What Are You Reading? [Archive] - Page 13

gooferbert

10-10-2010, 06:12 AM

Have you read Under the Dome yet? My wife is currently reading it. When she's done that is my next Stephen King novel.

No...but it is on my list (which keeps growing!). I have The Stand lined up next. I never thought I would be such a S. King fan, but he really is an excellent story teller.

SRock

10-10-2010, 06:17 AM

DE Shaver

10-10-2010, 06:48 AM

Moving on to Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings.

fiferboy

10-10-2010, 06:54 AM

Moving on to Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings.

I loved both Belgariad and Mallorean series from Eddings. I couldn't get into the Elder Gods series, though.

I recently read the entire "Wheel of Time" series and enjoyed every page. I know it is not for some people.

DE Shaver

10-10-2010, 07:12 AM

I loved both Belgariad and Mallorean series from Eddings. I couldn't get into the Elder Gods series, though.

I recently read the entire "Wheel of Time" series and enjoyed every page. I know it is not for some people.

I enjoyed the Belgariad seris but I never started the Mallorean series. I'll give that go next.

xjrob85

10-12-2010, 10:44 PM

Life of Pi, by Yann Martel.

Swashbuckler

10-19-2010, 11:29 PM

Reading: The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen right now.

Very VERY interesting. If you're into religion and/or science at all you'll enjoy this book.

Anything from Terry Pratchett is good. I keep laughing aloud when I am reading his stuff. Real Superb!

kg4ghn

10-19-2010, 11:36 PM

No...but it is on my list (which keeps growing!). I have The Stand lined up next. I never thought I would be such a S. King fan, but he really is an excellent story teller.

Without a doubt. He can be very crass, but it often lends itself well to the story he is telling. This was a hurdle for my wife in reading Under the Dome. She asked, "Do all of his books contain so much profanity and sex?" :lol::lol:

I read several of his books years ago and enjoyed them, I don't usually get into horror but I enjoy his writing style. I like how a lot of his stories intertwine and you get references from one story in another. I loved the Dark Tower Series. Even if he did write himself, as himself, into a few of the books... :001_rolle

shave_apprentice

10-20-2010, 12:00 AM

kg4ghn

10-20-2010, 12:04 AM

I am often guilty of reading a few books at the same time. I do not mean at the same instant, but reading a different book at different times throughout the day. I am trying to break this bad habit, but here are ones I am starting and the ones I recently finished:

Recently finished -
Arguing With Idiots by Glenn Beck
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
1984 by George Orwell

Starting -
Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Napoleon's Buttons by Penny Le Couteur (My chemist teacher last semester) & Jay Burreson

And when I have the discipline to focus on one book I will try to get my hands on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, or Fountainhead.

I am not sure which Ayn Rand book is best to start with yet.

I tend to have one fiction and one non-fiction book going at the same time. I enjoy reading non-fiction but sometimes I just have to get immersed in a good fiction and forget about everything for a while.

I have been wanting to read Atlas Shrugged for a while but just haven't gotten around to picking it up yet.

honed

10-20-2010, 01:32 AM

Kilgore Trout - The Money Tree

kwk285

10-20-2010, 05:17 AM

Kisser by Stuart Woods

The Count of Merkur Cristo

10-20-2010, 08:53 AM

I'm about 1/2 way through "Parrish"...(hard cover), Mildred Savage's novel about four adjoining Cigar tobacco farms in New England, and the love, lust and sabotage which occurs there and the loveless marriages that litter the landscape of Connecticut throughout this book.

This book deals with the struggle for control over Connecticut's Cigar tobacco farming industry. The main antagonist is the all-powerful Judd Raike who intends to buy out the entire valley and no akin to using some of today's cutthroat business tactics. His biggest competitor is the noble Sala Post who stands for uncompromising integrity. Parrish and his mother, Ellen arrive in tobacco country from Boston and become involved in the conflict.

Christopher :badger:

krevo

10-20-2010, 08:57 AM

Just finished Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes. Good fun - read it on the islands during my honeymoon.

Dennard

10-20-2010, 10:37 AM

Life of Pi, by Yann Martel.

That is a great book.

jmg

10-20-2010, 11:10 AM

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris - a fascinating read.:thumbup1:

nmg82

10-20-2010, 11:12 AM

Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization by Iain Gately

Navig8tor

10-20-2010, 11:47 AM

Ivanhoe - by Sir Walter Scott

I never read the complete story and thought itwas time to go back to it. I was glad I did and enjoyed it a lot.

Walter Sobchak

10-20-2010, 11:52 AM

Ivanhoe - by Sir Walter Scott

I never read the complete story and thought itwas time to go back to it. I was glad I did and enjoyed it a lot.

I'm doing the same thing with Moby Dick right now. Just DLd it to the Droid. It'll be my first time reading a digital book on a little screen.

Navig8tor

10-20-2010, 11:56 AM

I'm doing the same thing with Moby Dick right now. Just DLd it to the Droid. It'll be my first time reading a digital book on a little screen.

That is a big whale on a little screen!

Loved Moby Dick. The imagery is incredible.

I have a nook now. Wasn't sure I would like it but I have really taken too it. I hardly go anywhere without it.

craig87c

10-20-2010, 12:47 PM

Reading YAMASHITA v. STYER, Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces, Western Pacific. Taking classes in International Law is faaaaaaaaaaaaascinating...:001_rolle

Mink

10-20-2010, 01:42 PM

Just finished 2 books that I highly recommend.

The 1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet....though it's not available in paperback yet.

and then to continue the Japanese theme:

Snow Falling on Cedars....which is an ok movie, but the book is great

icedoverfire

10-20-2010, 01:57 PM

Finished V for Vendetta yesterday. Currently reading Asleep by Molly Caldwell Crosby.

ama015

10-20-2010, 01:57 PM

The 900 days: The Siege of Leningrad written by Harrison Salisbury. I read this book many years ago, and felt I had to read it again. One of the "thoughest" books I have ever read. How much can a human take? How much can a population suffer? Very very much. There is a reason behind that the Leningrad Symphony is world known. If you read this book you will learn how it was played the first time by almost dead people. A must read if you are interested in history and the Second World War.

Dennard

10-20-2010, 02:43 PM

snow falling on cedars....which is an ok movie, but the book is great

+1

David in Boston

10-23-2010, 07:04 PM

"How to Be an Existentialist" by Gary Cox.

Written for the lay person in a style that is informative and funny.

The more I read about Existentialism the more I see it as an optimistic philosophy.

And no, I don't hang around cafés wearing black turtleneck sweaters, drinking espresso, smoking French cigarettes and discussing suicide.:biggrin1:

muskokabrian

10-23-2010, 07:47 PM

The Lost City of Z, by David Grann.

