What are you reading?

[Diamond Duchess]

Besides Hamlet, I'm getting into another novel required for my English class. This time it's for a book conference, and the novel is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.

Despite that I essentially have to read this for the class, I really do like the book. It's mysterious, romantic and has plenty of plot twists. It's interesting, and kinda foreboding.

[Cassini90125]

The phone and cable bills.

[jekylljuice]

I finished reading the Amber Spyglass last night. On the whole, I thought it was magnificent. I mean, there were a couple of weaker aspects, most notably the input of those "mulefa" creatures, whose segments were a mite less engaging than the rest of the story and took a while to prove their worth, but the good stuff by far outweighed the bad. The story ended up going in a significantly different, far more interesting direction to what I was expecting, reaching a satisfying conclusion which tied up most of the major plot points very well. There's just one tiny leftover thing that bothers me:

Spoiler Below

The cat who befriended Will in the Subtle Life and later saved him from Mrs. Coulter's monkey...I may have missed something, but did she have any further significance at all? I'm left feeling that her role in the story was a bit of a deus ex machina, but I guess that's small potatoes.

Next up, I'm going to read Wicked by Gregory Maguire.

[Diamond Duchess]

Macroeconomics notes for Chapter 7 in the textbook. Heh.

[Nathander]

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka

[Partymember]

The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand

surprisingly easy read

ETA: and im going to reread "Eaters of the Dead", that was a great book

[taranchula]

"When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?" By George Carlin.

Another collection of insights from one of the funniest people ever.

[Ridureyu]

The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War, by Alan Brinkley

[Diamond Duchess]

Originally Posted by Nathander

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka

Originally Posted by Partymember

The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand

surprisingly easy read

ETA: and im going to reread "Eaters of the Dead", that was a great book

Hey, I've read both the books you guys mentioned! Neat: I thought I was the only one.

Also, about The Fountainhead, Partymember, it's probably an easier read than some of the things out there: It's the length that gets it, with the novel being over 700 pages (in the version I read, anyway). Eh.

On topic: I'm reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. It's a short story, but suprisingly filled with subtextual depth, which my class is now digging for as we read.

[Partymember]

Originally Posted by Diamond Duchess

Hey, I've read both the books you guys mentioned! Neat: I thought I was the only one.

Also, about The Fountainhead, Partymember, it's probably an easier read than some of the things out there: It's the length that gets it, with the novel being over 700 pages (in the version I read, anyway). Eh.

On topic: I'm reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. It's a short story, but suprisingly filled with subtextual depth, which my class is now digging for as we read.

yeah i really dig Fountainhead.

When you're done with HOD go watch "Apocalypse Now!" the original NOT the "Redux" version.

It follows the HOD storyline in Vietnam. Although i have to warn you it is brutal and bloody and if you dislike either you may want to skip it. Monumental film, though.