What Are You Reading?

[chippie27]

mr. vertigo, by paul auster.

 

[faust]

Originally posted by saad@Apr 9th, 2004 - 5:12 pm
ive got 100 years of solitude aswell but i still havent read it!!!
it seems too serious for my taste! lol
unless i get some good reviews soon, i dont think i will ever get around to reading it

has anyone read tuesdays with morrie ? or watched the movie?? it's wonderful and touchy

im currently re-readinf Tim Geary's EGO... all about fashion and models and designers

this may help
nobel

 

[Chance]

I'm reading "Elegance" by Kathleen Tessaro at the moment. As far as I've read it, it's really interesting and nice to read.

 

[paris]

QUOTE (paris @ Apr 7th, 2004 - 4:03 pm)
The Human Stain by Philip Roth


is it good? i was thinking of getting this one -Lena


Lena-I think it's written beautifully, but somehow I had an amazing seat mate on the flight back to NY... and so it's on hold for now until I travel again...

So I don't know if somehow my attention wandered due to the book or I was fated to have a great conversation on the plane. From reading it 3/4 though, I loved the craft and the social references of the book. I just have to finish it to give a final answer!

 

[kymberlily]

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk


Really enjoying it, but I like Chuck's style.

 

[faust]

Originally posted by kymberlily@Apr 13th, 2004 - 11:09 am
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk


Really enjoying it, but I like Chuck's style.

that's the only one I haven't read yet. BTW, Diary was a major dissappointment

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by Chance@Apr 12th, 2004 - 4:13 pm
I'm reading "Elegance" by Kathleen Tessaro at the moment. As far as I've read it, it's really interesting and nice to read.

its getting better all the time, quite a sweet ;little book

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by chippie27@Apr 11th, 2004 - 3:09 pm
mr. vertigo, by paul auster.

thats a really adorable book, i'm such a hardcore Auster fan
actually he just brought out a new hardback

Paris, i havent read the Roth book yet..

*currently reading Granta, my fave 'literature' magazine from UK.
issue in question is titled 'over there' how america sees the world..

absolutely interesting read ,expect 'small' entries by different authors including Paul Throux & a new short story by Julian Barnes
highly recommented to all the more 'serious' readers out there

for more on the granta experience, give it a try here

 

[ignitioned32]

I'll check that one.

Now, The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald.

 

[chippie27]

Originally posted by Lena+Apr 13th, 2004 - 11:34 am--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lena @ Apr 13th, 2004 - 11:34 am)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-chippie27@Apr 11th, 2004 - 3:09 pm
mr. vertigo, by paul auster.

thats a really adorable book, i'm such a hardcore Auster fan
actually he just brought out a new hardback

Paris, i havent read the Roth book yet..

*currently reading Granta, my fave 'literature' magazine from UK.
issue in question is titled 'over there' how america sees the world..

absolutely interesting read ,expect 'small' entries by different authors including Paul Throux & a new short story by Julian Barnes
highly recommented to all the more 'serious' readers out there

for more on the granta experience, give it a try here [/b][/quote]
Lena, I'm a huge Auster fan too. "Oracle Night" is next on my list. They're all extremely well done and multilayered, but I think my favorite is still "New York Trilogy," which blew me away. I also love his essays.

And Granta!!! Yes, it is always so good!

As for Theroux and Barnes--have you read "Sir Vidia's Shadow" and "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters"? Both fun reads.

 

[too kuhle]

girls on film - zoey dean

 

[runs in heels]

i'm reading the gossip girls, have read the a-list will read girls on film

 

[Belowen]

White Oleander

 

[eloes]

Right now? I'm trying SO hard just to stick to assigned reading since AP tests are approaching, but it's sooooo hard. I love to read/study Art History (second edition) by Marilyn Stockstad (1200 pages to study! yipes!), but I reeeeally want to read a novel.

If anyone needs recommendations, though... Bee Season and Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women are both fantabulous. I don't know why those two came to mind, because I read them a while ago , but...they're great. Oooh, also: Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits. Can't think of any of those authors right now. Oh, well.

 

[eloes]

PS- The second one is non-fiction, but it's terribly fascinating and it reads like a novel. I couldn't put it down.

 

[purplelucrezia]

Originally posted by eloes@Apr 14th, 2004 - 11:29 pm
Right now? I'm trying SO hard just to stick to assigned reading since AP tests are approaching, but it's sooooo hard. I love to read/study Art History (second edition) by Marilyn Stockstad (1200 pages to study! yipes!), but I reeeeally want to read a novel.

I've got that one as well, actually. It's hugely heavy, not to mention expensive!

 

[D&Gurl]

I just finished Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, which I loved, and then I had to read Angels and Demons... I recommend them both. Now, I've moved onto Prime Obsession, but I doubt people will bother to read it unless they're really into math.

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by chippie27@Apr 14th, 2004 - 12:44 pm
Lena, I'm a huge Auster fan too. "Oracle Night" is next on my list. They're all extremely well done and multilayered, but I think my favorite is still "New York Trilogy," which blew me away. I also love his essays.

And Granta!!! Yes, it is always so good!

As for Theroux and Barnes--have you read "Sir Vidia's Shadow" and "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters"? Both fun reads.

nytrilogy is a real masterpiece
i've read everything by P.A.
even his wife's book, she's so his muse

i should look up the theroux / Barnes titles you mentioned

btw, the new Granta is superb, great "serious" reading

ps I bought "Da Vinci Code" for future reading (i need to have at least 4-8 books in 'waiting' or else i feel reader's insecurity, i'm a bit pathetic with reading

 

[Belowen]

Originally posted by eloes@Apr 15th, 2004 - 12:29 pm
Bee Season and Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women are both fantabulous.

They're making Bee Season into a movie at this very moment

 

[Fujyn]

I begin the book : The war of Troy ! it's ... interesting