Started:

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Finished:

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut

My fourth Vonnegut book.

Just finished:

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut -- Somehow or another, I never got around to reading this one before. All I knew about it beforehand was it involved Kilgore Trout, and that Vonnegut himself gave the novel a C grade.

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Just started:

Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman -- I probably have unrealistic demands of this book, as I am hoping for something I find as entertaining and educational as Edith Hamilton's Mythology.

I usually read one book at a time but I don't know what has gotten into me lately that I am now juggling 4 books, namely:
Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut (83% done, reading it during lunch time)
Senlin Ascends, by Josiah Bancroft (for bedtime reading)
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (my first time to read this book, I read it while on commute)
Spoonbenders, by Daryl Gregory (reading it after dinner time)

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I just finished The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. I really like this style of narrative nonfiction and will have to check out other similar books.

About to start Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut.

It’s been a weird couple of months for me and reading. I’ve been working on Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon I am about 135 pages into the ww2 banana epic. It’s my first exposure to Pynchon. I’d read Ulysses by James Joyce earlier this year. Personally, Ulysses was easier to follow than GR. I am thoroughly enjoying it though and plan to finish it by year’s end. I respect the writing it’s just hard to follow at times especially some of those Roger Mexico & Jessica Swanlake episodes, amongst a myriad of other things.

I’d started and finished my second reread of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut which was far more poignant this time around for me, in regards to ‘bad chemicals’.

I’d also started & finished Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl which was striking, informative and inspiring. I’d highly recommend it.

Finished Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert - a lot of people find the Dune series goes downhill (and I didn't really like Messiah) but I found this one was incredible and can't wait to get started on God Emperor.

Started Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut which up until about p200 I was completely bored with. After that it got interesting. I'm about done with it and I hope it's going where I think it's going. But with the first 2/3 of the book being seemingly pointless rambles it's hard to get into it and stick with it.

Halfway through Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut (my first time) and I'm really enjoying it. Also reading Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen during my commute to work.

I made it halfway through Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche before giving up and deciding that philosophy was too difficult a subject for me. So yeah, I'm gonna stay as far away from philosophy as possible, no offense to the philosophers and philosophy fans because I appreciate and respect the works these thoughtful people put out.

Finished Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut in a span of a day and a half. Interesting read. Really felt like Vonnegut was there with the felt pen and everything. I like to think that Vonnegut himself was the narrator.

Finished: Beneath A Scarlet Sky, by Mark Sullivan and Hyperculture: The Human Cost of Speed

Started: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R. Tolkien and Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut This is my third Vonnegut novel. I wasn’t really into it at first but I’m starting to like it more.

Finished:

Rant, by Chuck Palahniuk

I found this book to a very fun read. The style of writing is pretty unique (oral biography) and I could just imagine the characters sitting in front of the camera being interviewed and then their voice turns to voice-over as the scene they are describing plays out.

Started:

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut

I have never read any of Vonnegut's work before so I am excited to see what it's like.

Listening on Audiobook:

Circe, by Madeline Miller

I have been a fan of Mythology for a very long time so it is cool learning the story of Circe (one I am not too familiar with). Perdita Weeks' narration of the story is completely entrancing.

Finished Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut and still just of taking it in. Zany, razor-sharp, and full of black humour. I love the increasing craziness as the book reaches it's very meta climax, and I also love just how savagely Vonnegut critiques the American empire, on everything from race to poverty to pollution. Great book.

Just starting The Great Gatsby as well!