What are you reading?

[Burque]

So far this year I am trying to read a little more for entertainment. Something that I have not done much in recent years.

I read Fool by Christopher Moore
and am currently reading A Confederacy Of Dunces by Toole.

I am going for at least two books a month this year.

 

[Granada]

So far this year I am trying to read a little more for entertainment. Something that I have not done much in recent years.

I read Fool by Christopher Moore
and am currently reading A Confederacy Of Dunces by Toole.

I am going for at least two books a month this year.

Confederacy of Dunces is great, one of my faves. Look into the back story for Toole and how/when that book got published - extremely sad, yet poetic in a way. Confederacy was supposed to be a movie multiple times over the years. At one point, Chris Farley was slated to play Ignatius, but it fell through; some other big name actors too, but I can't remember the rest now.

On a separate note, Letters to Wendy's by Wenderorth is also a phenomenal, hysterical read.

Letters to Wendy's: Wenderoth, Joe: 9780970367204: Amazon.com: Books

Letters to Wendy's [Wenderoth, Joe] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Letters to Wendy's

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[ytsejam]

I'm listening to Stephen Fry's 3 book series on Greek myths.
Pretty funny.

 

[Tjodalv]

Found a compilation edition of Nabokov in the trunk of my car the other day that I've never gotten around to. Seems like a reasonable idea.

 

[ijustposthere]

So far this year I am trying to read a little more for entertainment. Something that I have not done much in recent years.

I read Fool by Christopher Moore
and am currently reading A Confederacy Of Dunces by Toole.

I am going for at least two books a month this year.

Trying the same, though I was generally finishing about a book a month. Two books can get fairly difficult to fit in. Currently reading the Divine Comedy. I don't really like it. I hate the vernacular. It's the same reason I can never get into Shakespeare.

 

[Burque]

Question, what would those of you who read consider the "Classics?"

 

[Granada]

George Orwell is my favorite author, so due to my bias, I consider anything he wrote "classic." In my defense though, I think a lot of people do. So, Animal Farm and 1984, for sure. Those are all-time classics for me, personally. Paradise Lost by Milton is also a personal classic, but many can't get through it, because it's written as one long poem essentially. But that is by far an utter masterpiece.

Other classics that are fairly agreed upon: Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Brave New World, To Kill a Mockingbird.

I don't know if I'd consider these "classics," but The Things They Carried (O'Brien) and Dispatches (Herr) are fantastic as well. If they're not on my classics list, they just missed the cut.

 

[TL1961]

I have been telling myself for two years I want to read two books per nonth, at one time deciding they would consist of one fiction and one nonfiction, and at another time deciding one classic and one recent novel.

I just need to actually make a commitment to do more reading. I love it when I get going, but I am terrible about going hot and cold.

Last year I had checked into the "100 books everyone should read" type lists and started with some of those. Slaughterhouse Five, Catch 22, In Cold Blood. I picked up a couple Raymond Chandler novels and like them, but I haven't stuck with reading like I want.

I even bought a Kindle and started using that. I am making my resolution now to read 20 books in 2022, beginning with one I started and haven't gotten back to: The Big Sleep.

 

[TL1961]

I just committed to join in one of those facebook chain letter things where I send one book to someone and apparently will get approximately 36.

What have I done?

 

[remydat]

Just finished Sons of Yokai - Mists of Iga. Set during my favorite historical time period ie Sengoki Jidai.

 

[JimAKABlkhwks918]

Mornings On Horseback, biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
Also have a lot of books in queue, and want to read more this year.

 

[ytsejam]

Amazon.com: Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park (Audible Audio Edition): Andy Mulvihill, Jake Rossen, Michael Satow, Penguin Audio: Audible Books & Originals

Amazon.com: Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park (Audible Audio Edition): Andy Mulvihill, Jake Rossen, Michael Satow, Penguin Audio: Audible Books & Originals

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HOLY SHIT!!!
If this place was nearby and not in NJ many of us would either be dead, maimed, or at least have had more concussions than we already do.
Rawr!

This is as if Ayn Rand and Lord of the Flies got together to make a theme park.

 

[ijustposthere]

I have been telling myself for two years I want to read two books per nonth, at one time deciding they would consist of one fiction and one nonfiction, and at another time deciding one classic and one recent novel.

I just need to actually make a commitment to do more reading. I love it when I get going, but I am terrible about going hot and cold.

Last year I had checked into the "100 books everyone should read" type lists and started with some of those. Slaughterhouse Five, Catch 22, In Cold Blood. I picked up a couple Raymond Chandler novels and like them, but I haven't stuck with reading like I want.

I even bought a Kindle and started using that. I am making my resolution now to read 20 books in 2022, beginning with one I started and haven't gotten back to: The Big Sleep.

Two books per month can be tough. I'm like you, I can fly through a book pretty decently when I'm interested in it, but some drag on. I aim for two, but try to read at least one. I've been so busy with work and class that it's insanely hard to keep up with pretty much anything else. So much I want to do and I feel like I never have enough time. Or I get paralyzed trying to figure out what to do and end up doing nothing lol

 

[Anytime23]

I like how the what are you eating, drinking, watching and playing thread are all way more popular than this thread. Imagine a Bears fan reading outside of CCS.

 

[ytsejam]

Amazon.com: Limited Edition of One: How to Succeed in the Music Industry Without Being Part of the Mainstream (Audible Audio Edition): Steven Wilson, Mick Wall, Steven Wilson, Mick Wall, Hachette Audio UK: Books

Amazon.com: Limited Edition of One: How to Succeed in the Music Industry Without Being Part of the Mainstream (Audible Audio Edition): Steven Wilson, Mick Wall, Steven Wilson, Mick Wall, Hachette Audio UK: Books

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Just finished Steven Wilson's autobiography.

It was a lot better than I thought it would be.

Most fun fact:
David Gilmour went backstage after Steven Wilson show in London and told him that the performance of the song "Routine" made him cry.
Gilmour fuckin' rules and Routine is one motherfucker of a song.
Rawr!

Here it is!

 

[nvanprooyen]

The Fish That Ate The Whale

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Amer…

A legendary tale, both true and astonishing, from the a…

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What a crazy ride so far.

 

[DC]

Copag cards. Wish me luck, fellas.

 

[TL1961]

I recently buzzed quickly through two crime novels by Don Winslow - City on Fire (new) and The Winter of Frankie Machine. I liked them and they went quickly while I was visiting my mom three days a week while she recuperated. Had lots of free time late at night or early mornings.

Since taking a break from that I have gotten out of the swing again. I recently had another on loan and didn't get to it.

I need a swift kick in the pants to get going again.

 

[ytsejam]

Copag cards. Wish me luck, fellas.

I like those cards.

 

[jooo83]

I just finished The Godfather. I last read it 20 years ago. Now I'm reading Omerta. It's also by Mario Puzo. Not a classic like The Godfather but I'm enjoying it.