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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1904 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.derekhughes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-Death-of-Ivan-Ilyich.jpg) It's the first Tolstoi book I read and I am really enjoying it so I want to stick with Tolstoi for my next book as well. I am currently undecided if I should go for one of his philosophical works like "The Kingdom of God is Within You", which seems really interesting to me as someone interested in anarchism but with negative views towards christianity, or if I should go for his most famous works like Anna Karenina or War and Peace. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
I know I have half the thread behing me too :D PS : my chinese book is very good, also it's somehow about today's France^^ | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
Very entertaining book so far, but not quite the page-turner I thought it'd be. Lynch has a light syndrome of infodumping and spoonfeeding; it's not as bad as I've seen in other authors, but it's enough to make me skip paragraphs (at best) and pages (at worst). | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
On September 22 2014 22:08 123Gurke wrote: ![[image loading]](http://www.humano.com/assets/CatalogueArticle/32826/caste_metabarons_1_original.jpg) Reading comics is probably not the best way to learn French, but I guess it is better than nothing  This was more or less a random choice at the local library. I have finished the first six parts, and this series is complely crazy. It starts out like a strange Dune clone and then turns weird: patricide, incest, invincible warriors, cyborgs, strange futuristic cults, brain transplantations, time travel, ... Still quite fun, but probably not for everyone.Jodorowsky's comics are generally awesome. especially l'Incal with Moebius. | ||
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HaRuHi
1220 Posts
Just finished "The humans" by Matt Haig It is a very light book, I finished it on 20 short train rides. The book was pitched to me like this, it is about an alien that has to live under humans, nobody understands him, except for the dog. It deals with math, which I like. If humans sometimes feel alien to you and you need some popcorn for the mind on noisy public transportation and know math is cool, this book is ok-ish. Now back to the ender's quartet. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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Flicky
England2665 Posts
On September 22 2014 22:08 123Gurke wrote: Reading comics is probably not the best way to learn French, but I guess it is better than nothing .Reading comics is actually a very effective way to learn a language, especially initially. On September 24 2014 09:17 Nyxisto wrote: While we're talking about light reading pleasures, can anybody recommend some good crime stories? I liked the Larsson books quite a lot. I don't know exactly what you mean by "light" but the early Alex Kava novels are my favourite crime books. Pretty gruesome, but great reads. A Perfect Evil (2000) Split Second (2001) The Soul Catcher (2002) At the Stroke of Madness (2003) A Necessary Evil (2006) After that, they become much shorter, much simpler and much more CSI. --------------------------- Reading Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson Accidentally took a long break from Malazan. I'm missing a few small details, but it's still as great as I remember it so far. A History of Western Philosophy by Betrand Russell Seems like required reading so far, although apparently there are a lot of people who think negatively of it. | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
On September 24 2014 19:16 Flicky wrote: A History of Western Philosophy by Betrand Russell Seems like required reading so far, although apparently there are a lot of people who think negatively of it. Every generation must rewrite the history of philosophy for itself. Bertrand Russell rewrote the history of philosophy to leave out anything that he thought was "unrigorous." I'd like to rewrite the history of philosophy to leave out Bertrand Russell  | ||
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farvacola
United States18834 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
That chinese novel (The Scholars) was dope. Tons of characters going in and out, you hear about their end 20 chapters later by a random third dude... Some of them are awful bastards, some of them are rolemodel, some of them are funny, some of them are sad. Their society is rotten, but you can still lead a life worth living, or be an even greater sob than the rest. Would definitely recommend to sam in particular, because it's also about culture not being a mean to suceed in academia and gain respect and success, if you will. Soooo, now, started The Republic, cause I need to finish my Plato reading, and going to start Rebatet's Les deux étendards. It has a very good reputation as a novel, but Rebatet collaborated with Vichy and the nazis, as quite a number of others, but his novel seems to be the most interesting one. | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
Seriously, that guy wrote a parody of every politician on tv 2500 years ago, has the coolest myths ever, Socrates making fun of everybody, great questions, what's not to like ? | ||
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Yurie
11904 Posts
I greatly liked it as a mix of Fantasy and Thriller (some would say horror). The pace of events was kept high but never rushed. Wanting to know what was happening next being the thing dragging it along. One of its strengths is allowing you to draw the wrong conclusions. The horrible events in it was mostly off screen, a good medium to keep the suspense up. All in all, a good medium long read. Going forward to the other books in the series now since I've hopefully forgot enough from when I watched the anime in 2006 to make it interesting. Will mostly be looking forward to the continuation of the story since then. | ||
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