What Are You Reading?

[Candice89102]

In the Woods by Tana French

 

[Libra Skye18]

I am currently reading, 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho.

 

[BerlinRocks]

Got some $1 books... again.
So I'm flipping through "the world's great operas"

 

[Libra Skye18]

I am currently reading, Chicken Soup for the Shoppers Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Theresa Peluso.

 

[Belowen]

Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas

 

[Candice89102]

Justine by the Marquis de Sade

 

[Libra Skye18]

I am currently reading, Hijacking The Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers by Teri Agins.

 

[Candice89102]

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

 

[BerlinRocks]

Eric Zemmour - Le suicide francais (French suicide)
~ Zemmour is a very famous French polemist, and politics journalist. He is either hated or loved. He is said to be the French mass media voice for the Front National (French extreme-right-wing). He works for various media, including radio, newspaper and television (so yes, he is everywhere).
His last book, the one I am current reading, is the most-talked-about book these days in France, because of Zemmour's view of France since 1968 (a view which goes with the trend of French Bashing).
The only things I have to say right now are :
- an incredible amount of "..."/quotes - most of the times without sources, and/or just for the random use of the "..." - like it's not really the word/expression I want to use, but you get the idea... (therefore, something not very academics ruled, nor very intellectual... but I guess he shouldn't lost the most random reader with a too academic way of writing)
- a surprisingly misunderstanding of French Theory (and especially Deleuze, Guattari, Baudrillard, or Derrida) !
- a lack of "in situ reality" (as if he was writing from his home office, without never step into the hoods he talks about, and contempts ...).
- a huge misknowledge of contemporary art, and its recent history.

But I cannot say he doesn't know his main passion and subject of work: politics and history !
What I'm surprised of is that this book is someone's view on today's French society and life, and for the moment all I've read could be counter-said (with different sources, personal history etc.) ... But yet, this book's sold over 300,000 times ! in less than a trimester !
crazy !

 

[tessa484]

Last Exit to Brooklyn - Hubert Selby Jr

 

[Belowen]

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

 

[TrendyMeggy]

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

 

[jgyn]

'Not That Kind of Girl' by Lena Dunham

 

[Belowen]

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

 

[Belowen]

We Are The Goldens by Dana Reinhardt

 

[Belowen]

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

 

[lostgirl]

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

 

[peacelover142002]

A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher

 

[Candice89102]

Wild: From Lost to Found On the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed

 

[*Kristina*]

I am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley