So....What Are You Reading?

[fiddlestick]

Originally posted by hangthadj
Damn, we crew fans are a literate bunch!

Fixed your "illiterate" post :)

"The History of Reading"-Alberto Manguel (was an associate of Borges, a good read)

[Jose L. Couso]

Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold.

[NER_MCFC]

I usually have 3 going at a time: 1 on the night table, one for on the bus and one on the coffee table. Right now, they are:
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and someone else
The Thief of Time by Terry Pratchet; it's a Disk World novel.
Route 66AD. I forget the author's name. It's about tourism in during the Roman Empire.

[DoctorJones24]

Listening to "Dune" on tape in the car.
Reading "Azadi" by Chaman Nahal.

[supersport]

Originally posted by carolinab


Paolo Di Canio, Autobiography


Excellent read. What an ego!



I'm really impressed by his writing. It's one thing to know all the little details and to have done the research, but it's a true gift to be able to make that past as vivid as he does.

I'm about half way through it and I'm not sure if I like the guy, or not. I really wonder what the people he writes about in this book think of him? It is well written. And he doesn't seem to leave much out.

[phats_away]

tad williams is a great writer, tho sometimes he gets a little long winded


currently reading you cannot be serious by john mcenroe

[Foosinho]

Originally posted by bmurphyfl
Brilliant Orange - The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

Just finished Sum of All Fears last night. I think Brilliant Orange will be my next book - I've been wanting to read it for a while.

[bungadiri]

Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard.

Kind of disappointing so far I'm about 150 pages in and having to force myself to read it.

[nicodemus]

I'm one of those people that can't just read one book at a time, so the plethora I'm working on at present are:

Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao

Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass by Richard D. Smith

Conversations with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I by Olivier Clement

The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert Massie

John Tavener: Glimpes of Paradise by Geoffrey Haydon

As Long As Sarajevo Exists by Kemal Kurspahic

The Oxford History of Islam editor, John Espisito

I've been a little disappointed in the Lan Cao and the Kurspahic books, but all the others are great so far.

[odg78]

Originally posted by Foosinho


Just finished Sum of All Fears last night. I think Brilliant Orange will be my next book - I've been wanting to read it for a while.


I just finished reading this a couple of weeks ago. It took me a little bit of time to get used to the book because a lot of it isn't about the football but Dutch society. Once I got used to that it turns into a great read.


Right now I'm reading The Song of Roland and I'm about to start Conrad's The Secret Agent.

[CrazyF.C.]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24


Excellent, Crazy.
For pleasure or for a class?
Anyway, how are you liking it? It's fairly tough going, but worth it IMO.

pleasure. I like it a lot so far. I'm about 140 into it out of around 550. If you think thats tough going, Atlas Shrugged is next on my list... ay yie yie! :)

[irvine]

Originally posted by CrazyF.C.
Atlas Shrugged is next on my list... ay yie yie! :)

Ay yie yie is right. Don't bother. Rand is crap crap crappity crap.

[nicodemus]

Originally posted by irvine


Ay yie yie is right. Don't bother. Rand is crap crap crappity crap.

Can you believe they gave her a postage stamp?

[irvine]

Originally posted by nicodemus


Can you believe they gave her a postage stamp?

I see by the expression on your face that you're serious. Unfrickinbelievable.

[Michael K.]

I'm on the last few pages of 'The Kingdom and the Power' by Gay Talese, and on the first few pages of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'....

Brilliant Orange is very high on my to-read list.

[hangthadj]

Originally posted by nicodemus


Can you believe they gave her a postage stamp?

They gave HER a stamp. Unreal. That stuff really is crap. Some of the smuggest writing out there without a doubt.

[emp2b3]

the latest book i have read is called 'house of leaves' by mark z. kanielewski. it is kwirky and i thought extremely interesting and sometimes frightening. there are hidden messages in the book so if you like looking for codes and stuff in tons of footnotes this is for you. definitely a good read even if you just follow the stories going on throughout the book.

[Dr. Wankler]

I just finished Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America by Ann Powers (she's a rock journalist who edited a pretty decent book called Rock She Wrote, a collection of writings by women rock journalists). WLU is pretty good. It chronicles varous boho scenes from the last 20 years or so, focusing on San Francisco, Seattle, and New York (not because she thinks those are the hippest, but because that's where she's lived). Each chapter is focused on a particular theme: drugs, sex, music, (crappy) jobs, fashion/furniture, family relations, and of course, selling out.

[nicodemus]

Originally posted by irvine


I see by the expression on your face that you're serious. Unfrickinbelievable.

Actually I'm not, I don't really have too much aqaintance with her writing. I was primarily speaking to the fact that she appears to have been fairly controversial and the postal service is quite conservative with who they put on stamps, although that has changed in recent years. I was just surprised that they immortalized someone on postage who wasn't a "safe bet" like Louis Armstrong or Bear Bryant or someone similar.

[hangthadj]

So just about an hour ago I finished the Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I must have gone through half a pack of ciggerrettes and three cups of coffee on my porch since then.
This book is terrific. Maybe someone else that has read it can give a better sypnosis of what it is, there is a love story, war stories, mystery, some talk of politics. The number of characters that walk in and out of this book is remarkable too. With over 600 pages though I guess that is to be expected. Like many good novelists, he doesn't tie everything up at the end. There are a few loose questions that make you wanna start the whole thing over, or go back 100 pages and reread from there. This is the second book I read by Murakami, the first was sputnik sweetheart. This is far superior, and that isn't to say Sputnik Sweetheart was bad at all, it just speaks to how good this actually is. I definately reccomend this to anyone. Don't let the size fool you. I read it in a little under two weeks. The writing is very engaging and before you know it you have the first 50 pages done.
Next up for me...
Season with Verona - I am about 220 pages into it, i just read it periodically in breaks when I just want a 10 page soccer break.
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima - I have seen this reccomended numerous times here and am quite excited to read it. And now after reading Murakami I have a real interest in Japaneese novelists. Hopefully this treats me well.