General Chat / The Official "What book are you reading?" Thread

Well, Fahrenheit 451 was amazing, sorry you had to read it so late into your school career!

Hey, I though siddartha was a good book. get some class

Hey, I though siddartha was a good book. get some class

I think it's pretty good too. It speaks to me very spiritually.

Earlier this year, I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It is such an amazing, amazing book.

Reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Lovin' it!

Since I last updated, I've finished Master and Commander and Post-Captain by Patrick O'Brian. Now on HMS Surprise. Really the only time I spend reading non-academic work is at the laundromat.

AP Stylebook. Going to take a copy editing test soon for a promotion and I need to make sure my grammer is more then up too par

^You're joking, right?

"MFG"

Yes, corrected:

my grammar is more than up to par.

For the record, I am 99% sure an emoticon counts as a punctuation

Just Finished Cloud Atlas

1/3 through Chocolate

FK

I'm reading Echo of the Reich by James Becker.

I'm finding it very stereotypical towards Germans. It's based around a large amount of Germans planning to launch a terrorist attack on the London 2012 Olympics killing a load of people using some weapon of mass destruction that was developed at the end of WW2.

So yeah, not the best book in the world, but still a good read.

I found his first few books fantastic but the this one and the one before have just seemed so far-fetched and ridiculous.

Just Finished Cloud Atlas

1/3 through Chocolate

FK

How'd you like Cloud Atlas? I hear great things about the book.

Cloud Atlas was, overall, FANTASTIC

so, if you don't know the form, its 6 different stories done chronologically, then reverse chronologically. You get the beginning of the first 5, all of the sixth, and then the ending in reverse order, thus beginning and ending with the same story.

Some stories are much more exciting then other, so i'm i literally could not put the book down, then 1 or 2 of them took me longer cause they were not as riveting. As a collection, though, its a fantastic idea and really well collected. The two sections based in the future, particularly the corporate-dominated one were beyond fantastic. i almost wish he would just write that section into a full book.

Overall, i would definitely recommend it to anyone, though it requires a bit of dedication. Particularly in the 6th story, which is written 100% in a broken future language that mashes words together. lol

FK

"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"
Susan Cain

This book explains my life.

The Best Use of Landscape Items in Architectural Rendering
Casino Design

3-4 different books on the greene brothers and the Gamble House
5-6 different books on Kisho Kurokawa

Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi
Aalvar Aalto Houses
Le Corbusier Redrawn


anything I can find on Tadao Ando

These are the books I have read in 2015 and how I would rate them:

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - 9.0/10
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - 7.8/10

East of Eden - John Steinbeck - 7.5/10

Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut - 7.5/10

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - 7.0/10
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 6.0/10
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - 6.0/10

Now I'm reading Around the world in 80 Days by Jules Verne. 



 

I only read Brave New World and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy of your list, but both of them are fucking awesome.

Funny they are the books I liked the least this year. Goes to show that tastes differ. I can see how people really like Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but I couldn't really get into the story, eventhough there were some funny parts.

I liked the ideas of Brave New World, but again, I couldnt relate at all with the story and the characters. 

I also read Catch-22 and Brave New World. Both were pretty good, Catch-22 especially was hilarious at the beginning but dragged on way too long. 

 I only read articles and news on website.

catch 22 is the best book anyone's ever written