>what are you reading
>How far have you read
>Your thoughts on it so far
>What are you gonna read next

>>24524215 (OP)
>what are you reading
The Constant Rabbit
>How far have you read
About halfway through
>Your thoughts on it so far
It's not very good at all. It's very annoying to read but for some reason I don't want to just leave it unfinished since I don't want to make that a habit (I think)
>What are you gonna read next
Hyperion. I'm not a sci-fi guy but the last book I finished was infinite jest and I wanted a change of pace to an extent. After Hyperion, it's Ulysses

>>24524215 (OP)
The Lime Twig. Im not going to lie this shit is trash.

>>24524215 (OP)
Primal Hunter book 11. I thought the author had really painted himself in a corner with how overpowered the hero is, but I'm 11 books in now and the son of a bitch keeps finding a way to keep things incredibly interesting. Book 11 was my favorite so far. Will read book 12 next.

>>24524215 (OP)
>>what are you reading
Ulysses
>>How far have you read
Just reached Ithaca
>>Your thoughts on it so far
Very uneven. Which is a given considering just how wildly different each chapter is. Sirens and Circe are fantastic.
The difficulty, apart from Proteus and Oxen of the Sun, isn't even that bad. Maybe I've already fried my brain by reading all those other modernist novels first.
>>What are you gonna read next
Not sure yet. Maybe Demons by Dostoevsky if I want some lighter reading. Otherwise, if I still end up feeling ambitious after Penelope, I'll go for either Canterbury Tales or The Recognitions.

I'm reading Germinal by Émile Zola and I'm about a fourth of the way through.

It's so much better than I expected. I first picked it up because I vaguely knew it was a classic but the plot and setting so far are really interesting. The descriptions of poverty and desperation and the way the entire community copes with it and justifies it to themselves are fascinaitng and really believably done. The book portrays a lot of misery without coming off as reveling in it.

The point where I'm at, there are a lot of interesting things that have been set up and I'm looking forward to where the book takes them.

After this book, I will probably re-read Lolita. I tend to re-read it during the summer - it's just a summer book to me, I'm not sure why. Or maybe a Confederancy of Dunces.

>what are you reading
J. Lopez & L. Otkhmezuri – Barbarossa 1941
>How far have you read
Currently on page 65 of ~850
>Your thoughts on it so far
It's very detailed but not a chore to read, quite gripping actually. Has an old-school history book feel to it, no sensationalist bullshit whatsoever. I'm an FSL so I'm reading it quite slowly as I have to look up words from time to time.
>What are you gonna read next
Probably Greg Egan – Permutation City

>what are you reading
Blood Meridian
>How far have you read
I'm at chapter 5, the kid is now alone after the Comanche attack on the party
>Your thoughts on it so far
It's kino ngl. Some sentences are gibberish and I'm ESL so I'm tapping 5 words per page. I speak some spanish so that helps.
Still I love the tone of it and the detached narration. It may be the best I've read out of like 10 books i've read since I've gotten into reading.
>What are you gonna read next
I'm might do 'Flow my Tears ...', or maybe try some LeGuin, or do a second McCarty. Or some non-fiction about the American West. Or if I'm feeling motivated, get the Bible out of the way.

>>24524323
Nice, I'm hoping to read Germinal this year

>>24524215 (OP)
>>what are you reading
The Pillars of the Earth
>>How far have you read
I'm on the last chapter, about 20 pages or so left
>>Your thoughts on it so far
I'd say I liked it, although I kinda expected more. It reads more like a soap opera with 20th century characters, not really something set in Medieval England
>>What are you gonna read next
I still haven't decided, but I was thinking about either reading a long classic (like The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables or Don Quixote) or something more "modern" (I was considering either Battle Royale or The Three Body Problem)

>>24524215 (OP)
>what are you reading
The Bible
>How far have you read
Jacob going to Egypt
>Your thoughts on it so far
Some thought provoking stuff, some wacky stuff
>What are you gonna read next
Either some books on the formation of early Christianity, or stuff on Irish nationalism

>>24524363
I'd do anything to be able to read Blood Meridian for the first time again.

