What are you reading?

[GHC_Hambone]

Just finished "Devil in the White City". I enjoyed it. Now onto Hamlet for my Humanities class...

[Cigargal]

This is the week for Erik Larson

[GreekGodX]

This is the week for Erik Larson

After all the talk on here about his books, my next one is going to be one of his.

[kelmac07]

Joe Torre's "The Yankee Years"...how ironic is it that this die hard Mets fan is reading a book about the Yankess??

[Cigargal]

Joe Torre's "The Yankee Years"...how ironic is it that this die hard Mets fan is reading a book about the Yankess??

very


Is some one holding a gun to your head? I guess it is better than a book about the Red Sox:tu

[GreekGodX]

Joe Torre's "The Yankee Years"...how ironic is it that this die hard Mets fan is reading a book about the Yankess??

I think you are finally coming to your senses :r

[lightning9191]

Started Angela's Ashes today.

[kaisersozei]

Got a lot of hours in the car coming up, so I started The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, on audiobook.

[TheTraveler]

Got a lot of hours in the car coming up, so I started The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, on audiobook.

I had to do a double-take ... glad you've got it on audiobook ! :D

I've seen too much reading while driving (on the interstate at 80+ mph, no less !).

[Starchild]

Just started Shadow of the giant by Orson Scott Card. It's been a while since I've read the rest of this series, but it's coming back to me.

[CueTheMusic]

Rereading the Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Currently on So Long and Thanks for all the Fish.

It is better the second time around.

Next will probably be a fantasy book (series), like the Wheel of Time series. I've been waiting for the next A Song of Ice and Fire book forever :mad:

[Cigargal]

I've been waiting for the next A Song of Ice and Fire book forever :mad:

You are not alone...maybe this fall.

[Fumes]

American Rust by Phillipp Meyer. I'm not sure if this book wants to be a thriller or "literature." So far it's a decent read though.

[Giant & 49er Fan]

Blink! - Malcomn Gladwell

[lightning9191]

Reading Tis by Frank McCourt now

[Steve]

Class Five Chronicles - Things Mother Never Told You 'Bout Whitewater.

I'm starting to get the bug again!

[:eevis]

"Skinny Dip" by Carl Hiaasen :r
Just finished "Atomic Lobster" by Tim Dorsey. Highly reccomend anything by him

[Cigargal]

"Skinny Dip" by Carl Hiaasen :r
Just finished "Atomic Lobster" by Tim Dorsey. Highly reccomend anything by him

I have Orange Crush sitting here on the table next to me. Only 100 pages left of Elizabeth I and I am going to get a Tim Dorsey fix.

[Rabidsquirrel]

The Summoner - Gail Z. Martin

[Fumes]

Don Quixote.

[GHC_Hambone]

"King of Torts"- John Grisham

It seems so far this is another classic Grisham. I have read just about all he has written and enjoyed them all.

[qwerty1500]

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

Googled the book after seeing your post. Really didn't know all that much about WWI, so I put "A World Undone" on my list. Finally picked up a copy. On page 550 now, you're right, excellent read.

[bookman]

The Seance by John Harwood

[VTDragon]

Black Order by James Rollins.

This is another in his Sigma Force series. If you like complicated spy genre stories you will like this.

[Cigargal]

Black Order by James Rollins.

This is another in his Sigma Force series. If you like complicated spy genre stories you will like this.

This one was okay-I like some of his earlier stuff better. He has a new one out now as well.

[Cigargal]

Finished Orange Crush in SoCal and now I am reading Rules of Prey for our mystery bookclub. My first John Sanford.

[Starscream]

Just finished "The Essential X-Factor: Volume 1" today.

[Starscream]

This is the week for Erik Larson

The comic book writer? (Savage Dragon)

[Cigargal]

The comic book writer? (Savage Dragon)

no

[TheTraveler]

The Godfather's Revenge

[Starscream]

no

Oops. I confused him with Erik Larsen

[Gunslinger]

Re-reading the Dark Tower VII by Stephen King. Great series, great writer, great text to sit with a good stick and read.

[BlackDog]

Been randomly reading Sherlock Holmes stories. Going on vacation next week, and have Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises ready to read.

[TheTraveler]

The Fallon Blood (fictional story of an Irish immigrant during the years before and during the American Revolutionary War)

[acruce]

Go Down Together.
The True , Untold Story Of Bonnie & Clyde.
By Jeff Guinn.
Very Interesting book.

[streetglide]

Finished Orange Crush in SoCal and now I am reading Rules of Prey for our mystery bookclub. My first John Sanford.

Just finished a John Sanford, Death Watch. I believe it's his only non prey book. not bad.

[Starscream]

Just finished "Captain's Glory" by William Shatner. Not bad for a Trek book.

