What Book Are You Reading?

[spankyfrank]

Hey I recently got into reading books as a wonderufl way of making time go by fast. The book I read was the olll classic To Kill A Mockingbird, my next venture is going to be 2001: A Space Odessy. So I pose the question to you: What are you reading now ?

[KnoxHarrington]

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

I'm contemplating another run at actually finishing all 3,000 pages of the Baroque Cycle soon.

[IamFogHat]

New year, new thread?

This might get merged but whatever. I'm finally reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (the book Blade Runner is based on) and so far it's captivating. Really fucking provocative, but Dick usually is.

[hedges]

I'm just getting started with Black Spring by Henry Miller.

[MC Pee Pants]

Im reading a book about the Alaskan Yukon and the gold rush and shit...it kind of blows but it helps me sleep. Has anyone read Life of PI......I need to talk to someone about it.

[Coach]

Hey I recently got into reading books as a wonderufl way of making time go by fast. The book I read was the olll classic To Kill A Mockingbird, my next venture is going to be 2001: A Space Odessy. So I pose the question to you: What are you reading now ?There is a thread on this, but Mockingbird is great! 2001 is great but slow..Brave New World is a good one.
Look at Neil Gaimen...

[JustJon]

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[Hosp]

Beginners Guitar (With DVD)

[ZigZagBigBag]

henry miller's opus pistorum. steady porn!

[Holes]

Noah Trudeau's Southern Storm.

About Sherman's March to the Sea.

[yojimbo7248]

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

I'm contemplating another run at actually finishing all 3,000 pages of the Baroque Cycle soon.

I love Cryptomonicon but that is the only one of his books that I have read. What do you think of his books that you are reading?

I am reading a lot of Berlin related books since I was there in December. I am currently going through Man Without a Face, the autobiography of Markus Wolf who was in charge of the East German foreign intelligence. I highly recommend it for anyone who is even remotely interested in intelligence or the Soviet Bloc.

[Ritalin]

Im reading a book about the Alaskan Yukon and the gold rush and shit...it kind of blows but it helps me sleep. Has anyone read Life of PI......I need to talk to someone about it.

All I will say is that I've never been disappointed with a book more than Life of Pi.

[booster11373]

Just finished Nixonland

Just started God is not Great

[otrdave]

The Joy of Sex!:thumbup:

[hedges]

I am currently going through Man Without a Face, the autobiography of Markus Wolf who was in charge of the East German foreign intelligence. I highly recommend it for anyone who is even remotely interested in intelligence or the Soviet Bloc.

Great book I got on my shelf and will probably read again soon. :thumbup:

[MC Pee Pants]

All I will say is that I've never been disappointed with a book more than Life of Pi.

How come? He fucking shits the whole book away in the last two pages, its intense.

[CuntagiousChris]

Charles Bukowski's "Factotum" he is a filthy drunk bastard and i love it:thumbup:

[Ritalin]

How come? He fucking shits the whole book away in the last two pages, its intense.

Exactly why I thought it was bullshit.

[MC Pee Pants]

Exactly why I thought it was bullshit.

yea but it was a huge mind fuck. the story was so exciting and wonderful, but the reality of it was absolutely the worst possible fucking thing that could have happened. It was better than any Chuck Palahniuk twist ive read at the end of a book.

[spankyfrank]

So I finished 2001: A Space Odyssey in about 8 hours and i don't know if i got into it or im just a really fast reader...weird....

Anyway I now make my way into War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells

[hedges]

Charles Bukowski's "Factotum" he is a filthy drunk bastard and i love it:thumbup:

Did you see the movie? The book rules.

[hedges]

I usually read a couple of books at the same time. All of this interest on RonFez.net in comics rubbed off a little. When I was younger I collected comics, put them in mylars, all of that. I still have some of my collection from those years. Seeing the movie American Splendor got me even more interested in comics again. So, the other night, I bought V for Vendetta the graphic novel. It came out in '88, and I like it a lot.

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

I do not read books, but I have a friend that loves Hunter S. Thompson, and "Fear and Loathing" (the movie) intrigued me... So I'm reading "Kingdom of Fear." It's enjoyable because I just imagine the words being spoken in Johnny Depp's voice when playing HST. :)

[TjM]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2007/1014-1.jpg

[GregoryJoseph]

"Ghost Rider - Travels On The Healing Road" by Neil Peart (the drummer from Rush)

It's Neil Peart's account of the cross continent motorcycle trip he took after his 19 year old daughter and his wife both died within a year of each other, and his attempts to come to grips with it and clear his head.

Obviously Mr. Peart is not a professional author, but it's a decent read so far. A buddy of mine who is a motorcycle fanatic lent it to me, and while I don't ride, I can certainly understand the feeling of freedom it must give.

[high fly]

Right now I am reading a book titled, "Understanding Arabs, A Guide for Modern Times," by Margaret Nydell.
It's sort of a handbook for folks in the Foreign Service or others who are interested in Arab culture and it is very enlightening, cleanly and clearly written.
I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in the topic.

