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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:24 am
by Treefingers
Planning to start Franny and Zooey, soon. I'm hoping some Salinger will help with my current mood.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:04 pm
by louise
david hare's power of yes. sherlock holmes study in scarlet. stephen fry's ode to poetry.
there's more, but i'll stop. ahh the joys of being an english student. all of the above are good though
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:35 pm
by fujee
Ive heard ode to poetry is very good!
Im reading this leviathan, love a bit of non fiction to make the ficition sweeter
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ideas-A-history ... 0753820897
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:41 pm
by louise
looks really good, might have to give that a go. im really interested in language, especially comparing humans with animals etc etc.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:08 pm
by fujee
Yes! it's very good! It stops at the end of the 19th century which is where his other book begins.
I have a soft spot for epics, even though this is non fiction, it's still amazing.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:23 pm
by louise
fujee wrote:Yes! it's very good! It stops at the end of the 19th century which is where his other book begins.
I have a soft spot for epics, even though this is non fiction, it's still amazing.
amazing eh? ok ive ordered it!
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:25 pm
by fujee
louise wrote:fujee wrote:Yes! it's very good! It stops at the end of the 19th century which is where his other book begins.
I have a soft spot for epics, even though this is non fiction, it's still amazing.
amazing eh? ok ive ordered it!
Wow, you respect my opinion that much already! Well, you do only have to look at the reviews to see how awesome it is
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:28 pm
by louise
fujee wrote:louise wrote:fujee wrote:Yes! it's very good! It stops at the end of the 19th century which is where his other book begins.
I have a soft spot for epics, even though this is non fiction, it's still amazing.
amazing eh? ok ive ordered it!
Wow, you respect my opinion that much already! Well, you do only have to look at the reviews to see how awesome it is
it does look very good. and respect, of course! ill respect anyone that wants to do 80,000 words of anything!
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:30 pm
by fujee
Haha, lets get me through my BA first, before I consider a PHD
Is it bad that I only want to do one to become Dr. Thomas - sounds kinda cool
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:44 am
by Jonse
My curiosity has led me to want to attempt reading Atlas Shrugged, but I fear my brain cells will shrivel up and die of boredom during the process.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:52 am
by fujee
Stick with it man, I really love that book !
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:19 pm
by Treefingers
I'm thinking of going onto American Gods next. It's been on my backlog for a while.
After that, I really want to look at Vineland or Snow Crash.
Got my reading planned.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:32 am
by pianoforte
I have just begun to read this. I am on page nine as we speak, and am enjoying it very much thus far.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:09 am
by TaoTapeTao
I have a hard boiled wonderland, I need to read it sometime soon.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:02 pm
by Snufkin
Dispositions - McKenzie Wark
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:59 pm
by Treefingers
TaoTapeTao wrote:I have a hard boiled wonderland, I need to read it sometime soon.
It's great -- really interesting themes dealt with in a really fun way with cyberpunk and magic realism. I totally recommend it!
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:59 pm
by Waterbagel
Thoreau's Walden
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:38 am
by OverTheHorizonRadar
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human.
A very joyous book so far. [/sarcasm] But still good to read.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:49 am
by pianoforte
Waterbagel wrote:Thoreau's Walden
I tried reading that once. It didn't strike me as quite as brilliant as I expected it to be. That being said, I will try to read it again at some point in the future, as perhaps I was just having an off-day or something.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:37 am
by cerf.volant
"Progressive Rock" by Aymeric Leroy. Almost 600 pages about the true story of this musical genre.