NVR - What are you reading right now? (Fiction or non-fiction)
Posted by Beans and Greens on May 12, 2007 · Member since Apr 2007 · 169 posts
I'm reading 'Raising Vegan Children in a Non-vegan World' by Erin Pavlina.
I'm curious what everyone else has their nose in at the moment! :)
ohh, i just finished ready Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg...SOOOOO GOOOD. I highly recommend. ;)b
Regeneration, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Tommy, The Men Who March Away, Scars Upon My Heart...
I miss the good ol' days when English Lit was Shakespeare, not World War history class. :-\
Just finished Roberto Bolano's 2666 (absolutely brilliant!) now I'm reading "The Savage Detectives". Just ordered a book about the LRA ("Kill Your Family First") from Amazon so I'm really excited about that. Also, I'm rereading just when there's some free time a book of short stories by David Foster Wallace called "Oblivion".
foofie81 - I have been reading 2666 for over a week now. And I am knee deep in the fourth section that details all of the deaths. I had a hard time with the first two sections, started to get into it in the third, especially at the end. And I was getting into the fourth one, but it is just going on and on. I guess what I am wondering is this - did you find the whole book brilliant as you were reading it, or did it all come together at the end? I feel like I am forcing myself to keep on with this book, but have read over 2/3 of it, and don't want to feel like I wasted my time. And of course, I am wondering if maybe it is just too good of a book for me to enjoy it. I suppose what I mean by that is that I worry maybe I am not intelligent enough for it. I am not superduper down on myself about it, I hope you catch my drift. I had this same reaction to Norman Mailer's "Castle in the Forest" and I slogged through it, but was sorry I did!
I would love your opinion, or anyone else's for that matter. I suppose it seems silly, I am not obsessing about it, but I usually plow through a book in a few days, and if I am not taken in by the story in the first 100 pages, sometimes I give up and start a book. I have so many on my list, I will never get to them all.
Just finished Roberto Bolano's 2666 (absolutely brilliant!) now I'm reading "The Savage Detectives". Just ordered a book about the LRA ("Kill Your Family First") from Amazon so I'm really excited about that. Also, I'm rereading just when there's some free time a book of short stories by David Foster Wallace called "Oblivion".
foofie81 - I have been reading 2666 for over a week now. And I am knee deep in the fourth section that details all of the deaths. I had a hard time with the first two sections, started to get into it in the third, especially at the end. And I was getting into the fourth one, but it is just going on and on. I guess what I am wondering is this - did you find the whole book brilliant as you were reading it, or did it all come together at the end? I feel like I am forcing myself to keep on with this book, but have read over 2/3 of it, and don't want to feel like I wasted my time. And of course, I am wondering if maybe it is just too good of a book for me to enjoy it. I suppose what I mean by that is that I worry maybe I am not intelligent enough for it. I am not superduper down on myself about it, I hope you catch my drift. I had this same reaction to Norman Mailer's "Castle in the Forest" and I slogged through it, but was sorry I did!
I would love your opinion, or anyone else's for that matter. I suppose it seems silly, I am not obsessing about it, but I usually plow through a book in a few days, and if I am not taken in by the story in the first 100 pages, sometimes I give up and start a book. I have so many on my list, I will never get to them all.
I suffered the same way. The fourth section describing the killings was a bear to get through (it took me over a month to read the entire book). People all have different interpretations of literature. For me it all came together with about 100 pages to go. In retrospect I don't know if it was actually worth it to really force myself to finish it, but I did enjoy piecing it together in the end and creating my own interpretation. If the 4th section is becoming monotonous try skipping the paragraphs describing the killings. I don't remember any of them being overly important. It may make the section more readable.
Thank you so much, Foofie! I plan on finishing it now. Even if just so that I can be all highbrow about having read the whole thing. ^-^
I appreciate your feedback.
I'm reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz..
Honestly, its nothing that I didn't already know... but its sometimes nice to re-learn things to further your actions of it in life...
I'm almost done with it and still holding out for something new! I hope I get it!!
I'm re-reading the Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce. I love YA novels with kick ass heroines. :)>>>
I'm reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz..