[spankyfrank]

So I finished War Of The Worlds, kinda of a boring book. Also H. G. Wells was a big time racist. Such an angry man...

Anywho I now start on The Art Of War by Sun Tzu (Translated by Lionel Giles)

[CharlieC]

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter

[jetdog]

right now I'm working my way through the Terry Pratchett works, all of them.

I think Pratchett is an amazingly underated writer, yes his books are goofy, but the goofyness does not kill the insight and intelligent satire this guy is capable of.

[CHUCKWAGONCOOK]

Chariots of the Gods. By Zacharia Zitchen

[hedges]

Chariots of the Gods. By Zacharia Zitchen

Have you ever read Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken? It's supposed to be similar to what Sitchen proposes in his books.

[tbagnu]

just finished reading "death..a life" with george pendle...

a good read in my opinion!!

[CHUCKWAGONCOOK]

Have you ever read Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken? It's supposed to be similar to what Sitchen proposes in his books.
Your absolutely right. I'm reading The 12th Planet as well. I got there names mixed up.

[Drunky McBetidont]

just finished zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.

[Drunky McBetidont]

Your absolutely right. I'm reading The 12th Planet as well. I got there names mixed up.

i thought l ron hubbard wrote that book. it is from the 70s, right? i remember when that and futureshock were huge

[hedges]

i thought l ron hubbard wrote that book. it is from the 70s, right? i remember when that and futureshock were huge

Zecheria Sitchen's books may have come out in the late 70s or early 80s. The 12th Planet is Planet X (if I remember right). His opinions are inspired by his interpretations of ancient Babylonian tablets.

[Drunky McBetidont]

Zecheria Sitchen's books may have come out in the late 70s or early 80s. The 12th Planet is Planet X (if I remember right). His opinions are inspired by his interpretations of ancient Babylonian tablets.

aliens built the pyramids stuff? right up chuckwagon's alley

[Coach]

right now I'm working my way through the Terry Pratchett works, all of them.

I think Pratchett is an amazingly underated writer, yes his books are goofy, but the goofyness does not kill the insight and intelligent satire this guy is capable of.

read Good Omens fucking great!

[PD]

I'm reading QBVII.
I saw the movie years ago.

I thought about this story when I heard Roger Clemens wanted to sue McName for Libel (a guy is accused of being a Dr Mengele type in a book, sues the author which opens up for the truth)

[utriculus!]

I just finished A Man Without A Country.

Took about 2 hours to read cover to cover :laugh:

Fucking love Kurt Vonnegut though. His insights always make me smile and feel good about the tragedy of life.

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

The Inferno.

[Coach]

The Inferno.
One of my faves..and my mom wonders why I don't go to church.

[disgruntledsherpa]

Keane: The Roy Keane Autobiography

[JustJon]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NFiFSNnRL._SS500_.jpg

My friend lent me a copy of Ring of Hell. Started reading it last night.

[spankyfrank]

Well finished The Art Of War. Definetly a quick read. I now begin the arduous task of reading The Odyssey

[Kublakhan61]

One of my faves..and my mom wonders why I don't go to church.

I guess you should finish the trilogy, then. Paradiso is the best thing Dante ever wrote.

[zildjian361]

Rolling Stone, Spin, Artie Lang To Fat to Fish.:clap::laugh:

[yojimbo7248]

Right now I am reading a book titled, "Understanding Arabs, A Guide for Modern Times," by Margaret Nydell.
It's sort of a handbook for folks in the Foreign Service or others who are interested in Arab culture and it is very enlightening, cleanly and clearly written.
I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in the topic.

that sounds great. I will have to pick it up.

[Misteriosa]

Relic...

i know im only 15 years behind :o

[MichiganJim]

Scarpella - the latest Patricia Cornwell novel

[KatPw]

Relic...

i know im only 15 years behind :o

OMG omg omg I am a HUGE Preston/Child fan. You are going to love it, never ever watch the movie it sucked big time.

[Foster]

Relic...

i know im only 15 years behind :o

great book though,

I've read all the Preston-Child books, loved them all

[Foster]

OMG omg omg I am a HUGE Preston/Child fan. You are going to love it, never ever watch the movie it sucked big time.

I agree, they didn't even have Pendergast in the film

how can you leave out the Main Character!

[KatPw]

I agree, they didn't even have Pendergast in the film

how can you leave out the Main Character!
And play museum/city switcheroo! I was so pissed.

