What are you reading right now?

djchameleon · 05-07-2009, 09:16 AM

I went to the library and came across these two self help books that I thought would be interesting reads. I have now come to find out that I'm not as shy as I thought I was based off the of experiences told in the book.

I don't feel like my life sucks but I thought I would read up on this and I like her concept of joyriding through life. I might actually put it into practice when I get into a bad situation.

keith! · 05-07-2009, 05:41 PM

sweet_nothing · 05-09-2009, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by keith!

I just got through re reading Fight Club but I really need to check out more by this guy.

Anyway

Its a memoir about the author and his time in concentration camps as a teenager, the most depressing thing ive ever read.

SATCHMO · 05-09-2009, 01:29 AM

I've been meaning to check out Palahlniuk for a while now. Surprisingly, for as short of a book as it is, I have not yet ead Night either.

I'm currently taking on this classic whopper of a door stopper:

As well as re-reading this:

cardboard adolescent · 05-09-2009, 01:55 AM

^interested in reading both of those. one of my friends turned me off of the latter, and i've od'd on james for now. but you should tell me what you think of them.

SATCHMO · 05-09-2009, 02:30 AM

I've read Lightness before, and in light of recent discussions w/ someone who has more recently read the book I decided to read it again.

Varieties looks to be 600 pages of tedium, but well worth the effort I hope.

Edit: Just realized I misread your post. I couldn't recommend Kundera enough to you. Beautifully well written prose with an emphasis on what I would dub "romantic existentialism"

right-track · 05-09-2009, 03:12 AM

AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border. Yet the most lethal threat lurks far to the east in Persia, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. The far-flung and isolated citadel of Arete faces out across the wasteland, awaiting the inevitable invasion. One man is sent to marshall the defences of this lonely city - one man to shore up the crumbling walls of a once indomitable symbol of Roman power - a man whose name itself means war, a man called Ballista.

Nothing heavy. An historical fiction novel with all the usual Roman intrigue, treachery and brutality you'd expect with a tale from antiquity.
Very well written and hard to put down.

SATCHMO · 05-09-2009, 03:14 AM

LMFAO.........SIDEBOTTOM! hee hee

right-track · 05-09-2009, 03:23 AM

Even worse...I know a guy called Ramsbottom.

SATCHMO · 05-09-2009, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Even worse...I know a guy called Ramsbottom.

Any relation?

05-09-2009, 02:30 AM	#1436 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I've read Lightness before, and in light of recent discussions w/ someone who has more recently read the book I decided to read it again. Varieties looks to be 600 pages of tedium, but well worth the effort I hope. Edit: Just realized I misread your post. I couldn't recommend Kundera enough to you. Beautifully well written prose with an emphasis on what I would dub "romantic existentialism" Last edited by SATCHMO; 05-09-2009 at 02:36 AM.

05-07-2009, 09:16 AM	#1431 (permalink)
djchameleon A.B.N. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NY baby Posts: 11,451	I went to the library and came across these two self help books that I thought would be interesting reads. I have now come to find out that I'm not as shy as I thought I was based off the of experiences told in the book. I don't feel like my life sucks but I thought I would read up on this and I like her concept of joyriding through life. I might actually put it into practice when I get into a bad situation.

05-07-2009, 05:41 PM	#1432 (permalink)
keith! Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 287

05-09-2009, 01:29 AM	#1434 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I've been meaning to check out Palahlniuk for a while now. Surprisingly, for as short of a book as it is, I have not yet ead Night either. I'm currently taking on this classic whopper of a door stopper: As well as re-reading this:

05-09-2009, 01:55 AM	#1435 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	^interested in reading both of those. one of my friends turned me off of the latter, and i've od'd on james for now. but you should tell me what you think of them.

05-09-2009, 03:12 AM	#1437 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border. Yet the most lethal threat lurks far to the east in Persia, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. The far-flung and isolated citadel of Arete faces out across the wasteland, awaiting the inevitable invasion. One man is sent to marshall the defences of this lonely city - one man to shore up the crumbling walls of a once indomitable symbol of Roman power - a man whose name itself means war, a man called Ballista. Nothing heavy. An historical fiction novel with all the usual Roman intrigue, treachery and brutality you'd expect with a tale from antiquity. Very well written and hard to put down.

05-09-2009, 03:14 AM	#1438 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	LMFAO.........SIDEBOTTOM! hee hee

05-09-2009, 03:23 AM	#1439 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Even worse...I know a guy called Ramsbottom.