What is everyone reading right now?

[Ryan.]

Finally finished Don Quixote today, took forever but was quite sad at the end

[trickyvicki]

Originally Posted by Afro Joe

a joint biography of tim and jeff buckley

I'm assuming you are refering to Dream Brother by David Browne. I bought that book in Fopp at the begining of this year/end of last year. It truely was a really good read!

I also have the Bob Dylan biography, that I bought around about the same time from Fopp, although I ain't had a chance to start that one yet.

[Flaming Toilet Bag]

Originally Posted by trickyvicki

I'm assuming you are refering to Dream Brother by David Browne. I bought that book in Fopp at the begining of this year/end of last year. It truely was a really good read!

I read somewhere that it's inaccurate in places, is this true?

Just wondering, 'cause I've wanted to give it a read for a while.

I'm currently reading stuff for my English course, mainly 'The Canterbury Tales' by Chaucer (hurrah...); haven't had time for leisurely reading recently In saying that, my course texts are pretty good, but there's only so much you can take of Chaucer in one go.

[xdavidx]

I'm reading Down and Out in Paris and London, it's greatly enjoyable. and I got a job so i can afford to start buying books again (y)

[Flaming Toilet Bag]

Originally Posted by chewlip

Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre

Hurrah! Good stuff.

Have you read 'The Plague' by Albert Camus? If you're enjoying Sartre, then you might want to give that a go

Originally Posted by X_iwilt_X

I'm reading Down and Out in Paris and London, it's greatly enjoyable. and I got a job so i can afford to start buying books again (y)

I bought that a few weeks ago, haven't got around to reading it yet. Can't go wrong with Orwell though

[trickyvicki]

Originally Posted by Flaming Toilet Bag

I read somewhere that it's inaccurate in places, is this true?

incorrect in what areas?

I wasn't aware of this and I know Mary Guibert , Jeff's mum, had a lot of input into the book (and read and approved the book before it was published) as with many people who, either through friendship or work, knew Jeff. So I really can't see there having been too much inacuracy in the accounting of Jeff's life at least. I havn't heard any other versions of his life that have contradicted the book either.

Concerning the Tim part of the biography I can not be certain, Mary Guibert again had a fair bit of input on his part due to the fact that Tim was Jeff's father and Mary and Tim were together for a few years. There were also some coments by friends and colleagues of Tim's but these were a lot thinner on the ground than what was supplied for Jeff's part of the biography.

So I really don't know, I would be interested if you could tell me what areas were apparently inacurate or point me to a site or something

[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by Flaming Toilet Bag

Hurrah! Good stuff.

Have you read 'The Plague' by Albert Camus? If you're enjoying Sartre, then you might want to give that a go



I bought that a few weeks ago, haven't got around to reading it yet. Can't go wrong with Orwell though

it's excellent, although the two chapters about the caste system in Parisian hotels in 1920 were infuriatingly dull

[Pink Lady]

im reading
now and then- joseph heller

[daveo]

Originally Posted by ProzaK

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

aye i read that last year, it was good, pretty dark

ive just finished reading the alchemist by paul cohelo (spelling?) and Saint Morrissey both were ace, the morrissey book is a kinda psycho analysis of his personality and a look into all his influence, a few good interpretations of lyrics too!

[FashionWhore]

Originally Posted by smithy

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

ditto.

[Going Gone]

The Turn Of The Screw - Henry James

really good book, loads of double meanings and quite dark. Pick it up sometime

[Flaming Toilet Bag]

I'm reading Bruce Campbell's biography - 'If Chins Could Kill'. It's quite witty so far

[earmuffin]

I'm dipping in and out of 'The New Sins' by david byrne pretty frequently.
it's making me think about social perception, even if it does infuriate me sometimes by trying to be contrary