[Misteriosa]

OMG omg omg I am a HUGE Preston/Child fan. You are going to love it, never ever watch the movie it sucked big time.
i read cabinet of curiosities first. i didnt realize it was part of a series (bk 3) so im starting from the beginning and never saw the movie so thanks for the heads up :thumbup:
great book though,

I've read all the Preston-Child books, loved them all
it is a great read so far
I agree, they didn't even have Pendergast in the film

how can you leave out the Main Character!
wha wha what?!?! pendergast is what made me want to start the series from scratch
And play museum/city switcheroo! I was so pissed.
shhh! no more! you might roooooon it for me

[Foster]

And play museum/city switcheroo! I was so pissed.

do you know if they ever make the sequel, Reliquary, into a movie?

when I was reading it, it seemed familar

[Foster]

i read cabinet of curiosities first. i didnt realize it was part of a series (bk 3) so im starting from the beginning and never saw the movie so thanks for the heads up :thumbup:

it is a great read so far

wha wha what?!?! pendergast is what made me want to start the series from scratch

shhh! no more! you might roooooon it for me

save yourself some money, I have all the books

[Misteriosa]

save yourself some money, I have all the books

i was gonna do the nypl route but if the lending library of foster is available, that will work too :happy:

[KatPw]

do you know if they ever make the sequel, Reliquary, into a movie?

when I was reading it, it seemed familar

I looked it up and could not find any info on a sequel movie. Maybe something else out at the time had a similar plot, because I know I read a book a few years ago called "Subterranean" that seemed an awful lot like that movie The Descent.

[Foster]

i was gonna do the nypl route but if the lending library of foster is available, that will work too :happy:

anytime, just watch out for the late fees :wink:

[Foster]

I looked it up and could not find any info on a sequel movie. Maybe something else out at the time had a similar plot, because I know I read a book a few years ago called "Subterranean" that seemed an awful lot like that movie The Descent.

yeah, it was proberly just the plot that seemed familar

[Reephdweller]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SLeDkVQ4MgA/SLWkz5SkTnI/AAAAAAAAAkI/vWbLaHgzFck/s400/OmnivoresDilemma_full.jpg


Thanks to HTG's suggestion I'm reading The Omnivore's Dilemma (http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232677582&sr=8-1)

[kdubya]

I read Good Omens a while back, I think the book had one of the best interpretations of the 4 horsemen.

read Good Omens fucking great!

[kdubya]

Currently rereading Fluke by Christopher Moore

[spadanko]

reading Watchmen right now

[Foster]

Just started reading "The Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry, so far it's pretty good.

I think I've read all of his novels, if you're a fan of Dan Brown you'll like Steve Berry's work

[DiabloSammich]

reading Watchmen right now



Nice. I was late to the Watchmen party myself, I just read it last fall, and was worried it wouldn't live up to the hype. I was glad it did.



Anybody read this yet.....?


http://www.audioeditions.com/audio-book-images/Roads-to-Quoz-A9W489L.jpg

I'm only about a quarter of the way into it, but so far it's fascinating.

[beachbum]

Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn


The 10th in the Mitch Rapp series.Counter terrorism/espionage Clancyesque type books.I've read alot of this kind of stuff and Flynn makes it seem realistic and plausible than the Tom Clancy wannabes.

[led37zep]

Its a book promoting an economic theory about taking 2% of the GDP and using that to pay for healthcare, living wage, schools, in a way that both the left and right can agree on.

So far it seems the author is more interested in validating his accomplishments in the Clinton White House than explaining how this is going to work...but I'm not very far into the book.

http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/images/thumbnails/9781586482893.gif

[jennysmurf]

http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:_ZNOoIHBiCa71M:http://cdn.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/9/9780061240379.jpg

I just picked this up from the library. It's a collection of "Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro." I'll to let you know how it is.

[Coach]

I read Good Omens a while back, I think the book had one of the best interpretations of the 4 horsemen.

American Gods was the first book I had read in a long time where I didn't see the ending coming, got me hooked on Gaimen.

[spankyfrank]

So I've been a busy bee in the past month. I knocked off The Odyssey and then The Count Of Monte Cristo. I now venture forth into In Cold Blood.

[MC Pee Pants]

Jack London, The Sea Wolf. Its fucking great, anyone else like Jack London?

[dino_electropolis]

Just finished "the shack", which was an intriguing story. Complex subject matter written in easy to read language.
Starting "the overcoat" by Gogol, only bc it was mentioned in the movie "namesake"

[Knowledged_one]

Been reading a ton lately including:
the road - very good and bleak
dies the fire - good book about two groups and how they survive when technology just quits on the world
ancients - book 3 of the event group disappointed by the conclusion but the series is great and would be good movies
world war z - not bad very bleak though and kinda slow
and a book about the kgb during the cold war

[made cummsies]

there's usually three books on the go...currently:

airplane reading: Ghost Wars (http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wars-Afghanistan-Invasion-September/dp/1594200076), if you enjoyed Charlie Wilson's War you'd likely enjoy this book

bedtime reading: Cold Terror (http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Terror-Nurtures-Exports-Terrorism/dp/0470840560/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235975380&sr=1-1), because I didn't have enough reasons to hate our previous Liberal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) government

toilet reading: I Hate Your Guts (http://www.amazon.com/Hate-Your-Guts-Jim-Norton/dp/1416587853/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235975506&sr=1-1) by our own little Yimmy Norton

[Coach]

Emergency Medicine..which stinks because the Glossary of Injuries index is no longer there...
I loved the pictures avulsed eyes and Shotgun wounds to the head.....PA EMS is fucking wimpy!

