The Books/Reading Thread

[A8]

Right now i have to read this book for a lit class called The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Anyone read this book?

good book


im currently in the middle of
The Constant Princess, a book about Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII

and Next by Michael Crichton

 

[Valerie]

wait...no, wait

http://pira.blogia.com/upload/20061010094622-tom-of-finland-small.jpg

Fuck the world!

 

[unknown]

Readin The Republic for the third different class now. Also Uncle Tom's Cabin, random articles about religion/culture and politics, articles about literary theory, and whatever the fuck I'm supposed to have read for my Victorian Literature class...I know we just finished Jane Eyre. I think I'm supposed to read some J.S. Mill excerpts.

FUCK Jane Eyre

 

[Vilden]

Finally getting around to read some Lovecraft. Pretty interesting so far.

 

[unknown]

always a good call. what are you reading?

 

[Satanstoenail]

I've stopped reading lately. Got 1/4 of the way through Cryptonomicon and stopped for some reason.

 

[unknown]

gah! It's a great book. Anything by Neal Stephenson is just amazing


pick up Snow Crash

 

[Satanstoenail]

gah! It's a great book. Anything by Neal Stephenson is just amazing


pick up Snow Crash

Yeah I've read Snow Crash, excellent book. I'll get back to Cryptonomicon, I just haven't felt like reading lately for some stupid reason.

 

[skeptik]

FUCK Jane Eyre

Nah...it's a great book if you're interested in Victorian literature...just not 4 times for 4 different classes...

 

[unknown]

The Brontes and Jane Austen can all eat my ass

 

[skeptik]

Victorian literature > 1990s bullshit

 

[unknown]

hooray for sweeping generalizations comparing apples with zebras!

 

[skeptik]

It's true and if you disagree you're a faggot tbh.

 

[The Ozzman]

Only thing I've read by a Bronte is Wuthering Heights

 

[unknown]

It's true and if you disagree you're a faggot tbh.

*is a faggot*

I mean there's some really amazing Victorian literature just as there is some amazing twentieth century lit...I just find the twentieth century lit to be more interesting and original

this could be due in large part because I'm a composition creative writing person, so I crave originality...I set high standards for my literature

 

[Vilden]

always a good call. what are you reading?

At the Mountains of Madness, heard it would be a good start.

 

[Death Aflame]

I actually really enjoyed Wuthering Heights. The only thing I have read by Austen was Emma and it was absolute rubbish.

I am currently reading The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. The first book, Hyperion, was great but left a lot unexplained. Simmons better damn well tie up all the lose ends in part 2 or I'll be pissed.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Comic books kick ass.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Demons - Dostoevsky

 

[Valerie]

I bought The House of the Dead by Dostoevsky today, along with Being and Nothingness by Sartre. I'm reading Nausea right now so they'll have to wait. I also have Demons but the edition I have is called The Devils.