What are you reading right now?

Engine · 12-12-2011, 08:23 PM

I haven't logged on to that site (or read a novel) in many months but here's what I'm reading right now:

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Simple, beautiful, eloquent, and brutal just like I like it.

TheBig3 · 12-13-2011, 12:25 PM

Has anyone read this? It sorta sounds like I'd like it though I'm sure a slightly older audience (mid-30's?) would probably relate better. Its about youth subcultures in New England in the 1980's.

RVCA · 12-13-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma

I added you

My account must be bugged because I still can't join this group, even though it says you've accepted me.

Lately, this

I'm only up to chapter three, so I expect things to pick up shortly, but I've been skipping over quite a lot that I've already learned from high school biology. But I think that speaks more about Dawkins' target audience (dumbass Americans, that is. He makes it quite clear that a large impetus for this book was the gallup survey in 2008 which indicated that 40% of Ameicans don't believe in evolution) than the book itself.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 12-13-2011, 03:35 PM

Should be fixed now.

I'm re-reading this

Paedantic Basterd · 12-13-2011, 03:38 PM

Diary gets a lot of flack, but it's probably my favourite Palahniuk novel.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 12-13-2011, 03:39 PM

I quite like it, however Invisible Monsters will always be my favourite. Damned was pretty good though, too.

Paedantic Basterd · 12-13-2011, 03:41 PM

Invisible Monsters challenges Diary for favourite. Haven't read Damned, Tell-All, or Pygmy yet. I've been slacking.

~~Rubato~~ · 12-14-2011, 12:19 PM

Just got Terry Pratchetts Monstrous Regiment. I've only a few left to read from the discworld series, Some of them have proved to be very elusive. If I had to pick a favouite it would be The Last Continent.

Thom Yorke · 12-18-2011, 08:18 PM

I really enjoyed this. Sitting down and reading any full work of any author in Late Antiquity can make you want to blow your brains out, but this one feeds you in small yet still relevant doses.

The chosen sources are from a very broad selection, and it covers everything from around Diocletian to the Muslim Conquest. There is commentary on each individual source as well.

The best thing about it is the way it's set up though. It's divided into topics (such as administration, Roman army, Christianity, etc.) rather than putting it into chronological order and it's further divided into different subtopics (to compare with the above examples: Imperial administration, recruitment, asceticism, etc.). It essentially provides you with a few examples of everything you could ever want to know about this time period.

~~Farfisa~~ · 12-19-2011, 10:34 AM

I've recently picked up a rather thorough book on Dadaism off amazon recently. I didn't know how massive it was, especially for 20 bucks, but so far it's a pretty interesting read filled with large photographs off important (and more obscure) pieces of art created by artists in the Dada movement. It feels a little silly though, reading a "picture book".

12-12-2011, 08:23 PM	#3811 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I haven't logged on to that site (or read a novel) in many months but here's what I'm reading right now: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Simple, beautiful, eloquent, and brutal just like I like it. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

12-13-2011, 12:25 PM	#3812 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Has anyone read this? It sorta sounds like I'd like it though I'm sure a slightly older audience (mid-30's?) would probably relate better. Its about youth subcultures in New England in the 1980's. __________________ I've moved to a new address

12-13-2011, 03:35 PM	#3814 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Should be fixed now. I'm re-reading this

12-13-2011, 03:38 PM	#3815 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Diary gets a lot of flack, but it's probably my favourite Palahniuk novel.

12-13-2011, 03:39 PM	#3816 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	I quite like it, however Invisible Monsters will always be my favourite. Damned was pretty good though, too.

12-13-2011, 03:41 PM	#3817 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Invisible Monsters challenges Diary for favourite. Haven't read Damned, Tell-All, or Pygmy yet. I've been slacking.

12-14-2011, 12:19 PM	#3818 (permalink)
~~Rubato~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 230	Just got Terry Pratchetts Monstrous Regiment. I've only a few left to read from the discworld series, Some of them have proved to be very elusive. If I had to pick a favouite it would be The Last Continent.

12-18-2011, 08:18 PM	#3819 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	I really enjoyed this. Sitting down and reading any full work of any author in Late Antiquity can make you want to blow your brains out, but this one feeds you in small yet still relevant doses. The chosen sources are from a very broad selection, and it covers everything from around Diocletian to the Muslim Conquest. There is commentary on each individual source as well. The best thing about it is the way it's set up though. It's divided into topics (such as administration, Roman army, Christianity, etc.) rather than putting it into chronological order and it's further divided into different subtopics (to compare with the above examples: Imperial administration, recruitment, asceticism, etc.). It essentially provides you with a few examples of everything you could ever want to know about this time period.

12-19-2011, 10:34 AM	#3820 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	I've recently picked up a rather thorough book on Dadaism off amazon recently. I didn't know how massive it was, especially for 20 bucks, but so far it's a pretty interesting read filled with large photographs off important (and more obscure) pieces of art created by artists in the Dada movement. It feels a little silly though, reading a "picture book".