What are you reading?

[Warped]

Of course in german, it is called "Der Mandant". Amazing, detailed, very exciting
Sometimes i read books in english just to train my language skills but it is very exhausting especially when laying in bed.

[SR]

Saussure and Jakobson

[Pure Method]

I'm reading "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks" by Kerouac/Burroughs. Each writer swapped chapters and also tells the story from a different character's perspective. It's sort of a beat mystery/noir story. I like both writers so I'm finding it to be pretty good and it's a quick read.

I am a HUGE Kerouac fan so i'm maybe a little biased, but i absolutely love this book... and yeah, i also liked it because it is such a quick and easy read.

I'm currently reading Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. Very clever theme (your social status is defined by the colours that you can see) and it's also very amusing which was a surprise.

so good. so fucking good. bringing it with me on vacation to reread.

[Japhy]

I'm reading "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks" by Kerouac/Burroughs. Each writer swapped chapters and also tells the story from a different character's perspective. It's sort of a beat mystery/noir story. I like both writers so I'm finding it to be pretty good and it's a quick read.

I am a HUGE Kerouac fan so i'm maybe a little biased, but i absolutely love this book... and yeah, i also liked it because it is such a quick and easy read.

I'm currently reading Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. Very clever theme (your social status is defined by the colours that you can see) and it's also very amusing which was a surprise.

so good. so fucking good. bringing it with me on vacation to reread.

Which one man... Hippos? Awesome read. Both of them actually so good choice either way!

[blackcoffee]

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City...a memoir about an absent ex con father and the son who meets up with him while working at a homeless shelter. Was made into a film recently.

[farrellgirl99]

Just finished the Hunger Games trilogy. It had it's moments, overall not great.

[SR]

E.M. Forster A Passage to India

[thoreau]

Currently reading Tony Bourdain's Medium Raw.

[Matz]

Currently reading Tony Bourdain's Medium Raw.

he's a really cool guy. used to love watching his travels to India and such. He got high on hash cookies in one episode in a desert.

[ragdoll]

Susan Cain "Quiet"-The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking

[nausearockpig]

I just finished It's So Easy by Duff McKagan. Now reading Star Wars Darth Plagueis. Somewhat lowbrow compared to everyone else's reading matter. Oh well.

[Hokahey]

Absolutely incredible book.



Even if you have zero interest in running it's still a great read.

[Matov]

i was just given this one for my birthday


anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book

so, thanks in advance!

[Matz]

i was just given this one for my birthday


anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book

so, thanks in advance!

here's what the folks at amazon have to say about it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews ... DWL6I6BVXY

[Matov]

here's what the folks at amazon have to say about it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews ... DWL6I6BVXY

thanks matz! i was actually more interested in reading about what you guys (if anyone had read it) had to say about it, since even though you´re almost as random as the guys who post reviews at amazon, i can relate your reviews to the way you feel about other topics, such as music, politics, etc.

It still wouldn´t change the way i feel about the book, but its a more complete way of knowing what to expect from it.

not sure that made any sense at all

[Larry B.]

i was just given this one for my birthday


anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book

so, thanks in advance!

Feliz cumpleaños, man!!

Veinticuántos?

[Matov]

Feliz cumpleaños, man!!

Veinticuántos?

Thanks Larry! it's veintiocho for me

[Larry B.]

Feliz cumpleaños, man!!

Veinticuántos?

Thanks Larry! it's veintiocho for me

Hahaha, sos una semana mayor que yo!

[Artemis]

i was just given this one for my birthday


anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book

so, thanks in advance!

hello and happy belated birthday!

i didn't read that book but i am familiar with some of Hanif Kureishi's work.

i saw the films my beautiful laundrette and sammy and rosie get laid. he wrote the screenplays for both of them. i also read a more recent book called something to tell you.

rom the films and the book i read, he writes about the experiences of immigrants and the children of immigrants growing up in london. he writes about racism, identity(sexual and individual), cross-cultural variation, social commentary.
i think he is a good writer. very smart and witty.

[Matov]

hello and happy belated birthday!

i didn't read that book but i am familiar with some of Hanif Kureishi's work.

i saw the films my beautiful laundrette and sammy and rosie get laid. he wrote the screenplays for both of them. i also read a more recent book called something to tell you.

rom the films and the book i read, he writes about the experiences of immigrants and the children of immigrants growing up in london. he writes about racism, identity(sexual and individual), cross-cultural variation, social commentary.
i think he is a good writer. very smart and witty.

Thank you Artemis!
Yeah the same guy who gave me the book reccomended the films... your definition of the themes he explores is spot on, i'm finding the book to be entertaining. its funny how every other page, he'll name drop a rock album from the 70s, which is where he set the story. Its not always fundamental to the story he's telling, but it helps to engage with the main character. He'll tell how the main character gives a handjob to one of his classmates then licks the semen off his hand, while listening to Umagumma by Pink Floyd. They could've been listening to any music, or none at all and the story would be the same. But i do like Pink Floyd more than licking someone else's semen from my dirty hand, so i sympathised a bit more. so far, so good

[chaos]

Absolutely incredible book.



Even if you have zero interest in running it's still a great read.

Great book. The eccentric (and non-fictional!) cast of characters reminded me a little of some of the craziness in the novel A Confederacy of Dunces.

I started eating chia seeds after reading Born to Run. They are very healthy for you. They are very gelatinous when mixed with liquid, so it is very easy to make pudding. However, chia seeds have no taste. So if you come across any pudding recipies, you will definitely need to add something on your own to add some zing if you plan on eating more than a few spoonfuls.

[SR]

Absolutely incredible book.



Even if you have zero interest in running it's still a great read.

Great book. The eccentric (and non-fictional!) cast of characters reminded me a little of some of the craziness in the novel A Confederacy of Dunces.

Wow, I had a really diiferent idea of how BTR was framed.

[chaos]

Absolutely incredible book.



Even if you have zero interest in running it's still a great read.

Great book. The eccentric (and non-fictional!) cast of characters reminded me a little of some of the craziness in the novel A Confederacy of Dunces.

Wow, I had a really diiferent idea of how BTR was framed.

Overall BTR is both informative and inspirational. I was referring to some of the interactions among the characters during the journey. They add some comedic flavor to McDougall's narrative.

[crater]

I like pretty pictures

[Larry B.]

Joseph Emperaire's 'Nomads of the Sea'.

Beautiful book about the yaganes, aborigines from Punta Arenas, by a French anthropologist who spent a few years with them. Today, they are pretty much extinct. Only 3 grandmothers are 'pure yaganes', one of whom I visited 3 months ago.

Lovely book for me.