[streetglide]

Sorry if it's been discussed, but did anyone read "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane?

If so I have about 2000 or questions to ask. :confused:

[:eevis]

Finished Orange Crush in SoCal and now I am reading Rules of Prey for our mystery bookclub. My first John Sanford.

Love Tim Dorsey, Recommend all of his books!

[Waynegro1]

"The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796" by Christopher Duggan

I figure it's time to see how much truth was being told at the kitchen table. :D

;s Ma and Pop. ;)

[Starscream]

I figure it's time to see how much truth was being told at the kitchen table. :D

;s Ma and Pop. ;)

There are many different truths in history. Depends on whose doing the telling and what point of view they come from. Truth is all in perspective.

[Starscream]

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin.

[drob]

The Legend of Bagger Vance, by Steven Pressfield. On deck, Eric Van Lustbader's The Bourne Deception.

[GHC_Hambone]

Another Grisham, The Pelican Brief. One of the few I havent read yet lol

[Fumes]

The City and the City by China Mieville. Really strange premise, but an interesting read.

[cricky101]

"Downtown Owl" by Chuck Klosterman

[PeteSB75]

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

[MedicCook]

Just started The Yankee Years.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/book_cover2.jpg

[Cigargal]

A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill. I picked up a few Dennis Lehane books at Borders yesterday. Never read any of his.

[MCM]

The Creature from Jekyll Island : A Second Look at the Federal Reserve (http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/0912986212)

[gettysburgfreak]

My own book :D Had a few hard copies printed up the other day. Working with a publisher now on getting soft covers printed.

[streetglide]

A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill. I picked up a few Dennis Lehane books at Borders yesterday. Never read any of his.

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane is one of my all time fav's. ;)

[qwerty1500]

After reading a history of WWI, it was time for a little fiction. I'm a mystery fan and a very helpful lady at Borders suggested The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson. Not one of my regular authors, never heard of him but what the heck, I was in the mood for something different.

Started it this morning with a pot of coffee and a nice Trini Coloniales. All of the Swedish names and locations was a little unusual. Interesting characters and after 80 pages I'm hooked. I'm eager to see where this thing goes.

[Cigargal]

After reading a history of WWI, it was time for a little fiction. I'm a mystery fan and a very helpful lady at Borders suggested The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson. Not one of my regular authors, never heard of him but what the heck, I was in the mood for something different.

Started it this morning with a pot of coffee and a nice Trini Coloniales. All of the Swedish names and locations was a little unusual. Interesting characters and after 80 pages I'm hooked. I'm eager to see where this thing goes.

One of the best books I read this year. We are reading it for our Mystery Book club in September. His next book comes out this week. What a shame we only have three from this brilliant writer.

[Cigargal]

Started A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane. I am not usually a fan of 1st person narration so we will see if he pulls it off.

[qwerty1500]

One of the best books I read this year.

Same thing the lady at Borders said.

[cricky101]

I'm on a Chuck Klosterman kick lately and started "Killing Yourself to Live" today.

Also got "The Guns of August" by Barbara W. Tuchman but haven't started it yet.

[hotreds]

Church History In Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley

[Starscream]

My own book :D Had a few hard copies printed up the other day. Working with a publisher now on getting soft covers printed.

Awesome!:tu

[Cigargal]

A Drink Before the War was an excellent book for a first book in series. even better was the second Kenzie Gennaro book, Darkness Take My Hand. It was a great book. I can't wait to start the third book Sacred. First I have a library book to read. The State of Jones by Jenkins and Stauffer. A true account of a Mississippi man who was a Union sympathizer in the Civil War and his county that did not secede from the Union but formed its own state. Of course, the Confederacy disagreed with him.

[Steve]

Down the River, Edward Abbey

[TXRebel]

A Well Regulated Militia... by John J. Carpenter.

[jcruse64]

The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstien

[qwerty1500]

Just started The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam. Have always been a Halberstam fan and this was his last book before he was killed. Was never reeally a student of the Korean War and couldn't think of anyone who could tell the story as well as him. This one has been on my list for a while.

[Cigargal]

Just started The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam. Have always been a Halberstam fan and this was his last book before he was killed. Was never reeally a student of the Korean War and couldn't think of anyone who could tell the story as well as him. This one has been on my list for a while.

I am reading his book The Fifties-very good, well researched. A bit more about the Cold War than I wanted to read, though. I am sure something else was going on besides that-but I am only half way through it.

[drob]

Ben Hogan's Five Lessons - The Modern Fundamentals of Golf.

[Cigargal]

Today I start Sacred by Dennis Lehane.

