Anton LaVey - The Satanic Bible
Been looking for a copy of this for a while, been interested at what was bound in the pages.
Anton LaVey - The Satanic Bible
Been looking for a copy of this for a while, been interested at what was bound in the pages.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Just started it.
Just started reading through Foundation by Isaac Asimov. It's been about five years since I've read it so I decided to go through the entire series again.
Originally Posted by TokiOriginally Posted by TokiOriginally Posted by Pickles
I just finished rereading Chain of Dogs, by Steven Erikson an epic fantasy of the fucking highest calibre. He weaves a vast tale with a cast of characters on par with George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but unlike Martin, Erikson doesn't lose control of his story. That one is book 2 of 10 (he's released 8 of 10 so far), and my personal favourite. The series itself only has about three books I wasn't impressed with, and of that only one I wouldn't reread.
He tends to go on a philosophical bent every now and then, but overall the characters, situations and general plot and execution are so good it overshadows any flaws in the story.
So, if you read fantasy books, read Steven Erikson.
I am re-reading Shock Wave by Clive Cussler.
Finished Brothers Karamazov yesterday, started The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol earlier today
I'm now reading Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis.
In an effort to astound people with my incredible pretentiousness
I am reading Plutarch's Lives right now, and holy shit is it ever dry
I am rereading Butcher Bird. Awesome book.
Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast"
I decided to read it whilst in Paris, in an effort to soak in the atmosphere that the book was written in, but I didn't have to time to make much headway, so I'm giving it a real go now that I'm back.
I read a few stories from Gogol's "Diary of a Madman" and got bored. It was interesting at first but it generally boiled down to craziness.
Started The Iliad last week.
I'm currently reading three things right now:
Finishing up The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Started reading a collection of essays called Love Undetectable by the gay (yay) Catholic conservative (boo) Andrew Sullivan as well as The Best American Essays of 2008, from my favorite Best American series.
to my list, add Of Human Bondage and the Nibelungenlied
Currently reading Plato's The Laws.
Just about finished with The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. Have to read it for one of my History classes, but this book is really great. Yet another I won't be returning at the end of the semester.
I am currently reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
So far I quite like the writing style, but am beginning to prefer the descriptions of the road trip more than his philosophical viewpoints. I shall persevere so I can at least argue more accurately against people who agree with him, or who knows, he might even say something sensible.
I just finished Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis. That was a fantastic book.
The bookstore in Park City didn't have any of the Tom Woolfe I wanted (Bonfire of the Vanities and/or A Man in Full), nor did they have any John Updike (which is more understandable, since they ended up selling out the entire Rabbit series when he died in January), so I started reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
So far it's fantastic and highly recommended to anyone who knows anything at all about the South or, more specifically, New Orleans.
i just finished Of Human Bondage, which made me a very large fan of Maugham's. I am amazed at the amount of fascinating things he described so drily throughout the story, and the occasional flashes of perfect word choice to describe things. I could go on for hours about this book (haha pm me so i can gibber away in an giddy display of fanboy excitement), but I digress.
I started reading (and am about halfway through) The Razor's Edge, which is equally fascinating. I'm going to spend a lot of time reading this guy.
Anyone read 'Snow Falling on Cedars'??
I have to read it for my lit class but can't find a copy and I'm not sure I wanna order it.
I'm thinking of just bluffing it by repeatedly reading Wikipedia and watching the film and just taking the mediocre grade for that essay.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. I'd heard some excerpts read on NPR, but I never even thought about picking the book up until my gay boyfriend at work brought me a copy and insisted I read it.
So far, I have nearly spat coffee all over my keyboard on 20+ occasions, and I'm not even halfway through.
It is hilarious.
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
I've already read it once through, and it was amazing. It's only getting better the second time.
EDIT: I must stop reading Dorian Gray and read an excerpt from the book The Grand Inquisitor
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Trying to muster up the time and dedication to read at the moment.
In theory, I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel and listening to the audiobook of The Name of The Rose by Umberto Eco.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” -Buddha
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Does The Picture of Dorian Gray reference The Grand Inquisitor? If it's Dostoevsky's Inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov then I am in luck! I finished that book a month or two ago and Dorian Grey is sitting on my nightstand waiting for the right moment.
edit: also I'm still reading the Iliad, didn't have much time to read the past few weeks, I should be done in a few days though
whose translation? i tried reading the one by fitzgerald, but it was sooooo dense and boring i couldn't tolerate it.
i'm reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. definitely a fun book, and it's amusing how the quick-witted and passive-aggressive gentle 19th century manner of speaking and narration is maintained even through the descriptions of the zombie attacks. i also don't think that any of the original plot is lost or at least too grossly altered.
Haha I read Fitzgerald's translation... after the first couple books I got a hang of the style and then everything went through pretty smooth; I finished it a few hours ago. Certainly not the most exciting thing I've ever read but I really didn't know the story to begin with (never saw any movies about it, never talked about it in school) so it was pretty interesting. The style was like nothing I've ever read before so that in itself made it worth it
I don't plan on doing it any time soon but I'd be interested in reading another translation. Last time I was at the bookstore I read the first book of another translation (I forget by who) and it seems like it'd be reading an entirely different book.
I have an eight hour bus ride to Baltimore tomorrow.. I'm bringing The Picture of Dorian Grey and Walden with me.. have another bus ride back home next Monday so I hope to make a dent in one or both books.
Ender in Exile (by orson scott card)
and In Search of Schrodinger's Cat (by John Gribbin)
After those Im gonna read Brave New World (by aldous huxley)
hah, I see. well in my defense i tried reading the fitzgerald translation about 10 years ago... i was pretty young, so maybe i should try picking it up again.
also, all this talk about the picture of dorian grey makes me want to pick that up again after i'm done with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. i should steal the compendium of the complete works of oscar wilde form my parents' house again. i only read the first couple pages, but the homosexuality starts out right away....
I am reading Unholy Alliance by Peter Levenda.
For the second time, The Time Traveler's Wife. I last read it over five years ago, and I remember being completely floored by it. I'm curious whether I was just a very romantic teenager, so I'm giving it another try.
Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray a few hours ago... I plan to read it again at some point in the future, it was very interesting, but unfortunately is was equally as depressing. Maybe I'll change my mind about that when I read it again, though.
Anyways, next book on my list is Walden by Henry David Thoreau
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