Topic: Books You're Currently Reading?

The Long Walk
(Richard Bachman)

@sakurajima1981 What's it like?

It's up there with some of his best imo.

I'm currently reading The Wisdom of the Heart by Henry Miller, it's a collection of his short prose works, very enlightening and edifying.

I'm re-reading the Star Wars Thrawn trilogy. This should have been the new movie trilogy instead of all that Rey nonsense.

I'm currently reading Love Among the Cannibals by Wright Morris.

@ApostateMage ahh yes great trilogy. My favorite Star Wars book is a stand alone, called Scoundrels. It's basically oceans 11 with Han solo.

I'm currently reading Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff. It's book 2 in a trilogy. It's fantastic. The main character reminds me of Arya Stark in Game of Thrones. Kristoff is great world builder.

I'm finally reading for the first time something from Philip Roth: I opted for the "nemesis series": Everyman (2006), Indignation (2008), The Humbling (2009) and Nemesis (2010).
I'm sure I'll love them and that will mean I'll read at least other 10 of his novels...

@andreoni79 He's said to be one of the great American novelists, as listed by Harold Bloom, who also wrote The Western Canon. The other American writers he listed were Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLilo and Thomas Pynchon.

I just finished Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and have moved on to Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche, fascinating read, thus far.

Now trying House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

About 100 pages left of a A Dance with Dragons. Any idea if the prequel books are worth reading?

Hopefully we'll get winds of winter before long. it's not like I don't have a library of books/Comics/manga to read.

Just started Allegiance by Timothy Zahn. I need more Mara.

I haven’t read in a while so I started Catch 22 again. One of my favourite books and surprisingly timely in the way the establishment™ handles crises.

@nessisonett Did you read 1984 by George Orwell? You might like that as well.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Oh yeah that’s a classic. Orwell’s essays are brilliant and timely as well, his political writings are really quite modern. I’d highly recommend Homage to Catalonia, the Spanish Civil War is a period of history swept under the carpet and his accounts are a fascinating read.

Just finished Conrad's rather unfortunately titled ' Narcissus' book, I found it a great sea-worthy yarn, despite all the offensive material which was commonplace at the time. Given the times we are living in ,though, I think it is important to recognize that in that book and Heart of Darkness, it is those who deemed themselves superior in society at the time, that are the ones who Conrad demonizes.

I am now reading The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) by Alan Fournier. Charming ,so far.

I read Lolita because it’s a ‘landmark book’. That’s not a fun book to read, fascinating in terms of its portrayal of obsession but jeez, you really feel sleazy just reading it.

@nessisonett The worst “iconic” book I ever read was Moby Dick.

I seem to recall there’s about 20 pages dedicated to the different anatomy of whale species. It is painfully long and I had to go and read a 100 word synopsis to figure out what the hell it was all about.

@Thrillho My sister said the same about Moby Dick, funnily enough. She’s literally got a masters in English Lit and yet bounced right off that one. If I hear one more person say ‘but the whale is a metaphor!’...