[Thebazile78]

I breezed through the first 7 Sookie Stackhouse novels in a little over 2 days, so I've re-read them twice since while I'm waiting for the 8th book to come out in paperback at the end of the month. (I may have to find my nearest library and read the 9th one when it comes out, though, because I finish them so quickly.)

In the meantime, I'm re-reading the first 2 Dresden Files novels ... I have to get the other ones because I enjoy them so much.

Total brain-candy, but whoever said there was something wrong with that has to have their head examined.

[burrben]

just finished kerouac's "visions of gerard" and now im starting on ingmar bergman's "images: my life in film"

[tbagnu]

since the movie is coming out this week, i am reading "watchmen"!!

[JerseyRich]

http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/artielange/images/book-cover.png

[realmenhatelife]

I just read the His Dark Materials trilogy and The Meaning of Night, and now I'm on to 2666, which is proving to be as long winded as, but not as annoying as, all the other Latin/South American stuff I've read.

[Knowledged_one]

Starting an army at dawn first book in the trilogy about ww2

[Coach]

In the meantime, I'm re-reading the first 2 Dresden Files novels ... I have to get the other ones because I enjoy them so much.

Total brain-candy, but whoever said there was something wrong with that has to have their head examined.
I liked the series on Sci Fi so I think I will check them out at the library.
Found a copy of Jean Shepherd's "In God We Trust.." think I will read that tonight.

[spankyfrank]

So I finally made it through Moby Dick after much struggle, afterwards I darted back with The Call Of The Wild and White Fang and now currently I have started on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.

Breezin' through the classics....

[Foster]

started re-reading Angels & Demons; want to finish it before seeing the movie, so I can be annoyed at what changes were made.

[TheGameHHH]

I just finished Torre's book "The Yankee Years". From somebody that is die hard Yanks, this book was actually really good. It gave a lot of insight in to the inner workings of the Yankees from '96 till '07.

[beachbum]

Burr,by Gore Vidal.

[TooLowBrow]

Vidal, by Bill Burr

[Mullenax]

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If you think that paraffin wax thinned with gasoline sounds like an awesome way to waterproof 1940's circus tents, think again. Carnies and rubes fight their way out the flames.

[burrben]

http://www.kerouac.com/images/imagesnew/visions.jpeg

[biggirl]

Embarrassingly - Twilight : I am sick of everyone telling me to read it and telling me I will love it. I have a hard time reading it because I don't like vampire stories. It seems silly to me.

Otherwise I am reading a book about Aspergers Syndrome.

I try to read a non-fiction book and a fiction book at the same time.

[TooLowBrow]

Embarrassingly - Twilight : I am sick of everyone telling me to read it and telling me I will love it. I have a hard time reading it because I don't like vampire stories. It seems silly to me.



that book was written by a 12 year old girl who knows nothing about vampires

[biggirl]

that book was written by a 12 year old girl who knows nothing about vampires

you've read it? Now I don't feel so bad.

[TooLowBrow]

you've read it? Now I don't feel so bad.

i read them all.
they are fantastic in their badness

[hammersavage]

i read them all.
they are fantastic in their badness

Are you going for underdog's crown of gay?

[TooLowBrow]

Are you going for underdog's crown of gay?

i wish

im just a fan of 'so bad its not even good' entertainment

thats why i post here

[SHWA25GUNNER]

http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/yiddish.jpg

and yeah, i am mesmerized by the cover art. really enjoying this book.

I also highly recommend "Motherless Brooklyn," by Jonathan Lethem.

[dereckfishboy]

It's probablly benn about seven years so I think I'll pick up 1984 again.

[burrben]

It's probablly benn about seven years so I think I'll pick up 1984 again.

that was 25 years ago :dry:

[nixonfingers]

I just got The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine) by Naomi Klein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein). I watched Klein on the Rachel Maddow show and was intrigued by the topic of the book. I hope to start it this week.

[Suspect Chin]

I just got The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine) by Naomi Klein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein). I watched Klein on the Rachel Maddow show and was intrigued by the topic of the book. I hope to start it this week.


Be sure to hug a tree and check on your rice paddies when you are done reading.

[nixonfingers]

Be sure to hug a tree and check on your rice paddies when you are done reading.

Witty.

[Kublakhan61]

Tin Drum - Gunter Grass
It's phenomenal - at the halfwaypoint.

[Heather 8]

I breezed through the first 7 Sookie Stackhouse novels in a little over 2 days, so I've re-read them twice since while I'm waiting for the 8th book to come out in paperback at the end of the month. (I may have to find my nearest library and read the 9th one when it comes out, though, because I finish them so quickly.)

In the meantime, I'm re-reading the first 2 Dresden Files novels ... I have to get the other ones because I enjoy them so much.

Total brain-candy, but whoever said there was something wrong with that has to have their head examined.

I'm about two-thirds of the way through the lastest Sookie book.

I recently read a short story from the author of the Dresden Files, and my curiosity is piqued; might have to give those a go next.

[Thebazile78]

I'm about two-thirds of the way through the lastest Sookie book.

I recently read a short story from the author of the Dresden Files, and my curiosity is piqued; might have to give those a go next.

Are you talking about Dead and Gone? I haven't started that yet because I have the other 8 in paperback (Target had them on sale for like 25% off in January) and hate having mismatched books. (Weird thing to hate, right? I can always acquire the others in hardcover on Amazon as they are released.)

Jim Butcher is a wonderfully weird and witty sonofabitch. Harry Dresden is one of the more human protagonists I've read in a while ... which is cool.

I just finished the 5th Dresden Files novel (Death Masks) and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Again, total brain-candy. Which is great when you've been having end-of-the-world crises every other day!

Next on the "to-read" list is another Charlaine Harris novel - Real Murders, which is the first in her Aurora Teagarden series.

[nate1000]

Just wrapped up:

http://www.manhattanrarebooks-literature.com/capote%20cold%20blood%20500.jpg

Looking for something new.

[dino_electropolis]

Went to the local bookstore ( I avoid barnes & nobleto help mom and pop shops) looking for Don Quixote.... Sons of bitches didn't have it! Instead of running to the chain store to pick up a copy I had them order me one.

I picked up The Complete Dialoges by Plato. Mental excercise to help the brain stay sharp after posting on RnF.net all day ..... lol.

[Misteriosa]

Went to the local bookstore ( I avoid barnes & nobleto help mom and pop shops) looking for Don Quixote.... Sons of bitches didn't have it! Instead of running to the chain store to pick up a copy I had them order me one.

I picked up The Complete Dialoges by Plato. Mental excercise to help the brain stay sharp after posting on RnF.net all day ..... lol.

you have to read The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus) by Apuleius. its the story about a guy who dabbles in magic, gets transformed into a donkey, and finds his way into the Cult of Isis. its kind of religion-ish but its the only complete Latin novel that we have. it gives a nice insight into the ancient mind on religion (thats not christian) and sort of reminds me that people really did believe in Jupiter and Apollo, etc.

edit: and you also get few famous tales in there

[Kublakhan61]

Went to the local bookstore ( I avoid barnes & nobleto help mom and pop shops) looking for Don Quixote.... Sons of bitches didn't have it! Instead of running to the chain store to pick up a copy I had them order me one.



As a Quixote scholar: Do not buy the Penguin edition or the Norton Critical (a rare case where Norton missed the mark) - BUY the Edith Grossman translation. It is the most accurate and most enjoyable translation available.

The Quixote is the height of human achievement ... enjoy it.

[Furtherman]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r0nqf21TL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

A fascinating look into Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett's voyages into the Amazon to find the fabled City Of Z, a grand civilization in the heart of the Amazon.

Great read. I've already heard they've optioned the movie rights.

[Heather 8]

Are you talking about Dead and Gone? I haven't started that yet because I have the other 8 in paperback (Target had them on sale for like 25% off in January) and hate having mismatched books. (Weird thing to hate, right? I can always acquire the others in hardcover on Amazon as they are released.)

Yeah, I'm almost finished with it now. And the 'shipping fangirl in me is absolutely delighted. :wub:

Next on the "to-read" list is another Charlaine Harris novel - Real Murders, which is the first in her Aurora Teagarden series.

I have the first few books, but I can't really get into Aurora for some reason. Conversely, I wish she'd do some more with Harper Connelly (she's said she might do just one more book in that series).

[hatonmyhead]

I'm reading Player Piano. Goes quick.

[DonInNC]

Just finished City of Thieves by David Benioff, which I highly recommend. It was probably one of the best new fiction books that I've read in a long time, one of those books that I had to force myself to put down. It's got a little of everything - tragegy, humor, adventure, and history.

Justy started Filth by Irvine Welsh. Also reading The Afterlife by John Updike and the harmonica book that Bobo mentioned in the other reading thread.

[grlNIN]

I finished My Horizontal Life a couple of days ago, im halfway through Identical now and next im going to pick up Magical Thinking: True Stories.

[thepaulo]

Franny and Zooey

[Ton80]

re-reading Atlas Shrugged. Actually "re-reading" isn't entirely true. I've read a few hundred pages in a couple times and always get bogged down.

[Gvac]

re-reading Atlas Shrugged. Actually "re-reading" isn't entirely true. I've read a few hundred pages in a couple times and always get bogged down.

Same here.

I could never get through it.

It's fucking exhausting.

[MC Pee Pants]

Ron Darlings piece of shit about pitching. I thought it was going to be an insight about how to get certain batters out and technical stuff but its written like shit, its congratulating, and an over all bore that completely misses the point. Like my posts.

[jennysmurf]

http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:I2WRfQ2kByi5lM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QE7DD9P5L.jpg

Just started it. So far, so good.

[jennysmurf]

Franny and Zooey

Read this, but didn't really understand it.

[TooLowBrow]

just started irvine welsh's 'crime'

[weekapaugjz]

http://ebooks-imgs.connect.com/ebooks/product/400/000/000/000/000/034/109/400000000000000034109_s4.jpg

[Gvac]

http://research.yale.edu/ysm/images/79.2/Book-Bryson.jpg

The sweetest man in the world (CHUCKWAGONCOOK) sent it to me about a month ago, along with some other treats.

