However, I do read a lot, but not as much as I did in my youth when I would consume three hundred pages a day on top of reading matter that came my way in school or at work.

Lately, I have been re-reading old classics: Freud's "Leonardo Da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood," (Yes, I know he is considered old hat and too much of a Dead White Man but his prose is exquisite English, he makes his points with supreme and relentless logic and every page sparkles with erudition and knowledge about a million and one things, such as languages, history and anthropology), Karl Marx's "The Communist Manifesto," and Paul Goodman's "Growing up Absurd."

My biggest impediment, with to regard to reading, is the Freaking New York Times. Sometimes, after reading their invariably verboise and predictable tomes of supposed sagacity, I am spent of intellecutal energy and watch reruns of the Beverly Hillbillies.

However, I do read a lot, but not as much as I did in my youth when I would consume three hundred pages a day on top of reading matter that came my way in school or at work.

Lately, I have been re-reading old classics: Freud's "Leonardo Da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood," (Yes, I know he is considered old hat and too much of a Dead White Man but his prose is exquisite English, he makes his points with supreme and relentless logic and every page sparkles with erudition and knowledge about a million and one things, such as languages, history and anthropology), Karl Marx's "The Communist Manifesto," and Paul Goodman's "Growing up Absurd."

My biggest impediment, with to regard to reading, is the Freaking New York Times. Sometimes, after reading their invariably verboise and predictable tomes of supposed sagacity, I am spent of intellecutal energy and watch reruns of the Beverly Hillbillies.

I relentlessly read James Joyceís Ulysses. It can be read as poetry without regard for the story (which isnít much). The language is just so beautiful.

I bought an illustrated set of my namesake book Make Way for Lucia. Rereading the first book, I see it may be hard to get into for a couple of chapters, but if you love English village life, gossip, and sharp satire, you will gobble up the set of six books. The first one is called Queen Lucia, and the favorite one is called Mapp and Lucia - what a war!

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Finally got around to American Gods by Neil Gaiman, it's about as hilarious as Douglas Adams, to me at least.

I started it a couple years ago and put it down for some reason. I donít think it was the book, but me. I found it a while ago and finished it. Yeah, itís funny. Darker than Adams, but funny. I like the way he does irony with a straight face.

I started it a couple years ago and put it down for some reason. I don’t think it was the book, but me. I found it a while ago and finished it. Yeah, it’s funny. Darker than Adams, but funny. I like the way he does irony with a straight face.

@ Brianpatrick Funny as i'm experiencing a moment in which i've read halfway and stopped, but will go back to it.

someone placed another book on my stack with a date, so now i've got to read that one.. heavy non-fic, not sure if i can handle writing and reading non-fic, but the title is: An Indigenous Peoples' History of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

gotta go..andget'on that.

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Started and almost finished A Brave New World.
I'm glad I waited until I was an adult, and I am horrified by the roses and books and can't help but be reminded of football helmets replaying the same phrases for months on end and while they slept --

One person's nightmare is another's playhouse.. makes me not want to write all the sci-fi prompts I have on the back burner. It's a psychotics manual. Great idea, bless our Ford, pops a soma, You don't say!

I read the 20+ pages of sample from iBooks of Sean Pennís Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, and havenít decided to pay the $11.99 for the whole book. His writing is mechanically a little obvious (trendy these days), but I suspect he can tell a story eventually. Hmmm... what to do.

I just finished The Cake and the Rain, by Jimmy Webb, the guy who wrote Galveston and Wichita Lineman for Glenn Campbell and several other hits in the late 60's. Pretty funny and interesting guy and a decent writer and story teller -- and he's got a bunch of them that feature Elvis, Sinatra, Harry Nilsson, Joni Mitchel etc. Feels authentic to me, probably because he's so self-depreciating. Overall, pretty entertaining, especially if you're interested in the history of popular music.

@mohican, how'd u like it? prey series.. it's really good. just finished it myself. very sturdy for a hard cover. lol. i use hello kitty as a book mark and i never bend the pages. borrowed it from a friend and there's PEN MARKS. so annoying

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