What books are you reading right now?

I completely disagree!

A psychopath is capable of knowing what right or wrong is in an intellectual sense, because they can learn it from others.

But it only matters when somebody is watching. They dont FEEL any sense of right or wrong.

A normal human being doesn't continue to beat somebody who has been picking on them until they are dead. He did not do it out of rage or fear, but instead that he believed he was in a hidden place and therefore anything was allowable. I forget how old these kids are, 9, 12? At 12 years old it takes a lot to beat to somebody to death... we arent talking an unlucky punch catching somebody in the temple.

 

All I can say is that is not how I read it all.

I hated everybody in the book. The premise key made no sense in the way it was written (war as a video game). To me it would only make sense as a dystopia, but I did not sense a shred of irony in the writer.

 

Recently started Water for Elephants. Not bad so far.

 

Divergent-completed yesterday.
Insurgent
Game of Thrones book 2

 

Currently reading Debatable Space by Philip Palmer. Good so far. Interesting take on a Sci-fi book so far as it is much of one characters recollections of her long life. But I'm only a third of the way through so far so we will see!

 

Finished this one in a huge chunk of reading time last night ("just one more chapter!") I quite enjoyed it, although parts of it made me wince. It reawakened my childhood desire to run away and join the circus, too.

Hmmm. I'd like to read Katharine Hepburn's autobiography next, but I may have to hold off until the next paycheck for that one.

 

I spent most of yesterday reading, and finished The Silver Linings Playbook. I...think I liked it. It was kind of strange. Also, a little too much Eagles football for this Bengals girl.

 

Still on book 1 of that series; reading it in slow spurts. Just seeing that title sounds like it is a bloodbath though.

 

I just pre-ordered The American Senate -- An Insider's History due out next month.

Having worked in the Senate for two years in the early 80s, there were times I was in awe of some of the statesmen on both sides of the aisle, most notably Jennings Randolph, my boss. Today's Senate makes a mockery of the "greatest deliberation body in the world."

 

Just started The Kite Runner

 

I'm half way through In One Person by John Irving. Fourth book i've read by him. I'm not sure why but I like his writing style.

Of the books that i've read this year, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera has got to be my favourite.

 

Our Kind of Traitor, John LeCarre

 

I am supposed to be reading A Feast For Crows but it is a chore and instead gobbled up The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, a YA book but a very compelling page-turner. I'm not sure how I feel about the end but for 5 days I had a heck of a good time reading it.

 

I'm within 30 pages of finishing Ender's Game. I might re-read it because it was months in-between readings. Then I'll move on to Speaker for the Dead if I can find it at my local library. I really hope I can.

I'm also planning on re-reading AJ Jacobs' The Know It All because I recently dug it up whilst in the process of moving. One of my all-time favorites.

I'm going to be consulting this thread a lot within the next x-number of months. My goal is to read at least one new book per month, hopefully two. I will make time for myself for this. I miss reading far too much.

 

Currently in the middle of the Drunk Diet: How I Lost 40 Pounds...Wasted. It doesn't really offer anything new, but the author, Lüc Carl, is a rocker who keeps me laughing ("fuck you, pushups.")

 

Starting over on Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston. Terrifying true book about smallpox. I made it about 75% through, then tried to pick it back up and forgot some stuff.

 

The Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder.

Lady of Mazes — KarlSchroeder.com