What books are you all reading?[views:31896][posts:123]________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 5:53pm - retzam ""] I don't know if there's been a recent thread like this because I havn't really been checking the forum everyday, but what have all of you been reading? I just started Salem's Lot and I'm liking it so far (I've been meaning to read more Stephen King ever since I read Different Seasons). Before this, I read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (I think that's his name...) and that was a great story. Then before that I read a Jimi Hendrix biography called Hendrix. Very informative and enjoyable, but hard (for me) to read for an extended period of time. It was more of a read half of a chapter and put it down kind of thing. Probably cause there was a lot of information and it was hard to absorb it all or something. What's everyone reading? |
| _____________________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 6:10pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] i have not enjoyed reading since i was in the 6th grade, but all of a sudden i've been going to book stores regularly and spending way too much time reading random stuff. something must be wrong with me, haha. i'm really only attracted to goofy books that have no purpose at all, such as: The Useless Book of Information, presented by the Useless Information Society Eating Your Auntie Is Wrong: The World's Strangest Customs by Stephen Arnott and a book that i can't remember the exact title of, but it's something like The Hypochondriac's Guide to Terrible Diseases You Probably Already Have I'm also interested in picking up the Lewis Black book, Nothing Sacred, and Tucker Max's I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell |
| _____________________________ [Sep 15,2006 6:14pm - pam ""] I've been thinking about reading The Kite Runner. I just finished 'New Rules' by Bill Maher, 'The Truth (With Jokes)' by Al Franken and to complete my comedy/politics trifecta I'm reading 'America: The Book' (Daily Show Presents) right now which I'm almost done with. Next up is 'The Time Traveler's Wife' and then probably 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. I go through a book a week lately because I'm a super-nerd. |
| _____________________________ [Sep 15,2006 6:14pm - pam ""] I was unaware Lewis Black had a book. I'm all over that. |
| _____________________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 6:20pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] pam said:I was unaware Lewis Black had a book. I'm all over that. yeah, it's friggin hilarious. the first page say something like "warning: if you are affiliated with any of the christian religions, you will be greatly offended by this book. there. i just saved you 13 dollars. don't say i never did anything for you!" |
| ________________________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 6:27pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] HST - Fear and Loathing in America : The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist Henry Miller - Tropic of Capricorn |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 6:39pm - allahthat ""] u dont wanna no.Zarathustra's secret. By a german prof.,translated by an english prof.,i mean from england. |
| ______________________________ [Sep 15,2006 7:32pm - poop ""] farenheit 451 |
| ______________________________ [Sep 15,2006 7:37pm - BSV ""] last two books I read were Rule By Secrecy - Jim Marrs The Twelfth Planet - Z. Sitchin now I'm reading Behold a Pale Horse - William Cooper |
| __________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 7:44pm - niccolai ""] Man in the shadows, stiff, and parliment of whores. |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 7:45pm - the_reverend ""] retzam, you are BSV always make threads like this. awesome. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 15,2006 8:49pm - Murph ""] currently, "A People's History of the USA" by Howard Zinn. Last read were "Diary" and "Survivor" by CHuck Palahniuk, and "The Jesus Papers" by Michael Baigent. Also "Cat's Cradle" and "Slaughterhouse 5" by Kurt Vonnegut. p.s. PAM ~ The Kite Runner was excellent |
| ______________________________ [Sep 15,2006 8:50pm - nate ""] I just finished reading an english translation of the Dhammapada. |
| _____________________________ [Sep 15,2006 8:56pm - Dar ""] I just read Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger 1 and 2 Both great, fun, truly interesting books that I'd recommend to anyone who likes to think of themselves (haha) as a free thinker...second one's optional, first one's really great Nietzsche's The Antichrist, don't know how I missed that one in high school Jonathan Swift's Abolishing Christianity and other essays (it's cute) G.I Gurdjieff's Meetings with Remarkable Men, picked this up because of what Wilson wrote about him, haven't made much progress so far and finally...Rafael Sabatini's CAPTAIN BLOOD!!! |
| _________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 9:06pm - dugnli ""] I'm start about to start World War Z by Max Brooks after I finish the current issue of Fangoria. Can't wait. |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 9:32pm - allahthat ""] I reread The Antichrist in 1989. Most agree Nietzsche was well on his way to syphilitic megalomania by 1888, when he wrote it. Take it with a grain of salt. |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 9:35pm - Anthony nli ""] I just read a couple of great books: Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America - Bruce Babbit The Log from the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck and I reread The Hobbit, haha. |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 15,2006 9:54pm - allahthat ""] bored of the rings? |
| _________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 12:13am - Abbath ""] not really a book but "Pride of Baghdad" by Brian K. Vaughan, it's a comic that just was releashed into a trade paperback, it's amazing, based on a true story (minus the animals talking) the US bombed a zoo in Baghdad freeing 4 lions into the streets, it's a story of their survival and what freedom really means. |
| _____________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:14am - Dar ""] Nietzsche was well on his way to syphilitic megalomania the day he was born, dude. I try to take everything I read with a grain of salt, but when it comes to Nietzsche I always enjoy his writing style (well, what of it survives the translation, who knows) more than his message. The words just jump off the page like Lewis Black's stand up delivery sometimes |
| ______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:38am - CNV ""] The Redneck Manifesto |
| _______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 5:31am - Troll ""] ^Same as CNV, also just read the back of a Lysol can while torqin' one out on the shitter. Short read, but very informative. :-) |
