What Are You Reading?

[spacelordmother]

I just started "Fahrenheit 451" for a class after finishing "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest." Mandated reading is cool when the books are good.

After that I will go back to finish the anthology of Hemingway's short stories. I adore him! You must read "The Sun Also Rises" if you like him and haven't. MUST.

[foomanfat]

Currently reading Nevada by Joshua Porter a.k.a. Josh Dies of Showbread

[RossCanyonsofstatic]

just finished farwell to arms by hemmingway...just started cloud atlas by david mitchell..
I would recommend 2666 by roberto bolano----actually anything by roberto bolano is great.

have just read Cloud Atlas....v.good, have got to finish Popco by Scarlet Thomas(The end of mr Y was fantastic) before moving on to 2666.

nice... i'm liking Cloud Atlas so far.
popco looks interesting, I have never heard of Scarlet Thomas so I will check it out...
2666---if you can make it to the end it won't disappoint

[Monkey]

just finished farwell to arms by hemmingway...just started cloud atlas by david mitchell..
I would recommend 2666 by roberto bolano----actually anything by roberto bolano is great.

have just read Cloud Atlas....v.good, have got to finish Popco by Scarlet Thomas(The end of mr Y was fantastic) before moving on to 2666.

nice... i'm liking Cloud Atlas so far.
popco looks interesting, I have never heard of Scarlet Thomas so I will check it out...
2666---if you can make it to the end it won't disappoint

looking forward to it,have a stockpile of books to read, can't keep up at the minute.looking forward to 2666, spur of the moment purchase.
The End of Mr Y and Popco both good.
Bought Ghostwritten as soon as i finished Cloud Atlas and i see new book out/imminent.

[smile_man]

There seems to be a lot of love for cloud atlas here, I named one of my albums after it, i should probably read it.

[htsamurai]

I r dnt no how read

[spacelordmother]

I r dnt no how read

es k, u can werk fuzz nob ok.

[Connor]

The Electric Koolaid Acid Test

[Big Mon]

Recently re-read Children of Odin by Padraig Collum

[1,2,3, Pull Out!]

Gravity's rainbow...

Shut up.
I 'm actually thinking of conquering that bad boy after exams are over.

[veteransdaypoppy]

Gravity's rainbow...

Shut up.
I 'm actually thinking of conquering that bad boy after exams are over.

I traded books with my friend for a train ride. His Gravity's Rainbow was in horrible condition but I read the first couple pages. It seemed like an awesome read. I'd like to get my hands on it eventually.

[Houdini116]

I forgot to mention that we're reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness in my English class. Great book. I had never known that Apocalypse Now was Coppola's adaptation of the novella. Definetely recommended, Conrad was a genius.

[smile_man]

Gravity's rainbow...

Shut up.
I 'm actually thinking of conquering that bad boy after exams are over.

P:

It's not so difficult after a few pages when you start to understand the writing style.

[foomanfat]

Man, this thread makes me feel dumb.

[Connor]

E.B. Sledge's With The Old Breed

god i'm such an old fart... going through a major "i need to know everything about WW2" phase, been watching the HBO show The Pacific which was based in large part on this book.

It begins with a Marine's first encounter with actual combat--the invasion of Peleliu. My grandfather was shot twice on those beaches but survived. Crazy stuff.

dude ive been watching the pacific too!
its. so. good.
and now its done

but i want to read the book as well. i bet the sale of sledge's books went up like a bagillion times.