What are you reading?

04-17-2006, 10:13 AM

The essential topic in here:

I'm reading The Sun Also Rises by Hemmingway, which I'm taking a break from, and This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald. I also am reading a lot of architecture magazines, which are overprized and massive, so they almost count as books.

SilverSpoon · 04-17-2006, 11:32 AM

I'm finally getting around to reading all the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books! I just started The Restaurant at the End of the Universe yesterday. It's very good stuff, and it's not often a book makes me chuckle.

Mat · 04-17-2006, 12:13 PM

Heartbreak & Triumph : The Shawn Michaels Story, which is a biography of a awsome wrestler lol.

04-18-2006, 08:27 PM

he has the best theme song in the world

but yeah

i am reading some anna akhmatova stuff

**KeiraLover** · 04-19-2006, 07:03 PM

I'm in the middle of a lot of books, too many to number. I usually start a book, then get distracted with another one and never go back to the original one.

T-J · 04-21-2006, 07:14 PM

After having heard so much about it while studying American Literature, I have finally started reading John Milton's "Paradise Lost".

solo1 · 04-23-2006, 09:55 AM

Only the first book is good - the rest suck.

I'm reading "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. It's about how societies collapse.

04-23-2006, 01:13 PM

That one sounds interesting solo. What do you think of it?

I always meant to read Paradise Lost too.

**MissyO** · 11-03-2007, 11:39 AM

Bump like a chump!

Me, Anna Karenina. I'm reading it because I've just finished War & Peace, and I can't let Tolstoy go. Its not working out so shlt hot for me, though, since this Karenina thing is all about love (ick)........ BOOORING.

Ophelia · 11-03-2007, 12:38 PM

I'm reading the Various Haunts of Old Men - by Susan Hill.

I'm a little bit of a horror/creepy genre kick, I like to scare myself around Halloween.

Captain Beefheart · 11-03-2007, 01:12 PM

Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. Crazy read. It basically examines the self-proclaimed "Economic Hitmen" who work for the US government in their effort to bankrupt nations around the world.

Dissonant Words by Earle Waugh. To summarize it's about a belgium priest going to north canada to "convert" the indians but ends up becoming a chief. It has a lot of good things to say about different cultures meeting and the role of the church in that.

Cat · 11-03-2007, 05:46 PM

I'm reading Sula by Toni Morrison and so far it's pretty interesting.

**Jocasta** · 11-05-2007, 03:06 AM

End Zone - Don DeLillo. Happily reading this satirical look at the cold war through the eyes of an American college footballer obsessed with nuclear war until I got to the long section describing the crunch game. But as I know nothing about the game, it's tough going.
If anyone's read it, does it get back to the style first part?

**MissyO** · 11-05-2007, 04:26 AM

^ I suspect Ophelia would love that book.

I've just made a start on another book, Anna Karenina was shltting me. "After Dark" by Haruki Murakami is what I'm on now.

Blackmask · 11-05-2007, 07:45 AM

I've got two books going. War & Peace, I gave in to the many many posts from Missy raving about it. I expect it'll take me months to get through, but it's good.

I'm also well into the book The girl in the picture, which is the story of Kim Phuc, the girl photographed running naked down a street following a napalm attack during the Vietnam war.

Mónica · 11-06-2007, 03:10 PM

I also read two books at the moment.
1. "The Situation Is Hopeless, but Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness)" by Austrian Ph.D Paul Watzlawick. Awesome stuff.

2. "Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex" by Stefan Aust. A very interesting and stunning report about the former terror-organization 'Red Army Fraction'. More than 600 pages! Whoa! But GREAT!!!

**MissyO** · 11-07-2007, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mónica

I also read two books at the moment.
1. "The Situation Is Hopeless, but Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness)" by Austrian Ph.D Paul Watzlawick. Awesome stuff.

Sounds interesting. What's it about, and is it available in English?

**Jocasta** · 11-09-2007, 07:35 AM

Nothing, just finished End Zone.
Any suggestions?

**MissyO** · 11-09-2007, 07:57 AM

Hemingway. Or try Josh's suggestions. And you know how much I love War & Peace.

Ophelia · 11-09-2007, 08:18 AM

How was End Zone. I have read other things by Delillo and I didn't care for them.

