What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[Barbarossa]

I'm not currently reading anything, for the first time in such a long time. :blink:

[Gripper]

Got Flight of the Nighthawks by Feist to read,first in The Darkwar trilogy.
Carrying on with the characters from Exiles Return :w00t:

[Guillaume]

Two years' vacation (Jules Verne)
Treasure island (Stevenson)

[Draugr]

Hitler's War - David Irving (Excellent!)
Mythology - Edith Hamilton (Basic Greek/Roman with some Minor Norse thrown in, pretty good!)
Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa, Trans. Charles S. Terry (Just started, translation seems to be very good, something different instead of the usual western literature I read.)

[Cheese]

Hitler's War - David Irving (Excellent!)


Do you read lots of books by holocaust deniers? :ermm:

[Mr JP Fugley]

http://www.fpp.co.uk/books/Hitler/index.html

[Chewie]

I'm nearing the end of Stephen King's The Dark Tower vol. 7 - The Dark Tower.

I was a little annoyed when vol.5 (Wolves of the Calla) veered off almost uncontrollably into ridiculousness. Authors putting their own books into their own books is always a shite idea, but then suggesting I suspend belief over deadly plate-throwing women? Come ON!

In vol. 6 (Song of Suzannah) King put himself in there as a central character and I didn't like the book at all because of it.

Vol. 7 is a big improvement over the last two but I get the impression King has spent his effort on finishing the series before he either goes blind or gets run over properly. The result is that a great story has deteriorated somewhat.
These last three installments have been a disappointment for me, a huge SK fan.

[Rudeboy2025]

At Risk - Patricia Cornwell
Fort Pillow - Harry Turtledove
Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz
Forever Odd - Dean Koontz
Castways of the Flying Dutchman - Brian Jacques
Vanished - Karen Robards
Edge of Battle - Dale Brown
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson (Re-reading)
Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever - James Patterson
Imposter - T Davis Bunn
Hour Game - David Baldacci

[Draugr]

Hitler's War - David Irving (Excellent!)


Do you read lots of books by holocaust deniers? :ermm:

No, but I am indeed reading this book soley because of his status as a Holocaust Denier. I want to know what this man could have possibly written to be sentenced to three years in jail. Why listen to biased news sources when I can read it straight from the horse's mouth and form my own opinions? It's like asking the Catholic Church if The Da Vinci Code is a good book or not. I may be ~200 pages into Hitler's War, but I can already see if is a far better written and sourced book than great's like Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Your statement bothers me because you seem to act like I'm doing something questionable or wrong. I was brought up to hear both sides of an argument and not form a biased opinion based on my personal beliefs. If I did I'd probably be a Bush supporter!

[scooterb]

lost in care,its a great read,anyone read it?

[Seedler]

Babes in Arms.

Just finished that.

Great read. Definitely recommanded.

[ssj4gogeta]

The Da Vinci Code, not sure what I think of it so far though.

[jooface]

Just finished Da Vinci Code - it was okay, my GF should have my Angels & Demons soon -- or else I'll backhand her. I also just started Everything is Illuminated, so far so good =)

[Cheese]

Do you read lots of books by holocaust deniers? :ermm:
No, but I am indeed reading this book soley because of his status as a Holocaust Denier. I want to know what this man could have possibly written to be sentenced to three years in jail. Why listen to biased news sources when I can read it straight from the horse's mouth and form my own opinions? It's like asking the Catholic Church if The Da Vinci Code is a good book or not. I may be ~200 pages into Hitler's War, but I can already see if is a far better written and sourced book than great's like Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Your statement bothers me because you seem to act like I'm doing something questionable or wrong. I was brought up to hear both sides of an argument and not form a biased opinion based on my personal beliefs. If I did I'd probably be a Bush supporter!
Don't take offence, I was just seeing why you were reading that book in my own abrasive style. I would probably read some of his work if I had the chance for much the same reasons. I've read Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich which I enjoyed and I have read that Irving, whilst having questionable politics, is very knowledgable in his field.


