What are you reading?

[Swatopluk]

Target Tirpitz (Patrick Bishop)
Der verstrahlte Westernheld (the irradiated cowboy movie hero)(Rudolph Herzog)

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

Recently finished Charles Shiro Inouye's Evanescence and Form. Very good, thorough, yet accessible introduction to Japanese culture, actually read for a philosophy course. References a lot of things, sometimes without explanation apparently... I only noticed when he started quickly making comparison between Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Otomo's Akira, mentioning Akira and characters from it with no explanation of preparation. I only caught it 'cause I've seen the film so I understood what he was talking about. Anyway... good read. Currently delving into much older Japanese mythology, though I know a fair bit of it already...

[Swatopluk]

If you are digging there, could you also look, whether it is an established trope there that an old woman sitting at a spinning wheel is actually a demon (or at least imbued with magical powers).
I have seen that is several Japanese movies (both live action and anime), so I guess it must be traditional. Otherwise they would have all to have nicked it from Kurosawa's Throne of Blood

[Opsa]

Gotta love the Japanese storytelling.

I'm reading 275 Acting Games Connected by Gavin Levy in preparation for my next theater project.

[Swatopluk]

I have actually my own saga in front of me to check where exactlythe gaps still to be filled are.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

I'm nearly done with book two, of Denis Leary of the RCN (Royal Cinnibar Navy-- a space opera series by David Drake).

Book one was With The Lightnings.
Book two is Lt Leary, Commanding.

I already have book three, and there are several more in the series.  What is nice, is I can get these in ePub form, to use the Cool Reader (android) app to read them, my preferred method these days.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I finished The Casual Vacancy from J. K. Rowling. Interesting reading her in a absolutely-not-for-children book. She has a nice social conscience and she definitively is a good writer (if there were any doubts).

[Opsa]

The Cherokee Herbal by J. T. Garrett.

I've always had an interest in ancient plant medicines. I was trying to find a book about this maybe five years ago and couldn't locate one. Then this one shows up at the local library book sale for 25 cents. Hey!

[Darlica]

I'm rereading "Declare" by Tim Powers.

[pieces o nine]

It was Match Fo(u)rth, aka Grammar Day today.

The winning Haiku was;

I am an error
And I will reveal myself
After you press send

*ahem* ...notice the punctuation...    

[Griffin NoName]

I finished The Casual Vacancy from J. K. Rowling. Interesting reading her in a absolutely-not-for-children book. She has a nice social conscience and she definitively is a good writer (if there were any doubts).

Interesting. I recently finished it too. It took me for ever to read. I couldn't get into it at all, until p.400 odd when I gained a faint interest as things started to take off shortly before the end of the book. SPOILER...........Bit of a revenge tragedy, what with everyone dyimg at the end. I found it dull. I couldn't remember who any of the characters were from page to page. Damning with faint praise. Sorry to disagree

Now reading Biopsychosocial Medicine ~ Peter White  (am evil psychiatrist- oh woops is that libellous?) - basically crap about non-dualism body-mind where the mind is responsible for making us all ill, never mind scientists proving bugs and viruses do that....... of course subtext is ME/CFS is a disease invented by lazy layabouts who want to live on benefits and never do a day's work - background reading for my dissertation. Every page makes me crosser. Not a healthy book to read.

[Swatopluk]

Guy Deutscher - Through the language glass

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Finished book 4, The Way to Glory of Denis Leary of the RCN, now on to book 5, Some Golden Harbor

Am enjoying the series immensely-- I always enjoy books about loyalty to one's peers/fellow-adventurers.  Both of the main characters in this series are loyal to their peeps to a fault; a trait I rather admire, I think.  The loyalty is returned, naturally.  

[Swatopluk]

Simon Sheridan - Keeping the British End Up

[pieces o nine]

Thank god   [c wot i did thar!]   I was not elected pope!

Common Illnesses at the Vatican.   

Stigmataberculosis
A bad case of the Antichrists
Vaticancer
St. Francis of Alopecia
Exorcysts
Blasphemeasles
Immaculate consumption
Hymnorrhoids
Ave Malaria

There's always off-beat comedy at this blog. I see the link to Comic Sans is still in the Top favorites list.