What are you reading right now?

Hat said:
I've only read what I believe is the 1846 anonymous translation—I say "I believe" because the copy I own has no information about the translation, but only text—and liked it quite a bit. I'd recommend it unless you're adverse to reading through 1000+ pages of 19th century English with plenty of whences and thithers.
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Jesus, no wonder it was so bare-bones. I'll definitely try to look for the anonymous translation next time I pop in the library. Thanks!

Also, is the guy trying to win Mercedes' hand still her cousin in that translation? Not necessarily something that'll stop me from reading, but it was more of a oh, it's that kind of book reaction for me.
 
knifetruck said:
Also, is the guy trying to win Mercedes' hand still her cousin in that translation? Not necessarily something that'll stop me from reading, but it was more of a oh, it's that kind of book reaction for me.
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Yep.
 
Funnily enough, The Count of Monte Cristo (revised translation by Peter Washington, introduction by Umberto Eco.) Been jumping between that, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and Macbeth.
 
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Picked up Michel Houellebecq´s Submission today. Previously I´ve read by him Atomised (I know, duh!) and The Map And The Territory and am a huge fan actually. 30 pages in and pretty much a typical Houellebecq read.
 
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Although I'm not much of a reader, I have been reading the Disaster Artist after buying it a few days ago. I know there was mention of it a few years ago on the forum to the point it had its own thread. I have to admire Greg Sestero in going through the whole ordeal despite Tommy having a very unprofessional attitude.
 
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Although I'm not much of a reader, I have been reading the Disaster Artist after buying it a few days ago. I know there was mention of it a few years ago on the forum to the point it had its own thread. I have to admire Greg Sestero in going through the whole ordeal despite Tommy having a very unprofessional attitude.
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I listened to a bit of the audio book (read by Greg himself). Great stuff.
 
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Just finished reading The Beetle, a Victorian melodrama in the same vein as Dracula. A lot of the same themes, orientalism, imperiled masculinity, use of telegrams. Probably half as good as Dracula, takes too long to get to the central scenario.
 
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Just finished Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

Picked it up because the title sounded like a transhistorical buddy comedy a la Christopher Moore. Instead, I got a young adult novel about LGBT Mexican-Americans in late-'80's Texas.

It was good.
c-no said:
Although I'm not much of a reader, I have been reading the Disaster Artist after buying it a few days ago. I know there was mention of it a few years ago on the forum to the point it had its own thread. I have to admire Greg Sestero in going through the whole ordeal despite Tommy having a very unprofessional attitude.
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I think what I love about that book is just how personable it is, "personable" not being a word that immediately comes to mind when you hear the phrase "Hollywood tell-all." It's not about being a star, it's about getting your goddamn foot in the door, the immortal Catch-22 of job-seeking (no job, no experience, but no experience without job).
 
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I'm rereading "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne. It's so full of fun scientific autism, just like everything else he ever wrote. ^^;
 
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