Currently reading "The Company" by Robert Littell. It's a semi-factual account of CIA operations during the cold war. It's a huge book, I'm about 1/3 finished, and it's really good so far.

You Shall Know Our Velocity - D. Eggers

I was waiting for school to lay off of me for a few days to fianlly read this. It was recommended to me over a year ago, and so far I really like it.

Finished No Longer Human by Dazai, and by the end of the day will have finished Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life by Mike Nelson. The latter is a decent book and does seem to be helping me get ahead of my messes, but tends to feel a little too new-age/faith-based in parts. Figuring out how to stay organized isn't a matter of believing in God, for me...

Orientalism- Edward Said

I was on a historical-political kick for awhile: 1776 by David McCullough, My Life by Bill Clinton, a Pat Brown biography.

Now I'm reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. A lot more fun actually.

Now I'm reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. A lot more fun actually.

Great book. I was dying to get a hold of the next book in the series when I was done. Unfortunately, we have to wait. Great ploy by Rowling. The next book will fly off the shelves even faster.

Just finished Stephen Hunter's Havana , Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter and now I'm well into Laurie R. King's The Moor .

On deck, all from the library:Laurie King's Justice Hall , Andrew Vachss' Two Trains Running , Herbert Asbury's All Around the Town and Herbert J. Gans' The War Against the Poor .

I love to grab lots of books at one time from the library. Far more than I have time to read. My last fines totalled $7.50, but were excused due to a September amnesty. God, I love libraries.

Aristotle's Poetics. For my AP English class. I actually find it really interesting.

A Theory of Justice - John Rawls

A Theory of Justice - John Rawls

:eek:


what happened to the Said book..?
;)

(you might wanna read someone like Nozick, whom I don't entirely agree with, to balance it)

George Orwell - 1984

Got it 2 years ago for Christmas, never read past chapter one for some reason. Now on 7 :p

:eek:


what happened to the Said book..?
;)

(you might wanna read someone like Nozick, whom I don't entirely agree with, to balance it)
lol, I'm reading both at the same time.

I get into Nozick later in the semester, with Anarchy State, and Utopia

I'm also balancing off Orientalism with Ornamentalism by Cannadine later in the semester.

Finally, I'm reading The Elements of Moral Philosophy - James Rachels, for Ethics.

George Orwell - 1984

Got it 2 years ago for Christmas, never read past chapter one for some reason. Now on 7 :p

Doubleplusgood!

Nonfiction: Contours of Descent by Robert Pollin (economics)

Fiction: Intruder in the Dust by Faulkner (my eighth W.F. book)

Dredging through the boxes of books I found one in my girlfriend's stuff that I haven't read. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. A little bizarre so far, yet interesting. Haven't yet gotten to the part that resulted in the death sentence for Rushdie...

The Weight of Glory - C.S. Lewis

Dune - Frank Herbert

Steppenwolf - Hesse

The Weight of Glory - C.S. Lewis
I've never read that one, but I have read "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis. Have you read it? Its probably the most "thought provoking" book I've ever read.

George Orwell - 1984
Fantastic book! I found Animal Farm boring, but 1984 was a real page turner.

I challenge you to read "Anthem" By Ayn Rand as soon as you finish. These two books are just "meant" to be read back to back. They both tackle the same problem, but from completely opposite view points. I've always thought they would be great if read back to back.

I've never read that one, but I have read "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis. Have you read it? Its probably the most "thought provoking" book I've ever read.

Haven't yet read "The Great Divorce", but my Lewis-phile friends also commend it, so it's on the long list (of books I should have read already and need to get to).

Lewis was an interesting chap, far more influential and lauded in the States than in his own homeland. Anachronistic as a man of his times in some ways, a sheltered intellectual in others, yet so many things he says so uniquely and in such a compelling way that no one else I've read does or seems able to.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano- Equiano

Currently reading:

The Millionaire Mind (http://print.google.com/print?id=XcQqZ_5aiEkC&lpg=PP1&dq=&pg=PP1&printsec=0&sig=NA3RpwSYXXhnbw0cYwCOfcO7apk) by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D.

Decent read so far. First few chapters seem to be all about some huge survey he did. I hope the whole book doesn't pan out this way, it's starting to feel like a school lecture.

Fantastic book! I found Animal Farm boring, but 1984 was a real page turner.

I challenge you to read "Anthem" By Ayn Rand as soon as you finish. These two books are just "meant" to be read back to back. They both tackle the same problem, but from completely opposite view points. I've always thought they would be great if read back to back.

I'll try to remember this, but now I've been reading books that are more on the "Self-Help" and personal viewpoint side of things

My first visit to this fourm (like I need something else to eat up my time.)

Zen and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance - L. Zinn (almost done)
Democracy in America - de Tocqueville (amazing)
The Grapes of Wrath - J. Stienbeck (beautifully painful)

Steve
-we like books

Inside the Postal Bus by Michael Barry

Very good so far........

Edit: I liked the story about how "Triki" Betran got his nickname. He loves cookies. El Triki is Cookie Monster in spanish, hence the nickname. That is the last thing I would have ever guessed, but I don't know spanish either. :p

Inside the Postal Bus by Michael Barry

Very good so far........
Can Inside the Postal Bus be found in local book stores? Think want that for my bike book collection.

Haven't yet read "The Great Divorce", but my Lewis-phile friends also commend it, so it's on the long list (of books I should have read already and need to get to).

