What are you reading?

trap · Post by **trap** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:44 am

spooKs wrote:
Diss04 wrote:i want to read one of the big books now. i'm sick of reading ones no one has ever heard of.

'catcher in the rye', '1984' or 'catch 22' - which should i read next?
never got into catch 22, i'll have an epiphany one day i guess. the other two, doesn't matter really, i would read catcher in the rye first then 1984, that would make a lovely contrast!

Safety. Read The Catcher In The Rye twice over the last year and I must say the second time really was the best. Went to the efforts of buying a hunting hat as described by Holden in the book. What a tool

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Thought about re-reading 1984. Only finished it in November but it's compelling.

Finished Less Than Zero (still my favourite book, ever. Third read through this year), and I'm near enough done with The Rules Of Attraction. Still need to get American Psycho read, too.

It sucks because The Rules Of Attraction doesn't leave me numb and empty like Less Than Zero does, Clay so much more Mundane, and because you've got more than one focal character, you lose a lot in the attachment and in the relationship you develope with them.

Maybe not, maybe I'm just really stoned.

Alty · Post by **Alty** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:39 pm

Reading a star wars book right now. But right now I seriously want to read George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice which is probably the series of books I've enjoyed the most.

I also quite want to re-read Shantaram again even though I read it quite recently, but it's just so damn good.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:37 am

ludamila's broken english by dbc pierre
my second time reading this. read it

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:53 am

DROKKR wrote:ludamila's broken english by dbc pierre
my second time reading this. read it

Fucking wicked book, have you read Vernon God Little?

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:05 am

LEQ wrote:
DROKKR wrote:ludamila's broken english by dbc pierre
my second time reading this. read it
Fucking wicked book, have you read Vernon God Little?

i have, it's the reason why i bought this one.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:11 am

Nice, I preferred it to Ludmila's Broken English but they are still both very good.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:17 am

LEQ wrote:Nice, I preferred it to Ludmila's Broken English but they are still both very good.

same as.

i have some cormac mc carthy in the queue next.
"all the pretty horses" and "the crossing"

i have read one mc carthy book before "blood meridian", buy it. i think he is an amazing writer, he wrote the book that "no country for old men" was based on.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:28 am

I haven't read any McCarthy yet for some reason, been meaning to for ages. I'll investigate, you should check out Don Delillo and Paul Auster too, Underworld and the New York Trilogy are both excellent.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:35 am

LEQ wrote:Don Delillo and Paul Auster

thanks for the tip.

mo hayder is another writer that really caught hold of my imagination, look up "tokyo" by her.

have you read much will self? i have a few of his books floating around since christmas that i've not touched yet.

trap · Post by **trap** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:37 pm

I've just started Killing Pablo.

Fascinating guy - did all sorts of crazy stuff to become this cocaine super power, and controlled about 80% of the coke leaving South America, going to North America.

He got caught with about 16 kilos (if I remember correctly) of coke in the wheel of a car, along with three other guys. The judge doing the sentencing wouldn't take a bribe, so he looked into who he was, found out his brother was a lawyer who had a mutual dislike for his judge brother, hired him in, and the judge got replaced by another judge who would take a bribe.

He did a lot of cool stuff though, like build soccer pitches, restaraunts and night clubs, housing for the poor, created a cocaine industry and fifteen hundred businesses along with another coke kingpin that formed to make jobs for a stupid amount of people.

He really transformed his area for the better, though added to the violence and death that seems synonymous with Colombia.

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:29 pm

DROKKR wrote:
LEQ wrote:
DROKKR wrote:ludamila's broken english by dbc pierre
my second time reading this. read it
Fucking wicked book, have you read Vernon God Little?
i have, it's the reason why i bought this one.

badman tome, not read broken english though...

i'm reading huckleberry finn...possibly the best book ever written anywhere by anyone

datura · Post by **datura** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:31 pm

Getting near the end of 'A Fine Balance' by Rohinton Mistry. Got into it a bit more but not really a fan of his writing style. It's more interesting for the backdrop of the politics in India than the story.

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:49 pm

ancient history maybe
but Richard Nixon's memoirs are fascinating reading,
even early days.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:37 am

spooKs wrote:
DROKKR wrote:
LEQ wrote:
DROKKR wrote:ludamila's broken english by dbc pierre
my second time reading this. read it
Fucking wicked book, have you read Vernon God Little?
i have, it's the reason why i bought this one.
badman tome, not read broken english though...

i'm redaing huckleberry finn...possibly the best book ever written anywhere by anyone

get yourself a copy of ludamils's broken english - i love it, can't recommend it enough.

i read huckleberry finn years ago in school, i must buy that again i think.

faust.dtc · Post by **faust.dtc** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:51 am

HAVE RECENTLY READ:

'Pretty Boy' by Roy Shaw
'Animal Farm & 1984' by George Orwell
'Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance' by Irvine Welsh

AM CURRENTLY READING:

'Homicide: Life on the Street' by The Wires David Simon
'Kenny Noye: Killer On The Road' by Wensley Clarkson

kingldub · Post by **kingldub** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:02 pm

Nearly finished Ubik by Philip K Dick, about to start Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds.

bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:56 pm

rectaldubz · Post by **rectaldubz** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:21 pm

im reading mr nice, howard marks is a such a genius, its just strange cause hes such a mash head but yeh its a great book as im a mash head myself.

Coppola · Post by **Coppola** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:08 pm

reading Of mice and men for the 4th time, exam soon...

jazzamataz · Post by **jazzamataz** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:46 am

An Introduction to Discourse Analysis...

my life is FAIL.

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