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Originally posted by couch-potato Just finished this bad boy: The ending ending (final part of the epilogue) is glorious. EDIT: During the reading I imagined the character of Raskolnikov as Peter Lorre (mostly his accent, which made the other characters pale in comparison, save for Razumikhin, who I voiced as Gimli the dwarf ), only to find out, an hour after completion of the novel, that Peter Lorre did portray Raskolnikov in a 1935 film adaptation. Now I have to see it.

^This is exactly what I'm looking for!
I'm going to try and pick it up to read next.

Just Started:
The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


I loved 'One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich' by Solzhenitsyn, so I am hoping this is equally as good.

Has anyone read any of the Stieg Larsson trilogy? I've heard they're pretty good but I don't know if they're "fluff" good or thought-provoking good.

http://www.amazon.com/Stieg-Larsson...ntt_at_ep_dpt_5

Right now I am reading Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan. I finished reading Racing Toward Armageddon by Michael Baigent a few days ago.

Also reading Lolita for the third time on the side

Reading two books now actively and about to throw in...




Lots of Russian authors being read here...

Now reading:



And will read this soon:

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Originally posted by couch-potato reading Lolita for the third time

Fucking pedo!

At least Humbert Humbert has the decency to omit vulgar four letter words

I have only read Lolita twice.

What is it with reading books multiple times anyway? I (almost) never do it. New stuff is kinda more interesting.

You notice new things the second or third time around. Or at least I do, anyway. Perhaps I'm just inattentive.

Plus some books have a style that is enjoyable in itself, even if you already know the content.

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Originally posted by Meat187 What is it with reading books multiple times anyway? I (almost) never do it. New stuff is kinda more interesting.

I've never done it to fiction, but there are some textbooks I've read more than once, like the "Brain and the Meaning of Life" I posted earlier.

I suck at reading one book at a time, but I want to finish this book before the weekend:



Though there are also 7 other books I'm reading at the moment

Of course you can still gain something at the second read. I just feel that the time is better invested into exploring new material. It's not like you ever run out of new books and the new is always most interesting to me.

I reread lots of old stuff. Even some old threads. I like to cement some stuff in my memory, and rereading helps with that. I also like seeing whether I think differently about it the second time around.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I reread lots of old stuff. Even some old threads. I like to cement some stuff in my memory, and rereading helps with that. I also like seeing whether I think differently about it the second time around.

Me too. I have a horrible memory. The main reason is like you said though; I like to see if I think differently the next time. I enjoy reading my own writing the most, actually, as I'm very introspective.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Me too. I have a horrible memory. The main reason is like you said though; I like to see if I think differently the next time. I enjoy reading my own writing the most, actually, as I'm very introspective.

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Originally posted by Domesticated I enjoy reading my own writing the most, actually, as I'm very introspective.

Really?!
Does it have something to do with being introspective? Dunno, but I hate my own writing and am always extremely critical of it.
Then again, I'm extremely critical of just about anything...

A must-read for anyone interested in sociology and/or philosophy.

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Originally posted by Meat187 I hate my own writing and am always extremely critical of it.

That's why I enjoy reading it It's humbling to laugh at yourself.

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Originally posted by Meat187 I hate my own writing and am always extremely critical of it.

+1.

...

Except in English.

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Originally posted by d-miurge A must-read for anyone interested in sociology and/or philosophy.

Shit, I don't think I even need to read that book. This kind of thing is writ large everywhere.

Been doing lotsa reading (especially since I recently picked up a Kindle).

Decision Points by George W. Bush lololol. it was adorable
The Tipping Point & What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

Right now I'm about a third of the way through Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood.

Books for the Kindle are cheeeaaap so my wishlist is up to about 80.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I reread lots of old stuff. Even some old threads. I like to cement some stuff in my memory, and rereading helps with that. I also like seeing whether I think differently about it the second time around.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Me too. I have a horrible memory. The main reason is like you said though; I like to see if I think differently the next time. I enjoy reading my own writing the most, actually, as I'm very introspective.

In line with this, I got three pages into The Bluest Eye last week before I realised I'd already read it, back in February. Ha.

Anyway, I gave up on Pale Blue Dot, because I didn't think it was going to impart anything useful on me, even as mere entertainment.

Instead, I read fiction novel The White Tiger in two sittings. It's a brilliantly-written account of corruption in India.

Now I'm onto Roald Dahl's Going Solo. Man I love his writing. So simple (in theme and outlook, not just structure), yet engaging.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Anyway, I gave up on Pale Blue Dot, because I didn't think it was going to impart anything useful on me, even as mere entertainment.

Blasphemer!

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