[Mac Sirloin]

I couldn't update the old one so here we are. Discuss what novels, textbooks, your sibling's diaries, comic books, religious litany and scientific journals you're reading.

I picked up a copy of The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion by Arthur Schopenbauer. I've been trying to get into more Philosophy literature but find the majority of them so stuffed with dry overly verbose allegory I get bored a few chapters in, promise myself to pick it up again and forget why I wanted to read them in the first place. I'm dedicated to finishing The Horrors though, it's much more accessible and the presentation so far (a discussion on the viability and problems with moral permanence of religion between two Philosophers) has proved very novel and engaging for a philosophy flopper like me.

I'm also TRYING to read The Sickness Unto Death & Fear and Trembling, by Soren Kierkegaard. Wonderfully written but dense and dry as can be, it's got a lot of repeating and retelling of the binding of Isaac that goes from interesting to just bizarre in how often it's regurgitated anew. I'm still getting the hang of Philosophical writings, but it takes some pretty serious dedication not to be bored to tears.