books to read

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My summer reading plans

[Nick]

currently reading

and

personally, both great books. I can easily understand how certain people wouldnt enjoy Allen Ginsberg, but the Ernest Hemmingway collection I think could be enjoyed by nearly anyone- the book itself is a volume of his short stories, most of which based upon his Nick Adams character.

recent read I would recommend is

although I may be entering a risk recommending this, I definately think this book can easily relate to any skateboarder who ever felt isolated or estranged from their peers. It was a wonderful narrative, I thuroughly enjoyed the book.

[Tyroneshoelaces]

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I read the synopsis and ordered it from amazon for 9 pounds. Looking forward to reading it after my exams.

whoa stoked!! just saw this. i hope you enjoy it as much as i did. now i want to re-read it.

just finished this book and i really, really liked it.  hit me hard.  highly recommend 

[Inanimate Object]

Finished:



Multi-narrative sci-fi.  Not sure if the Nabokov comparisons are apt but it's a fun read.



Franzen talking about his transition into adulthood. Vacillates between moments of profound insight into what it means to grow up and be a person, and moments of Franzen being a terminal precocious bitch.



Cyberpunk novel about future biotech industrial espionage in South East Asia. Not as awesome as I'd hoped but everyone else loved it.



Favorite Hemingway novel so far. From what I understand, women are not to be trusted.

Reading:



and



but I'm also finishing my Master's thesis right now, so the Jared Diamond book is on the back-burner until September probably.

[Alan]

Finished this


and started this

[steve]

It's nice to read books of my choice now that class is out... I've been doing one or 2 a week. I've been tearing apart the free book shelves outside faculty offices at the University and have come out with some great reads.

Last night I finished Island Under the Sea- Isabel Alende

War is a Force that Gives us Meaning- Chris Hedges

dem- William Melvin Kelley

Faith and the Good Thing-Charles Johnson

Dreamer- Charles Johnson (fictionalized account of the final 2 years of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, drawing strongly on time spent with Mohandas Gandhi.)

Existentialism is a Humanism- Sartre

No Fear, No Death. Comforting Wisdom for Life- Thich Nhat Hanh

Kevin Carey- The One Fifteen to Penn Station (book of working class Massachusetts poetry)

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

Finished this

I loved that series so much. sci-fi at its very best. make sure to read the rest of them, they are pretty amazing.

[buttpirate]

just finished:

a book about books wrapped in a detective novel set in a 14th century Italian monastery, pretty entertaining.


halfway through this:




I need to get onto this

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I loved that series so much. sci-fi at its very best. make sure to read the rest of them, they are pretty amazing.

[Coastal Fever]

Talking about books is weird for me.  There's just so many out there, that when someone names an author they're into, I've usually never heard of them.  I've mostly been reading "classics" that everyone has heard of.  I finished Robinson Crusoe not long ago, and last night I started Tarzan the Untamed.

[oyolar]

Happy Bloomsday everyone! Celebrating by reading some Finnegans Wake.

[ChronicBluntSlider]

Talking about books is weird for me.  There's just so many out there, that when someone names an author they're into, I've usually never heard of them.  I've mostly been reading "classics" that everyone has heard of.  I finished Robinson Crusoe not long ago, and last night I started Tarzan the Untamed.

I love the classics.

[ChronicBluntSlider]

It's nice to read books of my choice now that class is out... I've been doing one or 2 a week. I've been tearing apart the free book shelves outside faculty offices at the University and have come out with some great reads.



Faith and the Good Thing-Charles Johnson

I took a novel writing class at UCLA and in it we read Middle Passage by Charles Johnson. Then he did a q and a with us over Skype. Super humble, mellow guy.

[Blue Fescue]

I never knew that the movie Fletch was based on a series of novels. 

[Monty Burns]

I never knew that the movie Fletch was based on a series of novels. 

Is it a comedy or serius ?

[Blue Fescue]

It is both serious and funny.  He is basically just a dick to everyone.  It is good so far.

[Monty Burns]

the movies were kinda funny . Guess the book would be better though

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

about to start the summer reading list. On deck I have:
On the Road- Still haven't read it. Read other Kerouac shit and loved it.
Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck is rad. I read Of Mice And Men recently and loved it. I feel like I have to.

[kellen]

Just finished it the other day, was a little bit tough to get into at first but I ended up enjoying it.

[kilgore.]

about to start the summer reading list. On deck I have:
On the Road- Still haven't read it. Read other Kerouac shit and loved it.
Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck is rad. I read Of Mice And Men recently and loved it. I feel like I have to.

i thought you were teaching high school, not still attending it.

 

[oyolar]

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about to start the summer reading list. On deck I have:
On the Road- Still haven't read it. Read other Kerouac shit and loved it.
Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck is rad. I read Of Mice And Men recently and loved it. I feel like I have to.

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i thought you were teaching high school, not still attending it.

Burn!

Currently reading this:



It's pretty crazy. Like all of Danielewski's stuff, the layout/formatting is fucked up. But at least House of Leaves still had a (for the most part) discernible plot and understandable details. This is a novel told through stream-of-consciousness poetry. I've only read a little bit, but I'm intrigued by what I've read so far, so hopefully I'll get more of it as I go along.

[Matze]

got this one for birthday, was quite a funny read. feels a lil bit awkward when reading in a public transport, but whatever



now I started to read guenther grass "cat and mouse" in polish. this is a tough one. I've never learned to read polish, so this is pretty hard. 4year old children have a bigger vocabulary then me, which makes reading real literature a not easier. anyway, I'm very proud of myself that I started this project. next time I'll get myself some french books.

[sven thorkel]

it was too long, but it has its moments

[Greg Ostertag]

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now I started to read guenther grass "cat and mouse" in polish. this is a tough one. I've never learned to read polish, so this is pretty hard. 4year old children have a bigger vocabulary then me, which makes reading real literature a not easier. anyway, I'm very proud of myself that I started this project. next time I'll get myself some french books.

Quite a difficult book in any language, but a really important novella. Enjoy!

[steve]

The Possessed by Dostoyevsky is a good one so far. It's the first of his that I have picked up and I'm appreciating the mode of story telling through the thus far unnamed narrator.

I also scored a collection of Hemingway titled "By-line: Ernest Hemingway Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades" which should be cool.

[oyolar]

Just finished this last weekend. Book Four is fucking weird.

[Wall of Nausea]

[Wall of Nausea]

I think you're the only person I know who has also read The Wasp Factory.  Good and a little fucked up.

no joke dude. had to put it down a few times. cause it was fucking with my mood,but definitely a good and short read.

also :




Regarding "The Butcher Boy" :There is also a movie that was made with Stephen Rea. Fucking immaculate. Peep it:

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5862405

or


netflix probably has it too.

anyhow. yeah a dope read and fucked up, but fun.

[ChronicBluntSlider]

about to start the summer reading list. On deck I have:
On the Road- Still haven't read it. Read other Kerouac shit and loved it.
Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck is rad. I read Of Mice And Men recently and loved it. I feel like I have to.

I read that recently, the ending is one of the most amazing endings I've ever read. Also great from Steinbeck, Cannery Row.

[steve]

Just found a copy of Denis Johnson's "Jesus' Son." It started off in a way that made me think of Bukowski but most of the stories were good and not as dark as I had expected.