What are you reading?

[Joffrey]

Just started Smileys People.

 

[Reynard369]



Just started Smileys People.

Very good. I suggest watching the BBC miniseries after.

 

[eg1]



Why?

Guess I overdosed on it through grad school. Also there are tons of things I want to learn about (political economy especially) which fiction doesn't help so much.

 

[Teacher]



Everyone on my Facebook who reads, is reading this...What the hell kinda crap is this?

Good Lord, I just googled this. Now my brain hurts.

 

[javyn]

Amazon review:

About half way through the book, I looked up the author to see if she was a teenager. I really did because the characters are out of a 16 year old's fantasy. The main male character is a billionaire (not a millionaire but a billionaire) who speaks fluent French, is basically a concert level pianist, is a fully trained pilot, is athletic, drop dead gorgeous, tall, built perfectly with an enormous penis, and the best lover on the planet. In addition, he's not only self made but is using his money to combat world hunger. Oh yeah, and all of this at the ripe old age of 26! And on top of that, he's never working. Every second is spent ********** or texting and emailing the female character. His billions seem to have just come about by magic. It seriously feels like 2 teenage girls got together and decided to create their "dream man" and came up with Christian Grey.

hahahaha

 

[Teacher]

Ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

 

[edinatlanta]



Amazon review:
hahahaha

How the hell did they get my bio?

 

[Teacher]



Amazon review:
hahahaha

Don't forget the main character's name: Anastasia Steele.

 

[VaderDave]



Don't forget the main character's name: Anastasia Steele.

Hey! That's my real name.

 

[imatlas]

It's like the entire world just noticed out the existence of romance novels.

 

[javyn]

Prefer Anastasia Blue....but hey.

 

[Britalian]

Finishing of On the shortness of Life, Seneca
Martin Amis's Lional Asbo has just arrived. Can't wait to get into it.

 

[mordecai]

Just read some essays by Martin Amis and am now switching back and forth between Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Didion and Closing of the American Mind by Bloom.

 

[green bastard]

Bulgakov: Master and Margarita

I read that. It gave me six kinds of a headache. Hope you enjoy it more than I did!

I finished Fathers and Sons a few days ago but had no time to start with Bulgakov until today. Would you mind elaborating on your displeasure? I've read my fair share of Bulgakov (and other Russians, for that matter) and can say that have not been disappointed a single time.

Dubliners arrived this morning and I can't wait to start reading. I liked Clay quite a bit, but am unfamiliar with anything else.


Ivan Turgenev: Fathers and Sons
His most famous novel is set in 1859, two years before the abolition of serfdom in Russia. The book focuses on the conflict between the humanistic-idealistic coloured father's generation and their rebellious, materialistic and disillusioned offspring. Archetype of the young Nihilists is the medical student Basarov from St. Petersburg, who accompanies his dear Arkadij Kirsanov on his return journey to his father's home. Fierce verbal disputes with Arkadij's uncle Pawel will follow and even culminate in a dues; his unfortunate love for a widow may cause a dramatic aftermath.
In 1862, Turgenjev introduced the term Nihilism to a broad public with this masterpiece. Explicit recommendation!

 

[Neos]

Master and margarita is memorable ill give it that.