what are you reading today?

[kidaradio]

Basketball fan or not, Bill Simmon's book about bball is a great read and a whole lot better than the tim donaghy book <- man that book was disappointing!

his podcast are just as entertaining...

[doctor_doom]

[doctor_doom]

[Guest illuminated]

9/11 the truth

[Guest illuminated]

9/11 the truth

[gramps]

[gramps]

[american_hearts]

[american_hearts]

[fruitbrute]

Crime and Punishment. Hope to be able to finish today or tomorrow.

[gramps]

[therelativity]

[kayla.]

new favorite book

[superbeveridge]

reminds me of my undergrad... definitely required reading

[doctor_doom]

[Tisswat]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/432417.I_ll_Steal_You_Away

[Transistor]

new favorite book

+1

finally finished atlas shrugged the other day. not really a fan of the way she writes(not that my writing is remotely spectacular) but the ideas that come out of her books are delicious.

a bit of war fiction right before life begins again is refreshing

[ilovefriedchicken]

alot of you may have read it already but check out aldous huxley's island. not nearly as good as brave new world in terms of almost everything literary, but despite the essentially nonexistant plot, the ideas in the story are really very fascinating. this book is very spiritual and enlightening but rarely preaching although there is quite a bit of long winded as well as technical dialogue.

[yachtrock89]

[ericdw]

is anyone reading freedom? seems like the entire mainstream literary world is nutting over it. i skimmed the exert in the times and like it. thoughts?

[repose]

is anyone reading freedom? seems like the entire mainstream literary world is nutting over it. i skimmed the exert in the times and like it. thoughts?

Just started this eric, and as you mentioned, part of me is reading it because I don't want to feel left out... of something. It's good so far, he really captures genuine emotions that human beings experience better than most American writers. If you liked The Corrections I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Also, an aside, did anyone hear that NPR piece with Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner talking shit about Franzen? As if they can write a lick better than Franzen.

[ilovefriedchicken]

yes freedom is good

one of the very few contemporary works exempt from the "virginia woolf rule" imo

[Baeyer-Drewson]

...Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner talking shit about Franzen?...

I haven't read either Franzen or Weiner, but Picoult talking shit about anyone's writing makes me laugh. That bitch should shut the fuck up until she learns to write a real book.

[ericdw]

finally getting around to this.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Just finished 2666... Fuuuuuuuuu...

Luckily, these arrived from Book Depository over the last week or so;

Decisions, decisions...

[ericdw]

savage detectives was great, but don't read it back to back with 2666.

[ordo]

Just finished 2666... Fuuuuuuuuu...

I am still in the middle of this. What is your summation of the book (other than the traditional "fuuuuu")?

[Nostalgic]

[superbeveridge]

[sean_]