What are you reading?

[Cigargal]

just finished:
I hope they serve beer in hell

on que is:
brunsons super system two
the ragamuffin gospel


i'm a complicated guy ;)

Did you like the book? Seems like people either love it or hate it.

[Cigargal]

The Archimedes Codex

(man am I a geek :D )

I bought this one for our library based on a great article it the Stanford Alumni magazine. Great story.

[Cigargal]

Oooh I just read the Amazon page for that. It looks good. My nickname is partly from Dan's Hyperion Cantos.

I'm about 75 pages into it. My first book by this author. It took me a little while to get into the Victorian style of writing-it is very Dickens-ish.

[Savvy]

I've been reading a ton lately, hadn't had internet or much of anything else to do to kill time, so I read all the books I brought with me to Germany.

Read the first two books of the Mitch Rapp Series by Vince Flynn--really enjoyed them and bought the other seven books to read...

Read Working on the Edge by Spike Walker. It is a very well written account about living as a King Crab Fisherman in the Bering Sea. I liked the show Deadliest Catch, and this is a book about one guys experience in the 70s and 80s before everything became so high tech.

Bought One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest--which I'm reading now, what a fitting place for me to be telling about it-- and Robinson Crusoe, which I'll get to later. Looking forward to both of these books.

[Steve]

Various fishing charts. Dang, I'm pathetic :ss

[lightning9191]

Various fishing charts. Dang, I'm pathetic :ss

What kind of fishing charts?

[dunng]

This thread... :D

Otherwise I'm waiting for the next book in the Jack Reacher series... :ss

[pit bull]

The Corps book 1 Semper FI
By W.E.B. Griffin

[Nimbus]

R.A. Salvatore - The Two Swords. The entire series is wonderful to read. :tu

[Geppetto]

Armed and Female by Paxton Quigley
also started
Kitchen Confidential (Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly) by Anthony Bourdain

[SimonTemplar]

The Shack - William P. Young

[Starscream]

The Odyssey (short version)

[Cigargal]

The Odyssey (short version)

Cliff notes??

[lightning9191]

I started "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" yesterday.

[Gophernut]

Working through the Vince Flynn novels right now :tu

Me too! Rattled off Memorial Day, Consent to Kill, Act of Treason, and am currently reading Protect and Defend.
Mitch Rapp is my hero!

[Starscream]

Cliff notes??

No, the version in the 9th grade lit book.

[hotreds]

Interpreting the Bible: A Simple Introduction by James Fischer

[Starscream]

Finished "The Final Problem". Sucked for the end of Sherlock Holmes.

[coffeemonkey]

Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins

[Waynegro1]

Well, after reading about 12 Political books and 5 or 6 history books in a row, I decided to read something that was light hearted/calm my nerves.
I'm reading "Crazy From The Heat" by none other than "Diamond" David Lee Roth.
It's a fun read so far and I have to say, he writes like he talks, if you know what I mean. Needless to say, the palpitations have subsided and my BP is down. Man, I needed a break from politics.

[RottenZombie]

Duma Key By Sthpen King

[Joan]

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Sherman Alexie. (on a brandy new Kindle2!)

[Cigargal]

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Sherman Alexie. (on a brandy new Kindle2!)

I am so jealous-where are you???

[WildBlueSooner]

The Reagan Diaries. I love President Reagan so my wife got this for me for Christmas. Unfortunately I cannot seem to find enough time to finish it. What an intruiging and inspirational leader Ronald Reagan was.

[coffeemonkey]

I am so jealous-where are you???

Joan is everywhere here but everywhere else she isn't.

[hotreds]

Jewish Contemporaries of Jesus: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes by Gunter Stemberger

[Joan]

UR, Stephen King's Kindle-Only book. WAY cool, well worth the $2.99!

[promethius]

Just finished the latest Jesse Stone by Robert parker. "Night and Day" Now getting ready to start The associate, John Grisham

[Cigargal]

Finished Drood....excellent book. Made me run out and buy two Dickens novels. Right now I am reading the Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, which is a true story of the first Metro police detectives in London and the investigation of a murder of a child. Mr. Whicher is the basis for the character Inspector Cuff in A Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Inspector Bucket from Dicken's Bleak House.

[Savvy]

Finished up One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Back to the Mitch Rapp novels by Vince Flynn. #3 of 9...I'm set for awhile as I've ordered all of them...

[Stig]

I'm reading The Cigar Asylum, it's a great story about a bunch or neurotic folks that share an obsession for this funky leafy stuff.:r

[pit bull]

The Corps Book 2 Call to Arms by W.E.B. Griffin

[hotreds]

The Sayings Gospel Q by J. M. Robinson

[Joan]

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Vicki Myron and Bret Witter. (non-kindle)

Oooo! The snow+rain is back, just in time for the pedal over to the volunteer site. ARGH!

[Steve]

A client training manual for work, yeah......................................NOT!

[qwerty1500]

Finished Drood....excellent book. Made me run out and buy two Dickens novels. Right now I am reading the Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, which is a true story of the first Metro police detectives in London and the investigation of a murder of a child. Mr. Whicher is the basis for the character Inspector Cuff in A Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Inspector Bucket from Dicken's Bleak House.

Just started it ...

