I know there's another thread out there on this topic but I couldn't find it--once again Technology outwits me.

 

So, what is everyone reading this summer? I just finished Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald--I didn't care for The Great Gatsby, but TITN just really struck a cord with me. A real emotional tour de force.

 

I'm thinking of starting Crime and Punishment--has anyone read it? Worth the endeavor. Until I decide I'm sticking with my Agatha Christies and Kierkegaard.

 

Oh, did I mention I'm a huge dork? Pushes oversized glasses up nose.

I read C&P. It's really deep and complicated, but if you are into that kind of stuff....pretty good read.

Choose books that have been made into movies and I am IN!

It has but the movie is crappy.

 

Dostoyevsky can be a bit intimidating but always interesting.

What are these books you speak of?

Read Whale Talk.

Currently reading "How to Watch TV News" by Neil Postman and Steve Powers. Pretty interesting read about advertising dollars in the media, how shows are put on the air and is a guide to ask of asking questions like "What is the news?" etc.

 

Other books on the list now are "Sex Lies and Politics" by Larry Flynt, "Manufacturing Consent" by Noam Chomsky and "50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know" by Russ Kick.

Ric Flair's autobiography was top notch.

Death in Summer and The Mayor of Casterbridge are what I've read so far for my summer reading books for school. I've got one more to go...

I never read but I decided I had to check out moneyball so im reading that.

"Positively Fifth Street" by Jim McMannus

 

a great book that also is about poker

The Cheat was reading the Leigh Montville bio on Ted Willaims on the beginning of vacation. Much drinking replaced relaxing reading time. Only 80+ pages into it... It was better than a hangover.

i need to read One flew over the cuckoos nest for summer reading...i'm pretty excited about that...

i need to read One flew over the cuckoos nest for summer reading...i'm pretty excited about that...

I read that senior year in HS--good book but VERY different from the movie. I guess the author refused to see the movie because they took out some of the undercurrents and subversiveness of the books. But an EXCELLENT read. Really interesting comment on society and all that jazz.

Choose books that have been made into movies and I am IN!

I just read 1066: The Year of the Invasion by David Howarth. It's very interesting and for a history fan it gives a lot of information that is not commonly told in classes, shows, etc...