Apart from lots of Arthurian stories for school, I'm reading Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. An autobiographical account of his obsession with football, and the Arsenal team in general. I'm not even all that interested in football, but I love Hornby's style, so it's a good read anyway.

well, finished the first semester about a month ago having read 4 books for school: The Stone Carvers, Running In the Family, Macbeth, and Some Great Thing. i really enjoyed how gr. 11 English focuses on Canadian authors but my school seriously needs to find better books... not that they were bad... it's just that there are better ones out there. so yeah, getting to choose a Canadian author for an assignment was fun. =)

and recently i have read The Little Prince which i borrowed from a friend. all i have to say is that i can't believe i went that long without ever reading that book... it's going to be hard parting with it. and now i started both Pride & Prejudice and Sophie's World.

Sarah Slean has submerged me back into the world of books through her words and poetry... i used to read books all the time when i was younger and then slowly stopped, only reading about 2 books a year. :shock: ops: and now i feel like there's so many books out there to read and catch up on... so next picks will probably be another classic and the other a more contemporary one. =)

I just finished Sarah Waters' latest, [i:4e6acebc09]The Night Watch[/i:4e6acebc09]. A good read, though a little lacking in closure because of the reverse structure. Now I'm reading Ronald Giphart's [i:4e6acebc09]Ik Omhels je met Duizend Armen[/i:4e6acebc09] (I embrace you with a thousand arms). I read it a couple years ago, but wanted to freshen up my memory before I go see the movie they've made of it. I'm glad I'm doing so, because I only remembered half of it, and there are so many references that I didn't get back then.

I'm reading Jane Eyre for the first time, and I'm in love.

[quote:e6d01259f6="Vertigo"]I'm reading Jane Eyre for the first time, and I'm in love.[/quote:e6d01259f6]

That is one of the best books ever! I should reread it again sometime soon

I've read that one several times... so good! *sigh*

Last weekend I read Shakespear's "A Comedy of Errors." I find reading Shakespear outside of school so refreshing and adventurous. I have found that only lately have I been able to appreciate his works. I guess studying any work of fiction in school removes some of the intimacy that I attribute as neccessary to reading.

Today I picked up the newest version of Rimbaud's collected works at my university library. I'm not that far into it, but one poem I'd reccommend is "Sun and Flesh"

I feel so uncultured ... I'm reading 'In Her Shoes' by Jennifer Weiner. I'm also reading 'The DaVinci Code.'

-K

I'm reading "Long Way Round", a book written by Ewan McGregregor and his friend as they travelled around the world on their motorbikes. It's quite good and since I also have the dvd of the tv show that was filmed of this trip, I can augment my reading with visuals.

Man, I'm reading so much lately. I guess that it does become more fun once you don't have to do it for school anymore. Anyway, currently reading "Love in Times of Cholera", by Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez, in the Dutch translation. I've had it in my possession for over a year, and only started reading it now.

I would highly recommend reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. His words paint such a beautiful picture, it is impossible not to fall in love with this book.

I recently read Constant Gardner by Le Carr�(movie was good too) and Stephen Lewis' Race Against Time. Really recommend this last one. A really stirring look at Africa and the world's lack of action towards the United Nations Millenium Development Goals.

I am currently reading Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Baigent and Leigh who happen to be suing Dan Brown about the Da Vinci Code ripping off their book. They also have the same publisher so its super weird!

I've also started reading Vanishing Country by Mel Hurtig which is about foreign investment in the Canadian economy.

I saw someone mention Shaking Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dellaire. Fantastic book!

haven't read it yet but searching for it... it's Macaulay Culkin's new book called Junior. it seems like such a creative book but also a powerful and intelligent one. oh i'm running to the nearest book store right now! haha.

[quote:2e2aa8bece="vintage."]haven't read it yet but searching for it... it's Macaulay Culkin's new book called Junior. it seems like such a creative book but also a powerful and intelligent one. oh i'm running to the nearest book store right now! haha.[/quote:2e2aa8bece]
I heard about this book, how it's not really just a "reading" book, it's filled with drawings, tests, and stuff. I wanted to read it too, let me know how it is.

and if you get a grab at the book before me please let me know how it is as well! =)

Just finished Margaret Cho's "I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight" - brilliantly funny and biting humour.

Just starting Jared Diamond's follow-up to "Guns, Germs and Steel" entitled "Collapse".

...jim

I've just finsihed rereading [i:cce76ac9d9]Notes From A Small Island[/i:cce76ac9d9] by Bill Bryson.
Next in line are Bertrand Russell's[i:cce76ac9d9] What I Believe[/i:cce76ac9d9] and Gore Vidal's [i:cce76ac9d9]The Golden Age[/i:cce76ac9d9].

I just finished reading [i:f2f6855c21]Not Wanted On The Voyage[/i:f2f6855c21] by Timothy Findley last week. In highschool we were assigned [i:f2f6855c21]The Wars[/i:f2f6855c21] by Findley to read and I remember not enjoying that at all and just passing on his other books as a result. However this came to me highly recommended so I shall pass that on. It's such a great read, very intersting, and well worth your time

[quote:ba4b444c88="your_wish_is_my_wish"]I would highly recommend reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. His words paint such a beautiful picture, it is impossible not to fall in love with this book.[/quote:ba4b444c88]

Yes, yes, yes. I read this book last winter, simply amazing. A few things I particularly liked about this was the direct inclusion of culture in regard to timeline, interspersing Afghani vocabulary, and not taking the easy way out. Some moments in this book I couldn't believe how intense and emotional they were, without compromising the story at all. Good pick.

I just finished "Elegy on Toy Piano" by Dean Young, real unique, experimental language poetry.

Next up is Michael Collier's new book of poetry "Dark Wild Realm."

i'm currently reading douglas coupland's new one, [i:3e9686a055]JPod[/i:3e9686a055].
i can't say enough good things about coupland. everything he does is brilliant.