[Cigargal]

Just started it ...

Oh, I hope you like it. I couldn't put it down. It was such a kick to see Wilkie Collins portrayed as such a...well, a nutjob, to be sure. I bought The Mystery of Edwin Drood just to see what it is like-even though Dickens never finished it it should be fun to read the book Dickens was writing while this novel takes place.

I also picked up Hyperion and Illium by Dan Simmons while I was at it.

[Cigargal]

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Vicki Myron and Bret Witter. (non-kindle)

Oooo! The snow+rain is back, just in time for the pedal over to the volunteer site. ARGH!

Awww....I want to read that one. Don't you think every library should have a copy? Or even a cat, for that matter???

Tell us about your kindle!

[Waynegro1]

"The Wednesday Letters" by Jason F. Wright.

[MithShrike]

Oh, I hope you like it. I couldn't put it down. It was such a kick to see Wilkie Collins portrayed as such a...well, a nutjob, to be sure. I bought The Mystery of Edwin Drood just to see what it is like-even though Dickens never finished it it should be fun to read the book Dickens was writing while this novel takes place.

I also picked up Hyperion and Illium by Dan Simmons while I was at it.

Oooh you gotta get the whole Hyperion Cantos to really appreciate it. It is a complete work. Watch out for the Shrike, that is one badass mammajamma.

[Joan]

Awww....I want to read that one. Don't you think every library should have a copy? Or even a cat, for that matter???

Tell us about your kindle!

Oh yeah! Kitties for every library!

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/funny-pictures-cat-reads-a-book-about-crimes.jpg


And the kindle is totally b*tchin! TOTALLY! I'll be sure to bring it along for the drive to Socal X, if you can stand reading in the car. Can we herf in the truck? :ss

[SmokeyJoe]

Just bought "The Shack." Been wanting to read this one for a while. :ss

[Made in Dade]

The Richest man who ever lived by Steven K. Scott.

Heaven is a playground by Rick Telander.

[Cigargal]

Starting Little Dorritt, by Charles Dickens

[hotreds]

Jesus the Messianic Herald of Salvation by Edward P. Meadors

[jonharky]

Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler

[Starscream]

Newsweek

[Buena Fortuna]

The Bourne Identity~Ludlum
Posted via Mobile Device

[Joan]

How to convert and import .dbx to .eml and onward to Thunderbird. Bother!

[macpappy]

Exposing the Real Che Guevara - And the Useful Idiots That Support Him by Humberto Fontova.

[Starscream]

Watchmen

[rhdad42]

The Horror Stories of R.E. Howard

The Zen of SOA: An Executive Blueprint to Web-Enable Your Organization With Service-Oriented Architecture

[marge796]

kant reed viry weel



:r :r :r

[karmaz00]

wheres theres smoke...pretty good so far

[Joan]

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, from David Wroblewski, en kindle.

Lovin' it. Good descriptive writing, totally sucked in. :)

[Cigargal]

Excellent book! I read it last year and Lynn just finished reading it. One of the best books of 2008 in my opinion.

Reading A Pale Blue Eye right now. By a fellow named Bayard(I think) Mystery set at West Point in 1830-pretty good book. Part way through Little Dorritt but stopped to read this one so I could decide whether or not to do it for our book club in May.

[14holestogie]

Missing Links by Rick Reilly (my annual pre-golf season re-read).

Classic. :D

[macpappy]

The Corps Book 2 Call to Arms by W.E.B. Griffin

Good Book. I read the entire series in order. Left me wanting more.

[Fumes]

Just finished The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez and E=MC^2: a Biography of the World's most Famous Equation by David Bodanis.

Just started The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano

[TXRebel]

Enemies Foreign And Domestic by Matthew Bracken.

[yourchoice]

I'm working my way through James Patterson's Alex Cross novels right now. Just finished Popped Goes the Weasel and will be starting Roses Are Red once I pick it up from the library. Very good books, real page turners.

[Cigargal]

Just finished The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez and E=MC^2: a Biography of the World's most Famous Equation by David Bodanis.

Just started The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano

Savage Detectives is on my wish list. I hope someone sees it while shopping for my birthday.

[pnoon]

The Innocent by Harlan Coben

[pit bull]

Good Book. I read the entire series in order. Left me wanting more.

I bought all 10 books, on book 3 now. Hard to put down.

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

An American Life Ronald Reagan
The autobiography

[qwerty1500]

I'm working my way through James Patterson's Alex Cross novels right now. Just finished Popped Goes the Weasel and will be starting Roses Are Red once I pick it up from the library. Very good books, real page turners.

Read and enjoyed all of the Alex Cross series. Read the intro for the newest Paterson. Seems that he may have changed characters and left Cross behind. Anyone read "Max" yet?

[qwerty1500]

Oh, I hope you like it. I couldn't put it down. It was such a kick to see Wilkie Collins portrayed as such a...well, a nutjob, to be sure. I bought The Mystery of Edwin Drood just to see what it is like-even though Dickens never finished it it should be fun to read the book Dickens was writing while this novel takes place.

I also picked up Hyperion and Illium by Dan Simmons while I was at it.

About 150 pages left. They all seem like bonafide "nutjobs" to me. Can't wait to see how this ends.