On topic: I am currently reading The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction. As the book is 2000 pages long it should take me a while to finish this one.

[Chip Monk]

, my GF should have my Angels & Demons soon -- or else I'll backhand her.
Ah, the Ladies, you've got to keep them right.

[hisamrain]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

[Illusionz]

I've just 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' by William Shirer...Great book, but it's left me exhausted. Now I'm curious about this 'Holocaust Denier'...

[j2k4]

I've just 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' by William Shirer...Great book, but it's left me exhausted.

Yes, but now you know all about the Third Reich.

There are others you could read for perspective, but Shirer kinda wrote the Bible, there.

[MagicNakor]

Mm...

Hesiod's Theogeny and Works and Days
The Odyessy
The Iliad
The Homeric Hymns
Agamemnon
Prometheus Bound
Oedipus Rex
Antigone
Hippolytus

Greek mythology course readings. Can you tell? ;)

:shuriken:

[galliano]

The Greatest Secret - David Icke

Shocking book to absorb !!

[pezze]

The Philosophy of Space and Time - Hans Reichenbach

Tough but nice book so far.

[gustafo]

nothing right now atm, but few days ago i finished with Dan Brown - Angels & Demons :thumbsup: Will sure read it again!

[limesqueezer]

Magazines about economy for me.
Im reading now filesharingtalk, a great book by noobs.

[Gripper]

Nearly finished "Shamans crossing" the first book in "Soldier Son" trilogy by Robi Hobbs,gonna pop down the library and see if I can find the second one.

[dinamic]

Wow. This thread just reminded me that I haven't read a book in ages. The last one I've read though is Of Mice and Men.

[intern]

currently rereading my raymond e. feist collection
would love to get my hands on the alliance of light series by janny wurts but cant find any in shops here and ordering off e-bay costs too much for shipping( couldn't afford)

[Suphix]

im reading 'do androids dream of electronic sheep - Philip K. Dick' really good so far, think i might watch the film after :)

[lazzasurf]

bill bryson, a complete history of nearly everything..the physics side is a bit waterd down for the masses...

[Tmaster]

reading how to make friends

[chuckunderwood]

All the Shah's Men - Stephen Kinzer...a book about why Iran hates us so much

[Workcheese]

The Overcoat and Other Short Stories - Nikolai Gogol
The New Short Story Theories - Charles E. May

[omgwirjo]

Haha, my textbooks atm - exams coming up.

[samoyan]

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

[MCHeshPants420]

The Cambridge Companion to Modernism

[Barbarossa]

I just read a book that came free in a box of Shreddies :smilie4:

"The Perfect Hamburger" :w00t:

[snowultra]

im reading the dante club by mattew pearl. im about half way in and i think its pretty good for mystery murder type book.

[migi]

Run to India- Krzysztof Mroziewicz

[mags23]

I'm on the Modern Library top 100. Just finished "Catch-22".
Next up: Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead
After: James Joyce - A portrait of the artist as a young man

[SirGray]

Raymond E Fiest Series its awesome!!!
Also that Golden compass series wich is also awesome!

[smalle]

Da vinci - dan brown

[MCHeshPants420]

Bliss and other stories - Katherine Mansfield

[Snee]

Pratchett's Wintersmith.

[Gripper]

Got Flight of the Nighthawks by Feist to read,first in The Darkwar trilogy.
Carrying on with the characters from Exiles Return :w00t:

Got the second one in the series called "Into a dark realm"
Will get into it when I've finished "Cell" by Stephen King.

[JordoR]

Tom Clancy - Sum of all Fears

[MCHeshPants420]

Dubliners - James Joyce

[Futile[lsd]]

Stephen King - dreamcatcher

[Tmaster]

the world

[Kruger]

Rainis - Joseph and his brothers

[CrabGirl]

The Kontiki Expedition - Thor Heyerdhal.

