What book are you reading right now?

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Am currently reading The Age of Reason by Satre which I find reassuring, and The Oak King the Holly King and the Unicorn which is about symbolism in the Unicorn Tapestries.

Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh

I'm reading The Dark Lord of Derkholm [by Diana Wynne Jones] and The Merlin Conspiracy [also by Diana Wynne Jones].

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Having been in psychiatric hospitals before, I can definitely relate to it.

Just finished the Classics of Indian Spirituality, translated by Eknath Easwaran and with commentary by Michael N. Nagler. The series is made up of 3 texts central to Hindu/Buddhist thought (as shown above): The Upanishads, the Dhammapada and the Bhagavad Gita.

I can *highly* recommend these for those interested in learning more about Indian religion and spirituality, and Michael N. Nagler provides an excellent commentary on the texts from a Western perspective.

Reading Beckett's En Attendant Godot (re-reading it) and Filth by Irvine Welsh.

Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980's
by Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason!

Beyond Celts, Germans, and Scythians, by Peter Wells.

Anthropology/archaeology book on the prehistoric populations written about by the classical civilizations of Greeks and Romans. But rather than accepting that each group could be clearly delineated in the eyes of classical writers, the artifacts of these preliterate people's material culture are examined to perhaps better define notions of how they identified themselves, and how identity was not fixed among these European tribes, but often fluctuated. So far, an interesting read.

To Fetch A Thief by Spencer Quinn.

Next Up:

Joyland by Stephen King

Strangers {a Nameless Detective novel} by Bill Prozani

President Nixon: Alone in the White House by Richard Reeves

I'm reading a book I thought I would never really enjoy reading, out of the knowledge. A history book, that's not in my top topics. Esp. middle age, castle etc.. Stuff. About The Tudors. It's like The young and the restless my grand mother would watch on TV.

Just began reading History of The Catholic Church by James Hitchcock.



It's written from the perspective of a devout Catholic, so it will likely present the church in a somewhat positive light. But I'm used to handling such literature, and the reviews of Hitchcock's book are generally favourable, even from mainstream historians.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher, and others.

I decided to pick up an anthology of some of Edgar Allen Poe's fiction.