What are you currently reading??

**buttmunch** · January 27th, 2009, 08:30 PM

I finished Revolutionary Road a few days back. Now I really want to see the movie.
Good read.

My copy arrived this morning, along with 'Eleven Tales of Lonliness' which looks fabulous.

**Penny Lane** · January 27th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Not quite finished with 'The Jungle' yet, but my history professor probably didn't anticipate me reading 3/4ths of it a month before the date we are supposed to have it read by.. so I put it down and started reading 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Dostoevsky.. I read 'Crime and Punishment' a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed it.. hope this one is good as well.

**LaFolie** · January 28th, 2009, 08:33 AM

Indigo by Marina Warner

**Valley Doll** · January 28th, 2009, 09:01 AM

I just finished Watchmen by Alan Moore. I read it just in case I go to see the movie so I wouldn't waste time trying to figure out which character is who, but I really enjoyed the novel. It's smart and thought-provoking.

**sputnik** · January 28th, 2009, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

so I put it down and started reading 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Dostoevsky.. I read 'Crime and Punishment' a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed it.. hope this one is good as well.

i love dostoevsky. have you read 'the double'? amazing. and short too.

**Penny Lane** · January 28th, 2009, 01:58 PM

Thanks for the recommendation, sput.. off to update my Amazon wishlist. On another note, a book store a few blocks from campus is going out of business and having a huge sale.. I might go blow my money there sometime this week.

**GossipJunkieBBFan** · January 29th, 2009, 08:45 AM

I will start reading Echoes of the White Giraffe.

**KrisNine** · January 29th, 2009, 11:23 AM

I just finished Stori Telling....seriously!!! Read it in about 2 days. Entertaining.

I also just read Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris.

Next up, don't know. I have about 10 books next to my nightstand.

**calcifer** · January 29th, 2009, 04:43 PM

the black cloud - fred hoyle

**Glitter** · January 29th, 2009, 07:38 PM

A trashy romance a co worker gave me. The story is just well cheesy but the sex is great!

**buttmunch** · January 29th, 2009, 08:04 PM

Not quite finished with 'The Jungle' yet, but my history professor probably didn't anticipate me reading 3/4ths of it a month before the date we are supposed to have it read by.. so I put it down and started reading 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Dostoevsky.. I read 'Crime and Punishment' a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed it.. hope this one is good as well.

Love Dostoevsky and any other Russian writer. But finish the Jungle...it's excellent.

**sparklehead** · January 30th, 2009, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by KrisNine

I just finished Stori Telling....seriously!!! Read it in about 2 days. Entertaining.

haha I read that too! I gave it to my sister and she had to stop because she stayed up all night reading it. A very enjoyable read, complete with a wicked (not-so-step) mother.

**Penny Lane** · January 30th, 2009, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by buttmunch

Love Dostoevsky and any other Russian writer. But finish the Jungle...it's excellent.

I finally finished it Wednesday night... I found the ending to be a 30-page endorsement for socialism, which was a change of pace since 90% of the book focused on the meat packing industry and the impermanence of financial stability in early 20th century Chicago... but I can see how it was building up to that.

Picked up 'Brothers Karamazov' and even had a nice chat with a cute guy on the bus about Dostoevsky.. it pays to read Russian literature

**buttmunch** · January 31st, 2009, 02:45 AM

Lucky you! I haven't had a good chat with a cute stranger over a book in ages.

**Brackish** · February 1st, 2009, 03:52 AM

Omg Im reading so many books right now. it's like i cant stay one just one...

The Pirate King - R.A. Salvatore
Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
Lords of the North - Bernard Cornwell(i think)
Harry Potter Series. Already read them but I'm doing it again I think I'm on the third book.