[jenopop]

Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk

[Cheese]

I'm reading (and writing a presentation about) a short story by Ursula Le Guin, The Ones That Walk Away from Omelas.

[Barbarossa]

Got Flight of the Nighthawks by Feist to read,first in The Darkwar trilogy.
Carrying on with the characters from Exiles Return :w00t:

Got the third one in the series called "Into a dark realm"
Will get into it when I've finished "Cell" by Stephen King.

Re-reading "Talon of the Silver Hawk", "King of Foxes", and "Exile's Return", in preparation for reading "Flight of the Nighthawks"

What's the one after that then? :blink:

[Gripper]

Got the third one in the series called "Into a dark realm"
Will get into it when I've finished "Cell" by Stephen King.

Re-reading "Talon of the Silver Hawk", "King of Foxes", and "Exile's Return", in preparation for reading "Flight of the Nighthawks"

What's the one after that then? :blink:

My bad:( "Into a dark realm" is the second book after "Flight of the nighthawks"
Read so much stuff I forget where I am with Trilogy's and series.
It is the 2nd book in The Darkwar

[Cheese]

The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford

[Barbarossa]

The Enormous Turnip - Traditional

[Barbarossa]

Flight of the Nighthawks is a bit slow. I'm nearly halfway through and nothing much seems to have happened yet :dabs:

[meo]

the holy bible ... amen

[Hairbautt]

the holy bible ... amen
:lol:
Current title: The Zombie Surivial Guide by Max Brooks.

I've read Daniel H. Wilson's How to Survive a Robot Uprising which was pretty amusing, but Brooks ain't that great...:ermm:

[JordoR]

Just finished the Sum of all Fears ... Great read :yup:

Already put a dent in the next book in the series, Debt of Honor.

7/12 read so far.

[nyx002]

reading for an assignment Kafka's - The Metamorphosis

[Barbarossa]

"Flight of the Nighthawks" was a load of pish. The most disappointing Feist book to date :(

[moey07]

i have read a great book called "victim". its about Marilyn Monroe. its very interesting. highly recomended

[wisky]

Just started reading a book called Judas Pig by Horace Silver

[Mike Nelson]

Jacob's Room - Vagina Woolf

Somebody kill me now.

[tdoar]

State of Fear - the latest of Michael Crichton

[Cheese]

The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

[nrfuller]

Sadly- the Davinci code.

My girlfriend kept going on and on about it so I decided to give it a shot.

Not that bad, not that great.

I put a book cover on it so people won't be able to tell what it is.

That's right- I'm ashamed to be reading it.

[Hairbautt]

Seriously, its fiction. Get over it. It says fiction. Sure it has a fact page cause there are secret socities.

[Alco23]

The Wheel of time series... Currently on the 4th book.

[cpt_azad]

Just finished reading "A brief history of time", really good book I can't believe I put it off until recently.

Started reading Splinter Cell: Checkmate last night, so far it's a really good book, very catchy.

[Mike Nelson]

This week I'll be mostly reading:


Jorge Luis Borges - The Garden of Forking Paths

Donald Barthelme - The Indian Uprising

Margaret Atwood - Happy Endings

[Cheese]

Burning Chrome - William Gibson

This is the "coolest" book I have read for my uni course. It has the short story that 1995 sci-fi flick Johnny Mnemonic was based on, the film is almost universally slated but I love it.

[FooBag]

The Reality Dysfunction: Emergence & Expansion - Peter F. Hamilton

Scif-fi. I've really liked Hamilton's other works; they all fall into the 'space opera' category. There's always several separate storylines going on in the books. I'd really recommend reading Pandora's Star & Judas Unchained if you enjoy sci-fi books.

[taityisagod]

Siegfried Sassoon The Making Of A War Poet by Jean Moorcroft Wilson and Seventy Two Virgins by Boris Johnson.

[cpt_azad]

Brief History of Time.

God damn why did I wait so long

[Barbarossa]

Tolkien - unfinished tales.

fuck fuckity-fuck-fuck fuck :wacko:

[DanB]

Jeremy Clarkson - And Another Thing Vol.2

Its very good.

