Thread: What Book Are You Currently Reading ?

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Charles Bukowski - Notes of a Dirty Old Man.

It's a collection of his newspaper columns. Just started reading it today.

I really enjoy Bukowski's books, but I haven't read this one. Will have to check it out.


I just finished the The Voice of Bugle Ann. A fun piece of Ozark heritage.

The Suede book was a cracking read. A bit short, but informative. It made me think a little less of Anderson as he always claims it was all about 'Suede', but he would fall under one addiction after another and I would imagine you need to be a bit more serious like Bernard Butler, to be claiming to be all about the music. 'Coming up' bounces them back and then he is onto smack and crack and a couple of last albums that don't hold up. Brett gets angry with Bernard and Codling for letting the band down, but he was no angel and over the long haul it told as Brett was the least musically able. You sense the solo work is him trying to prove that he can write on his own and that did eventually lead to the Suede reformation. Brett himself had to be clean and focussed for that decent album to come out. None of that historical 'I will just add the top line and my work is done....where are the drugs?' nonsense. Just a case of, 'I got my shit togetherand learned the instruments, now lets make an album'.

My new book is called Dry Storeroom No. 1 : The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum. At first I was disappointed that this was about a museum in the UK, however it is a fascinating read and well worth the buck I spend to buy it at a second hand store.

On and off I look to read some Harvard Classics, it's a good foundation for life.

Harvard Classics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My Kindle only seems to work in my other apartment, so whilst there I took the time to download 4 books.

1- No Ordinary Joe - Written by Calzaghe (apparently)
2- Oscar Wilde - By something someone. I left the damn kindle there I cannot remember. Supposedly a bit salacious.
3. The Kuran - Odd I know.
4 The Bible - Again, odd, but free.

Might as well give it a go, for revision and sharpening critical skills.

The Koran is interesting,but i can only read snipets then get disheartened same with the bible ,both contradict themselves; If you cant separate the time zones when stuff was written and get the context of the dreamtime and massive animals flying around etc from the stuff from the historic points, or if you read them as a what to do manual they come off as rather insane. But the world was very different once and so were we in our approach to everything,its an interesting glimpse into it.

In The Ring With James J. Jeffries by Adam Pollack!

I have finished Updike now and am back to Haruki Murakami. I am reading IQ84 book one and two. ( I have just noticed on searching for images there is now also a book three too.)




It is nice and relaxing as my day job is currently stretching my brain enough and I am finding many stories within the stories that I can relate to from my own personal life growing up.

100 Year of Texas Waterfowl Hunting. Good history and lots of family mentioned.

I am currently reading - Understanding Exposure a photography guide by Bryan Peterson and The Radical God - Social and Political Justice - The Legacy of the Hebrew Prophets by my Dad It challenges the views of both religious fundamentalists and secular atheists and suggest that Democracy is the result not of Greek Reason but Hebrew Poetry and that these same prophets laid the basis of Western Democracy and Human Rights. As both a social anthropologist and a political activist and Sufi teacher his view is certainly a unique one and his cross referencing and research blows my mind. The notes and references, Appendix and bibliography are extensive and eye opening.

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

I am currently reading - Understanding Exposure a photography guide by Bryan Peterson and The Radical God - Social and Political Justice - The Legacy of the Hebrew Prophets by my Dad It challenges the views of both religious fundamentalists and secular atheists and suggest that Democracy is the result not of Greek Reason but Hebrew Poetry and that these same prophets laid the basis of Western Democracy and Human Rights. As both a social anthropologist and a political activist and Sufi teacher his view is certainly a unique one and his cross referencing and research blows my mind. The notes and references, Appendix and bibliography are extensive and eye opening.

You read this one? Whats it like? Has it exercises or meditations?
Sufi Therapy of the Heart:

Originally Posted by Andre

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

I am currently reading - Understanding Exposure a photography guide by Bryan Peterson and The Radical God - Social and Political Justice - The Legacy of the Hebrew Prophets by my Dad It challenges the views of both religious fundamentalists and secular atheists and suggest that Democracy is the result not of Greek Reason but Hebrew Poetry and that these same prophets laid the basis of Western Democracy and Human Rights. As both a social anthropologist and a political activist and Sufi teacher his view is certainly a unique one and his cross referencing and research blows my mind. The notes and references, Appendix and bibliography are extensive and eye opening.

You read this one? Whats it like? Has it exercises or meditations?
Sufi Therapy of the Heart:

I will PM you mate

I am currently reading Infinity which is Marvel Comics about Thanos trying to take over the world and the Avengers are fighting him. It is more complicated than that but it would take me ages to explain it and I prefer to spend the time to look at the pictures.

So the premise of this thread is for there to be a wide variety of literature discussed much like films are discussed in the 'Last movie you watched' thread.

I have read quite a few books, fiction and non-fiction and have enjoyed both immensely. I will attempt to recall previous books and list them, their pros and cons here on this thread. Likewise I will address authors which I have read and either enjoyed or disliked and I encourage my fellow forum members to do the same.

The book which I am currently reading has led me to start this thread (of course after searching for a previously made thread about books, reading, etc and seeing none I made this). The book is 'Scouting on Two Continents' by Major Frederick Russell Burnham. Burnham was a contemporary of Robert Baden-Powell who started the Boy Scouts Association which has contributed dare I say to the childhood and young adulthood of many a man and perhaps many a forum member. Burnham was born in 1861 to a family of settlers in Minnesota and his life was never dull, so far I have read of Indian attacks, stolen horses from famous banditos, partnering up with a smuggler, learning the art of being a true "scout", the Tonto Basin feud in Arizona, and various exploits in mining and hunting for miners all of which have been fascinating and I am only 4 chapters in. The reading has been smooth and just as exciting as fiction.....speaking of which Major Burnham was the inspiration of H. Rider Haggard's hero Allan Quartermain due to his exploits in the American West and in the Boer Wars. Major Burnham also was quite friendly with Teddy Roosevelt who quite admired his stories which really is something considering Teddy once rode the back of a bull moose across a river for fun.


Anyway, what stories have you read, what authors do you like, which books do you think we would enjoy?

My favorite author id an Argentinian Jew named JORGE LUIS BORGES. his stories are short and mind blowing. Read him extensively at university, still do.

Try reading The Garden of Forking Paths, a mere 7 pages long, and staggering.