what are you reading today?

[jaac]

life of pi

lost me a bit towards the end, was pretty short and light reading though.

[kelleydenham]

Life of Pi is a cool little book. I read it in my Sophomore English class. They're making an animated movie based on it too.

[1 9 9 3]

So far, so good. My favorite short story so far would be "Sleep" and "The Wind-Up Bird and Tuesday's Women"

[tvrd]

I'm also reading Murakami but 1Q84. Really interesting book, although I'm only 88 pages in.

[joeyod007]

Just starting:

"This is Graham Greene's account of the journey he took across Mexico, and up into the remote regions of Chiapas and Tabasco, during the spring of 1938. Mexico at the time was a Catholic country being governed by anti-Catholics, and he went there to observe firsthand how the Mexicans and Indians had coped with the religious persecution: with the confiscation and destruction of the churches, the expulsions and murders of the priests, and the enforced secularization of the education system."

Edited August 3, 2012 by joeyod007

[Mrama]

1&2

[jackg]

university reading....

[inc abs man]

[lmk1995]

just started reading this last night. first book I've read for fun in probably 3 years. really enjoying it so far.

[aoi]

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I don't usually post here, but I think there's several sufu'ers who would enjoy this one. Post-modern consumerism apocalypse with great characterization and lots of humor. Highly recommended.

[freshkills]

[1 9 9 3]

AMAZING book! Hope you're liking it so far.

Have you read War Trash yet? Another great book by Ha Jin.

[abracadabra]

War Trash is great.

Also, White Noise is hilarious. Although the whole time I was reading it, I was kinda thinking about how I preferred Underworld.

[joeyod007]

saturday afternoon:

Accompanied by Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks

[jackg]

^that's living.

[ifeelasleep]

im looking for relatively short philosophy books or essays from french authors, any recs?

starting this, haven't read it since HS:

[joeyod007]

^ one of my favourites. i thought the plague was also very good, if you haven't read it.

[ssheat]

Yeah Stranger is one of my favorite books. Occasionally, I turn over to a particular passage (don't want to ruin anything, but it's found itself into popular culture) and read it over. ALso read Nausea and The Wall by Sartre, and Man's Fate and Man's Hope by Malraux which are from similar time period and have "existential" themes.

[jackg]

also by camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel are both fantastic

[bluethegreen]

Just finished 1491 and found myself thoroughly satisfied. Probably moving on to finish Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes.

A+, would read again (if it weren't such a big book.)

Edited August 14, 2012 by bluethegreen

[aoi]

im looking for relatively short philosophy books or essays from french authors, any recs?

If you're looking for short introductions, there is none better than the A Very Short Introduction to... books.

Here's an example: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/academic/series/general/vsi/9780192854094.do#.UC12cN3N8gk

They have one on general Philosophy too, or other philosophers. There's recommended reading at the back of each book so you can easily expand on what you want to know more about. Just rent it from a local library or something, as it's not usually worth it to have the actual book. Or you could buy it and give it away to another like-minded person once you're finished with it.

If this was not what you had in mind, ask again and I'll see if I can help.

[joeyod007]

Read half of this book about three months ago, and am finally picking it up and finishing it off. A really interesting account of the colonial exploitation witnessed within the Congo, through the turn of the 20th century.

[scientifick]

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also just got a kindle, most basic one. well worth the $80.

[jackg]

what are they like to read on? I have always hated the idea of reading on a computer/device of some description but they seem super practical. plus $79 is a steal.....

Edited August 25, 2012 by jackg

[jbanger]

[jackg]

[jackg]

some uni related books...

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[Cold Summer]

Nice to see lots of Murakami fans here. I enjoy most of his books, but Hard-Boiled Wonderland is by far my favorite, really close to being my favorite novel of all time in fact.

Currently reading A Dance With Dragons. The two most recent Ice And Fire books aren't nearly as good as A Storm Of Swords but they're still holding my interest.

[aoi]

What do you think of On the Road, jackg? It's on my to-read list, but I've heard so much bad about it lately I've been putting it off.

[jackg]

I like it! Only just started, so only a couple of pages in but I am thoroughly enjoying it. Will report back when I get a bit further in.