What book are you reading now?

Cracked open and revisited Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit last night after a long spell of internet reading. Couldn't figure out how to increase the font size, though. All of those tiny, little words... :)

Thanks... I might watch it sometime

I usually have several going at once too. Currently:

"Our First Revolution" by Michael Barone - really fascinating account of the Glorious Revolution. If you're a history buff I highly recommend it.

"Watchmen" by Alan Moore - this is a re-read but I've been feeling the tug, probably because I'm terrified the film is going to suck.

"City of Tiny Lights" by Patrick Neate - a comedic thriller set in modern London with lots of cunning socio-economic commentary.

"What Happens Next" by Marc Norman - the history of American screenwriting by the guy who co-wrote Shakespeare in Love.

I'm currently bouncing back and forth between two books.
One is Apocalypse 2012 by Lawrence E Joseph. It's an analysis of current events to see if 2012 could be a devastating year for earth. The Mayan calender ended at that point and some believe the Mayans, who were extremely mathematical and kept meticulous records on universal and earthly cycles, may have thought something dire would be due. Current cycles such as our sun's sunspots (scientists now believe 2012 is going to be record breaking in sunspot activity), and Yellowstone's underground supervolcano (which is overdue to erupt again and could be very devastating to earth), and earth's developing of a massive crack in it's magnetic field protection, and our solar system which is currently entering an energetically hostile part of the galaxy (which could have a tremendous effect on our sun) are some of the major current events analyzed to try and discern the level of danger to see if something could be indeed going to happen to us in 2012.

The other is The World's Greatest Gambling Scams by Richard Marcus. It's true stories about the top 10 gambling scams of all time pulled on casinos.

Virtual Light by William Gibson. It was recommended to me by a friend and to be honest, it's hard to get into. I'm not much into science fictions but he lent it to me so...

I only read fiction and some funny books, like Steven Colbert.

"Parkers' Astrology, New Edition: The definitive guide to using astrology in every aspect of your life." by Julia & Derek Parker

I'm a sceptic. However I like to be an informed sceptic. So I'm learning it from the ground up. I'm learning to generate charts by hand and then I'll be learning to interpret them.

Book's Score: 10
Recommend: Highly if you don't mind math...

I'm in the middle of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, and i'm getting ready to read "The Subtle Knife", the second book in the series. the first one was pretty great, with a very provocative story.

and i'm also reading "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. i've read it before on my own in the 10th grade or so, and can barely remember it but i knew i loved the ending....well, "loved" is an odd word to describe that ending.

And all that pretense and dullness about his intellect, too.

my thoughts, exactly, Vince. it is a dense book, and gets a little tedious in some parts, but the many forms of love you see and feel in the book is wonderful. Florentino's love for Fermina may seem unrealistic to us, but Marquez makes us believe in it. i loved it when Florentino ate rose petals because he thought that was what Fermina tasted like, and how sick in love he was for it. totally swoon-worthy.

the ending didn't seem as satisfying for me because there was so much build-up to the epic love story of Florentino and Fermina, i just wanted it to be more....but the more think about it, the ending gets more and more reasonable.

plus, i got one my favorite quotes from this book.

"My God! this is longer than sorrow!"
-said by Fermina while she was watching a boring play or movie...

Just finished the User Manual for my new chainsaw. I wouldn't recommend it unless you buy a chainsaw.

Northanger Abbey was published in 1803. The Brontë sisters were all born more than ten years after that date. The novels to which Northanger Abbey refers are Gothic romances such as The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe. It is not a spoof of such novels but a satire on their readers.

I am reading two books right now.

"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
"Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters" by Peter Vronsky.

Atonement Ian McEwan definite 10 better than the movie

I love David Sedaris. The account of his FSL class in that book... oh lordy, I had to put it down several times because I was crying from laughing. Particularly when he tries to explain the Easter Bunny to a bunch of foreigners in French. "And the rabbit, he hops and he hops."

I just finished "World War Z: an Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks (Mel's son). If anyone read his "Zombie Survival Guide" it's a great piece of parody. Thoroughly tongue in cheek but written in an almost uptight deadpan. World War Z is more satirical and I think funnier.

LOL. I know what you mean. I spent several hours this weekend deciphering the Turkish user's manual for a Miele washing machine. It comes in german, russian, chech, polish, french, maygar, portuguese, arabic, a couple others, but not english!?