6/29/2007 12:22:17 PM

Leonardo to the Internet: Technology & Culture form the Renaissance to the Present

6/29/2007 1:47:33 PM

Now:
Fury by Salman Rushdie
Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks &
Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag (a series of collected essays including: "Notes on 'Camp'".)

Bump.

7/12/2007 3:36:25 PM

dunno how anyone can read 3 books at once...

i'm still on Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union...it's pretty fucking awesome so far through about 160 pages.

I think I'm gonna read Absurdistan by Gary someone (his last name fails me right now). It'll do me well to read two funny books consecutively.

Before this I had read Tolstoy's Resurrection and Camus' The Stranger.

I need some laffs.

[Edited on July 12, 2007 at 3:53 PM. Reason : arg.]

7/12/2007 3:52:09 PM

I read so much faster when I'm switching between different texts. It's almost always in sets of 3, and I finish all around the same time. I can't explain why it works so well for me (& others); I would've agreed with you a few years ago.

7/12/2007 10:20:27 PM

Currently working on At War, At Sea by Ronald Spector. Single-volume history of naval warfare in the 20th century, a little dense but good stuff overall. Next up I want to go down the Dune novels path, having re-read Dune itself recently.

I liked Baudolino by Eco quite a bit, to add my .02 to the question posed on page 5. Not as good as Name of the Rose, but a good book in its own right.

7/13/2007 6:30:38 PM

really really good so far

7/13/2007 6:33:24 PM

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"I liked Baudolino by Eco quite a bit, to add my .02 to the question posed on page 5. Not as good as Name of the Rose, but a good book in its own right."

I finally got back to reading Baudolino after a long hiatus, and I'm loving it. Doesn't seem as strong as Name of the Rose, I'd agree, but it's a great story.

Anyone ever read Island of the Day Before? That might be next on my list.

7/14/2007 1:01:51 PM

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers

7/14/2007 1:19:32 PM

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"Now: Fury by Salman Rushdie"

Awesome choice.

I'm still nibbling my way through Against the Day and Farewell Waltz.

7/15/2007 12:57:52 AM

I'm re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Anybody heard of it?

7/15/2007 1:00:14 AM

^ that's some heavy underground shit you've got there

7/15/2007 1:01:08 AM

some imperial life in the emerald city book

7/15/2007 1:02:45 AM

7/15/2007 1:44:10 AM

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

By Robert Heinlein

7/15/2007 1:49:13 AM

Shannon, that book is teh winz.

7/15/2007 11:34:26 AM

I'm rereading my Harry Potter books because I'm just that cool.

7/15/2007 11:53:18 AM

Flight of the Einstein, Book 4 or 5 of the Horus Heresy.

7/16/2007 11:12:51 AM

I'm supposed to be reading Snowcrash and Heretics of Dune right now... haven't really started either... probably will start on Snowcrash tomorrow.

7/16/2007 6:11:52 PM

Just finished Jim Butcher's Cursor's Fury ....really good series so far. Now I'm gonna start back on his dresden file books.... so far, much more interesting than the tv show

7/16/2007 6:27:45 PM

^^snow crash is one of the best books i've ever read, and next to the diamond age, it's stephenson's best.

7/16/2007 10:36:37 PM

American Psycho and about to start Rant, can't wait by the way

7/17/2007 1:30:26 PM

got a few pages into The Golden Compass. it's fairly interesting so far.

7/18/2007 12:05:25 AM

I need to stop buying books.

I just bought Underworld (DeLillo) and Nausea (Sartre), and I'm tempted to switch out Against the Day again. I'll most likely just add them to the queue.

7/18/2007 12:44:09 AM

All right, I'm finishing up a book and have three sitting on my desk. Which one should I go with?

Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
Fantasyland by Sam Walker
Flight by Sherman Alexie

7/18/2007 1:47:16 AM

i finished kavalier and clay last night, and then i read all of The Road tonight.

7/18/2007 2:22:43 AM

The Road was awesome, one of my favorite books ever, and one of the fastest reads as well. Awesome fast paced story line that just keeps coming.

7/18/2007 9:55:28 AM

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"Underworld (DeLillo)"

I've been meaning to buy some DeLillo.

7/18/2007 10:03:40 AM

I am fully expecting this thread to turn into a Harry Potter love fest in a couple days.

7/18/2007 10:24:29 AM

there's already a Harry Potter book 7 thread, so i doubt that.

7/18/2007 10:30:27 AM

totally different. That thread is for discussion, this one is for stating what you are "currently reading."

7/18/2007 10:37:42 AM

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"Shannon, that book is teh winz. "

yeah, I like it a lot so far, just wish my schedule wasn't so damn busy.


The Devil In The White City was really really good, especially if you like historical dramas

7/18/2007 10:40:39 AM

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"I've been meaning to buy some DeLillo."

You should. White Noise and Mao II were both good, anyway.

7/18/2007 1:52:37 PM

Anything by Orson Scott Card.

He recently wrote a USA / terrorism / political civil war novel called "Empire" that I am currently hooked on....

7/18/2007 3:03:30 PM

i'm going to assume a pilgrimage to salt lake city was involved somehow?

7/18/2007 3:09:30 PM

Just getting started on The Age of Jackson right now, by Arthur Schlessinger.

7/18/2007 9:15:59 PM

Up until about 15 minutes ago I was reading The Deathly Hallows and I am wondering how long I should wait before beginning to read Watership Down.

I am entering a reading > playing video games phase. Not sure if I should be scared or not.

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7/28/2007 10:39:41 PM

Good so far.

7/28/2007 10:41:23 PM

the harry potter book

a) duh

b) i'm slow

7/28/2007 11:00:14 PM

Potter

7/28/2007 11:39:26 PM

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"I am entering a reading > playing video games phase. Not sure if I should be scared or not."

Don't be scared, you'll be okay.

7/29/2007 12:32:45 AM

I finally capitulated and bought the first Harry Potter book

7/29/2007 1:02:49 AM

i just went over to the bookcase to pick out my next mission and pulled a 1.50 vintage off to read

8/1/2007 10:30:03 PM

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Thirteen Days by Robert F. Kennedy

8/1/2007 10:34:31 PM

^^ great choice <3

8/1/2007 10:40:58 PM

I adore The Stranger...been meaning to re-read that too

8/1/2007 10:47:04 PM

the kite runner.

can't say i'm loving it like i was promised i would.

8/1/2007 11:53:57 PM

finished Harry Potter, now onto Blackwater and Red Rabbit.

8/1/2007 11:59:29 PM

A dictionary-style read for English buffs. I like it.

8/2/2007 12:58:18 AM

White Noise by Don Delillo

8/2/2007 6:46:33 AM