Lewis was an interesting chap, far more influential and lauded in the States than in his own homeland. Anachronistic as a man of his times in some ways, a sheltered intellectual in others, yet so many things he says so uniquely and in such a compelling way that no one else I've read does or seems able to.
Yes...."sheltered intellectual" is true, but probably an understatement.

A good example of the old thought "what if super smart people just don't get the opportunity to be discovered" so to speak.

I've read a lot of authors who were considered very intelligent but NO ONE has ever held a candle to C.S. Lewis. Some of his stuff seemed so intelligent that I felt like I was literally learning something from every single sentence. It's like every sentence has so much information, you want to stop and meditate on it. Most of the times he presents something so clearly that you also wonder when it all finally "clicks" in your head why it wasn't "obvious" before?

I am reading "The Hornet's Nest" by Jimmie Carter. Most of what we read about the Revolutionary War focuses on Northeastern states, but Carter's historical novel puts the reader in the shoes of Southern homesteaders. I am about 60% through the book, and I find that I am not entirely sure if I would have been a Whig or a Tory.

I need to keep a roster of the characters beside me as I read the book since they appear, disappear, and resurface again after you have forgotten what their role was.

Can Inside the Postal Bus be found in local book stores? Think want that for my bike book collection.

I found it in the store inventory at the Borders in Carlsbad. It would not search Borders Express locations in your area, but they probably have it too.

Here is the book info....http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931382611/qid=1127930225/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-8414756-5036723?v=glance&n=507846

The ISBN is 1931382611, it is easier to use this, then trying to give the title to books over the phone when you call a bookstore. :rolleyes:

Finished Cormac McCarthy's latest.

Am now working on Nabakov's short stories collection. Inneresting and speculative but not in a way I am used to. I like it.

Redhead..Barnes and Noble called around..I found the "Inside the Postal Bus' at the Temecula..Will pick it up tomorrow. Had the impression they had not yet found a publisher and limited editions. Will soon be good plane fodder for long flights.

I'm oldschool. *bump*

King Leopold's Ghost- Adam Hochschild

On Beauty by Zadie Smith.

Also: Othello since I'm teaching it.

Just finished Blindness by Saramago - didn't like it as much as All the Names, probably the best book ever written.

Am reading Isaiah (yes, the bible), and re-reading "L'Etranger" par Camus. J'aime laver mes mains...

Just finished Blindness by Saramago - didn't like it as much as All the Names, probably the best book ever written.

Am reading Isaiah (yes, the bible), and re-reading "L'Etranger" par Camus. J'aime laver mes mains...


I found Blindness too didactic after the cool parts at the beginning when chaos was convolving the general population into a cess pool of moral depravity. That part was fun. What makes All the Names so good?

Currently: The Best American Essays, 2005

I am now reading Three men In a boat By Jerome K Jerome.
I have just finished reading "The wind in my wheels" by Josie Dew both of these books I have found to be very entertaining and quite humerous

']You Shall Know Our Velocity - D. Eggers

I was waiting for school to lay off of me for a few days to fianlly read this. It was recommended to me over a year ago, and so far I really like it.

Great book, I got it autographed in Washington D.C. when it first came out. I haven't read the revised trade paperback copy yet though. If you like it definitly check out "How We Are Hungry" by him. It's a great variety of short stories. My favorite one is written from the point of view of a dog who wanders around his neighborhood at night and meets up with other dogs in the woods to have races, and get heckled by squirrels.

Right now I'm reading "Superstud" by Paul Feig, who created the show Freaks and Geeks. It's about his relationships with women while growing up.

Who me?
Kornwolf
by
Tristan Egolf

Last American Man: Elizabeth Gilbert

I've never read that one, but I have read "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis. Have you read it? Its probably the most "thought provoking" book I've ever read.
I thought so too! I have to go back and re-read it. for such a short little book, there is a lot of great thinking packed into it.

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris.

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris.
ha ha! good one! He is so funny.

Neutral bouyancy by Tim Ecott little bit of dive science mixed with
some history and some good storytelling.

Skit, Nabokov is one of my favourite writers, his use of language
is almost obscene its so good.

marty

I forgot about this thread(and I've actually been reading:eek: ).

Re-reading George R. R. Martin's A Clash Of Kings right now. Picked up A Feast For Crows yesterday--can't wait to get to it.

I just bought Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. Got it new for $12.69 at Amazon. I need to get my finances in better shape, and this book is helping me do it. Highly recommend it. Dave is death on debt, and has no use for it. Dave excerpt: "I am not against the enjoyment of money. What I am against is spending money when you do not have the money to begin with!" How Un-American!

I forgot about this thread(and I've actually been reading:eek: ).

Re-reading George R. R. Martin's A Clash Of Kings right now. Picked up A Feast For Crows yesterday--can't wait to get to it.

I am halfway through the first book, A Game of Thrones. It's addicting stuff. Can't wait to use my Barnes & Noble gift card for the next books!

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova.

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

I’ve been reading her articles in The New Yorker for years and saw the movie Adaptation – based on The Orchid Thief – a few years ago. I’m so glad that I’ve finally gotten a copy.

I am halfway through the first book, A Game of Thrones. It's addicting stuff. Can't wait to use my Barnes & Noble gift card for the next books!
I'm sure I mentioned it earlier, but it's the best fantasy series I've ever read! I thought The Wheel Of Time was great...pfft, it's got nothin' on Martin's A Song Of Fire And Ice.

Will start a re-read of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series tonight. First book: "Master And Commander".

right now, "The pilot's wife". My mother lent it to me. It's one of OPRAH"s books, but I'm reading it anyways LOL.