What are you reading?

[Sir_Galahad]

The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes. If you would like a primer on where our country is headed, economically, read this book.

[silvercamaro]

Breaking Dawn of the aforementioned Twilight series which I'm being forced to read
Through The Looking Glass by The Rev. Charles Dodgson

I thought you would be re-reading The Brothers Karamazov -- for the sex.

[T_Bone0806]

I will be catching up on my Stephen King. Just started Lisey's Story, then Duma Key, then Just After Sunset. Then I'll be caught up.

I have a week off in a few weeks, and I think I will use some of it to read Civil Wars. It's been awhile since I read the adventures of Spidey, Iron Man, Captain America and such (no, I'm not gonna tell you I haven't picked up a comic since I was a kid..but I haven't picked up a comic since my SON was a kid). My son told me about this storyline which ran through all of the Marvel Universe books, in which the issue of government registration for all super-powered folk split the heroes on opposite sides of the debate. Iron Man led the Pro-registration contingent, with Cap on the other side opposing the violation of civil liberties it represented. Some pretty wild stuff happens, including Spidey unmasking himself (causing J. Jonah Jameson to go ballistic over discovering that he had been employing the bane of his existence!), and the fallout results in the eventual death of a MAJOR Marvel player. Mike had read a good share of it at work (yes, getting paid to read comics, as he needed to know the storyline in order to do his assignment at the videogame company he works for) and told me he thought I would love it. So he bought me a batch of the collections (the comics of each character during their participation in this storyline were collected in individual paperback books) that make up the storyline for Christmas, and I found the few that I needed in order to complete the saga very cheap, so they are now sitting patiently in a hefty box waiting for me to tear into them. My wife has that worried look on her face that I may get hooked on collecting comics again, but no chance. I see that those things that cost 12 cents when I was a youngster now go for 3-4 bucks apiece. The high cost is what caused me to stop collecting a good 15-20 years ago. So I will revel in the adventures of my childhood heroes with these books, but will resist the urge to continue past that. Besides, I'm sure that the mythos of the characters ave been altered, as comics were always re-inventing origins and circumstances for the characters.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

I just got in a couple of previously owned James Crumley paperbacks from Amazon and I'm looking forward to them. Bordersnakes and The Last Good Kiss.

[tubadave]

Well, duh!!! I'm reading the Bored, of course.


Ok, seriously, I haven't sat down a read a book from one end to the other since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yes, I know how long that's been. I need to start making time to read again.

I have, sitting on the table at home, a copy of On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore by Brian Bagnall. When I finally get myself reading again, that will be the first one I pick up. It will be interesting to go back and find out how things really were behind the scenes for the makers of my favorite 8-bit computers.

[tubadave]

Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

next up:

Temple Grandin, Animals Make Us Human

I think I'd be interested in the Temple Grandin book.

I still haven't started the books I bought before Christmas. But I read Beedle the Bard! It took less than half an hour, but I liked it.

I haven't even gotten to Beedle the Bard, which Santa brought me.

This is REALLY pathetic.

What's even more pathetic is that I, an alleged megafan of the Harry Potter series, haven't even bought Beedle the Bard yet. I may have my fandom membership card revoked if I'm not careful.

[etaoin22]

I have become fascinated with P2P. Sites in India mostly. Weird and wonderful stuff I would never see without the current de facto albeit not de jure relaxation of the usual rules of paying to read.

I have also been picking up randomly books from the basement, a good many of which are water damaged from being in the wrong place during a storm sewer backup a couple of years ago.

The Second World War - John Keegan
The Face of Battle - John Keegan
Canadian Coinage and Money before 1850.
Ottawa, Capital of Canada.
Dreadnought
Years of Upheaval - Henry Kissinger.

[clem21]

Those books are awful.

How would you know?

You don't read.

Touche.

Actually, like Clem, I'm being forced to read them because my daughter liked the movie.

But the books definitely read like they were written by a bored housewife.

Yeah I'm just being forced because the person in question enjoys forcing me to do things against my will.

Although I do enjoy the perfect handsome vampire guy character. He reminds me of myself.

At least the perfect and handsome part...

[MarleysGh0st]

Yeah I'm just being forced because the person in question enjoys forcing me to do things against my will.

Although I do enjoy the perfect handsome vampire guy character. He reminds me of myself.

At least the perfect and handsome part...

And you are a night person!

Hmmmmm.

[clem21]

Yeah I'm just being forced because the person in question enjoys forcing me to do things against my will.

Although I do enjoy the perfect handsome vampire guy character. He reminds me of myself.

At least the perfect and handsome part...

And you are a night person!

Hmmmmm.

Who is fascinated with disposing of dead bodies....

[Bob Juch]

I just started reading Wanderlust, a social history of travel by Laura Byrne Paquet, the wife of Paul Paquet, the trivia guru.

It's quite appropriate, considering.

[minimetoo26]

CD: Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain. Having had Anthony in my head for a couple of weeks, I can't imaging reading it in print

I read it in print and he writes quite well. I enjoy his personality and he is one of the few people I could forgive for being a chain smoker.

[Catfish]

CD: Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain. Having had Anthony in my head for a couple of weeks, I can't imaging reading it in print

I read it in print and he writes quite well. I enjoy his personality and he is one of the few people I could forgive for being a chain smoker.

