What book are you currently reading?

Midnight_Violet · 2009-05-25T06:06:50+00:00

At the moment, i'm reading Empress by Karen Miller. the first in a trilogy. (it's a bloody book)

Started by Midnight_Violet · May 24, 2009 · 1,384 replies

sucettes Jul 3, 2011 at 4:31 PM #581 Report

I just read 'Fierce' by Kelly Osbourne. I really liked it because I'm an Osbourne freak. 😎

tovoxy Jul 5, 2011 at 4:52 AM #582 Report

"The Karamazov Brothers" by Dostoevsky, for the second time already.
But the first time i read that in Russian, now in English 🙂

Lea Jul 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM #583 Report

Bernard Jakoby The Secret of Dying - good to know what I am going into.

NihilSlayer Jul 5, 2011 at 9:21 AM #584 Report

tovoxy said: ↑
"The Karamazov Brothers" by Dostoevsky, for the second time already.
But the first time i read that in Russian, now in English 🙂

I think this is the best novel ever written. Its depth and the subtle understanding of psychology employed by Dostoevsky are astounding. It represents an idealized golden age in Russian culture-- I've come to think of it at times as a sort of Slavophile's manifesto, but it is so so much more than that. I'd be curious to know what English translation you are reading also; I hear tell that they vary widely in their quality. I myself prefer the Volkhonovsky/Pevear translation, but it doesn't matter really-- no reason to be a pedant after all.

ScaredToBreathe Jul 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM #585 Report

im reading Duma Key by Stephen King, but im almost done. after that im gonna read Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King. (he's my favourite author) 😉

Hamelech Jul 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM #586 Report

I loved Cain, this one isn't bad at all, but it happens that the reading of the first one seems to eclipse the enjoyment of the second one.

thewiz Jul 5, 2011 at 9:38 AM #587 Report

on the road by jack kerouac

not sure why, I felt like it might have an answer to my bland life.

Hamelech Jul 5, 2011 at 9:55 AM #588 Report

thewiz said: ↑
on the road by jack kerouac

not sure why, I felt like it might have an answer to my bland life.

I didn't like the movie, it's like there's no a clear plot, although I liked the music.

Burroughs is funnier.

Deus_Ex_Lemur Jul 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM #589 Report

Hamelech said: ↑
I didn't like the movie, it's like there's no a clear plot, although I liked the music.

Burroughs is funnier.

The movie was a not so great adaptation worthy of the book imo - despite the director.

Hamelech Jul 5, 2011 at 9:58 AM #590 Report

^+1

I love this one, by the way. I've read it many times.

tovoxy Jul 5, 2011 at 12:34 PM #591 Report

NihilSlayer said: ↑
I think this is the best novel ever written. Its depth and the subtle understanding of psychology employed by Dostoevsky are astounding. It represents an idealized golden age in Russian culture-- I've come to think of it at times as a sort of Slavophile's manifesto, but it is so so much more than that. I'd be curious to know what English translation you are reading also; I hear tell that they vary widely in their quality. I myself prefer the Volkhonovsky/Pevear translation, but it doesn't matter really-- no reason to be a pedant after all.

Yeah, I agree with you here. I love his novels, and "Karamazov Brothers" is my favorite.
I'm reading Pevear/Volokhonsky edition and since I'm Russian, i can sort of 'feel it' when a translation doesn't work... but their translation is great

superfluouslyme Jul 5, 2011 at 12:52 PM #592 Report

tovoxy said: ↑
I'm reading Pevear/Volokhonsky edition and since I'm Russian, i can sort of 'feel it' when a translation doesn't work... but their translation is great

Ohh, cool! I've read their Anna Karenina and The Master and Margarita translations. From what I've read about them, they seem to be one of the better translation teams out there.

NihilSlayer Jul 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM #593 Report

superfluouslyme said: ↑
Ohh, cool! I've read their Anna Karenina and The Master and Margarita translations. From what I've read about them, they seem to be one of the better translation teams out there.

Random bit of topic expansion: Have you ever seen the Movie/TV series the Russians adapted of The Master and Margarita? It's surprisingly good. It was initially conceived of as a mini-series I guess you could say, so there is an episodic quality to it, but it flows really well. It's on three DVDs and clocks in at 450 min. I was amazed they adapted it so well because of the multifarious plot; with the Yuesha story, the Master and Margarita, and Satan and his retinue, but I find it surprisingly cohesive. The special effects are tasteful, if not a bit antiquated, but I prefer this also to the overdone glossiness of our hollywood stuff. Anyway, you might want to check it out if you haven't already.

Lea Jul 5, 2011 at 1:45 PM #594 Report

Basil said: ↑
I'm afraid I can't judge Dostoevsky since I've just discovered that I probably haven't yet read anything to him. Though I remember when I was young I was fond of "Story about a True Man" AKA "Story of a Real Man", the masterpiece of Boris Polevoy, and even though it has quite some tragic chapters I would still read it over and over again. I used to believe he is a great novelist.

I also found two novels of Yuri Bondarev great: "The Last Shots" and "The Hot Snow." Both are so overwhelming, tragic but passionate (romantic?) were about the war, bravery, love and loss.

As a matter of fact, I believe I've also read Mikhail Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time". Didn't like it as much, maybe because of the subject rather than the style IDK.

@tovoxy: are these well known novels in Russian literature? I only read translations of them.

Oh The Hot Snow, I read it once when I was in school. I didn´t want to read it at first, but had to since it was compulsory. But I came to like it eventually.

Lea Jul 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM #595 Report

thewiz said: ↑
on the road by jack kerouac

not sure why, I felt like it might have an answer to my bland life.

I read this one too, not bad but somehow it didn´t make much impression on me. Don´t know why it has become a cult book..

carecrab Jul 5, 2011 at 3:28 PM #596 Report

triskellion

superfluouslyme Jul 5, 2011 at 3:50 PM #597 Report

NihilSlayer said: ↑
Random bit of topic expansion: Have you ever seen the Movie/TV series the Russians adapted of The Master and Margarita? It's surprisingly good. It was initially conceived of as a mini-series I guess you could say, so there is an episodic quality to it, but it flows really well. It's on three DVDs and clocks in at 450 min. I was amazed they adapted it so well because of the multifarious plot; with the Yuesha story, the Master and Margarita, and Satan and his retinue, but I find it surprisingly cohesive. The special effects are tasteful, if not a bit antiquated, but I prefer this also to the overdone glossiness of our hollywood stuff. Anyway, you might want to check it out if you haven't already.

I have not, but I'll be on the lookout for it.

WeirdyMcGee Jul 5, 2011 at 3:55 PM #598 Report

I have a really hard time reading books but I'm reading some transcripts for a friend and also making my way through 'How to Practice; the way to a meaningful life'

Rot Jul 5, 2011 at 6:09 PM #599 Report

Jean Paul Sartre - The nausea

Tiercel Jul 8, 2011 at 7:20 AM #600 Report

Just started Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda.

I'll tell you how it was in about 668 or so pages....

😉

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