OMG BOOKS! ... for people who read books

[Naylzie]

Finished We on my free period this morning and moved on to try to give Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale the reading it deserves.  I read it in college for this AMAZING dystopia class, but between the speed of the class and the fact that it wasn't my only class that semester, I had to plow through the book unreasonably fast and I don't feel like it got a fair read.  I remember enough to be horrified and intrigued, which are both pretty good signs, in my estimation, but not really enough to even tell you what the climax of the novel was.

[chimera]

That one has a special place in my heart because I read it the year it was published for a lit class, my advisor (who taught the class) had already written a book about contemporary feminist literature including coverage of Atwood's work and so she was just as excited to read and discuss it as we were!

[Aaron]

I'm reading Game of Thrones. It's pretty impressive how much of the show is just like the book. (So far I don't really see any thing different, other then what some people look like, but that would be a bit much to ask for.) So far I like it, however, its just like the show. Just like. (Err I know the show is just like it, but I saw the show first...)

[rokken like dokken]

I find AGOT hilarious, in a way, just because of my reactions to it: the first time I tried reading it (I only got about halfway through) I thought Ned was the best, and then the second time I thought he was the densest guy in the whole book - man those Starks are stubborn as all get out!

[Static]

I've just finished reading Legionaire and The Tunnels of Cu Chi.  They're both extremelly interesting accounts from the Vietnam war, the former written by an ex SS officer who avoided being captured and tried for war crimes by skipping out and joining the Foreign Legion and then going to Vietnam and fighting in a lot of covert operations.  The latter is based on the accounts of both the VC and also the Tunnel Rat members from the 25th Tropic 'Lightening' Infantry Divison and also the 1st Engineer Batallion Tunnel Rats. 

[rynne]

I got a used first edition of Arkham House's Shadows Over Innsmouth, which is a compilation of Lovecraft-inspired stories featuring the Deep Ones.  It's hit-or-miss, which is to be expected from a Lovecraft-inspired comp. I was happy to see one of the better stories is exactly the kind of pulp detective/cosmic horror mash-up that I'd convinced myself must exist *somewhere.* The last story, which I haven't gotten to yet, is by Neil Gaiman, which always is a good thing.

At the same time I got a cheap copy of Mason & Dixon, which despite being my favorite Pynchon novel is one of the only ones I didn't own.  The younger clerk seemed surprised I was attempting to read it while the older one sighed, "I don't go to parties anymore so I won't have to talk about Gravity's Rainbow."

Current summer (re-) reading is Foucault's Pendulum, under the woefully misguided assumption that if Dan Brown's awful conspiracy-theory books are good beach reads, then an eggheaded postmodern take on the same must be that much better.

[chimera]

Just starting Embassytown, and I love all the criticism it's received for being difficult to read.  Damn straight, use your brain or GTFO.  I'm not nearly as smart as China but I love how he challenges me.  Yeah I'll say it: I hate lazy readers, readers who want to just have things shoved into their brain, spoon-fed, and want to pretend they are the characters rather than attempting to visualize and internalize a completely different perspective from their own.

[r00]

I just started reading Starbound by Joe Haldeman.  I finished Marsbound, so that was the next logical choice as it's the sequel.

[threatsicle]

Currently reading my friend's "porn memoir" (safe for work). It's surprisingly good.

[adsf]

Current summer (re-) reading is Foucault's Pendulum, under the woefully misguided assumption that if Dan Brown's awful conspiracy-theory books are good beach reads, then an eggheaded postmodern take on the same must be that much better.

I just knocked out the Robert Langdon trilogy. Brown's writing seems to be taken way too seriously, which probably has to do with how popular his books are. His writing in this series is perfect for people who don't know more than Dan Brown, which is great if you have a MILD interest in his ideas, because he gives some good reference points to begin research if you care to go any further. Other than that, they are just lengthy fun reads.

My problem with Kindle is that I'm beginning to look for texts that haven't been digitized, and probably wont be for various reasons. Can someone give me some good reasons besides convenience of travel why they like their e-books? I'm just not convinced beyond anything other than moving books will probably become a pain in my ass soon.

[tim]

Wow.

I need.

I am seriously looking into getting this for my birthday. However, I'm wondering how it would cope with the rainy season. Obviously I'm sure it wouldn't be able to cope with heavy rain, so would it still be able to charge if it was kept in some kind of transparent waterproof object while charging?

[tim]

I realise I should probably ask the manufacturers this kind of thing. But, I don't trust them to be honest instead of taking any opportunity to flog their tat to me.

[doom]

Reading Girl with The Dragon Tattoo for obvious reasons.

[kristin]

Just got a kindle, so i downloaded a collection of short stories to christen it. Zombies: The Recent Dead. I'm loving it so far.

[luna]

Reading Girl with The Dragon Tattoo for obvious reasons.

That's next on my list