Books: What are you reading tonight?

[TheDudeAbides]

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I'm reading Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" for a philosophy class. It's wonderful so far.

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I loved this book when I read it in University. I think I'll pick it up again.

[nick604]

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Angela Carter is fantastic.

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Thanks for flagging that up - I just finished The Magic Toyshop, and really enjoyed it. Think I'll need to read it again sometime soon tho, so I can properly appreciate all the symbolism.

[g-bebe]

I'm reading Anthony Kiedes' autobio, "Scar Tissue." As expected, so far it's been almost entirely about his drug use.

[i am run]

clublife by rob the bouncer..

[BigPoppa]

Just started "Collapse" by Jared Diamond

[Mr_Moore]

a mixture of the fountainhead, crime and punishment and airframe if i ever remove myself from here.

[SoloAJ]

Everybody in the Lounge quit reading or what?

I listened to an audiobook version (from the guttenberg project online) of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. I liked it, but didn't think it was amazingly incredible. It definitely was better than the new movie version, which I, unfortunately, saw before reading the book. I enjoyed it a lot and think it's worth a reread at some point.

I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird for class. Yes, I'm a 22 year old senior and this is the first time I've been assigned TKaM. Amazingly, this is the first I've really ever picked it up. It was a slow starter for me, but it's growing on me bit by bit. (I have the Gregory Peck movie coming from Netflix in a few days, so I will be able to compare after I read the book).

What else ya'll readin Lounge?

[Shadowrun]

TKaM is a fine book. Too bad she doesnt write anything else.

Edit: Forgot to add reading Plato's "The Republic" for another philosophy class.

[Enrique]

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What else ya'll readin Lounge?

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I am finishing up on Criptonomicon. It is pretty long, so far I am on page 880 (out of ~1150).
I read some books while taking a break from reading Criptonomicon they were:
The Game by Neil Strauss. Interesting book about the community of pick up artists.

America Misunderstood by Sivakumar. A compilation of news editorials from around the world concerning the election of
Bush in 2004. It was a very interesting read.

Kill Phil by Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson. I didn't like it that much, although it does give good ranges of hands for short stack play.

The Making of a Poker Player by Matt Matros. I liked this a lot, as it has a story structure instead of an education structure as a poker book. I enjoyed it a lot, I think the chapter on heads up play was really good. It was also made more interesting by the fact that I read it parallel to "The Game" and both are storied about guys who work very hard and study hard to become great in a specialized community. Interesting connections.

[rothko]

ender's game orson scott card