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[Anonymous No.17645361]

what are you reading right now and how do you like it?

[Anonymous No.17645416]

The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester

Breddy gud. It's written for mass market readers, but the subject, the history of precision engineering, is fascinating.

[Anonymous No.17645433]

>>17645361
I just finished Phaedo. Now, I don't know what to do. I think I'm just gonna sit down for a while.

[Anonymous No.17645437]

In the Heart of The Sea by Philbrick.

Entertaining pop history. I’m enjoying it so far

[Anonymous No.17645440]

>>17645433
It was great, huh?

[Anonymous No.17645441]

>>17645361
I've been sucked into the recognitions. Every party scene is just awe inducing, plus the passages where gaddis shuffles between so many characters are really great. Its been an uneven climb but holy shit am i excited to find out how he's gonna pull something positive out of this. The despair bleeds out of so many passages, even if there are just as many laughs.

[Anonymous No.17645458]

>>17645361
Le hussard bleu. It's surprisingly good. I'm not used to reading novels. Plays, history and philosophy are more my cup of tea but I find the story and the style very engaging. I'm liking it so much that I'm thinking of buying Les épées.

[Anonymous No.17645505]

Childhood's End. It's interesting so far, although I'm only at about page 50. It seems obvious that the Overlords have a hidden motive for overseeing the human race. And I'm not sure how I feel about their appearance resembling Satan. I thought the author could have been much more creative in that regard.

[Anonymous No.17645508]

>>17645361
The Avenging Angels by Isak Dinesen.

It's fantastic. It captures beautifully the magic of the world as seen through the eyes of a naive, innocent young Victorian lady. The prose is subtle and unobtrusive, yet occasionally beautiful. The dialogue is a bit overwritten, but I'm actually enjoying that too, because she's doing it because she has things that she wants to say, and those things are beautiful. Through the first third, I like everything about this book.

[Anonymous No.17645515]

>>17645440
>if we assume that everything is recollection, which isn't true, then there's an afterlife
yeh wow pretty compelling stuff

[Anonymous No.17645555]

>>17645361
Blood Meridian. I find the directions confusing and somewhat annoying because my autism makes me want to see it perfectly. The descriptions of the countryside are often dense. I like the dialogue the most. Very well written but goddamn do I sometimes feel filtered

[Anonymous No.17645613]

>>17645555
I found the judge's philosophy to be the most interesting part of the book. Also the ending, but i wont spoil it.

[Anonymous No.17645657]

>>17645440
Yes, I thought it was great. I still have a lot to digest though.

[Anonymous No.17645662]

80% finished with Infinite Jest, planned to read it over the entire course of February. Really like it. I honestly might reread it like five years from now.

Leviathan by Hobbes. Surprised how easy the text has been so far and how engaging some ideas are considering its old and abstract.

[Anonymous No.17645665]

>>17645613
Agreed. I just finished the chapter containing that often quoted passage
>whatever in creation exists without my knowledge, exists without my consent

[Anonymous No.17645667]

I just finished Catch-22 and Legacy of Ashes (history of the CIA). Started rereading the Brothers Karamazov.

Not sure what to read next. Was thinking Dead Souls or the Recognitions. Recommendations welcome.

[Anonymous No.17645731]

>>17645667
I'd say the recognitions. There are some tedious parts and you might not understand the characters that well, but as the novel goes on you really get hit with holy shit moment after holy shit moment. Also theres a critique of organized religion thats similar to but pretty different from the grand inquisitor. It doesnt focus on the philosophy but the practice.

[Anonymous No.17645825]

>>17645508
*The Angelic Avengers. I'm dumb.

[Anonymous No.17645975]

>>17645361
Currently not reading anything, but I finished JM Coatzee's "Disgrace" a couple days ago. Quite terrible.

[Anonymous No.17646031]

>>17645975
Was it... disgraceful?

[Anonymous No.17647062]

Started reading Socrates' Way by Ronald Gross and Socratic Logic by Peter Kreeft. So far are for me they are both 10/10. I recommend them for being a better thinker which makes you more successful in everything you want. Any similar books that makes you a better thinker?

[Anonymous No.17647237]

>>17645505
There’s a reason they look that way that will be explained by the end.
It’s a pretty cool little story.

[Anonymous No.17647433]

>>17647237
This. I felt the same way, but after the revelation i thought it was a clever little twist.

[Anonymous No.17647436]

>>17645515
Kek

[Anonymous No.17647452]

>alice munro - too much happiness
absolutely love it, i'm doing one story every couple of days and so far they're all great. i love the scheme they generally seem to have where you have a few key incidents across a life connected together to gain significance.
>zachary mason - the lost books of the odyssey
it's ok, it feels a bit calvino/borges-lite but in general he has a lot of really fun ideas.
>alexander frater - chasing the monsoon
not the sort of book i'd have read if it wasn't for my book group. it's pretty interesting and low key, just a comfy travelogue with a guy traveling through india meeting people and telling you stuff while trying to keep up with the monsoon

[Anonymous No.17647453]

Got memed into reading pic related. So far it's been rather intriguing.

[Anonymous No.17647455]

>>17645361
Moby Dick. It's pretty good, and I still have about 300 pages to go.

[Anonymous No.17647461]

>>17645361
The Golem by Meyrink
I like it a lot, it explores surreal imagery, but unlike Maldoror which goes full surreal, this one presents it through a plot, allowing me bigger freedom to think about things and search for deeper meaning, since I don't have to be focused on not getting lost in words.