What book are you reading right now? - Page 115

**ModernLit** · 06-10-2012, 01:03 PM

never let me go by ishiguro

**Mari** · 06-10-2012, 07:15 PM

The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. Again.

I'd forgotten how good the love story was. One of the few I like.

**lifesight** · 06-12-2012, 01:29 PM

An "Attic" Philosopher (v1), by Emile Souvestre
Notes from the Underground, by Feodor Dostoevsky

**Mari** · 06-12-2012, 01:33 PM

The Bluest Eyes, by Toni Morrison.

**codeltaiv** · 06-12-2012, 05:21 PM

The Sound and the Fury

**idem** · 06-12-2012, 05:50 PM

I've been doing a lot of reading lately.

I just finished:
The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner - Obsessed. I love it so much.
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

Currently reading:
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath

**Mind Marauder** · 06-12-2012, 06:30 PM

- Call of Cthulhu and Other Strange Stories.
- The Immortal Game.

**mrStevens** · 06-12-2012, 06:51 PM

I was recently on a Murakami kick. Read something like 3 of his books in a row. I stopped in the middle of "A Wild Sheep Chase."

Did anyone else get a little tired of his bragging about having multiple-orgasms?

**Doppelbock** · 06-12-2012, 07:22 PM

I'm currently re-reading Fritz Leiber's first "Fafhrd and Gray Mouser" novel for the first time in about 20 years. This is among the best fantasy fiction ever written.

**teraczy** · 06-12-2012, 07:48 PM

finished The Anomolies... now gonna return to Bukowski's Notes of a Dirty Old Man

**EchosofChange** · 06-12-2012, 07:55 PM

I have three books that I am reading right now.

Type Talk (The 16 personality types) by Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot by Richard Restak

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

**stoopidkitty** · 06-12-2012, 07:57 PM

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard P. Feynman

**kaer** · 06-13-2012, 05:11 AM

Zhuangzi Inner Chapters and Outer Chapters

**ModernLit** · 06-13-2012, 06:07 AM

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	I was recently on a Murakami kick. Read something like 3 of his books in a row. I stopped in the middle of "A Wild Sheep Chase." Did anyone else get a little tired of his bragging about having multiple-orgasms?

he brags about his multiple orgasms?? i did not read that one! i read the one where the boy follows a cat around, and one where the girl falls asleep and ends up in a different dimension. haven't you figured out by now that he's strange? i have yet to delve into IQ84, but soon
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i'm reading "writers on writing," a collection of essays
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**bea555** · 06-13-2012, 06:36 AM

I just finished Il nome della rosa by U. Eco.

EDIT: basically I enjoyed it but it was way too long and the most interesting part was left at the end (last chapter) so I don't know if I really liked it. 500 pages almost and took me very long to finish it because it was a bit slow...

**dshaw55** · 06-13-2012, 09:08 AM

Presently reading:

Three Roads To Quantum Gravity by Lee Smolin
The New Atheism, Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor Stenger
No Gods No Masters, An Anthology of Anarchism - Daniel Guerin

**creamedcorn** · 06-13-2012, 10:51 AM

Kreutzer Sonate by Leo Tolstoy. Sucks; Introduction of the arguments of the story first in a philosophical conversation after which transition happens to realization of the ideas of these arguments, rather than letting themes rise from realistic and stimulating scenarios which is a lot less forced. Even in satire the latter approach works for me. Ok it is also possible that the real subject is the person talking, but frankly I couldn't care less for these russian depictions of insane men.
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. Boring themes, lifeless writing. Dull as hell.

I need to stop reading fiction.

**mrStevens** · 06-13-2012, 04:07 PM

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he brags about his multiple orgasms?? i did not read that one! i read the one where the boy follows a cat around, and one where the girl falls asleep and ends up in a different dimension. haven't you figured out by now that he's strange? i have yet to delve into IQ84, but soon
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Ah. I haven't gotten to his new stuff yet.

A Wild Sheep Chase
Norwegian Wood
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Sputnik Sweetheart

Basically he talks about having sex, then a short break, then more sex. I don't really need the additional details.

