What are you reading?

[GraphicNovelty]

 

[Matt]

SPB Lady and I are both reading The Brothers Karamazov (her in Russian, me in English)

 

[mm84321]

The Call of the Wild was a very entertaining book.

 

[HgaleK]

Originally Posted by Matt

SPB Lady and I are both reading The Brothers Karamazov (her in Russian, me in English)

Is this supposed to be some twisted form of mental BDSM?

 

[james_timothy]

Love Eric Gill's work. The more I find out about him, though, the more I wish I just knew his work.

 

[otc]

Finished Anathem last night. Really enjoyed it.

 

[stillerfan07]

What It Takes-Richard Ben Cramer
Got a lot of newfound respect for Bob Dole and the other candidates. You have to be pretty driven to make it as a presidential candidate.

 

[Connemara]

 

[Nananine]

I blame Fringe for the second one. Maybe it's that I want to be Peter Bishop. Or, more accurately, maybe it's that I want to be ********** with Anna Torv.

 

[The-thin-man]

Cornel West - Brother West

 

[Lagrangian]

I feel any slightly masochistic economist must read this at one part of their lives.

 

[otc]

Originally Posted by TrH

I feel any slightly masochistic economist must read this at one part of their lives.

I have a copy sitting on my shelf (or at least I used to)...not sure I have actually read it.

Definitely read sections of it but probably not the whole thing.

 

[onion]

Currently reading What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell, as well as Thinking Strategically by Dixit and Nalebuff.

I have to say What the Dog Saw, while interesting and worth reading, is definitely my least favorite of his books (though admittedly I've only read the Tipping Point and Blink).

I'm not really far enough in Thinking Strategically to have any opinion.

Also, I was considering reading Switch by the Heath brothers next, but would like some opinions on it if anyone here has read it. From what I've seen they tend to have a similar writing style to Malcolm Gladwell (whom I like quite a bit). Also wondering how people think Switch compared to Made to Stick if you've read them both.

 

[SeanathonHuff]

^^^Outliers seems like it had the most original content in it, so I liked that best. Blink was not very focused, but still okay. Right now I'm reading:

Everyone add me on Shelfari, please

http://www.shelfari.com/o1514159703

 

[ektaylor]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Just finished Wind Up Bird Chronicle. It was great. Should I bother trying to piece the fragments together for the purpose of understanding the linearity of the story? The plot isn't completely tenable, but I'm wondering if you can infer anything about the underlying mechanism for all the dreams and characters' parallels within their different degrees of reality.

I'm still dying to know what was in the spy's envelope.

I read the book twice. The first reading took about a month. The second reading took three days. I don't skip chapters, paragraphs, or even words. I just read for 16 hours a day. The second time exposed more about the book than was possible before knowing the general structure of the narratives or without a sense of the characters. The earlier chapters -- particularly, Lieutenant Mamiya's mini-novel -- are surprisingly personal the second time around.

I don't think you're supposed to ever know what's in the envelope. It serves it's purpose well.