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Scotttheking · Feb 16, 2006, 12:47 AM

As I plod thru a book, I wonder, what is everyone else reading?
Post what book or books you are currently reading.
Here's the one I'm finishing tonight (no matter how long it takes): Normal : Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
I'll post the other books I'm currently working on later.

What are you reading?

SirCastor · Feb 16, 2006, 12:54 AM

Harry Potter IV
Myst: Book of Ti'ana
The Automatic Millionaire
Rifted

And Wicked is sitting on my desk, haven't opened it yet.

mduell · Feb 16, 2006, 12:57 AM

I just finished Freakonomics and now I'm reading The Tipping Point.

rickey939 · Feb 16, 2006, 01:02 AM

"The Apple Way"...it's fantastic!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...Fencoding=UTF8

MacMan4000 · Feb 16, 2006, 01:07 AM

Slaughterhouse 5... for my english class.

greenamp · Feb 16, 2006, 01:10 AM

Finally getting around to reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Now I see what all the buzz was about!

"Goodbye and thanks for all the fish." LOL

DigitalEl · Feb 16, 2006, 01:14 AM

Just finished iCon, the unauthorized Steve Jobs bio. Good stuff. If even a tenth of it is true, Jobs is one major a-hole. Gut feeling... It's more accurate than not.

Next up is a book called "A Regular Guy" by Mona Simpson. She's Jobs' sister and although it's novelized fiction, the book is supposedly (although unofficially) based on his life.

slugslugslug · Feb 16, 2006, 01:31 AM

His Brother's Keeper by Jonathan Weiner. A guy has a genetic degenerative disease, so his brother decides to learn about and get involved in cutting-edge medicine to make it work faster. Pretty gripping, and a kinda unique spin on science writing: the author doesn't try to write himself out of the story. Definitely gonna read some more of his stuff. Weiner edited the most recent "Best American Science and Nature Writing", and that had some incredible pieces in it..

quesera · Feb 16, 2006, 01:32 AM

1906-soft spot for SF/Stanford connects; Multiple Benjamin Franklin Bios; The best (Naughty) parts in Modern Fiction; and some multiple other things that come all too fast and not deeply spaced enough from our public (are there private?) libraries hold system. Now I must read all this and hear about Phil jackson and all the Gay Cowboys on tape(not the same volumes) in addition to all work related texts. Nice though, as I've just realized, to incorporate reading for a living.

dlefebvre · Feb 16, 2006, 09:52 AM

Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan. It's the eleventh book in The Wheel of Time serie.

It came out as I finished re-reading book 1 to 10.

Sijmen · Feb 16, 2006, 10:02 AM

Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon. It's not really a story this far(first 5 chapters) mostly technical stuff so I hope it will become more 'fun'.
I read Journey to the Interior of the Earth before this one, that was one amazing book. Bit of a soft ending but a good story

dav · Feb 16, 2006, 10:28 AM

mark helprin: the pacific and other stories
charles bukowski: slouching toward nirvana (new poems)
lemony snicket: a series of unfortunate events - the austere academy
j.k. rowling: harry potter and the goblet of fire
nick mason: inside out

Dakar · Feb 16, 2006, 10:32 AM

This thread reminds me: I should get back to reading the Cartoon History of the United States. I still have some Forgotten Realms books to get to after that.

hickey · Feb 16, 2006, 11:55 AM

'Joey the Hitman'

ReggieX · Feb 16, 2006, 12:37 PM

Book 1 of "The Complete Calvin & Hobbes"
Iain M. Banks' "The Algebraist"
John Ralston Saul's "Reflections Of A Siamese Twin"

davesimondotcom · Feb 16, 2006, 01:36 PM

Re-reading the Da Vinci Code. This time the illustrated version as I got the boxed set of Robert Langdon books for my birthday.

Already re-read Angels & Demons, which I think is probably better than Da Vinci Code.

Also read recently "The Painted Bird" for a college class. Whew, that was depressing.

