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Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:55 am
by morange
hbombgraphics wrote:
kbithecrowing wrote:I tried to read The Brothers Karamazov. Could not get into it after like 200-300 pages.
Is The Idiot comperable in style?


Similar, I am realizing that some depends on the english translation,
Honestly it starts pretty slow, but I have a 15 hour flight so it will probably get read regardless.


I haven't read Dostoevsky in a long time, but if I remember right, Crime and Punishment has more of a plot than either of those; easier to get into.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:57 am
by hbombgraphics
Crime and Punishment is the Nevermind of Dostoevsky books. Yeah it's awesome but it's the one everyone has.
Although it is much easier to get into, the idiot is several pages of dialogue before anything actually happens.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:24 am
by Fuzzrociouspedals
Slowly getting through an HP Lovecraft anthology.
Great storytelling, but 99% of the stories have a crappy "oh well" ending. I love Stephen King, but now I see where he got his formula for writing endings!

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:25 am
by Fuzzrociouspedals
Slowly getting through an HP Lovecraft anthology.
Great storytelling, but 99% of the stories have a crappy "oh well" ending. I love Stephen King, but now I see where he got his formula for writing endings!

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:25 am
by Fuzzrociouspedals
Slowly getting through an HP Lovecraft anthology.
Great storytelling, but 99% of the stories have a crappy "oh well" ending. I love Stephen King, but now I see where he got his formula for writing endings!

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:27 am
by Fuzzrociouspedals
My iPhone triple posted...sorry!

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:30 am
by phantasmagorovich
I'm still at the same books I have posted a month ago. Apart from the audiobook - listened to China MiƩvilles Kraken in the meantime and it was pretty nice, but not as badass as his "New Crobuzon" Novels. Audiobooks are keeping me from being a total non-literary bum. Hooray for that.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:53 am
by StudioShutIn
for the last few weeks/months the extent of my major, daily reading has been the Old Testament.
I'm almost through the Book of Isaiah :yay:

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:16 am
by Holy Schnikes
warwick.hoy wrote:I attempted reading Jitterbug Perfume twice. I had to put it down both time. For some reason it just didn't grab my attention.


I loved Jitterbug Perfume but I've heard others say they couldn't finish it. I tried reading another Robbins book, Skinny Legs And All, and I quit halfway through, something I rarely do. First time I've had such polar opposite reactions to one author.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:59 pm
by ashdown
recently finished the girl with the dragon tattoo. got the summer boredom and was attracted to the book's size and depth, turned out to be a good read

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:14 pm
by warwick.hoy
I had to put the Guitar Making book down for a moment.

This is next on my reading list:

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I've read and liked No Logo. It definitely got me thinking differently about how I value material goods, band names and placing an importance on keeping more of my money within the local economy.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:47 pm
by behndy
this is confusing. i'm confused. YOU'RE ALL CONFUSING.

are there two "ooOooOooo! look at ME! i'm all literate and shit!" threads entitled What Are You Reading. THAT'S CONFUSING.

..... i'm reading John Dies At The End. suck it if you don't like Kindles. they're fucking awesome.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:48 am
by My name is Mudd
Coming Into The Country - John McPhee's word-documentary on Alaska in the early 1970's.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:53 am
by proroby
Welcome to the Monkey House, a collection of short stories by Vonnegut. Also, Action Philosophers, a graphic novel explaining the major philosophers theories.

Re: What are you reading?

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:57 am
by jfrey
Finished the last 2 books of the Ender series in the past week.

Now reading:

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