What book are you reading?

[Westphalium]

The Essential Dialogues of Plato
translated by Benjamin Jowett

actually re-reading mostly for a certain U Chicago app...

[The 4th Philippine Republic]

Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I don't know if this would count as a book but, currently I am reading a series of articles titled The History of Circumcision: The Mysterious Abyssinians, by James Bruce.

At the moment, I'm reading about female excision or female circumcision, which IMO is more mutilation than anything else.

[The Greater Aryan Race]

Heinrich Himmler by Peter Longerich.

[Meowfoundland]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

[The Rich Port]

I don't know if this would count as a book but, currently I am reading a series of articles titled The History of Circumcision: The Mysterious Abyssinians, by James Bruce.

At the moment, I'm reading about female excision or female circumcision, which IMO is more mutilation than anything else.

Isn't all circumcision mutilation of some kind? You're cutting off pieces of your genitalia, fer Crissakes.

[Steel and Fire]

I'm reading Catching Fire. It's the second book in the Hunger Games series. The first book was amazing so I'm hoping the second book will be just as good. I haven't read much of it yet, only the first few chapters.

I seem to remember that that series got weaker as it went on. The second book wasn't as good as the first book but better than the third book. etc.

It wasn't bad but the historical parallels and "writing down" were pretty jarring at times. Yes, I get that there's a subtle allegory drawing parallels between ancient Rome and the present day etc etc. Please keep it subtle.

(Did anyone else think that this whole concept was not well suited for a book at all? I think it would've made much more sense as a multimedia internet entertainment in which the focus remained throughout on the titular games. Maybe it would start out following the participants from their respective districts but not for half the story's run. A similar concept is Homestuck, except with more of the feel of a reality show and perhaps greater interactivity. I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking things.)

[I V Stalin]

Ilium by Dan Simmons.

Struggling a bit at the moment, but I think when it's settled down a bit and all the characters are established it'll be an easier read.

[Free foundation]

dorohedoro
the man in the high castle

[Povos do Mar]

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Krotopkin
I haven't read any of the books you guys seem to be reading. :\

[Tecknoko]

A Song of Ice and Fire
Book 2
A Clash of Kings
By: George R. R. Martin

[Lackadaisical2]

Fastforward 2 edited by Lou Anders
and Larry Niven's Ringworld

Both pretty interesting.

E: Recently finished Crime and Punishment, highly recommend it!

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I don't know if this would count as a book but, currently I am reading a series of articles titled The History of Circumcision: The Mysterious Abyssinians, by James Bruce.

At the moment, I'm reading about female excision or female circumcision, which IMO is more mutilation than anything else.

Isn't all circumcision mutilation of some kind? You're cutting off pieces of your genitalia, fer Crissakes.

In the case of women, it's more pronounced. The clitoris is removed, in most cases, under unhygienic circumstances (the excision is performed in many cases by a barber) and many suffer from infection and even death. But let us not get into this discussion here. This thread is not for that.

[Lackadaisical2]

Isn't all circumcision mutilation of some kind? You're cutting off pieces of your genitalia, fer Crissakes.

In the case of women, it's more pronounced. The clitoris is removed, in most cases, under unhygienic circumstances (the excision is performed in many cases by a barber) and many suffer from infection and even death. But let us not get into this discussion here. This thread is not for that.

I thought the more common form was to just remove the clitoral hood, and some just make a token cut of the same tissue.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

In the case of women, it's more pronounced. The clitoris is removed, in most cases, under unhygienic circumstances (the excision is performed in many cases by a barber) and many suffer from infection and even death. But let us not get into this discussion here. This thread is not for that.

I thought the more common form was to just remove the clitoral hood, and some just make a token cut of the same tissue.

In the collection of essays I'm reading, the Abyssinians remove the hood, the clitoris and then sow the labia together, leaving only a small opening where urine and menstrual blood can seep through. They do this, often, to both boys and girls (circumcision that is) before hitting puberty.

[Lackadaisical2]

I thought the more common form was to just remove the clitoral hood, and some just make a token cut of the same tissue.

In the collection of essays I'm reading, the Abyssinians remove the hood, the clitoris and then sow the labia together, leaving only a small opening where urine and menstrual blood can seep through. They do this, often, to both boys and girls (circumcision that is) before hitting puberty.

Yeah, them Abyssinians are fun. I thought for some reason (it could be the few beers before now) that you had said Assyrians... just slightly different people there.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

In the collection of essays I'm reading, the Abyssinians remove the hood, the clitoris and then sow the labia together, leaving only a small opening where urine and menstrual blood can seep through. They do this, often, to both boys and girls (circumcision that is) before hitting puberty.

Yeah, them Abyssinians are fun. I thought for some reason (it could be the few beers before now) that you had said Assyrians... just slightly different people there.

No no, the Abyssinians.

[The Rich Port]

Yeah, them Abyssinians are fun. I thought for some reason (it could be the few beers before now) that you had said Assyrians... just slightly different people there.

No no, the Abyssinians.

RHAATID

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

No no, the Abyssinians.

RHAATID

Oh. My.

[LandofWarriorWitch]

Getting ready to start The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima. I'm hoping to have Corey Taylor's Seven Deadly Sins to read shortly thereafter.

[Lackadaisical2]

No no, the Abyssinians.

RHAATID

I be cuttin yo clit off, mon!

Ganja, ah ha ha!

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

RHAATID

I be cuttin yo clit off, mon!

Ganja, ah ha ha!

I'm glad I finished those essays then.

[Lackadaisical2]

I be cuttin yo clit off, mon!

Ganja, ah ha ha!

I'm glad I finished those essays then.

I'm glad I can make genital mutilation jokes.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I'm glad I finished those essays then.

I'm glad I can make genital mutilation jokes.

Not advisable, but hey, sometimes one needs to approach such horrors with humor, or one just sits down and cry.

Thinking about re-reading 'La Dame d'Esprit', by Judith P. Zinsser.

[Oui (Ancient)]

The Music Of Pythagoras

The Secret Teachings Of All The Ages

The Collected Poems Of Charles Bukowski

And Dali: The Paintings

All At The Same Time.