I've enjoyed this one so much that I too may have to check out some of Simmons other stuff.

[Fumes]

Savage Detectives is on my wish list. I hope someone sees it while shopping for my birthday.

I guess librarians think alike! :D

[Cigargal]

I guess librarians think alike! :D

Tom! You hang out at the library??? Cool! I am a small town librarian-it is only one room and we open one afternoon a week. The biggest problem with this job is that I want to read everything I see-I'm afraid I won't live that long.

After reading Drood I picked up Hyperion and Illium by Simmons and a couple of Dickens books. I'm ready to start a new book today but can't decide which one....:hm

[Fumes]

Tom! You hang out at the library??? Cool! I am a small town librarian-it is only one room and we open one afternoon a week.

Sounds like a great place! I'm a law librarian in a detention facility, so the books I see everyday are not quite as appealing. Not to mention my customers... but it's by far the most interesting job I've had in the field.

I'll post back on the Savage Detectives. I'm not that far into it, but so far it's definitely not a conventional novel.

[Cigargal]

I am reading The Shroud of the Twacker by Chris Elliot. A mystery that takes place in NYC in the late 1800s. Think Monty Python...I picked up this one from the bargain table at B&N-there is a reason it was on the bargain table. I'm about 50 pages in and it is a fast read, so we will see...

[Starchild]

After reading Drood I picked up Hyperion and Illium by Simmons and a couple of Dickens books. I'm ready to start a new book today but can't decide which one....:hm

I would recommend starting with Hyperion. It is not an easy read, but it sets the groundwork for a phenomenal series. One of my all time favorites. I'm just finishing Olympos, which is the squeal to Illium. A good read as well.

[ActionAndy]

Catching up on Invincible lately. If any of you are superhero/comics fans, definitely check out Invincible (Robert Kirkman).

[eternal rider]

Just finished Swine Not? A pigs Tale by Jimmie Buffet. A amusing tale to read.

[harbora]

aloha!, that's true I am a spammer!

[hova45]

I am currently reading Edgar Sawtelle

http://www.edgarsawtelle.com/

[Sr Mike]

No Angel by Jay Dobyns

[SmokeyJoe]

The Shack - William P. Young

Been on my desk... finally started it yesterday. Got about a 100 pages left.

Interesting read... :)

What did you think of it?

[bookman]

Finished Drood....excellent book. Made me run out and buy two Dickens novels. Right now I am reading the Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, which is a true story of the first Metro police detectives in London and the investigation of a murder of a child. Mr. Whicher is the basis for the character Inspector Cuff in A Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Inspector Bucket from Dicken's Bleak House.


Finished that a few weeks ago. I'm a huge collins/dickens/Victorian lit fan, but Drood needed some editing. Too much of it came right out of Dicken's bios, not enough spooky stuff. Matthew Pearl is coming out with The Dicken's Manuscript, another historical fiction similar to his Poe Shadow...

Right now reading Jim Harrison's The English Major. It's good but not as good as some of his other books or his poetry.

I'll give the Mr. Whicher a try. Ever read Scenes in the Life of a of a Bow Street Runner by "Richmond"?

[rMcSmokesAlot]

beer by michael Jackson

[Cigargal]

Finished that a few weeks ago. I'm a huge collins/dickens/Victorian lit fan, but Drood needed some editing. Too much of it came right out of Dicken's bios, not enough spooky stuff. Matthew Pearl is coming out with The Dicken's Manuscript, another historical fiction similar to his Poe Shadow...

Right now reading Jim Harrison's The English Major. It's good but not as good as some of his other books or his poetry.

I'll give the Mr. Whicher a try. Ever read Scenes in the Life of a of a Bow Street Runner by "Richmond"?

Not spooky enough? All that subterranean spooky $h!t?? The dead babies on the window sills, graveyard picnics, crypt crawling...oh, and the thing living in the staircase???

[bookman]

Yeah, cigargal, but you had to wade throug PAGES of the authors colaborating on a play, and bickering like an old married couple. What was up with the creepy staircase girl anyway? Was that in wilkie's imagination or what??? But I did enjoy the book, don't get me wrong...

[Cigargal]

Looks like Bow Street Runner is out of print-I'll have to try the library.

[qwerty1500]

What was up with the creepy staircase girl anyway? Was that in wilkie's imagination or what???

Drood left a lot of unanswered questions. I thought that the "creepy staircase girl" and the Other Wilkie were just Wilkie's drug induced hallucinations.

On the other hand, I do believe readers were expected to believe that Wilkie nailed Agnes inside that staircase. I don't remember the book answering the question about what the people who bought Wilkie's house found when they opened that staircase. Did they find her bones or nothing? If they found her bones, wouldn't Wilkie have been a prime suspect for that? Or, maybe the "creepy staircase girl" ate Agnes bones and all? Did I miss something here?

[qwerty1500]

Now reading "House of Cards" by William Cohan ... fascinating account of the collapse of Bear Stearns.

[bookman]

Thanks qwerty. i think you got it all covered.

[potlimit]

Re-reading Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh

[Buena Fortuna]

The Bourne Conspiracy ~ Robert Ludlum Almost done with the second installment of the trilogy, hope to finish all three by the end of the month

[kayaker]

Just finished the first novel of The Dresden Files and the 2nd one is on deck. I like them.

