EPTWhat Are You Reading 2013 - Page 70
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ne4aJIb
Russian Federation3209 Posts
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
Finished ![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3HEvSb5kUe0/TdL3zRl5yNI/AAAAAAAAHWo/DfAp8oHR9Ck/s1600/ManAndHisSymbolsSm.jpg) Man and his symbols Insights galore! I found the first parts absolutely essential reading but the latter (about subconscious application to art and such) could be skipped if you really wanted to. ![[image loading]](http://rhapsodistreviews.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cats-cradle-cover.jpg) Cat's Cradle Merry read :> Not to much to be said about it, but the concept of "ice-nine" was absolutely facinating (curiously thought up by a nobel laureate in chemistry in a failed attempt to entertain H.G. Wells during his visit.) Since Wells didn't want to write about it Vonnegut did. Sidenote* I guess I really need to read some H.G. Wells if he could afford to reject ideas like these.. ![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kPRXLDFH60k/T0CYPA5vtnI/AAAAAAAAAOA/jEjn9kLgiRc/s1600/master-and-margarita.jpg) The master and Margarita Did not enjoy as thoroughly as I expected. Russian literature is wasted on me  Now reading ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/TheRiseOfEndymion(1stEd).jpg/200px-TheRiseOfEndymion(1stEd).jpg) The Rise of Endymion Time to get to the bottom of some of my favorite two books ever. Especially since I was promised that it would be better than + redeem the third book and so far, it has already. | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
On June 02 2013 05:09 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I thought Fall of Hyperion was just fine, Endymion and Rise of Endymion are worht a read, but they're definitely worse than the first two I feel. @packrat I hate Toni Morrison lol Song of Solomon was like the worst book I've ever read ~_~ Yeah, second book is great imo. As far as I'm aware we are mostly hating on the continuation, majorly the third book. | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
On June 03 2013 18:14 YoucriedWolf wrote: The master and Margarita Did not enjoy as thoroughly as I expected. Russian literature is wasted on me I loved The Master and Margarita It was fantastic in my opinion. I really enjoy the Russian literature though. I am about half way through War and Peace right now which is proving to be a monumental task that may be too much for me. I feel as if I could have read 3 or 4 normal size books in the time I have spent on War and Peace | ||
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Dreamer]
Sweden358 Posts
![[image loading]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oLYfNqP3x6M/TapoUH9k1WI/AAAAAAAAAdY/CXt1KOBl9SM/s320/9780061859366.jpg) This book just carried me away, loved it. Read it! | ||
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nepeta
1872 Posts
Mallory - Morte d'Arthur Chaucer - Canterbury tales Marlowe - Faust Chrètien de Troyes - la Chanson de Roland Failed to find a Parzival  | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
No idea what inspired the author to write the story, but he really pulled it off. | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
On June 04 2013 18:41 Brainsurgeon wrote: Do you guys buy books or do you use a tablet? I buy them. I spend enough time during the day watching a screen, at work and at home. I also like the feel and sound of turning a page And I also enjoy having the physical copy in my bookshelf. EDIT: Don't you have to buy the books for the tablet as well? As in pay for them. They aren't free, are they? | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On June 03 2013 18:14 YoucriedWolf wrote: Finished + Show Spoiler + Man and his symbols Insights galore! I found the first parts absolutely essential reading but the latter (about subconscious application to art and such) could be skipped if you really wanted to. Interesting, I'm reading Civilization and its Discontents! Just a couple chapters in though. Similar to Jung, Freud gives insights but about the goal of life, the suppression of drives, relinquishing individual liberty, and religion as a mass delusion. ![[image loading]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0393301583.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On June 04 2013 18:41 Brainsurgeon wrote: Do you guys buy books or do you use a tablet? When I'm at uni or in general if I'm in a country where english is the official language I go to the library to get books. As is I'm in France atm so I buy books on my tablet. @TOCHMY: You can get some older ones for free through like project gutenberg and such. | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
On June 04 2013 19:04 packrat386 wrote: When I'm at uni or in general if I'm in a country where english is the official language I go to the library to get books. As is I'm in France atm so I buy books on my tablet. @TOCHMY: You can get some older ones for free through like project gutenberg and such. I think | ||
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elt
Thailand1092 Posts
On June 04 2013 18:41 Brainsurgeon wrote: Do you guys buy books or do you use a tablet? I've bought two, maybe three physical books since I got my Kindle 3 years ago. As a student without a real fixed base it makes no sense to get books when I don't have a permanent place to store them. Plus some books are really, really hard to find in this part of the world. | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
Personally I like to support the people who wrote the books I'm reading, so I don't pirate books. | ||
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CraZyWayne
Germany357 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.thepacificacurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/book_sniffer_by_shieldsink-d4l5ueg.jpg) Love the feeling of putting a good book on the shelf (after finishing reading of course). | ||
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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
![[image loading]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1qpx0TTM11qj2jk0o1_500.jpg) Re-reading book 1^ ![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277071696l/2118745.jpg) Starting a new series^ ![[image loading]](http://malaka383.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sc.jpg) Re-reading a classic from high school^ ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Warbreaker_cover.jpg/200px-Warbreaker_cover.jpg) Side read^ | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On June 05 2013 02:34 CraZyWayne wrote: A kindle simply can not replace the smell and feeling of a good old physical book. Love the feeling of putting a good book on the shelf (after finishing reading of course). If only I had access to an english language library in Paris. At uni I always make sure to request the oldest version of the book that I want. | ||
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Marathi
298 Posts
The space race British SAS (I have read a lot of these) | ||
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elt
Thailand1092 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312024645l/349470.jpg) To be honest I have not been completely convinced by The Books of the South nor The Glittering Stone. I do sort of wish I had just stopped at The White Rose, but I managed to get through Bleak Seasons and She Is The Darkness in spurts. Water Sleeps has picked things up a little, but I'm just in it right now for the closure. I miss the 'simplicity' of the Books of the North if you will, nor do I find the cultural basis for these latter books particularly interesting. | ||
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