I'm just starting A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. My aunt recommended it to me; she said that unlike most books that try to include the colloquialisms of New Orleans, this one actually does them justice. My question is, what are you reading? (comic books count, too)
I finished Blindness by Jose Saramago earlier today, simply fantastic book. Tonite i'll be starting The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, and I still have to finish The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by CG Jung.
nothing for fun... but currently I am occupied by The Woman Warrior, Lady Audley's Secret, a book about the history of oral folk narratives and Mules and Men
Just started to read "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac. It's the kind of book that I've wanted to read for a long time, but for some reason I haven't. Also I'm reading a collection of poems by Paul Verlaine as well as a collection of poems by Pentti Saarikoski (finnish legend). And I bought a copy of Nick Cave's "And the Ass Saw the Angel" for 2 euros, but it's more of a backup in the case I wanna read something, and don't have anything in particular at the moment.
Just started to read "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac. It's the kind of book that I've wanted to read for a long time, but for some reason I haven't. Also I'm reading a collection of poems by Paul Verlaine as well as a collection of poems by Pentti Saarikoski (finnish legend). And I bought a copy of Nick Cave's "And the Ass Saw the Angel" for 2 euros, but it's more of a backup in the case I wanna read something, and don't have anything in particular at the moment.SinkO
Are you a Bukowski fan? I like a lot of his poetry.
I have a whole stack of Clive Barker novels I have to start readin. Just finished reading the novel Battle Royale, currently reading the manga.Hallenbeck77
I finished Blindness by Jose Saramago earlier today, simply fantastic book. Tonite i'll be starting The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, and I still have to finish The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by CG Jung.Devosion
Blindness is one of my favorite books ever! We actually read it in my ethics class at school and I loved every word of it. The run-on sentence style is truly awesome too. Right now I'm reading a book called "Black Music" written by a black jazz critic from the 1960s. It's a pretty cool perspective since pretty much all of the jazz critics of the time were white, but all of the musicians were black. It can get pretty cynical, but I'm always down for learning more about jazz and its heritage.
whenever reading threads arise i usually try to throw in my The Call of the Wild recommendation if possible (even though i'm not reading it right now. i just love that book).
[QUOTE="Hallenbeck77"]I have a whole stack of Clive Barker novels I have to start readin. Just finished reading the novel Battle Royale, currently reading the manga.yermomsboxx
There's a novel and a manga? The novel is written by Koushun Takami. He also co-wrote the manga adation. The bood is a good read, so is the manga so far. Extremely graphic though. Publisher is Tokyopop.
i finally finished Ulysses (only took me 6 months) and ive just bought the complete Orwell and managed to fly through Animal Farm yesterday. Burmese Days is next in it
Aside from the pile of textbooks that i gots to read, im also reading Dusk by Tim Lebbon. Its a fantacy/sci-fi novel which is pretty good so far id give it a 4 out of 5. Before that i read Terry Goodkind's Phantom. Let me correct my self, i read about 40 pages of that book and then went and returned it the next day. I do not recommend that book under any circumstances, even if you are or were(like me) a big Terry Goodkind fan. Unless you wanna read like 500+ pages of half assed philosophy that Terry made up after a couple of fatty joints and a bag of Cheetos.
I'm just starting A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. My aunt recommended it to me; she said that unlike most books that try to include the colloquialisms of New Orleans, this one actually does them justice. My question is, what are you reading? (comic books count, too) yermomsboxx
[QUOTE="yermomsboxx"]I'm just starting A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. My aunt recommended it to me; she said that unlike most books that try to include the colloquialisms of New Orleans, this one actually does them justice. My question is, what are you reading? (comic books count, too) doubutsuteki
Brilliant books! :D Haven't read any of them in awhile though... Anyway at the moment I'm reading Finn Family Moomintroll the one about the Hobgoblin's Hat. ;)
[QUOTE="yermomsboxx"]Anyone a fan of the Discworld series?Foolz3h
Brilliant books! :D Haven't read any of them in awhile though... Anyway at the moment I'm reading Finn Family Moomintroll the one about the Hobgoblin's Hat. ;)I picked up The Last Continent for free outside a health-food store. Is it any good?
[QUOTE="Foolz3h"][QUOTE="yermomsboxx"]Anyone a fan of the Discworld series?yermomsboxx
Brilliant books! :D Haven't read any of them in awhile though... Anyway at the moment I'm reading Finn Family Moomintroll the one about the Hobgoblin's Hat. ;)I picked up The Last Continent for free outside a health-food store. Is it any good? No idea! I've only read one of them and that was several years ago and I can't remember the name. However the one I did read was fantastic and my sister has read alot of them and says they're all pretty good so odds are that that one is good too. ;)
[QUOTE="doubutsuteki"][QUOTE="yermomsboxx"]I'm just starting A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. My aunt recommended it to me; she said that unlike most books that try to include the colloquialisms of New Orleans, this one actually does them justice. My question is, what are you reading? (comic books count, too) yermomsboxx
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