What are you reading? (Page 5)

I'm currently reading Jose Saramago's Blindness. Took a while to get used to his style, with paragraphs that stretch on for pages, no line breaks within the dialogue, but it eventually hooked me.

Goosedog - 2011-01-28 2:45 PM

I'm just cheap and prefer the free books at the library.

madkat - 2011-01-30 11:27 PM

I love Richard Louv. Makes me want to create an outdoor camp for children.

I've heard good things about Four Fish.

ejshowers - 2011-01-28 9:17 AM Currently reading Unbroken.  Great read so far.

ray6foot7 - 2011-01-31 2:20 PM

Currently - First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.  (pretty weak fantasy)
On Deck - Game of Thrones (reread for HBO)

FishrCutB8 - 2011-01-31 9:03 PM



Four Fish is a little depressing right now, if you care about the earth's oceans and the animals that live there. Louv has been a great read.

Also, I am reading the ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. Very funny if you came of age in the 80s....

yeats - 2011-01-31 9:52 PM Rob Sheffield is one of my very favorite music critics. If you haven't read his book, Love is a Mix Tape , I highly recommend it. Also might enjoy reading Chuck Klosterman, critic from Spin magazine.

Malgal - 2011-01-31 7:23 PM



Maybe this has been responded to in the 5 other pages that I am yet to read but I use my iPad (Kindle app) and I haven't come close to reading all the free books I have downloaded.  I use the library when I cannot get the books free electronically.

madkat - 2011-01-27 11:49 PM

Just starting In the Woods, by Tana French. I'm only 1 page in, but already I think I'm going to like her writing style.

What are you reading?

I saw several references to Into Thin Air on the first page of the thread.  May I suggest to all that have read this VERY popular account of the 1996 tragedy on Everest, to PLEASE also read The Climb.  It is the account of events as told by Anatoli Boukreev and the survivors that summited shortly before the storm hit.  Very interesting to hear the two different view points, one from a man who witnessed at a distance on the mtn, the other a man who was responsible for lives both lost and saved.  :/

spudone - 2011-02-02 12:21 PM
I agree on reading both books, but I think it's unfair to say that Jon Krakauer "witnessed at a distance".  He was a full participant in the climb, hit the summit, had full view of the backlog at the Hillary Step and other problems of the day.  He barely made it back down to Camp 4.  I also think due to his background as a writer, he did a lot more research and verification of his book by talking to other witnesses and corroborating what happened.  His feelings towards Boukreev were less objective and that's probably why Boukreev felt it necessary to offer his own book as a response.

But you also have to remember that everyone up there is functioning on half a brain when they are that oxygen deprived.  So you really do need multiple accounts to form a better picture of what happened.

spudone - 2011-02-02 12:21 PM   If you want a third book about the incident I would highly recommend "Left for dead" by Beck Weathers.  If you want perseverance, that man is the definition of the word.

mmrocker13 - 2011-02-03 2:36 PM

The first movie is reprehensibly bad. They DO improve, though.

Sadly, my beloved Jasper remains a traveshamockery throughout all of them, however.