What are you reading?

The Metamorphosis was one of my favorites.

Brave New World is another, and Tuesdays with Morrie. Have you read those two?

They are probably common/popular reading materials in schools, but they are the few that stuck with me most.

I read a lot of Shakespeare, starting in middle school. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Caeser (Et tu, Brute?), etc... plus many of his sonnets.

I enjoyed them all growing up, not so much for the other kids in my classes =p

A lot of the classic books are fascinating, especially the ones that were almost like a glimpse into what the future has in store for us (Brave New World--eep!).

Both BNW and The Metamorphosis touch on psychology a bit :-)

I will read older books, and I'm amazed at how so much is still relatable centuries later.

The Odyssey for like, the billionth time ever.

She wrote the Handmaidens Tale. I am not sure, if I enjoyed it. It was a remarkable story. The film was not so good.

Operation Paperclip, Annie Jacobsen
The author thought provokes the fact that the allies imported thousands of Nazi scientists and engineers to various countries for their advanced research techniques and war machine knowledge. Even their medical doctors were hard sought after.
She wonders if the investment was all worth it, leaving the reader to their own conclusions.
I read it in two nights.
Just can't get over that Holocaust stuff.

Still on K-Pax, and it is not a terribly fat book either.

I am enjoying it though.

Every forum needs an intellectual.

But not enough to read it when it was current?

I like second hand books actually. I am not sure why though.

I keep the best ones to read again, but the rest get passed onto charity shops.

I have just finished K-Pax, it was just as good as the film.

I thought I would re-read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Is Solzhenitsyn still disapproved of?