What Are You Reading

[Vardeman Sneed]

Wild at Heart

I am re-reading Wild at Heart - Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge.
http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Heart-Discovering-Secret-Mans/dp/0785268839

It is one of my favorite reads.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Yes, it's very good. I recently came across both it and The Thin Man while thrifting (at different times). I've enjoyed both a lot, and likely will end up getting the rest of Hammett, too.

You can't go wrong with any of Hammett. Red Harvest is a particular favorite of mine, but they're all good.

 

[invention13]

war and peace - it has been sitting in my garage bookshelf for years, and I spend 3+ hrs/day on the train commuting....

Actually pretty engrossing once I got into it.

 

[Lancealot]

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding It's a compilation of urban fantasy short stories revolving around weddings.

 

[mrswheats]

The Watchmen; my husband's raved about it for years, and with the movie coming up next year, I wanted to read the graphic novel first.

I'm also re-reading World War Z and the Zombie Survival Guide.

 

[Lancealot]

The Watchmen; my husband's raved about it for years, and with the movie coming up next year, I wanted to read the graphic novel first.

I'm also re-reading World War Z and the Zombie Survival Guide.

The Watchmen is a great story I can't wait to see the movie.

 

[Marlowe P.]

Just re-read "The Big Sleep". I like it.
Now onto "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides

 

[imoldfashioned]

The book that goes along with the exhibit of Cecilia Beaux's work. I really must get to Philly to see the exhibit in person--her portraits are lovely.

 

[LocktownDog]

Just moved on to God Is Not Great.

 

[alexandra]

I'm re-reading Ulysses with a friend of mine. It's been a long time since I've read this book and I'd forgotten how much I despise the lack of quotation marks.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

I'm re-reading Ulysses with a friend of mine. It's been a long time since I've read this book and I'd forgotten how much I despise the lack of quotation marks.

Whatever you do, don't read William Gaddis's monumental JR. Not only are there no quotation marks, but the speakers are never identified (throughout a 750 page novel).

 

[alexandra]

Haha. It's funny, whenever I've mentioned how much I dislike the lack of punctuation, someone says "Well don't read [book name]" but no one has said the same book twice. I now have a grand list of books never to read.

I will just pretend to be learned and well read instead. It will save time and frustration in any case!

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Coorparoo Blues...by the FL's very own, DrGreg...fantastic noir...

 

[Mary]

I mostly read comics because I like them and because I can read so many so fast!

The watchmen is a great book. hope you think so too, swingtimegal!

I'd love to get and give tips on comics but maybe there's a tread for that to somewhere.

Anyway. I'm reading Elfriede Jelinek's Die Klavierspielerin/the piano player right now. At first it was hard to get into but now I really like it. I like their minds.

Right now I'm trying to learn more about people who are very stict to themselves. Have read some books about people with strict religions and i find it fascinating. I want to understand those people who want to obey and don't expect any thanks. I don't know anyone like that who want the sacrifice and suffering.

Maybe you think that this has nothing to do with the golden era but at least some people back then were very strict. I don't want it to be forgotten. And in a way I want to get to know my granny and her upbringing.

And I do understand if you can't understand a thing of me trying to explain myself in English.

M

 

[Harley Quinn]

I'm currently hacking between Shobogenzo by Zenji Dogen and “Awakening of Faith”, attributed to Asvaghosha in the Yoshito S. Hakeda translation.

 

[hepkitten]

war and peace - it has been sitting in my garage bookshelf for years, and I spend 3+ hrs/day on the train commuting....

Actually pretty engrossing once I got into it.

I owned War and Peace for years before I read it. I read the first 100 pages six times and gave up five...by the sixth try, I finally had all the characters and the eighteen variations of their names figured out, and it was smooth sailing from there! It's one of my "desert island" books, it's so damn good.

Currently I'm reading Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. What an irreverent, funny book--I'm wondering how I missed it all these years.

Just finished The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. Also funny but poignant as well--richly deserving of its National Book Award.

 

[Harley Quinn]

I've met TP many times over the years... never really warmed to him. Neil Gaiman is a lovely chap though... very easy to sink a pint with...

 

[Patrick Murtha]

I mostly read comics because I like them and because I can read so many so fast!

The watchmen is a great book. hope you think so too, swingtimegal!

I'd love to get and give tips on comics but maybe there's a tread for that to somewhere.

Anyway. I'm reading Elfriede Jelinek's Die Klavierspielerin/the piano player right now. At first it was hard to get into but now I really like it. I like their minds.

Right now I'm trying to learn more about people who are very stict to themselves. Have read some books about people with strict religions and i find it fascinating. I want to understand those people who want to obey and don't expect any thanks. I don't know anyone like that who want the sacrifice and suffering.

Maybe you think that this has nothing to do with the golden era but at least some people back then were very strict. I don't want it to be forgotten. And in a way I want to get to know my granny and her upbringing.

And I do understand if you can't understand a thing of me trying to explain myself in English.

M

Your English reads just fine.

I think comics and graphic literature are perfectly good in this thread. They are certainly reading material, and the best of them are terrific.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

Your English reads just fine.

I think comics and graphic literature are perfectly good in this thread. They are certainly reading material, and the best of them are terrific.

i finished off the 'V For Vendetta' graphic comic series not too long ago...not the novel but the actual comic books...great series...intense...

 

[imported_the_librarian]

Just picked up the Spirit of St. Louis today and published in '53, great book. It's a shame that it's not carried in more libraries......