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

A cost of goods sold budget if that counts:D

[gvarsity]

I'm currently reading The starfish and the spider: the unstoppable power of leaderless organizations. Fascinating book. What really struck me in the part I was reading tonight was the foundation of cigarasylum was directly in response to another site not to be named changing from a starfish to a spider organizationally. Which in the context of the analogy used in the book means changing from an leaderless organization to a traditional hierarchical organization. I realize there is a lot more to at the detail level and there was lots of drama etc... but in the big picture that is as good a synopsis as any. Fascinating read if you are into org theory and I am a bit of a nerd that way. :) Cheers.

[Cigargal]

A Darkness More than Night by Connelly-sort of a Harry Bosch novel.

[DPD6030]

Cigar Asylum posts :D Oh a book...none right now. Carry on :)

[TXRebel]

Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista by Matthew Bracken.

[hotreds]

Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God by Stanley Grenz

[MithShrike]

Defender by CJ Cherryh.

[RHNewfie]

Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God by Stanley Grenz

I just finished his book on Christian Ethics, good read.

[Waynegro1]

The Reagan Diaries. A few entries a day.
I'm also reading Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg

[bookman]

God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee by Micheale Weissman

[Cigargal]

Finished Sharpe's Prey and now I am reading the Sharpe's companion-the early years...

[pnoon]

The Vanished Man by Jeffrey Deaver.

[taltos]

Rereading Atlas Shrugged for probably the 25th time. Wish that Ayn Rand was still alive to read her updated commentary on the current world situation.

[bookman]

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. It's a Postman Always Rings Twice from the perspective of a 16 yr old girl. Amazing!

[Ranger_B]

The Stuff Of Thought by Steven Pinker

[Rabidsquirrel]

The Wheel of Time series, again
A Song of Ice and Fire series, again
Malazan Book of the Fallen series

[Cigargal]

Should finish Sharpe's Rifles today.

[GreekGodX]

Just finished James Patterson Double Cross over the weekend, great book love all the Cross books. Started reading John Grisham The Street Lawyer

[Cigargal]

Started The Savage Detectives by Bolano. Just 30 pages into it-might be too high-brow for me. I will read a couple hundred pages and see what I think.

[4WheelVFR]

Reading the whole Dark Tower series by Stephen King again. I think this'll be my 3rd time reading books 1-7 together.

[Rabidsquirrel]

Reading the whole Dark Tower series by Stephen King again. I think this'll be my 3rd time reading books 1-7 together.

Ooh, that's another one on my reread list. Thanks for reminding me.

[Cigargal]

Reading the whole Dark Tower series by Stephen King again. I think this'll be my 3rd time reading books 1-7 together.

So, is this good Stephen King?? We have the whole series at the library and I have never read it.

[Darrell]

I am reading the Amateur Magicians Handbook.

[gettysburgfreak]

taking a break from reading civil war books and am currently reading

The Rocket That Fell To Earth by Jeff Pearlman. Its about Roger Clemens and so far its a really good book. (Im on page 15)

[maverickdrinker]

Playboy

[hotreds]

Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message by Ravi Zacharias

[Rockestone]

The Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver

[lightning9191]

Playboy

Nice :r

I finally finished "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" and started "The Five People you Meet in Heaven"

[4WheelVFR]

So, is this good Stephen King?? We have the whole series at the library and I have never read it.

It's some of his best IMO. If you can make it through the first book, which can be boring/slow, you will really like it. I have mixed opinions about the last 3 books, but even with the mixed opinions, it's an awsome series. My other King favs are Eyes of the Dragon, The Talisman and whatever the sequel was called, Rose Madder, 'Salem's Lot, and of course The Stand.

[Cigargal]

It's some of his best IMO. If you can make it through the first book, which can be boring/slow, you will really like it. I have mixed opinions about the last 3 books, but even with the mixed opinions, it's an awsome series. My other King favs are Eyes of the Dragon, The Talisman and whatever the sequel was called, Rose Madder, 'Salem's Lot, and of course The Stand.

It, The Stand and Gerald's Game are my favs. I have never gotten over that story of being handcuffed to the bed...and Gerald dropping dead-whoot!

[lightning9191]

I finished "The five people you meet in heaven" and have started "Black Mass" It's about the Irish mob in Boston and how them and the FBI got a little too close to each other.

[Cigargal]

After 200 pages of Savage Detectives I tossed it-piece of crap.

Reading Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner-excellent book!

[bookman]

Patricia Highsmith's This Sweet Sickness. I've read a dozen of her novels, and enjoy the non-Ripley books a lot. She can write about social misfits and the disenfranchinsed/morally corrup like no one else.

[bookman]

I think I've read 80% of King, agaisnt my better judgement. It's true, he needs an editor!!!! Duma Key was too long, too unfocused and there wan't any real payoff. It was like he tacked on the supernatural elements to an otherwise good yawn, er, yarn. Gave up on 4th part of Gunslinger. He seemed to be making it up as he went along to the detriment of story arcs and character. His next book coming out in Sept is about a Mane city that is covered by a dome. Um, Steve, seen the Simpsons movie recently...?

But like most fans of his "older, scarier" stuff, I stay with him hoping he'll surprise me.

