What are you reading?

[Cigargal]

One of my favorite topics(after all, I am a librarian)

Right now I am reading Exit Music, by Ian Rankin. The last John Rebus novel.

I am listening to A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helpren.

[Tombstone]

Right now i am reading the Bible and America Alone. I just finished Watchmen. It was a great book.

[:eevis]

Just Finished 1984, again
Just Started Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice

[Cigargal]

Right now i am reading the Bible and America Alone. I just finished Watchmen. It was a great book.

I read part of Watchmen-need to finish it. Great story.

[PitmanGeek]

I started (and finished) Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason this past Sunday. If you like crime thrillers, this one is indeed good. It had been quite a long time since I started and finished a book in one day, but I just couldn't put this one down.

[Tombstone]

I read part of Watchmen-need to finish it. Great story.

It really is. I cannot wait for the movie!

[Neuromancer]

Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things, Scott Fischman's Online Ace (Poker) and the Tanakh (Old Testament)...

[King James]

besides school stuff, dabbling in complete works of Edgar Allan Poe

[GWags]

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Have not read a book of this size in 10+ yrs - so I'll be at it awhile!

[:eevis]

Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things, Scott Fischman's Online Ace (Poker) and the Tanakh (Old Testament)...
How is Fragile Things. I absolutley love American Gods, and Neverwhere is the next on my list?

[Starscream]

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

[smitdavi]

Working through the Vince Flynn novels right now :tu

[mugwump]

I'm trying to finish up a Jack Reacher thriller I started while on vacation and I just got a pile of new books for my birthday. I plan to tackle "The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington" next.

[JKim]

Switching between Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" and Gus Hansen's "Every Hand Revealed"

[Cigargal]

I started (and finished) Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason this past Sunday. If you like crime thrillers, this one is indeed good. It had been quite a long time since I started and finished a book in one day, but I just couldn't put this one down.

I just ordered this book-wow, a detective story from Iceland-too cool!

[jledou]

Promises of the Witch King by R.A. Salvatore.

[Scottw]

The House of Mondavi. Obviously about the rise and fall of the Robert Mondavi Winery.

[Sandman]

Just finished reading The Bali 9. 9 Aussies caught smuggling heroin out of Bali a few years back, A bunch of idiots if you ask me, as Bali has the death penalty for drugs.

[JKim]

Matt.. reminds me of that show "Locked Up Abroad".... people do such moronic things to get caught... usually boils down to greed...

[The Korean]

It never rains in Tiger Stadium by John Ed Bradley. Of course it's about a bio of a former LSU football player and his adjustment after college FB.

[Sandman]

Matt.. reminds me of that show "Locked Up Abroad".... people do such moronic things to get caught... usually boils down to greed...

You are right, it is very much like that show. My wife loves that show BTW.

[Starscream]

Hamlet Act I

[Kneo]

Right now I am reading Brisingr

[Cigargal]

Hamlet Act I

Do you think you might move on to Act 2 if the story grabs you?

[Clampdown]

Horrible AP Essays,

[gettysburgfreak]

Right now I have been reading Hardtack and Coffee and am in the process of writing my own book about a Civil War surgeon. Hopefully it will get accepted by one of the publishers I sent my manuscript to.

[Beer Doctor]

Just Finished 1984, again
Just Started Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice

I love the Vampire Chronicles and 1984.

Just finished The Godfather.

[Ms. SeanGAR]

Just finished reading "playing for pizza"..A John Grisham's book..very unlike his other books as it is not about lawyer stuff which I like. Great book in my opinion as I'm a huge football fan. I'm also a JG fan..I started reading "the brethren"...so far so good.. great concept for this website too..
Annie

[cricky101]

"The New Kings of Nonfiction" - a collection put together and introduced by Ira Glass.

and

"Post Office" by Charles Bukowski

[GWags]

I admire those that can read mulitple books at one time. I stuggle focusing on one at time.

[sikk50]

I'm reading "Fire in the Belly" it's pretty good, but really hard to explain

[FXAdam]

Just finished J-Pod by Douglas Copeland the other day. Not sure what's next. Probably the Theory of Poker again.

[Cybervee]

The Surrogates - for the third or fourth time. I can hardly wait until next year when the movie comes out. :dr Also reading a proof copy of what was originally titled 'Homeland'. Both graphic novels written by Rob Venditti. :tu

Did I mention that Rob is my nephew?

[Starscream]

Do you think you might move on to Act 2 if the story grabs you?

I'll be reading whether it grabs me or not. It has grabbed me btw, the first time I read it. (long ago)




Right now I am reading poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein.:tu

[VirtualSmitty]

Hannibal crosses the Alps. Decent read so far.

[Cigargal]

Hannibal crosses the Alps. Decent read so far.

In the book I am reading about an Italian soldier in WWI it is mentioned that Hannibal swam his elephants to Spain-is this true?

[Mustang1]

Just finished Crichton's State Of Fear. I really liked it.

I'm in between books right now, although I'm looking to pick up Chuck Paliunik's Choke before the movie comes out.

[Stig]

I'm reading Asylum posts. DUH!!!!

[Cigargal]

Just finished Crichton's State Of Fear. I really liked it.

I'm in between books right now, although I'm looking to pick up Chuck Paliunik's Choke before the movie comes out.

I read one of his books-haunted, I think, about the writers locked up in an old theatre. It was twisted. Are all his books like that?

