| The book I'm reading currently til I get the final book in The Faithful and the Fallen, I'm reading Plantagenet, history of England Kings. My mind is a bit vague when trying to remember the detail but in the beginning, I think William the conqueror lost his son over the seas when both the sons and the crew handling the ship were drunk and it startled from there Interesting read if you like history of england |
| You gotta do what you gotta do. |
| Recently finished the Dragon Heir and the Wizard Heir, couldn't buy the first part, but the last part is really long threaded and actually pretty boring, I just liked the second part the Wizard Heir, I also have this feeling that the Warrior Heir was pretty boring as well. Might lend it at the library. |
Josh said: DragonSlayer_19 said: Is it the "Rashomon and 17 other stories" collection? There are so many great stories in there. Rashomon probably wouldn't make my top ten, although it's still good.Reading Rashomon by Ryuunosuke Akutagawa . It's really great . picked it up because of akutagawa's character in stray dogs . Only read Rashomon and another one which is about character testaments . Anyways, ok so I bought a bunch of books from the library after being motivated by an anime/manga to read them . Crime and Punishmemt by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (600+ pages , damn) The Double By Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald A Collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories I'm kinda at a loss where to start, but I might start with the Great Gatsby |
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| The Red Tent Diamant, Anita Belong to Me De los Santos, Marisa The Glass Castle Walls, Jeannette I Am Not Myself These Days Josh Kilmer-Purcell |
| Hashbrown no signature. |
| Treading through The Epic of Gilgamesh. |
| Started 2017 with a reread of Harry Potter. Currently on Goblet of Fire. |
| I'm reading a collection of Voltaire's stories at the moment. The story I'm at is Micromegas. |
 "Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul."  |
| Reading King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence and The Fall by Albert Camus. |
| 'Women' by Charles Bukowski should've named it 'Vomit' |
| I just finished Anna Karenina. Quite, quite disappointed, but it was okay I guess (a 6.5 out of 10). Anna was quite (read:very) annoying, especially at the end with her absurd behaviour. Levin's story was only interesting when he was suffering, after which it became boring. I'm no sadist, but that's honestly how I felt. He's still the best character though. Vronsky was just drab. Alexey Alexandrovich had a point in time where he was "magnanimous" and I leaned towards liking him, but even that passed. Stepan Arkadyevitch's philosophy was interesting, and I would have liked to see more of him. I'd say that all the characters were well-rounded, but I couldn't care much for them nonetheless. Actually, I'd say it did too much of that. For example, the painter that Vronsky hired to do a portrait of Anna. Perhaps a bit of a backstory would be alright, but there was no reason to expound on his character so far, especially when he didn't even show up for the rest of the book. That just makes it harder to get to the end of the story. The political/economic aspect was long and tedious too. Then again, I was expecting a romance novel, and it turned out that it wasn't actually one. I guess that's my bad. Seeing as how War and Peace is even longer, I'm definitely going to avoid it. On a side note: I've started the first book in the Hannibal Lecter series - Red Dragon. Really looking forward to The Silence of the Lambs. |
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| A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. |
| The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac James Dean: Dream As If You'll Live Forever, by Karen Clemens Warrick I might start on The Yellow Wallpaper as well. |
"Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul." |
| A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I'm enjoying it, but sometimes the nadsat makes it a bit hard to follow. Most of the time when its used right you can tell what its referring to anyway. Probably going to read Dracula by Bram Stoker next. |
| Finished reading Lolita. Seems to be the most popular book on this site... It was pretty good, but I'll definitely have to reread it in the future because I didn't get 60% of the references and well, references make up a large part of this novel. And wow, this book sure was depressing. I could hardly find a sympathetic character with a magnifying glass. An egoistic, lying pedophile, a manipulative, rotten girl, a mother who hates her own daughter, and a golden boy who kidnaps a teen from a pedophile...only to have seks with the girl and force her to be a porn star later. What a cast, man. |
Rasheed said: Reading King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence and The Fall by Albert Camus. The Prince of Thorns series was one of the most disappointing reads ever. It was basically "Edgy: The Series." |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| Spice and wolf, Vol. 2 |
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RedRoseFring said: Rasheed said: Reading King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence and The Fall by Albert Camus. The Prince of Thorns series was one of the most disappointing reads ever. It was basically "Edgy: The Series." I wouldn't say it was bad, or most disappointing. But I'm not denying the presence of disappointment. It's just extremely weird and edgy. It's not that bad though, something mediocre at best. |
| Finished Red Dragon. It was a good experience overall and Hannibal Lecter was fascinating to read. Shame he didn't get much focus though. Anyways, I'm sure he'll get more in The Silence of the Lambs. |
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| I'm currently reading "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom, and it's sooooo good, honestly. Really recommended. |
