What are you reading?

jheri · Post by **jheri** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:37 am

Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure

English degrees can be so fucking boring...

d-T-r · Post by **d-T-r** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:41 am

paulo coelho - the alchemist

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:37 am

The Illustrated Alchemist

shipping gold

hysteria · Post by **hysteria** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:41 pm

Im reading "The art of war" by Sun Tzu

d-T-r · Post by **d-T-r** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:32 pm

SD5 wrote:The Illustrated Alchemist

shipping gold

didnt even notice that. i actually have the audio book but pictures are nice.

audio books are cool- still get the impact of the words just without the...effort.

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:13 am

falling man by don de lillo and the perfect crime by jean baudrillard.

just finished the end of america by naomi wolf. heavy.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:14 am

I'm about to start Underworld by Don De Lillo. Had it for ages and have never got round to opening it.

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:19 am

LEQ wrote:I'm about to start Underworld by Don De Lillo. Had it for ages and have never got round to opening it.

IT IS MY FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE. ENJOY!!!! (and let me know what you think)

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:23 am

Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:37 am

LEQ wrote:Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.

no, i haven't... but you just decided my next amazon purchase for me. thanks LEfunkQ

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:55 am

LEQ wrote:I'm about to start Underworld by Don De Lillo. Had it for ages and have never got round to opening it.

Couldn't get into that book at all. Made it about halfway through but when the narrative starts to fragment I just couldn't keep up. Keep meaning to go back to it though as I've loved most of DeLillo's other books, particularly Mao II and White Noise. Hope you do better than me LEQ!

Anyway, just started Jeremy Scahill's 'Blackwater', the expose of the U.S. paramilitary contractors in Iraq. Shocking stuff, to say the least.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:11 am

nesslei wrote:
LEQ wrote:Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.
no, i haven't... but you just decided my next amazon purchase for me. thanks LEfunkQ

Good stuff! Let me know what you think of it...

Cheers beta, I haven't checked out white noise yet either so I might grab that this afternoon.

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:33 am

LEQ wrote:
nesslei wrote:
LEQ wrote:Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.
no, i haven't... but you just decided my next amazon purchase for me. thanks LEfunkQ
Good stuff! Let me know what you think of it...

Cheers beta, I haven't checked out white noise yet either so I might grab that this afternoon.

i studied white noise at uni - it was what got me hooked on de lillo in the first place. you'll love it!!

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:45 am

Sounds good, both this thread and you Ness have cost me money today...

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:19 am

LEQ wrote:Sounds good, both this thread and you Ness have cost me money today...

should i expect a gift in the mail...?

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:48 am

You can expect a brand new copy of White Noise......

three2do1 · Post by **three2do1** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:31 pm

Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Not a fan of his travel books but this is an amazing read. Covers everything remotely scientific and does it well. Swells the brain but amuses you while he does it

Bright Shiny Morning - James Frey

Got sucked in by the hype, and its entertaining enough. Halfway through at the moment all the stories here are interesting, nothings started to come together yet though so I'm hoping there will eventually turn out to be a point to it all

jheri · Post by **jheri** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:38 am

three2do1 wrote:Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Not a fan of his travel books but this is an amazing read. Covers everything remotely scientific and does it well. Swells the brain but amuses you while he does it

Maaaate, A Walk in the Woods is a sick book, ridiculously funny.

thashadowcast · Post by **thashadowcast** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:50 am

The Beach. Amazingly how bad they made the movie with Leo in it. So many main characters were totally left out of the movie. The book is sooooooooo much better. Look foward to reading COMA aswell.

method x · Post by **method x** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:20 pm

Robert Heinlein - The Door Into Summer

nice book

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