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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. So far, it is an AMAZING book. Very prevalent metaphysical themes and explorations throughout. Although it is fiction, it has a lot of real life philosophical pondering and the topics it explores are extremely interesting. This is a book where you really have to pay attention, and re-read, to catch all of the messages and meanings it contains. Truly a captivating and forward-thinking book that I suggest you check out. I believe many people on this sight, particularly those who explore the world of psychedelics or even just find philosophy interesting would love this book.
 
Oy vey, I have so many books that I am currently reading. I need to finish one before I start another.

One of them that I started months ago just isn't holding my interest enough to keep reading it, but I'm curious to know where it's going! (Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter-house Five)

Another I got for free from the school library (they had a bin marked "FREE!") and have been paging through, but I don't know if it's good for me to read as I'm paranoid enough, and it is rather outdated. (Paul Blumberg's The Predatory Society: Deception in the American Marketplace)

Just picked up a book at the local library, too, and have been paging through it. This one will be the one I take with me to read between classes as it isn't a novel and doesn't require much attention. (Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space...and More!

Had started reading a book between classes and that has been put on hold because it requires a lot more attention than I can give it between classes. (Peter McWilliam's Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts)

Also have another book going on the back-burner, that I think should be moved up a little in the queue. (Thich Nhat Hanh's The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation)

Where to begin?! 8( This list doesn't even include the reading I have to do for classes. I foresee another Internet hiatus. :P
 
I just downloaded Waking by Matthew Sanford.

I have it on good authority that I will love it.

Bye for now, BL.
 
panic in paradise
Just got home from the book store, could not find any Liam Rector (soon enough)
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Yeah, poetry is unfortunately a dying form of prose, I had to get a copy from Amazon =(

After reading "Thousand Cranes" I just had to read another Yasunari Kawabata novel.

I'm currently half way through "Snow Country", another masterpiece imo.
 
I'm glad you guys mentioned Nabokov, I bought "Speak, Memory" months ago, forgot it and haven't touched it since, will read it next!
 
Opium - A History by Martin Booth

Found in new condition at a local library book sale for fifty cents. Score.
 
Wow, I had never heard of that collection before, it's very extensive. Good luck, and enjoy =)
 
Putting "Speak, Memory" on hold for now; just picked up "Sons and Lovers" by D. H. Lawrence from the library =)
 
hydroazuanacaine
^after you get to it, i'd like to hear what you think of Speak, Memory.
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Will do, nothing better to do whilst I'm unemployed and dwelling in the library all day =)
 
Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. It's for my literature major I'm beginning next week, I just thought I'd get a headstart.
 
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