Metal Reviews

Almost done with American Gods, which was pretty good. Shadow though. Shadow. What a bloody name to pick for a protagonist .

Spawn Origins Collection volume 1, got this today and it excites me greatly because i love spawn ^.^

SHAKESPEARE:

Richard II - I went from thinking Richard was a dick at the start to feeling bad for him by the end. Even though if you remember he was a dick at the start he deserved everything he got. TRICKY TRICKY MR AUTHOR.
Henry IV Part One - <3 Hal.
Titus Andronicus - Got into one of those "omg must keep reading to get to the part where he gets vengeance for all the shitty stuff that's happening to him" moods, which is a feeling I've only gotten from the horror movie Eden Lake iirc (which didn't actually have the full revenge. Damn you, Eden Lake). It's a weird feeling.
Othello - After Titus, the writing in this was like a breath of fresh air. Although I didn't notice Titus being that clunky while reading it. But switching to Othello felt like going from a pile of rocks to an elegant colourful butterfly drifting through the wind.

Currently reading this. Loved the first part, but the middle part hasn't really engaged me yet.

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE - THE PALE KING

slightly excited

Diary of the War of the Pig and The Great Gatsby. didn't like the former, the latter was good but i fail to see the "unforgettable masterpiece classic orgasm" about it.

Still reading Empire and had this awesome moment when I realized why Deleuze and desire is important. To desire, which ultimately leads us to do, i.e. produce, is so integral that when the proletariat/multitude has a desire to revolt against the bourgeoisie it is more to do with a desire to overcome rather than out of Nietzschean ressentiment or how Arendt describes a revolution based in petty necessity and not politics. Typing this out made it not seem ground-breaking but when I actually read it, my mind got blown and I realized why somebody might actually want to talk about Deleuze.

Also studying for the GRE again and picked up the Prolegomena to a Future Metaphysics by Kant to prepare for reading the 1st Critique this fall.

Anyone else finish Dance With Dragons? If so, what'd you think?

haven't even picked it up lol. considering getting it from Amazon.fr or fnac, but it's over €20 for some reason, when amazon.uk appears to be selling it at less than €15.

Of Mice and Men. I kinda like it, but I guess not so much since such a short book is taking so much time.

Yeah, I felt the same way, but just keep reading and it'll grab you. I agree, though, the first part is awesome and more fun to read.

I've heard of The Savage Detectives but I thought it was a movie lo

MORE SHAKESPEARE:

The Comedy of Errors - Doesn't do much beyond its silly (but funny!) premise
Twelfth Night - Lovely.

Now on Taming of the Shrew.

"Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale.
Say that she frown, I'll say she looks as clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew.
Say she be mute and will not speak a word,
Then I'll commend her volubility
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence.
If she do bid me pack I'll give her thanks
As though she bid me stay by her a week."
...because if I can't handle her at her worst then I sure as hell don't deserve her at her best!

We Shall Not Fail - The Inspiring Leadership of Winston Churchill

Now there was a fucking brilliant man. Great read, need to get more on him.

Measure For Measure. About halfway through so far and... yikes.

The Winter's Tale. Last Shakespeare play for a while. GONNA MISS HIM.

Finished Winter's Tale. Not as many memorable lines as say Hamlet but it's my favourite Shakespeare play because it's so beautiful and sad. The emotions the ending brings up are vicious.

Now gonna see how much of Les Mis I can read before September.

still on Pillars of the Earth, halfway through, really enjoying it.

picked up a few books from my uncle's place:
Immanuel Wallerstein - Utopistics or, Historical Choices of the Twenty-first Century
Jean-Dominique Bauby - The Diving-Bell & The Butterfly
Vir Sanghvi, The Collected Food Writings Of
A Farewell to Arms - read The Old Man and the Sea and a couple of short stories when i was 15, didn't do anything for me, hopefully now at age 24 i can "get" Hemingway.
Bonfire of the Vanities

Just finished Gilgamesh.