[Buena Fortuna]

I have been reading the entire Daniel Silva series this summer, right now I am reading The Messenger

Have read this summer so far:
The Kill Artist
The English Assassin
The Marching Season
The Confessor
A Death in Vienna
Prince of Fire
Moscow Rules

[BamBam]

"The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker

[MCM]

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Stephen King

[pmwz]

Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

[Cigargal]

Some of you avid readers may find this pass interesting.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19634

[qwerty1500]

I am reading his book The Fifties-very good, well researched. A bit more about the Cold War than I wanted to read, though. I am sure something else was going on besides that-but I am only half way through it.

Halberstam definitely has a political point of view. I think he overplays it and I'm not sure that I agree with his political premise in the first place. I'm nearly 300 pages into The Coldest Winter and he really hasn't written much about the war. But, I've read plenty about how MacArthur was a dork and Dean Acheson was the savior of the free world.

[kaisersozei]

I have a couple books going simultaneously:

Glenn Beck's Common Sense, inspired by Thomas Paine (a quick read)
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castenada (never read Castenada before, decided to start this a few weeks ago at the beach)
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear (seriously complex scifi)

[akumushi]

Just finished The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Classic noir.

[The Poet]

I have a couple books going simultaneously:

Glenn Beck's Common Sense, inspired by Thomas Paine (a quick read)
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castenada (never read Castenada before, decided to start this a few weeks ago at the beach)
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear (seriously complex scifi)

Castenada was a bit of a fraud, but this is an interesting read (the best I recall from decades in the past). I have heard - nota bene - I have heard, this is even a better read if the reader's also on peyote. :r

[shilala]

The Case for Christianity - CS Lewis

[Cigargal]

Finished Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane. Last of the Kenzie/Gennaro series. Now I guess I read Shutter Island. He needs to write faster...lol

[Starscream]

Star Trek: Enterprise The First Mission

[Joan]

Cool cigar mention in My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult, en iTouch...

“So the guy bought a case of expensive cigars,” he says, “and had them insured against fire for $15,000. Next thing you know, the insurance company gets a claim, saying all the cigars were lost in a series of small fires.”

“He smoked them?” I say, washing the soap out of Jesse’s hair.
Brian leans against the threshold of the door.

“Yeah. But the judge ruled that the company guaranteed the cigars as insurable against fire, without defining acceptable fire.”…

"So who subpoenaed you?” I ask Brian. “The defendant?”

“The prosecution. The insurance company paid out the money, and then had him arrested for twenty-four counts of arson.”…

“The judge threw out the case, right?”

“The judge sentenced him to twenty-four consecutive one-year terms,” Brian says.

[Joan]

Finished Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane. Last of the Kenzie/Gennaro series. Now I guess I read Shutter Island. He needs to write faster...lol

And someone else we know needs to git her ownsef' busy and write the second installment in her detective series! :r

[stevefrench]

Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron.

[The Poet]

Cool cigar mention in My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult, en iTouch...

“So the guy bought a case of expensive cigars,” he says, “and had them insured against fire for $15,000. Next thing you know, the insurance company gets a claim, saying all the cigars were lost in a series of small fires.”

“He smoked them?” I say, washing the soap out of Jesse’s hair.
Brian leans against the threshold of the door.

“Yeah. But the judge ruled that the company guaranteed the cigars as insurable against fire, without defining acceptable fire.”…

"So who subpoenaed you?” I ask Brian. “The defendant?”

“The prosecution. The insurance company paid out the money, and then had him arrested for twenty-four counts of arson.”…

“The judge threw out the case, right?”

“The judge sentenced him to twenty-four consecutive one-year terms,” Brian says.

When was that published, honey? Reason I ask, that apocryphal old story has beer circulating around cigar BBs for years, and I wonder if Jodi started it or swiped it. :r

[Joan]

When was that published, honey? Reason I ask, that apocryphal old story has beer circulating around cigar BBs for years, and I wonder if Jodi started it or swiped it. :r

This book has a copyright date of 2004. And yeah, I've heard the same "series of small fires" thing a few times as well.

My guess is Picoult is not as familiar with cigars and the story as we are. Still a cool find. :ss

[The Poet]

Tks for the quick reply. :tu

[Cigargal]

And someone else we know needs to git her ownsef' busy and write the second installment in her detective series! :r

and what else are you reading??

[csbrewfisher]

Just finished "Protect and Defend" by Vince Flynn.

[Buena Fortuna]

Just started Term Limits by Vince Flynn
I'm at the shack herf...what could be better?
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[BUCASmoker]

I'm reading Brave New World by Huxley... great book so far.



Has anyone read "The House of Cards" (about the wall street collapse?)

[Dooge]

Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron.

how is this one?

I'm currently reading Band of Brothers

[Buena Fortuna]

I'm reading Brave New World by Huxley... great book so far.



