Who's Reading What?

[bfishn]

I'm gonna revisit Fear & Loathing... I'm due for a purge. Anybody got an old red (or white) Cadillac and an attorney to spare for the weekend?

[Jack Jones]

Still plowing through "The Wilderness Warrior". About 200 pages from the end.

Reading another Detective Erlendur novel

Also, reading a book called "The Disappearing Spoon", about the periodic table of elements. Almost a history of elements

And, "The Jesuit's Guide to Almost Everything" (as the Spirit moves me)

[ness]

That's quite a variety there, Jones.

[exiledguide]

Just finished again Roughing It by Mark Twain

[ness]

Wrapped up "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" about an Antarctic expedition that was stranded for nearly two years. Incredible, incredible story.

Just started "This Town", the book Al was talking about in another thread, about the inner workings of Washington politicians, lobbyists, staffers and the press. Looks like it will be a pretty good read. It kinda confirms some things we all suspect go on, but adds a lot of details, names and describes personalities. It's written in a pretty casual/humorous style that helps you stomach the sad reality of the way it works there. The author seems to be an equal opportunity fun-poker -- everybody get's it.

[Justin Spencer]

Finished ”InColdBlood”, well told horrific story.

Finished Robinson Crusoe, enjoyed it very much.

Reading Moby Dick, man it's long.

[exiledguide]

Justin, In Cold Blood was maybe the first book that kind of scared me, because it was true and I had a hard time with the fact that there were real monsters in the world I'm old enough to remember the crime.

I just started reading "Light of the World" by James Lee Burke, Iberia parish detective Dave Robicheaux and P.I. Clete Purcell are vacationing in Montana and the usual violent story unfolds. I really like stories where the bad guys never make it to trial,

[Greasy B]

Looks like This Town is going to be on my wish list, thanks. For about two years now I have had volume 1 of Mark Twains Autobiography sitting on a shelf waiting. I'm not sure why I didn't jump right into it, maybe I was intimidated by its size. I finally picked it up last weekend. What fun, I can hardly put it down. The great American story teller has me hooked.

[ness]

Finished ”InColdBlood”, well told horrific story.

Finished Robinson Crusoe, enjoyed it very much.

Reading Moby Dick, man it's long.

I'd like to work some of the classics in at some point, but I'm pretty impatient and don't like to get bogged down in difficult, old school language. Was RC like that? Hemingway?

I had to read Moby Dick in junior high, and hated it. Bad. You can sure ruin a book for a 13 year old when you force them to find all the hidden meaning instead of just enjoying the story. Here: let me save you the trouble: (Spoiler alert: the whale is the devil)

I actually have been thinking trying that one again though.

If anyone wants the Shackleton book, I'll mail it to you no charge. It's an old, yellowed paperback I got off Amazon -- not 'bookshelf' material.

[Justin Spencer]

Full disclosure, I read most of these books while I'm on the lawnmower so they are being read to me. I think many of these classics are much easier to listen to than to read, and don't know if I would have finished them in book form. I promise you I would not have stuck with Moby Dick so long.

Thinking about trying Absalom, Absalom which was required reading for me in high school, and I didn't even try to understand it. Anyone read this?