What are you reading?

[ShiftyPowers]

So what is everyone reading at the moment? I'm guessing that most aren't reading anything , but those who are, what? Also what have you read recently?

Just finished..
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Animal Farm (again) by George Orwell (seriously people, this is probably the best 2.5 hours, give or take 1 hour, you can spend)

Currently reading...
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

All of them are good, and Richard Wright has become sort of a hero to me over the past few months. I'll also recommend Native Son by Richard Wright.

 

[Larry]

I finished Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, now reading Point Blanc by by Anthony Horowitz, and then after that im going to read the last book in that series, forgot the name

 

[Joe]

I need to go to the bookstore.

 

[Paul]

i need to avoid bookstores.

my brain tells me they're evil

 

[LaBrujita]

Just finished all but the last few pages of The Universe in a Nutshell.

Partially into The Fellowship of the Ring (again) and Harry Potter - Chamber of Secrets (been on one chapter for about 6 months).

Reading a bunch of poetry and myths for school: So Hesiod's Theogony, right now, I guess could qualify.

Just was given Dave Barry's Big Trouble (i think that's the name).

Planning to read in the next couple months (also known as a year in my reading speed during school): On Equilibrium, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ; and Guns, Germs, and Steel.

 

[rhizome17]

1. War in the Age of Intelligent Machines - Manuel DeLanda, a multimedia artist, who writes from the perspective of the evolution of technology as an independent phenomenon rather than 'man' as the first person (I hope that makes sense). Another good one of his is '1000 years of NonLinear History', where he writes history from three different perspectives of morals, genes and bactaria.

2. Manslaughter United - Chris Hulme, a true story about a prison football team at HMP Kingston.

3. Empire - Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, this one is massive and requires multiple readings and numerous breaks to mull over the content, I have put it down for a month and then come back to it. In a nutshell it is a treatise on the current political and economic climate of the world. Hardt is a lecturer in Literary theory at Duke, while Negri is an Italian dissedent and political prisoner. If anyone considers reading this, be warned: it is big, and it is dense. But if you have the time, it is worth the effort.

 

[mhflierman]

Just finished Fredrick Forsyth: The fist of god. Now reading from the same author The Dogs of War.

 

[IceBlu]

just finished :

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't - Jim Collins

Tell No One by Harlan Coben

currently reading -

The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum

 

[monkee]

This week I will mostly be reading...

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (A trilogy in four parts) - Fantastic, it's got to be the funniest book I've read.

 

[INFESTA]

I HAVE to get Animal Farm. I'm dynig to read that book!

Hey Evan, so you're going to read "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ"? Great! You won't regret it. I just hope the translation's good and that you can adjust to his unique writing style. [yeah, Saramago doesn't use any ponctuation except commas and full stops.]

Very interesting books everybody's reading here. That's great to see!

The last book I read was "The Year Of Death Of Ricardo Reis".

Currently, I'm reading "100 years of solitude", by Gabriel García Márquez, which is one of the best novels of the 20th century. I'm half way through it, and I'm definitely hooked. The book is awesome!
I'm also reading a Portuguese dictionary and a grammar book.

Next, on my pile of books, I have:

- "Love in the Time of Cholera", by Gabriel García Márquez.
- "The Duplicated Man", By Saramago.

I know, I'm becoming obsessed with these 2 writers, but I have to read their stuff before they die.

 

[monkee]

Just a memory... Any of you guys that were thinking about it read 'Nature of Blood' yet by Caryl Phillips?

 

[JTNY]

I recently have read last 6-12 months:


The Stand : Stephen King.
The Crucible Trilogy: Sara Douglass.

Now I am reading:

Brief History Of Time: Stephen Hawking
Secrets of the Stone Age:?

I am also looking to get a book, from Stephen King and co-written by someone else. I dunno the name, but I will get soon.

 

[ZePenguin]

I'm curently beginning to read the two towers (how original)

Also i still have to finish Rainbow Six by Tom clancy

 

[hermolt]

I'm so low brow. A biography of cricketer Steve Waugh.

I just finished reading 'American Psycho'.

And whole bunch of Chomsky and Pilger so I'm ready for the right wingers should I get into my course next year.

 

[Sir Calumn]

These are the books I have read of my own accord:

Recently Finished:

A Gun Before Butter Nicholas Freeling
Othello - Possibly my favourite Shakespeare play William Shakespeare
Day of the Carlos*al (again) Fredrick Forsyth
The Milligan War Diaries Spike Milligan


Currently Reading

The Diaries of Samuel Peypes Samuel Peypes

and books I've been forced to read at school:

Recently Finished:

Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Hardy

Currently Reading:

To Kill a Mocking Bird Names Escapes Me

-C

 

[FuriousGeorge]

Just Finished:

The Delta Project: Discovering new sources of profitability in a networked economy
By Arnoldo Hax and Dean Wilde

Also in the 6 months I read:

Reread the LOTR trilogy to get ready for the new movie

'Tis by Frank Mcourt

Omerta by Mario Puzo

Santitos by Maria Amparo Escandon

 

[monkee]

Originally posted by ChelseaFan88
Currently Reading:

To Kill a Mocking Bird Names Escapes Me

Harper Lee matey. One of my most favourite books. Haven't read it for about 7yrs though.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Originally posted by monkee
Harper Lee matey. One of my most favourite books. Haven't read it for about 7yrs though.

That's the one - the book's at school so I couldn't check it up.

It is very good so far, although I'm not very far into it yet.

-C

 

[LaBrujita]

Originally posted by ChelseaFan88
That's the one - the book's at school so I couldn't check it up.

It is very good so far, although I'm not very far into it yet.

-C

I want to read that and some other classics (some again);ie. Animal Farm, Death of a Salesman, Catcher in the Rye, and of course Lord of the Flies.


Sucks to your assmar.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Originally posted by LaBrujita
I want to read that and some other classics (some again);ie. Animal Farm, Death of a Salesman, Catcher in the Rye, and of course Lord of the Flies.


Sucks to your assmar.

I have read Lord of the Flies and didn't think it was anything special.

You should read Kidnapped by R. L. Stevenson - magnificant book.

-C