I'm only halfway through the book but loving it and feel it's a book that would highly appeal to many of the B&B members. It's the story of Percy Fawcett, who it is suggested is the real life explorer/spy/brittish col. who inspired the Indiana Jones character.

The book details much of the mans adventures culminating with his mysterious dissapearance in the 1930's in the Amazon Jungle while searching for what he dubbed the "lost city of Z". In the 80 years since his dissappearance there have been all kinds of people that have searched for him. It's a really great story and I highly recommend it.

Poodle Soup

10-23-2010, 08:37 PM

Finished Robert Jordans last book an eagerly awaiting the next, highly recomend to anyone who likes fantasty. Terry Goodkind and Meline Rawn also have very very good fantasy series. (Meline Rawn has a more romantical thing if thats your thing)

As for more classic books just finished Animal Farm, which everyone needs to read.

Samurai-5

10-27-2010, 12:47 PM

Re-reading Atlas Shrugged. :)

ratcheer

10-27-2010, 02:12 PM

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

Tim

cardstock

10-27-2010, 02:12 PM

Circus Parade by Jim Tully

Wingnut

10-28-2010, 09:01 AM

My current read is "Packing for Mars" by Mary Roach. If you haven't read any of her oeuvre (Stiff - about your body after death, Bonk - about "the science of sex"), you're misssing a very funny writer.

ChrisS86

10-28-2010, 12:26 PM

The Stand by Steven King

cnnc97

10-28-2010, 01:05 PM

The Stand by Steven King

I'm a big fan of King. I am currently reading The Cell. It's been a long time since I read The Stand, it's a great book if you have the time to read something that long.

Laz

10-29-2010, 01:51 AM

The Stand by Steven King

I'm a big fan of King. I am currently reading The Cell. It's been a long time since I read The Stand, it's a great book if you have the time to read something that long.

The Stand is one of his best!

plexibass

10-29-2010, 02:03 AM

You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup-Peter Doggett

I'm a huge Beatles fan and read just about every book there is but this one offers a unique perspective of the legal, finacial and the personal tolls it took on all 4 of them to break up.

Groat

10-30-2010, 07:58 PM

I just finished up the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. It was an interesting look into the man I learned about in school. Seems he was a proud man but had the brains and public service record to back that up. It was free on my Kindle, and as you can download the Kindle reader on your computer or phone I'd recommend it to anybody looking for a quick read.

I have since started John Grisham's new novel, The Confession. I'm through about 15% of the book thus far and it's been enjoyable. It's a legal thriller (of course) about a man who is wrongly convicted for a murder and put on death row. His execution is coming up, and the true murderer has the ability to set him free. I haven't read too much of Grisham's work, but it seems to be par for the course. If you've enjoyed his other novels, you're likely to find this one interesting.

Laz

10-31-2010, 12:39 AM

I just finished Los Angeles Noir, a collection of noir short stories set in present time in LA. I am not much of a short story fan, but I enjoyed many of the stories compiled in this collection. There is a second collection Los Angeles Noir 2, which that is made up of many of the classic noir stories set in area as well. I will pick it sometime in the future.

Tomorrow I plan on starting Darkness Under The Sun (http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Under-Sun-Novella-ebook/dp/B0042JSMS2/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1288510098&sr=8-27), a novella written by Dean Koontz.

auk1124

10-31-2010, 05:07 PM

Just Started "The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England" by Adrian Tinniswood. How can you go wrong with Love, War and Madness?

nff

10-31-2010, 06:50 PM

how to train your dragon.

jazzman

11-03-2010, 12:03 PM

Just finished Bob Dylan in America, by Sean Wilentz, an Ivy League history professor. This is not a typical biography. Instead, the author describes connections between Dylan's body of work and its sources, primarily American folk music, historical events, and, of course, the blues.

kap49

11-03-2010, 01:45 PM

The Last Boy by Jane Leavy - Mickey Mantle, warts and all - lots of warts.

RockyNomad

11-03-2010, 02:12 PM

"Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10"

I can't put this book down.

Rossmeister

11-03-2010, 02:44 PM

Just gonna start Ten Little Niggers by Agatha Christie.

breadstick

11-03-2010, 03:21 PM

Reading Horns by Joe Hill. About half way through it and it's really entertaining.

SalvadorMontenegro

11-03-2010, 04:46 PM

hitemfrank

11-03-2010, 04:58 PM

Has anyone read A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking? It is acceptable for the ignorant layman, or too complex?

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

The Republic - Some guy named Play Doh, or something

I suggest we move this thread to the Barber Shop, so that it gets more views and responses.

I think it was partly written with the layman in mind. There is actually only 1 mathematical formula in the book and it has pictures to help explain some points so I'd say give it a shot.

It's currently on my to read list behind Catcher in the Rye. I just have to finish Generation of Swine and I can start on that list.

RayH

11-03-2010, 05:20 PM

I just received through Amazon the book Olives,The Life & Lore of a Noble Fruit. Written by Mort Rosenblum. It describes the history, cultivation and use of olives.

Legion

11-03-2010, 05:43 PM

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

PlasticCity

11-03-2010, 06:03 PM

At the moment, The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene.

benvh

11-03-2010, 07:06 PM

"Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour" by Rachel Shukert

kg4ghn

11-03-2010, 08:13 PM

Has anyone read A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking? It is acceptable for the ignorant layman, or too complex?

It has been a few years since I have read it, but I remember it being fairly easy to understand and a very interesting read.

Gerald_G

11-03-2010, 08:51 PM

1/2 way into "Children of Sanchez" - Oscar Lewis

elkaholic

11-03-2010, 09:16 PM

Right now I am reading about 3 magazines (I know), Mopar Muscle, Mopar Collector's Guide, and Northwest Sportsman.

I was, however, discussing some of my favorite authors with my son last night, and realized that I am AT LEAST 4 books behind in Terry Brooks' Shannara saga. This is one of the best fantasy fiction series I have ever read.

Besides Terry Brooks, some of my favorite authors include:

Terry Goodkind, Sword of Truth series
Raymond Feist, Midkemia series
Mary Stewart, Crystal Cave trilogy
Melanie Rawn, Dragon series
Tolkein, of course

and non-fantasy writers:

Jonathan Kellerman, Alex Delaware series (I am behind on this one, as well)
Nelson DeMille, all of his main character's are smart-a$$es
James Patterson

Groat

11-04-2010, 08:55 AM

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Same here, as a matter of fact. It was free on the kindle and I couldn't pass that up.

arturofinkus

11-04-2010, 09:46 AM

just finishing up The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson and a short bio on Winston Churchill.

