I just finished :







and after reading jonny lawsons thread this morning I picked this up:







what about you.. what are you reading?









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Actually, I'm glad someone asked this question


I've just recently read "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy", and "A Man Named Dave"



The first one was just awful, as in, the most heartwrenching reading experience I've ever had. It's the true story of a boy's life as a child, which turned out to be the third worst case of child abuse in California history. Sad, just very, very sad.

I just finished reading the 2003 Da Capo Anthology of Music Writing (edited by Matt Groening!), and now I'm about ready to bite into Augusten Burroughs' "Dry" (finally in paperback, woo yay).

Working my way thru The Bible, NIV.

Well, I'm reading "Restoration Drama" for class. For pleasure, I've been reading "ego trip's Big Book of Racism". I also have their "Book of Rap Lists" but I haven't started it yet. I need to finish "The Artist's Way." And I've also been reading Sam Horn's "ConZentration" off and on. Guess, it's not helping.




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i'm reading 'the polished hoe' by austin clarke. it's a bit of a murder mystery and an observation about class distinctions. pretty good.

Anxiety said:

very good read...not as good as "running with scissors" but..what could be?


I just finished up reading "The Fortress of Solitude"...this is hands down one of the best books I have ever read...I wonderful colorful and detailed story of a child becoming a man during the 70's gentrification of Broklyn...Complete with funk soundtrack and a wonderful believable explenation of how this boy becomes teen becomes superhero becomes man...


yes i meant to type superhero.. yet its one of the most realistic reads.....wonderful writing by Jonathan Lethem...


currently reading Carrie Fisher's "the best awful"..i wonder if augustine and carrie have ever met..could you imagine *that* conversation?

sosgemini said:

I've seen this book a couple of times and have been curious about it.

I recently finished Gravity's Rainbow!

I have no idea what it was about...

2the9s said:

Not enough pictures.....huh?

althom said:

I left a message for you and waites at the NPGMC.

2the9s said:

"Space: 1999 - Astral Quest" by John Rankine.

Whatever happened to the Book Club??

Aren't we supposed to be reading Lleena's choice of The Girl With the Pearl Earring??

And no msserendipity, watching the movie will not "get over."

2the9s said:

I hear the movie's crap!

Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?
Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?
Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?
Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?
Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail?

The Human Stain by Philip Roth

Still trying to get motivated enough to begin reading Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre.





Also reading The Prince Of Tides ...a very easy read

gemini13 said:

I read "A Child Called It" for psychology report in high school; so heartbreaking!

Dont like to read.I like looking at tha pictures thuo.

sosgemini said:

OOOH, I wanna read "Fortress of Solitude"!!!!

"Dry" is cracking me up, and I'm not even 40 pages into it. That guy's a brilliant writer - he really knows how to hold attention from page one.

MRDREAMFACTORY said:

me 2

Yesterday I read a great little book called The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

It only took me three hours.

Devils Night by Ze'ev Chafets

It's been far too long since I've read a book. I feel like I've been struck dumb...

2the9s said:

have you started reading it yet?

2the9s said:

Lleena said:

Not telling.

Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein

Cloudbuster said:

GREAT BOOK. I've been hearing about it for years, and finally read it a few months ago. Good stuff, Maynard!

Justed finished "Wired" about Belushi, I could relate too well

Now, just started "EXPLODING the highs, hits, hype, heroes and hustlers of the Warner Music Group"

Depending how factual it is, it's pretty good