[VirtualSmitty]

In the book I am reading about an Italian soldier in WWI it is mentioned that Hannibal swam his elephants to Spain-is this true?

No, most historians believe he crossed them in specially constructed rafts. There are a lot of theories on the subject, but most agree with some form of boat. Although there are a fair amount of folks who think the elephant part of the story is myth. No elephant remains have ever been found in the alps.

[MileHighGolfer]

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

[Cigargal]

No, most historians believe he crossed them in specially constructed rafts. There are a lot of theories on the subject, but most agree with some form of boat. Although there are a fair amount of folks who think the elephant part of the story is myth. No elephant remains have ever been found in the alps.

That is true....and I doubt he went to the trouble to return them to Africa...so there would be elephants in Italy.

[Cigargal]

Finished Exit Music-one of the best Rebus stories ever. Now I am reading Don't Know Much about History, by Kenneth C. Davis. Wonderful book so far...interesting to see some of our myths debunked. I still want to know if Washington stood up in the boat as they crossed the Delaware.

[VirtualSmitty]

That is true....and I doubt he went to the trouble to return them to Africa...so there would be elephants in Italy.

That's just it. There are so many theories about how, where, and if. Nobody is sure exactly where Hannibal crossed into Italy and it was only just recently that archaeologists found a camp in southern Campania that they believe is Carthaginian in nature.

[AriesOpusX]

Finishing up the Twilight series that I stole from my wife when she was done reading them. Although I shouldn't admit I've read these in front of men. :D

[Cigargal]

Finishing up the Twilight series that I stole from my wife when she was done reading them. Although I shouldn't admit I've read these in front of men. :D

Meyers? Are they any good? I read The Host this summer-best book I read this year.

[GhostRyder]

Cryptonomicon. My second time through, I really enjoy this one. Next up is the 2nd half of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

[Texan in Mexico]

I am sure glad I stumbled onto the is thread!

I read alot and am happy to find a spot here where I can get some ideas for new books and share some of what I have read.

For our annual Convention for work I just finished the 360 Leader - it is a rehashing of the other 20+ business books about the same subject.

If you have not read any other business books it is a good read but extremely basic if you have :2.

[AriesOpusX]

Meyers? Are they any good? I read The Host this summer-best book I read this year.


Yep. It's an amazing series, one of the most engrossing books I've read in a while. Waiting for the movie to come out in November now. I haven't read The Host yet but I'll definitely have to tell the wife and pick it up.

[Mustang1]

I read one of his books-haunted, I think, about the writers locked up in an old theatre. It was twisted. Are all his books like that?

He writes some intense stuff, yeah, I guess you could call some of it twisted.

If you've seen Fight Club, read the book it's really good too. :bx

It's interesting how it adapted to film.

[floydp]

Just finished reading "playing for pizza"..A John Grisham's book..very unlike his other books as it is not about lawyer stuff which I like. Great book in my opinion as I'm a huge football fan. I'm also a JG fan..I started reading "the brethren"...so far so good.. great concept for this website too..
Annie

Just finished Playing for Pizza Annie. A quick read. Have you read Bleachers? Read that a couple years ago. Both quite good.

[:eevis]

Yep. It's an amazing series, one of the most engrossing books I've read in a while. Waiting for the movie to come out in November now. I haven't read The Host yet but I'll definitely have to tell the wife and pick it up.

My wife has read the first three of the series since Thursday, and is 400+ pages into the fourth!!!! She is a fast reader and all, but it makes me want to read them if they are really that good.:hm

[RottenZombie]

Just finished The Darkest Evening of the year By Dean Koonts.

[Starscream]

Just finished The Darkest Evening of the year By Dean Koonts.

I'm not a fan of Koontz or Stephen King (although I did like The Stand; The Shining film was good too, never read the novel) No offense to your read. Did you enjoy it?

[PitmanGeek]

I'm not a fan of Koontz or Stephen King (although I did like The Stand; The Shining film was good too, never read the novel) No offense to your read. Did you enjoy it?

The Shining is about my family... I just love reading the opening line to the book: "Jack Torrence was an officious prick..." Truly a Torrence family memoir.

[Starscream]

The Shining is about my family... I just love reading the opening line to the book: "Jack Torrence was an officious prick..." Truly a Torrence family memoir.

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

- REDRUM

[Clampdown]

a text message...I know, quite educational.

[Starscream]

a text message...I know, quite educational.

My students seem to think that it is acceptable to write papers using text message language. :bh

[Mr.Maduro]

I just started Kill Bin Laden, a firsthand account of the hunt for Usama Bin Laden by the elite Delta Force in December of 2001 in the Tora Bora mountain range of Afganistan.

[rhdad42]

A few years ago, I joined the Hard Case Crime Book Club, which reprints paperback crime novels from WWII to 1960, and also has current authors write in that pulp style. They're great, quick reads. Some of the authors so far have been Erle Stanley Gardner, Mickey Spillane, Lawrence Block, Elmore Leonard, and Stephen King. The covers have original art in pulp style by guys like Robert McGinnis and Glen Orbik.

Right now I'm a few months behind, and I'm reading The Murderer Vine by Shepard Rifkin.

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books/bk43/cover_big.jpg

[Starscream]

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

"In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo."

[EMFreeburg]

The Limits of Power by Andrew J. Bacevich.

Great read so far, very constructive criticism of today's America.

