What book are you reading?

by **New United States of Columbia** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:08 pm

Got an Unabridged copy of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

by **Ainsleyia** » Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:13 am

1984 by George Orwell.

Last.fm · by **Bodobol** » Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:03 pm

Just finished Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary by Bertrand Patenaude, on the recommendation of one of my teachers. I liked it quite a bit. Thought it did a good job of portraying why Trotsky became as romanticized as he was/is, while still portraying his faults fairly.

Reading The Book of What Remains by Benjamin Alire Saenz as well. Some really beautiful poetry, though I really have to clear my mind beforehand in order to truly appreciate it. Great, emotional coverage of the author's experience in an immigrant family, that has some wry humor thrown into the mix as well.

Next on my list for poetry is Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. I haven't decided what other book to read next, though I got No Country for Old Men and A Canticle for Leibowitz for Christmas, so it will probably be one of those two.

Currently · by **The Grene Knyght** » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:16 am

Just read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and just starting The House on Borderland by William Hope Hodgson.

by **UniversalCommons** » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:46 am

Still reading Capitalism In America A History. Also reading, Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson.

by **Jolthig** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:25 pm

1984 by George Orwell

Last.fm · by **Bodobol** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:04 pm

deleted because this post contained a slightly embarrassing semi-political take which was way too recent for me to forgive myself for it

by **Geneviev** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:27 pm

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

This may be one of the best books I've ever read.

by **Jolthig** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:38 pm

Bodobol wrote:
Jolthig wrote:1984 by George Orwell

I need to reread that at some point. It's been a good six years since I've read it, and it was one of the first books to really make me start thinking about the weaponization of information. Interesting how relevant that book continues to be, seventy years later or so.

Yeah, I was told it was good by my brother in law and a couple others throughout the years. I finally bought it at an airport while traveling last week. It's already pretty good and creepy.

by **Deltanium** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:40 pm

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

by **Geneviev** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:45 pm

Deltanium wrote:The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

We read some things by Philip K Dick in my old school, he's really good.

by **Barboneia** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:01 pm

Geneviev wrote:
Deltanium wrote:The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

We read some things by Philip K Dick in my old school, he's really good.

Yeah, Dick is pretty great.

by **Kwadai** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:02 pm

Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood

by **Helensburgh** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:06 pm

I'm almost done with Vincent Bladen's From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes. After that, I have to choose between 3 books to read: I will probably start with Why Nations Fail.

by **Kohr** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:04 pm

Villains By Necessity by Eve Forward. It's pretty amusing.

by **Elwher** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 8:46 pm

John Ringo - Ghost

by **Pax Nerdvana** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:17 am

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh.

by **Frieden-und Freudenland** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:36 pm

The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-hwan & Pierre Rigoulot

It is the autobiography of a North Korean boy who had to spend 10 years in a gulag because his grandfather was accused of treason. The brutality that the defectors endure in these hard labor camps is unspeakable, and the book demonstrates the ugly face of this "hidden" country in a shocking way.

by **Pax Nerdvana** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:14 am

Jolthig wrote:
Bodobol wrote:
I need to reread that at some point. It's been a good six years since I've read it, and it was one of the first books to really make me start thinking about the weaponization of information. Interesting how relevant that book continues to be, seventy years later or so.

Yeah, I was told it was good by my brother in law and a couple others throughout the years. I finally bought it at an airport while traveling last week. It's already pretty good and creepy.

I'm actually rereading it right now. It's as good as I remember it, and I agree that's it also quite relevant.

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:24 pm

Does IRS Publication 4491 count as a book? If so, that's what I am currently reading.

by **Hanafuridake** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:55 pm

Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky

by **Britaen** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:11 pm

Im enjoy to read sherlock holmes novels and astronomy journals

by **Soufrika** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:23 pm

Damnation Valley by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone

by **Platypus Bureaucracy** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:27 pm

A History of Western Philosophy. Bertrand Russell throwin' more shade than a parasol:

I do not agree with Plato, but if anything could make me do so, it would be Aristotle's arguments against him

Currently · by **The Grene Knyght** » Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:14 pm

Just read The Mostly Come at Night by Benedict Patrick. Its a fantasy book based on folklore. The setting seems decently unique as far as fantasies go.
Now I'm reading Under Ordshaw by Phil Williams. An urban fantasy.

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