[Fumes]

After 200 pages of Savage Detectives I tossed it-piece of crap.


You got further than I did. It reminds me of the half a dozen times I've tried to read Pynchon... except that Pynchon can really write. I just can't read him.

[qwerty1500]

I think I've read 80% of King, agaisnt my better judgement. It's true, he needs an editor!!!! Duma Key was too long, too unfocused and there wan't any real payoff. It was like he tacked on the supernatural elements to an otherwise good yawn, er, yarn. Gave up on 4th part of Gunslinger. He seemed to be making it up as he went along to the detriment of story arcs and character. His next book coming out in Sept is about a Mane city that is covered by a dome. Um, Steve, seen the Simpsons movie recently...?

But like most fans of his "older, scarier" stuff, I stay with him hoping he'll surprise me.

I gave up on King a long time ago. Nevertheless, hope dies hard and I gave Duma Key a try. I finished it but totally agree ... it was nothing like his older, scarier stuff.

Currently reading "Spade and Archer" by Joe Gores. It's promoted as a prequel to the Maltese Falcon. Good thing it's a short book because. so far, Maltese Falcon it's not.

[pnoon]

Just finished The Vanished Man by Jeffrey Deaver.
One of his best novels.

About to start Dead Aim by Iris Johansen

[dentonparrots]

The very best book I've ever read was called ADDICT by a guy named Stephen Smith; it's a true story about his growing up and getting addicted to amphetamines in the 60's in London as a result of being abused...he went on to take over 300,000 pills in hs life and his story is quite simply amazing. Very well written, funny, sad, emotional and witty all in one, almost like the film Shawshank Redemption in some ways and that's voted in many polls as the best film ever made.

Seek it out if you can, you'll not regret it..the best money you'll ever spend

[RHNewfie]

Millard J. Erickson's Christian Theology... just finished all 1253 pages of it!

[VirtualSmitty]

Just finished GJ Meyer's "A World Undone". Excellent read, burned through all 618 pages rather quick.

[Starscream]

Romeo and Juliet for the upteenth time.

[GKitty]

The Last Don by Mario Puzo

[qwerty1500]

Just finished GJ Meyer's "A World Undone". Excellent read, burned through all 618 pages rather quick.


I had never heard of this book, so I Googled it. It does sound like an interesting book ... put it on my list.

[Cigargal]

Just finished GJ Meyer's "A World Undone". Excellent read, burned through all 618 pages rather quick.

Amazon says 816 pages-you burned faster than you thought:r

Looks like a great book-one era of history I have yet to delve into.

[Cigargal]

I finished Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner-one of the best books I have ever read. I ordered another Stegner book to see if it is as good. Great tale of the West as well as a statement on relationships.

Now on tap I have Coming into The Country by James McPhee. Another new author for me. I'm going to Alaska this summer and a friend recommended this book.

[markem]

Just about through Baudolino by Umberto Eco. Nice story.

[MithShrike]

I'm reading Explorer by C.J. Cherryh.

[Fumes]

Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna, translated by Jay Garfield as The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way. Mind-bending stuff, and absolutely brilliant. If you've read Hume, Kant, or Wittgenstein (and liked it) you will dig this classic of Buddhist philosophy. :tu

[MithShrike]

I've been meaning to read some Wittgenstein.

[mmblz]

Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

[PitmanGeek]

I just finished Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia.

It has gotten me thinking quite a bit about power, policy and politics.

[PeteSB75]

Just finished "Drink, Play, F@#k" by Andrew Gottleib. Hilarious book. Great beach reading.

[adampc22]

I just finished Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia.

It has gotten me thinking quite a bit about power, policy and politics.

note to members keep your eyes on the red :ss

[bookman]

Thought it was finally time to tackle Confederacy of Dunces after a decade and a half of people telling me how great it is. So far I like it. Very unusual, very funny, very unique.

I don't know about you guys, but do you resist when people tell you you "just gotta read [inset tite]"? I'd like to know yr thoughts. Maybe I'm just a book snob and I want to be the one telling people what they should read?

[bookman]

Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna, translated by Jay Garfield as The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way. Mind-bending stuff, and absolutely brilliant. If you've read Hume, Kant, or Wittgenstein (and liked it) you will dig this classic of Buddhist philosophy. :tu

Thanks for the tip. I'm a big fan of kant and Buddhism. Will check it out.

[bookman]

I finished Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner-one of the best books I have ever read. I ordered another Stegner book to see if it is as good. Great tale of the West as well as a statement on relationships.

Now on tap I have Coming into The Country by James McPhee. Another new author for me. I'm going to Alaska this summer and a friend recommended this book.

Picked AoR at a giant used book sale. Always been meaning to read it. I've got a nice modern library of Steg's Crossing to Safety.

I dunno c-gal, we seem to have some psychic link...'sall I'm sayin.;)

[gettysburgfreak]

Currently reading White House Ghosts, its about the speech writers for the Presidents. Really good book so far.

[Cigargal]

Picked AoR at a giant used book sale. Always been meaning to read it. I've got a nice modern library of Steg's Crossing to Safety.

I dunno c-gal, we seem to have some psychic link...'sall I'm sayin.;)

Okay, Bookman-I finished McPhee and can you guess what I am reading now?

