what are you reading? - Page 47

screamingskull · 10.30.2007, 09:36 AM

I have all his books, Douglas Coupland and Daniel Clowes are my favourite authors.

h8kurdt · 10.30.2007, 09:41 AM

Heavy stuff. It's talking about Germany in 1900's and how even then the place was incredibly anti-semitic. The only problem with it is becasue of the style of writing I start falling asleep after about 20 pages!

Norma J · 10.30.2007, 04:30 PM

Pulp by Bukowski.

!@#$%! · 10.30.2007, 04:44 PM

on the subject of literary boredom, i tried reading this:

i tried and tried. but about halfway it becomes repetitive, boring, and predictable, and it was impossible for me to progress.

the most exciting feature of the book for me, at this point, is that the cover glows in the dark.

Alex's Trip · 10.30.2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

I have all his books, Douglas Coupland and Daniel Clowes are my favourite authors.

I loved Hey Nostradamus.

I read Girlfriend In A Coma too, but didn't like it as much.

I'm reading Naked Lunch right now (finally).

Rob Instigator · 10.31.2007, 09:05 AM

I am reading KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami

I loves me Murakami. Been reading him since 93 or so

krastian · 10.31.2007, 11:03 AM

h8kurdt · 10.31.2007, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I am reading KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami

I loves me Murakami. Been reading him since 93 or so

The last book I started reading was 'The Wind up Bird Chronicles'. I say started cause I gave the bugger up. Pissed me off too much.

SynthethicalY · 10.31.2007, 09:20 PM

The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin.

the ikara cult · 10.31.2007, 09:58 PM

Bend Sinister by Nabokov

nomowish · 11.01.2007, 04:08 PM

nomadicfollower · 11.01.2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by nomowish

Just finished that.
I enjoyed the progression of the stories, though only a few stood out.
It's the only Joyce I've read.

girlgun · 11.01.2007, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

on the subject of literary boredom, i tried reading this:

i tried and tried. but about halfway it becomes repetitive, boring, and predictable, and it was impossible for me to progress.

the most exciting feature of the book for me, at this point, is that the cover glows in the dark.

thank you for posting this. i almost bought it the other day, but bought the new nick hornby book instead which was mediocre (and took all of about 4 hours to read). i had intended to read haunted next, but i think i'll cross that off the list.

Silent Dan Speaks · 11.01.2007, 10:06 PM

Crime and Punishment. I wish I could like it as much as I did The Brothers Karamazov, but all I can think about as I'm reading it is how my professor will make me look like a dumbass when we discuss it.

Norma J · 11.01.2007, 11:21 PM

I'm yet to read Brothers Karamazov. I took it away with me a few weeks ago, but was too transfixed in Bukowski's Selected Letters. Both Crime and Punishment and BK have sat on my shelves for quite some time now.

Silent Dan Speaks · 11.02.2007, 12:52 AM

I'm trying so hard to like it but I just can't focus on it. Maybe I'll read it again over summer or something.

_slavo_ · 11.02.2007, 03:26 AM

alyasa · 11.02.2007, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I am reading KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami

I loves me Murakami. Been reading him since 93 or so

Beautiful... I read me some Dostoevsky too... The Gambler.

!@#$%! · 12.25.2007, 09:04 PM

i just finished reading this thing (finally got around to it)

it was funny, sloppy, lacking great prose but entertaining enough to keep me going until the end, though there was a bit i had to skim through or i wouldn't continue-- like most books really.

in any case-- not bad! philosophical pulp, but it got me thinking.

✌➬ · 12.25.2007, 11:40 PM

I finally am getting to this book.

10.30.2007, 09:36 AM	#921
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	I have all his books, Douglas Coupland and Daniel Clowes are my favourite authors.
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10.30.2007, 09:41 AM	#922
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Heavy stuff. It's talking about Germany in 1900's and how even then the place was incredibly anti-semitic. The only problem with it is becasue of the style of writing I start falling asleep after about 20 pages! __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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10.30.2007, 04:30 PM	#923
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Pulp by Bukowski. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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10.30.2007, 04:44 PM	#924
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	on the subject of literary boredom, i tried reading this: i tried and tried. but about halfway it becomes repetitive, boring, and predictable, and it was impossible for me to progress. the most exciting feature of the book for me, at this point, is that the cover glows in the dark.
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10.31.2007, 09:05 AM	#926
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I am reading KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami I loves me Murakami. Been reading him since 93 or so __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.31.2007, 11:03 AM	#927
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	__________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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10.31.2007, 09:20 PM	#929
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin.
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10.31.2007, 09:58 PM	#930
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	Bend Sinister by Nabokov
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11.01.2007, 04:08 PM	#931
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11.01.2007, 10:06 PM	#934
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	Crime and Punishment. I wish I could like it as much as I did The Brothers Karamazov, but all I can think about as I'm reading it is how my professor will make me look like a dumbass when we discuss it.
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11.01.2007, 11:21 PM	#935
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I'm yet to read Brothers Karamazov. I took it away with me a few weeks ago, but was too transfixed in Bukowski's Selected Letters. Both Crime and Punishment and BK have sat on my shelves for quite some time now. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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11.02.2007, 12:52 AM	#936
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I'm trying so hard to like it but I just can't focus on it. Maybe I'll read it again over summer or something.
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11.02.2007, 03:26 AM	#937
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,907	__________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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12.25.2007, 09:04 PM	#939
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	i just finished reading this thing (finally got around to it) it was funny, sloppy, lacking great prose but entertaining enough to keep me going until the end, though there was a bit i had to skim through or i wouldn't continue-- like most books really. in any case-- not bad! philosophical pulp, but it got me thinking.
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12.25.2007, 11:40 PM	#940
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I finally am getting to this book. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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