what are you reading today?

[Grim Ryan]

[John Q. Citizen]

I read about half of it then I googled the author and quickly put the book down.

Who wants to read a book that this guy wrote?

haha word.

kind of makes me more interested though - im sure hes got a few interesting experiences to share. dude is a fucking unit and looks like hes been through some shit. some of the fight scenes he describes are even more worthwhile too.

id rather read a book about living in slums and chilling with bombay mafia written by these types than some yuppie living on upper east side

[jackg]

[into the rain]

If you enjoy Hunger check out Growth Of The Soil. One of my favorite books.

i loved Hunger! i will definitely check out Growth of the Soil. although when i found out Hamsun was a nazi sympathizer, i felt kind of , but i like to think that the work should be viewed as separate from the artist (although this is often difficult). have you seen Hunger, the film? pretty interesting as well.

[josh mullen]

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[mikeboi]

[santos]

i loved Hunger! i will definitely check out Growth of the Soil. although when i found out Hamsun was a nazi sympathizer, i felt kind of , but i like to think that the work should be viewed as separate from the artist (although this is often difficult). have you seen Hunger, the film? pretty interesting as well.

I haven't. Will definitely have to check that out.

[Harry Hood]

[conqueror]

unfortunately my cover isn't as good.

[noobedloser]

have to finish this by monday for final

[redX]

Kafka

- A Report for an Academy

- Investigations of a Dog

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Most interesting coffee I've had in a while. An invention from my local gourmet coffee shop called a sparkling long black; ice cold sparkling mineral water with a double shot ristretto. Perfect for summer; refreshing and energising.

The book is pretty awesome too. Airport crime non-fiction about DEA efforts to shut down the worlds biggest MDMA syndicate operating out of Israel and the USA. Pretty interesting subject matter.

[mpcec]

Holy shit haha, that was my signature drink over the summer BD, surprised to see it pop up!

Also on topic I got one more Gogol short story left and then I'm on to the trial.

[fallen angels]

perfect day for reading

birnbaum's translation

[phelen]

Lord of the Flies - finally getting round to reading it after missing out reading it for my English GCSE years ago.

[FADEtoDARKNESS]

perfect day for reading

birnbaum's translation

how much better is this translation

[into the rain]

[TReed]

Just finished The Road

Now reading:

Probably read Norwegian Wood next

[into the rain]

i dont think this thread ever went 5 pages without murakami being mentioned.

[Pavlov's Bell]

Just getting into Robert Parker's Spenser novels. They are fucking bomb. smart-ass, P-smashing, bourbon drinking, gun toting, fine food cooking private eyes? Yes please.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

barthelme is amazing

how are you liking it?

[chubby]

i dont think this thread ever went 5 pages without murakami being mentioned.

way to keep it going...

[Biff15]

[into the rain]

barthelme is amazing

how are you liking it?

enjoying it so far. have only read a couple of stories though. i will devote 100% attention once my finals are done. surprising how short his stories are. i mean i know it's a short story collection, but some of them are like 3 pages lol.

way to keep it going...

it's either murakami, mccarthy (usually The Road / Blood Meridian), or delillo every 5 pages lol.

[josh mullen]

[Goslett]

Just gave up on reading Finnegan’s Wake because its probably the most complicated thing I've ever read, so now I'm reading this:

[bfan]

[John Q. Citizen]

Then probably the other four in the Tales of the Otori trilogy.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

^My gf read these and loved them. For this reason I have never read them and will never read them. Convince me otherwise in 5 lines or less.

[conqueror]

hated the first half and almost gave up with it, but i enjoyed the second.