Current book(s) you're reading?

[Mr. Stevens]

What I like most about it is that the guy went through a horrific experience and converted it into constructive work, lessons learned, possible self-improvement. I'm very admirative of that and find that is a really strong survival example. It's like saying 'no matter what, I will find a way of calling the shots for myself'. So the book is kind of a lighthouse for me

Sold! It has been on my to-read list for awhile. That's a great description, and a value I share. Thanks!

 

[Aeolienne]

Stoner - John Williams

I'm also reading that.

 

[Jeff T]

Crazy Horse- Larry McMurtry

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I'm also reading that.

Do you like it so far?

 

[AutistAcolyte]

i tend to prefer classics generally: i recently finished the brothers karamazov, and i'm currently close to finishing moby dick. i'm planning on reading the divine comedy next.

i also picked up a little devotional to read called "god loves the autistic mind"

 

[Mr. Stevens]

i tend to prefer classics generally: i recently finished the brothers karamazov, and i'm currently close to finishing moby dick. i'm planning on reading the divine comedy next.

i also picked up a little devotional to read called "god loves the autistic mind"

Moby-Dick is a huge favorite of mine. Do you like it?

 

[Stuttermabolur]

Moby-Dick is a huge favorite of mine. Do you like it?

I also enjoyed Moby Dick quite a lot. I really liked all the whale biology and whaling culture chapters, even though they were spoken of as "something to get through" when others were discussing the book. I found the middle kind of slow, but I was also 11 when I read it and hadn't read a lot of classical works. I remember really liking the second to last chapter, and I always wondered why I never hear people talk about it. To me, that was the heart of the story.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I also enjoyed Moby Dick quite a lot. I really liked all the whale biology and whaling culture chapters, even though they were spoken of as "something to get through" when others were discussing the book. I found the middle kind of slow, but I was also 11 when I read it and hadn6read a lot of classical works. I remember really liking the second to last chapter, and I always wondered why I never hear people talk about it. To me, that was the heart of the story.

I liked the whaling chapters too. Many people point out how American Psycho mimics these in all the talk on fashion, restaurants, and music. That just makes both more enjoyable to me.

 

[AutistAcolyte]

Moby-Dick is a huge favorite of mine. Do you like it?

i'm loving it! i've been enjoying how melville flips between narrative on the pequod and ishmael's weird pseudo-scientific ramblings!

i also like how he drops his philosophical musings throughout and just lets the reader ponder them

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Playback - Raymond Chandler

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I spent the morning enjoying this:

The Flowers of Evil - Charles Baudelaire

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Ben Jonson: His Life and Work - Rosalind Miles

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Great Possessions by David Grayson

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Raymond Chandler - The Little Sister

And selections from:

 

[AutistAcolyte]

i've finished Moby Dick! next, i'm going to read a short book, Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, and then my next big book is Beowulf translated by Tolkien

 

[Mr. Stevens]

i've finished Moby Dick! next, i'm going to read a short book, Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, and then my next big book is Beowulf translated by Tolkien

I almost bought that Beowulf translation. I probably will sometime. I have the Seamus Heaney translation, which I've read a few times.

 

[Ella Spell]

Almost ready for Testament of Youth.

 

[Aeolienne]

The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide: Everything you need to know to make small changes that make a big difference by Jen Gale

 

[Jeff T]

'Parasites Like Us' - Adam Johnson

Just started reading- rather quirky for a South Dakota native? May be comedy related to 'Fargo' movie.....