The "What are you reading?" thread.

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:25 pm

besides comics and magazines just this.

Timis · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:27 pm

also, just finished this. which by the way is a great read.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:29 pm

Man, Chris Elliott is one of my heroes, but this is an AWFUL book (and after almost three months, I'm only halfway through it)...

Mr. Mister · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:45 pm

currently about half way through Joseph Heller's Closing Time, the sequel to Catch 22. If you've been missing Yossarian, it's a good read.

harry · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:45 pm

Con respeto Guadalupe Valdes
Worlds apart Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot
Working method Lois Weiss
Borderlands Gloria Anzaldua

All work-related... I am exhausted and want to go to the caribbean and read Ludlum.

south pacific · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:14 pm

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Master and Marguarita - Bulgakov
Hadrian's Empire - Danny Danziger
The Epic Of Gilgamesh

Good thread topic. I want to know if that Roald Dahl book any good.

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival by Colin Harper.

Junkie by George Richardson & Ingrid Frank

iron_and_beer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:26 pm

ayah Wrote:

iron_and_beer Wrote:

Just finished Best American Short Stories of 2006 and actually found a few good authors to check out further.

this is funny. last night i was rooting around for some short story fiction to read and pulled pout a copy of bass 1989. great stuff. any stand outs for you iron and wine?

right now i'm reading tons of short stories including the grandfather of short fiction, chekov. i also have to get to the bookstore to check out some muruakami.

I really liked Aleksander Hemon's "The Conductor" and am planning to read his novel soon. Kevin Moffett's "Tattooizm" was good, as was "Mr. Nobody at All" by Ann Beattie.

I came away realizing that Ann Patchett (Editor) and I have different taste in short stories, but there was definitely some good stuff in there.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

it's surprising to me that ann beattie is still making the cut. I'm going to look for this at the library tomorrow. thanks.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:39 pm

south pacific Wrote:

The Master and Margharita - Bulgakov

this book has been coming up in my life a lot lately, between my wife and various friends reading it. is it new or was it on tv lately or something? did the paperback just come out? what give?

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

the Stones connection?

I'm reading the Mandela autobiography and a book about regional dialects of the US.
oh and the best nonessential fiction of 2006.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:46 pm

south pacific Wrote:

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Epic Of Gilgamesh

...you re-taking Highschool English for fun?

Just finished Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, for a book report in Product Design, actually. Now reading The Unsung Heroes Of Rock & Roll.

Frozen Northerner · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:41 am

What did you think of Zen?

south pacific · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:42 am

This guy has crack Wrote:

south pacific Wrote:

The Master and Margharita - Bulgakov

this book has been coming up in my life a lot lately, between my wife and various friends reading it. is it new or was it on tv lately or something? did the paperback just come out? what give?

Actually, the paperback's been out for awhile but it's been reissued with a newer, weirder cover:

It's one of those modern Russian classics that consistently regains popularity every few years. A great read. A warning though: it's full of flight of fancy and fantasticism. Some readers aren't into that but I tell people if you love and enjoy Haruki Murakami, you should read Bulgakov too.

splates · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:36 am

i just finished a Murakami book actually

might add that to the list SP

splates · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:38 am

swiateck Wrote:

Sketch Wrote:

Jared Diamond - Collapse

Dude, whathefuc?!
Me, too.

Get out of my brain.

For the non-head-shaven cult members, the secondary title of "Collapse" is "How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed".
Probably matches Ripple Red's offering as the book to NOT pick up if you want to feel hopeful about life.

hey im reading this too

o/\o

bit hard to plough through constantly, but its interesting

splates · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:40 am

swiateck Wrote:

Timis Wrote:

one fiction and one non-fiction book

So has Kiyosaki managed to write the same book for the fifth time or does The Donald actually add something new to the mix?

i love how this guy got rich writing books about getting rich

thats some meta shit right there

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:42 am

Yeah, I do 20 pgs every few days. Not as weighty or apocalyptic as you might assume, but serious enough to get the point across.

splates · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:47 am

what should i start on next - i have

Churchill biography
Aldous Huxley - Eyeless in Gaza
Dostoeyevsky - Crime & Punishment
Irvine Welsh - Maribou Stork Nightmares

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:51 am

splates Wrote:

swiateck Wrote:

Sketch Wrote:

Jared Diamond - Collapse

Dude, whathefuc?!
Me, too.

Get out of my brain.

For the non-head-shaven cult members, the secondary title of "Collapse" is "How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed".
Probably matches Ripple Red's offering as the book to NOT pick up if you want to feel hopeful about life.

hey im reading this too

o/\o

bit hard to plough through constantly, but its interesting

Agreed. I've been on a three week break after the first hundred pages.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

splates Wrote:

Irvine Welsh - Maribou Stork Nightmares

This is a pretty fucked up read. I liked it, but it took a while to get into. On top of the language there's some syntax issues in there.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:17 pm

I didn't take time to read this thread but has anyone read The Perks of Being a Wildflower? Saw it the other day and I was intrigued.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:23 pm

Oh, and it's this version that I have:

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:55 pm

Constitutional Law
by Several Jewish Guys

harry · **Posted:** Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:48 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

No fiction right now.
But I am CONSTANTLY reading
The Tao Te Ching

About 3 times a week I pick it up for a little while, at least.

In which case it is reading you...

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