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What books are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Tilted Art, Photography, Music & Literature' started by sapiens, Aug 12, 2011.

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  1. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I am going to be reading The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist for my Middle Eastern literature class.
     
    snowy, Jan 10, 2012
    #301
  2. Magpie

    Magpie Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto Ontario
    Right now I'm reading It's Your Money Becoming A Women Of Independent Means. By Gail Vaz-Oxlede. The reason for me getting this book is because I have a grate anxiety of spending money. Witch is funny because when I use to live with my parents and didn't have any responsibility I could go out and spend $300 on crap and wouldn't care at all. I jut need to find the middle ground.
     
    Magpie, Jan 11, 2012
    #302
  3. loganmule

    loganmule New Member

    12 Brain Rules. Still on the never-ending quest to make sense of some of the nuttier aspects of human behavior.
     
    loganmule, Jan 15, 2012
    #303
  4. Japchae

    Japchae Very Tilted

    I'm fascinated with The Speed of Dark at the moment. Amazingly written.
     
    Japchae, Jan 16, 2012
    #304
  5. EventHorizon

    EventHorizon assuredly the cause of the angry Economy..

    Location:
    FREEDOM!
    Pride and Prejudice
    Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
    The Morality of War
    Operation Homecoming
     
    EventHorizon, Jan 16, 2012
    #305
  6. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    cynthetiq, Jan 16, 2012
    #306
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  7. Levite

    Levite Levitical Yet Funky

    Location:
    The Windy City
    I LOVED this book. It was a present from my best friend, it took me close to a year to pick it up, and then I couldn't put it down. The sequel was awesome, also.
     
    Levite, Jan 16, 2012
    #307
  8. Manic

    Manic Getting Tilted

    Location:
    NYC
    The Soul At Work: From Alienation To Autonomy by Franco "Bifo" Berardi

    Sooo good.
     
    Manic, Jan 17, 2012
    #308
  9. EventHorizon

    EventHorizon assuredly the cause of the angry Economy..

    Location:
    FREEDOM!
    will someone please read Battle Royale and Hunger Games back to back and tell me which is better? it's going to settle a dispute round these parts
     
    EventHorizon, Jan 17, 2012
    #309
  10. Jove

    Jove Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Michigan
    11/22/63-Stephen King
     
    Jove, Jan 17, 2012
    #310
  11. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    Steve Jobs by William Isaacson
     
    CaptainBob, Jan 18, 2012
    #311
  12. Fangirl

    Fangirl Very Tilted

    Location:
    Arizona
    World War Z by Max Brooks is so. much. fun! Compelling, spooky, gripping...only 50 pages left.
     
    Fangirl, Jan 18, 2012
    #312
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  13. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I was gifted his Zombie Survival Guide. I've only perused a few pages so far, but it's pretty funny.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jan 18, 2012
    #313
  14. Fangirl

    Fangirl Very Tilted

    Location:
    Arizona
    The only way for me to get with the whole notion of zombies is to see them as funny.
    My son bought them (for himself) with some Christmas cash. He explained that Zombie Survival Guide was 'more technical'. Not really craving technical-type zombie fiction, I chose World War Z to read first.
     
    Fangirl, Jan 19, 2012
    #314
  15. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Oh-ho! But it's not fiction, you see! It's exactly what the title reads!
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jan 19, 2012
    #315
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  16. Strange Famous

    Strange Famous it depends on who is looking...

    Location:
    Ipswich, UK
    A book about Burke and Hare (about the real ones, not some piss taking comedy like the movie)
     
    Strange Famous, Jan 21, 2012
    #316
  17. EventHorizon

    EventHorizon assuredly the cause of the angry Economy..

    Location:
    FREEDOM!
    Portnoy's Complaint
     
    EventHorizon, Jan 22, 2012
    #317
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  18. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'm now a quarter of the way into Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World (Eight Steps to Enlightenment) by Lama Surya Das.

    The beginning covers his own path, which at first might seem self-promotional, except that his path was truly fascinating! He was a Westerner seeking an Eastern philosophy at a time when it was quite inaccessible in the United States. He ended up going all the way to the Himalayas to find what he was looking for, and he had no idea what it was at first.

    The whole thing was sparked by his emotional upheaval in response to his best friend's girlfriend (Allison Krause) being slain during the Kent State shootings. It's basically a short story about how a Jewish kid from New York became a lama in the Dzogchen lineage of Buddhism. His story demonstrates that the wisdom of Buddhism is available to us all.

    I've read the introductory about the significance of the philosophy and about the fundamental Four Noble Truths. I'm now where he begins his lengthy discussions on the Eightfold Path, which take up the rest of the book (about 300 pages). So far it's very good---being both accessible and comprehensive---and I look forward to reading the rest of it.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jan 22, 2012
    #318
  19. Random McRandom

    Random McRandom Starry Eyed

    I read a ton of books, but always forget to put them into this thread.

    I'm currently digesting the entire D.H. Lawrence anthology.
     
    Random McRandom, Jan 24, 2012
    #319
  20. DANNYBOY

    dannyboy New Member

    Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
    Interesting read so far...
     
    dannyboy, Jan 24, 2012
    #320
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