Poodle Soup

11-04-2010, 03:45 PM

sangman

11-06-2010, 04:39 PM

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST BY Stieg Larsson Its the last in the stieg larsson trilogy. imho should only be read after reading the previous two. The girl with the dragon tattoo and The girl who played with fire. All three are a good read.

garyg

11-06-2010, 04:48 PM

A couple recommendations, Jon Clinch, introduced me to some scary images of me agricultural ancestors in "Kings of the Earth" .. these brothers didn't shave much

Or his book about Huck's father, "Finn"

Right now I'm reading Kerouac's "On the Road"

dmachine

11-06-2010, 04:50 PM

You need to check out Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series if you like Terry Goodkind

+1

I am working on the latest Wheel of Time book - "Towers of Midnight" right now.

Laz

11-07-2010, 02:41 AM

I finished the Dean Koontz novella Darkness Under The Sun. It was good, but too short. I want to read his book that is coming out in December now. I picked up Stephen King's Under The Dome about a year ago: time to crack it open.

ngollehe

11-07-2010, 11:14 AM

Switching between Morals & Dogma by Albert Pike and Harry Potter 7 (just to see how bad the movie mucks it up).

RaisingTheBar

11-07-2010, 12:42 PM

Just about finished "Assholes Finish First", real classy book.

kg0mz

11-07-2010, 12:48 PM

Nobody Move. A novel by Denis Johnson.

AlanL

11-07-2010, 01:11 PM

soloflex

11-07-2010, 06:47 PM

No books here but into GQ and Esquire monthly

sachin

11-07-2010, 06:53 PM

Matter by Iain Banks. First one for me from the Culture series.

icedoverfire

11-08-2010, 07:49 AM

A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle. After seeing the first episode of the new Sherlock series ("A Study in Pink") on PBS, which was based on this novel, I was curious to see how closely it kept to the story while adapting it to the 21st century. Closer than I expected. Both the movie and the novel are very good.

I'm reading Study in Scarlet right now on Project Gutenberg.
Also reading The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum.
And before anyone asks, it's not a how-to manual! The Poisoner's Handbook is written more about the history of forensic medicine in 1920's New York.

Waiting in the wings are Atlas Shrugged, which I got part-way through but never finished and Monkeys, which I read in high school and am looking to revisit.

- ice

Dave in the basement

11-08-2010, 10:25 AM

I am currently reading Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik. I am also reading an HP Lovecraft book from time-to-time, to keep the mood happy. :001_smile

coyotewhisper

11-08-2010, 10:30 AM

I am currently reading Billy Graham's "Storm Warning". It has been updated to refelct today's storms. I also daily read the Bible. I am constanly look through my Birding Field guides.

jacksam

11-08-2010, 11:27 AM

That is a thread longer than I expected :001_smile

honed

11-09-2010, 05:00 AM

James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man)

funkadelyk

11-13-2010, 02:58 AM

Currently reading Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett he also wrote World Without End that I read a few months ago and both are great.

Soulcraft

11-14-2010, 02:16 PM

Currently reading Roman blood by Steven Saylor between school readings.

kap49

11-14-2010, 03:27 PM

Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo.
Killer syrup attacks Boston. Actually a fascinating story.

dslazar9

11-14-2010, 03:41 PM

Mark Twain-Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court-great read!!

EvilGobi

11-14-2010, 05:28 PM

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman. I really liked all of his rock music stuff but I have found it really hard to get into this novel and his last book Eating The Dinosaur.

Poodle Soup

11-15-2010, 04:54 PM

Switching between Morals & Dogma by Albert Pike and Harry Potter 7 (just to see how bad the movie mucks it up).

They cut so much stuff out of the harry potter movies its ridiculous, especially when they cut out REALLY important clues to the end..... almost ripped my hair out on the last one :p

Greglam

11-15-2010, 07:30 PM

"On the Development of Christian Doctrine" by John Henry Newman

Sal

11-15-2010, 08:09 PM

Just finished Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire

Very surprised at this book, and I highly recommend.

I'm not a big Wizard of Ozz fan, but this is a far cry from fan fiction. It tells the story from the Witch's point of view.

It is a deep story that is really about politics, with a good bit of philosophy.

Turns out she was not "Wicked" but was actually a pretty good person with high ethical standards and strong convictions, who backed her way into sorcery and was not even very good at it.

She was activist and part of an underground movement to overthrow the Wizard of Oz, who was a tyrant, and who treated various populations ruthlessly.

She was an Animal rights activist, but not regular animals (notice one is capitalized). There were two types, one walked and talked and had "Spirit" and the other were just animals.

Dorothy came in at the ass end of the story and was just a dumb kid.

The witch of the east, her sister, became ruler by birth right of Munckinland, which was made up of dwarfs and normal size people.

The "good" witch of the north was a good friend (college roommate actually), and they were not really at odds with each other.

The shoes had been a gift to the witch of the east from her father and became a political symbol during her reign.

Anyway, I must reiterate that this is a good book, and a sequel came out.

breadstick

11-15-2010, 10:43 PM

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. I loved Horns by him and so far this one is great too. A series of short stories that are slight horror but very well written.

elkaholic

11-19-2010, 03:38 AM

You need to check out Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series if you like Terry Goodkind

I will look into those books. I've seen them, but there seemed too many for me to catch up on, but with "retirement" coming up....

Right now I am re-reading The Last Run, by Leonard B. Scott. It is a follow-up to his Book Charlie Mike. Both are fictional stories about the Armies 75th Rangers in the 173 Battalion (forgive me if I got the order wrong, I'm Air Force!) in Viet Nam. Great book, great author.

ddstb

11-22-2010, 11:03 PM

Heretic by Bernard Cornwell. It is the third book in the series dealing with an archer during the Hundred Years' War and his search for the grail. Good book.

WilliamIam

11-23-2010, 12:28 AM

I'll need to come back and read more of these and compile a list of suggestions.

I just finished The Postman by David Brin and Glory Road by Robert Heinlein.

I highly recommend Brin's writing. This book by Heinlein felt like he was very highly caffeinated when he was writing it.

Beau J.

11-23-2010, 02:57 AM

Heretic by Bernard Cornwell. It is the third book in the series dealing with an archer during the Hundred Years' War and his search for the grail. Good book.

If you like Cornwell, and haven't already read them, check out the trilogy "The Warlord Chronicles". The titles are: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur.

It's his take on the legend of King Arthur as told by one of Arthur's warriors.

ratcheer

11-23-2010, 07:26 AM

The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough.

