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Allybee:
I just picked up some tob robbins and a few books about buddhism for the summer. I'm actually reading reviews of these books on buddhism on amazon and it's amazing how heated people get about something that I regard as personal and up for at least some interpretation. anyways, I'm kind of lost as to what else to look into. I think I'll have a lot of free time this summer and I thought that seeing what other people are going for might jog my memory or inspire me. so what are you reading? is it light or dense? fiction or nonfiction? what is your favorite summer (ie, for pure enjoyment) book?

Avec:
I recently finished Looking for Alaska by John Green. Its a fairly quick read and probably worth the few books it'll cost used. The person who suggested the book to me advised that I don't really read into the synopsis and just go at it without any prior knowledge. It definitely worked.

Inlander:
If you're on a Kerouac kick I'd highly recommend Desolation Angels, if only for the amazing beginning section which describes him sitting on top of Mount Desolation being a fire watcher, and then coming down from the mountain to get a lift back into the city.

scarred:
I've been working my way through the Dune series. It's interesting to see how well Frank Herbert's prose and storytelling abilities evolve with each volume. Dune, as much as I love it, seems stilted and juvenile compared to Children of Dune. It probably could've benefited from an additional hundred pages or so. Additionally, Dune Messiah is about half the length of any other book in the series and also has a noticeably larger typeface - it's essentially an extended prologue to Children of Dune.

I'm halfway through God Emperor of Dune now, and it's a fascinating take on religion. Herbert's also gotten a lot better at articulating his views on gender roles in society, so he seems much less like a bigoted prig in the later volumes.

After I'm done, my next conquest will be China Miéville's The City & The City, a book I've been stoked to read for a while, but only recently came out in paperback. However, it might be a while considering there's still Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune to complete. I'm a little OCD about reading series.

But I'm not gonna fuckin' touch the abominations that were spawned by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Fuck those guys.

mberan42:
If you want something to stay up late thinking about, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is a fantastic, mind-boggling read.

In terms of non-fiction, I have The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and Making Globalization Work by Joseph E. Stiglitz on my to-read list.

Right now, though, I'm plugging through the Wheel of Time series again, 'cause the new book came out recently and it's been years since I've read any of these books, so I want to be fresh when I read it. I'm on Lord of Chaos right now. Next on my fiction list is to re-read Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. I read Red last summer and Green over Christmas break (along with the first 3 WoT books), so it's about time I read Blue again. Now that I've graduated from grad school, I actually have time (and energy) to read books for pleasure.

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