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I'm not reading any books right now. None. Zero. Not planning on changing that, either. Tom Send a noteboard - 01/05/2010 08:21:45 PM
I just got burned out on reading. I blame Gibbon. Every time I pick up a book to read I just sort of get a mild aversion and put the book away. I probably should study languages instead; I have an interest in doing that with several languages I'm working on.

I've been reading Hunter S. Thompson's book on the Hell's Angels in fits and starts and I'm about halfway through that after three weeks. I figure I'll finish it before the end of May.

I expect that, by the end of summer at the latest, I'll be interested in reading again. The last time this sort of thing happened it was a 6-7 month hiatus.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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What are your reading plans for May? Rebekah - 01/05/2010 05:42:24 PM 1312 Views
Mine: Rebekah - 01/05/2010 05:43:55 PM 960 Views
Re: How is Trudi Caravan? Let me know? *NM* Danae al'Thor - 01/05/2010 05:47:38 PM 469 Views
Decent. jh - 01/05/2010 08:36:23 PM 788 Views
I can't get into it. Rebekah - 17/05/2010 02:55:49 PM 929 Views
Hmm...Suspicions looks good... *NM* Missa Sedai - 04/05/2010 07:47:02 PM 399 Views
Just finished it. Rebekah - 08/05/2010 12:48:29 PM 861 Views
Re: Nothing new. Danae al'Thor - 01/05/2010 05:46:28 PM 859 Views
Three planned A Deathwatch Guard - 01/05/2010 05:58:45 PM 981 Views
I think that I will be buying "The Idiot" on my next trip to the books store. It sounds Tashmere - 02/05/2010 05:46:23 PM 938 Views
Dorian Gray has been excellent so far A Deathwatch Guard - 02/05/2010 08:54:03 PM 817 Views
Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, and... well, no, that's about it really. Legolas - 01/05/2010 07:24:31 PM 866 Views
I'm not reading any books right now. None. Zero. Not planning on changing that, either. Tom - 01/05/2010 08:21:45 PM 894 Views
Singer, Grass, and perhaps morrison if I can get through the boring. *NM* jh - 01/05/2010 08:37:58 PM 417 Views
I hope Solaris will finally arrive Camilla - 01/05/2010 10:03:11 PM 864 Views
Ugh.... May = exams = not enough time for books I enjoy reading Maria - 01/05/2010 10:50:18 PM 890 Views
Mine are numerous and yet most retreads Larry - 02/05/2010 01:35:15 AM 996 Views
The usual - again? yep. PhotoJim - 02/05/2010 02:56:38 AM 1020 Views
My May reads. PhotoJim - 14/05/2010 01:31:24 AM 999 Views
I finally pulled my full collection of Sherlock Holmes off the shelf. After that Malazan is next. Tashmere - 02/05/2010 05:43:12 PM 960 Views
Re: I have never picked up Sherlock Holmes was wrong by Pierre Bayard. Danae al'Thor - 03/05/2010 09:51:02 AM 915 Views
A change of plans. Has anyone heard of "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot? Tashmere - 08/05/2010 11:51:04 AM 901 Views
The name vaguely rings a bell... also, close your italics tag. *NM* Legolas - 08/05/2010 12:39:15 PM 454 Views
? Are you just trying to mess with my head? *NM* Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:10:09 AM 380 Views
Nah, Rebekah fixed it. Legolas - 09/05/2010 03:09:10 AM 788 Views
Bless her heart. <3 *NM* Tashmere - 09/05/2010 03:20:44 AM 417 Views
I've read it. I enjoyed it, which surprised me, because Eliot isn't the happiest writer. Rebekah - 08/05/2010 12:47:40 PM 844 Views
...I hope this is nice... Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:18:11 AM 870 Views
It's by far my least favorite of the three novels of hers that I've read Larry - 08/05/2010 01:18:16 PM 925 Views
Now I will have to watch our for Silas Marner and Middlemarch. Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:17:14 AM 829 Views
Like I said, I don't really remember after almost 19 years Larry - 09/05/2010 04:07:56 AM 1031 Views
Re: I'm not sure whether to feel sorry for America Danae al'Thor - 08/05/2010 04:52:34 PM 943 Views
I take it from that statement that The Mill on the Floss is basic reading in other countries? Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:14:27 AM 906 Views
Re: Hmm. Not so much basic as known. Danae al'Thor - 10/05/2010 07:19:10 PM 1005 Views
You seem to have gone to extremely literature-heavy schools... Legolas - 10/05/2010 09:36:27 PM 819 Views
Re: You forget, we were a colony once. Danae al'Thor - 10/05/2010 09:40:57 PM 864 Views
Oh, I'm not talking about *which* books you read, necessarily. Legolas - 10/05/2010 09:49:18 PM 953 Views
More Butcher. ADDICTED. nossy - 02/05/2010 08:58:34 PM 876 Views
Have you read the Aleran books yet? *NM* Missa Sedai - 06/05/2010 10:35:03 PM 436 Views
just started "quicksilver" by neal stephenson moondog - 03/05/2010 03:19:33 AM 854 Views
I have that too! Could you let me know how it is? A Deathwatch Guard - 03/05/2010 08:03:03 AM 822 Views
not quite 100 pages in so far.... moondog - 03/05/2010 08:37:09 AM 860 Views
I don't quite know... Jacob - 03/05/2010 06:46:41 PM 885 Views
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. *NM* Vodalus - 03/05/2010 08:24:23 PM 415 Views
It's a very fun book with a lot of neat stuff to think about. *NM* everynametaken - 06/05/2010 04:06:42 AM 406 Views
It is. Also, it's a really fast read. *NM* Vodalus - 07/05/2010 01:27:07 AM 419 Views
Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein. *NM* Vodalus - 07/05/2010 01:28:26 AM 442 Views
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon *NM* Vodalus - 14/05/2010 01:05:46 AM 413 Views
I've started on Sanderson's 'Warbreaker' Comet Sedai - 04/05/2010 02:06:45 AM 893 Views
Re: W Panorphaeon - 04/05/2010 06:00:31 PM 870 Views
Some rereads, some not... Missa Sedai - 04/05/2010 07:48:56 PM 900 Views
What do you mean by "historical"? Jacob - 04/05/2010 08:28:30 PM 889 Views
Where *is* Brad, anyways? Missa Sedai - 05/05/2010 12:41:33 AM 861 Views
Don't rightly know. Jacob - 06/05/2010 02:18:04 PM 934 Views
I have one for you. Elaine - 06/05/2010 03:04:13 PM 852 Views
Awesome! Missa Sedai - 24/05/2010 01:56:26 AM 1052 Views
Reading Tsunami by L. Timmel Duchamp Aeryn - 07/05/2010 04:10:19 PM 934 Views
A few history reads, and whatever else I fee like picking up. Mats imaginary friend - 20/05/2010 09:47:26 AM 817 Views
SF Werthead - 21/05/2010 10:56:33 AM 833 Views
midnight tides by erikson then kraken by mieville *NM* Foxhead - 26/05/2010 11:32:11 PM 402 Views
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