What are you reading?

louise · Post by **louise** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:04 pm

woman on the edge of time by marge piercy. w..t..f....

224 pages to go...for tomorrow...sigh..

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:05 pm

louise wrote:woman on the edge of time by marge piercy. w..t..f....

224 pages to go...for tomorrow...sigh..

just find a chapter by chapter synopsis, job done

louise · Post by **louise** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:07 pm

fujee wrote:
louise wrote:woman on the edge of time by marge piercy. w..t..f....

224 pages to go...for tomorrow...sigh..
just find a chapter by chapter synopsis, job done

yeah i know.. the tutor can tell though. i have a guilty face. and she tends to question me being the oldest english speaker in the room.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:47 pm

Finally got my hands on 'Roadside Picnic' by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky.

A nice little birthday present from my Mother-in-law, which went nicely alongside the Andrei Tarkovsky DVD boxset from my wife.

So my birthday wasn't a total write off after all

louise · Post by **louise** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:58 pm

Mexicola wrote:Finally got my hands on 'Roadside Picnic' by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky.

A nice little birthday present from my Mother-in-law, which went nicely alongside the Andrei Tarkovsky DVD boxset from my wife.

So my birthday wasn't a total write off after all

oh hurrrahhh

im glad! xx

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:59 pm

Mexicola wrote:

A nice little birthday present from my Mother-in-law, which went nicely alongside the Andrei Tarkovsky DVD boxset from my wife.

The artificial eye one? It's so awesome isnt it!

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:14 pm

Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, an intriguing read to say the least. Heard about Sebald through the Caretaker's last album, was not disappointed.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:16 pm

I've always wanted to read that book, let me know how it goes

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:56 pm

I'm about halfway through right now and I'd highly recommend it. Sebald's writing has an unbelievable stream-of-consciousness flow to it, the best I've read since Ken Kesey. He has an excellent way of drawing you in to a story. The one thing that's somewhat bothersome (though not at all a bad thing, just a unique style) is that the whole book is more or less one block of flowing text with very few paragraph breaks (I'd estimate it at one per 20-30 pages,) which can make it a bit overwhelming if you have a short attention span, as I sometimes do.

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:20 am

I finished Hesse's Steppenwolf the other day- really fucking good book. It totally dissolves into chaos and the boundary between real and nonsense is obscured so I had no idea if what I was reading was actually going on in the narrative world or not. And the book does not resolve itself... it unravels itself.. lol

Julian Candy · Post by **Julian Candy** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:40 am

Slaughterhouse Five, it would probably be more interesting if I didn't have to read it for school.

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:59 am

I've been meaning to read that one for a long time, but I know what you mean. Nothing makes reading more unbearable than when you're forced to do it.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:56 pm

I'm between books just now - got a whole stack to catch up though.... next on my list is a book about lighthouses...

louise · Post by **louise** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:51 am

im reading the same page over and over again.

Treefingers · Post by **Treefingers** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:04 am

Julian Candy wrote:Slaughterhouse Five, it would probably be more interesting if I didn't have to read it for school.

It's an incredible novel. For something so short and (relatively) accessible, there are so many interesting ideas and themes explored.

Like Amo Bishop Roden, I do know what you mean though.

OverTheHorizonRadar · Post by **OverTheHorizonRadar** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:36 am

Julian Candy wrote:Slaughterhouse Five, it would probably be more interesting if I didn't have to read it for school.

I had to read that book for school too, but when I did the themes really resonated with me. I can say it's impacted me and the way I think a bit, I can only hope that everyone gets a little something out of it.

louise · Post by **louise** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:22 am

i just read happy endings by margaret atwood. its only about 5 pages long if you ever have a spare few minutes. probably one of my favourite short stories.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:27 am

Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave.

I rarely read fiction, and crime fiction even more rarely, but I make an exception for Rebus....

Just finished Tim Burgess' Telling Stories and it's one of the best music memoirs I've ever read.

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:30 am

more than half way done with house of leaves.
WOW
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight up my alley.
or should I say hallway

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:33 am

dude I really want to read that book, after infinite jest i need another post modern epic