What are you currently reading?

I'm not reading anything right now and i wish i was. I have a long list of books that i want to get through but sometimes starting is the hardest part...I want to reread the LOTR because i've never finished the series. I want to from start to finish.

 

Truly a masterpiece.
I don't even have to read another book ever again.

 

Just started reading this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591202833

Very interesting stuff, especially if you don't wear shoes - but then it's kinda preaching to the choir with me.

 

keith richards - life

 

Going Down With Janis - Peggy Castera

 

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men - Mara Hvistendahl

I am about half-way through this, and it is beautifully written, deeply researched, engaging, and thoughtful. It is also worth noting that Hvistendahl is wonderfully adept at writing with passion, but leaves her personal emotions at the door.

I am also reading:

Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis

This one I'm not enjoying as much, and am struggling through because I detest not finishing a book. Kiedis, from interviews, seems to be an intelligent man, but I cannot stand his writing style (or, rather, Larry Sloman's writing style), and it seems most of what he's writing about is incredibly hyperbolic; I find it hard to believe that someone so deeply entrenched in hard drug addiction could so easily recall the most minute details of his sexual, among other, exploits, but hey. I think in the end I'm biased 'cause I don't like arrogant douchebags afflicted with narcissistic personalities who are absolute crap at storytelling. Flea and John seem cool; maybe they should write autobiographies.

 

Finally picked up a book. I never finished The Tommyknockers by Stephen King and i don't remember why. It has great growing suspense, its a big book and i like aliens. I'm a 1/6th way through and only two characters have been talked about! King sure does make sure you know your characters before shit hits the fan. The book is growing suspense. What the fuck is going out in the woods? Why are peoples teeth falling out? WHy is the main characters dog suddenly getting younger?

Good stuff.

 

I read the book years ago...you just wait...(re that dog )

I still find myself all paranoid when I walk in the woods and stumble over an unusual "rock"...since reading that book, I was never tempted to dig one up.
I LOVE rocks; but they have to be at least 3/4ths on the surface before I'll pick 'em up. lol

But I did really like that book, as I have most of King's.

 

into the wild.

 

The Great Gatsby.

The prose is great but the story isn't keeping my full interest..

 

I despise that book.

It's been a while since I read it, but from what I remember the characters are all very shallow and I couldn't identify with any of them. I also remember the plot as very uninteresting.

 

It's just so slow.

Each chapter could be summarized in a couple of sentences and you really wouldn't be losing too much.

The delightful writing pulled me in, but the pacing nearly lost me. I'm about 2/3 now, so I might's'well finish it, but bleh.

 

Wanna hard read? The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

 

^Ive heard about that book, may look into reading it.

 

I'm reading Cities of the plain by Cormac McCarthy. Amazing but sad...

 

I finished "The Beatles" by Bob Spitz and i'm now reading "Dream Boogie:The Triumph of Sam Cooke" by Peter Guralnick.I'm also still reading "White house diaries" by Jimmy Carter.

 

World war z....

 

Good, I take it?

 

Hello,

I don't read many novels, but at the moment Cryptonomicon written by Neal Stephenson is on my desk. It has its geeky moments and it is funny. Looks like I like the parts of the story best that are telling from the past, from the WWII era.

Regards
Gyro

 

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau; He seems to take the words right out of my thoughts, verbatum.
and Before Adam, a wonderful insight into the subconscious mind of Jack London. It tells of his childhood Dreams in which he saw through the eyes of an ancestor in what he calls the Younger World. So far they are excellent and both strike me on a very deep level.