Here is a hint-classic American lit...

[bookman]

Okay, Bookman-I finished McPhee and can you guess what I am reading now?

Here is a hint-classic American lit...


Theodore Drieser maybe???

[bookman]

or Sun Also Rises?

[Cigargal]

or Sun Also Rises?

nope and nope-a good ol' southern boy!

[Starscream]

Faulkner?


or Twain?

[bookman]

nope and nope-a good ol' southern boy!

faulkner.

[bookman]

capote.

[bookman]

william Styron?

[Starscream]

capote.

She said southern boy, not girl:D

[bookman]

She said southern boy, not girl:D

:r

Also "a GOOD southern boy" at that...

[bookman]

I'd say Poe, perhaps?

[Starscream]

:r

Also "a GOOD southern boy" at that...

Capote always wished he was from NY anyways. Harper Lee on the other hand seemed to wish she was a southern boy...;)

[bookman]

Final: Grisham.

[bookman]

Capote always wished he was from NY anyways. Harper Lee on the other hand seemed to wish she was a southern boy...;)

Yr cool.:tu:D

[Starscream]

I'd say Poe, perhaps?

A Virginian, but not a true southern author IMHO. I do love some Poe though.

[bookman]

A Virginian, but not a true southern author IMHO. I do love some Poe though.

Well, geography be damned. He's so been incorporated into the "Southern Gothic Milieu" (how pretentious is that?). Hey, I'm from Michigan. So anyone South of Kentucky is a "Southerner".

[bookman]

Um, cigargal? Where ya go?

[Starscream]

Well, geography be damned. He's so been incorporated into the "Southern Gothic Milieu" (how pretentious is that?). Hey, I'm from Michigan. So anyone South of Kentucky is a "Southerner".
:r
Um, cigargal? Where ya go?

:tpd:

[pshicker]

Anybody read "Patriots" by Rawles?

[Cigargal]

Um, cigargal? Where ya go?

Faulkner-The Hamlet

[Starscream]

Faulkner-The Hamlet

Faulkner is my favorite author, althought I've never read The Hamlet.


Absolom, Absolom! is his greatest work IMHO.:2

[Cigargal]

Faulkner is my favorite author, althought I've never read The Hamlet.


Absolom, Absolom! is his greatest work IMHO.:2

I acquired a volume with the whole trilogy in it-just the way Faulkner wanted it. You gotta love them Snopes:tu

[MithShrike]

I've never read a Faulkner book but I did a 12 page report on him once. Ha.

Currently reading Dan Simmons' Children of the Night.

[Da Klugs]

Most recently, the previous three posts before posting this. :) Been revisiting Isaac Asimov lately. Reading Nemisis right now.

[mikeyj23]

"Swine Flu and Lewisville ISD: How We Prepare and Protect!"

high quality reading.
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[Starscream]

I acquired a volume with the whole trilogy in it-just the way Faulkner wanted it. You gotta love them Snopes:tu

Hilarious people!

[Beagleone]

For whatever reason, I decided to reread "The Stand" by Stephen King. I just finished reading "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown.

[Fumes]

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. One of the characters smokes "Interactos." Marlowe calls them "toy cigars."

[4WheelVFR]

Reading Violence of the Mountain Man by William W Johnstone.

[Starscream]

All Quiet on the Western Front

[SteveA]

The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam. Fascinating book. Some interesting political parallels with current politics.

[qwerty1500]

The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam. Fascinating book. Some interesting political parallels with current politics.

I've always enjoyed Halberstam's books. I saw this one when it came out but forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder ... guess this one goes on my list too.

Currently reading Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein. It looks at Barry Goldwater's rise to take the 1964 GOP nomination. However, it is really an account of how the modern conservative movement was born. I'm a political junkie and Goldwater has always been a hero of mine ... so, it is an interesting read.

[Cigargal]

Finished a little cozy piece by Debbie Crombie called Shared in Death-a bit ho-hum, but someone donated the entire series to the the library so I thought I would give it a try. Same patron donated a bunch of books by Tim Dorsey-Florida like you have never seen it. I am reading Florida Roadkill right now. Reminds me of Leonard Elmore sort of.

[Bruins Fan]

I read playboy for the articles :r

[yourchoice]

Jeffery Deaver, "The Bodies Left Behind". First non-Lincoln Rhyme novel of his I have read. So far, very enjoyable.

[kaisersozei]

Just finished Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio, and am about 100 pages into Darwin's Children. Hardcore, biological sci-fi.... as a geneticist wannabe, I found the concepts fascinating and the pace of the writing excellent.

[BMTA]

Had to read "Your house, Your garden". Dang I wish I had a green thumb. Not my favorite book!

[lightning9191]

I've been reading "The Pirate Hunter" Good, but the author seems overly focused on pirates' sex lives

[MithShrike]

Just finished Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio, and am about 100 pages into Darwin's Children. Hardcore, biological sci-fi.... as a geneticist wannabe, I found the concepts fascinating and the pace of the writing excellent.

Yeah I really enjoyed those. I've had migraines like that character's before, I completely related to that one.

[MithShrike]

I am currently reading The Sorcerer's Plague by David B. Coe. It's a continuation of the story of Grinsa from the Winds of the Forelands series.