Tim

Rebelranger

11-23-2010, 07:49 AM

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
by James W. Douglass

Samurai-5

11-23-2010, 07:50 AM

If you like Cornwell, and haven't already read them, check out the trilogy "The Warlord Chronicles". The titles are: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur.

It's his take on the legend of King Arthur as told by one of Arthur's warriors.

I just finished his new book "The Fort". Great Read and a history lesson for me.

ddstb

11-23-2010, 05:50 PM

If you like Cornwell, and haven't already read them, check out the trilogy "The Warlord Chronicles". The titles are: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur.

It's his take on the legend of King Arthur as told by one of Arthur's warriors.

All three are sitting close by calling me to finish the one I'm reading. The library is also calling telling me the due date is closing in for those...:crying:

Laz

11-27-2010, 09:41 PM

I finished 2 books this week. The Omnivore's Dilemma (http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290922706&sr=1-1) and I reread Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Deathly-Hallows-Book/dp/0545139708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290922582&sr=1-1). Still working my way through Under the Dome (http://www.amazon.com/Under-the-Dome/dp/B00341MBYK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1290922405&sr=8-2).

WilliamIam

11-27-2010, 10:55 PM

Laz

11-27-2010, 11:37 PM

Uptown Seb

11-27-2010, 11:57 PM

Just started A Wicked Company by P.Blom about the lesser know radicals in France before the enightenment. Also reading Pour Your Heart Into It by Schultz, one of the founders of Starbucks. I have a lot more respect for the company after reading this.

Legion

11-28-2010, 01:00 AM

I just finished The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and I am about to start The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Jethro1984

11-28-2010, 01:04 AM

I have been studying Microexpressions and Subtle Expressions and I am presently reading Emotions Revealed by Dr. Paul Ekman. If any of you are fans of the show Lie to Me, this is the science behind the show.

arghblech

11-29-2010, 11:44 AM

"Zero History" by William Gibson

WilliamIam

11-30-2010, 12:14 AM

I thought that it was an interesting book (but a bit difficult to describe). The author follows the cycle of 4 different meals. Where the food starts and the process that it goes through to get to his table. It will make you think about the food you eat.

Sounds like an interesting read. I'll see if the library has it. I need some new books to read :D

Speaking of things that make you think about your food, have you seen "Food Inc."? It's more than a bit sensationalist, but it's food for thought.

Luc

11-30-2010, 12:25 AM

I'm revisiting

Dracula by Bram Stoker!

Laz

11-30-2010, 01:18 AM

Sounds like an interesting read. I'll see if the library has it. I need some new books to read :D

Speaking of things that make you think about your food, have you seen "Food Inc."? It's more than a bit sensationalist, but it's food for thought.

No I haven't. I will keep an eye out for it. If you end up reading the Omnivore's Dilemma, let me know what you thought of it.

kg4ghn

11-30-2010, 01:26 AM

Just finished "The Godfather"

Great read. :thumbup1:

Just started the original "Frankenstein" only about a chapter or so in so far.

Luc

11-30-2010, 01:30 AM

Just finished "The Godfather"

Great read. :thumbup1:

Just started the original "Frankenstein" only about a chapter or so in so far.

The Godfather is one of my favourite books. My copy was well worth $3.99 that I paid on eBay...

Frankenstein is quite different to most Frankenstein movies I've seen...

RF1963

11-30-2010, 01:40 AM

Caesar's Legion by Stephen Dando Collins.

I took a paper on Greek and Roman Warfare this semester and next year I'm taking a double semester paper on Early Rome. I'm trying to read a few "lighter" books around Roman history over summer (Southern Hemisphere!) to immerse myself in the subject before I start reading Caesar, Plutarch etc next year.

kg4ghn

11-30-2010, 02:02 AM

The Godfather is one of my favourite books. My copy was well worth $3.99 that I paid on eBay...

Frankenstein is quite different to most Frankenstein movies I've seen...

I had both of these books just sitting around but had never read them, and we had talked about them one morning(well morning for me) in chat.

I did enjoy the Godfather, and it was over way too quickly as most good books are. The bad thing about being a fast reader is when you get really into a book you are done and wanting more as soon as you start reading it seems.

So now good or bad Frankenstein will be my escape for a few days. I've never really watched any frankenstein movies so I'm going into it without having to compare it too much.

Luc

11-30-2010, 02:07 AM

I had both of these books just sitting around but had never read them, and we had talked about them one morning(well morning for me) in chat.

I did enjoy the Godfather, and it was over way too quickly as most good books are. The bad thing about being a fast reader is when you get really into a book you are done and wanting more as soon as you start reading it seems.

So now good or bad Frankenstein will be my escape for a few days. I've never really watched any frankenstein movies so I'm going into it without having to compare it too much.

Yes, I remember that chat session...

Let's just say that Frankenstein (story) isn't what you think it will be when you read the book. Well, not all of it...

Bushranger

11-30-2010, 02:10 AM

Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book

Niubi

11-30-2010, 02:40 AM

Finished:

http://bks8.books.google.it/books?id=S5njq1FhUUgC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&sig=ACfU3U08bC5rLLXWd6HX2D9IPArXf5uspA

Dune: http://books.google.it/books?id=S5njq1FhUUgC&dq=dune&hl=it&ei=a9T0TNHACM3b4waYx4HPBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg

Reading:

http://bks7.books.google.it/books?id=5YbWSB77DI0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&sig=ACfU3U1FHX48UFkEz46f7wKo7wJjXedbHA

Ender's Game: http://books.google.it/books?id=5YbWSB77DI0C&dq=ender's%20game&source=gbs_book_other_versions

Laz

11-30-2010, 03:03 AM

Troggie

11-30-2010, 03:27 AM

Just finished The China Study by T. Collin Campbell and just started the The Gathering Storm since I have read the other 11 Robert Jordan books might as well finish the series that is available :tongue_sm

Laz

11-30-2010, 02:34 PM

Lesmore

12-01-2010, 12:26 PM

Stalling for Time, by Gary Noesner, an FBI negotiator. Excellent book...all true...Ruby Ridge, David Koresh @ Waco.

Just finished Baldacci's book....Hell Street...may have the title wrong. Excellent author.

Other books I'm reading:

-The uses and Abuses of History, by Margaret McMillan

-The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich...by William S. Shirer...read when I was 19...now 61 and reading again.

Other authors I like:

M.C. Beaton....Hamish MacBeth mysteries...take place in the Highlands of Scotland.

C.J. Box- mysteries with Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett- excellent

Roy Lewis- Arthur Landon Mysteries...British..excellent.

