What are you reading?

[cactusfan]

Paul Auster  - New York Trilogy

really good. consists of three sort-of-detective stories, which really end up being about identity and about writing. his style is low key and kind of detached, yet very involving nonetheless.

[mbw]

gonna work my way up to and take a stab a finnegans wake.

[gah]

gonna work my way up to and take a stab a finnegans wake.

Having trouble sleeping lately? 

[mbw]

gonna work my way up to and take a stab a finnegans wake.

Having trouble sleeping lately? 

nah, i just really want to be a member of the c.r.a.f.t. club

[gainesvillegreen]

Paul Auster  - New York Trilogy

really good. consists of three sort-of-detective stories, which really end up being about identity and about writing. his style is low key and kind of detached, yet very involving nonetheless.

First books of his you've read? I like him too, would recommend Book Of Illusions if you haven't read it. 
A less than stellar review of his work, but it is recent:
http://www.themillions.com/2010/08/old-tricks-finally-come-together-a-review-of-paul-austers-invisible.html

[cactusfan]

Paul Auster  - New York Trilogy

really good. consists of three sort-of-detective stories, which really end up being about identity and about writing. his style is low key and kind of detached, yet very involving nonetheless.

First books of his you've read? I like him too, would recommend Book Of Illusions if you haven't read it. 
A less than stellar review of his work, but it is recent:
http://www.themillions.com/2010/08/old-tricks-finally-come-together-a-review-of-paul-austers-invisible.html

people seem to really love or hate auster. interesting.
i previously read Moon Palace and liked it quite a bit.

[gainesvillegreen]

Paul Auster  - New York Trilogy

really good. consists of three sort-of-detective stories, which really end up being about identity and about writing. his style is low key and kind of detached, yet very involving nonetheless.

First books of his you've read? I like him too, would recommend Book Of Illusions if you haven't read it. 
A less than stellar review of his work, but it is recent:
http://www.themillions.com/2010/08/old-tricks-finally-come-together-a-review-of-paul-austers-invisible.html

people seem to really love or hate auster. interesting.
i previously read Moon Palace and liked it quite a bit.

Yeah, seems to me he is what he is, and asking him to be more (or less) is silly. I think his next book is his 25th or thereabouts, and at that point, writers aren't going to change what they do (look at Philip Roth or V.S. Naipaul - writing about the same things all the time). For me, I've read about 5-6 of his books, and enjoyed them, and will read Invisible if I can get my hands on it at the library. Which is a good distinction - he is a writer I "borrow" more than I "buy" I guess.

[DeviousGelatin]

Working my way through this one right now.. it's really good, if you're into WWII history.



Just finished this a couple days ago... amazing, disturbing, and fascinating. Not for the faint of heart, though.

[birdman]

Currently reading WAR by Sebastian Junger.
"Sebastian Junger, the author of the bestselling "Perfect Storm," has a new book out called "War," based on the time he spent with an army platoon in Afghanistan and chronicling the experiences of the men in that platoon.

Junger gets at some huge questions about war in the book, from its relation to love and to fear to why people desperately miss it when they leave the army. What it comes down to in most cases, said Junger, is brotherhood. "There are guys in the platoon who straight-up hate each other, but we'd all die for each other," one soldier told him. When they leave, they miss that brotherhood. They miss being fundamentally necessary. "That is a very very reassuring place to be," Junger said."


Pretty great read.

[Mr Minor]

Enjoying this right now.

[justjezmund]

buddy of mine let me borrow this.  i have never dived in deep in readings of    but ive heard good things bout this so wtf.

[DeviousGelatin]

Still working my way through Churchill's book on WWII, and reading this book by neuroscientist Oliver Sacks as well. Really fascinating stuff about how the brain processes music, how memory and music work, and how music is used in therapy for people with brain injuries or disorders.

[gah]

Still working my way through Churchill's book on WWII, and reading this book by neuroscientist Oliver Sacks as well. Really fascinating stuff about how the brain processes music, how memory and music work, and how music is used in therapy for people with brain injuries or disorders.

Solid, I mentioned that awhile back. I haven't checked this other one out that people mentioned, but am adding it to my list right now. You might be interested in that one too...

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession.

Heady stuff.

I read that a few years back, that is a great book imo.  Real insightful into the science behind how our brains hear music. 

I know I mentioned it in here awhile back, but you both should pick up Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, I think you guys would dig it.

[DeviousGelatin]

Solid, I mentioned that awhile back. I haven't checked this other one out that people mentioned, but am adding it to my list right now. You might be interested in that one too...

Awesome, thanks! This one (Musicophilia) is definitely a bit over my head, but it's really interesting nonetheless. It'd be cool to read something similar that's aimed at a layman's understanding rather than a neurologist's.   :-P

I'll definitely add that to the list. +K for you, sir.

[tet]

Dylan- Chronicles Vol 1 was excellent, and i really enjoyed that Rock Scully book too.

Already finished Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Girl Who Played With Fire, now up to the final book of the trilogy and am totally loving it.  too bad he had to go and die...