[Cigargal]

A few years ago, I joined the Hard Case Crime Book Club, which reprints paperback crime novels from WWII to 1960, and also has current authors write in that pulp style. They're great, quick reads. Some of the authors so far have been Erle Stanley Gardner, Mickey Spillane, Lawrence Block, Elmore Leonard, and Stephen King. The covers have original art in pulp style by guys like Robert McGinnis and Glen Orbik.

Right now I'm a few months behind, and I'm reading The Murderer Vine by Shepard Rifkin.

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books/bk43/cover_big.jpg

Nothing like a good detective book. I'm starting a Mystery Reading group through the library for the winter in my small town-first book up is Maltese Falcon. I thought we would start with a classic.

[Cigargal]

Dead Until Dark by Charlene Harris. First in a series of vampire mystery. A funny book-very light reading.

[Starscream]

Just finished Tuesdays with Morrie. Wow! Just wow! Awesome read. Emotional and inspirational.

[smitdavi]

Clive Cussler and his Oregon Series right now

[King James]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for english class

[replicant_argent]

Thunderball, 1963 (or so) paperback, Ian Fleming.

[acruce]

With Out A Doubt.

Marsh Clark's book on the O.J Simpson trial.

[Cigargal]

Reading Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.

[lightning9191]

I just started "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" by Tom Standage. It's good so far.

[Waynegro1]

Just finished "Fleeced" by D**K Morris and now I've started "The Really Inconvenient Truths" by Iain Murray

[Stick]

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Have not read a book of this size in 10+ yrs - so I'll be at it awhile!

How are you finding it? I recall rather enjoying it, certainly not dry or boring history.

Reading Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.

One of my favorites, absolutely hilarious.

I Just finished Black Elk Speaks, and now am starting Blood Struggle by Charles Wilkinson, both for school. Also re-reading The Conscious Use of Metaphor in Outward Bound.

[Neuromancer]

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

"In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo."
:tu...I've read some of his more well-known pieces (Wasteland, Murder In The Cathedral, Prufrock, Old Possum's, etc.) and just got my hands on a copy of T. S. Eliot's The Complete Poems And Plays...it's near the top of my must read pile...

Currently reading The 21st Annual Year's Best Science Fiction (2004)...edited by Gardner Dozois...

[acarr]

Right now I am reading the cigar asylum forums.:pi

[Joan]

While waiting for CigarGal's next novel---! :tt

...I'm rereading Gram's (RIP) second book, "Montana Treasure: Doctor O.A. Kenck, His Life and Times". Jeeez, I must still have something like 400 of these in the guest room!

Plus I picked up my first ERB John Carter series paperback this weekend... looks like fun!

[Lucky_Hippo]

I always have 3 or 4 books started and stashed around the house that I can pick up and start reading anytime.

I've read these before, but right now it's:

Great Expectations - Stashed in the garage/winter cigar haven

I Killed Hemingway - Stashed on the nightstand

The Annotated Legends (Dragonlance) - Stashed beside the recliner

I seem to be in a fiction mood lately, but it's all good if it get's your mind moving.

[Starscream]

I always have 3 or 4 books started and stashed around the house that I can pick up and start reading anytime.

I've read these before, but right now it's:

Great Expectations - Stashed in the garage/winter cigar haven

I Killed Hemingway - Stashed on the nightstand

The Annotated Legends (Dragonlance) - Stashed beside the recliner

I seem to be in a fiction mood lately, but it's all good if it get's your mind moving.

Great Expectations is, well, Great!
I thought Hemmingway killed Hemmingway.

[pnoon]

The Body of David Hayes by Ridley Pearson

[Lucky_Hippo]

I thought Hemmingway killed Hemmingway.


:D
It's about a guy claiming Hemingway was actually a hack that stole his entire persona, including his writing style, from him.

It's not a bad choice of fiction to read when the weather gets cold since a lot of the story takes place in Key West.

[Cigargal]

Plus I picked up my first ERB John Carter series paperback this weekend... looks like fun!

These ERB books are a lot of fun. I read through them twice about 30 years ago. I like the Tarzan books as well.

[webjunkie]

Just finished Kafka on the Shore by Murakami Haruki. Going to have to put it aside to reread it later, there are still parts I don't get. :confused:

[PitmanGeek]

Just finished the Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson.

http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Burundi-Ann-Lindell-Mysteries/dp/0312327676

It was a pleasant read, could have been much better. The suspense heightened in the end, but I was always waiting for the big surprise and it never really came. Since it is one in a series, I'm not sure if there is more to come as far as some of the back stories.

I never really understood the tie in of the Princess of Burundi and the fish with the rest of the story -- it almost seemed unnecessary for the story, but since it was built into the title it should have been more integrated. Overall 3.5 out of 5.

[davearob]

The Gum Thief by Douglass Coupland. One of the funniest books I have read in a while. I laughed more at J-POD but this one is close.

[Cigargal]

Desert Heat by J.A. Jance 2/3 thru and so far she does nothing for me.

[theycallmedan'lboone]

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.

[lightning9191]

"How We Live" by Sherwin Nuland

[Cigargal]

Starting Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer. I think the movie comes out this month.

[MithShrike]

The Gathering Storm by Kate Elliot.

[shilala]

I've been reading the Bible a lot lately, a book called "Serenity" and I have a few Jared Diamond books waiting for me.

[Joan]

"Fourteen Friends Guide to Eldercaring". Reading this for a friend whose Mom has lost her mind to elder dementia, just like Gram. Lots of the same stuff it took me years to figure out. Joan Seal of Approval on this one.