[Liverspot]

"Croatia, a nation forged in war", Marcus Tanner

Wish I had listened to my relatives more, just now catching up on history.
"Balkan Ghosts" was another great read of the history of the turmoil of Yugoslavia.

[Ton80]

Same here.

I could never get through it.

It's fucking exhausting.

I feel like an asshole not being able to get through it. I've got friends that just sit down and read shit through in one night. I need to take a vacation to finish Animal Farm.

[jennysmurf]

I feel like an asshole not being able to get through it. I've got friends that just sit down and read shit through in one night. I need to take a vacation to finish Animal Farm.

You should try listening to it. I checked out the book on cd from the library and listened to it on a long road trip. It was pretty good. It made me realize how much America's changed--we no longer depend upon the railroads and steel mills.

*I'm talking about Atlas Shrugged, not Animal Farm, BTW...

[TooLowBrow]

It made me realize how much America's changed--we no longer depend upon the railroads and steel mills.

now its auto industry and oil

[Kublakhan61]

Franny and Zooey

Read this a couple of weeks ago for about the 7th time. It is easily my second favorite book.

"There isn't anyone anywhere that isn't Seymour's Fat Lady."

[drjoek]

Just picked up the New Elmore Leonard Road Dogs for Memorial Day weekend at the beach:clap:

[jessicaduh]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Dubliners_title_page.jpg

[Suspect Chin]

Just wrapped up:

http://www.manhattanrarebooks-literature.com/capote%20cold%20blood%20500.jpg

Looking for something new.

How did you like it? That is one of my favorite books. Check out Breakfast at Tiffany's if you like Capote.

Franny and Zooey

Read this, but didn't really understand it.

I thought it was about religion and how you have to make it an ingrained part of your soul. You don't realize that the book is just about that stupid prayer she repeats until the end. Great book.

http://research.yale.edu/ysm/images/79.2/Book-Bryson.jpg

The sweetest man in the world (CHUCKWAGONCOOK) sent it to me about a month ago, along with some other treats.

How is it? I keep getting tempted to buy it.

I'm currently reading The Death of Bunny Munro by the great Nick Cave. Starts off as kind of a funny story about a screw up dad and his kid that worships him, but by the end it becomes very dark and disturbing. I recommend it.

[Suspect Chin]

Just started E.L. Doctorow's new book, Homer & Langley.

I'm curious if any of you New Yorkers grew up hearing the story of these two miscreants?

[CountryBob]

The Lost Symbol from Dan Brown

[Kublakhan61]

Gonna finish Methland tonight. I was sick of it by the halfway mark but it's such an easy read I may as finish it.

[yojimbo7248]

reading a biography about Richard & Isabel Burton called "Rage to Live". This is the British intelligence officer from the Great Game era who sneaked into Mecca, translated the Kama Sutra, and went up the ranks in Sufi mystical groups. extremely interesting guy. I also finished an Aleister Crowley bio. He is a much more accomplished and interesting than people give him credit for.

[yojimbo7248]

Gonna finish Methland tonight. I was sick of it by the halfway mark but it's such an easy read I may as finish it.

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think. I recently talked to a friend who loved it.

[hammersavage]

Rereading "The Professor, the Banker and the Suicide King". One of my favorites. In preparation for the conclusion of the WSOP.

[yojimbo7248]

Rereading "The Professor, the Banker and the Suicide King". One of my favorites. In preparation for the conclusion of the WSOP.

what is WSOP?

[hammersavage]

what is WSOP?

World Series of Poker

[yojimbo7248]

World Series of Poker

thanks

[fezident]

http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/cross.jpg
Just got this one a few days ago. Gonna crack into it this weekend.

[GregoryJoseph]

http://research.yale.edu/ysm/images/79.2/Book-Bryson.jpg

How is it? I keep getting tempted to buy it.

It's a great read.

Each chapter is devoted to a different field of science (astronomy, geology, phsyics, etc.) but broken down and written so the average person could easily comprehend it.

It only makes this universe seem that much more magnificent.

[Chigworthy]

http://images.indiebound.com/256/703/9780061703256.jpg

I've never read Dennis Lehane before, but I liked the two movies from his books (Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone). I also never buy a book that has a still from the movie adaptation as a cover. It's something that bugs me for some stupid reason. But after staggering around the bookstore for a couple hours, I settled on this. It's a great cerebral mystery so far.

On the same trip I got this:

http://blog.ruhlman.com/.a/6a00d83451b42169e20115705cd94b970b-320wi

This is one of the best cookbooks I've read in a while. It's kind of like Ripert's take on all the garbage food network pap about cooking for normal people at home. It focuses on several locales that Ripert and his posse stay at for a week and hang out, cooking with local ingredients in a domestic kitchen. Ripert cooks with what he has, and has success and failure with his talent as one of the better chefs around.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Just finished Border Songs by Jim Lynch. It was good, except the ending was rushed and tacked-on and utterly boring, much like Canada which it's about.

