What Are You Reading?

[baddisease 17,945]

On 7/17/2022 at 3:41 PM, COCC said:

Finished reading this book yesterday in the mountains. All in all interesting- especially the parallels from the past to today. But the book could be a bit more self-critical - and to say that capitalism has helped the minorities the most... well 

 

anyone who says that is an idiot who has no idea what they're talking about.

 

Anyway I'm considering attempting to read Das Kapital again.

[bluechemtrails 27,007]

On 7/17/2022 at 9:41 PM, COCC said:

Finished reading this book yesterday in the mountains. All in all interesting- especially the parallels from the past to today. But the book could be a bit more self-critical - and to say that capitalism has helped the minorities the most... well 

yeah, especially the minority of billionaires

[kitsunegari101 1,463]

just finished a novella called the hole by hiroko oyamada.....fucking BIZARRE and a little creepy but it takes place during a heat wave which is perfect timing on my part

[Ace of Hearts 39]

I'm currently reading The Devil Wears Prada and it's pretty good although I prefer the Movie

[less 364]

I started reading The Grapes of Wrath and the beginning is happening in Oklahoma ... - now if you've watched Interstellar they talk about the dust coming inside the house and sticking to every surface, on the food, in your eyes and your lungs - I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS REAL but the book mentions it too  The United States is a crazy country for real.

[Cherry Blossom 21,577]

I’m rereading The Book Thief and it’s incredible. Maybe my favourite ever. I finished The Great Gatsby a month ago, and I’m hoping to read To Kill A Mockingbird after.

[rightofjupiter 16,657]

about to start the last samurai by helen dewitt (loved lightning rods, her most recent novel)

[Dark Angel 202,786]

continuing my v.c andrews adventures 

 

i just finished reading dawn in just four days, i personally really liked this book & i was a little worried that i wouldn’t since this is the first series entirely written by the ghostwriter, but i thought it was really good, i’m excited to start secrets of the morning tomorrow & i’m determined to keep reading this series & to not fall out of interest & not read for a couple months

 

however, i think after this series, i’m gonna read something else before i start reading the ruby/landry series, just to give myself something different to read

[rightofjupiter 16,657]

On 8/11/2022 at 1:32 AM, kitsunegari101 said:

just finished a novella called the hole by hiroko oyamada.....fucking BIZARRE and a little creepy but it takes place during a heat wave which is perfect timing on my part

also read this but much preferred her other novella the factory- same hazy creepiness but imo more engaging narratively.

[robertenglandgrant 1,502]

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh 

[Mer 62,097]

Summer Crossing by Truman Capote 

[kitsunegari101 1,463]

6 hours ago, rightofjupiter said:

also read this but much preferred her other novella the factory- same hazy creepiness but imo more engaging narratively.

royally pissed that none of my libraries have it, either physically or in ebook form!! tho tbh at this point i would read anything from her--i really loved her prose

[baddisease 17,945]

Currently reading two books:

 

1. African Liberation Reader, vol. 1: The Anatomy of Colonialism compiled and edited by Aquino De Braganca and Immanuel Wallerstein 

2. A History of Africa 1918-1967

[genghis khan 5,110]

Just finished re-reading Romeo and Juliet. Will now be re-reading  Dionysus: Myth and Cult 

[OverYourHead 6,276]

I’m dying re-reading The Lovely Bones again, why do I do this to myselfif you haven’t read the book, idc if you’ve seen the movie it’s not the same at all, it just rips your heart out from page 1 and plays with it for a whole ass book

[Alison by Slowdive 26,150]

beautiful things by hunter biden 

[rightofjupiter 16,657]

gave up on the last samurai bc my brain is too frazzled rn. started as it turns out by alice sedgwick wohl and feel myself entering an edie obsession phase again...

[Alison by Slowdive 26,150]

5 minutes ago, rightofjupiter said:

gave up on the last samurai bc my brain is too frazzled rn. started as it turns out by alice sedgwick wohl and feel myself entering an edie obsession phase again...

oh my goddd a new book abt edie!! 

[sympathyisaknife 16,077]

On 9/7/2022 at 10:41 PM, robertenglandgrant said:

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh 

How is it? I thoroughly enjoyed my year of rest and relaxation

[robertenglandgrant 1,502]

53 minutes ago, weinendersoldat said:

How is it? I thoroughly enjoyed my year of rest and relaxation

It's VERY different, but I Ottessa's writing style is definitely similar, so if you like that then you'll like it. Was a bit worried at first given the medieval setting, but it reads very similarly to my year of rest and relaxation. It took me a bit longer to get into this one, but once you're like 50 pages in and you realize where the plot is going, I think it picks up a lot!