What are you reading?

[crni1976]

I don't think this topic has been touched yet. Still, I enjoy reading and am hoping some of you might do so as well. So, let us know what your are reading or if you have any suggestions.

I recently enjoyed a book by Michael Muhammad Knight about a fictitious Islamic hardcore and punk rock scene in the United States. A novel that planted the seed for the real thing afterwards, and sparked a movie about the scene as well.



Currently I am reading a fun and easygoing novel by Chuck Klosterman, set in a fictional town in North Dakota, and portraying a host of vivid and often quite funny characters.

[fallingskyline]

Last read:

- The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[Wiltzuh]

Stephen King

[i am a snail]

how to win friends (because i am sad and alone shut up)
the islanders
dune (again)
cloud atlas

[agusbmxarg]

I finished reading 'The Book of Five Rings' (similar to Hagakure, the Bushido and such, japanese philosophy and swordmanship stuff).
Now I'd like to get off amazon 'The Playboy interviews: Directors' (Interviews of Eastwood, Bergman, Cohen bros and more film directors). I hope I don't have any issues with local customs by ordering a book abroads :/

[SK8ERatWAR]

silmarillion. I have never read tolkien before, so I thought I'd start with the actual first one.
I'm not a big reader actually, the last thing I read that amused me were the walking dead comics.. and before that I only read if I had to for school..

[crni1976]

Currently finishing up rereading After Dark, by my favourite author Haruki Murakami. Another Japanese author, new to me, is up next...

[InsideManager]

Reading two books at the moment, one for University and one for enjoyment, but both have been enjoyable.

[echoturbo]

found this book to be a real page turner

[andreas]

I'm currently reading the profiles of my matches for blackpeoplemeet.com I'm really sick and tired of being single.

[Boris Magee]

I recently finished high school and have had time to lapse into reading again like i used to.
recent ones have been

-crime and punishment
-l'etranger
- of mice and men
- to the lighthouse
- romeo and juliet
- notes from the undeground
- been working on some ts eliot stuff in preparation for university
- emily dickinson

[mamba12]

silmarillion. I have never read tolkien before, so I thought I'd start with the actual first one.
I'm not a big reader actually, the last thing I read that amused me were the walking dead comics.. and before that I only read if I had to for school..

I love tolkien, but the silmarillion is mind-numbingly boring. Like reading a god damn history text book. Still worth reading though

I actually just finished the hobbit again. Next on the list is Catch-22

[SK8ERatWAR]

I love tolkien, but the silmarillion is mind-numbingly boring. Like reading a god damn history text book. Still worth reading though

I actually just finished the hobbit again. Next on the list is Catch-22

I like history text books haha, When I read a story I wanna know aaaall the history behind it

[crni1976]

Next on the list is Catch-22

It's supposedly a classic. I read it, but couldn't quite get into it at the time. I should reread it sometime.

[mamba12]

It's supposedly a classic. I read it, but couldn't quite get into it at the time. I should reread it sometime.

I don't have much time to read so the time i do have, i try to read "the classics". 1984, Brave New World, the Sound and the Fury, and Catcher in the Rye were some of the ones i read last year.

[Legba]

Besides Transworld and other skate-related stuff (Mullen's autobiography, Impossible, The evolution of the deck, etc) and whatever the fuck I'm reading for class, I tend to split my reading between the bathroom and the rest of my life lol.
here are my 3 currents:

Toilet:

Encounters - My school's bi-quarterly literature publication. Poems, short stories, and plenty of great photos. Perfect for me to pick up & put down at nature's whim.

Everywhere Else:

A great book championing for the acceptance and celebration of natural hair among African Americans (most black people hate their hair)
&

A crumby book on networking. Cuz I'm great at meeting people, but I'm terrible at doing so with a goal in mind....either I like you or I don't, and I don't really ask for favors...but I intend to write for magazines, so I need to work on my Rolodex in that industry :/

[sk8tatter]

Most people aren't ready for this book,but its a very good and informed read,its even on youtube voiced by the author if you hate reading

[replicant]

Just finished Frozen Heat by Richard Castle.


Might read Hunger Games or Otherland next. Not sure.