>>24524866
I expected more also, the title alone made it sound like it was some great classic everyone must read at least once. I forgot it was the same guy who wrote Night Over Water. In that some man is roughhousing with a young girl on an overnight flight, her titty falls out of her nightgown, he notices, then she notices his boner protruding "obscenely" from under his boxers.

>>24524215 (OP)
>what are you reading
The federalist papers
>How far have you read
about 10 pages
>Your thoughts on it so far
I'm an ant compared to the founding fathers.
>What are you going to read next
I'm going to reread this until I understand it.

>what are you reading
Don Quixote
>How far have you read
620 out of 940 pages
>Your thoughts on it so far
Very funny but I find there to be too much "filler" for lack of a better word. I understand it published a little at a time but I wish the book focused way more on Quixote and Sancho rather than deviating to characters we won't see again while presenting their life history.
>What are you gonna read next
Either the Iliad or Lolita

>what are you reading
Napoleon by André Castelot

>How far have you read
Read one volume (out of ten) yesterday

>Your thoughts on it so far
It's fucking awesome. I know it's almost 60 years old so it's bound to not be historically accurate but I love how it focuses much more on Napoleon's personal life and his psychology. It's a complete page turner The copy I have has more than 30 photos per volume showing letters, the places, portraits and all. It also has more chapters than the one they sell on amazon nowadays (there was one that was entirely revolving around Josephine's backstory in the first volume that seems to have been cut from newer releases for some reason). I had already read Andrew Roberts' biography but honestly this one, despite being so old and long, blows it out of the water.

>What are you gonna read next
Idk maybe Don Quixote or Gueniffey's biography of Napoleon because it apparently is the definitive one of our time, but he hasn't released volume 2 yet. I was also considering reading Rousseau's Confessions

>>24524252
filtered
Where are you up to?

>>24524215 (OP)
>what are you reading

The Science of the Cross by St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

>How far have you read

I'm about 100 pages in, so a little more than a third of the way through.

>Your thoughts on it so far

It's brilliant. Teresa is extremely clear and precise, yet she is doing very deep mysticism, I can tell. I didn't realize going in that this was going to be an extended meditation on the life and work of St. John of the Cross, but nothing feels unclear to me, and reading it has increased my desire to read John's own works directly. So it's definitely succeeding in the reason it was written.

>What are you gonna read next

Probably The Italian Journey by Goethe.

>>24524215 (OP)
>The Ice-Shirt
>Page 25
It's really really good! Makes me wish I could sail and explore virgin lands lol. It actually reminds me a lot of Growth of the Soil insofar as it makes agrarian life seem sort of neat. Really interested in the developing theme (I think?) of rivalry between sons and fathers, and I'm excited to see how it develops. I really want to figure out the relation of the bear-kings to the rest of the book (I'm of two minds about it just being an exposition of norse legend or something that's supposed to set up for the encounter of the norse with the Skraelings). Also, the idea of a demonic mountain in Greenland exerting a psychological pull on generations of Scandinavians is utter kino.
Also been reading War and Peace, though on and off. I really love Natasha's lust for life.
>What are you gonna read next
Probably The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, and then Butcher's Crossing.

>>24524978
The Federalist is really good! Very enlightening w/r/t contemporary politics too, especially the sections on minority groups influenced by Montesquieu or that one paper on the power of the executive by Hamilton (though fundamentally Lockean, I imagine it would make many Americans today uncomfortable). The section on Judicial Review is also really interesting. It's cool to see the development of enduring national myths about America as well (e.g. it being a product of divine providence, a unique experiment, Americans all being one people, etc.).

>what are you reading
Madame Bovary.
>How far have you read
A bit less than a third.
>Your thoughts on it so far
The prose itself is very good, but it's boring. At first I enjoyed the descriptions but now my eyes just glaze over.
>What are you gonna read next
Not sure yet. I've been hoarding musician biographies lately so maybe that. Probably Coil or Throbbing Gristle.