What are you reading?

[Magtig]

A fascinating look at a complex and conflicted character and the art he creates. You may have caught Choe on Thumbs Up; a show where he hitchhikes across the USA and China with a friend. To me, Choe's greatest work of art is not his paintings, but his actual life.

[leo3375]

[Maury]

I'm reading a series called "The First Law" by Joe Abercrombie. If you have been reading the Song of Ice and Fire series and think it's a bit of a slog and want some humor and tighter writing, it's a good choice.

[kitz]

It's the Hungarian translation of The Great Gatsby.

This cover is Gorgeous! That's why I bought this one and not the English version.

[leo3375]

I've heard really good things about this one, so I'm hoping it lives up to the hype.

[Baphomette]

Sloooooooooooooow going but fascinating. Some of the sections pertaining to slaves before pre-Civil War are pretty jarring but once the war gets under way, his opinions totally change.

[allegro]

[kdrcraig]

Finally started The Wind Through the Keyhole. Loving it, makes me want to read the entire Dark Tower series again.

[sentient02970]

It's extremely dry and a compilation of 10 books written in the 19th century by a Prussian thinker on warfare in his age. A lot of what he talks about does have application to how war is treated and carried out today to some degree. So having some understanding of how we "just do as we've always done" kind of fits in this. Although, looking back, it's something Germany should have paid more attention to before carrying forward with WWI in the way that it did.

[leo3375]

It's considered one of the greatest American novels ever written, and also one of the most depressing.

[Corvus T. Cosmonaut]

[aggroculture]

What an awesome, engrossing novel. I have read Left Hand of Darkness, and it didn't leave too much of an impression on me.
This one is a great meditation on possession, capitalism, socialism, utopia, time/space, gender, academia...often insightful, stimulating, and thought-provoking - in the sense that it actually gets me to thinking about aspects of my life as I read.

[darktemplar007]

Overqualified
by Joey Comeau

I read this a couple times a year, it's short, sweet, dark, and at times hilarious. A series of cover letters that gradually tell a story of coping with loss and dealing with memories and nostalgia. Really fun, quick read.

[leo3375]

So far, so good. It kinda reminds me of Waiting for Godot. The hardcover (pictured) is absolutely beautiful. I've seen what the paperback cover will be, and it's extremely bland and boring by comparison.

[staleincense]

(not with that cover though)

[Corvus T. Cosmonaut]

[leo3375]

I'm trying to mix up my reading choices, alternating between classic and current titles.

[aggroculture]

Awesomely mindblowing and engaging.

[kitz]

[aggroculture]

Slow-moving but engrossing so far.

[Pillfred]

Recently read the Portable Henry Rollins, not a bad compilation of his writing will definitely check out more of his stuff.
Mark Twain's Uncensored Letters, kind of a random grab bag but it's interesting. I like to read writers sort of just writing in general to get a peak at their thoughts, hence the above book.
Just finished Monster Planet by David Wellington. The final book in his Zombie series. So far everything i have read by him has been pretty good, both the werewolf and vampire series of his i like Which i like as i find most stories of this genre to be pretty disappointing and have for some time, long before the twilight stuff started to pop up.

[leo3375]

It's quite interesting, really. It's applying business strategy to your personal life and learning how to prioritize things without sacrificing too much. That is, how to be successful financially without sacrificing family time, and how to have a good family life without putting too much of your professional life at risk.

[slave2thewage]

Juggling these two on my Kindle:

[leo3375]

[WorzelG]

Halfway through Cloud Atlas - loved it so far but now finding 'Sloosha's crossing n everything after' section a bit heavy going, hate reading things written colloquially, just slows the pace right down as you try to work out what the hell is being said, getting used to it after a while though

[Pillfred]

Just finished Too Bright To Hear, Too Loud To See. Kind of a neat story of a guy losing his shit to bi-polar told sort of in flashbacks while he get twelve shock therapy treatments.

[Jon]

The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor


A light, easy read. I've always enjoyed backstories, and this is no exception. My only complaint would be the amount of typos that are present (e.g. "hoard" instead of "horde", the word "dumpsters" being capitalized, problems with grammar structure). I'm reading from a first edition, first printing hardcover, so I am unsure if these were fixed in subsequent printings/editions.

Looking forward to book 3, The Fall of the Governor, later this year.

[Trains]

^ Just picked that one up, and the sequel about Woodbury. Looking forward to reading both, even though now I'll be on the lookout for typos.




Nearly at the end of The Crow Road by Iain Banks. First time reading his non-SF work, really enjoying it. It's very sentimental and slightly poignant, while being one of the funniest reads I've experienced in a long time. Prentice (the protagonist) might be one of the most annoying characters I've come across, even though I find him so damn sympathetic.

[Fixer808]

Just picked up a copy of "Is Paris Burning?", about the Allied liberation of Paris in WWII. The title refers to Hitler screaming on the phone to his commanders in Paris, "Is Paris burning? Is Paris burning yet??" after ordering them that if it looked like the Allies would retake the city they should find only scorched rubble.

[aggroculture]

Interesting so far