j4m35 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 red seas under red skies. or at least i plan on starting it tonight. red sky at night, sailors delight! red sky in the morning, sailor's warning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest naytoid Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Re-reading "I am America and so can you" by Stephen Colbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm struggling through Keruac's On the Road at work when it's slow, but when there's even just 1 kid around, they think it's fun to pester as I try to read. "What are you reading? What's it about? That sounds boring... why are you reading anyway? Reading sucks!" I think I'm 60 pages in through 8 days of trying to read it. At home I've got "The Code" going. It's a book about fighting in hockey, but it's not that well written and I bought it on a whim. I'm quickly losing interest, especially because it's repetitive. On deck is Fight Club. I've never read any of his books, and I love that movie, so it made sense to pick up the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baseball Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finished Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, started out kind of slow the first 100 pages or so, too much information too fast. But the writing really improved after that and the second 2/3 of the book finished really strong. Currently working my way through Dr. Andrew Weil's amazing body of work. On From Chocolate To Morphine right now. Aptly titled, it's an unbiased/factual and scientific look at a huge variety of legal and illegal mind altering substances including their history, how they are derived/created, how they chemically affect the brain/body while under the influence, precautions, benefits, drawbacks, etc. Also borrowed a couple more Andrew Weil books from my parents, Eating Well For Optimum Health and Natural Health, Natural Medicine. Also grabbed American Gangster and other Tales From NYC. Book's marketed for the recent movie but really only like 40 pages or so are about Frank Lucas, the rest is various other stories about NYC's history. Then I bargain binned "I Heard You Paint Houses" Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, & the Last Ride of Jimmy Hoffa for $5. Seemed interesting enough to justify the cost. Started doing some reading on meditation and breathing exercises and stuff too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Recently finished "Out of the Silent Planet" by CS Lewis, and now I'm moving on to "Perelandra". this is my favorite set of books. be prepared if you take on that hideous strength, it takes far longer than the first two combined. i've been meaning to read these for the past five or six years... just something always seems to jump in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mando Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 finished 'Bringing Down The House'...which was alot better than the movie...started 'World War Z', and have the Eric Clapton autobiography next on the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slymer Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Purple America by Rick Moody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman, based on a recommendation from a thread on this board. It is very funny and very good. i love all of klosterman's books. unfortunately... i loaned my copy to a friend and i'm pretty confident i'll never see it again. That book is in my pile of books to read. I look forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I've been really enjoying "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis. It's the first book in his space trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentgods Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Criminal Macabre:The Complete Cal McDonald Stories by Steve Niles. like Mike Hammer fighting demons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingbuzzo Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I hope they serve beer in hell I bought that earlier in the year. It was pretty funny but doesn't warrant the Bukowski comparisons I've heard. I just read Snuff by Palahniuk. It was ok, the only book of his I really enjoyed besides Invisible Monsters. I just started Indian Thought and It's Development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skanknsmile Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The Road - Cormac McCarthy So far, pretty fucking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just finished Foundation. The book overall was pretty interesting, but I was kind of let down by the semi constant revolving door of characters as the book progressed through time. I realize there aren't really any other ways of doing it, but it made it slightly harder to keep interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericxthexred Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz basically about all the explorers to the US before columbus, and the colonies before plymoth rock. i love me some historical shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilstrombone Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Recently finished Earth Abides. Loved it. Highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayestidham Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Slaughterhouse five- Kurt Vonnegut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglyorganist Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Recently finished Earth Abides. Loved it. Highly recommend. Looked this up on amazon, sounds interesting. Just finished Ham on Rye and just started Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withengineheart Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Blood Meridian- Cormac McCarthy brutal book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbobrando Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Blood Meridian- Cormac McCarthy brutal book Just picked this up at the library. I'm excited to read this, along with Drive and a book called The Bullpen Gospels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Just read this. It was quite funny, and I highly recommend it. Now I'm reading this. And I have a stack of about 5 library books to get through in the next couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Now I'm reading this. And I have a stack of about 5 library books to get through in the next couple weeks. I like Klosterman, but I thought this book would have benefitted by leaving out the shit about his girlfriend. I'm currently reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and Synchronicity by CG Jung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyh85 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 "How not to be a professional footballer" by Paul Merson. Just fucking hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booyahachieved Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Currently working my way through GRRM's second installment of the Songs of Ice and Fire Series: A Clash of Kings. I'd like to have it finished before the 2nd season of Game of Thrones airs on HBO (4/1/2012) so it doesn't end up spoiling anything for me. At this rate I should be well into my way into the 3rd book if not finished with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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