[Savvy]

Still working my way through the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn. Just started Consent to Kill. So far so good.

Also started reading Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. It is a story about the battle of Thermopylae. Think of '300' but with a little different storyline about it. Very good so far, can't wait to get into the actual battle scenes.

[Cigargal]

Read The Murder Room, by P.D. James and now I have started another Tim Dorsey-Hammerhead Hotel...this guy is a hoot!

[hotreds]

12 Who Changed the World by Morris Inch

[yourchoice]

Well, I'm caught up on the Alex Cross novels (James Patterson), and am currently reading the couple Jeffrey Archer novels I haven't read. I just finished A Matter of Honour and am now reading False Impression. I remember a couple of other novels he had written as being some of the best reads in some time...not these two as much (still good, but not his best).

I'm trying to decide where to turn next...maybe Jonathon Kellerman, or more Jeffrey Deaver. We shall see.

[PeteSB75]

Currently working my way through 'Practical Programming for Strength Training' by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore and Glenn Pendlay. Good stuff, and very informative.

[jcruse64]

Currently working my way through 'Practical Programming for Strength Training' by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore and Glenn Pendlay. Good stuff, and very informative.

Heard really good things about it at Dave Draper's forum.

[MedicCook]

I'm Not Perfect by David 'Boomer' Wells.

[Starscream]

Started on Chapter one of The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. With my schedule, I don't know when I'll get around to finishing it (although it is very short).

[hotreds]

Heard really good things about it at Dave Draper's forum.

Wow- there's a name from the past! he must be pushing 70 now, isn't he?

[lightning9191]

Now reading "How the Irish saved Civilization"

[jcruse64]

Wow- there's a name from the past! he must be pushing 70 now, isn't he?

Mid 60's, and still going strong. He's had a rough 12 months, health-wise, but still "bombs away" regularly. His wife, Laree, runs the forums and their internet shop presence. The regulars at the board have an annual get together, and it's a pretty good community, with areas for oly and sports related lifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, all lifting, and even kettlebells. Dave's good people.

Joe

[MithShrike]

I'm reading Teach Yourself Gaelic along with the cassettes. I finished Dan Simmons' collection of novellas called Lovedeath.

[Clampdown]

A text from a friend.

[lightning9191]

Fahrenheit 451

[King James]

The 5 people you meet in heaven. A short one, but pretty good so far. Will prolly finish in next sitting.

[markem]

The Universal History of Numbers
The World's First Number Systems
by Georges Ifrah

I'm on the section about Elamite and Sumerian counting systems and the invention of the balance sheet

Riveting!! ;) Wonder how it will all end :r

[SmokinApe]

Penthouse...

[Cigargal]

The Universal History of Numbers
The World's First Number Systems
by Georges Ifrah

I'm on the section about Elamite and Sumerian counting systems and the invention of the balance sheet

Riveting!! ;) Wonder how it will all end :r

I think it goes on til infinity...

I'm reading the new one by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child- Cemetery Dance. Very good-has zombies in NYC!

[Waynegro1]

"Gates Of Fire" by Steven Pressfield. A great book about the battle of Thermopylae.

[stevefrench]

John Wayne: American by Randy Roberts and James S. Olson
:cb

[Ragin Cajun]

Curently sitting at work reading the SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) for the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Teams; in hopes of working with them in the near future.

[DPD6030]

Outdoor Life and Field & Stream magazines

[replicant_argent]

About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior.
Autobiography of Colonel David Hackworth.

[TXRebel]

Just started Foreign Enemies And Traitors by Matthew Bracken, third in a series.

[pit bull]

Finished Battleground and know working on Line of Fire

[Cigargal]

Finished Cemetery Dance which was great! Read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which was a nice little story and today I start Scarecrow at the Feast. Also listening to The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo on audio-very interesting book.

[ade06]

The Private Equity Primer (The Best of the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report)

[MedicCook]

Duma Key by Stephen King.

[Starscream]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[teotides]

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen


Quite funny I might add:D

[White97Jimmy]

Start Where You Are by Chris Gardner

[qwerty1500]

Duma Key by Stephen King.

This is the only King book that I've read in the last few years. Let us know how you like it.

Just finishing up "Before the Storm" about Goldwater's 1964 campaign. I'm always amazed at how history seems to repeat itself. So many themes from that campaign sound like issues we still hear today.

I'm about ready to start "Churchill's Triumph" by Michael Dobbs. I've never read any of his historical fiction. But, I've always been interested in the Yalta Conference at the end of WWII. That is the centerpiece of this book from Churchill's perspective. Look like a fun read.

[Fumes]

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon. It's not a beach book exactly, but I'm loving it for lines like, "Belief and delusion are incestuous siblings."

[mikeyj23]

A History of the American People
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[pmwz]

finished the millenium triology by Stieg Larsson. best novels that i read in the last 2 years.
looking for some good non fiction recommendation.

[The Poet]

I started Finnegan's Wake a while back - 1973, I think - and hope to finish soon.

[Cigargal]

finished the millenium triology by Stieg Larsson. best novels that i read in the last 2 years.
looking for some good non fiction recommendation.

