OT: What are you reading?

[bovinehost]

Joe Nerve got me to thinking about this. I'm mostly a Vonnegut/John Irving sort of guy, but I just finished "The Devil In The White City" and learned an awful lot about the Chicago World Fair in the 1890s.

Lotsa stuff came out of that expo.

Plus it's the story (true) of a serial killer who operated during the Fair, and has a parallel story about the architects who worked to make the Fair happen.

Very cool historical info.

You?

 

[bassmonkeee]

Big fan of Vonnegut here, too. One of my happiest memories of high school was driving to see him give a lecture.

I jsut started reading The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips.

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Heck, here's the first page:

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So far, so good.

 

[Joshua]

Big reader here.

Currently rereading the Lord of The Rings. Haven't read it in a few years and recently acquired (and watched) the deluxe DVDs.

On deck is the second edition of The Coffeehouse Investor. Just re-released and updated, to anyone who has plans to invest their $ either currently or in the future it is a must read.

Just finished a few books. The Man Called CASH : The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend about Johnny Cash, and Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President about Jimmy Carter. Both excellent reads.

 

[phatduckk]

not much of a reader here. i usually read stuff about programming and other computer tech crap ... but i did read the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. not quite classics or anything but i love conspiracy stuff

 

[dlloyd]

Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex.

Very, very strange book. I picked it up after reading The Virgin Suicides by the same author. Amazing writer.

 

[oddjob]

Just finished Number 9 Dream and Wicked both pretty interesting (and slightly strange reads. I am currently working on Flyboys andOnce They Were Eagles both about WWII in the Pacific.

 

[Disquieter]

currently reading an english translation of Oms En Serie (oms connected) by Stefan Wul.

great book, was the basis of a movie called La Planete Sauvage (fantastic planet)


super sweet:

 

[kbaim]

The new 8 week cholestoral cure.


The Inner Game of Music.

 

[Dargin]

1) "Under and Alone" by William Queen. He was an undercover agent who infiltraded the Mongols Motorcycle club.

2) "Darkness Take my Hand" by Dennis Lehane. He wrote Mystic River. He is currently my favorite writer.

 

[muggsy]

Just finished Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. Very interesting combination of a true crime book and a history of the Mormon church and its fundamentalist offshoots, by the guy who wrote Into Thin Air about the ill-fated Everest expedition a few years ago. If you're interested, I recommend it highly.

I'm now reading Blameless in Abaddon, by a brilliant guy named James Morrow. It's the sequel to a book called Towing Jehovah that I read about a year ago. They're both dark, funny sci-fi/fantasy with a serious philosophical bent.

 

[maddog]

The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose. After that, it is back to Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstedter. A slow and multilayered book that always provides new insights with each re-reading.

 

[LeftyLB]

The Oxford History of Ireland
Raising Strong Daughters
The Rule Of Four

 

[JB1]

Last few good reads were the Dn Brown novels, including the Da Vinci Code.

Liked The Vanished Man by Jeffrey Deaver (author of Bone Collector). Good read.

Also regularly read Archaeological stuff, mainly Egypt based. Very interested in Egypt/Ancient culture.

Check some of my Egypt snaps out at www.photobucket.com

Request album jampix and then subalbum Egypt.

 

[cgworkman]

You?

I recently finished Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged.' If you've not read it - get it and read it.

Last week I finished Stephen King's Dark Tower III: The Wastelands. Great Series thus far. I've never been a fan of King, but this is a great series.

I tend to read more non-fiction than fiction - right now I'm reading Col. David Hunt's 'They Just Don't Get It.' This book is basically how our government is worthless as boar titts when it comes to waging war on terror.

Other than that I read TIME every week.


Oh yeah, I almost forgot this one. While I was reading The Wastelands, I was also reading Miles Davis' autobiography (entitled 'Miles'). Great read if you're interested in his life or jazz music in general.

 

[jongitarz]

Rolling Stone Magazine.

People who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

Just finished Dune (the original), and am currently reading The Color of Magic.

 

[Dees]

currently: "The Archaeology of Mesopotamia and Egypt"
Yes, I study archaeology, and have an exam next week

But after that, I have some books I need to read:
La Divina Comedia
Ilias
The Unbearable lightnes of being

 

[cgworkman]

Just finished Dune (the original), and am currently reading The Color of Magic.

Dune is a great series too. I read it years ago.

 

[spaceman]

I recently finished Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged.' If you've not read it - get it and read it.

I read it.
I thought it was a terrible book on several levels!
Anyway, right now I'm reading The Etched City by K.J. Bishop. Fairly good, but a little strange and a bit slow in spots.

 

[cgworkman]

I read it.
I thought it was a terrible book on several levels!
Anyway, right now I'm reading The Etched City by K.J. Bishop. Fairly good, but a little strange and a bit slow in spots.

Well, here at the EB forums there's no accounting for taste. Except for basses that is.

The ideology behind most of Ayn Rand's books is brilliant. If you can't understand that, then I would understand why the book might be lost on someone.