I was surprised to learn that he was an experienced novelist before writing the memoir.

[tanstaafl2]

Currently reading Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin.

Had planned to reread Flashman's Lady in anticipation of travel to Madagascar. But with the country still circling the toilet at the moment I have put that off as it is a bit depressing to think all that planning may have gone for naught.

So next on the list is probably The Steel Bonnets and The Reavers by George MacDonald Fraser as I have been meaning to read them and may finally get around to it.

May see if I can find anything interesting that is specifically about Malawi since that is the current back up trip plan to replace Madagascar and combine with our trip to South Luangwa and Shiwa Ng'anda in Zambia this fall. But haven't given up on Madagascar quite yet.

I also have The Africa House by Christina Lamb that I plan to read in preparation for visiting Shiwa Ng'anda but was planning to save that for the long flight over.

[mellytu74]

During the recovery period, we have:

1) Alternate Presidents and Alternate Kennedys, both edited by Mike Resnick.

A while back, I asked about alternative history/sci-fi, although not necessarily sci-fi books. Our own gs was nice enough to send these my way.

I find them very interesting and just what I was looking for. Also, the short story format is good while I am still on the painkillers.

2) I Still Have It...I just Can't Remember Where I Put It by Rita Rudner.

I am a big Rudner fan and this book of short essays fits the bill. Also fits the shortened attention span/painkillers criteria.

On Tap:

3) The Bones of Plenty and Reapers of the Dust, both by Lois Phillips Hudson.

Recommended by our own Spocky. I am looking forward to these.

4) Havana Nocturne by TJ English.

Also a BB recommendation.

5) The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff.

Also have some Nora Ephron books -- Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble on the night table. Short essays good got the short attention span.

[ontellen]

Recently read Havana Nocturne along with AD. It was in anticipation of our trip to Cuba. Hubby read it in 4 days while there.

Then I needed something light for vacation and read Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchey.

Now reading World Without End by Ken Follett.

Just received One Minute to Midnight about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reviews said it was the best book on the subject.

[Bob Juch]

Now reading World Without End by Ken Follett.

Don't give yourself a hernia!

[goongas]

Outliers is Malcolm Gladwell's newest book.

[lilyvonschtupp26]

I've got several books going now:

Adult: Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
Awakening and selected short fiction - Kate Chopin

YA: Advanced Reader's Copy of the 6th volume of the Ranger's Apprentice - John Flanagan
Ransom my Heart by Princess Mia Thermopolis (with help from Meg Cabot)
Football Hero by Tim Green (middle linebacker Atlanta Falcon)
All the Lovely Bad Ones (great ghost story) by Mary Downing Hahn

[etaoin22]

Found downstairs and I have never actually read them tho I bought them, and they stand together:

The Closing of the American Mind - Bloom (with introduction by Bellow)
Ravelstein - Bellow (allegedly fictionalized Bloom)

I shall try.

[KillerTomato]

I'm currently reading all of the James Bond novels, in order of course. Currently, I'm halfway through "From Russia With Love".

I've also got Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" sitting there waiting for me read, along with "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, and Robert McCammon's "Speaks the Nightbird", and I've got some trashy Clive Cussler (who hasn't been really good in years) in the car.

And I'm in tubadave's position of being a big HP fan, yet not having picked up "Beedle the Bard" yet. But February is my mega-busy time of year (which is why I just booked my vacation...i NEED A F'IN VACATION!!!!), so I'll get around to it.

[tanstaafl2]

I've also got Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" sitting there waiting for me read, along with "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, and Robert McCammon's "Speaks the Nightbird", and I've got some trashy Clive Cussler (who hasn't been really good in years) in the car.

After seeing Dexter on the tube I broke down and bought the first two seasons on DVD and bought the first 3 books (the fourth is due out soon in the US and apparently was just released in the UK). I liked the books although they quickly develop significant changes from the TV series. The third book apparently caused some consternation with the hard core fan base. Not sure if that influenced me or not but I didn't care for it quite as much as the first two. Will be interesting to see where the next one goes.

[Kazoo65]

With all the snow/cold weather in January/February, I haven't gotten to the library as much as I'd like.

However, I did read "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" between snow storms. Very good-I can see why Oprah picked this one.

My library has "Q & A" but guess what-it's checked out! Hmm, I wonder why.....

[AlphaDummy]

Recently read Havana Nocturne along with AD. It was in anticipation of our trip to Cuba.

Great...now our secret is out!!

Hubby read it in 4 days while there.

You know...I never did see him the whole time...


Don't get any ideas, people. Ellen just happened to mention a while back that she was reading a book about pre-Castro Cuba, and I told her that this was likely the same book my son gave me for Christmas. (It was.)

Right now, I am sneaking peeks in my other son's copy of American Lion. As I have time, of course.

[etaoin22]

Railroads Triumphant

another one from the cellar, which I had bought on a clear-out shelf somewhere, but never read. It is a well-known book, and a fair mix of old-fashioned narrative, and economic analysis, but the analysis is sketched out and deserves more attention. Easy read. (2h).

Bellow and Bloom are still there waiting for me.