Has anyone read "The House of Cards" (about the wall street collapse?)

Haven't read it but I want to
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[Cigargal]

Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille

[qwerty1500]

Just started Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It was time for fiction and I've wanted to read this for a long time. Avoided it until now because it seemed a major commitment ... 1000+ pages ... sort of like staring down the barrel of War and Peace.

[macpappy]

"Somebody's Got to Say it..."
by Neal Boortz

Fascinating read.

[Fumes]

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz.

[MedicCook]

Lisey's Story by Stephen King.

[Waynegro1]

"The Spartans: The World of The Warrior-Heroes Of Ancient Greece" By Paul Cartledge
I've read many books on ancient Greece, but this one is about to top my list!! :tu

[timo]

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel and A bold fresh piece of humanity by Bill O'Reilly

[TXRebel]

Patriots by James Wesley Rawles

[Cigargal]

Finished confederates in the Attic by Horwitz-great book. Now i am reading the first book of the Dresden Files by Butcher.

[drob]

Daniel Silva's The Messenger.

[Cigargal]

The Girls of Room 28: Friendship, Hope, and Survival in Theresienstadt by Hannelore Brenner...a story of girls who survived the Jewish ghetto. The story is pieced together by the girl's diaries and personal memories. Just into it by 50 pages.

[adampc22]

judas unchained by peter f hamilton

[PitmanGeek]

"The Age of American Unreason" by Susan Jacoby on my shiny new Kindle DX.

[Cigargal]

"The Age of American Unreason" by Susan Jacoby on my shiny new Kindle DX.

*jealous*

[PitmanGeek]

I am reading much more with the Kindle. I would highly recommend for anyone who reads consistently.

[Cigargal]

Why do you think you read more? I always carry a book with me so if I have a few minutes I have something to do. The kindle just looks like a cool gadget and I like the idea of instant downloads, but I don't think it would give me more time to read.

[PitmanGeek]

I would attribute the additional reading to carrying the Kindle places that I would not have taken a book(s) and/or magazines. It is nice having a variety of reading materials at my fingertips.

Rather than carrying around a single magazine or single book, I have them all available to me. There is 4 GB of internal memory and I have 500 MB of PDF books, a variety of eBooks from Amazon, 3 magazines and 2 newspapers at my disposal (and I still have 3 GB available).

[Cigargal]

I would attribute the additional reading to carrying the Kindle places that I would not have taken a book(s) and/or magazines. It is nice having a variety of reading materials at my fingertips.

Rather than carrying around a single magazine or single book, I have them all available to me. There is 4 GB of internal memory and I have 500 MB of PDF books, a variety of eBooks from Amazon, 3 magazines and 2 newspapers at my disposal (and I still have 3 GB available).

Cool-does the newspaper download automatically every day?

[PitmanGeek]

If you leave the wireless on. To save battery life, I just turn wireless on first thing in the morning for 5 minutes and then turn it back off. That way, the battery lasts for 7-10 days easy.

[Cigargal]

Reading Level 26 by Anthony Zuiker(CSI) If you like really sick thrillers this one is for you.

[Starscream]

Star Trek: Prime Directive

[bookman]

The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith

[Waynegro1]

"Great Jones Street"by (My favorite author) Don DeLillo.
I've read it many times, but it's been a few years. Thought I'd pull it off the shelf for another read.

[sikk50]

"We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda"

[Fumes]

Indeh: An Apache Odyssey by Eve Ball

[Aldebaran]

On book four of Lord of the Rings or the second part of The Two Towers. I have no clue what I want to read next I'm thinking either The Idiot or Quicksilver.

[Cigargal]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

[kelmac07]

Almost finished with The Yankee Years...to me this was a SLOWWWW read. Maybe because I am a Mets fan.

[Joan]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson.

[hotreds]

Reinventing Jesus by J. Ed Komoszewski et al. Outstanding refutation to the wacked-out newfangled Da-Vinci code nonsense being thrown up recently.

[Cigargal]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson.

Great book! I am part way through the audio version of the sequel The Girl Who Played With Fire...makes me think of your lighter, Joan:r

[Joan]

Great book! I am part way through the audio version of the sequel The Girl Who Played With Fire...makes me think of your lighter, Joan:r

"Hey, hold my beer and watch this!" :chr

[JakeTheSnake]

Just finished 5000 Year Leap.

[MedicCook]

The Burning
by: Bentley Little

[bookman]

Jonathan Strange adn Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

[Doom]

Why We Buy - Paco Underhill

[sikk50]

Reefer maddness

[qwerty1500]

S t i l l ... reading Atlas Shurgged. Only two hundred pages to go. This book has caused me to think more than any book I've read in the last couple of years.

