What are you reading right now?

Psy-Fi · 03-16-2017, 08:42 AM

A bit of pulp for later this evening...

Drama, terror, crime, clowns, women, sex... looks like a winning combination!

DwnWthVwls · 03-16-2017, 09:34 AM

Just finished Gaiman's "The Ocean at the End of the Lane". Short read, but it was really good.

rostasi · 03-19-2017, 07:04 PM

Aux-In · 03-23-2017, 05:11 PM

Recently finished all 578 pages of this. Often touted as the father of value investing, much of Graham's concepts, as well as that of John Bogle and some others around that time, would lay the groundwork for what would essentially become the indexing industry. Back then you had to do all the research yourself.

Reading this currently:

Looking for something that goes beyond the headlines; something that provides more of a behind-the-scenes look at the decisions that were made during the crisis. At 48 pages in, we see Geithner as a reluctant Secretary of Treasury who, at least at the outset, didn't know if any of his tactics would work. Interestingly, he detested public speaking, although I'm expecting him to get more comfortable in his role, both in decision-making and public discourse, as the book goes along.

The Batlord · 03-23-2017, 05:46 PM

^^^

Been reading memes all day so for some reason I kept waiting for the punchline.

Aux-In · 03-23-2017, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

^^^

Been reading memes all day so for some reason I kept waiting for the punchline.

**Frownland** · 03-24-2017, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

My friend lent me his copy of Infinite Jest, so I'm pretty excited to start reading that.

I started it.

Akai · 03-24-2017, 07:02 PM

The Celestine Prophecy

Trollheart · 04-01-2017, 01:21 PM

Just started this. I know we're both going to love it.

In 1902, Jack London (Call of the Wild, White Fang etc) decided to live among the poor people of the East End of London for a time, to see what life was like for them there. Disguising himself as one of them and only arranging a safe haven where he could come and go occasionally if it all got too much, he spent months living in the slums, talking to the people there, learning about their lives through true experience. Then he wrote about it. Absorbing stuff already.

Here's an interesting quote right from the start of the book, almost:

"Presto! In the twinkling of an eye, so to speak, I had become one of them (the common folk). My frayed and out-at-elbows jacket was the badge and the advertisement of my class, which was their class. It made me of like kind, and in place of the fawning and too respectful attention I had received hitherto, I now shared with them a comradeship. The man in corduroy and dirty neckerchief no longer addressed me as "sir" or "governor". It was "mate" now."

rostasi · 04-01-2017, 02:56 PM

Reading this again - mostly because of a recent project.

03-23-2017, 05:11 PM	#5794 (permalink)
Aux-In Wrinkled Magazine Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: In Time Posts: 467	Recently finished all 578 pages of this. Often touted as the father of value investing, much of Graham's concepts, as well as that of John Bogle and some others around that time, would lay the groundwork for what would essentially become the indexing industry. Back then you had to do all the research yourself. Reading this currently: Looking for something that goes beyond the headlines; something that provides more of a behind-the-scenes look at the decisions that were made during the crisis. At 48 pages in, we see Geithner as a reluctant Secretary of Treasury who, at least at the outset, didn't know if any of his tactics would work. Interestingly, he detested public speaking, although I'm expecting him to get more comfortable in his role, both in decision-making and public discourse, as the book goes along. __________________ Reviews l YouTube Playlist: Another Dimension "All over a bowl of bitter beans." Last edited by Aux-In; 03-24-2017 at 01:01 AM. Reason: spelling errors were bothering me

04-01-2017, 01:21 PM	#5799 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Just started this. I know we're both going to love it. In 1902, Jack London (Call of the Wild, White Fang etc) decided to live among the poor people of the East End of London for a time, to see what life was like for them there. Disguising himself as one of them and only arranging a safe haven where he could come and go occasionally if it all got too much, he spent months living in the slums, talking to the people there, learning about their lives through true experience. Then he wrote about it. Absorbing stuff already. Here's an interesting quote right from the start of the book, almost: "Presto! In the twinkling of an eye, so to speak, I had become one of them (the common folk). My frayed and out-at-elbows jacket was the badge and the advertisement of my class, which was their class. It made me of like kind, and in place of the fawning and too respectful attention I had received hitherto, I now shared with them a comradeship. The man in corduroy and dirty neckerchief no longer addressed me as "sir" or "governor". It was "mate" now." __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

03-19-2017, 07:04 PM	#5793 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007

03-24-2017, 07:02 PM	#5798 (permalink)
Akai Godless Ape Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Britannia Posts: 1,255	The Celestine Prophecy

04-01-2017, 02:56 PM	#5800 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Reading this again - mostly because of a recent project.