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What Books Are You Reading?
By: Paipis Date: January 14, 2016, 1:58 am
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Pretty self-explanatory. What are you reading? What have you
just finished? What are you planning to read soon?
Recently finished Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden which was
quite good, with a very nuanced and detailed historical
understanding of its subject, a morally foreign, yet also, in
some aspects, beautiful, cultural phenomenon in Japan. The prose
has the feeling of being translated, but without sacrificing the
musicality of the language.
I am currently reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. It's a bit
strange from the start considering it ping-pongs between the
perspective of two seemingly unrelated characters with seemingly
unrelated conflicts, but as things begin to pick up, it gets
very addicting. It's a very long book, and I'm almost halfway
through.
I'm also reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It seems to
be a very carefully put together narrative with information
revealed at a very intentional pace, so I'm not sure how much I
can give away about it. It's good so far, though.
I've got Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace waiting when I
finish the rather short Never Let Me Go.
#Post#: 267--------------------------------------------------
Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: Lumaria Date: January 14, 2016, 2:03 am
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I've not read a single thing recently. I actually stopped
reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I should get back on
it.
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: Paipis Date: January 14, 2016, 2:23 am
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Reading has been a stop and go thing for me for a couple years,
though it's mostly been go since the summer. I've been able to
keep myself reading since then by reading two novels at once,
different enough to accommodate whatever varying moods I might
have in terms of what I want to read. That might help you if you
need motivation to get back into it.
#Post#: 272--------------------------------------------------
Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: John Will Date: January 14, 2016, 4:21 am
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I really want to read Murakami's novels, first need to find some
first
Right now I am about halfway through The Neverending Story by
Michael Ende. It is amazing and intriguing. Sure it may be
considered a children's novel, but as an adult I find the themes
and concepts are meant for mature readers.
I have almost a hundred books to read, but next will probably be
either Tolkien's The Hobbit or Nineteen Eighty Four by George
Orwell.
#Post#: 638--------------------------------------------------
Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: Paipis Date: June 1, 2016, 10:20 am
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I'm ridiculously behind on my reading. School got hectic with
finals and such.
So I'm still reading 1Q84 which is pretty long anyway. Despite
my slow reading speed, the further I get into it, the more I
fall in love with Murakami's style. I've taken influence from
him in several of my lyrics.
Finished Never Let Me Go quite a while ago, as it's pretty
short. The sci-fi and dystopia elements were refreshingly
subtle. It's also quite sad. :'( But I liked it a lot. Lots of
emotion went into it without it being too edgy. It was muted,
and kept the tension tightly wound and under wraps until the
end.
I've got several books I want to move onto after 1Q84. More
Murakami, Infinite Jest, a book of Chekhov short stories, etc.
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: Orchid Date: June 1, 2016, 11:22 am
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I have no time to read any books at all lately. I have been
reading stories on wattpad, but most of the stories are just
like in fan fiction.net
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: Ayeballknees Date: June 21, 2016, 4:57 pm
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[quote author=Lumaria link=topic=43.msg267#msg267
date=1452758632]
I've not read a single thing recently. I actually stopped
reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I should get back on
it.
[/quote][quote author=Orchid link=topic=43.msg641#msg641
date=1464798128]
I have no time to read any books at all lately. I have been
reading stories on wattpad, but most of the stories are just
like in fan fiction.net
[/quote]
love tht half this thread is just peeps saying "I havent read
anything"
This forum is the best! you go girls! who needs books blergh!
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: HematoLogMeIn Date: June 21, 2016, 5:36 pm
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TBF I actually did read the Boogiepop Phantom light novel not
too long ago. It was an interesting little read. I enjoyed the
way the writer was able to accomplish setting a mood that worked
even through the translation.
#Post#: 713--------------------------------------------------
Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: rockafella Date: June 21, 2016, 6:15 pm
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I read a self help book. It didnt help much. Im still depressed
ANDDDD it didnt tell me how to become hokage either
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?
By: HematoLogMeIn Date: June 9, 2017, 8:34 pm
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As an English Major, I've been required to read a lot of books
here lately, and too many short stories to count. Right now I'm
working on A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. It's an
interesting read, but it's so long. The world-building and
characterization are amazing, though, and the juvenile nature of
the conversations and games is a fantastic representation so
far, although I only just got to chapter four.
Before that, we read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
It's an interesting novel in that it can either be read as a
novel of flashbacks or a collection of short stories. In either
case, O'Brien takes the time to comment on the writing process
within the pages of the stories, using himself as a character to
explain things that never actually happened to him, but how
memory helps draw imagination. The sole Veteran in our class was
very proud of how the overall work was what it was without
covering anything up. I, meanwhile, was reminded of some of my
own pains and losses, because pain is something universal, and
literature can be a way to call up things in the strangest of
ways.
And then there are the two books we started out with: Toni
Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Paul Beatty's The White Boy
Shuffle. I'm currently working on doing a compare and contrast
paper regarding the language between the two and how each one is
effective in its own right. Both were a little hard to read in
their own ways, The Bluest Eye because of its subject matter,
and The White Boy Shuffle because the entire second half of the
book gets rather absurd.
I did say that I'd post about what I was reading at some point,
so there you go. I'd recommend all of these depending on what
criteria someone is looking for. Like, if you have a long flight
to somewhere and want to be entertained, definitely opt for A
Prayer for Owen Meany, because you'll probably reach your
destination before you finish it, unless you're some kinda
massive speedreader like a friend of mine who can go three to
four lines at a time.
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