what are you reading today?

[otlyaa]

just finished. great read, and different from my usual picks.

[Yardsale]

Psh, you're just looking to get reblogged on YMFY. (10)

hahahahahaha

[crissyw]

demian by hermann hesse

i am pretty sure he's my favourite author

[tylortakahisa]

pretty sick

[denimdestroyedmylife]

i am going to read that after these:

^ love that one

read that on a cross-country trip about 10 years ago

i keep returning to it

a good book to read on the throne (my highest praise)

i am reading 1977

so fast paced and wicked

wish i remembered 1974 a bit better but who cares

i feel like i'm behind the wheel and wasted when i read peace

ominous blurred images flashing past the windscreen at 100 mph

tinny MOR blaring out of blown-out stereo speakers of a compact car

steering wheel on the wrong side for some reason

blood on my shirt front

[automaton]

[dfaus]

recommended to me by a friend.

[mr.invincible]

Hardboiled Wonderland is insane, i love it. There was a "end of the world" thread in supertrash recently and what i posted was a nod to Hardboiled but i dont think anyone got it.

i agree with salaryman. a lot of the novels share similar themes and characters, whereas Hardboiled really stood out on it's own. Another one that I consider one of my favorites and stands out to me is South of the Border West of the Sun, which has none of that alternate reality surrealism stuff I enjoy from Murakami. i don't know what it is, i'm not expressive enough to describe why it's so powerful to me. but yeah, it's my most re-read murakami book. maybe because its short and sweet.

Kafka is good and a fun read, especially if you've read all his earlier novels, since it plays off borrowed themes and elements of his other works.

if anyone wants to discuss the stories, bump the sufu haruki thread: Murakami thread

cuz that bitch wanted to take him in. south of the border west of the sun was probably my favorite by murakami.

[LiberationFrequency]

Housemate recommended it to me. A chapter in, seems like it may be a good read.

[Macwich]

this was a very tough read for me

[home]

^ just hit 20 pages to go. unless they blow my socks off (they might), the book isn't that intense.

[superbeveridge]

[american_hearts]

^ just hit 20 pages to go. unless they blow my socks off (they might), the book isn't that intense.

you're not going to feel it if you don't already.

actually, if you don't vibe with the book after page one, just put it down. it's not for you.

[otlyaa]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

just finished today. Wasn't as interesting as I expected, but I can imagine how it was received when it was published. Come to find out, after I reached the last page, I had the abridged version. I guess I just passed over the part saying "adapted by" on the title page. Oh well.

[crissyw]

left the book on the ground yesterday and dog ate through a corner, making page turning very difficult .

pretty interesting read so far

[jyoni]

[salaryman]

[poopslushie]

finishing atlas shrugged

probably go back to reading The Tunnel, the most bizarre book even.

Feeling like some Murakami is in order... might be my new favorite author after reading Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood

[xchen]

me too. great book!

[Hocus Pocus]

Don't lie- no, it's not.

[garlandb]

Enlightenment Unfolds: The essential teachings of Zen Master Dōgen

[Mister Anderson]

[redX]

[chromesquared]

Havent posted in here in a while, but I finished these recently:

Just started this:

[RRL Stine]

It's for class but a very interesting read.

[Citizen]

[whizkit]

[gramps]

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

As goofy as this sounds:

I've been training every day, and just wanted a reference/coffee-table book to leaf through when I'm too tired to roll or just doze.

[Citizen]

^^^It is a great book. I have another one that I found very inspiring that had a ton of Helio Gracie references in it as to him changing some of the movements in tradition Jiu-jitsu that then carries over into this book.