[eber]

right now I am reading "A Man in Full" by Tom Wolfe, very good so far, however it will take me a while to finish because its long and I am a slow reader

[Steve]

Specs, specs, and still more specs...they just ke coming!

[Mugen910]

just finished...

The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

and

The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up - by Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham

[Cigargal]

The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane. Historical novel set in Post WWI Boston. Excellent book!

[dccraft]

Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles, Britain, and America
Jonathan Gould

Very good book explaining the typical bio material and also explaining the sociology of the times.

[Poronico]

I am reading 3 at the moment.

A Case for Faith by Lee Strobel; is a really great read if you are open minded enough to look at things from both sides of the fence on religion. He is an ex atheist turned christian who is also an investigative reporter and interviews people from both sides in this page turner. I enjoyed it cover to cover.

Hinterlands by James Clemens, Book 2 of the Godslayer Chronicles; If you are a fantasy lover then I would recommend this series. I am revisiting this series for a 3rd time now and still enjoy it.

The Pirate King by R.A. Salvatore who is imho the king of fantasy lore and swordplay.
I am anxiously waiting for the new addition to this series in October!

http://i33.tinypic.com/2624dad.jpg

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Just finished 5000 Year Leap.

how was it?

[kelmac07]

The Unforgiving Minute

[Cigargal]

Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, Book 3 of the Dresden files

[Cigarbud]

FreakOnomics

[MedicCook]

Finished The Burning yesterday. Time to move on to a new book tomorrow.

[potlimit]

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins. Re-reading actually... pretty dense.

[Rabidsquirrel]

Rereading the Malazan series again.

[McSmokey]

The Average American Male

[crazzycat]

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max

[shilala]

"Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel.

[goalie204]

"Cigar Asylum" by Cigar S. Mokers

[Cigargal]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Quirky little book. I am not a Jane Austin fan, but the zombies are funny.

[sikk50]

"The Geography of Thought" by Richard E. Nisbett

[GHC_Hambone]

I'm reading "Broken Music" which is Sting's autobiography. I'm a big Police fan.

[TheTraveler]

World's Cheapest Destinations - 21 Countries Where Your Money Is Worth A Fortune (Tim Leffel)

[BeerAdvocate]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

How is it?

[Cigargal]

It was good. I enjoyed it. Fast read with lots of puzzles-The reviews on amazon are 50/50 sort of a love it or hate it.

[dogface_313]

Re-reading "Steel my Soldiers' Hearts" by Col. David Hackworth. I love his writing style, and his no hold bar attitude.

[Pilon]

I will be reading Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. I have an extra brand new hardcover copy if someone wants it. Just send me a PM.

[MedicCook]

Reversable Errors by Scott Turow.

[Cigargal]

Started The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Looks to be a good fantasy series.

[King James]

in the middle of "Life of Pi" right now, but is taking awhile due to being back in school and all the reading that goes along with that.

read a little bit in my "Complete Works of Poe" for kicks.

Will be reading Dan Brown's new one after I finish Life of Pi

[Veritas]

The Truth About Muhammad - Robert Spencer

-and-

The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

[Poronico]

Generation Kill

and

One Bullet Away, the making of a marine officer

[Veritas]

Generation Kill

and

One Bullet Away, the making of a marine officer
Excellent choices, both. It was interesting to read the different perspectives of the same situations. I wish I had read these two books closer together. Maybe I should re-read them.

[Poronico]

Excellent choices, both. It was interesting to read the different perspectives of the same situations. I wish I had read these two books closer together. Maybe I should re-read them.

These are actually re-reads for me, both excellent books.

[dogface_313]

Generation Kill

and

One Bullet Away, the making of a marine officer

One bullet Away is a great book. I wasn't a huge fan of generation kill.

If you haven't yet, look up "Lone Survivor"

[Poronico]

did you ever watch the generation kill mini series? THAT was a good show, I was mad when it ended though.

I havent looked that one up yet I will do that after I finish these again

[jonharky]

Am reading Dan Browns the Lost Symbol I see other people are reading too how is everyone liking it??

[dogface_313]

did you ever watch the generation kill mini series? THAT was a good show, I was mad when it ended though.

I havent looked that one up yet I will do that after I finish these again

Saw the show, it was decent.

I love the line when he asks how he got cancer of the throat.

"did you smoke?"
"nope, just lucky i guess"


Lone survivor is written by Marcus Latrell a former Nacy Seal. It is the story of a seal Recon team in Afghanistan. Mr. latrell is the only survivor of the team, as the title implies. One of the other members of the team. Navy Lt. Michale Murphy is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, he was the first recipient in Operation Endruing Freedom.

[Stig]

I'm reading this thread.

[TheTraveler]

I'm reading this thread.

Put that down ... I'm not done with it yet!

