What Book Are You Currently Reading?

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But to fill the time in between, I think I will rent one of Pat Buchanans many books from the library.

Or you could, you know, read something good.

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You people make me sick.

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Can't stand her myself, though perhaps that goes without saying...

...actually there are other reasons as well, but it's more fun to be a crusader or something.

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isn't this a Nazi book?

Imperial-style conservative German, not Nazi.

Also known as 'Nazi-enabling.'

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I'm about to attend one of the most difficult colleges in the country where it is mandatory to write a thorough and original thesis for you undergrad.

Are undergrad dissertations that rare in the U.S?

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I think one of the main objections to him is that so many people seem to be under the impression that's he's just another colonial apologist, the Trinidad wing of the Tory party, if you like. But it's important to keep in mind Naipaul's own comment that he doesn't care for politics.

That just proves that he is, indeed, a colonial apologist from the Trinidad wing of the Tory party.

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An English translation of Mother Courage.

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Titus Groan

I have read it before, but that was ages ago.

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I have to say I didn't quite 'get' it. There were bits, especially at the beginning, which were brilliant (The Scene where the library is burnt down is almost cinematically placed in my mind). But the book as a whole... meh..

I like it a lot, but that it isn't likely to be everyone's cup of camomile is... quite clear, yes.

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Titus Groan

I have read it before, but that was ages ago.

Oh, I love Peake. Especially--not 'even'--the endless description.

This may well be the single least surprising thing ever posted in this thread.

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Does nobody else ever read for pleasure?

See above!

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Infinite Jest

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How did you know I was interested in Byzantine erotica?

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It's a fantastic thing, yes.

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I was registering yawning contempt rather than surprise.

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Seriously overrated, like all Melville.

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It's a very long time now since I read fiction.

You should do something to rectify this sorry state of affairs as soon as theoretically possible.

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What dost thou make of it?

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Regrettably, it's pretty clear that Orin doesn't die.

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I've been meaning to pick up Idylls of the King. Is it worthwhile?

Only if you have a thing for turgidity.

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Dracula Ugh. I'm not a fan of that genre. Too much fainting.

It's absolutely atrocious, isn't it? You have the obvious issues with that genre, you have the almost Bulwer-Lyttonesque prose, and random displays of grotesque racism.

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Anyways, I'm reading Red or Dead, David Peace's latest work. It's excellent.

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Anyways, I'm reading Red or Dead, David Peace's latest work. It's excellent.

Finished it a couple of weeks ago and, yeah, excellent. Would recommend it strongly to anyone that likes football.

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Started reading The Luminaries the other day and like it a lot. Agreeing with the Booker judges is always a little concerning, but stopped clocks and all that.