AL3X

12-01-2010, 09:22 PM

Just finally finishing up Guns Germs and Steel. I've had 7 books on the go for a while and this is the last one I need to finish. Don't get me wrong I'm thoroughly enjoying it :)

Almost time to start a new batch!

WilliamIam

12-06-2010, 11:30 PM

Ooh, Guns Germs and Steel... that rings a bell. What's it about? besides the obvious :001_rolle

I just started Idlewyld by Nick Sagan (Carl Sagan's son). I had to force myself to stop and go to sleep at page 90. :biggrin1:

SRock

12-07-2010, 12:24 AM

I'm re-reading my own review (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2617511#post2617511). I hate being such a stubborn perfectionist.:lol::lol::lol:

DFrancis

12-07-2010, 12:29 AM

I'm re-reading my own review (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2617511#post2617511). I hate being such a stubborn perfectionist.:lol::lol::lol:

OMG! I just read the same thing!

SRock

12-07-2010, 12:32 AM

OMG! I just read the same thing!

Great minds think alike! :lol:

The Count of Merkur Cristo

12-09-2010, 08:18 AM

I'm reading Gone with the Wind, first published in May 1936, is as we all know is a romantic novel written by Margaret Mitchell that won the coveted Pulitzer Prize in 1937.

The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War and Reconstruction[1] and depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner and the novel is the source of the extremely popular 1939 film of the same name starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh (Best Actress), and Hattie McDaniel (Mammy), as Best Supporting Actress that took the 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/Gone%20With.the.Wind.jpg

Christopher :badger:

Brian44t

12-09-2010, 08:31 AM

I recently finished American Assassin from Vince Flynn. Currently I am reading Storm Prey for John Sandford. Both favorite authors of mine - I am not patient enough to wait for them to come out in paperback.

SalvadorMontenegro

12-09-2010, 09:17 AM

Still reading The Count of Monte Cristo... About 300 pages left. I like it a lot. Came across a great quote last night: "When one lives among madmen, one should train as a maniac."

About to start The Merchant of Venice. One of the few major Shakespeare plays I've not read.

tom66

12-09-2010, 09:21 AM

the Rembrandt Affair by daniel silva, i really enjoy the gabriel allon series.:001_cool:

next up, river god by wilbur smith.

Leche

12-09-2010, 09:23 AM

Stone Cold in the Camel Club series by David Baldacci.

tom66

12-09-2010, 09:26 AM

Stone Cold in the Camel Club series by David Baldacci.

great series!

looking forward to reading the latest installment!

NewbieRedux

12-09-2010, 09:33 AM

For laughs I'm reading Enter Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse.
For confusion and utter stupefaction I'm reading The Grand Design, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.
Many other books are warming up in the bullpen.

Proinsias

12-09-2010, 09:40 AM

A History of God by Karen Armstrong ,only a few chapters in but good reading so far.

David in Boston

12-09-2010, 12:03 PM

For laughs I'm reading Enter Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse...

"There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
"The mood will pass, sir."

icedoverfire

12-09-2010, 12:48 PM

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

- ice

Legion

12-09-2010, 01:34 PM

Hollywood by Charles Bukowski

WECIII

12-09-2010, 06:08 PM

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

- ice

Great but challenging read. Loved it. Hope you enjoy!!

WECIII

12-09-2010, 06:10 PM

Just started Game of Thrones; HBO is making it into a mini-series or show, and I thought it looked interesting, but I wanted to read at least a good chunk of the first book in the series before the show starts. Not bad if you like the fantasy genre.

Laz

12-10-2010, 01:53 AM

Hey, I'm interested - how was Omnivore's Dilemma?

I thought that it was an interesting book (but a bit difficult to describe). The author follows the cycle of 4 different meals. Where the food starts and the process that it goes through to get to his table. It will make you think about the food you eat.

Sounds like an interesting read. I'll see if the library has it. I need some new books to read :D

Speaking of things that make you think about your food, have you seen "Food Inc."? It's more than a bit sensationalist, but it's food for thought.

No I haven't. I will keep an eye out for it. If you end up reading the Omnivore's Dilemma, let me know what you thought of it.

Just rented the movie from Amazon. They interview the author from The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan). I have watched about half of the movie and it sounds like it will cover the same material that I found interesting in the book. Thanks for the suggestion.

jakko

12-10-2010, 04:28 AM

Currently working my way through Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter:lol:
OK from the public library but won't consider it for my personal library:laugh:

benvh

12-11-2010, 03:53 PM

Simple Times - Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris

Vikingfan

12-11-2010, 04:17 PM

Just finished .The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Now reading Things the Grandchildren Should Know By Mark Everett

binowatch

12-11-2010, 05:07 PM

"Tried by War" Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief. James McPherson. Here is an historian who knows how to write.

WilliamIam

12-13-2010, 12:37 AM

Idlewild by Nick Sagan (AMAZING read!) It read like some of my most interesting dreams flowed. I highly recommend it. There are others in his series and by him.

The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein (Very fun read)

Legion

12-13-2010, 02:13 AM

Today I started Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.

linty

12-13-2010, 03:36 PM

Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow - Chip Conley. From the recommended books in Delivering Happiness

hitemfrank

12-13-2010, 03:37 PM

Currently reading Larry Andreassen's Straight Razor Shaving Manual.

M80

12-13-2010, 04:01 PM

Reborn - F. Paul Wilson
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n2/n14085.jpg

and
Ham On Rye - Charles Bukowski
http://stores.homestead.com/hstrial-hcowie/catalog/ham%20on%20rye.JPG

M80

12-13-2010, 04:02 PM

Currently working my way through Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter:lol:
OK from the public library but won't consider it for my personal library:laugh:

I've been waiting for it to come out in paperback.

kwk285

12-13-2010, 08:33 PM

The Wrecker by Clive Cussler.

rupertbear

12-15-2010, 07:33 PM

W.S. Chadwick's "Giants in the Forest."

The Count of Merkur Cristo

12-17-2010, 04:01 PM

True Grit by Charles Portis

Christopher :badger:

Zephyr

12-17-2010, 04:07 PM

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the second time.

Gerald_G

12-17-2010, 07:11 PM

Tuesday night I read "Shattered Dreams" - Irene Spencer.
I enjoyed it a lot.

Dennard

12-20-2010, 08:20 PM

I've finished Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series. Now I'm starting Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories".

Laz

12-20-2010, 11:15 PM

I've finished Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series. Now I'm starting Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories".

How was the series?

I started the first book. Maybe, I read 100 pages before giving up. I want to get back to it someday.

Walker

12-20-2010, 11:20 PM

I am Ozzy--By Ozzy Osbourne

Edcculus

12-21-2010, 05:53 AM

Just started "The Brewmaster's Table" by Garrett Oliver, the head brewer at Brookly Brewery. Its a book on pairing food and beer.

