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[JoshuaFH]

I finally revisited and finished Catch-22, after more than a whole decade of having ignored it. Raucous laughter was had.

I just started "The Three Christs of Ypsilanti" about 3 men in a mental hospital who believe themselves to be the physical reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Set in a 60's,  it's pretty darn unique reading about three schizophrenics rationalize how the other two people in a mental hospital are in fact liars, and that they know 'they' are the real Jesus Christ.

[Helgoland]

If you liked that, you may enjoy Dürrenmatt's Die Physiker (The Physicists).

[timferius]

I just finished Name of the Wind this weekend, not sure why it took me so long to read it, it's an amazing book.

[ChairmanPoo]

I am reading a thread called "What are you reading?"

[TheBiggerFish]

I am reading a thread called "What are you reading?"

I'm reading a post in a thread called" What are you reading?" that is about reading a thread called "What are you reading?" and thinking the meta should be stopped before it goes too far.

[Levi]

I'm reading Harry Potter for the first time.  Kinda neat finding all the details that weren't in the movies.

[timferius]

I'm reading Harry Potter for the first time.  Kinda neat finding all the details that weren't in the movies.

I could never see how anyone even knew what was going on in the movies without having read the books. It seems like so many details are missing.

[Levi]

I think the movies made sense on their own.  The biggest difference was I thought Snape wasn't such a bad guy in the movies, but in the books(well, first three at least) he is the most gigantic gaping asshole in the world.  In the muggle world he would have been fired from the educational system 100 times over, but I guess Wizards are a bit more tolerant of abuse.

[Twinwolf]

In a similar vein, I'm reading the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire. I've not seen the show yet, but will after reading.

[overseer05-15]

I'm reading Harry Potter for the first time.  Kinda neat finding all the details that weren't in the movies.

Spoiler:  the best part of the books tbh (click to show/hide)

PEEVES

Reading Dante's Inferno for a book report in English. It's funny as hell, 10/10 would recommend.

[Svarte Troner]

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell. Literally just started reading 3 seconds ago.

[Oneir]

Continuing my trend of free fantasy e-books I would absolutely not pay money for, The Towers of Sunset by L. E. Modesitt Jr. Besides some of godawful purple prose, and some deliberately confusing narration that keeps the first few chapters from gathering any steam, I'm most frustrated by the fantasy fabric the guy has invented called "silksheen". i.e. a fabric that has the same sheen as silk. Much like, for example, silk.

(An angsty teen is mad about having to wear silksheen, and is currently wearing flannel. In a fantasy novel. I am way more interested in the 90s punk fantasy setting this kid feel out of than the generic one he's stuck in.)

[Avis-Mergulus]

Katsuragawa Hoshu's "Brief Report on a Journey in the Northern Waters". Basically, a Japanese sailor's description of late XVIII-century Russia, as recorded by the shogun's physician.

Really amusing to read for a Russian - the dude basically just keeps bugging out at everything, but he is too japanese to show it, so he's just like "<_< what the fuck is this >_> what the fuck is that I am very grateful to you for your continued assistance, foreign devil ugh why is he drinking something that came from a cow's tit". Despite that, he appears rather impressed with Russian government (these words look weird together), and also gets to meet Catherine II and she is chill with him because she is generally a chill old lady at this point (1793, IIRC).

Would recommend. I believe it's usually rendered Hokusa Bunryaku in English.

[Imic]

Game of thrones.
A song of ice and fire.
Book one.
Game of thrones.
(They named the show after the first book)

[Arx]

Black Diamond, by Zakes Mda, which is a surprisingly hilarious deconstruction of a lot of South African stereotypes. Well, I finished it a while back, but nonetheless.

I wholeheartedly recommend Mda to anyone who enjoys insightful literary fiction that's pretty self-aware. His writing is truly excellent.