What are you reading right now?

I managed to snag three of the Twilight Saga books at charity shops today (I refuse to give Stephanie Meyer my money - at least it went to a good cause!) because I wanted to be able to form my own proper opinion on the saga, rather than relying on others. And from what I can tell the first book nothing more than your typical amateur story that somehow (I believe Meyer's agent paid publishers, or something along those lines) made it through quality control. Granted, there are some decent sentences every now and then, but that still doesn't win the book any points.

Also: i found that someone had made notes on some of the pages. Essay notes. Some poor person actually believed Meyer's books are essay-worthy. :lol:
 
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I'm doing a thing this year where I only read non-fiction. (Last year I only read fiction) Right now I'm reading John Strickland's "Making of Holy Russia". It's pretty good - I was worried, since the author's an Orthodox Priest, that he wouldn't be super objective, but it seems pretty fair minded, and he's more than willing to rip into Orthodox ideology when it's deserved (and it's often deserved).
 
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Shoot, haven't said anything in a while. I'm reading All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy and I'm not sure I quite like it as much as his other books so far. Its much more slowly-paced and its not quite as enthralling. Then again, its more on the romanticism side of things than southern gothic so maybe its to be expected.
 
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Currently reading Death of the WCW: 10th Anniversary Edition (I got it since I enjoyed another of their books called Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Proffesional Wrestling).

It's pretty informative and it's amazing the stuff they messed up on from basic things like forgetting to record matches for TV to the more complicated things like having wrestlers also be the people who book the matches leading to them and their friends headlineing every pay per view event (Which also meant they had huge salaries) while the younger up and coming wrestlers became increasingly frustrated at not being able to progress in the industry.

Also I read a comic called The Boulevard of Broken Dreams which has a really good story and the art* has a great 1930s cartoon feel to it.

It's a dark story about a disturbed, alcoholic artist (And early animation in general) and a cartoon cat he draws called Waldo who he happens to be able to see and hear.

*A page from the comic:
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Picture This by Joseph Heller. Pretty good (mostly fictional) historical account of Ancient Greece and Holland
 
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I've been on a bit of a Scalzi kick, so I'm reading Lock In.

Really interesting transhumanism motifs.
 
Right now I'm reading The Chimp Paradox.

It's a self-help book that helps you understand your impulses and drives and then teaches you how to control them. Apparently it's all about identification of those "chimp moments" and using the various methods described in the book to jedi mind trick your primitive mind (or your chimp) into doing what you want instead of letting it hijack your shit.

It works... I think. Less than 1/2 way through and now I'm already getting a lot better at catching myself doing stupid shit like getting angry, not wanting to do something because it's hard/boring/long, being lazy and then stopping myself and saying "No. That's what a retard would do." and modifying my behavior before it becomes a problem.

I'd recommend it to anyone looking for better impulse control who can't afford a psychologist.
 
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