WECIII

12-21-2010, 07:13 AM

How was the series?

I started the first book. Maybe, I read 100 pages before giving up. I want to get back to it someday.

I read the first two and got about halfway through the third. For some reason, the writing just didn't grab me completely so I gave up. Like you though, I will come back to it again and see how it goes probably.

Dennard

12-21-2010, 08:56 AM

How was the series?

I started the first book. Maybe, I read 100 pages before giving up. I want to get back to it someday.

I liked it. My experience is similar to yours in that the first time I picked up the books I read Golden Compass but didn't want to read the rest. This time I read all three and enjoyed them.

blary54

12-21-2010, 09:08 AM

Reading: No Country for Old Men

ratcheer

12-21-2010, 09:45 AM

I just finished The Grass Crown and have ordered Fortune's Favorite at my local library. Both are by Colleen McCullough.

Tim

Confilo

12-21-2010, 10:28 AM

The Possibility of an Island

Fbones24

12-21-2010, 10:42 AM

Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel.

jsrdrnr

12-21-2010, 10:49 AM

Just finished The Lost Sympol by Dan Brown.

Rossmeister

12-21-2010, 12:25 PM

I just finished Sniper on the Eastern Front. Great and up close account of a young German soldier in WW2. It's pretty graphic too, which is off-putting at times, but still realistic and thus riveting.

I had to stop reading after one scene in the book though, it was just too gruesome and I won't repeat it here.

Now I'm continuing on my complete Sherlock Holmes collection.

garyg

12-21-2010, 12:44 PM

Recently finished Finn, by Jon Clinch. A hard , very dark look at ol Huckleberry's Pop. This one needs a Warning at the top .. compelling, disgusting at some points, not for the faint of heart. I am now a ways into The Winter King (Bernard Cornwell) which has started out a good read.

Laz

12-21-2010, 03:55 PM

Just started "The Brewmaster's Table" by Garrett Oliver, the head brewer at Brookly Brewery. Its a book on pairing food and beer.

Sounds interesting.

Rekrab

12-21-2010, 04:11 PM

EvilGobi

12-21-2010, 05:59 PM

Golf Monster by Alice Cooper

Dave in the basement

12-22-2010, 11:24 AM

Just finished reading Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik, and just started reading Victory of Eagles by the same author. These are books 4 & 5 of the Temeraire series.

I didn't intend to read them back to back, but 4 ended on such a cliffhanger that I had to make the plunge. :wink2:

Dave

AlanL

12-22-2010, 11:31 AM

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Just finished Crazy (http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-William-Peter-Blatty/dp/0765326493) by William Peter Blatty, and Sister Wendy's Nativity (http://www.amazon.com/Sister-Wendys-Nativity-Wendy-Beckett/dp/B000H2M8AQ).

Rossmeister

12-22-2010, 03:32 PM

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle.

(...)

Cool, I just started it. I've gotten to the part where Sholto tells Sherlock & Co. his story. How do you like it so far?

_MementoMori_

12-22-2010, 03:44 PM

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, to be followed by Deathly Hallows and then Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth.

Laz

12-22-2010, 06:31 PM

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, to be followed by Deathly Hallows and then Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth.

If you are a fan of the series, this is an enjoyable read: How Harry Cast His Spell (http://www.amazon.com/How-Harry-Cast-His-Spell/dp/1414321880/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293071339&sr=8-1)

Dennard

12-22-2010, 08:14 PM

I'm currently slogging through Slaughterhouse 5 and not really enjoying it. I keep picking it up and putting it down 5 minutes later. Considering how short the book is, I should have finished it in a day, but in reality it's taken me nearly a month.

I can identify; I didn't enjoy that book at all, but I wanted to read it because of its status as a classic.

orchestrion

12-22-2010, 09:03 PM

Right now I'm finishing a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories but I'll soon be starting The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson.

AlanL

12-23-2010, 08:41 AM

Cool, I just started it. I've gotten to the part where Sholto tells Sherlock & Co. his story. How do you like it so far?

It was a very good read. The last chapter in which everything is explained is very long, but it goes quickly.

Given their age, I find the Holmes stories very accessible. I wanted to get the first two novels under my belt so I can peruse the short stories in the order of their publication.

The Nid Hog

12-23-2010, 08:47 AM

Right now I'm finishing a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories but I'll soon be starting The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson.

Nothing quite says Christmas like Lovecraft!

I just finshed reading China Mievelle's The Kraken and Arnaldur Indridason's Hypothermia. I've also been reading a chapter or so of Kipling's Kim before bed. I had forgotten what a marvelous, deeply textured story it is.

Next up: Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars and (if Santa read my letter) Tristan Gooley's The Natural Navigator.

Archerfire

12-23-2010, 10:05 AM

I just finished Into The Green by Charles de Lint. I haven't decided on the next!

Relayer56

12-23-2010, 10:57 AM

The First World War by John Keegan

Sets the stage for much of the world as we know it today.

cnnc97

12-23-2010, 11:12 AM

I just finished The Gunslinger by Stephen King and am about to start book 2 in The Dark Tower series - The Drawing of the Three.

kg4ghn

12-23-2010, 01:59 PM

I just finished The Gunslinger by Stephen King and am about to start book 2 in The Dark Tower series - The Drawing of the Three.

Excellent series!

mdevine

12-23-2010, 03:17 PM

I just finished The Gunslinger by Stephen King and am about to start book 2 in The Dark Tower series - The Drawing of the Three.

Great series. I just started Vellum by Hal Duncan. I'm about 150 pages in and debating if I want to read further. I hate to quit half way through but it is becoming increasingly obtuse. I like challenging reads and finished Joyce's Ulysses earlier this year, but I'm beginning to fear that Vellum doesn't provide a pay-off worthy of the effort involved in plodding through it.

RaisingTheBar

12-23-2010, 04:04 PM

Reading The Primal Blueprint. Kindle says I am 30% done.

dmachine

12-23-2010, 04:29 PM

Return of the Crimson Guard by Ian C Esslemont.

Mack

12-23-2010, 04:34 PM

Just finished The Winds of War by Herman Wouk and have started War and Remembrance. My second time through both.

Rossmeister

12-23-2010, 05:09 PM

Right now I'm finishing a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories but I'll soon be starting The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson.

Cool. I'm into Lovecraft as well. So many fantastic stories amongst his work. I'm also reading his stuff now, in order, starting with stuff he did when he was younger.

I really love The Cats of Ulthar, The Doom That Came to Sarnath and The White Ship. All short and sweet. The Color out of Space is also incredible.

