Official 2009 'Whatcha Readin?' thread...

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

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pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

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bort · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:45 am

just finished the two towers. now finishing up the Punisher Marvel Knights series. it's going to be a month or two or more of just reading comics on the computer, as all my books are packed up.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:57 am

So I finished the Halberstam book (where Nixon figured prominently) and moved on to this: 2009 -- the year i cut my eyeballs out.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:11 am

I just finished reading this. BILLY MARTIN LOLOLOLOLOL

d · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:29 am

love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez

south pacific · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:13 pm

Easily the best book I read this year, highly recommended.

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A poor manservant from the country overcomes tremendous obstacles to become a driver in a large Indian city despite his limited education. His bosses are rich, corrupt, but weak as he strives to free himself from a life of servitude.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:57 am

Picked this up for cheap at BN. Not bad, but borderline amateurish writing style. I'm enjoying it though.

Mick · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:12 am

I kind of juggle rather than reading one thing at a time. Especially since I don't really read novels these days.

Just picked this up yesterday:

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lovely.

And I've been immersed in this for a few months now.

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The best translations I've read, along with the his complete letters sent and received, which are particularly interesting in his later years.

And when I have time, I've been dabbling in:

And then I just finished this. Only takes an afternoon or two to read:

And this is just the best damn food book I've ever read. You don't even need to follow the recipes by the time you're done with it. You really don't need anything other than this. So in-depth and succinct at the same time, and the advice alone is worth the price, even if it didn't have any recipes. Highly recommended.

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billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Finished these this month:

now reading:

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I can finally read books again! Well, books that aren't by or about Greeks and Romans.

I've ordered Gogol's 'The Overcoat and other short stories' from Amazon for the princely sum of 1 penny (+ Â£1,000,000 postage).

nick · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:46 am

I just finished The Devil Came On Horseback, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Both were amazing.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:04 pm

Mick the Stripper Wrote:

I would like to rip out every page of this and wipe my ass with it.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:12 pm

My first Murakami. Really enjoying it, and surprised by its accessibility.

paper · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:04 pm

just started.

mugwump67 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:56 pm

Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass

Haven't read this since college. Its hard to believe that it was written 120 years ago. The issues he addresses still resonate today:

Quote:

There was never any more inception than there is now,
Nor any more youth or age than there is now,
And will never be any more perfection than there is now,
Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.

Urge and urge and urge,
Always the procreant urge of the world.

I think this one may become my own personal Bible.

neuroboy · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:33 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

My first Murakami. Really enjoying it, and surprised by its accessibility.

someone was just telling me about this the other day. i need to check it out.

i'm reading:

and really enjoying it.

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

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Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

P. G. Wodehouse 'Lord Emsworth Acts For The Best'

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:01 am

Just finished reading this a couple of days ago -- one of the most depressing books I've ever read:

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Aural Fixation Wrote:

Just finished reading this a couple of days ago -- one of the most depressing books I've ever read

You should read some Wodehouse then as an antidote.

south pacific · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 4:58 pm

really good so far

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 5:02 pm

It's a monster.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i made it about 2/3 through

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 5:41 pm

really? i had a hard time with the first 50 pages or so, but i'm really enjoying it now. i can't imagine putting it down after 2/3.

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