What are you reading right now?

kccv2c · 07-07-2009, 08:05 PM

chuck klosterman IV. hilarious.

Lain_Lain · 07-09-2009, 01:06 PM

I just finished reading Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. Fav.

6underground · 07-09-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

[CENTER]Oh - I just bought this yesterday!

Let me know if its good. My girlfriend and I are splitting it so I'll let you know what we come up with.

Pretty, pretty fucked up, my friend.
It’s about the sort of people you only want to know through fiction. And even then you feel kind of guilty…
Hope you have a dark sense of humor.

SATCHMO · 07-10-2009, 11:39 AM

I haven't been a fan of Stephen King's writing until this point. His Dark Tower series has met rave reviews from everyone I've talked to that has undertaken it. I can only say that having read a few chapters the quality of the writing is beyond the scope of anything I've seen from him before. This is great reading.

adidasss · 07-10-2009, 01:35 PM

adidasss · 07-10-2009, 04:46 PM

Yeah, 50 pages in and this is looking terribly ordinary so unless someone has some words of praise for the series/author I'll be moving on to greener pastures...absolutely no idea why they're comparing him to Douglas Adams...:\

Speaking of Douglas Adams and So long (pictured above), is it just me or did that book leave a lot of questions unanswered? I'm just reading through the wiki article on it and it says that "Earth is a replacement provided by the dolphins in their Save the Humans campaign"? Say what?

adidasss · 07-12-2009, 04:31 PM

Yeah, read Pnin by Nabokov in the meanwhile. It was extremely boring and utterly pointless. So very disappointed and discouraged to read more of his stuff...if anyone has any experience to the contrary (save for Lolita, which I love, and Pale fire, which I respect), do share...

Moving on to greener pastures: Kurt Vonnegut - Player piano

right-track · 07-12-2009, 04:41 PM

Currently reading the 3rd book of the Under the Eagle series.
Only a gazillion to go.

LoathsomePete · 07-15-2009, 01:00 PM

Found this by chance at the library on Saturday, which is pretty surprising considering none of the bookstores in Reno have it and when I looked on the library's data base it wasn't there either. So far it's a very good read, I was a little intimdated by the size of it (coming in at 500 pages) but I'm already up to 150 which is largely attributed to the style in which it is written. Very easy to follow and doesn't read like a school text book.

This is my third time reading this and it's just as enjoyable as the other two, I really should just buy the damn thing.

333 · 07-15-2009, 01:09 PM

07-09-2009, 01:06 PM	#1582 (permalink)
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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	__________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

07-10-2009, 04:46 PM	#1586 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Yeah, 50 pages in and this is looking terribly ordinary so unless someone has some words of praise for the series/author I'll be moving on to greener pastures...absolutely no idea why they're comparing him to Douglas Adams...:\ Speaking of Douglas Adams and So long (pictured above), is it just me or did that book leave a lot of questions unanswered? I'm just reading through the wiki article on it and it says that "Earth is a replacement provided by the dolphins in their Save the Humans campaign"? Say what? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm Last edited by adidasss; 07-10-2009 at 04:52 PM.

07-12-2009, 04:31 PM	#1587 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Yeah, read Pnin by Nabokov in the meanwhile. It was extremely boring and utterly pointless. So very disappointed and discouraged to read more of his stuff...if anyone has any experience to the contrary (save for Lolita, which I love, and Pale fire, which I respect), do share... Moving on to greener pastures: Kurt Vonnegut - Player piano __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

07-15-2009, 01:00 PM	#1589 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Found this by chance at the library on Saturday, which is pretty surprising considering none of the bookstores in Reno have it and when I looked on the library's data base it wasn't there either. So far it's a very good read, I was a little intimdated by the size of it (coming in at 500 pages) but I'm already up to 150 which is largely attributed to the style in which it is written. Very easy to follow and doesn't read like a school text book. This is my third time reading this and it's just as enjoyable as the other two, I really should just buy the damn thing. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

07-07-2009, 08:05 PM	#1581 (permalink)
kccv2c Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 10	chuck klosterman IV. hilarious.

07-10-2009, 11:39 AM	#1584 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I haven't been a fan of Stephen King's writing until this point. His Dark Tower series has met rave reviews from everyone I've talked to that has undertaken it. I can only say that having read a few chapters the quality of the writing is beyond the scope of anything I've seen from him before. This is great reading.

07-12-2009, 04:41 PM	#1588 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Currently reading the 3rd book of the Under the Eagle series. Only a gazillion to go.

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