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| Recently finished Swiss Family Robinson. It was okay. All of the sons kind of blurred together into one character, or clones of the same character. I think I would have liked it more if I had read it while I were young. Some of the word choices were really antiquated. Not sure if I'd recommend reading it. Currently reading Scipio Africanus, it's a biography of the young Roman that defeated Hannibal. Pretty interesting so far. I've always enjoyed reading about antiquity. Also, was at the bookstore's clearence section today and got two pretty cool hardcover edition books at 50% off because they had slight tears on their dust covers. Was pretty excited about that. |
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| The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, it's awesome. |
| Rereading Wuthering Heights for a school project. |
"Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul." |
| Currently The Two Towers and Titus Andronicus. |
"Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul." |
| Just finished Stephen King's Rage. |
| Currently reading The curious incident of the dog in the night time. |
Chibi-Alice said: Currently reading The curious incident of the dog in the night time. I remember starting that book but never finishing it. I might have to revisit it. Please post your thoughts when you're done. OT: I'm reading the Sword of Shannara. I'm more than halfway through the book and it's been one of the duller fantasies I've read. I just saw that it was a New York Times bestseller, but definitely haven't been feeling it. The writing style is not particularly immersive either. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| whose got time to waste on reading fiction books? Anime story-telling provides all the writing I need or care about. Any other reading is just what I look up online, which is resourceful enough. Even though half the stuff I read on here is anything but cell stimulating. |
rubylightning said: whose got time to waste on reading fiction books? Anime story-telling provides all the writing I need or care about. Any other reading is just what I look up online, which is resourceful enough. Even though half the stuff I read on here is anything but cell stimulating. Logically, you have all the time. Going on a forum is the product of too much time in one's hands. "Anime story-telling provides all the writing I need or care about. " This is why humanity hasn't gone to the moon for 47 years. |
| @InsomnaicEntity. Logically, you are wrong. Because I don't have any time to spend on shit reading material I don't give a shit about. Therefore, I do not have ANY time to do so, and that means it is illogical to even think that I do. Also, the Moon visits never happened. I don't give a shit. |
rubylightning said: @InsomnaicEntity. Logically, you are wrong. Because I don't have any time to spend on shit reading material I don't give a shit about. Therefore, I do not have ANY time to do so, and that means it is illogical to even think that I do. Also, the Moon visits never happened. I don't give a shit. But you have time to basically argue about not having time? Seriously, going on an anime forum pretty much screams too much free time. If your little brain cannot handle basic human functions, I feel truly sorry. Don't give a shit about what exactly? |
| @InsomnaicEntity. Talking to you is like talking to an cave-man. I'm obviously not going to get far here. I am productive, and I'm probably ... if not factually ... a fuck ton smarter than you. In your insignificant brain you actually think that I care about your stupid opinions. Guess what. I don't. And to answer your question. I don't give a shit about your ramblings that kill brain cells. |
rubylightning said: @InsomnaicEntity. Talking to you is like talking to an cave-man. I'm obviously not going to get far here. I am productive, and I'm probably ... if not factually ... a fuck ton smarter than you. In your insignificant brain you actually think that I care about your stupid opinions. Guess what. I don't. And to answer your question. I don't give a shit about your ramblings that kill brain cells. I'm a 'cave man' because you can't understand what I just said. The use of "factually" surprised me there, but the "a fuck ton smarter than you" blew my mind. I bet my life your IQ is 200+. For someone 'a fuck ton smarter' than me, a primate, your role as the intellectual person here to educate me. You should care, since sharing knowledge is what makes you smart, not just knowing. Eh? |
| @InsomnaicEntity. You seem to think in that string of shit-nonsense that you spewed out of your ass that I actually give a shit, when, in all actuality. I don't. Sharing knowledge or information or whatever, I don't care. I can do whatever I want with the knowledge that I got. And for you to assume my IQ rating in the first place. How utterly barbaric, as assumptions are the first sign of intellectual stupidity. |
rubylightning said: @InsomnaicEntity. You seem to think in that string of shit-nonsense that you spewed out of your ass that I actually give a shit, when, in all actuality. I don't. Sharing knowledge or information or whatever, I don't care. I can do whatever I want with the knowledge that I got. And for you to assume my IQ rating in the first place. How utterly barbaric, as assumptions are the first sign of intellectual stupidity. Funny, how you went from full-casual speech in your first post, to pseudo-formal (nice attempt, though) when I questioned your intelligence. Hmm, do stop trying hard. |
