what are you reading?

[BadMonk]

"Don't Bite The Hook" by Pema Chodron
and
"Pure Meditation:Good Medicine:From Fear to Fearlessness" by Pema Chodron.

Seems like there's a theme going on..

 

[jokerk874]

Room Full of Mirrors

It's a biography of Jimi Hendrix. I'm not really a big reader, but this book has is pretty good.

 

[Vorago]

There's nothing to say about Bukowski except if you haven't read him yet, do so.

What book would you suggest reading if you haven't read anything by him yet?

 

[middy]

Bukowski is awesome.

I'm reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

 

[Baryonyx]

I'm about to start reading a collection of Warhammer novels, Tales of the old World

 

[morf]

What book would you suggest reading if you haven't read anything by him yet?

Letters of a dirty old man is a good start. Very raw, bukowski at his best in some really mind-blowing short stories. His poems are also great and a lot of them are available online on his website: http://bukowski.net/

 

[doctorjazz]

The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard, edited by W.H. Auden. After that will be Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, and I'm going to see if I can get my hands on a copy of Kierkegaard's Either/Or. Plus there's the full online text of Human Action by Ludwig von Mises that I've been meaning to get around to.

 

[Stubb]

The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard, edited by W.H. Auden. After that will be Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, and I'm going to see if I can get my hands on a copy of Kierkegaard's Either/Or. Plus there's the full online text of Human Action by Ludwig von Mises that I've been meaning to get around to.

I just hope that Kierkegaard's genius outweighs Rand's for you. Either/Or is spectacular. My favorite of the essays within is Crop Rotation, and the Preface is really, really good too. I love the bit about the man who personifies reflective sorrow, who is as a bird who swoops down from his castle, gaining some small, insignificant piece of experience and mulling it over by himself for a while. Also, the bit about the writing desk in the Preface is hilarious.

If you get a chance, pick up Bretall's Kierkegaard Anthology. Its usefulness is questionable as it only contains bits and pieces of stuff you've probably already read or would like to read in full, but the inclusion of the letters and journals at the beginning is excellent.

My favorite Kierkegaard piece, however, is called A Literary Review. Ostensibly, it's a review of some obscure play popular at the time, but I think it has his clearest declaration of the leap of faith.

 

[Floyd Pepper]

Not posting this to offend anyone, but this is an interesting book for believers and non-believers (of any faith).

Hitchens masters the English language in everything he writes... whether I agree with him or not.

 

[Ben Lesser]

Bukowski is awesome.

I'm reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

Neverwhere is a fantastic read. Not my favorite of his, but still excellent.

 

[StanFan]

I just got the book Genesis: Chapter & Verse, which is basically the story of the band Genesis from the point of view of past and present members. It also had lots of big colorful pictures.

 

[JansenW]

About what scientists are finding out about the causes of global warming.

 

[iamlowsound]

My Years as Prime Minister by Jean Chretien. For any Canadians here, it gives a very good perspective into his brilliant leadership style.

lowsound

 

[matrok]

Not a Crue fan by any means, but just finished Nikki Sixx's "The Heroin Diaries". Very interesting read.

 

[Scarlet Fire]

Just finished Huxley's Brave New World.

 

[A9X]

I got a membership to the local library, so I'm reading a heap of page turner crime and political novels like Clancey and Connelly. I find them relaxing.

 

[905]

I'm plowing through the Dark Tower vol VII by Stephen King, but the next book on my list is...

Hvite Ni**ere (original title) by Ingvar Ambjørnsen
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[Fassa Albrecht]

At the moment I'm reading Latin Love Lessons, a book about relationships and dating in modern society, with a little help from Catullus, Ovid and Vergil/Virgil.

Really cool stuff....

 

[unclejam]

This.

 

[Vorago]