[Cheese]

Paul Auster, City of Glass

[NsJ]

David L. Robins ""The End Of War"

[magister]

Alexander Solzhenitsyn - "Gulag Archipelag"

[Amun_The_Unsee]

The Game by Neil Strauss

[Colt Seevers]

The Metro.

[kittybewm]

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein

[Fulanito]

Mario Vargas LLosa - La Ciudad Y los Perros

[Barbarossa]

Ben Bova - Saturn

[petra1210]

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

[MCHeshPants420]

Don DeLillo, White Noise

btw Paul Auster's City of Glass is one of the best stories I have read in a long time, truly inspiring.

[imapotato]

Adams, Richard - Watership Down

[Hairbautt]

Alan Brinkley's The Unfinished Nation - A Concise History of the American People

Errrr...

[Skiz]

The Kite Runner

[petra1210]

Roald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the World

[dsa16]

Entheogens and the Futrue of Religions

[NA_Magus]

William Golding - Lord of the Flies

[MCHeshPants420]

Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay having just finished Darkly Dreaming Dexter. They're not very well written but good fun nevertheless, he does use the alliteration device way too much.

[Mr JP Fugley]

The World According To Karl Pilkington.

I'm not even sure if it's called that, but it's genious anyway.

[Ava Estelle]

Peace Not Apartheid - Jimmy Carter

[Wozz]

The Way Of Wyrd-Brian Bates. (Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer)

Not a new book by any means (1983/84)
but most definately an enjoyable read, imo. This will be at least my 3rd/4th reading i think.

[petra1210]

The History of the Habsburg Empire
this book focuses on the lands, peoples and cultures ruled by the Habsburgs, as well as the family itself

[DefX]

Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer. It's my 2nd time reading the book :)

[jeniffer]

i just finished reading spiderman comic series.

[.:MHD:.]

eragon

[JWP]

The Godfather ;)

[Mindfukced]

I tend to read quite a few books rather than one at a time.
heres what Im currently reading:

1/ 'War agains the weak' by Edwin Black. (Eugenics and America's campaign to create a master race)
2/ 'Body of Secrets' by James Bamford. (How america's NSA and britains GCHQ eavesdrop on the world)
3/ 'Simply Wing Chun' by Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe.
4/ 'IBM and the Holocaust' by Edwin Black (How americas most powerful corporation helped count the jews)
5/ 'Tricks of the Mind' by Derren Brown.
6/ 'Using your brain' by Richard Bandler, Steve and Connirae Andreas

Peace,

Mindfukced

[blackfog]

Shantaram and Airport

[MosheB]

BB books are in my blood since ever :)

[bunny67]

does porn count?:lol: no ok interview with the vampire,yeah i know its old so any book donations will be gladly recieved

[weirdguy]

Dean Koontz - Brother Odd

I loved his first 2 books in this series.

[Cheese]

I've read Ghosts by Paul Auster twice this week. Next up is A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (again).

[jerseyeo]

I'm reading now Marriage Most Scandalous by Johanna Lindsey

Next I'll be reading The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon

[spidey99]

tales of the otori... i didn't expect it to be so good

[Gornar]

A place called freedom by Ken Follet. Anyone else likes Follet?

[yudisan]

How to talk to anyone - 92 little tricks

it's pretty good, helped me a lot.. I usually don't like these kind of books but this one has some pretty good tips and hints to socialize @ your local working area

[kittybewm]

I just read The Long Walk by Stephen King and it was really good. Right now I'm ready Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

[NA_Magus]

Life of Pi and A Separate Peace.

[WHRST]

Saga of Seven Suns :Hidden Empire

[Barbarossa]

Lord of the Rings (again).

