Yeah, over the last couple of months.  I have a pretty long list of stuff I need to read for school this summer.

Are you reading Don Quixote in the original Spanish, Smeagol?

I just bought "Der schreckliche Papst 1" written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. A story about power games during the renaissance with pope Julius II., Machiavelli and the good old Borgias. Full of bigotry and blasphemy. I mean, just take a look at the cover:
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If you like some over the top storytelling, you want to read it. Yes

I just bought the first two Scott Pilgrim books. They're great.

No.  I've read parts of it in Spanish for class before but it'd take too much time, especially given it's late medieval Spanish, which is to modern Spanish what Shakespeare is to modern English.

Ha, have you seen Jodorowsky's films?

Epileptic - David B.
I'm pretty much in shock right now. It ranks up as one of, maybe not my favorite books, but the books that have affected me the most on an emotional level. It just felt very personal; things I deal with daily, a lot of different ways of thinking about things... it hit really close to home. When it started out I was dubious as to whether I would find it compelling- B. goes off on what might seem like rambling stories about unrelated events. It takes some time reading to realize how these stories really are crucial for understanding his, and his family's story. It speeds up fairly quickly, and most of the novel is a page turner, so don't give up if you start reading it and it seems slow. The storytelling is actually very well done throughout, and from an overall viewpoint I don't think this odd pacing is a mistake, just another way of manipulating the reader. Of course, the impact of the presentation is aided innumerably by the artwork, which is brilliant. Lots of interesting abstractions and symbolism to feast your eyes upon. It wouldn't have had half the effect it had on me if it weren't illustrated so well. Anyway, excellent book, highly recommended to anyone, regardless of whether it looks like it will be your type of read. It took me by surprise, I'll be thinking a lot in the coming days...

I'm reading Five Dialogues by Plato.

I just finished reading Philip Muthacluckin' Pullman's Northern Lights, or rather The Golden Compass.] I had already seen the movie, but it's been a while, and what actually went on has since blurred somewhat, but I still remembered enough to realize why the movie made an ass out of itself:

Firstly,] the ending (of the movie) sucked because it wasn't the real gatdamn climax.

Secondly,] I remember bears slapping each other about, but I'm fairly certain no one ripped anyone's gory,] still-beating heart out and made a meal out of it. I don't care if the movie was for all ages. I CAN'T HELP LIKING COOL THINGS.

Thirdly,] I got such a terrific sense of the bond between humans and their daemons in the book, that I'm tempted to go back and watch the movie again, because I don't remember getting that sense of caring and love at all.

It seems as though the pooch was screwed harder and more vigorously than I had previously thought, because I considered the movie okay at the time (despite my being annoyingly confused during a few bits), but clearly, the book was pretty damn entertaining.

The biggest flaw I can think of was that the alethiometer] made !@#$ a little too damn easy sometimes, but what ya gonna do. I didn't really think about that until after I was finished reading, though, so I guess Philip Pullman did his job, that tricky !@#$!

I shall now pursue the sequels post-haste.