[Wiltzuh]

I like history text books haha, When I read a story I wanna know aaaall the history behind it

EXCACTLY...my name should be Stevie 2 tho

[SK8ERatWAR]

EXCACTLY...my name should be Stevie 2 tho

haha I'm waiting on your clips Stevie 2!

[echoturbo]

i knew it was only a matter of time before someone posted this book

[crni1976]

Just started this, and it will likely turn out to be a weird experience.

[Granka]

Reading this at the moment. "Livet Deluxe" (Life Deluxe), the last book in the Stockholm Noir-trilogy. Really good stuff.

After that one I will start to read one of these three:

[crni1976]

Reading this at the moment. "Livet Deluxe" (Life Deluxe), the last book in the Stockholm Noir-trilogy. Really good stuff.

I usually am not into the whole crimi genre. Only read the Larsson trilogy, and that was okay and entertaining.

Thanks for that Jens Lapidus suggestion though. I will check that one out, that is, if I can find a translation.

[mamba12]

and

Gotta finish 2 and start 3 before the new season starts!

[m.seven]

[pawnluvguitarist]

and

Gotta finish 2 and start 3 before the new season starts!

Nice, yeah I just finished the second one, gonna watch season 3 before I read the third book though. I think I prefer watching first then reading.

[mamba12]

That's how i've done it so far, but i can tell you i was quite lost for the first few episodes. Just so many characters. But i think we've been introduced to most of the characters on the show at this point, so it shouldn't be too hard to follow season three.

Also, without getting too off topic, book 3 will be split into two separate seasons. And i do believe i read that the chronology of the book will be shifted around to make the show more sensible. So maybe you have the right idea.

[crni1976]

That's how i've done it so far, but i can tell you i was quite lost for the first few episodes. Just so many characters. But i think we've been introduced to most of the characters on the show at this point, so it shouldn't be too hard to follow season three.

Also, without getting too off topic, book 3 will be split into two separate seasons. And i do believe i read that the chronology of the book will be shifted around to make the show more sensible. So maybe you have the right idea.

Would you say you really have to be into fantasy to enjoy these works? I read good reviews about the series (especially the books) but for some reason it still puts me off, being pretty much a fantasy illiterate (not considering Tolkien though).. .

[mamba12]

Would you say you really have to be into fantasy to enjoy these works? I read good reviews about the series (especially the books) but for some reason it still puts me off, being pretty much a fantasy illiterate (not considering Tolkien though).. .

Definitely not, there's no elves or orcs, but i guess Dragons kinda count.

Taken from wikipedia

"Drawing inspiration from historical events such as the English period of the Wars of the Roses, Martin defied the conventions of the high fantasy genre. The series received praise for its realism; it subdues magic in favor of battles and political intrigue. The first novel contains practically no magic at all, yet the presence of magic keeps growing for each book."

[agusbmxarg]

Yess. I went thru it last year, but once I while I jump on a random page and look for some phrase to refresh the spirit.
If you like it, look out for Hagakure, and Bushido Shoshinzu.

[crni1976]

And now for some bizarro. ..

[knexzor]

Recently read:
Nelson Mandela's autobiography (Long Walk to Freedom)
Keith Richard's autobiography (Life)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (about climbing Mt Everest)

Currently reading Disgrace by John Coetzee

[crni1976]

Recently read:
Nelson Mandela's autobiography (Long Walk to Freedom)
Keith Richard's autobiography (Life)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (about climbing Mt Everest)

Currently reading Disgrace by John Coetzee

That is some serious reading right there. I have read both Into Thin Air and Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and definitely enjoyed his work.. .

[crni1976]

Just read these (short) stories:







and

[Demzilla]

i dont read a lot...
usually wondering through like 5 books at once....

currently on...


and


yes my copy is that fucking gross too....


sidenote...
when i see these i cant really help myself..
they end up in the trash 3 months later but who cares...
too good to pass up....

[crni1976]

sidenote...
when i see these i cant really help myself..
they end up in the trash 3 months later but who cares...
too good to pass up....

wtf?!

[Hobbs]

i might be a little young for this thread... lol

[crni1976]

[m.seven]

damn hobbs,couldn't find bigger pictures?
started reading "The Walking Dead" comics from the beginning a couple weeks ago,up to about issue 40 now.