I'm reading "the state of africa". all about how the european powers divided up the continent between them, splitting some cultural groups and forcing others that hated eachother into new countries, and then how those countries became independant.
very interesting, a lot of history I was totally ignorant of

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Originally posted by tubby I'm reading "the state of africa". all about how the european powers divided up the continent between them, splitting some cultural groups and forcing others that hated eachother into new countries, and then how those countries became independant. very interesting, a lot of history I was totally ignorant of

Author? I love African history.

I'm reading Orhan Pamuk's 'Snow'. He was actually taken to court by the Turkish government for it, which is what attracted me. It's about religious fundamentalism in Western Turkey, and the push-pull between religion and secularism in the Middle East. A Turkish poet-in-exile comes back to Turkey to work for a paper, and goes to Kars to write about a rash of Islamic girls committing suicide. Very interesting premise, and the writing is absolutely glorious. The particularly offensive parts for the government were the acknowledgments of the genocide against the Armenians in 1915, though it's really only in passing as background for the story. Pamuk gets the last laugh I guess though, as he won a Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Just finsished Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Heart of Darkness.

Currently reading Kurt Vonnrgut- Welcome to the Monkey House. This is like my second or third time reading these. Just reading these for fun .

For fun: Kurt Vonnegut "Galapagos"



For school: Albert J. Raboteau "Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans"



Both are great

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Originally posted by RJT Both are great

Good reads!

The R. Crumb Handbook...a hard cover comic book that's way easier to read than a real comic book.

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Originally posted by chach Bram Stoker's Dracula

One of my favorites.

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Originally posted by chach Just finsished Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Heart of Darkness. Currently reading Kurt Vonnrgut- Welcome to the Monkey House. This is like my second or third time reading these. Just reading these for fun .

I love Vonnegut's writing style, can't get enough of it. He has a bunch of books but they're all quick reads not so much in that they're short but they're interesting so that they don't let you put the book down.

I recently read his book "Man Without A Country" as well...not a novel but a bit of a memoir, really interesting to see Vonnegut's views on the world of today with his witty humor thrown in.