What Are You Reading?

[Drusilla_]

The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco

 

[jgyn]

The Gwyneth Paltrow biography by Amy Odell, and Kathleen Hannah's autobiography 'Rebel Girl.' Two completely dissimilar lives.

 

[fashman]

Things fall apart - Reminds me of the thin and blur link between the past and present generation.

 

[Drusilla_]

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi

It's got a very readable tone and accessible (for the average member of this forum) language which isn't that common in non-fiction on politics.

 

[eugenius]

"They All Came To Barney's" by Gene Pressman. This is a fun, quick read about a fun, fantastic clothing store here. I hope the author dedicates some time to Simon Doonan, who was always one of my favorite figures in fashion.

 

[fashman]

The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco

I love the book, despite its ambiguous title.
One witty moment by Brother William of Baskerville that I cannot forget was when he trolled the overly serious monk by suggesting that laughing is actually more powerful than sermon as against the Monk's rambling about how laughter is dangerous and sinful.

 

[Drusilla_]

The Ministry of Time, it's pretty good so far (no connection to the Spanish tv series though they have seimilar premises)

 

[Drusilla_]

Mirrors, by Eduardo Galeano (re-reading to decide whether it's ok to give to a teenager who's into history)

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Going to start "There Is No Antimemetics Division" on the plane to see what the hype is about

 

[Drusilla_]

Piglettes, which I'm planning to give my niece. Absolutely delightful and a cut above the stuff that passes for books for that age group now.

 

[Snejana Onopka]

states and markets by susan strange
adam smith in beijing by arrighi
political economy of a plural word by robert cox

i cant wait to finish my dissertation and read something else than technical/theory books

 

[Drusilla_]

Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado

 

[eugenius]

"They All Came To Barneys" by Gene Pressman.

In this book, he talks about their own in-house Barney's clothing brand, which I totally loved, and they would source the fabrics from the same textile mills that Armani used. So, essentially, I bought Armani clothes, but with a much, much more affordable pricepoint. I love that!

 

[Snejana Onopka]

Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado

did u like it?
this book is amazing but it ruined me for a whole month 😭

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

The Rest is Noise, by Alex Ross.

Excellent book about Western Art Music in the XXth century, informative and entertaining.

 

[Drusilla_]

The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy

did u like it?
this book is amazing but it ruined me for a whole month 😭

Loved it and yeah it left me really sad too but if you want to talk about Brazilian literature and being ruined, pls never read My Sweet Orange Tree it had me sobbing within twenty pages and I still can't read it without crying. And this is a children's book!

 

[Snejana Onopka]

Loved it and yeah it left me really sad too but if you want to talk about Brazilian literature and being ruined, pls never read My Sweet Orange Tree it had me sobbing within twenty pages and I still can't read it without crying. And this is a children's book!

my sweet orange tree was one the first “”real literature”” books i read as a child, 7yo me was gagging 😭
have you ever read anything by guimarães rosa? if not you should!! you’ll love it

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

my sweet orange tree was one the first “”real literature”” books i read as a child, 7yo me was gagging 😭
have you ever read anything by guimarães rosa? if not you should!! you’ll love it

Corpo de Baile is genius!

 

[Snejana Onopka]

Corpo de Baile is genius!

this book is insane! campo geral and dão lalao are unironically life changing

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

this book is insane! campo geral and dão lalao are unironically life changing

Never thought that you liked Guimaraes Rosa!

Campo Geral is maybe my favorite piece by GR. Soooo beautiful.
Loved also a lot O recado do morro, storytelling at its finest.

Burití was ... boring ,😅 but also super hypnotic. Like there was some sort of secret in that story nobody could talk about.

GR, Machado de Assis and Clarice Lispector are my favorites from Brazil.