what are you reading?

[Brad Maestas]

That sounds awesome Bard! I'm gonna check it out.

I've been reading:
Macrobiotic Cooking for Everyone by Edward & Wendy Esko

A friend gave it to me and I just got around to reading it. Fascinating stuff!

I first heard of macrobiotic cooking in a Bass Player feature on Phil Chen some years ago. I could never really prepare it when I lived in the Midwest because many of the fresh ingredients were not available and if they were, they were very expensive. Here in my part of Brooklyn, there's not much in the way of that either but it's relatively easy to hop a train or two and go to Whole Foods or a local market so I think I'm gonna try it out.

 

[Basshappi]

The Book of Lost Tales - J.R.R. Tolkien

 

[Khronic]

Im reading the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

She sure is a wordy gal.

Sorry, I started at the last reply and worked backwards to the first mention of a book I've read.

Currently reading The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C. G. Jung.

 

[shawn-o]

Just finished "Goin' Deep- The life and times of a CFL Quarterback" written by Jim taylor and Matt Dunigan.

I got the book given to me from Matt *Hes a friend of the family*. Its signed and everything.

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[tbrannon]

Just finished 'In a Sunburned Country' by Bill Bryson. Gut busting stuff.

 

[Stubb]

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (which I have been reading and rereading for over a year now, in three separate classes that focus mostly on this text).
Ewing's Short Commentary on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
Heidegger's Being and Time (again, an ongoing, though less formal project).
Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians.
American Indian Songs and Poems.

 

[Adam Barkley]

Just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. I've got Mao II by Don Delillo and Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon up next. Not sure which I want to start first.

 

[TehRoflCopter]

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (which I have been reading and rereading for over a year now, in three separate classes that focus mostly on this text).
Ewing's Short Commentary on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

I'm sort of going through a philosophy stage, and this is one of several works that fascinates me, at least from what I know about it. Is it even approachable outside of an academic setting?

 

[hbarcat]

I love climbing books!

Interesting metaphor.

 

[MJ5150]

Game of Shadows.

-Mike

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Im reading the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Great book. "We are packagers of nothingness."

I'm reading "Golf For Dummies," and "Stupid White Men" by Michael Moore.

 

[Jiggybass]

I just read "Go Ask Alice"

My mind is totally scrambled, makes you wanna understand the acid trips!

Edit: Also still on "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, took a short break during school to catch up on class reading, time to dig in again, though!

 

[The BurgerMeister]

I've got Mao II by Don Delillo and Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon up next. Not sure which I want to start first.

Mao II is a fantastic read! i'm putting off Against the Day for a little while... don't know why, really. Pynchon's one of my favorite authors.

just started reading Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth. so far, it's excellent!

 

[Cambass]

I'm currently reading a book called 'Cooper's Creek'. It tells of the expedition by Burke and Wills to try and reach the top of Australia from Melbourne in the 1860's (when it hadn't been done before). Quite interesting, reading about these guys walking hundreds of miles through such harsh country makes me appreciate cars and planes.

 

[santucci218]

Lord of the Flies. Again. Love that book.

good book, yes. the first 7 chapters are slow though.

 

[cdef]

Laughing my way through The Best of Myles, a collection of crazed newspaper columns by Flann O'Brien.

 

[Stubb]

I'm sort of going through a philosophy stage, and this is one of several works that fascinates me, at least from what I know about it. Is it even approachable outside of an academic setting?

Sure it is. It's difficult, but if you have a real desire to read it, read it slowly, and get a beginner's commentary on it, it's definitely doable.

That's not to say that it isn't one of the top 5 most impenetrable texts of all time. Be forewarned, but I'd be more than willing to lend a hand if you have questions about it.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

The United States Constitution.

 

[flakeh]

Currently reading "from a buick 8" by Stephen king.

Good book, Sci-fi but not all star treky. good readuns.

 

[peaveyuser]

Catcher in the rye