What book are you reading?

[Autumnlicious]

I have to read Div, Grad, Curl and All That. :/

[Watson]

Walden by H.D. Thoreau...I'm not finding very much interest in it. Maybe it's just the way he writers but I don't like it very much. Next up is God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

I'm currently reading The Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind. I'm into High Fantasy.

I'm reading two books.
I'm reading the Lord of the Rings and a book titled 20 Master plots, because I'm also trying to write a book and it gives good advice on plot structure.

[thesummerqueen]

Walden by H.D. Thoreau...I'm not finding very much interest in it. Maybe it's just the way he writers but I don't like it very much.

He whines. I had to put it down.

[Shell B]

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence

[Watson]

Walden by H.D. Thoreau...I'm not finding very much interest in it. Maybe it's just the way he writers but I don't like it very much.

He whines. I had to put it down.

It's true, he whines a lot. Which is ironic considering the concept he's trying to get across. What bugs me most is that he gets on poor people's case about how they act and what they do, basically acting like they could live quite well if only they'd adopt his mindset...all the while conveniently leaving out the fact that he is, in fact, quite wealthy and at any point could walk into town and buy himself a leisurely house. He fails to recognize that poverty breeds both desperation and hopelessness all at once. Never a good thing.

[cdog]

oh gods a book thread! how did I not notice?

I just finished reading The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson. I'm almost done The Omnivores Dilemma, I just got The Moral Landscape, dunno when I'll start it though.

@rev rye Irvine Welsh does seem to use some strong scotttish slang/dialect in his writing. A friend of mine bought me a short story collection and I had to read some of them twice to figure out what the fuck was going on. I enjoyed it though.

I noticed some people mentioning fantasy (which I don't really like other than the obvious LotR) specifically Song of Ice and Fire and Sword of Truth.
Song of Ice and Fire series is amazing, or at least the first 3 books are. The latest was... underwhelming. 5 years and we get half a fucking book missing some of the best characters (seriously it's been like 8 years since I read Storm of Swords. I just want to know what happens with Tyrion) and 6 MORE years apparently he still can't finish the good half of the book. But the first 3 books are great. It's like (original)star wars - sure he made Howard the Duck, but Star Wars absolves him of that shit. THX 1138 was pretty cool too though.

I actually liked the first Sword of Truth book. My cousin had a bunch of them and I just started reading a random one then he told me it was a series and I should start from the beginning. For some reason I kept reading them even though they got worse and worse and kept recycling the same plot (richard and khalin get separated/magic is leaving the world/the world will destroyed - either of the former causing said destruction) I finally ended up getting frustrated and angrily threw the book up in the air part way through when once again, the magic of the world was threatened by... whatever it happened to be in that book.

I do however like Sci Fi. Even bad sci fi, I don't know what it is, but I love it. I have probably 10 or 12 sci fi short story collections and they're awesome. I've been reading some Niel Asher, his short stories are quite good, his novels I'm not so sure. I didn't like The Skinner, Prador Moon was decent, and I've ordered Gridlinked, so if it's good I'll get another of his.

To kill A Mockingbird - nope
The Time Machine - very short, easy read I quite enjoyed it
Brave New World - weak ending in my opinion, but overall good.
Fahrenheit 451 -nope
Stranger in a Strangeland - this is the only Heinlein book I've read that I didn't like. I mean he has some mediocre books, but I actually didn't like this one; I had to force my way through it. And I even liked Time Enough for Love, which apparently a lot of people hate.
The Grapes of Wrath - nope
Lord of the flies - bleak look at human nature, I enjoyed it though
1984 - kind of depressing, and I remember being a bit disturbed by the psychological violence, though it's been many years since I read it. The only other book I can think of that actually disturbed me like that is American Physco. In both cases I attribute it to good writing.
The Road -no but I keep hearing about it (haven't seen the movie yet either) and I want to read it
Animal Farm - several years ago in school

this is what happens when I drink too much and start thinking about books. I need something to soothe the pain from the damn russians and their third period bullshit.

[The Skeptic]

Right now i'm reading 2001: A Space Odyssey. I recently bought all 4 Space Odyssey books. The book has so much more depth than the amazing movie.

[cdog]

It's been a while since I read 2001. I actually lent it to somebody who never gave it back, but I seem to remember him explaining a lot more though. For example what the monolith actually was (or was doing) and what happens at the end. Whereas in the movie you end up with that LSD light show and then does he live out the rest of his life there or does he rapidly age, it's kind of fun that it's really open to interpretation. Speaking of 2001, the blu-ray is awesome. I dunno if there was a widescreen DVD version, but I know with some (all?) of Kubricks' movies the blu-ray was the first wide screen version, Full Metal Jacket for sure anyway. I had 2001 on VHS and it was pretty faded. But on the blu ray some of the panoramic shots are just amazing, almost like watching Planet Earth - even HAL thinks so. In fact he wants to sing you a song about it...

[muhtesem insan]

I've just started "Almost like a Whale"