What are you reading right now?

shando · Post by **shando** » May 27th, 2006, 9:29 pm

Me, just finishing the Amber Spyglass, the last in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Yes, it's fantasy aimed at teens, but it's awesome.

Also, am 3 volumes into the Manga series Naruto. Never thought I would follow a manga line, but a friend's been loaning them to me and they're way addictive. If your looking for narrative tool to add to your improv life, this wouldn't be a bad place to look.

How about you, what are you reading right now?

nadine · Post by **nadine** » May 28th, 2006, 2:05 am

The Troy Game Book 4 -- Sara Douglas (great series)
Are men necessary? -- Maureen Dowd
Why do you care what people think? -- Richard Feynman

Plus other books that I'm supposedly in the middle of.

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » May 28th, 2006, 2:08 am

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynn Jones

Mike · Post by **Mike** » May 28th, 2006, 2:21 am

1) Preparing for the MCAT's
2) Nightmare of Ecastsy- The life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
3) Beowulf

phlounderphil · Post by **phlounderphil** » May 28th, 2006, 3:29 am

Re-reading some old favorites:

VALIS - Philip K Dick
Siddhartha - Hesse
Gravity's Rainbow - Pynchon

want to read:
Steppenwolf - Hesse
Garden of Eden - Hemingway

Andy Crouch has my copy of Infinite Jest in his car/house (and it's been there for months! [sorry Val.])

valetoile · Post by **valetoile** » May 28th, 2006, 11:04 am

In the middle of the comic series Strangers in Paradise, by Terry Moore
Designing for the Homeless, an architecture book
half-heartedly making an effort to get back into Godel Escher Bach.

troy · Post by **troy** » May 28th, 2006, 12:36 pm

"The Closers" by Michael Connelly. It's the latest in his series of crime novels featuring Harry Bosch. Bosch is perhaps the most fascinating and complex character in all of contemporary crime fiction. Connelly's vivid depiction of the beauty and darkness of Los Angeles calls to mind James Ellroy and Raymond Chandler, and his Bosch is the most worthy successor to Phillip Marlowe put on paper yet.

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » May 28th, 2006, 12:56 pm

Rereading The Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R. R. Martin (about 60% of the way through Book 1: A Game of Thrones)
The collected works of Edgar Allen Poe

Next ip:
Kiss Me Judas by Will Christopher Baer (I packed it up or I'd be reading it now.

Mo Daviau · Post by **Mo Daviau** » May 28th, 2006, 2:01 pm

I read back to back Blink and Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Both books are interesting looks at human psyche and behavior. Blink is about intutitive knowledge, The Tipping Point is about tiny shifts in behavior that start or end major trends. Malcolm writes for the New Yorker. Very interesting, highly recommended.

Before that I read my advanced copy of jPod by Douglas Coupland Any Coupkids out there can join me on June 13 when he'll be at BookPeople, where I'll be practically weeping. Nobody makes me a screamy teenage fangirl like Doug! I highly recommend it for anyone craving a misanthropic fictional journey through modern life. Whee! It's got murder AND slave labour! DOUG!!!

I also recently finished the latest from my friend and writing mentor Elinor Lipman, entitled My Latest Grievance. Elinor is the master of highly intelligent chicklit! She rocks!

I'm also reading a book about Quebec cultural history called SacrÃ© Blues.

Taking the bus to work allows me to read lots of good books!

andrea · Post by **andrea** » May 28th, 2006, 3:45 pm

when i'm in austin, i alternate between reading and sleeping on "analytic semigroups and optimal regularity in parabolic problems". however, my mom told me i was not allowed to bring any math books home with me, so i just read "the namesake" by jhumpa lahin and myla goldberg's second novel "wickett's remedy". AND the latest issue of bitch magazine. i feel like a real person again.

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » May 30th, 2006, 1:24 pm

rereading Shakespeare's Two Gents and Lear 'cause they're doing them out at Winedale this summer.

And I just got into Daschel Hammet (finished The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon and am about to start The Continental Op). The original film noir, but it's a book!

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » May 30th, 2006, 1:46 pm

acrouch wrote:And I just got into Daschel Hammet (finished The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon and am about to start The Continental Op). The original film noir, but it's a book!

For more great classic noir, check out Jim Thompson and Raymond Chandler (of course.) The triumvirate of noir.

Will Christopher Baer writes damn fine modern noir, as well. I can let you borrow some of his stuff if'un you're interested.

Evilpandabear · Post by **Evilpandabear** » May 30th, 2006, 2:52 pm

currently reading english grammar books.

Woe is I & Elements of Style

I have a few books on Mandarin that I've finally found time to get to.

"ni hau ma?"

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » May 30th, 2006, 5:09 pm

This forum.

shando · Post by **shando** » June 30th, 2006, 5:32 pm

Moving forward from where I was at last post:

Naruto, Volumes 2-7
The Reformation, by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Downtown Music, by Kyle Gann
American Music in the 20th Century, by Kyle Gann
The Recording Angel, by Evan Eisenberg
Watchmen, by Alan Moore
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation, by Anne Libera

How 'bout the rest of you readers?