Been awhile since we've had a thread saluting all the Org bookworms. What book do you currently have your nose in?

I'm reading "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. I love the movie and am just now getting around to reading the book. IT'S WONDERFUL. One of the few books that cuts through the bullshit of love (and considering that love mostly IS bullshit, this is no easy accomplishment).

So what are you reading?

Bridges of Madison County.....again a friend suggested I read it to get through some stuff lol

Just finished King Of Torts

BabyGirl said:

I hated the book. I liked the movie though. If you're trying to get through LOVE stuff, read "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" or "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Case said:

i do like the movie...but it makes me cry lol...and it has a bad ending ...ill have to check em out

A paper life by Tatum O'Neal

Case said:

"Lies My Teacher Told Me"....Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong.....by James W. Loewen

DexMSR said:

that might be the only way i like history lol

I'm about to start rereading "Spin Sisters: How The Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness and Liberalism to the Women of America" by Myrna Blyth and boy is that a long title.

i'm having trouble concentrating these days, so it's really difficult for me to get through books right now, freakish as that sounds. the last one i TRIED to get through was "fortress of solitude"...i might actually try to pick that one up to finish - i like what i read of the first half.

Becoming Like GOD: Kabbalah and Our Ultimate Destiny

I'm still reading William Gaddis's The Recognitions, which is an incredible virtuoso performance, and I just got Doyle Brunson's Super System by Doyle Brunson and can't wait to start! It's a book about how to play poker and such!

The Sun Also Rises ~ Hemingway

I wanted to read something that was a classic that i never read in high school or college.. so I bought Diary of Anne Frank...

Trying to get some culture in my reading!

I recently picked up Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books and Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991.

I think I'm gonna start with the memoir. It's about a professor in Tehran who gathered 7 of her female students together once a week in her home remove their veils and read "forbidden Western Classics". I'm very excited about it.

Just finished reading "Subwayland." Loved it. I could read it again.

Marlon Brando's autobiography "Songs My Mother Taught Me"
It's a very good read, I highly recommend it even if you're not a fan

Case said:

I LOVE the book. Never really got into the movie.

Inspired by a recent thread here, I am re-reading "The Chronicles of Prydain" series by Lloyd Alexander.

madartista said:

That's another book that I bought about a year ago and have yet to read. I think I have to stop buying books till I've finished the ones I've got.

You all should be reading my novels, "Rage and the City" and "Star", both of which can be found at: www.booksurge.com

Had to put that out there

BabyCakes said:

I could never bring myself to read that. However, I've read Elie Wiesel's "Night." It's one of my FAVORITE books.

JesseDezz said:

You wrote a book? Er, books? That's cool.

CarrieMpls said:

I know what you mean. I own many more unread than read books. I haven't stop buying them!!!

madartista said:

It's a pretty serious addiction. If I even walk into a book store, I know I'm doomed. Not unlike walking into a shoe store.
And I'm running out of room to store both shoes and books.

endorphin74 said:

CarrieMpls said:

I'll be broke and go buy $50 of books.

madartista said:

me too. It's bad.

CarrieMpls said:

hopefully gooey will hook us up with a discount at his book store when we go to Amsterdam!!!

Anxiety said:

it's good stuff!



I realized that I don't own "The High King" though, so I'm gonna have to get out and buy that one.