[King James]

just starting Eugene O'neill's play "Long Day's Journey Into Night" for english class. No clue what it is about or anything, but going to found out

[MithShrike]

In The Ruins by Kate Elliot. Volume 6 of the Crown of Stars series. Last one!

[Steve]

Tarpon Quest

[Beer Doctor]

Over half way through Wicked by Gregory Maguire. My wife loves all his books and I'm taking her to see the musical in Chicago next week so I figured I'd read it. Not at all what I thought it would be. Lots of political and theological overtones...interesting to say the least.

[Cigargal]

Over half way through Wicked by Gregory Maguire. My wife loves all his books and I'm taking her to see the musical in Chicago next week so I figured I'd read it. Not at all what I thought it would be. Lots of political and theological overtones...interesting to say the least.

That's what I thought about Wicked-ineresting and unexpected. I have the sequel, Son of a Witch on audio, but haven't listened to it yet. The musical is a lot of fun.

[icantbejon]

I'm about half through A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt. I read his brother's two books as well, Angela's Ashes and 'Tis by Frank McCourt. Angela's Ashes is a remarkable book, an amazing story. 'Tis turns pretty whiny after a while. A Monk Swimming is ok, but it drags on. He really could have just said I'm Irish and like to drink as opposed to writing this whole book.

[hotreds]

Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail by Rick Newman and Don Shepperd

[Beer Doctor]

Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil by Robert Zubrin

Very interesting so far. He's a huge (understatement) supporter of methanol/ethanol flex fuel cars.

[MithShrike]

Forest Mage by Robin Hobb.

[MNSmoker]

Working through the Vince Flynn novels right now :tu

Vince Flynn is one of my favorite authors. I'm in the middle of his latest book, "Extreme Measures" right now. Mitch Rapp is a badass. :tu

[:eevis]

Just finished re-reading "Stingray Shuffle" by Tim Dorsey. Serge Storms is one of the most demented and funny characters in a book I have ever come across. I have to assume that these are great reads for any Floridians because of the quirky Florida tie-ins

:r:r:r:r
Four Rollies out of four

[Cigargal]

Just finished Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Great mystery-makes me want to read the Three Musketeers again.

Starting The Private Patient by P.D. James-just came out this week.

[Cigargal]

Forest Mage by Robin Hobb.

I have this series but haven't read it yet. I read some bad reviws of these books and find it hard to believe. Hobb is usually spot on with her tales. Let me know what you think.

[Starscream]

Just started on Go Ask Alice. Not a bad read so far.

[hotreds]

Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat Over Iraq by Jay Stout

[yourchoice]

I just finished The First Commandment by Brad Thor. I am completely caught up on him now. What to read next?...
I started (and finished) Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason this past Sunday. If you like crime thrillers, this one is indeed good. It had been quite a long time since I started and finished a book in one day, but I just couldn't put this one down.

Sounds good, I'm going to reserve this one at the library, and

Vince Flynn is one of my favorite authors. I'm in the middle of his latest book, "Extreme Measures" right now. Mitch Rapp is a badass. :tu

Thanks for the heads up! I love Vince Flynn. He and Brad Thor are very similar. Scot Harvath and Mitch Rapp are both badasses! Going to reserve this one too. :tu

[SilverFox]

A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle is my current read it is a pretty amazing book about human spirituality.

I am an avid read I eat up most any fiction. From Brad Thor to Grisham and all spectrums in between

[MithShrike]

I have this series but haven't read it yet. I read some bad reviws of these books and find it hard to believe. Hobb is usually spot on with her tales. Let me know what you think.

Well the character of Nevare is no FitzChivalry that's for sure. He's spoiled, more naive than is good for him, and refuses to acknowledge reality. These books are far more introspective and some of the major 'action' sequences are kind of more abstract than anything. Still, I like it. Unlike Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb can still write after releasing a few books.

[Cigargal]

Finished The Private Patient, by P.D. James and loved it.

Started Jewish Pirates of the Carribean.

[PitmanGeek]

Blaze – Richard Bachman (a.k.a. Stephen King)

A very enjoyable quick read from King. He writes that this was a book that he had in the can for many years, and he recently dusted it off. Not the usual King fare, I can see why he kept it under the Bachman pseudonym. Vaguely reminiscent of Raising Arizona in that it is a kidnapping gone bad… although you can’t help feeling sympathy for Blaze, the “dummy” who is able to pull off the kidnapping of a 6-month old with the help of his dead “brains” of the outfit (George). Blaze operates while hearing the voice of his dead friend in his head, giving him the sage advice he needs to pull off the feat.

I had to smile and laugh when Blaze makes the kidnapping call to the parents… collect, because he doesn’t have any change… and he gives the operator his name to use.

I would recommend this… especially to those who don’t normally read King novels.

[PitmanGeek]

I also just finished...

Mary, Mary – James Patterson

Another Richard Cross novel. Interesting in that Patterson is able to tie everything together by the end. A pretty easy and straight-forward read that is interesting in the ties to Hollywood. Probably a little too much time spent on Cross’ life and times, but overall a pretty good read, fits in well with all of the Cross series of thrillers.

[PitmanGeek]

On the flight to Vegas I finished:

Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason

This was my second book by Indridason and I must say that I loved it as much as the first. This is the second in the Reykavik thriller series and the same detectives are at work again. I must say that the back stories and how they intermingle with the characters is the strength of his writing.

You get a complete understanding as to the environment of Iceland and it’s place in the world. He is able to tie in stories from the war eras and how they relate to modern day.