[Cheese]

Hutcheon, Linda, 1947- Politics of Postmodernism

Crystal, David. Language and the Internet

Young, Robert. White Mythologies : Writing History and the West

Nash, Cristopher. World Postmodern Fiction : A Guide

Bennett, Andrew. Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory

Mills, Sara. Discourse

Norris, Christopher. What's Wrong with Postmodernism : Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy

Rose, Margaret A. Post-Modern and the Post-Industrial : A Critical Analysis


Yup, it's essay week. :(

[Bo0ddha]

New Spring: The Novel by Robert Jordan. It's suppose to be set in the time before the Wheel of Time series starts. So far really good. Still have yet to finish the Wheel of Time series though. Stuck on book 5 I believe.

[djenin]

Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, it's a compelling read, absolutely awesome if you like fantasy.

[khurios2000]

guide to security+ :)

[darchu]

Finishing Michael Crichton's Next.
It looks more like a proposal, not unlike his previous work, State of Fear.

[McStabhappy]

Stephen King - Insomnia

[milkman_dan]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

I'm gotten through about 1/3 of the book so far, and am starting to see why so many people have problems finishing it. The first 100 pages fly by, but then it starts getting really deep, to the point where I have to read a paragraph multiple times before I even vaguely understand the meaning. Eastern philosophy really isn't a light read I guess...

[petra1210]

Lord of the Rings :)

[goobieghoulash]

just discovered a book that blew my mind:
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
by David Graeber

the pdf is on the publisher's website:
http://www.prickly-paradigm.com/paradigm14.pdf

its an cultural wakeup call to academics in ALL fields

[Cheese]

The Passion - Jeanette Winterson

[popopot]

Think and Grow Rich - Napolean Hill.

Still thinking but not growing rich yet!!

[Melchior00]

Study of Counterpoint (Gradus ad Parnassum) by Johann Fux.

Theory book about musical composition.

[Tusker]

I just finished "The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System" by Siva Vaidhyanathan.
Really interesting reading!

[bornwithnoname]

I am currently reading Larry Mcmurty's Comanche Moon

[j2k4]

I am currently reading Larry Mcmurty's Comanche Moon

Good pick.

The man cannot write a bad book.

Be sure to read Lonesome Dove, if you haven't already.

A Pulitzer winner worth the prize, honest.

[natedogg]

Savage run by C.J. Box

[thewizeard]

A Parents Guide To Plymouth :)

[McStabhappy]

Stephen King - The Gunslinger

[doctorcdcs]

i just started on the audio book version of the first book of the Wheel of Time series.

I was apprehensive about going through this format, as i'm not used to listening to a novel being read out to me in this manner, but i have to say that i was quite surprised by how well i was able to get the picture of the story in my head, and it made a GREAT companion while driving (i travel between the U.S and Canada alot) so my 7 hour drive didn't feel like it.

My only complaint would be that it was kinda weird listening to the male reader doing the female parts. It was kinda weird, having drummed up the image of a beautiful woman, only to hear a voice which made it sound like she was a transvestite. all in all though, it's been a great listen so far and i look forward to hearing the other books. plus, the reader is going to switch to a female in later parts so i look forward to that. I watch anime from time to time, so many of the male leads are read by females so i hope it'll be a similar experience.

[fourier]

(2005) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed). New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-03337-5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0670033375).

[moikan]

'Cell' by Stephen King
seems like it will have the usual king ending where everything blows up, though i hope i am wrong...

[Lady LoTL]

THE POPE'S CEILING- Ross King

"Recounts the four extraordinary years Michelangelo spent laboring over the vast ceiling...

Battling against ill health, financial difficulties, domestic problems, the pope's impatience, and a bitter rivalry with the brilliant young painter Raphael, Michelangelo creates scenes so beautiful that they are considered to be among the greatest masterpieces of all time. A panorama of illustrious figures converged around the creation of this masterful work- from the great Dutch scholar Erasmus to the young Martin Luther King- Ross skillfully weaves them through his compelling historical narrative, offering uncommon insight into the intersection of art and history."

Sweeet reading for art lovers...

I have read all of above mentioned Stephen King books. The GUNSLINGER is especially good.

