what are you reading today?

[shoreman1782]

Just finished Jonathan Lethem--Fortress of Solitude, got a few beach books out the liberry: Tom Robbins--Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climes; James Ellroy--The Cold Six Thousand; William Gibson--Pattern Recognition (never read any of his stuff!).

[ordo]

William Gibson--Pattern Recognition (never read any of his stuff!).

I am a huge William Gibson fan - can't wait for the follow-up to Pattern Recognition to be released.

[cyberPUNK]

nine stories by j.d. salinger. probably some proust for desert.

[feather]

I am a huge William Gibson fan - can't wait for the follow-up to Pattern Recognition to be released.

Thanks for the headsup, so am I, didn't know he has a new book coming out. It's really interesting to see the evolution of Gibson's writing and focus, from Neuromancer and his Sprawl novels through the Bridge series to Pattern Recognition.

(The cover for Spook Country reminds me of some Ian Bank covers)

Reading: Allen Carr's Easyway to quit smoking

[flyoungman]

Chasing Cool: Standing Out in Today's Cluttered Marketplace

Gene Pressman and Noah Kerner

[rome1]

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins

bout a hundred pgs in so far and rather enjoyable.

[jsmilez]

Does everyone here buy their books? or do you guys go to the library for them? Just wondering:)

[tweeds]

i spend too much on music and assorted stuff already, so i borrow what i can and buy books during warehouse sales. it's amazing how much good literature they throw out for a few bucks.

[flyoungman]

I purchase some of my books. But my university has an excellent library and I actually spend more time there looking for books for recreational use than school projects.

[jilla82]

Does everyone here buy their books? or do you guys go to the library for them? Just wondering:)

I buy books...I like having what I read around incase I want to read again or whatever.

Right now im reading Confessions of an Economic hitman

[tweeds]

got this as a present the other day: sound bites by alex kapranos of franz ferdinand

he is a surprisingly polished writer

lush and evocative, he writes in oil on canvas

definitely something refreshing compared to your average food journo

[designersheep]

started The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

I only read the first few pages, but I am really liking it

[jeepster]

on the road/harry potter 6 (gotta bone up for the finale)/britpop/brave new world/man without a country

[Corbin Law]

on a brave new world note

i found a copy of doors of perception in my couch this morning.

just read about half of it. its very interesting.

[englandmj7]

almost finished the tommyknockers by stephen king in like, 2 days

and the new york times magazine from last week

I prefer Floppyknockers 4.

[doctorworm]

I am currently reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. It's quite good so far.

[jsmilez]

I am currently reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. It's quite good so far.

The irony in that book is hilarious.

[apocalypse later]

Finishing up Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man...and starting Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (for the, like, fifth time).

Yeah, I feel obligated to read them all over before the new one comes out

[feather]

I'm comtemplating buying DC's Kingdom Come. Worth it?

Good story and good art. Just get the Absolute edition while you're at it.

[ordo]

Finished off Sheep Chase and am on to Sputnik

[jeepster]

started reading Once in a Great While by Ken Kesey again. i put it down to read The Stranger, which was good, but that was like 4 months ago.

[tweeds]

evelyn waugh is bus ride reading

this is tea-time snack reading for now

[Comma H]

Just finished Neverwhere. Quite bizzare in sections but not unexpected, overall another great Gaiman read.

Now I am reading A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin.

I also have The Good German here to read.

[upandcoming]

sufu forumns and myspace. I hate reading

[viv1984viv]

OK, so i've been reading a bit recently, I finished "the double", great great book, dostoevskys use of the untruthful narration, and the slow slip from subjective paranoid into objective reality - I havent read his bigger novels but I think the double would definately be up there with "notes from the underground".... very influential when you think of films/books like fight club, psycho, the wickerman, the tennant, rosemarys baby maybe.....

So then I read the gambler - its good, very much a great short novel to read if you have any interest in gambling, pretty powerful, however, I must confess that this didnt leave quite as much an impression as the previous two Dostoevskys books I have read, nonetheless - its still a gripping story. He wrote it quickly to pay off debts he had amassed from gambling, he dictated it to a secretary, and allegedly it was this act that caused her to fall in love with him. Aww.

Im on Vonnegut's "slaughterhouse 5", very good book, I was expecting something more aligned with Solzhenitsyns "one day in the life of ivan denisovich" however its closer to catch22 in its cynicism, irony and blackly comic opposition to the war related experiences of Vonnegut.

Ive just joined Itunes and ive bought "waiting for godot", wow what a brillliant resource!

Other books ive bought but havent yet read-

Salingers "the catcher in the rye"

McCarthy "the road"

Flauberts "Bouvard & Pecuchet"

Dahls "collected adult storys"

Joan Didion "we tell ourselves storys in order to live" - collected nonfiction.

If anyone has anything to say about these books please please please comment.

viv

[Corbin Law]

im still reading east of eden right now

and i would like to exclaim that it is fucking incredible

far better than mice and men.

[case87]

right now - everything is illuminated. now quite finished, but i really like it so far. the different takes on the same story are real cool.

just picked up used copies of the loved one by evelyn waugh and catcher in the rye, which i've somehow never read.

going a few posts back, cat's cradle is awesome. one of my all time favorites. so far by vonnegut i've read that, sh5, and breakfast of champions. any recommendations on what to look into next?

[Corbin Law]

if you liked sh5 and cats cradle and all that definitely check out sirens of titan

its my favorite vonnegut by far.

[ordo]

Decided to put away Murakami for a while and re-read fellow Vancouverite William Gibson's Pattern Recognition to get ready for Spook Country next month.

[case87]

I actually just reread Pattern Recognition about a month ago. Just as good as I remembered (hence the name Case, even though I know it's spelled differently). Is that other book you mentioned a new Gibson I assume?