what are you reading today?

[tweeds]

the mind's eye:

writing on photography and photographers

henri cartier-bresson

the man writes like c.s. lewis

the same uncomplicated diction but with such clarity and distillation

he paints too doesn't he

i am hugely respectful of his talent.

[Tyro1]

I've gone back to my geeky past and have started reading the wheel of time series... I'm about half way through the second book. Is anyone a fan?

[thefunkytechnician]

family by ba jin

[Spaghettini]

On Beauty

zadie smith

I'm a little late on this one but how did you feel about this book? I read it last semester and I'm curious as to what other people think.

[Biff15]

Conlon - Blue Blood

[Vitamian]

The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan.

[nettiemoore]

lian hern-grass on his pillow

[tweeds]

I'm a little late on this one but how did you feel about this book? I read it last semester and I'm curious as to what other people think.

i'm only twothirds through, but at this point i'm feeling the same things as i did in white teeth her earlier book--she's got a great knack for storytelling, but (since people have compared this to e.m. forster's howard's end) i'm not sure she has the same level of mastery of the structure of the novel, she tends to dither and trail off and gets a bit self-indulgent at times.

but her writing of dialogue is very natural, and her satire is very sharp and hugely funny.

[Comma H]

The Master And Margarita- Mikhail Bulgakov

[toothpaste100]

I've gone back to my geeky past and have started reading the wheel of time series... I'm about half way through the second book. Is anyone a fan?

I used to read them and I got through about 3/4 of the series, but I eventually gave up on the characters. They're too immature and poorly developed! It's like the whole book is a giant game of coodies between the male and female characters.

[viv1984viv]

Im currently on J.G.Ballards "Kingdom Come", its a pretty swrewd (sp?) comment on consumerism and fascism and in/out group dynamics blah bah, I love the content but occaisionally I feel the delivery is a bit cheesy, its the 3rd book of his ive read.

"Notes from the underground" by Dostoevsky arrived the other day, I plan to read that next. Also Boris Vian's "I spit on your graves" came, someone here recommended it. "The fourth sex" arrived, im slightly dissapointed, it feels slightly like its romantically glamourising teenism, but its a beautiful book with text from everyone and anyone and lots of photos of things ive already seen albeit film, adverts or artists practices.

Slipping away from fiction...... Litvinenkos book "Blowing up russia" is also on hand, im really looking forward to it, im kinda a bit pre-occupied with islam and its politicisation, so I down loaded excerpts from Al-Zawahiris ( Egyptian Al-jihad Organisation Leader ) book "Knights under the prophets banner". Then ill start to go through the countless books written by non islam people on the subject. This is kinda stemming from my interest in Adam Curtis's film "the trap".

[baladoongdoong]

dissertation on characterising knowledge contributions of design models and representations - J NG

yawn....how boring!!!

[BRAD PIFFERY]

De Perfil- Jose Agustin

[ericdw]

an unfinished life - robert dallek

[samsikle]

house of sand and fog - andre dubus III

i hate assigned reading.

[C0C0]

the mambo kings play songs of love-oscar hijuelos

[Crillz]

Haruki Murakami - The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

[snugglepony]

Haruki Murakami - The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

so crazy.

so good.

hope you're enjoying

[snugglepony]

house of sand and fog - andre dubus III

i hate assigned reading.

read some of his dad's work (andre dubus sans "III"). the 'selected stories' put out by vintage contemporaries is a great place to start.

[plongin]

i've got 2 book on my hands at the moment...

bryan robson: the autobiography

deathnote part 11.

ok can't really count the 2nd one as a book but its awesome though.

[munkyballz]

Reading is fundamental!

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova. Not too bad so far.

[phen3N]

just finished the curious incident of the dog in the night time.

half-way through the god delusion by richard dawkins...

im a few months late, but how was this book? ive been wanting to read it for a loooong time

[nettiemoore]

the reader-bernard schlink

[Tyro1]

I used to read them and I got through about 3/4 of the series, but I eventually gave up on the characters. They're too immature and poorly developed! It's like the whole book is a giant game of coodies between the male and female characters.

Yeah I agree, the charcters are really frustrating with the way they interact... It's good to read on public transport though, when I finish this I plan on reading something a little different before starting the next, maybe the new Irvine Welsh

[Analog]

[Crillz]

so crazy.

so good.

hope you're enjoying

Oh, I enjoyED. Finished it in a couple days and passed it on to a friend . Murakami changed my life.

[airportlobbytx]

Boris Vian - L'Ecume des jours

[C0C0]

th white the once and forever king about to read some other arthur stuff

[airportlobbytx]

Just found an OOP book I've been looking for for a few years: Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues.

[pwnzj00]

Final on Monday....3 more chapters!