The rest is amazing as well of course. At the Mountains of Madness gives such a fantastic sense of expedition and adventure.. and horrible discovery of course :sneaky2:

Never2Late

12-23-2010, 05:39 PM

Reading Empire of the Summer Moon. For any of you living in and around Texas, this is an especially good history.

orchestrion

12-23-2010, 07:34 PM

Cool. I'm into Lovecraft as well. So many fantastic stories amongst his work. I'm also reading his stuff now, in order, starting with stuff he did when he was younger.

I really love The Cats of Ulthar, The Doom That Came to Sarnath and The White Ship. All short and sweet. The Color out of Space is also incredible.

The rest is amazing as well of course. At the Mountains of Madness gives such a fantastic sense of expedition and adventure.. and horrible discovery of course :sneaky2:

I'm in the middle of At the Mountains of Madness. I've read it twice before. I think my favorite is The Shadow out of Time because throughout the whole story (especially near the end), I kept feeling a terrible sense of deja vu. I guess it was just that powerful. His style can be damnably hard to read but it's oh so rewarding.

soloflex

12-24-2010, 03:42 PM

kwk285

12-24-2010, 04:52 PM

The wrecker by Clive Cussler.

TonyH

12-24-2010, 07:59 PM

I'm reading the Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway before the new school semester starts next month. Pleasure reading is quite a luxury now!

profsaffel

12-24-2010, 08:08 PM

Star Trek Crossover by Michael Jan Friedman

canman23

12-28-2010, 06:23 PM

I have been able to finish two books over the holiday vacation. The first was American Assassin. Just finished The Athena Project yesterday. Both were good reads.

Obsessed

12-28-2010, 06:41 PM

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory, by Ben Macintyre

I've also been reading portions of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, by Mary Roach. A very funny look at some of the less glamorous aspects of preparing for long-duration space flights.

breadstick

12-28-2010, 08:29 PM

Started The Portrait Of Dorian Grey today. Great so far.

Laz

12-29-2010, 01:35 AM

I recnetly finished The Sacred Romance (http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Romance-Drawing-Closer-Heart/dp/0785273425/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293614653&sr=8-1). I am still working my way through Under the Dome (http://www.amazon.com/Under-Dome-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1439149038/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293614770&sr=1-1). According to the kindle, I've read 21% of the book. But I just purchased What the Night Knows (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EY7JDK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1639Y4SQZMR8ZWZ6747W&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846). I may read it before going back under the dome.

digital_injection

12-29-2010, 02:59 AM

Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow

jansob

12-29-2010, 05:34 AM

Unweaving the Rainbow, by Richard Dawkins

Just finished Fordlandia by Greg Grandin, about Henry Ford's attempts to built a rubbber-producing Utopia in South America...great, little-known story.

jansob

12-29-2010, 05:37 AM

Reading Empire of the Summer Moon. For any of you living in and around Texas, this is an especially good history.
Just ordered it...a friend of mine in Dallas is Comanche, and often said that one of the problems they faced was that they had driven off or alienated all the other tribes and had few allies when the whites came. He said his people were the "Klingons of the Plains". Can't wait to read this.

The Nid Hog

12-29-2010, 06:11 AM

Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

AlanL

12-29-2010, 07:45 AM

Started The Portrait Of Dorian Grey today. Great so far.

Almost all the great Oscar Wilde quotes are from this short novel. It seems there's a great and famous line on almost every page!

DE7

12-29-2010, 08:26 AM

I am reading "Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century" by Michael Hiltzik. I recommend it for anyone who enjoys history, especially about the American West, engineering/construction, and/or the Great Depression.

Mike

Mycon

12-30-2010, 06:37 AM

After trying for months to slog through Neuromancer, I gave up and grabbed Snowcrash instead. It is a much better book :thumbup1:

O.G.

12-30-2010, 06:45 AM

I'm reading Blink. I like it because its teaching me about how descisions are made.

Walker

12-30-2010, 06:54 AM

War: Sebastian Junger

cnnc97

12-30-2010, 09:11 AM

I just finished The Gunslinger by Stephen King and am about to start book 2 in The Dark Tower series - The Drawing of the Three.

Excellent series!

I'm about halfway through The Drawing of the Three now, I'm liking it better than the Gunslinger so far. I only wish my train ride to work was longer than 10 minutes so I had more time to read.

Dustinl

12-30-2010, 09:33 AM

War: Sebastian Junger

I love Sebastian Junger's writings. The Perfect Storm is one of my favorite books. Fire is a great book as well.

DL

dreadpirate

12-30-2010, 07:41 PM

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip Dick. Blade Runner was based on this book.

Vic Mackey

01-02-2011, 11:32 AM

Fantozzi - by Paolo Villaggio
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming - by Stephen Laberge (I am a big Inception fan :)) )

jansob

01-02-2011, 08:32 PM

Red Planet Noir by D.B. Grady

Hardboiled private detective story set on a grimy future colony on Mars...if it's your thing you will love it, if not you'l find it too campy. I suggest reading the first chapter with the Kindle app first.

Wheater

01-02-2011, 08:40 PM

I finally got around to reading some Dan Brown. Some good fiction and a bit of a break from the non-fiction that I typically read.

breadstick

01-03-2011, 12:59 AM

1984 by George Orwell. Pretty interesting so far. Looks kind of like it'll be a mixture of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the movie Equilibrium.

xillion

01-03-2011, 02:25 AM

Just finished:

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

and

Zero History by William Gibson

hicksdm

01-03-2011, 03:01 AM

John Adams by David McCullough

fireengineer2004

01-03-2011, 08:12 AM

I read the collected works of an author then move on to another one. I prefer sci-fi as a genre. I am currently working through extensive works of Robert A. Heinlein.

Dennard

01-03-2011, 03:13 PM

Critique of Pure Reason- Immanuel Kant

thunderball

01-04-2011, 12:29 AM

Killing Floor by Lee Child

Luc

01-04-2011, 01:23 AM

Just started War & Peace...

Perkus

01-04-2011, 02:44 AM

Plato, dialogues.

Not for everyone, but there's more to them than meets the eye at first glance.

saltypete

01-04-2011, 03:02 AM

Dickens 'A Tale of Two Cities'.

Pete

T.Ryan

01-04-2011, 03:58 AM

Memories Before and After the Sound of Music. Written by the oldest of the von Trapp children. Agathe von Trapp who was portrayed by the ..Sixteen going on Seventeen singer in the show. She illustrated the book with pencil drawings. 'tis a fine read for those of us who consider the true story of The Sound of Music one of the most beautiful ever to find its way onto stage and screen.

honed

01-04-2011, 04:00 AM

Sven Edvin Salje - På dessa skuldror

_dadgad

01-04-2011, 04:15 AM

Recently finished Side Jobs, by Jim Butcher (worked my way through all the books of the Dresden Files). Now I'm making my way through The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson.

