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[Xantalos]

Reading the Dresden Files right now. I'm on book 7 and once I start reading, I literally can't put he book down before I'm finished. Mainly because I'm so starved for good wizard literature.

[Willfor]

Something for you guys to consider.

[Meansdarling]

Reading the Dresden Files right now. I'm on book 7 and once I start reading, I literally can't put he book down before I'm finished. Mainly because I'm so starved for good wizard literature.

I'm done with those. I really like Dresden's attitude. He deals with a really difficult life.

Also, I saw there are some druid books out but I'm not sure they are what I'm interested in.
If they are just another excuse for paranormal romance I think I'll pass.

[quinnr]

Just finished Crime and Punishment after staying up till 3AM last night to finish reading it. It was actually really great, I loved it a lot. It's definitely worth checking out, especially if psychology and philosophy interest you.

[Graknorke]

A Study in Scarlet.
I should have read it sooner, I know. Better late than never though right?

[Mrhappyface]

Book of the New Sun. (Time Traveling Plant Men, Shemale Dwarves, Cancer Giants, Psychich Hooker Witches and more!)
Gravity's Rainbow (Unlucky Brainwashed Army men, Cocaine-loving blob monsters, Horny Witches, Submariner Actors, Creepy Nazi Pedophile Bondage Rocket Scientist Pedophiles, mice that talk like James Cagney, and sentient lightbulbs)

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Read Henry V last week, reading Volpone tomorrow.

In non-school reading, I also found Concrete Jungle, which is a free short story of a larger postmodern Lovecraftian series called the Laundry Files that I now plan to read the entirety of.

At some point I'm going to finish This Book Is Full Of Spiders, which was my Waiting-For-Class-To-Start book last semester.

[misko27]

Oh, before I started reading up on my current topic, I think one of the last books I read was Crime and Punishment. Holy cow that was a great book. Always nice to read 'classic' literature that truly deserves its revered status. Even if a lot of the references to 1800s politics etcetera went over my head, and some of the archaic structure was a little hard to figure out, it was still a thrilling ride. I cried at the end. I shall not comment on how manly my tears were. 

I second that. Crime and Punishment was truly a profound experience for me. The OP's handle reminded me, while I haven't read it  recently, The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay is one of my all-time favorites.

I read this in school. I don't know, I guess it wasn't quite as profound to me, although it did raise some interesting points.


On the topic of profundity, which Chrome assures me is a word, I haven't read nearly as much as I'd like, but I did read Catch-22, which I have decided is one of my favorite books ever. Really, absolutely marvelous.

[Mrhappyface]

I knew one guy who was also a big fan of Catch-22. For Halloween he dressed up as Yossarion by wearing a mankini with a large medal pinned to the front.

[Lectorog]

Reading the Dresden Files right now. I'm on book 7 and once I start reading, I literally can't put he book down before I'm finished. Mainly because I'm so starved for good wizard literature.

I'm done with those. I really like Dresden's attitude. He deals with a really difficult life.

Also, I saw there are some druid books out but I'm not sure they are what I'm interested in.
If they are just another excuse for paranormal romance I think I'll pass.

It appears that you accidentally an year old thread.

Just finished Crime and Punishment after staying up till 3AM last night to finish reading it. It was actually really great, I loved it a lot. It's definitely worth checking out, especially if psychology and philosophy interest you.

This book is fantastic IMO but it wasn't easy to read. For some reason, even though every page is a delight, they're just not easy to get through.

I'm almost finished with Mrs. Dalloway. I'm not quite sure how to say what it's about but it does a great job of communicating that thing in a single day of a few people's lives.

[Meansdarling]

Well, it's a good thread. It's fun to see what people are reading.

[Muz]

How To Read A Book - Obvious by the name. The guy who wrote it is a professional philosopher who has read and understood thousands of books and teaches the skills on how to get the most out of books. It's compact stuff filled with knowledge. I can skim through most books 100 pages/day, but barely hit 20 pages/day on this one.

Getting Things Done - How to organize stuff
Drive - Why bribes backfire, how to motivate people without paying them extra
The Checklist Manifesto - Nice story about how effective checklists can be for everything
4 Hour Workweek - Basically how to live like a rich person working only 4 hours a week
4 Hour Chef - Learning to cook like a chef in as little time as possible
The Power of Habit - How habits work, how people are controlled by their habits. Also how society functions on habits
Mastery - Historical case studies on how people master anything
The E-Myth Revisted - How to build a small business that doesn't kill you. Ignore the annoying storytelling bits and focus on the textbook part.
Taste What Your Missing - Awesome textbook on how flavors work and experiments that prove the theories.
How to Outnegotiate Anyone
Thinking Fast And Slow - Pretty much everything about the brain's function. The Power of Habit is a lighter read that covers the most interesting stuff in this, but this one is more comprehensive and written by someone with more credibility. Interesting practical examples too.

[Graknorke]

I read Hound of the Baskervilles too.
Also pretty good.

[Meansdarling]

How To Read A Book

This sounds like a book I'd like. :+)

[shadenight123]

well, asking here is as good a asking anywhere else.

Anyone knows any good 'adventure' books that center on foreign places?
It's actually for my Grandmother, so it should actually be more of a 'let's explore a foreign place without it being tediously boring' thing.