What book are you reading?

Who Princess

imalive wrote:

reading this:



de-press-ing. I don't get addiction :wtf:

Probably a good thing that you don't get addiction.

Hard for me to truly appreciate as well. I just want to know enough about it to support the people I care about who are in recovery.

unlost dogs

imalive wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

The Art of Racing in the Rain ... by Garth Stein

just finished this book ... decent read, especially if you are into dogs and auto racing ... book is told / narrated by the dog ... and is the story of his owners life from whence he adopted the dog as a puppy ... funny and sure to choke a few people up ... :oops:

I didn't really like that book....until the end. Then I loved it

That's my selection for my book club when I host it next month!

Right now I'm listening to "Columbine" by Dave Cullen.

Horrifying.

Who Princess

unlost dogs wrote:

That's my selection for my book club when I host it next month!

Right now I'm listening to "Columbine" by Dave Cullen.

Horrifying.

I read that last year. I thought I was well informed about Columbine but I was shocked at how much I didn't know. Cullen does an excellent job with a horrific story.

RYEzupSF

unlost dogs wrote:

imalive wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

The Art of Racing in the Rain ... by Garth Stein

just finished this book ... decent read, especially if you are into dogs and auto racing ... book is told / narrated by the dog ... and is the story of his owners life from whence he adopted the dog as a puppy ... funny and sure to choke a few people up ... :oops:

I didn't really like that book....until the end. Then I loved it

That's my selection for my book club when I host it next month!

You are going to love this book. It is so wonderful. Keep your tissues close by.

catefrances

imalive wrote:

...
de-press-ing. I don't get addiction :wtf:

thats either cause..

A: you dont have an addictibe personality

OR

B: youre insensive and havent mastered the art of empathy

oona left

"Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace.

Indifference71

RKCNDY wrote:

It's So Easy and other lies-Duff McKagan

just finished reading it. that guy almost died so many times, really good read. Say whatever you want about GN'R, but I loved them, and they were the first real band I was introduced to.

I wanna check this out, but heard it's a lot of the same stories as the Slash autobiography which I have already read. I'm sure I will end up reading this eventually.

Currently, I'm reading Griftopia by Matt Taibbi.

Cliffy6745

oona left wrote:

"Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace.

Hands down, my favorite writer ever. Consider the lobster is great. The tracy Austin is awesome. Really enjoyed the porn one too. That book is a great read.

I need to think about tackling infinite jest one of these days

lukin2006

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacon.

ben242000

I'm about to start 'Naked Lunch' as soon as I finish the latest issue of CineAction (best Canadian magazine hands-down!).

pennylane106

just kids, by patti smith


beautiful book!

pennylane106

samjam wrote:

I plan to start Water for Elephants today as I hear so many great things about it.

i just finished it! i read it in like a day, it was excellent! extremely rich plot and characters!

CarolineSays

PJ20 (4th read)
the olivetti chronicles - John Peel

Byrnzie

The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art - David Lewis-Williams



'The central themes of this intellectually invigorating and wide-ranging book - the evolution of the brain and mind, primary vs. higher-order consciousness, Neanderthals vs. Cro-Magnons, the nature of art, and shamanism - are guaranteed to capture the public imagination. This compellingly written 'detective story' puts forward the most convincing explanation yet proposed for the origins of image-making and art, examining how the Neanderthals lived for over 10,000 years alongside our Cro-Magnon ancestors, but never developed art. The reason for this lay in the evolution of the human mind. Cro-Magnons possessed a higher-order consciousness and more advanced neurological make-up, which enabled them to experience shamanistic trances and vivid mental imagery. It became important for them to 'fix', or paint, these images on to cave walls, which they perceived as the membrane between their world and the spirit world from which the visions came. These illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skilfully interwoven with the story of modern-day cave discoveries and vivid descriptions of the beautiful Ice-Age art found in caves such as Lascaux and Altamira.'

davidtrios

Executive Power- Vince Flynn

catefrances

just finished beautiful losers.. an accompanying text to the exhibition of the same name a few years back.

