huck finn
and rhinocerous by yugene ionesco

Chester; A Historical and Topographical Account of the City (1903), written by the quite superbly monikered Bertram C A Windle and illustrated by Edmund H New (Edmund is a quite excellent name, I think). I purchased it today.

Dante's "Purgatory"

Shakey

vinyl junkies by Brett Milano

Rob Young's book on the history of Rough Trade.

Just finished this:




I got it free at a conference and read it during the 3 hour train journey back.
Like all McEwan's books, it's good, but has nothing that will stay with you for long.
But it does have one real laugh-out-loud moment, which made me laugh like a drain.

not 'reading' but listenin to an audiobook of HP Lovecrafts 'Call of Cthuhlu' - makes for good listening during work

you can download it free of charge from here:

http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=106

Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick. i just finished "The Skull," and i'm in the middle of "Stability."

I'm reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I'm about 100 pages in and really enjoying it so far.

I'm reading every single thing on the giant Warhol book my friend got me, including all the original newspaper articles that he got the pictures for certain series from. It's so good, it made my day completely.

im reading a motherfucking contract.

im going to take off work early today & pick a book from the library

what should it be? good summer reading, anyone?

Attempting to read James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Just finished reading Kafka's Metamorphosis. Honestly it's the first book I've read since The Bell Jar in Spring 2006. Who am I kidding?

The metamorphosis is one of my favorites along with the Stranger by Albert Camus. It is just sad how the family turned against him.

special topics in calamity physics

i'm barely 100 pages in and already it's my new favorite. i've never been so entranced by the world an author's set up like this before.

finished these. im reading the death of ivan illych by tolstoy.
and some brothers grimm stories that i bought yesterday.
my next novel is either going to be
thus spoke zarathustra
or the divine comedy...
any recomendations?

The Memoirs of Vic Reeves.

That Daydream Nation book. It's bloody awful.

I'm glad I haven't bought it. Even Thurston doesn't like it.

A De Sade biography. And I'm very happy to read regularly again. In the past 10 months I only managed it to read one book. The next one either will be a book by Thomas Lehr, by Jose Saramago or a David Lynch biography.

The Crucible - Arthur Miller...

Milan Kundera- L'immortalite (sp?)

awesome author.

A slightly crappy biography about Nureyev's later years (written by a former stage manager) leading up to his death from AIDS in 1993.. 'Enduring Love' by Ian McEwan (because I watched the film the otehr night).. 'The Truce' by Primo Levi (because I've been reading it since January and haven't properly finished it yet).. and 'I'm With the Band' by Pamela Des Barres (new edition).

(The first and the last, the ballet and groupie memoirs, are both from the library.)

oral sex for dummies

:(That's terrible!

I'm really enjoying this one.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

I feel strange saying it, but John Proctor is the first and only literary character that I'd have sex with.

Im not to sure if that would work out well, he's definately a leftist, saving the witch's and everything but i dont think his dick curves to the left, if you know what I mean, winkity-wink, nudge nudge.

you have a better shot with Brick. [Ref. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]

Unfortunately, it is so.

white diamonds + engine coolant + cum

speaking of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, I just started reading Ballard's Crash and now all I want to do is swerve my car into Elizabeth Taylor.

How do you like it?

I finished reading Crash. I'll never be able to drive normally again, especially with a stick shift.


I also finished Murakami's new book After Dark. It was ok, but I definately do not see any similarity between him and Kafka. It wasnt a Kafka-esque like high at all. He didnt make me feel like a bug.

Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

i lik 2 rede buks.

Neil Gaiman - NEVERWHERE

again and again..

I'm nearing the end of V. by Thomas Pynchon. That guy is crazy and I love it.