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What book(s) are you reading now?

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Just finished Catch-22 by Joseph Heller to see what all the fuss was about. I found it hard going, a little dated in some areas but in others frighteningly relevant for today's world.

Starting The Bridge by Iain Banks: one of his that seemed to slip under the radar.
 
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut. Like all of his writings, this is a gem or eternal meaning. Plus it's funny
 
Anyone ever read The Sun? It's a great lit. magazine. That's what I've been reading, plus lots of poetry.
 
mdmantpa said:
Beautiful Boy by dave sheff...great story about addiction and life with Meth.
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i read this book last weekend. it was good. i have the book by his son, nic, on hold.

i read Better by atul gawande. interesting book about issues effecting doctors and healthcare.

now, im continuing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
 
^ I bought the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo for a friend for her birthday after doing some research about books she might like. I haven't read it myself, but a lot of people loved it.

I feel really bad. I've been unemployed for TWO MONTHS, and I've read hardly anything in that time. I definitely read much more when I'm working.

I lent my friend No One Here Gets Out Alive close to a year ago, and only just got it back from him, so I'm reading it again. I <3 this biography. For anyone who is a Doors fan, this is easily the best one out there (and I've pretty much read them all.) Even if you just like rock bios, I'm pretty sure you would enjoy this one.

Other books which are in my Started But Not Finished pile include; The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, The Quiet American by Graham Greene and Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres.

I start work in my new job next week and am hoping my attention span goes back to normal so I can actually finish these.
 
lol my start-but-not-finished list would be in the hundreds easily

i finished the master and margarita yesterday, simply incredible book. by mikhail bulgakov
now im onto read more john donne poems
 
lol...teen porn shit? you mean "erotic literature" - written by teens or about teens?

you sad sick fuck
 
I'm reading The Accountant's Story - Roberto Escobar's account of his brother Pablo Escobar's life. Interesting perspective on one of the most notorious drug lords in history.
 
Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Nietzsche
Civilization: A New History of the Western World; Roger Osborne
Complete Fictions; Jorge Luis Borges
 
For therapy-- Codependent No More by Melanie Beattie (I read it once before and it help a lot. I'm hoping to get more out of it now that I'm older.

For fun: Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers, and More by Linda O'Keefe (no fiction)
and The Broken Places by Susan Perabo (novel)


I <3 reading :) I'm so glad I am getting back into it!
 
The only two books I've fully read and enjoyed were:

Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

Both fantastic and strange books.
 
I'm finishing up Freakanomics Its fairly meh but pretty interesting none the less. Probably going to pick up another Vonegut next.
 
A woman in Berlin by Anonymous

a single womans diary of the russian advance into Berlin in the dying days of WW2.
a really well written and perceptive document, although there has been some questions relating to it's authenticity. seems pretty legit to me.
mass rape and near starvation aplenty :!
 
Sentimental said:
The only two books I've fully read and enjoyed were:

Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

Both fantastic and strange books.
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I just finished Lunar Park actually. I dug it. Bret Easton Ellis is one of my favorite authors (less than zero, rules of attraction, american psycho).

catcher in the rye is my alltime favorite book.

im currently reading Mother Night by kurt vonnegut
 
Cosmic Charlie said:
Junkie by William Burroughs
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this is a pretty damn good book, but I recommend Ticket that Exploded and Naked Lunch (my favorites at least). Burroughs is very crazy far out stuff--so great. His words are like chewing gum for the mind. Naked Lunch is a true classic...hilarious and entertaining, once you get past all the weird gay shit. (like with most burroughs)
 
im reading stephen colberts book - i am america

i know its old, but im not much ofa reader, but he is hilarious!
 
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