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Post by inarikins on Jun 12, 2011 13:39:30 GMT -5
Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (listening to it, actually, because I can't stand to listen to the radio while I'm driving)
Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
and about six other books on my e-reader that I'm plugging away whenever I get bored enough.
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Post by Lilt on Jun 12, 2011 15:37:12 GMT -5
Franzen's The Corrections. He's got the Midwest pegged to a scary degree at certain times.
He's a little in love with himself, though. And at best is a poor man's David Foster Wallace, but it's a damn good book so far.
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Post by deenuhh on Jun 12, 2011 17:27:46 GMT -5
I just finished The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood (I'm currently obsessed with him)
And I just ordered two books by him from Amazon, but while I wait for them to come in I think I may either re-read The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway, or start The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Post by Dobby on Jun 12, 2011 17:34:02 GMT -5
I'm not currently reading anything; I just finished reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for class, and should now be studying it for my final tomorrow...
The next book I'm going to read is The Things They Carried, and either Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice.
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Post by glitterbug12 on Jun 12, 2011 19:40:20 GMT -5
If on a winter's night a traveler, by Italo Calvino - It's very interestingly written, but for some reason I'm having a hard time getting into it right now.
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Post by djcarter on Jun 12, 2011 20:14:26 GMT -5
I'm just finishing up an interesting book called Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. It's both a novel in its own right and a concise history of philosophy.
I have also just started High Fidelity by Nick Hornby for some lighter reading.
Next on the to-read list is Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. If anyone's read it, your thoughts?
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Post by KatjevanLoon on Jun 13, 2011 0:01:30 GMT -5
Copper Thunderbird by Marie Clements.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 13, 2011 0:37:14 GMT -5
I'm reading Apology, Crito, and Phaedo by Plato for my philosophy class. I think I'd rather watch paint dry.
I also started reading Jane Eyre but I got too bored with the narrative pace and haven't picked it up in a while.
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Post by memcgeady on Jun 13, 2011 9:58:14 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading Anna Karenina. I'm ambivalent about it. I don't hate it but I don't love it either. I believe this is due to the fact that I don't quite understand it yet and I'm hoping that when I understand it better I might actually like it.
As for what's next, who knows! I will probably just download a free classic on my kindle and read that.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 13, 2011 10:26:29 GMT -5
As for what I'm reading: Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen, Soulless by Gail Carringer, Bone Gods by Caitlin Kittredge,Dead Until Dark by Charlane Harris, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Also finished Buffy vol. 6 and am now reading: Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin and The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Sutterfield |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2011 10:26:36 GMT -5
I'm just finishing up an interesting book called Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. It's both a novel in its own right and a concise history of philosophy. I have also just started High Fidelity by Nick Hornby for some lighter reading. Next on the to-read list is Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. If anyone's read it, your thoughts? That's so weird! Sophie's World was the book which got me into philosophy as a kid, and High Fidelity is one of my favourite books. As for Kafka on the Shore, I'd be hard-pressed to tell you what the plot is, but it's filled with beautiful imagery and prose. I've read three books by Murakami now, and a fourth is sitting on my 'To Read' pile, and I'm still not sure what it is I like about his writing, but I keep reading it... |
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Post by djcarter on Jun 13, 2011 18:40:40 GMT -5
That's so weird! Sophie's World was the book which got me into philosophy as a kid, and High Fidelity is one of my favourite books. As for Kafka on the Shore, I'd be hard-pressed to tell you what the plot is, but it's filled with beautiful imagery and prose. I've read three books by Murakami now, and a fourth is sitting on my 'To Read' pile, and I'm still not sure what it is I like about his writing, but I keep reading it... Strange! Both are quite excellent though, I must say. Hornby's a favourite author, but I never would've found him had I not watched About a Boy. Rare example of a movie leading you to a book... And I'll take that as a positive review! I wish I could get my hands on a copy though...bookstores tend to think you're a bit strange when you ask for Japanese literature. |
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Post by Zeffy on Jun 13, 2011 19:06:21 GMT -5
Right now I'm making my way through The Iliad.
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Post by Silva on Jun 13, 2011 19:13:26 GMT -5
Right now I'm making my way through The Iliad. How are you liking it, and which translation? I loved it once I figured out who all the zillions of characters were. |
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Post by Marina on Jun 13, 2011 19:40:27 GMT -5
Right now I'm making my way through The Iliad. How are you liking it, and which translation? I loved it once I figured out who all the zillions of characters were. We need a Hector vs Achilles debate. |
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