whatcha reading right now?

[tagvolatile]

finishing up white oleander, then hitting the library for some bukowski n a few classics.

 

[don]

I read the monkey wrench gang recently and really enjoyed it. apparently it's kind of a classic. right now i'm reading street lawyer by john grisham.

 

[menu]

Im about ready to start the book "A long strange trip" by Dennis McNally. its a biography of the grateful dead. heard nothing but good stuff about it. cant wait to pump it out

 

[RnJ]

Currently chowing down on the Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancey. And then maybe Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere. I found it for a quarter, and want to read it before my next semester because it's a major work which is good to have in mind in conflict and international development studies.

 

[Deleted member 1802]

The Bible, Wall street and the rise of Hitler, Speaker for the Dead- Orson Scott Card, 15 battles that changed the world. I have a strange habit of reading a lot of books at once.

READ!!!!

William Blake- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

I was going to start a post about this but I'm glad I lurk, since its right here!

 

[vegetarianathan]

The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche. Again.
Also looking to reread Children Of Hurin by Tolkien, and reread Civilization And It's Discontents by Freud. My 3 favorite books at my public library. Love 'em. Although I don't necessarily agree with all of Nietzsche's writings, or Freud's theories. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

 

[connerR]

drown - junot diaz

i love latin american writers (i don't think there's a better group of writers ever than the latin americans) and junot diaz is making waves right now so i bought this book on a whim. pretty good so far. it's a collection of short stories telling some kid's life story.

 

[Eviscerate]

Understanding power

its a whole bunch of lectures piled together of Noam Chomskys.

 

[little_owl]

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali. It's a mix of non-fiction and fiction. I don't even like Salvador Dali much and his pompousness, arrogance, contrived individualism, commercialized/sensationalized way of selling himself is really annoying but it's still interesting to read.

 

[makinglovetomontreal]

"we" by eugene zamiatin

its a really good dystopian novel--largest influence to orwell for 1984-great book, by the way, if you haven't read it, READ IT!!!

also reading "the diamond sutra" pretty good zen buddhism stuff, if you're into that

 

[trotsky]

keep reading The Brothers Karamazov on and off, it gets a bit dry sometimes.
Just finished Illusion: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull dude) though. It was pretty damn great.

 

[MiztressWinter]

Dearly Devoted Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay.

Hoo-fucking-ray for Jeff Lindsay's dark humor.

 

[RnJ]

The Politics of Jesus, by John Howard Yoder.

 

[Lilly]

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice currently trying to reread te whole series

 

[Mouse]

Good Omens... great funny book about the Apocalypse

 

[Mouse]

The Politics of Jesus, by John Howard Yoder.

sounds interesting.

i had a book called The son Of God, how jesus became a national icon.

intersting to see how the common perception of who jesus was and what he stood for changes through the ages

 

[Mouse]

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali. It's a mix of non-fiction and fiction. I don't even like Salvador Dali much and his pompousness, arrogance, contrived individualism, commercialized/sensationalized way of selling himself is really annoying but it's still interesting to read.

sadly, that's the only way to make money off your art. and he sure as hell did

 

[menu]

I just started another new book called "Tales From The Joint" by K.Hawkeye Gross. its the second book after his first one called "Reefer Warrior". kinda like blow but with weed. and a much better story I think. this book is about his time in jail the other is about the actual smuggling part of it. I highly reccomend it. also he has a book called "Drug Smuggling: the forbidden book"

 

[moe]

leaves of grass, walt whitman, notes from underground fyodor dostoevsky, and walden.
also, a few issues of last act of the circus animals, barcelona, manifesto zines. dirty plotte comics,c. burns d.clowes graphic novels. it's all good.;]

 

[Tao_of_Pi]

Intellectual circle jerk, you say? YOU BET I'M IN!

Zen Training, Methods and Philosophy by Katsuki Sekida; Proper zen posture is way more uncomfortable than I had previously thought.

Flawless, Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Scott Selby and Greg Campbell; I have a bit of an obsession with locks, safes, and electronic security and the way these guys bypassed all that security is so genius it just blows my mind.

El Borak, And Other Desert Adventures by Robert E Howard; Haven't actually cracked this one open yet but REH is by far my favorite writer and I'm sure it's gonna kick ass.

Technically I should mention the "South Dakota Driver License Manual" because I'm reading that too. I'm 21 and figure it's probably about time to get my learners permit.