So, what are you reading right now?
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I've just finished reading American Psycho (literally - like 5 minutes ago).
It's taken me longer than it usually does to read a book of the same size, but it was hard for me to get through since I found it genuinely nauseating at times and couldn't continue reading for longer periods of time.
I still find it a very interesting book, quite different from anything else I've read up until now. Very grim and gory, but also engaging, psychedelic, hilarious and even poetic at times. I'm glad I read it, but on some level I'm kinda glad I don't have to read it anymore as well.
It's taken me longer than it usually does to read a book of the same size, but it was hard for me to get through since I found it genuinely nauseating at times and couldn't continue reading for longer periods of time.
I still find it a very interesting book, quite different from anything else I've read up until now. Very grim and gory, but also engaging, psychedelic, hilarious and even poetic at times. I'm glad I read it, but on some level I'm kinda glad I don't have to read it anymore as well.
Sulla was a bit of a super villain, wasn't he? Oh, your Uncle was my sworn enemy and I'm setting up as a brutal dictator. Even though you hate my guts and I can tell you're very resourceful, I'm going to let you live, even though you didn't follow my super-villainous demand of divorcing your wife. (talking about Julius Caesar)Spaghetti said:
OT: Waiting for some books from Amazon. The second Scott Pilgrim book. A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, and The Sword of Truth: Pillars of Creation.
A Classical Education (the stuff you wish you'd been taught at school)
Effectivly, it teaches you the Latin alphabet, a few phrases in Latin and gives you all of the details on the Greek gods and goddeses and Roman history, due to its impact on the developement of the Western world.
Effectivly, it teaches you the Latin alphabet, a few phrases in Latin and gives you all of the details on the Greek gods and goddeses and Roman history, due to its impact on the developement of the Western world.
currently:
The Norton Shakespeare (at Cymbeline right now, so nearly finished)
The Antipope by Robert Rankin
Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Road by Jack Kerouac
Yeah, I usually read at least 3 books parallel, sue me.
from July 12: A Dance With Dragons
The Norton Shakespeare (at Cymbeline right now, so nearly finished)
The Antipope by Robert Rankin
Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Road by Jack Kerouac
Yeah, I usually read at least 3 books parallel, sue me.
from July 12: A Dance With Dragons
Listening to The Hitchhiker's Guide on audiobook, it's quite a task to follow, considering how many plot-changes and timeperiods are going on.
My girlfriend recently read the whole Dragonlance series (I think it was all of them, at least 12-15 books), and I've started on it.
About Obama's comment, I'm a bit disappointed that he made it a point about games. Games are a form of entertainment, that I find much more interesting than the others. It's not fair to bathe it in a negative light while not mentioning that the problem is inactivity and too much time spent on entertainment in general. I guess a president with a positive view on games would lose too much support.
My girlfriend recently read the whole Dragonlance series (I think it was all of them, at least 12-15 books), and I've started on it.
About Obama's comment, I'm a bit disappointed that he made it a point about games. Games are a form of entertainment, that I find much more interesting than the others. It's not fair to bathe it in a negative light while not mentioning that the problem is inactivity and too much time spent on entertainment in general. I guess a president with a positive view on games would lose too much support.
I am currently reading "Cutting for stone" by Abraham Verghese. The shear scope and depth of this book is impossible to put into words.
At the moment?
Nothing. I'm waiting on the new books in a bunch series to come out(got the new Dresden Files preordered with a couple others
) and my wallet to fill up more. I think I got a few books I can read or reread in the meantime, but I'm going to have to dig through my bookshelf which is a fucking mess right now.
The last thing I did read was the newest issue of American Riflemen yesterday.
Nothing. I'm waiting on the new books in a bunch series to come out(got the new Dresden Files preordered with a couple others
) and my wallet to fill up more. I think I got a few books I can read or reread in the meantime, but I'm going to have to dig through my bookshelf which is a fucking mess right now.The last thing I did read was the newest issue of American Riflemen yesterday.