The protagonist (Erlandur) is a meaty character as well with enough baggage to have a series of stories on his own. His failings as a father and husband continue to haunt him even as his success as a detective soars.

There is something that I connect to with these novels… this was another single-seating read started and finished on the flight to Vegas.

[PitmanGeek]

On the flight back from Vegas:

Voices by Arnaldur Indridason

The third book in the Reykavik series is as good as the first two. The protagonist (Erlandur) is an entertaining character in his flaws and limitations. Indridason does a good job of integrating the back stories with the overall story. Believable and sincere, the tie-ins are what help make this another winner.

The story is of a child star (adolescent soprano) who loses his voice and loses his family in the process. Forty years after his success (two recordings), the child star turns up dead in the basement of a 4-star hotel dressed in a Santa suit. As unusual as it sounds, it is all made believable – especially in Iceland.

[G G]

A book called Promise Me, by Harlen Coben. Not a bad read so far.

[Starscream]

Just finished Go Ask Alice. Nott a bad read. Very motivational for teenagers.

[SteveA]

Working on the second volume of "The Civil War" by Shelby Foote.

[Cigargal]

I had never read a Michael Connelly book so I checked out his first Harry Bosch book, Black Echo.

[neoflex]

To Fat to Fish, the book written and about Artie Lange

[Seanohue]

I'm 1/3 of the way through The Monk; reading it for my Horror and Mystery Literature class.

[smitdavi]

Still reading a lot of Clive Cussler. Just finished the Oregon Series, about to start another of his series's

[Cigargal]

I'm 1/3 of the way through The Monk; reading it for my Horror and Mystery Literature class.

Who wrote it?

[MithShrike]

Currently reading An Earthly Crown by Kate Elliot. It's supposed to be the first book in a series, I have the second. However, if you don't read Jaran which is in the same world/story you'll be lost.

[Fumes]

Just finished The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich and started The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. Also reading The Collected Stories of Paul Bowles.

[ripper]

"The Road to Dallas" by David Kaiser - Harvard U. Press.
He is a Naval War College historian who cleanly details the conspiracy by the Mob, Cuban nationals linked to CIA and 3 men, including Oswald, to kill JFK. It is excellent.

[Ubergopher]

Right now I'm in the middle of "Until We Have Faces" by CS Lewis, before that I read a bunch of books when I was at Ghazni, the first 3 Bournes, "Marching through Peachtree", "Time travellers strictly cash", and I'm about to re-re-re-re-read "Starship Troopers" when I finish the book I'm currently reading.

[Seanohue]

Who wrote it?

Matthew Lewis

[Cigargal]

Finished Black Echo, by Michael Connelly. Read Death of a Cad by MC Beaton(fluffy Scottish mystery) am now reading Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr. Good first mystery about a park ranger.

Next is another Connelly, Black Ice.

[goalie204]

these forums

[King James]

Now that the semester is over I can start reading things I actually want to read. Going to finish up Mickey Mantle biography and then get into Complete work of Poe.... maybe pick up Artie Lang's autobiography "too fat to fish"

[MithShrike]

Reading Dan Simmons' Summer of Night. Excellent book so far.

[King James]

To Fat to Fish, the book written and about Artie Lange

Is it good? Thinking about picking it up

[perogee]

Currently working my way through Catch 22. It is a really strange read :). I kind of feel like I am losing my grip on reality while reading it, lol.

[hotreds]

Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot by Paul T. Gillcrist

[Steve]

Crunch & Des, Classic Stories of Saltwater Fishing by Philip Wylie.

I finally found a copy at a library that I could check out. Fun read!

[PeteSB75]

Slowly working my way through Anathem, the new Neal Stephenson. Starts off pretty slow, but it's getting good now...

[lightning9191]

I finished "How We Die" and have moved on to "From Here to Eternity"

[Cigargal]

I read Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde and now I am reading The Last Coyote.

That makes 78 books for 2008. My goal was 50, so I guess I made it. I might try for 100, but that is a stretch when I start the year out with so many good video games:D

Next I am going to try Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston

[Starscream]

The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol. One

Absolutely wonderful work. I didn't know that Holmes was a cocaine addict.

[Steve]

Into the Backing

[Cenookie]

Recently finished Persian Fire by Tom Holland. A very good read about the rise of the Persian empire and their battle with the Greeks. I'm now reading 1421 The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies, very interesting.

[Mugen910]

just finished I am legend.
working on harry potter 6 again
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[Waynegro1]

I'm reading "The Art Of War" by Sun Tzu (Special Edition). I read this book every January. I love it!!

[Ubergopher]

I just finished The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis. Now I'll try and make sense of the Abolition of Man. I think I get smarter just looking at the book cover.

[webjunkie]

Just started Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy.

[RevSmoke]

For fun: Brisinger by Christopher Paolini & The Deerslayer, by James Fenimor Cooper

Professionally: Grace Upon Grace, by Rev. John Kleinig & The Preached God, by Gerhard Forde & The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

[GKitty]

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly

A christmas gift from my step-mom who is my partner in literary gluttony.

I forgot how much I love a good legal drama.

[Heliofire]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

[pnoon]

I just finished The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. Another winner. :tu
I just started Hell's Kitchen by Jeffrey Deaver (writing as William Jeffries).

[Cigargal]

I just finished The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. Another winner. :tu
I just started Hell's Kitchen by Jeffrey Deaver (writing as William Jeffries).