As with most of his books, he weaves some of his key characters ("*a*kin **de" and tec..) from other novels and short stories (The STAND, EYES of the DRAGON, etc..) into this one as well.

[mym_2006]

i read no thing
hahaha

[mantic]

Currently reading "Terminal Man" by Michael Crichton.

It's a fictional story about a man who gets little wires put in his head to stop him from having seizures and attacking people. It was written a long time ago, so it supposed to be real sci-fi and out there, but its not so strange to the people of our time. Not my favorite book so far, but i would recommend it.

[Turtle^]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I can't say much about the book, I've only read a couple of the first pages.

[popopot]

Shantaram - by Gregory David Roberts. (One thick bas*ard of a book as well).

[ArtOfWar]

Cosa Nostra by John Dickie

[The Hitcher]

terry pratchett a disc world novel
The Light Fantastic

I am slowly working my way through all his books.

[Gripper]

Currently I'm reading Whitemantle by Robert Carter,which is the third in the series of The Language of stones,it is a spin on the Arthur legend mixed with the War of the Roses.
Lots of magic and battles,noice.

[Heeweliusz]

"Bastion" ... Stephen King

[SHUVT]

May issue of Hustler... Ok I am not reading it I am just looking at the pictures. lol

[padme99]

Saga of the seven suns by Kevin J Anderson, currently I'm searching for the 5th book.

[mrmajeure]

misplaced legion by Harry Turtledove - going through his old stuff

[TorrenTy]

Reading Tolstoy : " what's men lived by!"

OUTSTANDING

[jelogisa]

Lord Hornblower, by CS Forester... I believe it's an english classic, but as a french, I just discovered Hornblower a couple of months ago... I love these books and I'm currently reading all of them... (seing the tyranny of Bonaparte from the point of view of a Royal Navy officer of this time, spending his time to sink french ships is part of the fun, and the high adventure and ingenuity of the captain makes the rest).

[j2k4]

Lord Hornblower, by CS Forester... I believe it's an english classic, but as a french, I just discovered Hornblower a couple of months ago... I love these books and I'm currently reading all of them... (seing the tyranny of Bonaparte from the point of view of a Royal Navy officer of this time, spending his time to sink french ships is part of the fun, and the high adventure and ingenuity of the captain makes the rest).

Welcome to our French minority...people will tell you I am anti-French because I do not respect Chirac.

I don't respect Chirac, 'tis true, but I sincerely welcome our French contingent; don't let anyone tell you otherwise. :)

[Hax]

I'm currently reading World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by SNL writer Max Brooks.

[Cheese]

White Noise - Don DeLillo

The last book I have to write an essay about for my English course. Then I can get back to reading "normal" books.

[JordoR]

Tom Clancy - Executive Orders

[jelogisa]

Thanks, J2K4... As for Chirac, I'm not much of a fan of our ex-president myself ;)... Oops sorry, not yet ex-president: I'm two weeks in advance to say that...

[Lady LoTL]

"The Return of the Prodigal Son" Henri J. M. Nouwen

Author shares insight gained into self while sitting and staring at Rembrandt's painting of the same name.
He "probes the several movements of the parable."

Also reading "MICHELANGELO Complete Edition" by Ludwig Goldscheider.

teh...

[petra1210]

Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King

[leeter]

I'm reading bible.

[Saroman]

My Study books :(

[Hairbautt]

Currently reading (aside from textbooks n'such):

The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne & Jerry Lucas. It was recommended to me by my social stats professor...

"Cure absentmindedness--forever, command total recall of names, numbers, faces and places, master assignments more quickly than ever before!" blah blah blah...

[Lady LoTL]

"From the Corner of His Eye" by Dean Koontz (again)

[nousername]

The lord of the rings: Fellowship of the ring

[DrHook]

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan (look this book up)
On Writing by Steven King

[WHRST]

I am rereading all my harry potter books in time for the last one to come out

[thundergoat]

Thud! by mighty Terry Pratchett