What'cha Reading?

[Polaris]

I'm reading The Grapes of Wrath. To be honest, it's kind of boring so far. (I'm 23 pages in.)

[scortia]

Les Miserables and Gulliver's Travels. Hugo is unnecessarily descriptive. Swift just takes forever to say anything in general. Someone give me a novella for the love of god...

[kuranes]

I just read Clockers Richard Price for a class and it was really good, you should read it.

Price is a real pro, especially with regard to realistic dialogue. I plan on reading everything he's written. "Clockers" was my first experience of him, too. Then I read "Samaritan", which I also recommend. Haven't started his latest yet.

[Fiver]

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History - Thomas Carlyle

How did you choose this? Do you recommend?

Reading:
The Republic of Pirates: Being the true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down by Colin Woodard
Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley

[prplchknz]

I'm reading The Grapes of Wrath. To be honest, it's kind of boring so far. (I'm 23 pages in.)

I enjoyed the grapes of wrath.

I'm reading Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk

[prplchknz]

Price is a real pro, especially with regard to realistic dialogue. I plan on reading everything he's written. "Clockers" was my first experience of him, too. Then I read "Samaritan", which I also recommend. Haven't started his latest yet.

The class I readClockers for was Dialects and Fiction Writing

but I do plan to read more of Price, though I don't know when because I still have David Sedaris on my shelf which I've been meaning to read for years, and I just ordered The Nimrod Flipout-Etgar Keret (I read an excerpt from it for a class and "The Veldt" Ray Bradbury (Which I've already read, but its one of my, not my favorite short story)

oh and I want to also get around to reading Catch 22, why can't I just be like read a book then decide what to read next instense of having a whole list of books I want to read?

ooh and Choke-Chuck Palahniuk

sorry my room mate convinced me to start drinking at 3 pm

[Metamorphosis]

The Tao of Physics

[Friend]

Believe it or not, YES MAN is a fantastic book. I am speaking of the book that was later drafted into a screen play and made into a Jim Carrey movie. The book and the movie are two separate things. The book still retains all it's credibility in my opinion. You will be glad you read it!

[Falcarius]

An e-book of 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' by Robert Tressell.

[Oom]

Reading "Dark Star" at the moment.