I haven't finished anything in a while.

I'm almost done with The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner although I might go back and read Benjy's part again after I finish. And Quentin's part twisted my mind and it's not quite untwisted yet.

I have my eye on Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev next, and also Either/Or by Kierkegaard. I might need something light for reading momentum in there though.

Lorken

New Zealand804 Posts

October 21 2011 04:59 GMT

#902

I was reading:

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But then I found:
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and can't put it down. I really want to elongate the time I have with Dance with Dragons.

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17733 Posts

October 21 2011 05:05 GMT

#903

On October 21 2011 13:31 ZapRoffo wrote:
I haven't finished anything in a while.

I'm almost done with The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner although I might go back and read Benjy's part again after I finish. And Quentin's part twisted my mind and it's not quite untwisted yet.

I have my eye on Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev next, and also Either/Or by Kierkegaard. I might need something light for reading momentum in there though.

I remember when I read The Sound and the Fury it took me I think 5 hours straight to read Benjy's section and I was confused as fuck at what was going on lol. And then Quentin's part didn't do much help either. But after finishing the rest of the book it became a "Memento Aha" moment where everything just started to make sense. Really well written and makes you think a lot while reading it.

Klyberess

Sweden345 Posts

October 21 2011 05:23 GMT

#904

Last

xsksc

United Kingdom1044 Posts

October 21 2011 05:51 GMT

#905

Just finished

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Remfire

492 Posts

October 21 2011 05:57 GMT

#906

just finished 3 cups of tea, started the girl with the dragon tattoo, next will be the rest of the millennium series =]

Lassepetri

Denmark112 Posts

October 21 2011 08:04 GMT

#907

1) Discourse analysis as theory and method - Marianne Winther Jørgensen and Louise Phillips
2) Confessions of a philosopher - Bryan Magee
3) SOMETHING NOT FUCKING SCHOOLRELATED! Im thinking some real tacky, pulp fantasy-esque thing, though im heavily leaning towards something with thats based on actual history. I really like Conn Igguldens interpretations of Caesar and Ghengis Khan.

moltenlead

Canada866 Posts

October 21 2011 08:11 GMT

#908

All of these are non-school related:

Finished:
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Currently:
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Dyssa

32 Posts

October 21 2011 09:52 GMT

#909

Just finished
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Currently re-reading
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Before moving on to
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jergason

United States37 Posts

October 22 2011 03:48 GMT

#910

Just finished:
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Very unique sci-fi book. Seems more "literary" than most sci-fi that I have read. The narrator seems unreliable, and some weird stuff means I am not sure if the author is trolling me or not, but I liked it and will keep reading the rest of the series.

Currently:

One of my favorite books. Consciousness, philosophy, AI, math, and a bunch of other things all rolled in to one. A reoccurring theme is recursion and patterns that loop back on themselves. He not only talks about these patterns in the book, but the actual structure of the book itself is a kind of repeating loop. Very awesome stuff.

Next:

Forgot most of my calculus, and I want to remember it it. It is starting to become more useful.

Perguvious

United States1783 Posts

October 25 2011 20:38 GMT

#911

It came in the mail today!

Currently Reading:
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Remb

United States190 Posts

October 25 2011 20:54 GMT

#912

I just finished Ender's Game, and I really want more books like it: warfare and tactics from a first person perspective and lots of mind games.
Stuff like S1 Code Geass and Death Note. Anyone have suggestions?
I also read Speaker for the Dead. It was enjoyable, but not exactly what I was looking for as a sequel to Ender's Game.

sail

United States127 Posts

October 25 2011 21:29 GMT

#913

On October 26 2011 05:38 Perguvious wrote:
It came in the mail today!

Currently Reading:
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Gah! Lucky you! I had completely forgot about this! I'll have to pick it up soon.

Currently reading:
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It is pretty fun. Especially if you have ever wanted to be a money-obsessed Filipino girl (or not). Robbins uses a second person perspective which is interesting to read.

Next on the list will have to be 1Q84 by Murakami, and then Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.

jon arbuckle

Canada443 Posts

October 25 2011 23:02 GMT

#914

On October 21 2011 13:31 ZapRoffo wrote:
I have my eye on Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev next. . . . I might need something light for reading momentum in there though.

Fathers and Sons is one of the best novels for over-educated, self-pitying males, and it's not a difficult read at all.

JeanBob

Canada295 Posts

October 25 2011 23:10 GMT

#915

I'm not a huge reader, but this year I read Lord of the Rings for the second time, and I just started reading The Silmarillion. Literature courses forced me to read "Fables, contes et nouvelles de Jean de La Fontaine" (I'm from Quebec!), and didn't like it that much. After that, I plan on reading Game of Thrones, which I've been referred to many times by many people.

DeepElemBlues

United States5079 Posts

October 26 2011 01:06 GMT

#916

I re-read Eaters of the Dead yesterday and Timeline today, right now I'm plowing though Sphere. (first time). I also read every day from Taubman's biography Kruschev or Churchill's abridged History of the English-Speaking People just because they're fascinating books.

I need to start getting serious about making myself a nice library on this computer, I don't have a lot of my favorite books and nothing new to read at all...

Malinor

Germany4734 Posts

October 26 2011 01:35 GMT

#917

Until last week I was reading
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and now I am in part two of this ten book fantasy series:
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I haven't read too many fantasy novels until now (LOTR, one book of the Eragon series, Joe Abercrombie's First Law series plus the follow-up, Harry Potter-if that counts) but since quite some time I felt the urge to dive into a long series. I am pretty picky when it comes to this stuff because I always fear that I end up in another world with brutal orcs, noble elbs or majestic dragons. Also I don't like to start yet unfinished series, because I don't feel like waiting another 5 years for the next book. And let's be honest, the quality of most series drop significantly over time, so waiting endlessly only to be disappointed is just cruel. I ordered this book and the first part of The Dark Tower from Stephen King (since both series are finished and seem to not drop in quality if you can trust the reviews), and decided to continue with the Malazan series (since the western-style of The Dark Tower is not my favoured setting).
I very much enjoyed the first book. You are thrown right into the story and most characters aren't really introduced that much, so you have to figure out stuff by yourself as you read along, which can be hard sometimes. The world is a bit heavy on powerful, mysterious and old creatures, makes you wonder a bit how human protagonists should survive in such a setting, let alone have any real amount of power. But it seems basically everyone is killable (even the gods), which is quite nice. Overall this could shape up to be a very nice read over the next couple of months.

beat farm

United States478 Posts

October 26 2011 01:53 GMT

#918

finished

currently

ShadowDrgn

United States2497 Posts

October 26 2011 02:14 GMT

#919

On October 26 2011 05:54 Remb wrote:
I just finished Ender's Game, and I really want more books like it: warfare and tactics from a first person perspective and lots of mind games.
Stuff like S1 Code Geass and Death Note. Anyone have suggestions?
I also read Speaker for the Dead. It was enjoyable, but not exactly what I was looking for as a sequel to Ender's Game.

You might want to check out Ender's Shadow and its sequels. I think they're much more like what you're looking for than Speaker and its sequels (which weren't good at all).