04-17-2006, 10:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
-Yesenia Guest Posts: n/a	What are you reading? The essential topic in here: I'm reading The Sun Also Rises by Hemmingway, which I'm taking a break from, and This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald. I also am reading a lot of architecture magazines, which are overprized and massive, so they almost count as books.

11-09-2007, 07:57 AM	#19 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,397 My Profile	Hemingway. Or try Josh's suggestions. And you know how much I love War & Peace. Last edited by MissyO; 11-09-2007 at 07:58 AM..

04-17-2006, 11:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,573	I'm finally getting around to reading all the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books! I just started The Restaurant at the End of the Universe yesterday. It's very good stuff, and it's not often a book makes me chuckle.

04-17-2006, 12:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mat Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 1,030	Heartbreak & Triumph : The Shawn Michaels Story, which is a biography of a awsome wrestler lol.

04-18-2006, 08:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lobby Guest Posts: n/a	he has the best theme song in the world but yeah i am reading some anna akhmatova stuff

04-19-2006, 07:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
KeiraLover Keira Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,633 My Profile	I'm in the middle of a lot of books, too many to number. I usually start a book, then get distracted with another one and never go back to the original one.

04-21-2006, 07:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
T-J Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 322 My Profile	After having heard so much about it while studying American Literature, I have finally started reading John Milton's "Paradise Lost".

04-23-2006, 09:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
solo1 Heartless Bastard Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,965 My Profile	Only the first book is good - the rest suck. I'm reading "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. It's about how societies collapse.

04-23-2006, 01:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
-Yesenia Guest Posts: n/a	That one sounds interesting solo. What do you think of it? I always meant to read Paradise Lost too.

11-03-2007, 11:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,397 My Profile	Bump like a chump! Me, Anna Karenina. I'm reading it because I've just finished War & Peace, and I can't let Tolstoy go. Its not working out so shlt hot for me, though, since this Karenina thing is all about love (ick)........ BOOORING.

11-03-2007, 12:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ophelia Josh's Loin Warmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,538 My Profile	I'm reading the Various Haunts of Old Men - by Susan Hill. I'm a little bit of a horror/creepy genre kick, I like to scare myself around Halloween.

11-03-2007, 01:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
Captain Beefheart Mu nótahu Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In a West End town, a dead end world Posts: 4,314 My Profile	Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. Crazy read. It basically examines the self-proclaimed "Economic Hitmen" who work for the US government in their effort to bankrupt nations around the world. Dissonant Words by Earle Waugh. To summarize it's about a belgium priest going to north canada to "convert" the indians but ends up becoming a chief. It has a lot of good things to say about different cultures meeting and the role of the church in that.

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11-03-2007, 05:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
Cat Bloomin' crazy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 2,007 My Profile	I'm reading Sula by Toni Morrison and so far it's pretty interesting.

11-05-2007, 03:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	End Zone - Don DeLillo. Happily reading this satirical look at the cold war through the eyes of an American college footballer obsessed with nuclear war until I got to the long section describing the crunch game. But as I know nothing about the game, it's tough going. If anyone's read it, does it get back to the style first part?

11-05-2007, 04:26 AM	#14 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,397 My Profile	^ I suspect Ophelia would love that book. I've just made a start on another book, Anna Karenina was shltting me. "After Dark" by Haruki Murakami is what I'm on now.

11-05-2007, 07:45 AM	#15 (permalink)
Blackmask Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,173 My Profile	I've got two books going. War & Peace, I gave in to the many many posts from Missy raving about it. I expect it'll take me months to get through, but it's good. I'm also well into the book The girl in the picture, which is the story of Kim Phuc, the girl photographed running naked down a street following a napalm attack during the Vietnam war.

11-06-2007, 03:10 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mónica Love Will Tear Us Apart.. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,397 My Profile	I also read two books at the moment. 1. "The Situation Is Hopeless, but Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness)" by Austrian Ph.D Paul Watzlawick. Awesome stuff. 2. "Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex" by Stefan Aust. A very interesting and stunning report about the former terror-organization 'Red Army Fraction'. More than 600 pages! Whoa! But GREAT!!!

11-09-2007, 07:35 AM	#18 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	Nothing, just finished End Zone. Any suggestions?

11-09-2007, 08:18 AM	#20 (permalink)
Ophelia Josh's Loin Warmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,538 My Profile	How was End Zone. I have read other things by Delillo and I didn't care for them.