Hey, can we have a rolling What Are You Reading thread?
Let's get down to business. Watcha peepin' these days?
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I'm currently reading IT by Stephen King. On track to finish it on Halloween because I spaced out the page count so I don't burn myself out.
I only started reading SK in 2010, which is kinda nice that I don't have any misplaced nostalgia wrt his writing. But it also means none of the books really scare me. I started with Under the Dome, then went back to the beginning and read chronologically. When a new book would be released, I'd read that, then go back to the timeline. So, so far, I've read Carrie through IT (except the Dark Tower books because I'm saving those to read straight through) and Under the Dome through Outsider. |
I like Samuel Beckett a lot. I'll probably reread Malone Dies soon and then read the Unnamable for the first time
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I have Waiting for Godot on the shortlist for my to-read. I'm sure you've read it!
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I'm reading Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. It is good.
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recently read Ammonite which was amazing. There is not a single male character i the entire novel. It is initially hard scifi, but turns into a weird wonderful lesbian trip
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I haven't been reading much these days. I'll begin some books, then not read them for months because my brain sucks lately. Then I'll get back into them.
Right now, I'm reading I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter. Pretty much just him trying to explain how consciousness arises out of non-conscious inanimate matter, how an "I" emerges from the complex structure of our brains, using the analogy of strange loops in mathematical set theory. I've read enough philosophy of mind (Chalmers, the Churchlands, Dennett, etc.) that I don't foresee that his answer will be very convincing, but it seems like it'll be interesting nonetheless. And I'm really liking his quirky, poetic writing style. |
Er, and I guess I've been reading a bit of the Batman: Knightfall saga. I've only ever read the prose novelization by Denny O'Neil, so this is my first time reading the actual comic. I was also reading a bunch of Commish Gordon miniseries, but then I kinda stopped. I should finish them.
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this thread may motivate me with some positive peer pressure
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Sure.
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I am reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It's ridiculous.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy notes that Disaster Area, a plutonium rock band from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones, are generally held to be not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all. Regular concertgoers judge that the best sound balance is usually to be heard from within large concrete bunkers some thirty-seven miles from the stage, while the musicians themselves play their instruments by remote control from within a heavily insulated spaceship which stays in orbit around the planet—or more frequently around a completely different planet.
Their songs are on the whole very simple and mostly follow the familiar theme of boy-being meets girl-being beneath a silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason. Many worlds have now banned their act altogether, sometimes for artistic reasons, but most commonly because the band’s public address system contravenes local strategic arms limitations treaties. lol |
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And I also downloaded Batman: The Long Halloween because I'm a H-ween nerd. I'm going to go into it blind. Quote:
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It stands on its own, so there's no required prior reading to appreciate it. But it does work well as a follow-up to Frank Miller's Year One. |
waiting for godot made my head hurt
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right now pleasure reading 'Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (p. 266 out of 486) and plan to start Homage to Catalonia next.
For school I'm reading a lot of the Bible (LOL. s'what i get for being accepted into a private jesuit school; it's required every student take at least one biblical studies class) and general stuffs for research. It's not so bad. |
Finally got around to Kerouac’s “On the Road” but then Bernard Sumner’s “Chapter & Verse” came in & kind of derailed that for the time being :beatup:
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love Kerouac
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Name three of his songs.
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kerouac is good while i'm reading him but i feel like i don't remember much once i've finished a book. |
Mervyn Peake - Titus Alone. Fucking weird compared to Titus Groan and Gormenghast, both of which were excellent.
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it's a fun read. i like his style. |
i love the idea of jack kerouac
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I like most of Salinger's other works better than Catcher.
Expect for Seymour: An Introduction. Even though it's a short novella, I just couldn't get through it. I've never been big on stream-of-consciousness narratives. |
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