I have the companion book for The Four Agreements, but I've never read T4A. From what I glean, books like that serve the purpose of recharging our goodness.
I'm reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz..
I have the companion book for The Four Agreements, but I've never read T4A. From what I glean, books like that serve the purpose of recharging our goodness.
Oh really? What's it called/ about?
Even though its not gripping, it is, like you said, recharging.
I like to be compassionate to all forms of life (even if they are butts)
It's called The Four Agreements Companion Book : Using the Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life.
It takes the Four Agreements (Be impeccable with your word; Don't take anything personally; Don't make assumptions; Always do your best) and discusses how people have successfully incorporated the agreements into their everday lives. It discusses the practicle application of the agreements.
The Four Agreements are Toltec, but they remind me a lot of Taoism.
Milan Kundera and Helen Fielding books, simultaneously! :)>>>
I'm currently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude and I have to say I'm having a hard time understanding what all the fuss is about...maybe once I finish the book I'll appreciate it.
I'm currently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude and I have to say I'm having a hard time understanding what all the fuss is about...maybe once I finish the book I'll appreciate it.
Maybe not. It made it onto this person's list of the most overrated novels:
http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-most-overrated-novels/
The only ones on the list that I've read are Wuthering Heights and Atlas Shrugged (both for school). I don't remember having a strong opinion about Atlas Shrugged, but I hated Wuthering Heights.
ETA: Yes I realize that this is all a matter of personal taste. I'm sorry if your favorite book is on this list.
Where are in 100 yrs? I LOVE that book, but it wasn't until I got through 2/3s of it that I started liking it. I like magical realism, though. Maybe it's the genre that's not doing it for you.
Where are in 100 yrs? I LOVE that book, but it wasn't until I got through 2/3s of it that I started liking it. I like magical realism, though. Maybe it's the genre that's not doing it for you.
I'm not very far into it....maybe about a quarter of the way through? I'd like to get further into it before I make up my mind.
Becoming Younger by Dr N.W. Walker
Great book and was originally written in 1949
Who back then really new what processed foods and organic was.
This is the second book I read by him
First one was Diet and Salad even older book.
These are great books to read for new and old vegetarians.
Also they are only about 125 pages so a good reader can finish them in a day .
eta: from the over-rated list, I've read The Great Gatsby (liked!), Underworld (did NOT like), and 100 Years of Solitude (loved!)
Whew! I've read more than I've watched, by one book.
From the Top 10 list:
10. The Lord of the Rings Triology: watched movie
9. A Passage to India: watched movie
8. White Noise & Underworld: never heard of it
7. Atlas Shrugged: read
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude: read
5. The DaVinci Code: read
4. The Confederacy of Dunces: maybe I've heard of it?
3. The Great Gatsby: read (for school)
2. Wuthering Heights: no interest
1. Jane Austen: watched movie
10. The Lord of the Rings Triology: watched movie
9. A Passage to India: watched movie
8. White Noise & Underworld: never heard of it
7. Atlas Shrugged: read
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude: read
5. The DaVinci Code: read
4. The Confederacy of Dunces: maybe I've heard of it?
3. The Great Gatsby: read (for school)
2. Wuthering Heights: no interest
1. Jane Austen: watched movie
Based on #s 10 and 7, this is an idiotic list. However, Wuthering Heights is one of my least favorite books, ever, Great Gatsby is ok, and I don't remember my opinion of Passage to India.
Milan Kundera and Helen Fielding books, simultaneously! :)>>>
The Unbearable Lightness of Being? That's one of my all-time favorite books. I haven't read any other Kundera, though.
I am reading Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic.
I also loved One Hundred Years of Solitude.
eta: from the over-rated list, I've read The Great Gatsby (liked!), Underworld (did NOT like), and 100 Years of Solitude (loved!)
Yes! The Unbearable Lightness of Being! I like to reread it every now and again and try to get something different out of it... I plan next to read his Book of Laughter and Forgetting
I recently finished Emma by Jane Austen, and I am now reading Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence. But my favorite book is The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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