What'cha Reading? - Page 35

mlittrell · 09-04-2008, 12:59 PM

Choke

good book thus far

disregard · 09-12-2008, 02:04 AM

Finished Crime & Punishment, Notes from Underground.. now reading The Possessed (all Dostoevsky)

I will probably read Madame Bovary next..

whatever · 09-12-2008, 02:22 AM

Arabian Nights- the Sir Richard Burton translation. Nothing cooler than reading old stories and seeing how they fit into other folk tales and local histories, let alone how they parallel stories from other cultures!

yeah... I compulsively read fairy tales even as a "grown up"

Metamorphosis · 09-12-2008, 03:26 AM

Blow

Aerithria · 09-12-2008, 04:01 AM

Fragile Things. I love Neil Gaiman, even his introduction is amusing.

frenchkiss · 09-12-2008, 04:22 AM

In America by Susan Sontag. I haven't decided if I like it yet.

Anja · 09-12-2008, 04:27 AM

Dragon Ladyby Sterling Seagrave. About Tsu Tsi, last empress of China.

He puts her in historical perspective, systematically debunks the slanderous lies the English propagated about her to justify domination of China, and creates a fascinating world full of details about the last days of the final dynasty.

Lateralus · 09-14-2008, 02:05 PM

I'm slowly making my way through The Wealth of Nations, right now, veeeeery slowly. It's a tough read. I'm sure I'll take many breaks from this one.

ThatGirl · 09-15-2008, 04:59 AM

A book on Physical Anthropology does that count?

Usehername · 09-15-2008, 05:01 AM

Just finished the first chapter of Chomsky's Necessary Illusions.

(Why haven't I noticed this thread before?)

09-04-2008, 12:59 PM	#341 (permalink)
mlittrell Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Type: ENFP Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,389	Choke good book thus far __________________ "Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. " "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Mahatma Gandhi Enneagram: 9w1

09-12-2008, 02:22 AM	#343 (permalink)
whatever shameless hussy Join Date: Oct 2007 Type: entp Location: wherever Posts: 7,620	Arabian Nights- the Sir Richard Burton translation. Nothing cooler than reading old stories and seeing how they fit into other folk tales and local histories, let alone how they parallel stories from other cultures! yeah... I compulsively read fairy tales even as a "grown up" __________________ We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ~ Kurt Vonnegut ENTP- 7w8 so/sp SCUEI

09-12-2008, 03:26 AM	#344 (permalink)
Metamorphosis 5w6 ^8 Join Date: May 2007 Type: INTJ Location: TEXAS! the state formerly known as a country Posts: 2,860	Blow __________________ The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. - Henry David Thoreau Truths are a useless fiction. - Nietzsche Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. - David Hume "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."

09-12-2008, 04:01 AM	#345 (permalink)
Aerithria Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Type: ENTP Location: Canada Posts: 314	Fragile Things. I love Neil Gaiman, even his introduction is amusing. __________________ [insert funny quote/saying/etc.]

09-12-2008, 04:22 AM	#346 (permalink)
frenchkiss Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Type: INFP Posts: 66	In America by Susan Sontag. I haven't decided if I like it yet. __________________ 6w5sp/sx

09-12-2008, 02:04 AM	#342 (permalink)
disregard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: Posts: 5,922	Finished Crime & Punishment, Notes from Underground.. now reading The Possessed (all Dostoevsky) I will probably read Madame Bovary next..

09-12-2008, 04:27 AM	#347 (permalink)
Anja Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Type: INFP Location: Mankato, MN Posts: 3,005	Dragon Ladyby Sterling Seagrave. About Tsu Tsi, last empress of China. He puts her in historical perspective, systematically debunks the slanderous lies the English propagated about her to justify domination of China, and creates a fascinating world full of details about the last days of the final dynasty. __________________ "No ray of sunshine is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith." - Albert Schweitzer

09-14-2008, 02:05 PM	#348 (permalink)
Lateralus Crazy Bean Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTJ Posts: 2,795	I'm slowly making my way through The Wealth of Nations, right now, veeeeery slowly. It's a tough read. I'm sure I'll take many breaks from this one. __________________ It's all about me.

09-15-2008, 04:59 AM	#349 (permalink)
ThatGirl #5 Join Date: Jun 2008 Type: ENTP Posts: 1,849	A book on Physical Anthropology does that count?

09-15-2008, 05:01 AM	#350 (permalink)
Usehername Pwning Life Since 1986 Join Date: May 2007 Type: INTJ Location: XC ski and fort-building heaven Posts: 1,975	Just finished the first chapter of Chomsky's Necessary Illusions. (Why haven't I noticed this thread before?) __________________ You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods. C.S. Lewis

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