Thread: What are you reading?

Originally Posted by orangenblue420

I have 700 books on CD if u r interested. Lots of classics - lots of fad stuff like Patterson and Twilight Hunger Games Harry Potter - seems to be a good deal of sci-fi - I've had them for about 5-6 years so Nothing new too recent. But I have read some great books because of that CD - life of pi, book thief, kite runner, cutting for stone - I can list 5 more truly awesome books that have changed the way I look at literature that are on this CD. If u are interested let me know - I'd be happy to make you - or anyone else in here - a copy.

Was Life of Pi pretty good?

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Was Life of Pi pretty good?

I really enjoyed the book. I thought the movie did a very good job. When I read the book i thought "this would be a tough book to make a movie out of" - almost every book I read I can picture as a movie - this one I couldn't see how they'd do it. They did pretty good. That being said the book is ALWAYS better than the movie and if you've seen the movie I think it will spoil your enjoyment of the book.

If any of you love to read and have an e-reader you'd be a fool not to let me send u the CD

Originally Posted by orangenblue420

If any of you love to read and have an e-reader you'd be a fool not to let me send u the CD

I am a fool. But I want the CD.

Originally Posted by GEM

I have a kindle and haven't picked it up in ages. I like the feel of a book and it's easier on my eyes.

the bad thing about the conventional book is the space they take up. I like the convenience of the kindle, but to each their own. I've only read one book on a kindle so what do I know?

I started reading a book called Alaska by an author last name of Miesschner. a bowling buddy (who I have profound respect for as a person, I chose him as lecturer when I was Grand Knight) said meischner was one of his favorite authors. so far so good. this author also wrote a book on Colorado call Sentenial, I believe. probably the next read of his

Same guy that wrote about the volcanic island chain of Huh'why?

Finished reading King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop by Harvard Sitkoff. Some of the stuff I had never known about MLK is quite shocking given the shit they tell us about him in public schools

On his extramarital affairs: “I’m away from home twenty-five to twenty-seven days a month, *******’s a form of anxiety reduction” - MLK

Originally Posted by aberdien

Finished reading King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop by Harvard Sitkoff. Some of the stuff I had never known about MLK is quite shocking given the shit they tell us about him in public schools

On his extramarital affairs: “I’m away from home twenty-five to twenty-seven days a month, *******’s a form of anxiety reduction” - MLK

I'd like to know more.

Pedestal-lowering is healthy.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

I'd like to know more.

Pedestal-lowering is healthy.

He smoke, drank, banged chicks all the time (often bragged about "wrecking" coeds which included white chicks), cheated on his wife before they were married, admitted it before they got married, then did it more while they were married (and it wasn't a secret to her or to quite a few other people back then). He graduated college with a 2.5 GPA and plagiarized his dissertation. In college he rejected literal interpretations of Christianity (like virgin birth and resurrection). He admired some of the anti-capitalist aspects of Marx's writings, but he once said, "I didn't get my inspiration from Karl Marx, I got it from a man named Jesus." Sitkoff believes this was him being cautious so as not to give any ammo for the govt/FBI to use to call him a commie. He advocated Christian Socialism. While he preached nonviolence, he became increasingly paranoid of being assassinated (one delusional lady already attempted it, and he consistently had dreams and visions of it), so he bought a handgun and kept armed body guards around his house. He didn't really believe in gender equality insofar as he believed in the traditional wife is a homemaker thing, and he didn't want to let female activist Ella Baker have much control in the SCLC organization. She got peeved at him and called him a cult of personality.

The thesis of the book is that King has been essentially whitewashed and all of the radical aspects of his beliefs aren't discussed much (Sitkoff: "His radicalism has been airbrushed out of the historical picture"), and . He argues throughout the book that King was a radical, and as such was disliked by people from all directions. The black power movement didn't like him, and racist white people didn't like him, and JFK, Robert Kennedy, and LBJ all found themselves at odds with him. King constantly criticized JFK/Robert for being weak on civil rights, and likewise JFK/Robert considered him to be kindof a nuisance. LBJ was okay with him until King decided to heavily criticize Vietnam (“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death”) and then LBJ got pissed. In general, he was constantly at odds with the government (hence why he was spied on and accused of being a communist). There was evidently a growing discontent with King in 1968 before he died. Blacks were getting sick and tired of nonviolent tactics, and whites were getting sick and tired of him complaining about social injustices and Vietnam. He started to get heckled by blacks while he was giving speeches, and violence became more and more prominent wherever he attempted to hold marches. The press was brutal on him. As a result, he got depressed, drank more, smoked more, ate more, banged chicks more. So yeah, he was a radical dude, wanted radical changes in America, radical fixes to poverty and wealth distribution, radically anti-war, etc, and he was also an imperfect and admitted sinner.

Definitely worth reading to be able to get a more realistic portrayal of him, if you're into that thing.

Nice synopsis.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Nice synopsis.

I thought so too. I'm going to take the rest of the day off now that I've been sufficiently learn'd.

Some smut trilogy. Not sure how I got into this shit, but it's along the lines of 50 Shades shit. Probably because of waiting on Rise of the Governor of the Walking Dead novels.

I've been reading some Janet Evanovich. She writes some funny stuff. Currently on book 4 of her 21 book Stephanie Plum storyline.

Still need to steal Doctor Sleep from my mom...she's taking too damn long and I want to read the damn thing.

Originally Posted by GEM

I have a dildo and haven't picked it up in ages. I like the feel of cok and it's easier on my butt.

fify

oh, just kidding Gem, actually came in here to share with others what I am currently reading

James Miscner (meischner? a Book entiltled Alaska. seems like I may have posted this already

Originally Posted by AGap

fify

ok, after some more consideration this really is pretty inappropriate. I saw the post and that's just what came to mind. it says more about me than you Gem. Again, my apologies