So, uh, what are you reading now?

Thanks davo, but it should be soon. I've used the waiting list before, and, depending on # of names on the lists and # of copies, it doesn't take too long. Appreciate it, though!

 

The Seville Communion by Reverte.

 

'Soul Mountain' by Gao Xingjian. Journey through the outlying countryside of China with the blacklisted author. Pretty good so far.

'Cigarettes are sublime' by Richard Klein. Its a good answer to those of you who've said 'Why would you smoke?'

'The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order' by Samuel Huntington. I read the original Foreign Affairs article back in '93 and thought it would be relevant to what's going on today in world politics. Pretty well laid out and very readable with good comparisons on past and present paradigms of global politics.

 

I finished <i>Moby Dick</i> about two months ago.

Yes, the actual story part of the book (involving Ishmael, Ahab, etc..) is excellent, but unfortunately that only comprises about 50% of the book. The other half (sprinkled throughout with no discernable pattern) is simply a boring series of technical essays on whales, whaling ships and the whaling industry. You'll see what I mean once you get further in.

So yeah, the Moby Dick story is excellent, what little there is of it. The rest of the book, though, I found to be pretty tedious, unless of course you are a mega whale nut.

 

I'm currently reading <i>The Call of the Wild</i> by Jack London. A truly excellent story, and short enough to be read in 3-5 sittings. I would also recommend <i>White Fang</i> by London, which I finished a few days ago.

 

If you can find it in english, The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is a great book. Written by Antoine Saint-Exupery. We read it in french class one year and it's wonderful.

It's really a children's story, on the surface. It really has good adult content and meanings as well. Lynus got me a copy for Christmas last year and I've reread it over and over again.

It doesn't take long to read either, unless you do it in french.

The Count of Monte Cristo is an excellent book (way better than the movie).

 

Sir Thomas Mallory's Morte D'Arthur.

 

It's La Morte D'Arthur.

But it's an excellent book. Good recommendation!

 

Coldheart Canyon - Clive Barker

 

right now i'm in ap english so consumed by the typical ap literature. shakespeare and the like..

i just finished reading farenheit 451 though.. i read timeline by michael crichton(sp?) this summer.. good book

 

20,000 Leagues under the sea was good
On chapter5 of Moby Dick (very confusing)
The Sphere by Jurassic park guy
Alice in wonderland
Through the looking glass
The pearl by John Stienback


thats my recent readings

 

The Silmarillion by Tolkein... Again.

Got to study up... ya know.

 

Actually, it is Le.

 

my bad...i just knew there was an article in front of it

 

Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Craddle

It's like nothing I've read before.

 

I finished reading "The Color Purple" about 5 months ago. I read it because somebody told me the book was different in many ways from the movie and they were correct. I found the book to be more graphic than the movie in fact it starts out pretty graphic but still it was a good book and good movie.

 

I didn't know Larry from Three's Company was a smoker.

 

Sure. That's why Lana preferred Jack.

 

Beloved, by Morrison. I never saw the movie, but good book. One of the few I actually finished reading for school and enjoyed it!

 

Yeah, apparently him and Mr. Furley traded bong hits while he wrote the book.