Starting Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

[hammersavage]

Just finished Border Songs by Jim Lynch. It was good, except the ending was rushed and tacked-on and utterly boring, much like Canada which it's about.

Starting Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

I'm actually just starting this:

http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/%7BA756A2ED-35C7-4CB0-B69C-B757E5496388%7DImg100.jpg


I got high hopes.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I'm actually just starting this:

http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/%7BA756A2ED-35C7-4CB0-B69C-B757E5496388%7DImg100.jpg


I got high hopes.

Nice. I didn't know that was out yet- Krakauer or his publisher put it on the kibash a couple times and I thought it wasn't going to come out in this decade. Glad to see I'm wrong.

[Drunky McBetidont]

my kid has been pestering me to read this series for over a year. finishing the first one now and enjoying it.

http://jennifermorrill.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/070517_lightningthief_vmed_11a-thumb-298x447.jpg

[FrogSlayer]

a probably antequated book on Visual Basic, it is only 10 years old.

[Kublakhan61]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think. I recently talked to a friend who loved it.

Here's my verdict on Methland - All content dealing with the effect of meth on the human mind/body was fascinating, as were passages dealing with cooking, types of meth, and types of labs.

The stuff about lobbyists and their constant efforts to keep Ephedrine on the market in form that they were fully aware was being utilized to cook up a cheap, destructive street drug was great.

Where the book lost me was when it glossed over a bit about how Tyson Foods ordered 500 undocumented workers from an undercover federal agent and immediately launched into the final third of the books which was "the Mexicans are to blame for the meth endemic." Let us not forget the pharm lobby, and the market for cheap labor that capitalism champions. The Mexicans seemed to carry the weight by the end of the book, not an honest send off.

I felt that overall the book could have used some balance.


Currently I'm reading Jean Baudrillard's The Spirit of Terrorism - His take on terrorism is enlightening.

[spankyfrank]

I'm still trying to get through the Jungle Books. I'm almost done.

[weekapaugjz]

i'm about halfway through The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. i have read a lot of books on history, but this could be one of the best i have ever read. if you like military history or european history, i highly suggest it.

[hammersavage]

I'm actually just starting this:

http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/%7BA756A2ED-35C7-4CB0-B69C-B757E5496388%7DImg100.jpg


I got high hopes.

finished a couple of weeks ago, forgot to give a review.

absolutely excellent. the last couple chapters, which go into great detail about Pat's death from friendly fire and the cover up that occurred after is so heartbreaking its hard to read.

but he's a tremendous guy and a very well written story. highly recommend it.

[WampusCrandle]

just finished. highly interesting.

http://www.wardahbooks.com/blog/uploads/Techno.jpg

[IamFogHat]

Reputedly his most personal work
http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/Bag_of_Bones_HB.jpg
BTW I will fight anyone to the death who says Stephen King is shit literature.

[weekapaugjz]

stephen king is shit literature.

[IamFogHat]

stephen king is shit literature.

Decide your weapon of choice.
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/03/southparkanime.jpg

[weekapaugjz]

Decide your weapon of choice.


http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Studded-Mace.jpg

[IamFogHat]

http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Studded-Mace.jpg

Bodacious choice...

[Kublakhan61]

just finished. highly interesting.

http://www.wardahbooks.com/blog/uploads/Techno.jpg

Postman is great. I forgot all about him - I had to read "Amusing Ourselves to Death" in college. Very interesting dude.

I'm 50 pages from the end of Camus' The Plague. It's depressing as hell but I'm a sucker for existentialism. A walled off city full of people who only have one another to depend turns out to be an excellent backdrop for just how alone we all really are. Even when confined to a 10 block radius and seeing the same few faces everyday - we still do not have the capacity to express ourselves clearly to anyone but ourselves.

Nabakov's The Defense is waiting in the wings. Can't wait for that.

[realmenhatelife]

stephen king is shit literature.

Stephen King is a great story teller, he's both inventive with his mythology while being nostalgic, and most importantly he is %100 percent upfront and honest about what kind of writer he is and what he's trying to accomplish, which is a shit ton more than I would say about the majority of people writing today.

[weekapaugjz]

Stephen King is a great story teller, he's both inventive with his mythology while being nostalgic, and most importantly he is %100 percent upfront and honest about what kind of writer he is and what he's trying to accomplish, which is a shit ton more than I would say about the majority of people writing today.

i mostly said it to get in a bludgeoning match with IamFogHat.

[booster11373]

http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/wp-content/miami-babylon-gerald-posner.gif

so far this is so so, to much time spent on real estate development in south beach and not enough on the "cocaine cowboys"

[KatPw]

Thud! By Terry Pratchett
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n28/n143511.jpg

I love all the Discworld books, but I think the ones involving the Watch are my absolute favorites.

[Coach]

Letters home from Viet Nam.

[realmenhatelife]

i mostly said it to get in a bludgeoning match with IamFogHat.

Oh ok, I retract my statement, have at it.

[west milly Tom]

Liberty And Tyranny by Mark Levin. Awesome so far.

