Thread: What are you reading?

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Originally Posted by Raspberry

Just finished the Mistborn trilogy. 'twas good

I've never heard of anyone but me having read that. It was the most entertaining and immersive series I've ever read.


Right now, I'm reading a book called Microserfs about people who worked at Microsoft around 1993. It's interesting, one of those books that's purpose is to convey a message, not entertaining at all. It's for English class.

I'm also technically reading a few books but have forgotten about most of them. I was trying to read like 5 books at a time, but I guess I'll try to stick with one at a time or I'll never actually get any read.

I just finnished reading The Wisa Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss and it's just as good, if not better than, the first book in the series.

Currently I'm reading Macbeth and it's taking me far longer to read that I thought it would, but it's still very interesting.

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Best thing I've read recently was Knut Hamsun's Hunger. It's short enough that none of you have an excuse for not reading it right now.

If you enjoyed Hunger, you may find George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London in a similar vein.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

If you enjoyed Hunger, you may find George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London in a similar vein.

I have that one lined up for Easter holiday reading, coincidentally.

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

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Originally Posted by Mistborn

I just finnished reading The Wisa Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss and it's just as good, if not better than, the first book in the series.

Currently I'm reading Macbeth and it's taking me far longer to read that I thought it would, but it's still very interesting.

It's taking everything not to write in all caps and just say "WAHT THE FUCK!? WISE MAN'S FEAR IS OUT!? WHEN DID THIS FUCKING HAPPEN!?" I guess I did it anyway. Seriously, I'm going to have to get this book right away. I finished Name of the Wind a few months ago and this is the first I've heard that the second book has been published.

Currently I'm reading Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It's strange, but somewhat entertaining.

Noteworthy novels I've read recently (since Christmas) is the Mistborn trilogy (very good!), The Wise Man's Fear (even better than the first of the series) and Pride and Prejudice (quite entertaining).

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Best thing I've read recently was Knut Hamsun's Hunger. It's short enough that none of you have an excuse for not reading it right now.

How about "I don't currently have it in my possession"? However I guess I'll read it when I'm at home during Easter.

Notes from the underground is a pretty good little book. I like Dostoevsky, his writing style is very dense.
Just started the collected works of Charles Sanders Peirce.

I had a writing prof who was absolutely obsessed with Dostoevsky, and Notes from Underground in particular. I found it interesting and certainly an early exemplar of Modernism (I read it for Modern Fiction), but as the Big Russians go, I'll take Tolstoy or Checkhov over the D-man any day. Really Faulkner is the only Modern I like much, unless you count Hemingway (or Checkhov, I suppose) who to me was doing something entirely different and less entrenched in the anxieties of the era.

Jason and the Golden Fleece, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (again). They're all very short, I know. I have a long list of books to read piling up for the summer, like always. I just can't seem to focus enough on books during the school year. :[

I'm reading Storm Front, by Jim Butcher. Among others.

I'm currently reading The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, and On the Suffering of the World, by Arthur Schopenhauer.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

I'm reading Storm Front, by Jim Butcher. Among others.

Love this series. I can't wait for the next book, it just gets intense. Savor. =)

Originally Posted by Seroquel

I'm currently reading The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, and On the Suffering of the World, by Arthur Schopenhauer.

I've been wanting to read this for a long time. I want a full book report, sir.

I'm currently reading a book by Carlos Castaneda.
The Teachings of Don Juan. A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Originally Posted by cspicer2

I've been wanting to read this for a long time. I want a full book report, sir.

It's a short little thing, but it describes a psychedelic trip with excellent detail, empirically. If you have experienced psychedelics before, you'll totally understand what Aldous is writing, trying to explain.

After you read that, you should read his Heaven and Hell. Another short, but great little book.

Originally Posted by Seroquel

After you read that, you should read his Heaven and Hell. Another short, but great little book.

Right on, I will write that down. =)

Just finished reading "The Desert Spear" Peter V. Brett, like that even though it has magic it is a different kind that hasn't been used much (wards)

Now I'm working on getting into the mood to read "The Liveship Trilogy" Robin Hobb, but just can't get the motivation to go back to a book about boats.

Lord of the Rings! Finally decided to start reading it.

My favorite book of all time, though, is Anthem by Ann Rand
I will probably be reading that 50+ more times in my lifetime lol

Originally Posted by Wayfaerer

Lord of the Rings! Finally decided to start reading it.

Be careful with the third book, Frodo is lame and really boring.

Originally Posted by WinRic

Be careful with the third book, Frodo is lame and really boring.

Haha ok, I got a 50th anniversary one volume edition so its just one book. I was kind of hoping to be into some more interesting character's by then anyway haha, the elves are described so awesomely.

I read a fair chunk of We're All Doing Time by Bo Lozoff this morning. It was written as a guide to spiritual practice for inmates, as part of his Prison Ashram project. My sister was asking for some kind of introductory book on Buddhism--no she's not in jail, nor is the book strictly Buddhist, but I think it will make a good primer coming from somewhere she can understand.

Originally Posted by Wayfaerer

My favorite book of all time, though, is Anthem by Ann Rand
I will probably be reading that 50+ more times in my lifetime lol

That's the way it goes for some people, but fortunately a lot of people wise up after the fourth or fifth time through their Rand bible of choice. Also, it's Ayn, not Ann.

I'm reading The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud because my sister recommended it to me, but this far it's been quite boring. Fortunately it's a quick read, so I can soon move on to a more interesting book.

Currently reading "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson. The first book in the series "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was so good I had to pick up the next in the series. I definitely recommend this series...