Jayz

01-14-2011, 01:08 PM

I am almost done reading "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Ernest Hemingway and will start "The rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Harry Chase when I am finished.

Dustinl

01-14-2011, 01:21 PM

Jayz,

Welcome to Badger & Blade!

I am currently reading "Decision Points" by President Bush. I should be finished this weekend and hope to start "Island" by Peter Benchley.

DL

saltypete

01-14-2011, 03:20 PM

Dickens 'Great Expectations'

Pete

breadstick

01-14-2011, 03:48 PM

Animal Farm by George Orwell. Not bad, but it's almost like a prequal of 1984 written for children. Probably My Booky Wooky by Russell Brand or something by David Sedaris next.

I have very varied tastes.

Elecid

01-14-2011, 05:08 PM

Critique of Pure Reason- Immanuel Kant

BADASS. Sorry, I never made it through the Critique of Pure Reason--I settled for the short explanation in the Prolegomena. Although I did very much enjoy practical reason and judgement.

binowatch

01-14-2011, 05:23 PM

D-Day the battle for normandy by Antony Beevor. When not reading technical stuff for work mostly read history.

Laz

01-14-2011, 06:38 PM

I finished True Grit (http://www.amazon.com/True-Grit-ebook/dp/B004I8V0Q8/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_ke?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295058611&sr=1-1) and God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (http://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446697966/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295058819&sr=1-1). And I have read 73% of Under the Dome (http://www.amazon.com/Under-the-Dome-ebook/dp/B0030H7UIU/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1295058995&sr=1-1). Hopefully I will finish the Stephen King book this weekend.

OldSchoolYoungin

01-15-2011, 12:26 AM

Little Red Book, aka, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.

Soulcraft

01-15-2011, 06:06 PM

Anathem - Neil Stephenson
Great speculative fiction set in an alternate world.

Understanding Media: The extensions of man - Marshall McLuhan
Interesting so far.

JF

The Count of Merkur Cristo

01-17-2011, 02:22 AM

Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' :biggrin1:

Christopher http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/kaytee_13/Icons/Emoticons/smiley_reading.gif

rockviper

01-17-2011, 04:03 AM

Bill Rowe's "Danny Williams: The War With Ottawa"

soloflex

01-17-2011, 05:19 AM

Car related material on the web
Car magazines

Nishnabotna

01-17-2011, 07:04 AM

Stranger in a Strange Land, one of the uncut eds. I haven't read it since the 8th grade (that would have been the "cut" edition) so I'm expecting to get a lot more out of it this time around.

SRock

01-17-2011, 09:46 PM

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DFrancis

01-17-2011, 10:02 PM

Ayako by Osamu Tezuka, somewhat disturbing in places but great.

gunter

01-17-2011, 10:06 PM

Reading Oliver Twist now. Just finished Assholes Finish First-Tucker Max.

Laz

01-18-2011, 04:35 PM

I finished the Stephen King book Under the Dome (http://www.amazon.com/Under-the-Dome-ebook/dp/B0030H7UIU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1295397134&sr=1-1) and started What the Night Knows (http://www.amazon.com/What-Night-Knows-Novel-ebook/dp/B003EY7JDK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1295397194&sr=1-1) by Dean Koontz.

wilsonent

01-18-2011, 05:49 PM

Just finished Impact by Douglas Preston, not my favorite by him, but quick read. Before the, The Road by Cormac MacCarthy. Getting ready to read True Grit.

Jeff

andyg30

01-19-2011, 12:29 PM

The Snowman Jo Nesbo great book!

ChrisS86

01-19-2011, 12:32 PM

Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

Cities

01-19-2011, 01:02 PM

I'm reading "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck. Next is "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson.

M80

01-19-2011, 06:25 PM

I just finished reading At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson. It wasn't exactly what I expected it to be, but still a very good read.

njpaddy

01-19-2011, 07:14 PM

Picked up Stephen King's "Full Dark, No Stars" at Costco today. I was a big SK fan in the '70's & 80's, but have only read one or two of his since then. I always liked his novellas so thought I'd give it a try.

kwk285

01-19-2011, 07:37 PM

American Assasin by Vince Flynn

Mr Pseudo

01-20-2011, 03:00 AM

Driven to Distraction by Jeremy Clarkson

SalvadorMontenegro

01-22-2011, 04:44 PM

I still think we should move this to the Barber Shop...

Been a while since I've updated this. I just finished Homer and Langley, which was great, but very depressing. Prior to that I read The Color of Water. And prior to that, I finished The Count of Monte Cristo.

Now I am reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I also have and will soon start on, Ulysses and The Merchant of Venice. School starts in a week, though, so it's going to be slow going.

EvilGobi

01-23-2011, 12:08 PM

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Marc Haddon. It's told from the perspective of a fifteen year old Autistic boy trying to solve the murder of his neighbours dog. Its pretty interesting so far.

jhooking

01-25-2011, 10:15 AM

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Mink

01-25-2011, 10:27 AM

Fbones24

01-25-2011, 10:29 AM

I'm asking for books to read that take place in Japan or Korea. I've read James Clavell's books, The Tokaido Road, A 1000 Chestnut Trees, The 1000 Autums of Jacob de Zoet, and The Teahouse Fire, but I'm having a hard time finding more. It really helps to have the compare/contrast with Western perspective versus the Japanese/Korean cultures, but I'm open to other styles. Finding good books like these that take place in Korea is really hard. Any era is fine.

Thanks

Have you read Shogun? You mentioned Clavell, but did not mention Shogun. If you have not read that, do so!

You could also read "Number 9 Dream" by David Mitchell (1000 autumns). That takes place in Japan and is excellent.

I am currently reading "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay. It is a pseudo fantasy novel that takes place in a place that is supposed to be China.

BladeRunner001

01-25-2011, 10:35 AM

Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' :biggrin1:

Classic, but heavy read :thumbup1:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Excellent book :thumbup:

jmg

01-25-2011, 12:29 PM

The Wolverine Way by Douglas Chadwick.

masonjarjar

01-25-2011, 12:36 PM

Recently finished "HOUSE OF SUNS" by Alastair Reynolds. It's a science fiction novel set in the far off future where clones live for millions of years an travel around the galaxy. The time and distance scale of this novel is pretty amazing. And the author pulls it off in such a way that you actually buy into it. A great read.

Other than that, a lot of John C. Maxwell leadership stuff.