Just added The Keepsake to the Library collection, but I still have to read her last one-I like to read her in order.

Glad to see ther is another Michael Connelly fan here Miss Kitty. If you like Harry Bosch then you will like Ian Rankin's series with Inspector John Rebus.

[pnoon]

Just added The Keepsake to the Library collection, but I still have to read her last one-I like to read her in order.


Me, too. Just prior to The Keepsake, I read The Bone Garden. Also good but I liked The Keepsake better.

Glad to see ther is another Michael Connelly fan here Miss Kitty. If you like Harry Bosch then you will like Ian Rankin's series with Inspector John Rebus.

I'm also a Connelly/Bosch fan. I'll have to check out Ian Rankin. Any suggested order or first one to read?

[Cigargal]

I read them in order-the first few are short novels, and the entire 15 or 16 book series sort of develops his personal relationships-as well as leads up to his retirement.

[pnoon]

I read them in order-the first few are short novels, and the entire 15 or 16 book series sort of develops his personal relationships-as well as leads up to his retirement.

:tu
Thanks.

[Buena Fortuna]

A book that a fellow BOTL gave me to read, Unintended Consequences

[hotreds]

Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle by
Clint Willis (Editor)

[MithShrike]

Just finished Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson. He is entirely too optimistic but it made a nice capper on the trilogy.

Next up I'll try to finish C.J. Cherryh's Port Eternity. I'm about halfway through it, I kind of lost it for a few days.

[Fumes]

I just finished The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. One of the strangest books I've come across and I'm not sure what to think of it. It got under my skin, but not necessarily in a good way.

[cricky101]

"The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[Cigargal]

Finished Trunk Music by Connelly, read Cornwell's Sharpe's Fortress, now reading Sharpe's Trafalgar and next is Wally Lamb-I know this Much Is True. I have never read one of his books.

[Kreth]

Planning ahead for golf season, I'm working my way through Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible.

[Waynegro1]

"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, translated by Gregory Hays. I've read different translations, but this is my favorite.

[Seanohue]

About 100 pages into Dirty Snow by Simenon right now. I actually like this depressing story lol.

[pnoon]

The Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver

[Cigargal]

Finished Sharpe's Trafalgar by Cornwell and now on to Wally Lamb. I may read something short and fluffy first. This book is huge.

[Starscream]

Still working on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Vol. 1.

[MedicCook]

Still working on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Vol. 1.

I have the complete Sherlock Holmes works. It was copied directly from the original publication so it has the old school look to it. I have gotten about 3/4" of the way through the book. I am in the Return of Sherlock Holmes section now.

[Starscream]

I have the complete Sherlock Holmes works. It was copied directly from the original publication so it has the old school look to it. I have gotten about 3/4" of the way through the book. I am in the Return of Sherlock Holmes section now.

What's your favorite story so far?

[MedicCook]

What's your favorite story so far?

I enjoyed 'The Red-Headed League' mainly because I am ginger. I also like 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. That was his longest story he wrote.

Hers is the ne I have. The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes (http://www.amazon.com/Original-Illustrated-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0890090572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232646863&sr=1-1).

[ActionAndy]

Just finished a few Vonnegut books last week (Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Slaughterhouse 5) and this week I'm re-reading Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Very good book about soldiers in/returning from Vietnam. Also teaches you a lot about how to write.

[Gophernut]

About half way through "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn. Good stuff.

[MedicCook]

My reading decreases in the winter. I prefer to be sitting outside in the sun with a cigar, a drink and a book. This summer I knocked off the entire Stephen King 'Gunslinger' series. Those are great books.

[Starscream]

I enjoyed 'The Red-Headed League' mainly because I am ginger. I also like 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. That was his longest story he wrote.

Hers is the ne I have. The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes (http://www.amazon.com/Original-Illustrated-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0890090572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232646863&sr=1-1).

Red-headed League wasn't bad. I haven't gotten as far as The Hound of the Baskervilles yet. I'm realy fond of his first story, "A Study in Scarlet".

[Cigargal]

Hound of the Baskerville's is one of my favs. The original movie was great as well...but my favorite Basil movie was The Musgrave manor. I never got into Jeremy Brett-will have to rent some DVD's.

I read the entire canon when I was in college( long time ago) I will have to read them again. I have the complete Annotated illustrated Sherlock-printed in columns like in the newspaper.

[Kreth]

This summer I knocked off the entire Stephen King 'Gunslinger' series. Those are great books.
I kinda thought he phoned in the last couple. I liked the series as a whole, but I thought the last two books didn't live up to the rest.

[MedicCook]

I kinda thought he phoned in the last couple. I liked the series as a whole, but I thought the last two books didn't live up to the rest.

I agree that the last couple were not as good as the first couple but I contribute that to the fact that he almost died and he relized that at the pace he was going he may never finish the series and the last thing he wanted was to leave it unfinished.

[Kreth]

I agree that the last couple were not as good as the first couple but I contribute that to the fact that he almost died and he relized that at the pace he was going he may never finish the series and the last thing he wanted was to leave it unfinished.
Good point. I'm a fan of Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time series, and he passed away from a rare blood disease before finishing. There's another author writing the final book based on Jordan's notes.

[MedicCook]

I had to take a break form King after reading all 7 Gunslinger books this summer. That is when I started the Holmes book with all the Strand Magazine stories. The last book I read was 'Call the Yankees My Daddy' by former Yankees beat witer Cecil Harris. I have started to read 'The Highest Mountain: Death and Life in the Adirondacks" by David J. Pitkin.

