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What are you currently reading?
Sylvie:
I'm reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, which so far is amaaaaaaazing. It's sci-fi of a literary fiction sort, and I've been mourning how busy I've been all week because all I want to do is drop everything and read it straight through.
What are you reading?
Cloudchamber:
I'm currently indulging in the habit of juggling multiple books at the same time. My primary book (for lack of a better word) is The Loser by Thomas Bernhardt, which tackles the insatiable human urge to be superlative- recounted from the perspective of a pianist who studied with virtuoso Glenn Gould, only to discover his own inferiority, and resultantly, his existential futility. Quite good and painfully relatable.
My secondary books are Blow Up by Julio Cortazar (short stories- all of them poignant and emotionally transformative in that incomparable magical realist way) and a textbook on differential geometry in physics, because I'm a nerd or something.
Anyway, I think this is a cool idea! We could start a trans book club or something :)
Blue Senpai:
I'm reading "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out" by Susan Kuklin.
Sylvie:
I finished The Sparrow, which was amazing. Now I'm reading a short novel by Neil Gaiman (my first time reading him), The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
--- Quote from: Cloudchamber on June 29, 2014, 05:52:14 pm ---My primary book (for lack of a better word) is The Loser by Thomas Bernhardt, which tackles the insatiable human urge to be superlative- recounted from the perspective of a pianist who studied with virtuoso Glenn Gould, only to discover his own inferiority, and resultantly, his existential futility. Quite good and painfully relatable.
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This sounds fantastic. Adding it to my to-read list!
Rachel:
I just finished "Think Like a Freak" from the guys that rote Freakenomics.
I am half way through Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow.
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