I was getting a little bored with the format too. Him as the protagonist. Strong female characters with quirky flaws that gravitate towards or around him. Indecision, regret, searching.

**Megalomania** · 06-13-2012, 04:21 PM

Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward
Second Treatise of Government by Locke

**vermeer** · 06-13-2012, 04:23 PM

"The Origin of the Work of Art" by Martin Heidegger

**deconspire** · 06-13-2012, 04:39 PM

Psychotic reations and carburetor dung - lester bangs. Fucking awesome book, best music critic ever.

**MortalWombat** · 06-13-2012, 06:46 PM

Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky

**Merle** · 06-13-2012, 07:07 PM

A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge

and

Writing History, Writing Trauma - Dominick LaCapra

**blackbangs** · 06-17-2012, 05:51 AM

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for math class.

**endless** · 06-18-2012, 06:19 AM

Principia Mathematica, after which I'll go back to Bentham and Mill, back up for a bit more Russell and top it off with Tractatus, then I'll read The Gulag Archipelago books 1 - 3.

Then Railsea and The City and the City, been building up to TCaTC for a while now I have high hopes for it.

After that there is no plan.

06-10-2012, 01:03 PM	#2851
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06-10-2012, 07:15 PM	#2852
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06-12-2012, 01:29 PM	#2853
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06-12-2012, 01:33 PM	#2854
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06-12-2012, 05:21 PM	#2855
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06-12-2012, 05:50 PM	#2856
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06-12-2012, 06:30 PM	#2857
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06-12-2012, 06:51 PM	#2858
mrStevens Member [35%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,425	I was recently on a Murakami kick. Read something like 3 of his books in a row. I stopped in the middle of "A Wild Sheep Chase." Did anyone else get a little tired of his bragging about having multiple-orgasms?
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06-12-2012, 07:22 PM	#2859
Doppelbock Member [30%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,208	I'm currently re-reading Fritz Leiber's first "Fafhrd and Gray Mouser" novel for the first time in about 20 years. This is among the best fantasy fiction ever written.
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06-12-2012, 07:48 PM	#2860
teraczy Member [26%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,050	finished The Anomolies... now gonna return to Bukowski's Notes of a Dirty Old Man
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06-12-2012, 07:55 PM	#2861
EchosofChange New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 23	I have three books that I am reading right now. Type Talk (The 16 personality types) by Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot by Richard Restak The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
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06-12-2012, 07:57 PM	#2862
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06-13-2012, 05:11 AM	#2863
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06-13-2012, 06:36 AM	#2865
bea555 Member [13%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 521	I just finished Il nome della rosa by U. Eco. EDIT: basically I enjoyed it but it was way too long and the most interesting part was left at the end (last chapter) so I don't know if I really liked it. 500 pages almost and took me very long to finish it because it was a bit slow...
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06-13-2012, 09:08 AM	#2866
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06-13-2012, 10:51 AM	#2867
creamedcorn New Member [01%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 4	Kreutzer Sonate by Leo Tolstoy. Sucks; Introduction of the arguments of the story first in a philosophical conversation after which transition happens to realization of the ideas of these arguments, rather than letting themes rise from realistic and stimulating scenarios which is a lot less forced. Even in satire the latter approach works for me. Ok it is also possible that the real subject is the person talking, but frankly I couldn't care less for these russian depictions of insane men. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. Boring themes, lifeless writing. Dull as hell. I need to stop reading fiction.
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06-13-2012, 04:21 PM	#2869
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06-13-2012, 04:23 PM	#2870
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06-13-2012, 04:39 PM	#2871
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06-13-2012, 06:46 PM	#2872
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06-13-2012, 07:07 PM	#2873
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06-17-2012, 05:51 AM	#2874
blackbangs New Member [01%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 27	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for math class.
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06-18-2012, 06:19 AM	#2875
endless Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 214	Principia Mathematica, after which I'll go back to Bentham and Mill, back up for a bit more Russell and top it off with Tractatus, then I'll read The Gulag Archipelago books 1 - 3. Then Railsea and The City and the City, been building up to TCaTC for a while now I have high hopes for it. After that there is no plan.
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