[Fumes]

The Ax by Donald Westlake. What happens when you take downsizing a little too literally.

[macpappy]

Read "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose and followed that with "Biggest Brother: The Life or Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers" by Larry Alexander

[Beer Doctor]

Read "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose and followed that with "Biggest Brother: The Life or Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers" by Larry Alexander

I loved Band of Brothers! I followed it by reading D-Day by Stephen Ambrose.

[hotreds]

War Stories- Iraq by Oliver North

[hotreds]

I loved Band of Brothers! I followed it by reading D-Day by Stephen Ambrose.

I love Ambrose- such a shame he passed right after the bad taste from the hanky panky with his last book.

[alley00p]

One of my favorite topics(after all, I am a librarian)

Right now I am reading Exit Music, by Ian Rankin. The last John Rebus novel.

I am listening to A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helpren.

Cigargal, is that the newest Rebus novel? I think I've read all the rest of them so far :tu

My Systems Librarian recommended the series to me when I started workig at our Cooperative. She enjoyed them so much that she talked her husband into a 2 week vacation in Scotland so she could visit all the places and haunts of John Rebus. :D Her husband wasn't even aware of her ulterior motives until she mentioned "this is the place where John Rebus met so and so in one of his stories".

I've enjoyed all of the Rebus books so far, including the short story collections.

Right now I'm re-readind "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy.

BTW, what ILS system do you use at your library?



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[Cigargal]

Cigargal, is that the newest Rebus novel? I think I've read all the rest of them so far :tu

My Systems Librarian recommended the series to me when I started workig at our Cooperative. She enjoyed them so much that she talked her husband into a 2 week vacation in Scotland so she could visit all the places and haunts of John Rebus. :D Her husband wasn't even aware of her ulterior motives until she mentioned "this is the place where John Rebus met so and so in one of his stories".

I've enjoyed all of the Rebus books so far, including the short story collections.

Right now I'm re-readind "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy.

BTW, what ILS system do you use at your library?



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Mr. 00p,
Exit Music is the last John Rebus book. It came out last summer and covers the last week of his life as an Inspector before retirement.

Our library is 15'X20' and I am not sure it has(or needs) an ILS. We have an ILL system linked with other libraries in the state...I HOPE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

John Rebus rocks!

[skullnrose]

Not to thread jack but do any of you avid readers use the Amazon Kindle ?

To keep on topic I'm currently reading Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule. I'm not much of a reader and I'm trying to do more of it. Right now I find myself leaning towards the True Crime books.

[Waynegro1]

"Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America Without Guns or Bombs" (I know, long title) By Robert Spencer

[macpappy]

Almost through "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. It's the first of his books that I've read.

[hotreds]

"Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America Without Guns or Bombs" (I know, long title) By Robert Spencer

Spencer continues to warn us, too bad so few are paying attention!

[Cigargal]

Not to thread jack but do any of you avid readers use the Amazon Kindle ?

To keep on topic I'm currently reading Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule. I'm not much of a reader and I'm trying to do more of it. Right now I find myself leaning towards the True Crime books.

No kindle-too expensive for me. I listen to a lot of audio books, but I love the feel of a book in my hands.

True crime book-Devil in The White City. Great story of building the Chicago World's Fair and a serial killer.

[kgoings]

Just starting to read 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand

[King James]

My organic chem and biochemistry book. Awesome!
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[Beer Doctor]

My organic chem and biochemistry book. Awesome!
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O Chem = :bh

Biochem = :tu

Good luck!

[Partagaspete]

Cigars, Whiskey, and Winning.

Leadership Lessons from Ulysses S. Grant.

He was more than a drunkard!!!

My wife got it for me for Christmas. She knows I like cigars and single malts so she got it thinking it was about that stuff. She should have read full title:r:

But it is actually a great read. It is like "The Daily Bread" for leadership.
Good fro the civilian manager and the Military professional alike.

T

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Im reading and studying Essentials of Statistics For Business and Economics.
Also studying Managerial Accounting. Right now reading about short-term solvency analysis.

[rack04]

"Cross Country" by James Patterson.

[Buena Fortuna]

Unintended Consequenses - John Ross

[Prospector]

Einstein, by Walter Isaacson.

[tsolomon]

Almost through "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. It's the first of his books that I've read.It was thought it was a very good read if you could accept the concept. I went on read Neverwhere and Anansi Boys by Neil and enjoyed both of them.

Just finished Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The book really grabbed me, but the ending was a little too perfect.

[Ubergopher]

The American Crisis by Thomas Paine.

[taltos]

Truman by David McCullough, trying to remember that we once had leaders and citizens with guts.

[zonedar]

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

[Cigargal]

I finished I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb-incredible book. I highly recommend it.
Now reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie.

[Tim D.]

I'm just finishing the third book in the Dune trilogy, "Children of Dune" (the first two are "Dune" and "Dune Messiah"). Somewhat later in his life, Frank Herbert wrote another "episode" in the Dune series, "God Emperor of Dune". I'm kind of "Duned out" for a while, so I'll read that one after I finish some others ("David Copperfield" is next as I'm catching up on the classics).

[HawkEye19]

Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes. It's a continuation of two other books of history of the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons.

[G G]

Not so romantic for me. Killer Babes (a true crime paperback)

[pnoon]

Proof Positive by Philip Margolin

[ActionAndy]

The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino. Great read so far.