smarchee

The second novel of Martin's titanic Song of Ice and Fire saga (A Game of Thrones, 1996) begins with Princess Arya Stark fleeing her dead father's capital of King's Landing, disguised as a boy. It ends with the princess, now known as Weasel, having led the liberation of the accursed castle of Harrenhal. In between, her actions map the further course of a truly epic fantasy set in a world bedecked with 8000 years of history, beset by an imminent winter that will last 10 years and bedazzled by swords and spells wielded to devastating effect by the scrupulous and unscrupulous alike. Standout characters besides Arya include Queen Cersei, so lacking in morals that she becomes almost pitiable; the queen's brother, the relentlessly ingenious dwarf Tyrion Lannister; and Arya's brother, Prince Brandon, crippled except when he runs with the wolves in his dreams. The novel is notable particularly for the lived-in quality of its world, created through abundant detail that dramatically increases narrative length even as it aids suspension of disbelief; for the comparatively modest role of magic (although with one ambitious young woman raising a trio of dragons, that may change in future volumes); and for its magnificent action-filled climax, an amphibious assault on King's Landing, now ruled by the evil Queen Cersei. Martin may not rival Tolkien or Robert Jordan, but he ranks with such accomplished medievalists of fantasy as Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson. Here, he provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites?and this is only the second course of a repast with no end in sight

rrivers

smarchee wrote:

The second novel of Martin's titanic Song of Ice and Fire saga (A Game of Thrones, 1996) begins with Princess Arya Stark fleeing her dead father's capital of King's Landing, disguised as a boy. It ends with the princess, now known as Weasel, having led the liberation of the accursed castle of Harrenhal. In between, her actions map the further course of a truly epic fantasy set in a world bedecked with 8000 years of history, beset by an imminent winter that will last 10 years and bedazzled by swords and spells wielded to devastating effect by the scrupulous and unscrupulous alike. Standout characters besides Arya include Queen Cersei, so lacking in morals that she becomes almost pitiable; the queen's brother, the relentlessly ingenious dwarf Tyrion Lannister; and Arya's brother, Prince Brandon, crippled except when he runs with the wolves in his dreams. The novel is notable particularly for the lived-in quality of its world, created through abundant detail that dramatically increases narrative length even as it aids suspension of disbelief; for the comparatively modest role of magic (although with one ambitious young woman raising a trio of dragons, that may change in future volumes); and for its magnificent action-filled climax, an amphibious assault on King's Landing, now ruled by the evil Queen Cersei. Martin may not rival Tolkien or Robert Jordan, but he ranks with such accomplished medievalists of fantasy as Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson. Here, he provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites?and this is only the second course of a repast with no end in sight

Wait til book 3! Shit goes down!

F Me In The Brain

rrivers wrote:

smarchee wrote:

The second novel of Martin's titanic Song of Ice and Fire saga (A Game of Thrones, 1996) begins with Princess Arya Stark fleeing her dead father's capital of King's Landing, disguised as a boy. It ends with the princess, now known as Weasel, having led the liberation of the accursed castle of Harrenhal. In between, her actions map the further course of a truly epic fantasy set in a world bedecked with 8000 years of history, beset by an imminent winter that will last 10 years and bedazzled by swords and spells wielded to devastating effect by the scrupulous and unscrupulous alike. Standout characters besides Arya include Queen Cersei, so lacking in morals that she becomes almost pitiable; the queen's brother, the relentlessly ingenious dwarf Tyrion Lannister; and Arya's brother, Prince Brandon, crippled except when he runs with the wolves in his dreams. The novel is notable particularly for the lived-in quality of its world, created through abundant detail that dramatically increases narrative length even as it aids suspension of disbelief; for the comparatively modest role of magic (although with one ambitious young woman raising a trio of dragons, that may change in future volumes); and for its magnificent action-filled climax, an amphibious assault on King's Landing, now ruled by the evil Queen Cersei. Martin may not rival Tolkien or Robert Jordan, but he ranks with such accomplished medievalists of fantasy as Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson. Here, he provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites?and this is only the second course of a repast with no end in sight

Wait til book 3! Shit goes down!

As good as book 3 was I think I might like 1 & 2 the best. You will dig it!

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