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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 1234 Views
Mine: Rebekah - 01/05/2010 05:43:55 PM 886 Views
Re: How is Trudi Caravan? Let me know? *NM* Danae al'Thor - 01/05/2010 05:47:38 PM 435 Views
Decent. jh - 01/05/2010 08:36:23 PM 725 Views
I can't get into it. Rebekah - 17/05/2010 02:55:49 PM 863 Views
Hmm...Suspicions looks good... *NM* Missa Sedai - 04/05/2010 07:47:02 PM 365 Views
Just finished it. Rebekah - 08/05/2010 12:48:29 PM 797 Views
Re: Nothing new. Danae al'Thor - 01/05/2010 05:46:28 PM 777 Views
Three planned A Deathwatch Guard - 01/05/2010 05:58:45 PM 906 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 865 Views
Dorian Gray has been excellent so far A Deathwatch Guard - 02/05/2010 08:54:03 PM 738 Views
Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, and... well, no, that's about it really. Legolas - 01/05/2010 07:24:31 PM 789 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 813 Views
Singer, Grass, and perhaps morrison if I can get through the boring. *NM* jh - 01/05/2010 08:37:58 PM 380 Views
I hope Solaris will finally arrive Camilla - 01/05/2010 10:03:11 PM 780 Views
Ugh.... May = exams = not enough time for books I enjoy reading Maria - 01/05/2010 10:50:18 PM 824 Views
Mine are numerous and yet most retreads Larry - 02/05/2010 01:35:15 AM 923 Views
The usual - again? yep. PhotoJim - 02/05/2010 02:56:38 AM 937 Views
My May reads. PhotoJim - 14/05/2010 01:31:24 AM 901 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 881 Views
Re: I have never picked up Sherlock Holmes was wrong by Pierre Bayard. Danae al'Thor - 03/05/2010 09:51:02 AM 833 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 817 Views
The name vaguely rings a bell... also, close your italics tag. *NM* Legolas - 08/05/2010 12:39:15 PM 404 Views
? Are you just trying to mess with my head? *NM* Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:10:09 AM 346 Views
Nah, Rebekah fixed it. Legolas - 09/05/2010 03:09:10 AM 718 Views
Bless her heart. <3 *NM* Tashmere - 09/05/2010 03:20:44 AM 374 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 760 Views
...I hope this is nice... Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:18:11 AM 790 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 858 Views
Now I will have to watch our for Silas Marner and Middlemarch. Tashmere - 09/05/2010 12:17:14 AM 749 Views
Like I said, I don't really remember after almost 19 years Larry - 09/05/2010 04:07:56 AM 954 Views
Re: I'm not sure whether to feel sorry for America Danae al'Thor - 08/05/2010 04:52:34 PM 866 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 835 Views
Re: Hmm. Not so much basic as known. Danae al'Thor - 10/05/2010 07:19:10 PM 915 Views
You seem to have gone to extremely literature-heavy schools... Legolas - 10/05/2010 09:36:27 PM 752 Views
Re: You forget, we were a colony once. Danae al'Thor - 10/05/2010 09:40:57 PM 785 Views
Oh, I'm not talking about *which* books you read, necessarily. Legolas - 10/05/2010 09:49:18 PM 883 Views
More Butcher. ADDICTED. nossy - 02/05/2010 08:58:34 PM 797 Views
Have you read the Aleran books yet? *NM* Missa Sedai - 06/05/2010 10:35:03 PM 399 Views
just started "quicksilver" by neal stephenson moondog - 03/05/2010 03:19:33 AM 777 Views
I have that too! Could you let me know how it is? A Deathwatch Guard - 03/05/2010 08:03:03 AM 751 Views
not quite 100 pages in so far.... moondog - 03/05/2010 08:37:09 AM 785 Views
I don't quite know... Jacob - 03/05/2010 06:46:41 PM 806 Views
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. *NM* Vodalus - 03/05/2010 08:24:23 PM 383 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 371 Views
It is. Also, it's a really fast read. *NM* Vodalus - 07/05/2010 01:27:07 AM 381 Views
Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein. *NM* Vodalus - 07/05/2010 01:28:26 AM 405 Views
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon *NM* Vodalus - 14/05/2010 01:05:46 AM 371 Views
I've started on Sanderson's 'Warbreaker' Comet Sedai - 04/05/2010 02:06:45 AM 816 Views
Re: W Panorphaeon - 04/05/2010 06:00:31 PM 797 Views
Some rereads, some not... Missa Sedai - 04/05/2010 07:48:56 PM 825 Views
What do you mean by "historical"? Jacob - 04/05/2010 08:28:30 PM 816 Views
Where *is* Brad, anyways? Missa Sedai - 05/05/2010 12:41:33 AM 781 Views
Don't rightly know. Jacob - 06/05/2010 02:18:04 PM 860 Views
I have one for you. Elaine - 06/05/2010 03:04:13 PM 785 Views
Awesome! Missa Sedai - 24/05/2010 01:56:26 AM 958 Views
Reading Tsunami by L. Timmel Duchamp Aeryn - 07/05/2010 04:10:19 PM 861 Views
A few history reads, and whatever else I fee like picking up. Mats imaginary friend - 20/05/2010 09:47:26 AM 740 Views
SF Werthead - 21/05/2010 10:56:33 AM 756 Views
midnight tides by erikson then kraken by mieville *NM* Foxhead - 26/05/2010 11:32:11 PM 356 Views
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