Thread: What Are You Reading ?

Originally Posted by Susan Mart

Junk books are small books of female authors.
There's not much sense in them, and the content is pretty much the same- all about love.
But it's good to read them in subway or whenever you have 20-30 minutes of free time)

aha, Harlequinn romances.
My wife used to read those.
Whatever floats your boat.
Reading is reading.

Originally Posted by Susan Mart

Junk books are small books of female authors.
There's not much sense in them, and the content is pretty much the same- all about love.
But it's good to read them in subway or whenever you have 20-30 minutes of free time)

or when you want to read but nothing too heavy or to give you something to think about....usually perfect with glass of red, some comfort food and noone else home

Subtitle: The Inside Story of the Struggle For Control of The United States Supreme Court.

Pretty much says it all. Covers from the Reagan administration forward through Bush 2. Gets into the selection and confirmation process for each of the nominees including those who never made it. Those parts were pretty interesting. Also the internal battles of the court itself, mostly dealing with the standard controversies of abortion, religion, etc. Those parts got to be tedious. Same arguments over and over. Anything to stir up some conflict. Politics throughout even on the court. Not really partisan one way or the other, so that was cool.

Grade - C

Next Up - Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger

Buddha by Chopra


Great read

The Book of Secrets is another great read from Chopra

Right now I'm reading Dune for the third time in my life. My fave book of all times.

Had to give it one last spin in honor of Mr. Salingers recent passing. Always thought this was a great read, except for that ending, which is actually not an ending at all. A simple story of teenage Holden Caulfield as he struggles with the meaning of his life and what he will do with it after getting kicked out of school. He never decides but spends the whole book telling us how depressed things make him. Just a story of a typical pissed off teenage boy. Love the writing style of just rambling from topic to topic. Lots of laughs too.

Grade - B

Next up - The Second World War: The Grand Alliance by Winston Churchill

/\ I love that book..

I am currently reading On The Road.

Just started:

George Orwell - Coming up For Air

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Just finished "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy, an amazing book!

Currently reading "Shadow Games" by Glen Cook. It is the fourth book in his Black Company series. Quite good.

Just reading a book doesn't mean you agree with it. In fact its best to be informed so that you can disagree for the right reasons. I'd read Mein Kampf given the chance. In fact I think I did read part of it in one of my college courses. I've read peices of The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey. That doesn't make me a Satanist. I am, in fact, a Christain.

Agreed. M.K. is an infamous book. Is it better to play ostrich and pretend that it doesn't exist or to read it and have an educated viewpoint; have the ability to site specific examples of AH's delusions, insanity and sinister beliefs.

John Milton wrote "Paradise Lost". It is part of university level literature canon. Many people have heard of it, but never read it. Symphony X recently released an album by the same name. "Paradise Lost" could easily have been a despised, forgotten, burned and banned work. Why? Milton's main character is Satan. Why is it still here? It is more than an accepted piece - it's one of the great classics. Here's why: people read the work and found that it WAS NOT a testimony advocating evil - in fact, it's quite the opposite. My point: It's better to have an educated understanding than to dismiss a work based on reputation or simply out of hand.

The truth is that I have always been curious about M.K. - what did he really say? I can only speculate at this point. I have honestly been too afraid to seek this book out as it appears that most copies are registered and readers are as well. Isn't that statement a little frightening in itself? Jeez, I'm afraid to seek out a book - seems to be more than a little Orwellian to me, but big brother is watching.

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