What are you reading right now?

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 11-02-2012, 11:10 PM

I'm just starting it, mom says it's terrifying!

The Batlord · 11-05-2012, 12:37 PM

Been reading the second book in the whole Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. Generally I despise the thrillers that one can find in Wal-Mart, but these have at least one good character (Lisbeth Salander) that keeps you interested. I'm never exactly sure why it is that I can't put these books down, since they have a lot of what bugs me about thrillers in general, but whatevs.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-05-2012, 09:12 PM

Just finished Frankenstein for English 151 and am in the process of ruining it with a research paper. Immediately picked up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for subsequent destruction through mechanical separation.

**Janszoon** · 11-05-2012, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Just finished Frankenstein for English 151 and am in the process of ruining it with a research paper. Immediately picked up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for subsequent destruction through mechanical separation.

Frankenstein is definitely one of my favorite classics.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-05-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Frankenstein is definitely one of my favorite classics.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the characters, but meticulously comparing Victor Frankenstein to Percy Shelley is sucking the life out of me.

NSW · 11-06-2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

I'm reading I Am Legend again for the third or fourth time. Matheson is becoming one of my favorite writers. The man is ****ing talented. I just finished the passage about the dog. It's one of my favorite parts of any book. I get choked up every time. Poor Robert...

****ing talented with a capital F (or *, as you would have it). This is one of my top five favorite books ever.

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I'm just starting it, mom says it's terrifying!

I've had this book on my book shelf for a few years now, and not cracked it open yet. Please let us know how it is!

LoathsomePete · 11-07-2012, 09:49 AM

Jam by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

For the uninitiated, Yahtzee is a video critic of the ever popular "Zero Punctuation" video series on the Escapist. Very funny guy who says a lot more about a game with his brand of humor than a lot of others say in their more professional reviews. His first book, Mogworld, was a pretty spot-on riff of World of Warcraft and some fantasy tropes, and was very funny, especially if you're a fan of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. Jam is still as funny, but removed from a fantastical world and planted in a more contemporary one, where humanity is under attack from carnivorous jam. Yes, jam, the stuff you put on toast.

ThePhanastasio · 11-18-2012, 01:30 AM

Just read Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, and I highly recommend it. It's not fulfilling in that the conclusion is just as you'd hoped, but it's entertaining and leaves you with an appropriate amount of emptiness.

Burning Down · 11-18-2012, 06:45 AM

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. For a class. Just finished Machiavelli's "The Prince", and now discovering that Hobbes is refuting basically everything that we've read so far (Plato's "Republic", Aristotle's "Politics" and the Machiavelli). Have to basically forget about everything those guys said in order to understand the Hobbes properly. Yikes.

Engine · 11-18-2012, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the characters, but meticulously comparing Victor Frankenstein to Percy Shelley is sucking the life out of me.

That actually sounds kinda awesome to me.

11-02-2012, 11:10 PM	#4481 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	I'm just starting it, mom says it's terrifying! __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

11-07-2012, 09:49 AM	#4487 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Jam by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw For the uninitiated, Yahtzee is a video critic of the ever popular "Zero Punctuation" video series on the Escapist. Very funny guy who says a lot more about a game with his brand of humor than a lot of others say in their more professional reviews. His first book, Mogworld, was a pretty spot-on riff of World of Warcraft and some fantasy tropes, and was very funny, especially if you're a fan of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. Jam is still as funny, but removed from a fantastical world and planted in a more contemporary one, where humanity is under attack from carnivorous jam. Yes, jam, the stuff you put on toast. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

11-18-2012, 01:30 AM	#4488 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	Just read Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, and I highly recommend it. It's not fulfilling in that the conclusion is just as you'd hoped, but it's entertaining and leaves you with an appropriate amount of emptiness. __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

11-05-2012, 09:12 PM	#4483 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Just finished Frankenstein for English 151 and am in the process of ruining it with a research paper. Immediately picked up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for subsequent destruction through mechanical separation.

11-18-2012, 06:45 AM	#4489 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. For a class. Just finished Machiavelli's "The Prince", and now discovering that Hobbes is refuting basically everything that we've read so far (Plato's "Republic", Aristotle's "Politics" and the Machiavelli). Have to basically forget about everything those guys said in order to understand the Hobbes properly. Yikes.