Dakar · Feb 16, 2006, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Angels & Demons, which I think is probably better than Da Vinci Code.

I read it after Da Vinci code and I agree.

dav · Feb 16, 2006, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Also read recently "The Painted Bird" for a college class. Whew, that was depressing.

yeah i remember that one, hard to forget.

V · Feb 16, 2006, 01:50 PM

Oscar Wilde.

Oeuvre.

nerd · Feb 16, 2006, 01:54 PM

Revolution in the Valley. I'm loving it; better then Apple Confidential. I'll pick up some of the other Apple books after this one.

Monique · Feb 16, 2006, 02:10 PM

Leonardo's Swans today and tomorrow Brian Mulroney secret tapes.

rparke1 · Feb 16, 2006, 03:02 PM

this weekend im going to start "little scarlet" by walter mosley, after im done with that im going to read "the jane austen book club" by karen joy fowler

ThinkInsane · Feb 16, 2006, 03:13 PM

I'm reading (should finish it today) Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov and The Society of Others by William Nicholson, which I'll also probably finish today. Next up, Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke.

Daveecee · Feb 16, 2006, 03:17 PM

Shogun, and then A Feast for Crows.

rparke1 · Feb 16, 2006, 03:20 PM

how is shogun?

Daveecee · Feb 16, 2006, 03:32 PM

It's fast moving, has a good plot, good characters, and is a very interesting look at the feudal era of Japan. It's a bit long at 1152 pages, but the fast-paced action more than makes up for it, and it doesn't take as long as you might think to read through.

wdlove · Feb 16, 2006, 03:34 PM

I'm sorry Cody, as I mentioned above I'm not really a reader. My wife likes to read books though, but with just starting her new job. She isn't really reading at the moment either.

Hope that you are doing better. Pray that you can phone me soon.

Scotttheking · Feb 16, 2006, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Also read recently "The Painted Bird" for a college class. Whew, that was depressing.

I have that on my shelf, I just haven't read it yet (it's been sitting there for over a year). Now I probably never will.

historylme · Feb 16, 2006, 08:54 PM

Bed time reading: The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness of world history.
Going on the Metro to work: A hundred years of solitude (in French).
At my desk, editing: Labyrinth of Struggle (my own historical novel, I hate editing)

iLikebeer · Feb 16, 2006, 10:07 PM

I haven't had a lot of time to read lately, but whenever I get a chance I've been working on 1984 for the first time, Catch 22 again, and Dante's Inferno. Have a few Ender series books waiting for me to get to them after that.

boots · Feb 16, 2006, 10:22 PM

Myth-taken Identity (Robert Aspirin and Jody Lynn Nye)

Doofy · Feb 16, 2006, 10:26 PM

Just finished reading The World According To Clarkson. Now on Dante's Divine Comedy and the latest Studiospares catalogue.

Andy8 · Feb 16, 2006, 10:42 PM

Not Quite the Diplomat - Chris Patten

OldManMac · Feb 16, 2006, 11:09 PM

Just started False Alarm; the truth about the epidemic of fear, by Marc Siegel.

greenamp · Feb 16, 2006, 11:12 PM

Also reading Hey Whipple Squeeze This. Great book

turboSPE · Feb 17, 2006, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by Scotttheking

As I plod thru a book, I wonder, what is everyone else reading?
Post what book or books you are currently reading.
Here's the one I'm finishing tonight (no matter how long it takes): Normal : Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
I'll post the other books I'm currently working on later.

What are you reading?

I just finished The Romanov Prophecy (a bit like The DaVinci Code) and I just started Pledged (a non-fiction account of what sorority life is really like and supposedly the story is about the chapters at my alma mater).

turboSPE

tie · Feb 17, 2006, 03:59 AM

If you are reading Shogun, also look into Musashi. A very good, classical story.

I can't believe people are still reading R. Jordan's books, I gave up a long time ago.

