LadyRaven Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I've been picking away at James Joyces Ulysses for awhile now. I'm rather surprised by some of the things he writes about in that story. I can see why it was ban right after it was first published and I feel it's still a very revolutionary book after all these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) I really don't do much book reading..... But I do watch a lot of C-SPAN, and they do talk about Books their with the Authors. Edited March 10, 2008 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 If you want to read Orwell's best non-fiction book, go for The Road To Wigan Pier I'll be picking that book up soon, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm starting Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes tonight when I go to bed. One of my American Lit pofs gave me the book last year and I finally have TIME to read it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 That makes perfect sense actually! And I'm enjoying Burmese Days, who would you say is a common day Orwell, I've been trying to find someone with a similar writing style. That's a tough one to answer for me--the contemporary British writers I read tend to be quite different in terms of genre from Orwell (I agree about Wigan Pier, though--that's a really interesting work; Keep the Aspidistra Flying is another good one). Also, with the Empire long gone, it'd be hard to find someone with the same range of experience! I really like Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning), Larkin (Collected Poems), and Osborne (Look Back in Anger), all of whom are just a generation later than Orwell and have (arguably) similar commitments to social realism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Sacred Journey (A guide to Pagan sites in England and Europe) Big Sur , first read this in my first year at University found it heavy going after the more uplifting On The Road by the same author) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Kite Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 When Nietzsche Cried from Irvin D. Yalom Very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Mind boggling facts!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Just finished this Ploughing my way through this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyMerkin Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Ploughing my way through this. Cool book. Read it some time ago and I really ought to read it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Ovid's Heroides. Incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralds Game Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Twilight Eyes, Dean Koontz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIC Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 There are currently three books on my list, The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. Almost finished. Interesting to see what drugs make people do.. Running Down a Dream on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Only a few pages. Very good.Well written,beautiful pictures, great coffee table music book Magus, Magician, Man- Jimmy Page by George Case. I will leave this one after I finished the Tom Petty's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralds Game Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 There are currently three books on my list, The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. Almost finished. Interesting to see what drugs make people do.. Running Down a Dream on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Only a few pages. Very good.Well written,beautiful pictures, great coffee table music book Magus, Magician, Man- Jimmy Page by George Case. I will leave this one after I finished the Tom Petty's. Oh! I love that Petty song. I have his best of CD the long one. You sound like me, I like to keep 2-4 going for fun. Over 4 is no fun for some reason. My mother always ways "You can only read one at a time" "NO YOU can only read one at a time mumsy." I have to get that Page one, off I go ordering 'rubs hands briskly.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Crazy From The Heat David Lee Roth story Not heard much of Van Halens music but had this book bought for me, its an enjoyable read and features quite a few references to Led Zeppelin. New History Of Witchcraft by Jeffrey Burton Russell and Brooks Alexander Just started to read this updated edition which Ive borrowed from a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralds Game Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Crazy From The Heat David Lee Roth story Not heard much of Van Halens music but had this book bought for me, its an enjoyable read and features quite a few references to Led Zeppelin. New History Of Witchcraft by Jeffrey Burton Russell and Brooks Alexander Just started to read this updated edition which Ive borrowed from a friend. The History Of Witchcraft Sounds fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) It is theres some really good sections in it and clearly its not a definitive history as it simply couldnt be contained within one book. Theres some great chapters thougth in particular the final one involving the medias influence on such subjects and there popularity. It has been around in various forms the book for many years I own an older version I picked up form a second hand shop years ago. Edited April 8, 2008 by Ethan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioBrasil Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 "Die Zukunft der menschlichen Natur" (the future of human nature) Jürgen Habermas - The book takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny. P.S> NO, i don't read in germany, i'm reading a translate to portuguese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8LadyPlant8 Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Just finished "crank" by ellen hopkins. I love her books. Right now I am readin The fellowship of the ring. I love that trilogy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Reading 3 books: On Whale Island The Last 7 Months Of Anne Frank Walking The Gobi About to start 'JARHEAD' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Love Janis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Othello by William Shakespeare (no, really?!) Elle et lui by George Sand I love Othello. Iago's the man. Elle et lui is interesting as a psychological study, but it has a pretty boring plot. I've been reading for 30 pages now, and so far all that's happened is the usual guy likes girl, girl doesn't like guy "that way" because she's all liberated, so guy has to try harder to woo her. Oy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIC Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 You sound like me, I like to keep 2-4 going for fun. Over 4 is no fun for some reason. My mother always ways "You can only read one at a time" "NO YOU can only read one at a time mumsy." I have to get that Page one, off I go ordering 'rubs hands briskly.' I can't help it. Most of the times, I want to concentrate on one book only, but depending on the book and on the level of interest I might want to have another one on the side... But as I said, I haven't started the Jimmy's yet. This one will have my one and only attention. For the moment, it keeps company to the other two on my bedside table... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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