LowerCaseRepublican Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 As you may or may not have seen, I changed my sig to my annual summer reading list. Anyway, I'm just wondering what all you SoxTalkers are reading at the current time or are looking to pick up: As for me, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogations from the Cold War to the War on Terror by Alfred W. McCoy The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz Cash by Johnny Cash Rationale for the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor by G. Legman Brave New World by Aldous Huxley All the Hunter Thompson books in chronological order of when they were written. There's going to be more later in the summer but that's what I'm looking at to get me started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I'm afraid I won't get much reading done until July, but. . . I've had Gilead and Housekeeping (Marilyn Robinson) on the top of my list for a couple of months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 just got done with the teachings of don juan for the second time (carlos castaneda) i think ill revisit ishmael or the story of b for the first time in 3 years after that im not sure, maybe some vonagut.... slaughter house 55? or maybe brave new world.... ferinhiet 451? sofies world? not sure what im gonna read next... f***, maybe even a .PHP or illustrator book =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I'm reading only two right now: Psychotic Reactions and Carburator Dung by Lester Bangs Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Right now I am reading Jews and Arabs, and I forget the author, but it is all about going back through the historical relationships between Jewish people within Arab communites ever since the emergence of Islam, and looking at some of the myths, legends, and facts that are involved in that. So far it is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 QUOTE(hi8is @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 11:35 AM) just got done with the teachings of don juan for the second time (carlos castaneda) i think ill revisit ishmael or the story of b for the first time in 3 years after that im not sure, maybe some vonagut.... slaughter house 55? or maybe brave new world.... ferinhiet 451? sofies world? not sure what im gonna read next... f***, maybe even a .PHP or illustrator book =P Might I suggest: j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Angels and Demons - Dan Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 05:15 PM) Might I suggest: j/k to be perfectly honest... i could care less about spelling and i blame microsoft as well as google... since i was about 5 years old they have made my ability to spell unnecessary. you can all still understand what i mean, even if i said fcuk taht siht.... put that in a book... and smkoe it..... i mean, s***.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 04:37 PM) I'm reading only two right now: Psychotic Reactions and Carburator Dung by Lester Bangs i just ordered that from the library... just started the stranger by camus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Work and school are really cutting into my time for reading but I just finished the book "Term Limits" by Vince Flynn. That was an outstanding read! Looking at reading "A Painted House" by Grisham next. Probably wont get to it till I go on vacation later this month though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEWOOD Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) Work and school are really cutting into my time for reading but I just finished the book "Term Limits" by Vince Flynn. That was an outstanding read! Looking at reading "A Painted House" by Grisham next. Probably wont get to it till I go on vacation later this month though. Very good book. As of late I am on a tear of reading many fictions books. I have read the last two books by Stephen Frey, a book called The Two Minute Rule, The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich, The Camel Club by David Baldacci, and am currently reading Number Account by Christopher Reich. I like fiction that deals with the investment banking world and legal thrillers. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(bmags @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 07:10 PM) i just ordered that from the library... just started the stranger by camus Awesome book, but The Fall is better (and one of my all-time faves) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(Soxy @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 02:53 AM) Awesome book, but The Fall is better (and one of my all-time faves) i started to read the fall, like 10 pages, but i miscalculated how much time i would've had to read when it was finals week and i had to return it. I went to the library by me, but i guess its the western branch of the aurora public library, and their selection was so small...but i saw this and grabbed it. on second thought maybe it wasn't the fall...it was...lets see, it was a conversation but you only read one side of it...does that ring a bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(bmags @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 11:32 PM) i started to read the fall, like 10 pages, but i miscalculated how much time i would've had to read when it was finals week and i had to return it. I went to the library by me, but i guess its the western branch of the aurora public library, and their selection was so small...but i saw this and grabbed it. on second thought maybe it wasn't the fall...it was...lets see, it was a conversation but you only read one side of it...does that ring a bell That sounds like the fall, with the lawyer in the bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 (edited) I'm reading The Shorud of the Thwacker by Chris Elliot. A smart and hysterical book that parodies books like Davinci Code, Devil in White City and The Alienist After that I got a non-fiction book: The Vatican Exposed QUOTE(hi8is @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 02:18 PM) to be perfectly honest... i could care less about spelling and i blame microsoft as well as google... since i was about 5 years old they have made my ability to spell unnecessary. you can all still understand what i mean, even if i said fcuk taht siht.... put that in a book... and smkoe it..... i mean, s***.... Edited June 14, 2006 by RibbieRubarb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(THEWOOD @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 09:45 PM) Very good book. As of late I am on a tear of reading many fictions books. I have read the last two books by Stephen Frey, a book called The Two Minute Rule, The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich, The Camel Club by David Baldacci, and am currently reading Number Account by Christopher Reich. I like fiction that deals with the investment banking world and legal thrillers. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Took a fast look at Christopher Reich's work on Amazon & liked what I saw. I'll have to check out a couple of his works once I whittle my backlog down a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(Soxy @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 10:53 PM) Awesome book, but The Fall is better (and one of my all-time faves) The Plague is better still. I could never get into The Fall. I also loved Nausea by Sartre. Currently reading a book called Better Off about two MIT graduates who decided to go amish for a year to see about quality of life with and without technology, finished A Good Year, and A Year In the Merde - two books about Englishmen moving to France, a biography of Che Guevera and finishing up "The Soul of A Chef" which is just a fascinating read about cooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(bmags @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 06:10 PM) i just ordered that from the library... It's really good. No doubt about it, Bangs could write. Then when you realize he only did 1st drafts it's that much more impressive. But his writing got me to get the album the book was named after. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Recently finished Enchantment and Exploitation by William DeBuys. Highly recommended. Few people realize there is a part of this country that in many ways culturally correlates for the US what the Basque region is to Spain. Now working on 1491, by Charles C. Mann, and Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. 1491 has a lot of interesting information, but the writing is oddly paced and wanders a lot. In my pile: This House of Sky by Ivan Doig, and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (Yeah I know, I can't believe I haven't read it yet either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False Alarm Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 QUOTE(Soxy @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) I've had Gilead and Housekeeping (Marilyn Robinson) on the top of my list for a couple of months now. i just got this one last week. lookin forward to it. currently on this side of paradise by f scott fitzgerald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 QUOTE(Soxy @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 03:53 AM) That sounds like the fall, with the lawyer in the bar? yessum...i really liked it, moreso for the fact when i thought to myself how hard and ambitious it would be to write like that and maintain interest. KG, i still have to go pick it up, i'm excited...i'm going on a roadtrip to maryland this weekend and i want to knockout both.. (haha, i remember i first got the book the fall because it has the same name as a band i love.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I just got back from the library...it turns out that i got a diff. lester bangs reader...the follow up to psychotic reactions... Also got john coltrane and thelonius monk albums...i love the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I have been wanting to read Moneyball forever, and always said to myself that I would this summer. Now I'm working two jobs and don't have a day off until at least July. Reading a book isn't the first thing I want to do in my little time off of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 03:35 AM) I have been wanting to read Moneyball forever, and always said to myself that I would this summer. Now I'm working two jobs and don't have a day off until at least July. Reading a book isn't the first thing I want to do in my little time off of work. its a very quick read...just throw it in your bathroom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 finished the stranger...really fantastic last line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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