What are you currently reading?

I read it back in the late 70's when I was in my early 20's. I wonder what subtle differences there might be in my present life or at least my world view if I hadn't read it at that point in my life? I'm sure the book had a definite influence on me.
At that time there wasn't a huge amount of serious writing on the topic of psychedelics available. I think I re-read it maybe 10 - 15 years later.

I wonder what happened to those English intellectuals of Huxley's calibre? Virtually an extinct species nowadays I'm afraid to say.

 

Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang.

 

Me mam, me dad, and me... story ot a Newcastle family

 

King's horrors I prefer reading reviews or any articles to reading books IMAO. If someone interested in I used to visit PapersBattle.com to read some interesting reviews from other people.. Here is my strange desire After all I have been already read too many books so I wanted to change my hobbies.

 

1984 George Orwell

 

What is this about?

 

Differences between women and men and ancient humans, from what I can tell. A flounder advising an early man and telling him to stop being dominated by the women. I'm not finding it a particularly easy read, but it's compelling all the same. I'm not someone who doesn't abandon a book if I don't think it's worth my time, and I haven't done that. It's told as if the man has been lots of men.. kind of like he's telling all his past life times. It mentions food a lot in a rather strange tone.. kind of obsessive sounding. I don't know. I might just not be understanding it at all.

 

Would you say you're just floundering your way through it?

Hehe.

I'm the same about not giving up on a book

 

HAAA, yes, floundering my way through it, exactly right.

But no, I worded it clumsily, I do give up if I think it's not at least somewhat worthwhile. I know most people say they can't do that.. but life's too short for that in my opinion.

 

This has piqued my interest.

 

It's like.. "her breasts dripping over the fish stew".. It's peculiar.
Intriguing enough. I think it's probably a bit too clever for me. Maybe I will understand better as I read more.
I'm bad at explaining my thoughts about things like this.

 

Sounds like he's trying to be poetic. Nice description imo: i am picturing it already! :-D

 

In the book Rant by Chuck Palahinuk, the main character (male) can guess what food a woman most recently had by performing oral sex on her.

 

Curiously enough the women he picked always had fish most recently :-D

 

The Long March by Sun Shuyun

 

Ooh, I haven't read that. I love Palahinuk.

 

On a chinese kick?