What are you reading?

[StephenHero]

I'm reading Paul Johnson's U.S. History book. The odds of finishing are long, but I'm enjoying it so far.

 

[EnglishGent]

Last night I finished reading Parrot and Olivier in America. Next on the list is Lost Illusions.

 

[Joffrey]

Good Bye To All That by Robert Graves Candide or Optimism by Voltaire

 

[athenscott]

One night at call center. I am reading it sixth time as I love it. It's about to finish so thinking which must be next.. Looking for a love story..

 

[Auhasardrobert]

John Irving's The World According to Garp
&
Antoine François PrÃ

vost's (The AbbÃ

PrÃ

vost) Manon Lescaut.

The first is a wonderful read and the second, if nothing else, is quite entertaining given its historical significance.

 

[vexare]

Power Hungry : The myths of green energy and the real fuels of the future by Robert Bryce.

I am part owner of a new green energy start up, so reading something like this gives me some facts from the other side. Think of it as marketing research and getting the whole picture, not just the one painted by supporters of our cause. For the regular person, it gives great insight via raw statistics in regards to our energy consumption, production and requirements. A lot of political mumbo jumbo out there, and the facts help one discern between the good, the bad and the ugly!

 

[Valor]

Thus Spake Zarathustra

 

[Big Pun]

 

[Connemara]

 

[edinatlanta]

Still reading the Big Short but its boring me ATM. Picked this up which has been on my wishlist for a while now.

 

[Jerome]

Just finished Lermontov: A Hero of Our Time, and it was very good, now I'm reading Knut Hamsun: The Hunger, it's a bit decadent, or rather typically decadent but also quite enjoyable.

 

[ektaylor]

Currently reading ~10-15 articles (on JSTOR, GS, etc) a day on European populism, Jean-Marie Le Pen, his daughter Marine, Sarkozy's fleeting reversion to dirigisme--oddly, I'm left with little to say.

 

[grouper]

Originally Posted by StolenCar

Heller -- Catch 22. Always wanted to read it and I saw a copy at the airport bookstore.

So overrated. The catch-22 trope is used again and again to the point of exhaustion, and the book gets less and less funny towards the end. The emotional poignancy that's supposed to make up for the lack of humor towards the end never really picks up.

 

[johnapril]

McCarthy's The Crossing

 

[coachvu]

Originally Posted by johnapril

McCarthy's The Crossing

I loved All the Pretty Horses, but I could never get into The Crossing.