:r

[D_A]

Just finished The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader and picked up Deception Point by Dan Brown.

[bookman]

James Ellroy's Blood's a Rover! I free can love Ellroy!! I've been waiting 8 yrs for this one and it is amazing!!

[Cigargal]

I am 2/3 done with audio version of The Girl Who Played with Fire. All I want to do is sit and listen to the last 5 hrs but I have to do my chores first:D

The third in this trilogy comes out today in the UK and mine is on its way across the Pond. Great books if you haven't read them. It is a shame that Steig Larsson died-these books are the best I have read this last year.

I learned last night that Stephen King has a new epic book coming out called Under the Dome. I am tempted to give it a try.

[markem]

I've decided to reread "Heresies of the High Middle Ages" as a prelude to trying (again) to work through the records of western civilization series (http://cup.columbia.edu/series/127) which contains some very useful translations of texts written in the middle ages.

[qwerty1500]

I've decided to reread "Heresies of the High Middle Ages" as a prelude to trying (again) to work through the records of western civilization series (http://cup.columbia.edu/series/127) which contains some very useful translations of texts written in the middle ages.

And I thought I needed a break after a history of the Korean War and Atlas Shrugged? My hat's off to you.

Anyway, for a mindless break ... James Paterson's Swimsuit.

[Aldebaran]

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins. Re-reading actually... pretty dense.

In what way? I mean are you saying it is stupid or just it is a tough read?


I decided my next book will be Lolita or Fear and Trembling.

[Fumes]

I've decided to reread "Heresies of the High Middle Ages" as a prelude to trying (again) to work through the records of western civilization series (http://cup.columbia.edu/series/127) which contains some very useful translations of texts written in the middle ages.

Albigensian heresy? The Cathars? (I just finished listening to a lecture series called "The Era of the Crusades"; aside from what I picked up listening to this on my commute I know very little about this time period, but it's fascinating stuff.) Toward the end of the series the lecturer mentions a few things about Frederick II, who sounds like quite a character. Do you have any reading recommendations for non-scholars?

[markem]

Albigensian heresy? The Cathars? (I just finished listening to a lecture series called "The Era of the Crusades"; aside from what I picked up listening to this on my commute I know very little about this time period, but it's fascinating stuff.) Toward the end of the series the lecturer mentions a few things about Frederick II, who sounds like quite a character. Do you have any reading recommendations for non-scholars?

If you want to read specifically about Cathars, then I recommend "The Yellow Cross" by Rene Weis. There is also "The Cathars" by Sean Martin. There are many "gossip" books about this period, some of which toss in the Templars and other groups in a weird mish-mash as well. For a broader view of the history of religious doctrine, I recommend Jaroslav Pelikan's "The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine", Volume 3, "The Growth of Medieval Theology (600-1300)" which is quite good. An interesting book on the modern interpretation of the middle ages is Noman Cantor's "Inventing the Middle Ages". The book "Europe in the High Middle Ages" by William Jordan is excellent.

This time period is popular with fiction writers, who seem to want to come across as historians, so one has to be quite careful. Good luck!

Note that just because I say a book is good doesn't mean that I think that it is easy to read or digest.

[Fumes]

An interesting book on the modern interpretation of the middle ages is Noman Cantor's "Inventing the Middle Ages". The book "Europe in the High Middle Ages" by William Jordan is excellent.

This time period is popular with fiction writers, who seem to want to come across as historians, so one has to be quite careful. Good luck!

Note that just because I say a book is good doesn't mean that I think that it is easy to read or digest.

Thanks! I am putting the Cantor book on my reserve list at the library.

[gettysburgfreak]

currently reading lots and lots of books on naturalization, immigration

[drob]

The Ultimate Pipe Book by Richard Carleton Hacker.

[Powers]

The Confederate Nation: 1861-1865 by Emory Thomas

background research for my senior thesis :tu

[pmwz]

I am 2/3 done with audio version of The Girl Who Played with Fire. All I want to do is sit and listen to the last 5 hrs but I have to do my chores first:D

The third in this trilogy comes out today in the UK and mine is on its way across the Pond. Great books if you haven't read them. It is a shame that Steig Larsson died-these books are the best I have read this last year.


+1 my dad highly recommended it to me and i loved it. i recommended it to a couple of my friends and they loved it too.
I am probably going to see the movie of the first book next week and be disapointed afterwards.
i think about buying infinite jest (english version) but i might be a bit to hard to read for me.

[bookman]

I quite liked Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

[maverickdrinker]

Just finished 'when nothing else matters' which was a look into Michael Jordan's final 2 years playing basketball with the Washington Wizards. Great book if you are a fan of the game and grew up watching Mike on the hardcourt.

Just started reading 'The Lost Symbol' by Dan Brown. So far, so good.