| ________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 9:14am - retzam ""] the_reverend said:retzam, you are BSV always make threads like this. awesome. Hahaha, yeah, well, people seem to like talking about what their reading, but no one thinks to make threads like this on a metal forum. |
| ________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 9:15am - retzam ""] they're* |
| ________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 9:20am - retzam ""] pam said:I've been thinking about reading The Kite Runner. I strongly recommend it. It really is a great story with lots of facets to think about. |
| ______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 10:25am - pam ""] Murph said:currently, "A People's History of the USA" by Howard Zinn. Last read were "Diary" and "Survivor" by CHuck Palahniuk, and "The Jesus Papers" by Michael Baigent. Also "Cat's Cradle" and "Slaughterhouse 5" by Kurt Vonnegut. p.s. PAM ~ The Kite Runner was excellent I'm reading "A People's History of the USA" too, I usually read a few chapters in between my other books. I read "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Lowen last spring, if you haven't read that, it's worth reading. I've read Survivor, Fight Club, Lullaby, and Choke by Palahniuk. I love the way he writes but I stopped reading his stuff because the whole anti-hero plot got a little redundant. How was Diary?? Slaughterhouse 5 is on my list, too. |
| ______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 10:27am - pam ""] retzam said:the_reverend said:retzam, you are BSV always make threads like this. awesome. Hahaha, yeah, well, people seem to like talking about what their reading, but no one thinks to make threads like this on a metal forum. I knock people down to get to a book conversation. I rarely get one...most people I know aren't readers which is an unending disappointment. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 3:18pm - Troll ""] Howard Zinn is a kike not an anarchist. |
| _____________________________ [Sep 16,2006 3:20pm - pam ""] No one called him an anarchist... |
| ______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 3:38pm - Yeti ""] i am currently half way through Fellowship of the Ring. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 3:48pm - dwellingsickness ""] Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 3:52pm - VoidExpression ""] Book threads are always fun, and you can't go wrong with A People's History of the US or Lies My Teacher Told Me. I'm reading Foundation and Earth (Asimov), The Shining, Dark Lord of Derkholm (Jones), and The Golden Bough (Frazer) and just finished Life of Pi, which I had been putting off for years but finally jumped on once I found out Jeunet was adapting it for film. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 3:54pm - dwellingsickness ""] If I read more than 1 book at a time ,My head will implode |
| _______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:21pm - Troll ""] I realize no one said anything about him being an anarchist. I'm just blurting out cause I'm a piece shit. I just think he's full of bullshit utopian ideas honey. Anarchism being one of them. Thats all. He'll never get his hands dirty. I know my shit. I'm a well read hillbilly. ;-) Skål! :duffbeer: |
| _______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:23pm - Troll ""] Oops! I forgot to quote you Pam! |
| _____________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:27pm - pam ""] I have no idea what you're talking about. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:48pm - Troll ""] me either nevermind |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 4:56pm - brian_dc nli ""] reading an incredibly detailed biography of Che Guevara's life called "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life" by Jon Anderson. I can't get over how thoroughly researched the book is. Also kind of picking at "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond. I need to read some good fiction soon, haven't read anything since I read about 4 books be Haruki Murakami...who rules. |
| ________________________________ [Sep 16,2006 7:37pm - retzam ""] pam said:retzam said:the_reverend said:retzam, you are BSV always make threads like this. awesome. Hahaha, yeah, well, people seem to like talking about what their reading, but no one thinks to make threads like this on a metal forum. I knock people down to get to a book conversation. I rarely get one...most people I know aren't readers which is an unending disappointment. My friends harass me to no end about my reading. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 17,2006 3:45pm - Murph ""] Pam, I think Diary is the most innovative book I've read by Palahniuk. The whole premise is just so counter to anything I've read, which is why I find it so odd the writers like Vonnegut and Palahniuk have appeared so closely (in a generational sense.) Chuck P. is brilliant to me because he paints vivid pictures of the things we either don't want to picture or just wouldn't think to picture (my opinion) and for me Diary is just a notch above his other works. |
| ________________________________ [Sep 17,2006 4:02pm - xmikex ""] John Fante - Full of Life |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 17,2006 4:54pm - thegreatspaldino ""] Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman this book called Quietus Soul Music by Terry Pratchett Code of the Samurai by Thomas Cleary Johnny Got his Gun by Dalton Trumbo |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 17,2006 6:54pm - hungtableed ""] I'm reading a heafty stack for school, but one title I am reading for my own enjoyment is: The Political Zoo by Michael Savage |
| _____________________________________________ [Dec 27,2008 11:29am - MikeOvDecrepitvde ""] After not having much time to read in the past few weeks, I've found myself perusing between my favorite works of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, and Goethe. A trip to the bookstore seems to be in order. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 27,2008 11:45am - guy ""] just started the stand by stephe king |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 27,2008 11:59am - ancientmaster ""] white tiger - aravind adiga supernatural - graham hancock Tibetan Folk Tales - A.L. Shelton the ocean of theospohy - william q. judge |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 30,2008 9:23am - orgymf@work ""] Charlie Papazian's "Joys of Homebrewing" Jim Norton's "Happy Endings - The Tales of a Meaty Breasted Zilch" and "I Hate Your Guts" Maddox's "The Alphabet of Manliness" |
| __________________________________ [Dec 30,2008 9:31am - brian_dc ""] Finding Darwin's God - Kenneth R. Miller After Dark - Haruki Murakami |
| _________________________________ [Dec 30,2008 9:36am - RustyPS ""] nothing currently, but I'm interested in buying both the Denis Leary book and the Artie Lange book |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 30,2008 9:38am - SacreligionNLI ""] Homer : Marge, I'm bored. Marge : Why don't you read something? Homer : Because I'm trying to _reduce_ my boredom. |