[Ponyboy]

"Common Sense and Other Writings"-Thomas Paine

I highly recommend this book and others (like the "Federalist Papers" et al.). We often forget what our forefathers had to endure and overcome to make this great nation of ours!

P.S. I also think they would shudder and cry to see what their country has come to!!

[Thebazile78]

I'm back on a Charlaine Harris kick, with her Sookie short-story anthology Touch of Dead (previously published Sookie Stackhouse short stories that actually fill in a few blanks in the Southern Vampire novels) and two Aurora Teagarden mysteries (The Julius House and Dead Over Heels). I've finished the 1st two, and should finish Dead Over Heels today or tomorrow.

Prior to treating myself to the Harris, I read the 6th Dresden Files novel - Blood Rites - and will likely head back to the bookstore for the next 4 so I can catch up. (Then I'll decide whether or not the stories jump around too much for me not to get the companion novels.)

Before that, I had a list a mile long, including Julie & Julia, My Life in France, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Breaking Dawn, Inkheart and Belly Laughs.

Let's just say that TV and the internet were not my best friends while I was puking.

[Ritalin]

I just finished the first two Rabbit books by Updike. Whew.

Now I'm working on DeLillo's Underworld again. It's so massive, so dense and good.

It's like eating a gallon of the best ice cream you can think of. It's a long way to the bottom of the container, but it's so good.

[Boogie in Va]

Half way through this

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Bv7S5mCsL.jpg



Waiting for this to come out next month......

http://www.stephenking.com/images/coming_soon/UTD/utd_full.jpg

[TheGameHHH]

Half way through this

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Bv7S5mCsL.jpg

i finished that last week and i thought it kinda stunk. other than it making me want to re-visit D.C. the book did absolutely nothing for me.

the other night i realized i have never read To Kill A Mockingbird. So right now I'm about 100 pages into that.

[Suspect Chin]

I just finished the first two Rabbit books by Updike. Whew.

Now I'm working on DeLillo's Underworld again. It's so massive, so dense and good.

It's like eating a gallon of the best ice cream you can think of. It's a long way to the bottom of the container, but it's so good.

Finally someone else has read the Rabbit books. I've been harping on this forever. Did you like them? Did Rabbit remind you at all of ESD? Are you going to finish the last two?

[Suspect Chin]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BX2aSG8RqEU/SqYomshWEnI/AAAAAAAACmg/GsRCycMcBDw/s400/Thomas+Pynchon+-+The+Crying+of+Lot+49.jpg

Seemed like a good way to jump into Pynchon.

[Furtherman]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IgG4cPSvL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

By Phil Plaitt, the author of the Bad Astronomy website.

Awesome. You want to know how we could or will go? This is the book that explains our minuscule time on Earth.

[yojimbo7248]

i'm about halfway through The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. i have read a lot of books on history, but this could be one of the best i have ever read. if you like military history or european history, i highly suggest it.

I love that book and I love her. make sure to read her book about GEN Stillwell in China.

[yojimbo7248]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

just started it.

[yojimbo7248]

I DeLillo's Underworld again. It's so massive, so dense and good.

one of my all-time favorites. I should re-read it.

[Suspect Chin]

one of my all-time favorites. I should re-read it.

It is at the top of my list. I like to get a massive book and kinda slowly read it in the background while concentrating on reading other shorter books.

[weekapaugjz]

I love that book and I love her. make sure to read her book about GEN Stillwell in China.

thanks for the tip. ill have to check it out. i really like her style of writing history.

[weekapaugjz]

i forgot to put my book in my work bag tonight so i will be starting World War Z. i always keep a spare book in my bag. i'm a nerd.

[nate1000]

I'm back on a Charlaine Harris kick, with her Sookie short-story anthology I've finished the 1st two, and should finish Dead Over Heels today or tomorrow.


Just make sure to wash your hands before coming here to post.

[GregoryJoseph]

A buddy at work gave me "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown and said it was a fun, quick read.

I may shove it up his ass when I return it.

Embarrassingly awful.

[Don Stugots]

i'm half way through it myself and i am hating it.

[GregoryJoseph]

i'm half way through it myself and i am hating it.

Like a high schooler wrote it, right?

[Don Stugots]

Yes. I find myself wondering why am i reading this book. if it wasnt for the great details of the DC area and buildings, i may have tossed it already. as a mason buff, it stinks.

[Suspect Chin]

A buddy at work gave me "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown and said it was a fun, quick read.

I may shove it up his ass when I return it.

Embarrassingly awful.

Fun, quick read is probably pretty accurate. I haven't read it but I would describe the Da Vinci Code that way.

Did you read any of Dan Brown's other stuff? He's not going to win any awards, but they are certainly page turners.

[Don Stugots]

Fun, quick read is probably pretty accurate. I haven't read it but I would describe the Da Vinci Code that way.

Did you read any of Dan Brown's other stuff? He's not going to win any awards, but they are certainly page turners.

that is the one thing that gets me mad about this book, i loved the davinci code. i was hooked from the first page. this one just isnt working.