I've started reading the National Geographic Adventure Top 100 Adventure books. I'm skipping around, but I've read a dozen or so of them. Just finished Cousteau's "The Silent World" (good book for divers) and Hansen's "Stranger in the forest : on foot across Borneo."

A great book, not on the list though, is Zimmerman's "The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-the-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition."

A couple others:
Kobalenko's "The Horizontal Everest," about his trips to Ellesmere Island
Rebuffat's "Starlight and Storm"
Casteret's "The Darkness Under the Earth," about spelunking

Too many others. I've been trying to read some of these in French, which is slowing me down.

In terms of novels, Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore" is on my shelf, but down on the list. I like his short stories better.

mac-at-kearsarge · Feb 17, 2006, 05:11 AM

A friend Has recently gotten me hooked on Clive Cussler, I just finished reading 'Atlantis Found' and 'Raise the Titanic' Sometime in the next few days I'm going to start 'Trojan Odyssey'.

My friend is trying to read them in order (although like me he started reading them randomly). He has jumped ahead and read some by the other guy (who's name eludes me).

RobOnTheCape · Feb 17, 2006, 08:14 AM

"Rings of Truth" by James Britt.

Y3a · Feb 17, 2006, 09:15 AM

MS Exchange Server-Administrators Pocket Consultant

Locomotive Cyclopedia -1930 reprint

Getting Your Book Published - for dummies

scaught · Feb 17, 2006, 09:18 AM

i just finished "million little pieces" by james frey. a lot of people told me about it, then a lot of info leaked about how full of **** it and james frey is. but its a good book anyway. i think im going to read the follow up to it (my friend leonard) next. also on the list:

lamb by christopher moore
naked by david sedaris

Stradlater · Feb 17, 2006, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by wdlove

I'm sorry Cody, as I mentioned above I'm not really a reader. My wife likes to read books though, but with just starting her new job. She isn't really reading at the moment either.

Hope that you are doing better. Pray that you can phone me soon.

Dubyadee, Cody did not start this thread nor has she posted in it.

Stradlater · Feb 17, 2006, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by tie

In terms of novels, Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore" is on my shelf, but down on the list. I like his short stories better.

I'm only familiar with his short work. They're fine, pleasant little reads (one's in the latest New Yorker, I believe, though I haven't gotten around to reading it yet), but would you recommend going beyond them with any of his novels?

meelk · Feb 17, 2006, 11:49 AM

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I'm only 90 something pages in, and so far its not very good.

Dakar · Feb 17, 2006, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by meelk

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I'm only 90 something pages in, and so far its not very good.

Obviously I don't know what you're reading preferences are but I found it to be pretty good. And it sewed up the best I've ever seen a book do so in the last 50 pages.

paul w · Feb 17, 2006, 11:56 AM

A Brush With Darkness - Learning to Paint After Losing My Sight by Lisa Fittipaldi

Just amazing. Just what it says - this woman went blind and then learned how to paint. And she's really quite good. It's mind blowing

And then I've got a pile of books on Coney Island to go through, currently reading Good Old Coney Island by Edo McCollough.

tie · Feb 17, 2006, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by meelk

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I'm only 90 something pages in, and so far its not very good.

I gave up on American Gods actually, and read his Anansi Boys instead. It was okay, but not good.

Originally Posted by Stradlater

I'm only familiar with his short work. They're fine, pleasant little reads (one's in the latest New Yorker, I believe, though I haven't gotten around to reading it yet), but would you recommend going beyond them with any of his novels?

I don't know. Try maybe "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel" or "Norwegian Wood."

turtle777 · Feb 17, 2006, 05:04 PM

Perry Rhodan, book# 44.

kernokerno · Feb 17, 2006, 07:59 PM

Siddhartha

thunderous_funker · Feb 17, 2006, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by dav

charles bukowski: slouching toward nirvana (new poems)

Got that for xmas. Great stuff!

Right now I've been re-reading Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. Like a sweet reunion with an old, dear friend.