What y'all readin'?

Currently, I'm rereading Dracula and thoroughly reading (rather than just skimming like I did last semester) The Lonely Girl by Edna O'Brien. I've loved Dracula since I was 12, and I'm really enjoying The Lonely Girl so far, although I'm sort of over-empathizing with the central character (she was described as a "literary fat girl" by one of the more piggish male characters in chapter one, and I found myself sharing in her righteous indignation maybe a little bit too much). When I'm done with those, I promised a friend I woe read Atonement, which I'm really, really looking forward to, and the second I have enough time to devote the deserved concentration to it, I fully intend to immerse myself in D i c k ensia. :)
 
I'm currently reading a German book about 9/11 conspiracy theories. Interesting stuff, I've now read several books about it and am totally convinced that the official version of the events is a fraud. There are way too many coincidences and strange events surrounding that day.

Time for a little survey, what do my fellow Burbanites think about 9/11? Do you follow the official version or do you also believe there is something wrong with it?
 
I'm currently reading a book called The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn S. Saks. It's an autobiography by a lady with schizophrenia, which is research for a screenplay I'm writing. This is the 7th book about schizophrenia that I've read so far, and it's definitely the best of those 7.
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Kris Klopek wrote:

I'm currently reading a book called The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn S. Saks. It's an autobiography by a lady with schizophrenia, which is research for a screenplay I'm writing. This is the 7th book about schizophrenia that I've read so far, and it's definitely the best of those 7.<center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

That sounds really interesting. The only book I've read about mental illness is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and that one had me in tears.
 
UPDATE: I momentarily shelved Dracula and The Lonely Girl to read Atonement (because I have no willpower in the face of a new book). Oh my God, so beautiful but so, SO devastating.
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>DemonPrincess wrote:

UPDATE: I momentarily shelved Dracula and The Lonely Girl to read Atonement (because I have no willpower in the face of a new book). Oh my God, so beautiful but so, SO devastating. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

I've lost count of the number of books I've abandoned when I've got something new that I can't resist. The worst part is when you have a great book that you forget to ever go back to. I've got way too many unfinished good books...

 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Kris Klopek wrote:

<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>DemonPrincess wrote:

UPDATE: I momentarily shelved Dracula and The Lonely Girl to read Atonement (because I have no willpower in the face of a new book). Oh my God, so beautiful but so, SO devastating. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

I've lost count of the number of books I've abandoned when I've got something new that I can't resist. The worst part is when you have a great book that you forget to ever go back to. I've got way too many unfinished good books...

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I always finish book at all costs, even when I hate them :) On the one hand there might come a turn when the book nonetheless suddenly becomes good. On the other hand I'm one of these "I paid for it and now I'm finishing it" - guys.
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>RayPeterson wrote:

<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Kris Klopek wrote:

<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>DemonPrincess wrote:

UPDATE: I momentarily shelved Dracula and The Lonely Girl to read Atonement (because I have no willpower in the face of a new book). Oh my God, so beautiful but so, SO devastating. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

I've lost count of the number of books I've abandoned when I've got something new that I can't resist. The worst part is when you have a great book that you forget to ever go back to. I've got way too many unfinished good books...

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I always finish book at all costs, even when I hate them :) On the one hand there might come a turn when the book nonetheless suddenly becomes good. On the other hand I'm one of these "I paid for it and now I'm finishing it" - guys. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

Yeah, I have a really tough time not finishing a book, no matter how much I don't like it.
 
I recently purchased five new books, none of which I've read.
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
-Alice in Wonderland by Louis Carrol
-The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
-The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-Salem's Lot by Stephen King

I started with The Name of the Wind because I was in the mood for a good fantasy novel.
 
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