely the crazy stories with lots of events, that somehow all add up in the end, and show a major life lesson.
Kinda like a mental puzzle. Go figure, i have no planets in air.

posted May 04, 2012 08:22 AM            

The Fountainhead- ayn rand
Fight club- Chuck Palhaniuk
American Psycho- Bret Easton Ellis
High fidelity/ About a Boy- Nick Hornby
The Count of Montecristo- Alexandre Dumas
On the Road- Jack Kerouac
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas/ Rum Diary- Hunter S. Thompson
Trainspotting- Irvine Welsch
Ethan Hawke- The Hottest state
The diving bell and the butterfly - jean Dominique bauby
The vampire lestat- Anne rice
The godfather- Mario puzo

I only know Bret Easton Ellis has merc opposite Pluto like me. I would go with classics now if I picked up a fiction book again.

posted May 04, 2012 08:45 AM            

LOL about Jane Austen and "god please shoot me"

sand, I was assigned American Psycho in my Transgressive Art philosophy class, but I couldn't read it. I skimmed some chapters, wanted to throw up. I did poorly on the exam.

Delilah...thanks for the recommendation, I have a good, long list now. I like history a lot, too. I think that might be a Scorpio thing.