What Are You Reading These Days?

[lurkingdirk]

I just started "Idiot America" by Charles (charlie) Pierce.

pretty funny and fairly spot on thus far.

 

[titsrock]

Starting tomorrow (when it will be released!) I will be reading Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom which is garnering the kind of rave reviews that pretty much guarantee someone a Nobel Prize in Literature someday...:bowdown:




Here's the opening line from the review in Esquire...
"Some people believe the era of the Great American Novel is over. Freedom makes them look like fools."
http://www.esquire.com/fiction/book-review/jonathan-franzen-freedom-review-0910

Read more reviews:


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/books/16book.html?_r=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/books/review/Tanenhaus-t.html?ref=books

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129008777

Jonathan Jones of The Guardian calls it the "novel of the century" :shocked:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/aug/23/jonathan-franzen-freedom
Maybe a bit early to declare that...:o

This book might ignite a "culture war" between those who appreciate certain kinds of fiction and those who want Harry Potter and Vampires...:flame:

 

[Trident1]

"Chewing Gum is Fun!" by Joe Biden

"Feel My Ring Chickenhead!!!!" by Reverend Jeremiah Wright

 

[assholebythedoor]

Fat bitchs

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

When the Nazis Came to Skokie for a Constitutional Law course. I am finishing it today. Took like two days to read.

 

[Terry Sleeper]

My Shit life by Frankie Boyle :1orglaugh

Superb book - Chapter 5 alone, where he discusses sex, justifies the price. The single most honest thing I've read about this subject - ever.

If you're flicking through the book in a bookstore, just head for that section of the book. You will not be disappointed.

 

[BlueBalls]

Can we merge this thread with the much larger one? No sense in having two semi-active threads going at the same time.


Well, this is FreeOnes, so I guess the above statement really makes no sense. So fuck it.

*Ahem*

 

[Baill Inneraora]

The Butcher's Thumb - Greg Haas

 

[vodkazvictim]

The rise of the Roman Empire by Polibius

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

Funny how all those "shitty" Star Wars novels are all best sellers, I need to get caught up.

Right now I'm reading H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. I'd love to get my hands on the transcript for Orson Wells radio program.

 

[SpexyAshleigh]

just picked up Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain today - loving it so far.

 

[luis1972]

eduardo galeano
las venas abiertas de America latina

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

Funny how all those "shitty" Star Wars novels are all best sellers, I need to get caught up.

Right now I'm reading H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. I'd love to get my hands on the transcript for Orson Wells radio program.

Well shit, not only did I find the transcript but I downloaded an MP3 of the original broadcast! Here's a link to the transcript and a flash audio in case anyone is interested:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/orsonwellswaroftheworlds.htm

 

[maredsous]

i just started "The Terror" by Dan Simmons.

 

[roronoa3000]

lots of mangas

 

[Lost999.]

Hustler magazines from the 80's

 

[kewlio65]

Going Nostalgic. Been rereading books from when I was a youngster. Easy reads, but really good fun. Also been reading quite a bit of Douglas Coupland and Neil Gaiman lately as well. They are amazing writers.

 

[MrZiggles]

Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him - Danielle Ganek. New York City art scene stuff.

 

[SexandCandy]

My Life On Mars by Alicia Metcalf Miller....feels like reading my autobiography.

 

[RogueAlan]

Working on 3 now...
Last Lie by Stephen White... hoping his main character & his wife get things patched up.
Paying Back Jack by Christopher Moore (not the humorist)... set in Thailand, interesting but jury's still out.

Impact by Preston... started slow, but has potential.

Just finished:
Covert One: Arctic Event... solid
Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds... More solid. solid spy novelist. check her out.

Pax RA