| I mean, it's fine if you don't want to read books, but what's the point of coming in here and shitting on other people's hobbies? Besides, internet sources are valid only to a certain point. The Internet as most people know it is largely an institution of English, which engenders a various obvious Euroamerican Western bias that cannot be easily escaped. Zees said: It's the most popular book on this site because people here only know Nabokov's Lolita because of its perverted fantasies and "exquisite prose."Finished reading Lolita. Seems to be the most popular book on this site... It was pretty good, but I'll definitely have to reread it in the future because I didn't get 60% of the references and well, references make up a large part of this novel. And wow, this book sure was depressing. I could hardly find a sympathetic character with a magnifying glass. An egoistic, lying pedophile, a manipulative, rotten girl, a mother who hates her own daughter, and a golden boy who kidnaps a teen from a pedophile...only to have seks with the girl and force her to be a porn star later. What a cast, man. It's far from being close to his best novel. It's kind of frustrating that the emigre's legacy has been confined to this one novel, and even more so that people praise it to the heavens without having consumed the rest of his oeuvre! |
| @Marnie I'm sorry, does your opinion matter in this discussion that does not even involve you? No, it doesn't. As for trying vs not trying. Don't tell me what to do, you ain't my mom. |
| do you count web novels? If not, I'm reading: The trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan Hamilton: A Revolution No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (translated) If you do count web novels, I'm also reading: History's Number One Founder Founder of Diabolism The King's Avatar aka Quan Zhi Gao Shou Running Away from the Hero The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System Transmigrating into a Mob Character to Rehabilitate the Villain Plan |
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| Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Cristie. It is a fun mystery novel and I am really enjoying it. |
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| I finished recently The Witch from Portobello by Paolo Coelho (my plan is to read every single book from Paolo Coelho and to own it (just 2 books (The Spy and Adultery) more if he doesn't write another one before I get them). Now I'm reading Hazarski rečnik (The Dictionary of Khazars) by late Milorad Pavić (best modern writer (počivaj u miru velikanu), he almost got Nobel prize). I can't even explain how good this book is. So so so sooo interesting. There are more than 2 million ways to read this book. It's about old civilization called Khazars and nobody knows which religion they actually took before their own disappeared. Christians think it's Christianity, Jews Judaism and Muslims Islam. Book has female and male version. Both versions are divided on 3 parts: red pages=Christianity, green pages=Islam and yellow pages=Judaism (and few blue pages Appendix). Each part have different versions about same people and stories. And like it always is, one religion don't have much information about other people of different religions even though they also took a part in mystery of Khazars. On the first page of book is writen: Na ovom mestu leži onaj čitalac koji neće nikada otvoriti ovu knjigu. On je ovde zauvek mrtav. (trans. Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He's here forever dead.) Can't there be more genius writers like Milorad Pavić instead of quasi ones that write weekend romances and bland fantasy actions? |
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missinlink said: I've been reading the books for my Classic Literature Class: Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad The Stranger- Albert Camus The Postman Always Rings Twice- James Cain Death and the King's Horseman- Wole Soyinka Six Characters in Search of an Author- Luigi Pirandello A Room of One's Own- Virginia Woolf Patriotism- Yukio Mishima and a bunch of other books. I read most prior to the class and disliked most of the ones I hadn't read. In a few weeks after I regain my senses I intend to read Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en Hello! I kown you probably don't remenber this post. But I'm really interested in your readings. Tell me more about that Classic Literature Class! (please?) Greetings from Portugal |
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| revenge of the sith by stover this book is kind of amazing? i mean, duh - space violence, but the look into anakin's headspace, the dead-star dragon and how tragic it all is, because anakin? was the sort of person who made friends with a r2 unit, who despite his fear went in to save a friend without a second thought against terrible odds, refused to leave another friend behind and was genuinely good, if extremely overprotective of those he loved... lucas could've definitely, definitely done better by anakin skywalker |
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| Sculping in time by andrei tarkovsky. Damn my bad engrish, It will be slower than snail :/ |
 la critique de l'intention pure |
| I'm reading Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. I really like it so far! So far the movie follows it pretty well. |
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| Louder Than Hell. An oral history of the major scenes and developments of Heavy Metal and the people that lived it. A good read so far. |
| Finished epic of gilgamesh Reading: Thucydides History of Peloponnesian War The Call of Cthulhu Library didn't have no longer human :/ |
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DragonSlayer_19 said: Finished epic of gilgamesh Interesting. I read it over new year's if I reckon correctly. How was it? |
InsomnaicEntity said: DragonSlayer_19 said: Finished epic of gilgamesh Interesting. I read it over new year's if I reckon correctly. How was it? It's really good. I love the way the foreshadowing is done and relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh, and the character progression of Gilgamesh. |
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| Currently about 100 pages in both Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Finals and other school things derailed me from finishing them but hopefully I'll get to them soon. |
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