[ucla695]

Uh, the programming guide on the DVR. ;)



Usually, the WSJ, FT and various financial related stuff online.

[Cenookie]

Just started "All Quiet On The Western Front", very good so far!

[eber]

just picked up "Always Looking Up, the Adventures of an Incurable Optimist" by Michael J Fox, probably going to start it tonight

[eber]

Just started "All Quiet On The Western Front", very good so far!

I remember reading that in school, I really liked it

[gettysburgfreak]

The Confederate Nation: 1861-1865 by Emory Thomas

background research for my senior thesis :tu


whats your thesis going to be on? I am a huge Civil War buff and did my senior thesis on James Longstreet and his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg.

[Rabidsquirrel]

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

[hotreds]

The Devil's Sandbox: With the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry at War in Iraq by John Bruning

[hotreds]

Just started "All Quiet On The Western Front", very good so far!

Interesting tid-bit: Eric Maria's real last name was Kramer, he reversed it to get Remarque!

[Bobb]

I am reading Venus on the Half-Shell by: Kilgore Trout. (actually by Philip José Farmer)

[Slavac]

Dune: House Harkonnen

[TXRebel]

The War After Armageddon - Ralph Peters

[BigCat]

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer - It is a memoir of a soldier in the German army during WWII. When you get past the fact of which side he is on, it is a really gripping account.

[MedicCook]

Into The Wild
by: Jon Krakauer

[Cigargal]

Finished re-reading The Last Coyote by Connelly for our book club and started The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson-last in the Millenium Trilogy.

[D_A]

Finished Cross Country by Patterson. Started Time Quake by Vonnegut, but wasn't really in the mood for it so moved on to Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin.

[kelmac07]

Almost finished with "The Unforgiven Minute"...awesome read.

[Fumes]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

[Cigargal]

Read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell-good book

Almost done with Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

[Cigargal]

Finished Cross Country by Patterson. Started Time Quake by Vonnegut, but wasn't really in the mood for it so moved on to Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin.

Ian Rankin-one of the best detective series out there.

[skidMarx]

bad detective writing:


"Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean."

--Guigli

[DoctorBJ]

Cigar City Mafia ( I put it down for a while, and have just picked it back up.)

[D_A]

Ian Rankin-one of the best detective series out there.


I've probably read about 4 or 5 of his books and have enjoyed them all. In fact, I think I actually picked the first one up after reading a recommendation from you in this thread(or possibly the thread from CS). Thanks!

[Starscream]

Tuesdays with Morrie (again).

[ActionAndy]

bad detective writing:


"Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean."

--Guigli


Someone actually wrote that? LOL

[skidMarx]

Someone actually wrote that? LOL

Yeah, there are lots of 'bad writing' contests. That one was a winner here in Cali, 08.
I was really looking for a more recent one that was an even better example of bad, so, without being able to locate the really terrible one, that example was the very worst that I could do.

[qwerty1500]

A couple of hundred pages into The Given Day by Dennis Lehane.

[CBI_2]

Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck. Superb follow up to his prior book.

[mariogolbee]

This thread.

[Savvy]

Reading I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max. Also getting ready to start the newest Vince Flynn book, Pursuit of Honor that just came out a few days ago.

[wavescrashing]

I have The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, but unfortunately haven't had time to read it. I am currently reading Managing Cisco Network Security and The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick.

[Cigargal]

A couple of hundred pages into The Given Day by Dennis Lehane.

Good one-I read it last month. A departure for Lehane, who writes great mysteries but he does an excellent job on The Given Day.

[pgagnon]

reading atm Dark Tower of Stephen King, and from the 27th of october i'll read The Gatering Storm WoT

[Cigargal]

Hey Booklovers! Walmart and Amazon are having price wars on selected books being released in November. I just ordered Stephen King and Barbara Kingsolvers new releases for $9.00 on amazon.

[wavescrashing]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be checking it out today.

[D_A]

James Rollins Doomsday Key

[aich75013]

James Rollins Doomsday Key

I'm reading this as well.

[Cigargal]

I love James Rollins-though I haven't gotten around to his last two.

Reading Stephanie Plum series-on book two.

[TheTraveler]

Robert Jordan / Brandon Sanderson ..... The Gathering Storm

[Rabidsquirrel]

Robert Jordan / Brandon Sanderson ..... The Gathering Storm

Picked it up last night. I think I got the last one in the store.

[D_A]

Bourne Deception

[Cigargal]

Finished Three to Get Deadly and now taking a break from Stephanie Plum and reading the Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. I am having a hard time getting past all the boxing stuff and hoping the detective stuff starts real soon. I enjoy the L.A history stuff since I grew up down in that area. My grandpa had a store in L.A. until the early 30's.

