what are you reading today?

[joeyod007]

 

more russian prisons... 

Edited January 1, 2014 by joeyod007

[mrh]

[Northwest]

[Quiver]

Brain Rules by John Medina. About half way through and the verdict so far is that there's not enough depth, and not very interesting. 

[Nebulae]

Very entertaining

Full of relatable pretense and romanticism

Laughed/good-heartedly scoffed thru most of it.

[jackg]

a number of different books currently but this one is top of the pile!

and just finished this on audio book

. 

Edited January 6, 2014 by jackg

[ShakeEmUp]

People were responding like it was blasphemous when I said I haven't read this yet so here I go 

[saffronrevolution]

shit. 1104 pages? i think i'll read the brother's K first...that book seems daunting enough haha. 

 

IJ is very good, although i'd recommend the short story collection Oblivion as a better starting-off point for wallace (that's where i started, at least); it's sort of a taster for his writing style, but at 300 pages as opposed to a gargantuan 1100 (and IJ's really more like 1200, because the text on the pages of the endnotes is so purposefully tiny).

 

 

personally i liked oblivion a bit more than jest. i feel like his style's more suited to short stories/novellas than monstrous every-conceivable-topic-spanning works (but thats just me).

[eequalsmcbrill]

 

just came from amazon. gonna start for whom the bell tolls soon. and dear god jackg, i knew the book was long...but this thing is like a Bible. 

[jyoni]

[Lukenstein]

Sputnik Sweetheart - murakami yet again.

[Gringoire]

W.B. Yeats- Mythologies

[jackg]

some light reading to get the momentum back up and running. 

 

get around the superfuture book club lets get it back up and running. 

Edited January 27, 2014 by jackg

[profesorvlad]

rereading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[frasier oiseau]

 

[untrue]

[Lukenstein]

[DoubleD]

 

Just finished this.

[Schoon]

 

A bit heavy with verbose language but so far its a very interesting read.  Making me consider aspects of how architecture effects people that I never considered before. 

[mr.invincible]

^ i was kind of disappointed in this. maybe i should read it again, but a lot of stuff just went over my head,

[Schoon]

Yeah it keeps getting harder to read as it gets more in-depth, especially with all the historical architecture references that I don't get.  But I'd still recommend a re-read.  

Edited February 5, 2014 by Schoon

[leprechaunupindatree]

[limitededition]

too busy at school to read anything not related to school...

[aymerikmd]

past weeks, month

 

 

[Kcharrell]

[seeldog47]

Freud is bat shit crazy, but it his hard to argue his conclusion as what it fundamentally means to be human.

Edited February 12, 2014 by seeldog47

[frasier oiseau]

So glad this was on Scribd!

 

[Lukenstein]

[DoubleD]

 

Just finished this in a haste, so I can start reading 2666

[Quiver]

Liked The Black Swan, and then stumbled across this at the airport and started getting into it during the 6 hour flight delay. Good stuff so far but let's see where he takes it. Reviews on Goodreads are averaging just shy of 4 so am hopeful this is going to stay enjoyable.