What books are we reading at the moment.

[hoping to lose hope]

Post what books you are reading and what you think of them so far.
I am reading Straw dogs by John gray.
The book seems like a good critical look at our current culture it is quite cynical.
I have not finished yet or had the time to really think about it all in entirety so unable to really say if I would recommend.

 

[W’ren]

I am currently reading two books- but i've been "reading" them for over a year lol. I need to read more and watch tv and surf the net less...

-Erotic Stories of Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
....it's a clash of cultures and a sea of "mysterious secrets" including a disappearance of a woman in the Punjabi Community... i'm not finished, so i cannot recommend or not... but it is at odd times x rated.

-American Gods by Neil Gaman
... the old gods come to life on earth and do battle against the new gods... also not finished reading it so i cannot recommend- but really good so far!

 

[hoping to lose hope]

I need to read more and watch tv and surf the net less...

Why do you think this way? Because you feel guilt about "Wasting time"?
I tend to feel this way sometimes myself but we should just do whatever makes us distracted the best yes?

 

[W’ren]

Why do you think this way? Because you feel guilt about "Wasting time"?
I tend to feel this way sometimes myself but we should just do whatever makes us distracted the best yes?

I guess because reading books is seen as a "healthier" pastime than vegging watching tv or being on my phone- i was always criticized for watching too much tv or being on my computer/online too much...
But yes, whatever distracts is absolutely what is important to do. I have trouble focussing on reading when i'm down and i also get headaches from reading (i need glasses to correct astigmatism) so i tend to lean towards doing other things.
But i feel guilty for not doing as much reading.

 

[All washed up]

I used to love reading.
Got through 9 books during the spring lockdown.
Since my depression set in I have found it impossible to concentrate enough to read a book

 

[hoping to lose hope]

I guess because reading books is seen as a "healthier" pastime than vegging

I agree and I think we forget that whilst reading can be better than watching silly YT vids lolz it is important to have a balance so you can stave off stress in life by doing things you enjoy that are not productive a lot of the time.
Depression can make reading harder which is mega gay as others have mentioned.
There is more to reading a book than simply reading and we can gain a lot from just interacting with others on the interwebs if we really try our best to.
Doing nothing but investigating our own psyche is supa constructive as well!

I know I will gain more from a book but lack the energy to even try to read most the time.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

I am about to start reading the novel: Darth Plagueis.

 

[Belaya Noch]

I like to read but at the moment I feel mentally too heavy to concentrate on a book.

However, the last book that I read and impressed me was "A journey to the end of the night" by Ferdinand Celine.

It is a quasi-autobiographical novel, where author describes his life trials including WWI experiences or adventures in former colonies, interwinning the plot with his reflections on the moral climate of this world, and drama often mixes with satire.

 

[hoping to lose hope]

I will try remember its name if I want a fun book

 

[Cherrypea]

I just posted this on another thread but seems more relevant here....
I've got so into reading since I stopped smoking weed. Am trying obscure historical fiction. At the moment it's a book about a female bare fisted boxer set in Recency Bristol in the UK (1799) and my last one was a fictional autobiography by conjoined twins, prior to this it was a young Italian woman who travels to Argentina in 1913 to join her husband only to find he has died so she assumes his identity and lives as a man.

 

[greebo6]

Reading ' Trigger Mortis ' by Anthony Horowitz .

Its a James Bond novel with original material by Ian Fleming . Very ,very good .

 

[LooksAtMoonDog]

Noctuary by Thomas Ligotti, & The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger

 

[Antigonish]

I just the finished the librarian, by Stephen king. Not sure where to go next, I might reread Sharp Objects or IT

 

[AllReturnsToNothing]

I've been trying to get through J. Sakai's Settlers but I've taken a break from it for a while because it is a lot to take in. It's basically a historical analysis of American history from a dialectical materialist point-of-view with emphasis being placed on class dynamics. It's a real good read if you're interested in that sort of thing. It's just kind of exhausting since it doesn't make any attempt to hide the atrocities committed by the state and working-class Euro-Americans alike against racial minorities, unlike the extremely watered-down version of history we're served in school. Don't get me wrong though, that's what makes it good, it cuts out all the bullshit sugar-coating and dancing around the hard topics and just gets straight into it no holds barred. It's a really necessary critique of American history that I wish more people knew about. Definitely not for the faint of heart though, and those unfamiliar with dialectical materialism.

 

[Cherrypea]

The current one is The fair fight by Anna Freeman

I just the finished the librarian, by Stephen king. Not sure where to go next, I might reread Sharp Objects or IT

I read IT many years ago, very good but my favourite Stephen King books are The Shining, misery and pet cemetery (this one still creeps me out sometimes, so different to the crappy film)

I used to love reading.
Got through 9 books during the spring lockdown.
Since my depression set in I have found it impossible to concentrate enough to read a book

I've gone through years and years like that in the past, it would make me so sad as previously I'd never be without a book.

 

[ForcedLifeResistant]

Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching [second edition] (Vargas, 2013)

I only just started a deep read of it. I'm trying to develop an effective self-directed learning program to use myself. One based on Skinner's contingencies of reinforcement.

 

[stygal]

"Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood, before that I wasted my time finishing the stupid "the wasp factory" by Iain Banks and before that I read the brilliant "I'm thinking of ending things" by Iain Reid.

 

[lotus11]

The lion the witch and the wardrobe...but in Spanish not in English because I am trying to learn it

 

[summers]

How to Measure Anything by Douglas Hubbard.

 

[signifying nothing]

Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack

very slowly.

 

[xLosthopex]

I haven't had the mental capacity to read a book in about 6 years