Which book are you reading now? Volume XIV

[Birdjaguar]

Ever read Medea (or anything else by Euripides).
Strong female characters were the norm in greek tragedy. Often juxtaposed to other female characters with similar (or the same) situation and nearly antithetical behavior - for example, Antigone and her sister Ismene, in Sophokles' Antigone).

But did they use pronouns correctly?

 

[Kyriakos]

But did they use pronouns correctly?

(From Lear - doesn't seem very woke to me ^_^ )

 

[Birdjaguar]

I meant the Greeks.

 

[Synobun]

Remember @Timsup2nothin? He's spent the last year and couple months writing a memoir called Just Robbed a Bank, and it's been officially released today on paperback and ebook on all major internet retailers.

The hardest thing to remember when you are a bank robber is that you still look like everybody else. The giant sign that says JUST ROBBED A BANK is not flashing over your head, it is IN your head.

This is a book of stories. Stories I lived before, during, and after becoming a bank robber. And make no mistake, even though I haven't robbed any banks for years, I am still a bank robber. Once I understood the flashing sign was in my head, not over it, it was going to be in my head forever. That's what being a bank robber taught me about the defining choices we make: They can't be unmade. But the most important choice I made wasn't choosing to be a bank robber. Being a bank robber just put me on the path to being everything I ever wanted to be, and more.

Because it taught me that I could choose.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58381882-just-robbed-a-bank

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I'm reading a novella by John Varley called "Press Enter." The usual Varley wonderful writing and a compelling story with more than a little humour. I can't wait to see how it ends. Then I can start on Tim's book.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I'm reading a novella by John Varley called "Press Enter." The usual Varley wonderful writing and a compelling story with more than a little humour. I can't wait to see how it ends. Then I can start on Tim's book.

The book (press enter) sounds interesting. Let us know if he carries the story off.

 

[tjs282]

Finished Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy. Impressive journey, but makes some very obviously dated/ (neo)colonialist observations that literally no-one would get away with these days, ye gods...

Currently reading Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh. She has some nice turns of phrase, though I'm finding the description of the SE Asia section of her journey a little confusing.

 

[Kyriakos]

The Wendigo, by Blackwood. 2/5ths in. Let's see if it isn't as bad as the previous story of his I read.

 

[Narz]

The Razor's Edge, it was decent, 6.5/10

 

[Synobun]

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop (3/5)
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (4/5)
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (1/5)
The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey (1/5)

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Nicaragua: Emerging from the Shadow of the Eagle (6th ed) by Thomas Walker and Christine Wade focuses on the country's efforts to escape US meddling in its affairs, which began soon after its indepedence. The bulk of the book covers the Sandinista revolution that overthrew the Somoza regime and instituted a newer social order that attempted to bring prosperity beyond just the privileged classes. While the revolutionary party would be unseated in elections due to the country being worn down by the economic consequences of the fight against the Contras, they would return to power in the 21st century and reach a rapprochement with America.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I put "The Poppy War" on hold at the library. If it is good, there are two after it.

 

[Kyriakos]

The Wendigo was also meh, so I doubt I will ever read anything by Blackwood again.

 

[Ajidica]

Been re-reading Lord of the Rings. Finished Fellowship last weekend, Two Towers this weekend, and will be working on Return of the King over the week.
I "read" them back in 7th grade or so when I was obsessed with the movies, but I found them sort of dull with impenetrable language. Well, reading them now, with a much better idea of what Tolkien was going for in the language and storytelling methods, I have been enjoying them quite a lot. There have been some segments where Tolkien really could have used an editor to streamline and strip out repetitive story elements (like, Tom Bombadil is basically just a redux of the previous encounter with Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod), but I'm finding it holds up quite well and moves along at a good pace.
Also gaining a newfound respect for how difficult it must have been for Peter Jackson and the two other writers to adapt the books, and how successful they were at adapting the books. (Also impressed at how much language was actually brought over from the books.)

 

[red_elk]

What am I reading?

 

[Zardnaar]

What am I reading?

Baltikas new star beers?

 

[EgonSpengler]

The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey (1/5)

I've put this one in my queue. I'm always up for a good post-apocalypse, and I liked The Girl With All the Gifts (which I recommend, if you haven't read it yet - the movie was decent too, but I remember liking the book more).

 

[Kyriakos]

What am I reading?

Τρεχ Τελ?
How is one supposed to know from the title? And the surname is not easy to identify either.

 

[red_elk]

Τρεχ Τελ?
How is one supposed to know from the title? And the surname is not easy to identify either.

It's science fiction, famous enough to be identified just by looking at the picture.

 

[Synobun]

I've put this one in my queue. I'm always up for a good post-apocalypse, and I liked The Girl With All the Gifts (which I recommend, if you haven't read it yet - the movie was decent too, but I remember liking the book more).

It's one of those books where the writing resembles the internal monologue of the character. IMO, it did this poorly, but others disagree.