Rolling "Books Recently Read" Thread

[Trotskilicious]

hahaha the whit(e)bread book of the year

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Eulogy

The girl never even died.

I was supposed to read Heart of Darkness today. I read like 30 pages and then spark noted it. I don't feel like I missed out on all that much.

Next up for me:

A solid A-. Another book that's a bit on the sentimental side, but it's a really elegantly constructed narrative in four different (and distinct) voices. Another interesting and different take on WWII and racism. Recommended.

[redbreegull]

You should read the rest of Heart of Darkness Eulogy. I didn't like it at first either but by the end I couldn't put it down. Also, it's pretty short.

[hnibos]

You shouldn't read the rest of Heart of Darkness, Eulogy. I didnt like it at first either and by the end I couldn't wait til I could put it down. Thankfully, it's pretty short.

[pale blue eyes]

This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin - B-
The first several chapters of this were really, really dry. Lots of music theory and stuff like that, but aftwards it does get a lot more interesting. Nothing super surprising but if you like both music and / or neuroscience, it is a fairly quick read.

[JokeyLoki]

I dig 'em.

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

You should read the rest of Heart of Darkness Eulogy. I didn't like it at first either but by the end I couldn't put it down. Also, it's pretty short.

I came to the conclusion that Conrad's a racist hack based on the parts I read, the excerpts from the latter portion, and Chinua Achebe's review of it.

So fuck that guy. Also, The Secret Sharer was one long, drawn out homoerotic masturbation session. I read that. Conrad blows.

[Eulogy]

Next up:



It's long, but supposedly awesome.

[Eulogy]

If anyone cares, here's Achebe on Conrad:

Achebe: An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

[28if]

Originally Posted by Eulogy

I came to the conclusion that Conrad's a racist hack based on the parts I read, the excerpts from the latter portion, and Chinua Achebe's review of it.

you would. why don't you read the rest of the fucking book and think about it for more than ten seconds before judging it? i've read achebe's criticism and i get where he's coming from, but you have to remember the time in which the story was written. also, it doesn't hurt to take into account you know, like, what the book is about. i guess you didn't get that far.

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by 28if

you would. why don't you read the rest of the fucking book and think about it for more than ten seconds before judging it? i've read achebe's criticism and i get where he's coming from, but you have to remember the time in which the story was written. also, it doesn't hurt to take into account you know, like, what the book is about. i guess you didn't get that far.

I would?

I'm sorry, I've got more (and better) shit that I have to read. No time to revisit a racist hack whose only other famous work sucks ass.

[Eulogy]

In all honesty though, I'd read the whole thing if I didn't have other things that need tending to that I actually have to do. But nothing I've heard about it, nothing I've learned about it in classes, and nothing I've read in it myself have done much to dissuade me from thinking that it's not canonical.

[ATS]

chinua achebe is in denial about there ever having been such a thing as a savage

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by ATS

chinua achebe is in denial about there ever having been such a thing as a savage

I don't think you're a voice I need to listen to on that topic.

[28if]

what's your major?

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by 28if

what's your major?

....English.

Now reading: Frederick Crews - On Conrad

I recommend it to you, 28if.

I might actually end up finishing Heart of Darkness tonight 'cause I'm gonna write about it. bleh.

[murgle]

I'm on my second book by David Starkey. Historical biographies. I first read "Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne" (It was called something else in the UK... "The Early Years" or something) and I quite enjoyed it, so I went out and bought his "Six Wives of Henry VIII".

I've been distracted from it for several reasons, so I'm not even through Catherine of Aragon yet, but I really enjoy what I've read so far.

[pale blue eyes]

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison - C+
I thought this was going to be a lot better than it was. Most of the time it seemed more like a straight up memoir rather than somebody trying to explain how he seems the world in a way that is different than most people. I guess if I had not already read a bunch of articles and some books on similar topics I would be more interested in this.

[28if]

Originally Posted by Eulogy

....English.

same. wish i was reading more books this semester, i'm in british romantic poetry and an early modern survey, bleh. poetry is okay actually but i just like reading books more.

[pale blue eyes]

Flowers For Algernon by David Keyes - A

[hnibos]

The Stand by Stephen King- A-

pretty fucking awesome, overall

[D.]

I've been an awful reader lately. Not doing much of it.

All I've read this year is meager:

Mattheu Roth - Losers [awful]


&

33 1/3: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless [it was OK]

[D.]

next up is:

[cocksure]

what are those books with albums in them

[D.]

basically, a small book about the recording of and contents of "classic" albums

i also have a let it be one i'm going to read after the NMH; then, i'll get to reading a real book

[D.]

33â…“ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[samuel redman]

D. im reading the Delivery Man thanks to you

[pale blue eyes]

About a Boy by Nick Hornby - B-
Alright. I didn't like it as much as High Fidelity but it wasn't terrible.

[samuel redman]

eric blair im reading Under The Volcano thanks to you

[D.]

Originally Posted by samuel redman

D. im reading the Delivery Man thanks to you

sweetness.

lemme know what you think of it.