what are you reading? - Page 266

!@#$%! · 12.21.2018, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tw2113

Can't say Moby Dick is one on my to-read list, and I don't plan to add it right now either.

it’s great actually

i just got sidetracked by a lack of solid reading hours

evollove · 12.21.2018, 02:23 PM

Just sit down and tear through it because it's such a great book to pick up later and read a chapter when you have a moment to kill. Perfect bathroom book, really.

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Originally Posted by Bertrand

Currently enjoying Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version.
I overcame Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. It took a while be was worth it.

--I own Barney's Version and really enjoyed the movie, but haven't cracked it open yet. Soon.

--I could never finish Magic Mountain. Which isn't to say I never will, but holy shit I've given it three or four tries in my lifetime. Not even sure I ever made it past page 100. Worth it? Really? You promise?

tw2113 · 12.21.2018, 02:39 PM

I'll consider it for in the future then. Maybe once my list is smaller.

!@#$%! · 12.23.2018, 01:39 PM

the first 3 chapters of this thing are solid gold

tw2113 · 12.23.2018, 04:17 PM

Finished High Fidelity, started "The Chimes" by Dickens. That and "The Cricket on the Hearth" are what I'm hoping will round me out to 30 books in 2018

!@#$%! · 12.23.2018, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by evollove

Just sit down and tear through it because it's such a great book to pick up later and read a chapter when you have a moment to kill. Perfect bathroom book, really.

oh no i dont want numb legs lololol. plus it promotes ‘roid rage

but yes i plan to get back to that book some point

the thing is ive been very busy organizing new home + work + transpo systems, plus juggling too many projects, plus trying to learn new job skills and it was chaotic for a while

so i’d get 5 minutes free here 5 minutes free there, then watch teevee exhausted at night

lost track a bit this fall, now gotta rebudget the daily schedule and reblock my pomodoros and i’ll be good again

i love the holidays because while everybody is busy doing busy shit i get to reorganize and make my life better

ah yes who eeds to wait for spring for cleaning. dump it all out now! hah...

pony · 12.23.2018, 05:14 PM

I got obsessed with Medea after seeing Medea und Jason at the theatre here in Hamburg. So now I am reading Christa Wolf's Medea and I like it a lot!! Will also read Euripides and Grillparzer at some point soon. I have them with me for my christmas visitations!

!@#$%! · 12.23.2018, 05:27 PM

euripides = man = verbotten

(or so i hear)

btw if you have eyes, highly recommended pasolini + lars von trier’s movie versions

everyone gushes over pasolini but for my money lvt’s 16mm tv version is particularly bananas—medieval looking, a lot of carl theodor dreyer influence, these insane orange hues, really a visual treat

ps you still watch flicks by the menzes or no?

pony · 12.23.2018, 05:43 PM

yeah, normally they are verboten, but ... i might make an exception.

i don't have eyes. it's very funny, I feel like I can't watch movies. Have to stop movies every 15 minutes and walk around (but I can sit around for hours reading. weird!)

but for the sake of my new obsession I shall try watching the above movies! thanks for pointing them out!

pony · 12.29.2018, 01:35 AM

has anyone on here read christa wolf's "the quest for christa t"? does it stop reading like a bad acid trip? it makes my head hurt

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 12.29.2018, 12:31 PM

I think I will try to read more in 2019.

I have so many books.

I enjoy fantasy novels, and non-fiction about psychology/sociology/film/etc.

I always start books, get distracted, and never finish though.

The book laden mantle above my fireplace is mocking me rn

demonrail666 · 12.29.2018, 01:07 PM

Olaf Stapledon - Star Maker

I've made it a new year resolution to dig deeper into the SF Masterworks series so I'm starting with this. So far so very good.

!@#$%! · 01.02.2019, 11:59 PM

lyn hejinian - a thought is the bride to what thinking

http://eclipsearchive.org/projects/T.../contents.html

tw2113 · 01.03.2019, 12:54 AM

I fell short of 30 by some 60 pages or so of a book. Oh well

I'm also planning to slow down slightly and put some time focus on audiodrama podcasts which are quite intriguing me lately.

ilduclo · 01.03.2019, 09:11 AM

Making Trouble, autobiography of Lynne Segal. Excellently written. One where nearly every sentence bears thought.

jennthebenn · 01.03.2019, 04:53 PM

Re-reading "Animal Farm" for the first time since eighth grade. I remember thinking my classmates were idiots for not liking the book as much as I did, and you know what? I was right. Slightly arrogant, but right.

choc e-Claire · 01.03.2019, 04:54 PM

Animal Farm is an amazing book.

Diesel · 01.04.2019, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jennthebenn

Re-reading "Animal Farm" for the first time since eighth grade. I remember thinking my classmates were idiots for not liking the book as much as I did, and you know what? I was right. Slightly arrogant, but right.

"Look, no hands"? animal farm, orrr...

evollove · 01.04.2019, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tw2113

audiodrama podcasts which are quite intriguing me lately.

Which ones? Hook me up bro.

!@#$%! · 01.04.2019, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

"Look, no hands"? animal farm, orrr...

wow look at you walking on two legs now

i see how it is...

12.21.2018, 02:39 PM	#5303
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,156	I'll consider it for in the future then. Maybe once my list is smaller. __________________ Shake shake
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12.23.2018, 01:39 PM	#5304
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	the first 3 chapters of this thing are solid gold
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12.23.2018, 04:17 PM	#5305
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,156	Finished High Fidelity, started "The Chimes" by Dickens. That and "The Cricket on the Hearth" are what I'm hoping will round me out to 30 books in 2018 __________________ Shake shake
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12.23.2018, 05:27 PM	#5308
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	euripides = man = verbotten (or so i hear) btw if you have eyes, highly recommended pasolini + lars von trier’s movie versions everyone gushes over pasolini but for my money lvt’s 16mm tv version is particularly bananas—medieval looking, a lot of carl theodor dreyer influence, these insane orange hues, really a visual treat ps you still watch flicks by the menzes or no?
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12.29.2018, 12:31 PM	#5311
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	I think I will try to read more in 2019. I have so many books. I enjoy fantasy novels, and non-fiction about psychology/sociology/film/etc. I always start books, get distracted, and never finish though. The book laden mantle above my fireplace is mocking me rn
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12.29.2018, 01:07 PM	#5312
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Olaf Stapledon - Star Maker I've made it a new year resolution to dig deeper into the SF Masterworks series so I'm starting with this. So far so very good.
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01.02.2019, 11:59 PM	#5313
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	lyn hejinian - a thought is the bride to what thinking http://eclipsearchive.org/projects/T.../contents.html
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01.03.2019, 12:54 AM	#5314
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,156	I fell short of 30 by some 60 pages or so of a book. Oh well I'm also planning to slow down slightly and put some time focus on audiodrama podcasts which are quite intriguing me lately. __________________ Shake shake
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01.03.2019, 09:11 AM	#5315
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	Making Trouble, autobiography of Lynne Segal. Excellently written. One where nearly every sentence bears thought.
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01.03.2019, 04:53 PM	#5316
jennthebenn expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,261	Re-reading "Animal Farm" for the first time since eighth grade. I remember thinking my classmates were idiots for not liking the book as much as I did, and you know what? I was right. Slightly arrogant, but right. __________________ http://jennthebenn.tumblr.com/
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01.03.2019, 04:54 PM	#5317
choc e-Claire expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,488	Animal Farm is an amazing book. __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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