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This week, I are mostly reading....

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  • #1082
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    A point in time when not reading a book...I can't even rememebr such a time. I'm reading three atm...
    (:


  • #1083
    Ho-Hum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 313 ✭✭Ho-Hum


    The Road - Cormac McCarthy
    I'm about halfway through this book and I am really enjoying it so far.
    Its set in a post apocalyptic America although you are never really told what happened to cause it, the subtext of the book imply its a nuclear winter. The plot focuses on a father and son trying to make it south all the while trying to hide from cannibals and just trying to survive in terrible conditions.


  • #1084
    bringitdown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭bringitdown


    Crucifix wrote:
    Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. Looks to be very interesting.

    This is the 'travelers' pinnacle .. loved every second of it, so much so I finished it in less than a week ... whilst fitting in a trek at the same time!


  • #1085
    Shivvv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭Shivvv


    Just finished The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins last night. I really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it to everyone, but I'm a bit biased towards his point of view.

    I have A Spy in the House of Love - Anais Nin and Everyman - Philip Roth to start next...


  • #1086
    cue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭cue


    I is reading Notes From a Turkish Whorehouse by some Irish guy at the moment. Damn fine collection of short stories. Really enjoyable.


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  • #1087
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    The Golden Bough by Sir James Frazer. Only about 50 pages in but it's very interesting so far. Also reading a book of all William Blake's poetry, beautiful stuff. Amazingly, the ones I'm currently reading are poems he wrote when he was a boy! I remember trying to write poetry when I was 14 and it was a far cry from his. Genius.


  • #1088
    Phenobarbidoll
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭Phenobarbidoll


    A Moveable Feast - Hemmingway. Re-reading this one yet again.
    Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony - Colfer
    Labyrinth - Kate Mosse


  • #1089
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence by Karl Lashley.


  • #1090
    BossArky
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭BossArky


    - The Fundamentals of Management Accounting :mad:
    - Carpe Jugullum - Terry Pratchett ;)


  • #1091
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Got bored with Neil Gaimons "American Gods", so started Robert Harris' "Imperium".
    Interesting - and a good history lesson to boot.


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  • #1092
    CharLit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭CharLit


    Current: "Kafka on the shore" by haruki murakami - only a short way in, but really enjoying it so far!

    Recent:
    "My sister's keeper" by Jody Picoult - bought in a hurry before catching a train, and man what a pile of drivel! Real american made-for-tv-movie-family-drama-slush... not recommended!

    "Shalimar the clown" by Salman Rushdie - loved it, though it occasionally drifted off into unnecessary preaching rather than sticking with the story. And even though the critics seem to think magical realism is sooooooooo passe. I must be getting old, I'm not clued in on the trends anymore...

    "Anansi Boys" by neil Gaiman - fun!


  • #1093
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence Karl Lashley


  • #1094
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit. Read number 4564456.


  • #1095
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Tar.Aldarion wrote:
    J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit. Read number 4564456.

    Ah, a novice I see!


  • #1096
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    I'm on my sixth set of LotR due to overusing them. :(


  • #1097
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    After my first copy of LOTR died I invested in a decent, leatherbound and durable copy. Beautiful edition.


  • #1098
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    I've seen that around, it looks lovely and I could get it for 30-40.Not a um, leather fan... though.
    Hardback will have to do.
    See the Anniversary edition of the His Dark Materials Trilogy? Lovely.


  • #1099
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    I got mine for about 50 I think. What about a human skin bound copy? I'm on the look out for some anatomy books bound in human skin.

    Haven't seen the His Dark Materials anniversary edition. *Googles*

    EDIT: Couldn't find a picture.


  • #1100
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Yeah it costs that but I think I can get 33% off books.
    >_>
    <_<

    That would be pretty cool, skinbound eh, and I have little compassion for humans, order two sets.
    It's a cool version, bout 55e for teh three, nice art inside if I recall correctly.


  • #1101
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    gg Philip Pullman <3<3


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  • #1102
    Rhyan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Rhyan


    This week i am reading Distant Babylon by Patrick Ryan
    http://distantbabylon.tripod.com


  • #1103
    Dublin's Finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭Dublin's Finest


    The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houllebecq.

    Cheerful stuff :D


  • #1104
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Richard Feynman


  • #1105
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Reinventing the Bazaar by John McMillan. Not Literature in the pure sense but a very good read nonetheless. :)


  • #1106
    adonis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭adonis


    back to jose luis borges and roland barthes - good stuff!


  • #1107
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    adonis wrote:
    jose luis borges - good stuff!

    Understatement of the year.


  • #1108
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Various Electromagnetic theory and Embedded system design books, whopee.


  • #1109
    cousin_borat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭cousin_borat


    Maus by Art Spiegelman


  • #1110
    tSubh Dearg
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 5,555 ✭✭✭tSubh Dearg


    Bible Stories retold by David Kossoff. Very enjoyable book. It's the Old Testament rewritten by a Jewish man. He also rewrote the New Testament as The Book of Witnesses but I'm not as fond of that.


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  • #1111
    Crucifix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,437 ✭✭✭Crucifix


    The Grapes of Wrath by Steinback. Good so far, but it hasn't really gripped me.


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