[GTsetGO]

i am still on my Star Wars dork trend. Just finished Heir to the Empire and picked and started reading Imperial Commando 501st.

[goalie204]

these forums

[qwerty1500]

Good one-I read it last month. A departure for Lehane, who writes great mysteries but he does an excellent job on The Given Day.

Just finished it. One of the better books I've read this year.

Getting ready to start The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, a non-fiction piece about survivors of the Dust Bowl. I have wanted to read it ever since I saw Eagan talk about it months ago on Book TV.

[Cigargal]

Finished up Under the Dome by Stephen King. A good read if you are a King fan, but be prepared for a comittment-over 1000 pages! A typical King story with tons of characters and lots of bad guys. I really enjoyed it.

Now I am reading Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingslover for my book club-not my cup of tea but I will get through it some how.

[srduggins]

I used to read everything King wrote, but haven't read anything since Desperation. What is the best of what he's written since then?

Just finished Eye of the World. I felt Jordan's writing improved over the course of this book. Here's hoping that continues over The Great Hunt.

[Starscream]

The Odyssey by Homer

[E.J.]

Blades of Glory - John Rosengren

[CigarNut]

Just started Robert Jordan's "Fire's of Heaven". Again. This is the fifth book in his "Wheel of Time" series. Book 12, "The Gathering Storm" was just released so I am re-reading the series from the beginning. Again. :)

The series was supposed to be five books, then 8, then 12. The Robert Jordan died shortly after book 11 was published. A new author (Brandon Sanderson) was found to complete the series, and he is committed to finishing it in 14 (he said he could not get it all wrapped up in the 12 comitted to by Jordan).

The reason for my rereading is that it has been so long since book 11 was published (Jordan usually took 2+ years) that it is the only way for me to pick up the very complex plots and characters. I have pretty much reread the entire series for each new book (books average about 800+ pages).

One good thing is that Sanderson has committed to no more than a year between books for 13 and 14.

The best thing is that I can spend a nice afternoon or evening with these books and a fine cigar (or two), and maybe some scotch or tequila. :D

[Partagaspete]

Red Moon Rising

A very interesting read on how the coldd war got going.

[qwerty1500]

Finished up Under the Dome by Stephen King. A good read if you are a King fan, but be prepared for a comittment-over 1000 pages! A typical King story with tons of characters and lots of bad guys. I really enjoyed it.

Glad to hear that you liked it. Under the Dome is the next one on my list.

[jmsremax]

I'm currently reading Peter Bernstein's The Power of Gold for fun. If anyone here is into economics and finance I recommend picking up any of Mr Bernstein's books.

My next read....I hope it will be 1776.

[hotreds]

Warriors: Portraits from the Battlefield by Max Hastings

[Ranger_B]

Merle's door by Ted Kerasote. Just about done with it now. Great book about a guy and his dog. Shows how your dog teaches you what you need to know about living with a dog.

[Emjaysmash]

Going to try to read Game of Thrones again... stopped about 50 pages in.

[Cenookie]

Just finished "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci, and about to start "The Collector" by the same author.

[theonlybear4CORT]

Just finished reading the post above me :tu


I laughed I cried,overall I enjoyed it.

[MarkinAZ]

Just finished-up one of the classics:

Don Pendleton's "Mack Bolan" Ice Cold Kill #70...:)

[Fumes]

The War that Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander. A close and insightful reading of the Iliad. Scholarly, but not academic. Good stuff.

[Cigargal]

New York by Edward Rutherford-big historical novel ala Michener. I read London, Sarum, The Forest and his Ireland sagas...all span the centuries.

[hotreds]

Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight's Cross by Albrecht Wacker

[SvilleKid]

Don Quixote; by Miguel Cervantes

[Emjaysmash]

Don Quixote; by Miguel Cervantes

I really tried to read this, but it is UBER long

[gohstsmoke215]

I just finished Ice To The Eskimos by Jon Spoeltra and am currently reading Outrageous Marketing by Jon Spoeltra

[SvilleKid]

I really tried to read this, but it is UBER long

Yes! Definitely an issue! Have it on my iPhone, been reading a little here, a little there. Have finished part one, just a short way into second half. It tends to drag a bit IMO, and has several areas I have found myself skimming, due to verbosity on the author's part. Basic storyline is enjoyable, but I'm thinking I'm going to have problem finishing this one.

[jonharky]

Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss and the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Padma Sambhava(?)

[Cigargal]

The War that Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander. A close and insightful reading of the Iliad. Scholarly, but not academic. Good stuff.

Just started this one last night.

[MedicCook]

Just started Under the Dome by Stephen King. Brand new hardcover that came out last month. Over 1000 pages. SHould keep me busy for a week or two.