[Mugen910]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513RRAkW9PL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

"The Yankee Years"
Tom Verducci co-authored by Joe Torre

[Cigargal]

Finished Agatha and started a book recommended early on in this thread. Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason

[kdog]

Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. It's a DC Comics novel. Kinda super-hero comic and novel combo. A bizarre mix but actually brilliant fiction.

[Cigargal]

I've read part of Watchmen-need to dig it out and finish it. Falls into the Graphic Novel genre and if you like this one check out the Graphic Novel section at your local bookstore. There are tons of them.

[King James]

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.... just got it, looking forward to starting it.

http://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Cadmus-Harmony-Roberto-Calasso/dp/0679733485/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234376765&sr=8-1

[Beer Doctor]

American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis

Kinda interesting so far. We'll see...

[kayaker]

Working my way through Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the Bone graphic novels.

[ActionAndy]

Working my way through Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the Bone graphic novels.

I loved Bone but...Hmm, shoot me a PM when you finish it. I don't know how I feel about the last section. My friend firmly disagreed with me so I'm curious to see another opinion.

[Tombstone]

How to restore a muscle car.

[kayaker]

I loved Bone but...Hmm, shoot me a PM when you finish it. I don't know how I feel about the last section. My friend firmly disagreed with me so I'm curious to see another opinion.

Well, actually I read the last gn first, not fully realizing it was a continuous story vs a stand alone. Now I'm going to start at the beginning. When I'm done we can have a chat. :tu

[pit bull]

Finished Hollywood Station by Joseph Wambaugh, now I'm working on Hollywood Crows

[Fumes]

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.... just got it, looking forward to starting it.

http://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Cadmus-Harmony-Roberto-Calasso/dp/0679733485/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234376765&sr=8-1

A really interesting book. It's been about a decade since I read it, but I remember really being taken in by it.

[Waynegro1]

The 10 Big Lies About America by Michael Medved

[Dennis569]

Just finished " Hitler" by John Toland. Published in 1975.
Ever notice how often we right wing Christians are called Nazis,
yet Hitler was a socialist?

[hotreds]

The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940 by Alex Kershaw

[rockyr]

John Adams by David McCullough.

[karmaz00]

the associate by john grisham...very good so far

[alfbacca]

Just started The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

[Steve]

Dead Man's Chest by Roger L Johnson

[jpan]

Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn. Actually, I finished that book at the end of January. I have not started to read a new book since I began participating on CA. I used to always have one or two books going at the same time. Now I find that the time I used to be reading, I am spending here.:ss I think I am going to have to work on my time management. This place has started to take over all my spare time. :r Going to have to make a new rule. Once summer comes and us northerners are back outside smoking.........No Computers out on the deck while smoking. :r That will be book time. :)

[kaisersozei]

Just about done with The Light of Other Days (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_of_Other_Days)by Stephen Baxter & Arthur C. Clarke. Great story, I've read a lot of Baxter's stuff except for those goofy looking Mammoth books.

[Buena Fortuna]

Stone Cold - David Baldacchi
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[King James]

sitting back down right now w/ some of Artie Lang's book too fat to fish

[MithShrike]

Elite Clone by Steven L. Kent, it's nothing deep just a fun shoot 'em up space opera.

[Cigargal]

Finished Jar City and Watchmen. Now I have Neil Gaiman's Sandman Preludes Nocturnes and the next harry Bosch novel Angel's Flight. Monday should be a fun day.

[alley00p]

I hate to admit it, but I'm reading one of the Stepanie Plum series right now, Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich. they're sort of a mindless read, sort of a mystery, sort of humor books that I enjoy once in a while.....

:ss








I'm dancin', I'm dancin'!

[renton20]

Finally getting around to reading "The Prince" by Machiavelli

Twisted, but a necessary read for anyone interested in politics

[Fumes]

How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic

[MedicCook]

Just starting...

Top of the Heap: A Yankees Collection

[ReggieFSULaw]

Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer. Perfect think to read with a mild churchill.

[lightning9191]

I finally finished "From Here to Eternity." I enjoyed it. I don't read a lot of fiction, but it was good. Today I started "Night Falls Fast."

[qwerty1500]

Just started "FDR's Folly" by Jim Powell. Written in 2003, it a meticulously researched book on New Deal economic policies. It's a bit of a spooky read given our present situation.

[kayaker]

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

[Starscream]

In class reading the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game".

[MithShrike]

I'm reading Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin.

[pnoon]

Executive Privilege by Philip Margolin

[Yazzie]

Non fiction: - Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Fiction: - The Associate by John Grishom - A good fast read reminiscent of THe Firm

[Cigargal]

Starting Drood, by Dan Simmons tonight!

[MithShrike]

Starting Drood, by Dan Simmons tonight!

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

[perogee]

The Archimedes Codex

(man am I a geek :D )

[alley00p]

I'm just finishing up "The Currents of Space" by Isaac Asimov... :tu

Next up is a mystery called "Smoking out a Killer" by Harry P. Lonsdale, which I had to inter-library loan from out of state. It's supposed to be about an ex-detective who now owns a cigar store...

We'll see it if it's any good shortly! :ss





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[ChicagoWhiteSox]

The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World
http://humanitas.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/01/5000_year_leap.jpg

[SixPackSunday]

just finished:
I hope they serve beer in hell

on que is:
brunsons super system two
the ragamuffin gospel


i'm a complicated guy ;)