What are you reading?

[7rider]

I'm reading the TE discussion forums!
Actually, on my nightstand is John Muir's "Travels in Alaska". I read it in small chunks when I get a chance - like all the books I read.

[run it, ride it]

Just finishing up an undergrad in English and filling in the gaps to figure out what I want to focus on in grad school.

I'm currently reading through the "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory" as a reference to find books/plays about topics/genres that interest me.

Right now I've got James Joyce's Ulysses on the go, and then I've got to finish up reading Vonnegut's work. I'd like to read up on John Cage, too.

I am all about the anti-novel, expressionism, structuralism, comedie noire, stream of consciousness, the avant-garde etc. I also love semiotic/cultural theory, cyborg theory...

I really should buckle down and Marx & Engels' "The Communist Manifesto" and read up on Claude Levi-Strauss, Sassure, Chomsky, Foucault, Laquer...

I LOVE THEORY!

[fultzie]

I really should buckle down and Marx & Engels' "The Communist Manifesto" and read up on Claude Levi-Strauss, Sassure, Chomsky, Foucault, Laquer...
I LOVE THEORY!

oh man... i'm finishing up an anthro major and about to start 8 more years of that for grad school... starting to hyperventilate thinking about those authors!!!

just kidding, they really are pretty interesting

A good book that has kind of an overview of (and includes) the major works by several of those authors (and many others... though I don't think it includes Chomsky, unfortunately) is "Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory"-- edited by Erikson and Murphy.

for fun i read bike and other "outdoor adventure" stories (ie: Miles from Nowhere, Heft on Wheels by Mike Magnuson, The Rider by Tim Krabbé, Joe Kurmaskie's books, A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson is one of my absolute favorites) and... more theory. Yep. I hear ya.

Currently in the stack o' books (getting ready for summer): Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Nash, No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs, Women in the Wild by "Travelers' Tales", Uncommon Ground ed. by William Cronon, and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.

I've been trying to read Anna Karinina for about 6 years now... it's always in my stack of books for the summer

[Kimmyt]

I read Anna Karenina last year. It was surprisingly good! I thought I'd hate it, but I enjoyed it, even though the names were long and confusing.

K.

[SadieKate]

Maureen Dowd's Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4994492

It's making me laugh and grind my teeth in equal amounts.

[Sky]

Oh, Wow! So many great books! I'm glad I'm not the only one that has stacks waiting to be read. A Walk in the Woods in one of them so good to hear its a favorite. I also just picked up a book called The Wild Trees that I can't wait to read.

Ace, the Double Bind opening was way more frightening than I thought it would be. Amazing what saved her. Can't say or it will ruin the book. It sure makes you think what would you do in that situation. I ride the back roads some myself, so its scary. I hit kind of a slow spot in the book, but now its picking up again. I'm almost finished. You got me curious about the ending.

You guys are reading some of my most favorite authors. Cook, Barr, Koontz...you have to read Intensity and The Taking. Those are both good. There are other good ones, but I can't remember the titles.

Not long ago I finished up a book by Diana Gabaldon called Breath of Snow and Ashes. It was really good. She's a great writer. I didn't know I was starting in the middle of a series though. Still a good read.

I'm going have to check out David Shields and Memory of Running and lots of other books you all suggested. My stack is growing! I need more reading time, but that would mean gving up biking time.

[Jo-n-NY]

I've been reading manuscripts lately. I work at a publisher and am helping to come up with cover design ideas. But, none of them are about cycling. Sorry.

Upcoming books I just read:
Kill Me if You Can by Nicole Young
This is the second book in her series. The main character travels from town to town fixing up homes to sell them for a profit . . . murder and mystery follows her wherever she goes.

The Pawn by Steven James
Along the lines of Patricia Cornwell novels, a forensic pathologist is hot on the trail of a serial killer. This is the first in the series. I really liked it.

All the Tea in China by Jane Orcutt
Historical romance with pirates and sword fights. It was a fun read.

Reading now:
A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers (an old favorite)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy

I want to read:
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich (It's just fun)
A Tale of Two Sisters by Anna Maxted
Christine Falls by Donna Freydkin

I just read the Memory Keepers Daughter and really liked it. What an interesting job you have. I work for a publishing company also, but it we publish law books. It is not my idea of interesting reading.

~ JoAnn

[jobob]

Ah, Kurt Vonnegut. I 'borrowed' my brother's copy of Welcome to the Monkey House when I was in junior high and became a fan. I need to dig up his books again, I have them somewhere. I was sorry to hear of his passing. So it goes...

[run it, ride it]

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[lph]

I realy enjoyed reading this book [he Mermaid Chair]. I have enjoyed everything by Sue Monk Kidd.

I thought it stank, to be quite honest.

A pity, because I loved The Secret Life of Bees, turned page after page just in awe of the atmosphere she created.

When I'm not reading internet forums on climbing or cycling I'm reading either Virginia Woolfs "A room of her own" which I found among my grandmothers books, or a coffee table book by a Norwegian sociologist about our unparalleled desire for remodeling our homes. It's fascinating! Apparently there was a huge campaign by architects, designers and suchlike to "teach" people good taste in the 1940s and 50s, as regular people had appalling taste and no idea about "the right way" to decorate or arrange their furniture... I'm not kidding.