what book are u reading

[soledad.virgen]

what r u people reading rn? what do u think so far? personally im almost finished with wind up bird chronicles by murakami, i really like it, maybe not as much as norwegian wood but im still really engrossed

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I've gotten around halfway through No, David! and around 1/4th of the way through Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale. They both very long and challenging reads but are pretty good so far. I would give ND! a 8/10 and WTFDTATYS a 6.7/10.

 

[Grav]

Conan, collection of stories.

 

[NaturalBornNEET]

Blood Meridian but it's taking me ages cuz I have to get out the dictionary at every few words

 

[Halfhourdays]

Notes funny as I hoped but parts are pretty good. Kinda hit-or-miss.

 

[YandereMikuMistress]

An Introduction to Existentialism
by Robert G. Olson.


Had it for awhile but never picked it up till recently.
My dad brought me to a library a good while ago getting me to pick out books he'd get for me, i lost the book for a bit after moving around allot packing and un packing all my things and recently about a month ago I started to read this book, I'm terrible with reading, mabye it's my ADHD or just that's my excuse for not being able to read for more then 40 minutes at a time either way I do wish I wasn't get a migraine or idk head ache from trying to read for long periods,, tho 40 minutes is nothing when I feel five years is nothing.

 

[rosaemundi]

A Canticle for Leibowitz
Jerusalem Delivered
Partisan Tales
Great War Poetry

 

[nogods4me]

If anyone knows of books or movies that are helpful for inspiring suicide and/or overcoming any trepidation about it please post.

 

[anonymouswebuser]

what r u people reading rn? what do u think so far? personally im almost finished with wind up bird chronicles by murakami, i really like it, maybe not as much as norwegian wood but im still really engrossed

only a few pages in

 

[MercenariesofMidgar]

only a few pages in
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lmk know how you like it ! :)
I have a large collection of books, but I've been getting through Welcome to the NHK's novel (Which is the original format of the story, to make it clear that it's not a novelization) and reincarnation: an east-anthology, found it a bit ago while working and they let me keep it for free! Very interesting dive in to the idea of reincarnation across time/cultures

 

[anonymouswebuser]

lmk know how you like it ! :)
I have a large collection of books, but I've been getting through Welcome to the NHK's novel (Which is the original format of the story, to make it clear that it's not a novelization) and reincarnation: an east-anthology, found it a bit ago while working and they let me keep it for free! Very interesting dive in to the idea of reincarnation across time/cultures

I actually heard of Welcome the N.H.K before, my friend recommended it to me but I completely forgot about checking it out so thank you for reminding me xd
the other book seems interesting too, if I have enough time I'll make sure to check it out :)

 

[missedmybus]

David Graeber Debt

Blood Meridian but it's taking me ages cuz I have to get out the dictionary at every few words

Loved this one. It's so grim and brutal.

The difficult part for me was the structure of the sentences more so than the vocabulary though

 

[TransilvanianHunger]

About to start Hysteria by Christopher Bollas. The premise seems quite interesting.

Hysteria has disappeared from contemporary culture only insofar as it has been subjected to a repression through the popular diagnosis of 'borderline personality disorder'.

In Hysteria the distinguished psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas offers an original and illuminating theory of hysteria that weaves its well-known features - repressed sexual ideas; indifference to conversion; over-identification with the other - into the hysteric form.

Through a rereading of Freud, Bollas argues that sexuality in itself is traumatic to all children, as it 'destroys' the relation to the mother, transfiguring her from 'mamma', the infant's caregiver, to 'mother', the child's and father's sex object. For the hysteric this recognition is endlessly traumatic and the hysterical personality forms itself into an organised opposition to this knowledge.

 

[blueskied_anclear]

trying and failing to get myself to read King Lear (someone convince my executive-dysfunction'd brain to take the plunge)

aware of NHK but the more I learn about it the more i don't know if i'd even be able to handle it emotionally. feel like i'd see too many parts of myself in it, in a bad way (although i guess that's the point). would be interested in hearing the thoughts of those who have read it, though

 

[soledad.virgen]

i finished wind up bird chronicle a couple of days ago, i really loved it. i love murakamis characters, they're so captivating. they're quirked up but not in any distracting way, he sells it really well. i also think he really knows how to convey the pain one has when they're at their loneliest. im a sentimental crybaby, and i try to mask that when im out and about, but this one really shattered my heart at times and made me tear up on campus hhh. but i don't mind, i guess it's a testament to how good the book is.

but right now im on a ryu murakami book, in the miso soup. i liked audition a lot, it was a really good short read. horror doesn't work for me in a like scary sense but the build up in this one has been almost as good so far. hoping to finish it by tomorrow ^-^

 

[-nobodyknows-]

I am not reading anything right now but my favorite book is From The New World by Yusuke Kishi

 

[Pluto]

 

[MathConspiracy]

Well… I have no interest in reading anymore. But the book that's most recently been read on my e-reader is "Pirate Cinema" by Cory Doctorow. I don't know if I'll ever finish it, though.

 

[Manaaja]

Blood Meridian but it's taking me ages cuz I have to get out the dictionary at every few words

Googled the name and for some reason its finnish name is:

"Veren ääriin eli Lännen punainen ilta".

It translates to "To the edges of blood ergo West's red evening".

What the hell is that book name? Why isn't it just "To the edges of blood"? Why isn't it only "West's red evening"? Why is it both connected with "ergo"?