BOOKS: What are you reading?

[chrisw87]

Hi Everyone,

Since I can't seem to find a current thread, I hope it has just gone out of date and not a sign that nobody reads anymore.

What are you currently reading, and please post a 'yay' or 'nay' feeling on it.

Just read: World war Z - an oral history of the zombie war

Verdict: Fantastic, loved it. A must read.

Currently deciding on the following to start on next;
- Odd Hours, Dean Koontz

- Killzone Ascendancy, Sam Bradbury (Yes a bit of gamer lit)

With a roll of the dice, it is Killzone time!

 

[Zingerific]

I usually read multiple books at a time. Here's my list:

Good Book -- David Plotz
Democracy in America -- Tocqueville
The Phenomenology of Spirit -- Hegel
Steven Petrow's complete gay & lesbian manners

Hegel's a tough read, especially without benefit of a class. Otherwise, they all get a thumbs up.

 

[chrisw87]

The Game of Thrones series.

Really good reads.

Was that made into a series as well? hour length episodes? if so I think I saw some of them at my cousins place, seems interesting.

 

[LittleDove]

A Renaissance Tapestry (a history of the Gonzaga family of Mantua)
Volpone -- Ben Jonson
Selected Prose of Lord Byron
Voodoo Fire in Haiti (a 1930s travel book)

Oh, and then there's the shitload of articles on furniture & the decorative arts sitting on the table by my bed that I'm trying to wade through.

 

[jft245]

Stephen King- Mile 81 (short story)

Tom Poretta- The Leftovers

 

[playr]

Just finished book three of the Stieg Larsen Trilogy - 'The girl with the dragon tattoo'. What a roller coaster read. Great fun.

 

[braex27]

Kafka's The Trial

 

[goldenmoth]

I'm reading the fantastic "Berlin Stories" by Christopher Isherwood which shows a fasinating look at pre Hitler Berlin. Also, one of the mini stories was the inspiration for the musical "Caberet".

It's amazing. Sometimes I just close my eyes and hear the words over and over again in my head.

 

[chrisw87]

The Hunger Games trilogy

- it's boring me but i promised my cousin i'd read it. one day, i will get beyond book 1.


Song of Ice and Fire series

- it's boring me also. reminds me of the super detailed, long-winded stuff in the LOTR books. i think i'm going to quit and I'm only on book 2.

I'm having a crappy book reading period, tbh. Need to find some more interesting things.

If you are looking for some more fast paced reading, there is an Australian author Matthew Reilly that re-started my reading habit after many years of abstaining. To me he really writes his books for the male with an attention span of a goldfish, quite like a fast paced action movie.

Since it looks like you tend to read some fantasy/sci-fi his book Contest would be a real winner,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest_(novel)

 

[pat grimshaw]

Three hundred Irish fanatics were furious that Ireland was united with Britain in 1801. So they gathered 300 pikes and few muskets and ran riot in the hills of Sydney demanding 'Liberty or Death!' Their ringleaders were given death.

I'm girding my loins for this 1897 novel of mateship amongst the outback larrikin bullockies.

 

[luvme4evr]

what i am reading now:
cost accounting by kinney, prather-kinsey n raiborn sucks
foundations of finance keown, martin n petty sucks less
essentials for statistics and economics sucks more than cost but not as bad as finance
marketing by harrell sucks but not as bad as cost, finance n stats.
i luv college.

 

[palbert]

The Wars of the Roses, by Desmond Seward. A history - engrossingly told - of the rivalry between the Houses of York and Lancaster, culminating in the rise of Henry Tudor. (His mother, Margaret Beaufort, is in all ways intriguing.)

At lighter times, anything by Ann Rule.

 

[mygaybuffet]

This is my third time reading it. This should be mandatory reading for everyone!

 

[pat grimshaw]

… third time…

^
but didn't it tell you all you needed to know on the first reading?

 

[mygaybuffet]

^
but didn't it tell you all you needed to know on the first reading?

You've never read a book or seen a movie twice?

 

[pat grimshaw]

^
yes, if they contain enriching pleasures to be experienced over and over.

I have seen some Dawkins on TV, and I have assumed that the book is a simple argument against worshipping gods.

I was raised as agnostic so I'm assuming that his arguments are essentially negative. I assume he says positive things about science.

 

[neoachilles]

I'm reading The Hunger Games right now, and so far so good. It's not nearly as captivating as the Song of Ice and Fire series, but it'll do. To be honest, I'm just biding time until the final installment of the Wheel of Time series comes out. I've put nearly ten years into that saga, and I'm ready to bring it to a close.

 

[quasar]

These are my recent ones - love them all!

 

[bigdicksucker]

THE NIGHT CIRCUS by: Erin Morgenstern

To me, a variation of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by: Ray Bradbury.

 

[Saybrooke]

Loved Zombie Survival Guide! I also read The Walking Dead religiously lol