I just finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-excellent read. The second book in the trilogy isn't released here until July-you are lucky in Europe:tu

[Cigargal]

Finished reading Skeletons at the Feast-very thought provoking tale about the final days of Germany in the wake of the Russian army. Started Olive Kitteridge-the latest Pulitzer prize winner.

[lightning9191]

Finished "Handbook of Hatches"....it's a fly-fishing book and started "Frankenstein"

[Rabidsquirrel]

Reading Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson. Now I need to wait until he publishes the next two. :(

Listening to The Eye of the World at the gym.

[Starscream]

Star Trek: The Starless World

[thetpi825]

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. One of the best books on success and how it is attained.

[Fumes]

I started Finnegan's Wake a while back - 1973, I think - and hope to finish soon.

Joyce said something about how the reader should spend at least as much time reading this book as he did in writing it. That would be 17 years, so it looks like you've satisfied his requirement. :D

[Giant & 49er Fan]

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. One of the best books on success and how it is attained.

Reading the same book. interesting read and going to pick up The Tipping Point as well.

[jquirit]

"The Living Dead", a zombie short story anthology edited by John Joseph Adams.

Quite good book, though the stories are not your typical horror zombie stories so some people (*cough*Dooge*cough*) looking for gore might be a tad bit disappointed. But it does have stories that take a different twist on the zombie mythology. My favorite out of all the short stories is one called "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons.

[massphatness]

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

Took it on vacation and couldn't put it down.
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[GTsetGO]

I, Jedi

I am a star wars dork and tend to read those types of books. :D

[Azpostal]

Fool by Christopher Moore.

[Starscream]

Star Trek: The New Voyages

[VTDragon]

Second Wave: Acorna's Children by Anne Mccaffery and Elizabeth A Scarborough

I enjoyed Mccaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series years ago, so I thought I would give this series a try. This is about the 9th book in the series with one more to go, (so far). Overall the series has been mildly interesting, but unexceptional. Though not labeled as such, it should probably be relagated to the young adults section as these are quite unchallenging reading. I have continued going through the series only because my local library had them all, they're easy to read while also doing something else, (like listening to the Sox game) and I am curious to see how it all comes out in the end.

[Cigargal]

Finished Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson. Great read-about Marconi and the invention of the wireless radio interspersed with a good old Victorian murder story. This is the same guy who wrote Devil in the White City about the Chicago Worlds Fair. Finished the Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin-1830 Istanbul mystery-good book...now what to read????

[qwerty1500]

Finished Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson. Great read-about Marconi and the invention of the wireless radio interspersed with a good old Victorian murder story. This is the same guy who wrote Devil in the White City about the Chicago Worlds Fair. Finished the Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin-1830 Istanbul mystery-good book...now what to read????

Enjoyed "Devil in the White City." Was "Thunderstruck" anywhere nears as good?

[Waynegro1]

"Mark Twain a Life" by Ron Powers. Very good so far. :tu

[MedicCook]

Bound By Honor: A Mafioso's Story
By: Bill Bonanno

This is the family that the movie the Godfather used as a template.

[Cigargal]

Enjoyed "Devil in the White City." Was "Thunderstruck" anywhere nears as good?

I thought so-I really like his stuff. I ordered his book about the 1900 Galveston Flood-one of his older works.

[GreekGodX]

I'm reading Artie Lange's autobiography Too Fat to Fish. Going to the library today going to checkout something.. Maybe some more James Patterson or go with something I've never tried before.

[BUCASmoker]

Traffic: Why we drive the way we do and what it says about us.

Really good book. I recommend it.

[Aldebaran]

Attempting to read Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson it is a bit tiresome but I hear the first hundred or so pages are a bit hard to get through.

Last book I read was On Killing

[TheTraveler]

How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman. (yep, I'm a chess geek)

[GreekGodX]

How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman. (yep, I'm a chess geek)

I got the Idiot's guide to chess. I play occassionally but want to become a better player. Is that book for more of an advanced player?

[TheTraveler]

I got the Idiot's guide to chess. I play occassionally but want to become a better player. Is that book for more of an advanced player?

The book isn't designed for absolute beginners but you don't have to be very advanced to get good info from it. I would consider myself an enthusiastic, barely past beginner level player (even though I've been playing for a while) and I've really enjoyed this book. I do recommend it because when you gain a little experience then re-read the book you'll pick up things you didn't understand the first time through. I can't wait till I read it for the third time. :) He does a good job of thoroughly explaining all the maxims that are touted but rarely well-explained - what to do with a strong center, Bishop vs Knight, etc.

Another good read that is closely related is The Amateur's Mind (also by Silman). It exposes common myths and misconceptions held by beginners through masters.

The best part of both of these books is that there is a lot of explanation (in easy to read prose) between the diagrams of the positions. Most chess books give a diagram and a long dry list of moves and cryptic notations and that doesn't always make for good reading. ;)

[ActionAndy]

Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. He's pretty damn good.

[Steve]

The Essential Wilderness Navigator.

I have been approched to teach a couple of Map & Compass/Wilderness Navigation classes, so I am researching material for my power point presentations. Novel concept for me, get paid for doing something I actually enjoy :D

[Cigargal]

Started The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir. We are watching The Tudors right now so I am on an english history kick. Also got her book on the court of Henry VIII