What are you reading? Fall edition

[ladysoleil]

I'm mostly wading through my Western Civilization textbook. Exciting. Otherwise, I've been on a major John Scalzi kick. Currently reading Redshirts while I wait for The Last Colony to show up on interlibrary loan.

Also reading various trivia books, just in case I get fished out of the pool anytime soon.

[Sistine Fanny]

Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.

I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....

[Catfish]

Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.

I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....

Thunderstruck by Larson is also good but not as great as DitWC. It's closer to DitWC, though, being about Marconi and Hawley Crippen.

[lilyvonschtupp26]

My son and d-i-l alerted me to a new Hunger Gamesy sort of trilogy, Divergent, author Veronica Roth. Finished Divergent, starting Insurgent. Haven't preordered Allegiant yet. Also got Dr. Sleep, King's sequel to The Shining. Got The Shining since it's been many years since I read and reread it and decided to reread it again to refresh on details before I really get into Dr. Sleep.

Am excited to say that Veronica Roth will be visiting our school tomorrow. She is an alumnus of Barrington Hish school in my district. She's just 25 years old and is skyrocketing to fame. Can't wait to meet her. I'm eagerly awaiting the 3rd book on the 22nd

[danielh41]

After reading Dr. Sleep, I decided to catch up on the Stephen King I had skipped the past few years. So I started with the most recent paperback release...

[BassPlayingSugarplum]

James MacGregor Burns - Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World

[mellytu74]

Just finished

http://www.amazon.com/Treacherous-Beaut ... gy+shippen

and

http://www.amazon.com/Sin-Second-City-M ... econd+city

and ready to start

http://www.amazon.com/Flapper-Madcap-Ce ... econd+city

and

http://www.amazon.com/American-Rose-Nat ... econd+city

[Jessie]

For a change of pace, I'm reading a biography.

[Sistine Fanny]

Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.

I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....

Thunderstruck by Larson is also good but not as great as DitWC. It's closer to DitWC, though, being about Marconi and Hawley Crippen.

Hawley Crippen? I am so there! Thanks for the rec, how was I not aware of this?

As fate would have it, my next two Preston/Child books are still on hold so I checked to see if this one was available and it was! I love the library Cybershelf.....

So I guess to be current I should relate that as of today I'm reading Thunderstruck and Homer & Langley....

[Bob Juch]

Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.

I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....

Thunderstruck by Larson is also good but not as great as DitWC. It's closer to DitWC, though, being about Marconi and Hawley Crippen.

Hawley Crippen? I am so there! Thanks for the rec, how was I not aware of this?

As fate would have it, my next two Preston/Child books are still on hold so I checked to see if this one was available and it was! I love the library Cybershelf.....

So I guess to be current I should relate that as of today I'm reading Thunderstruck and Homer & Langley....

Give Larson's In the Garden of Beasts a read after Thunderstruck.

[BackInTex]

Green Eggs and Ham

[SportsFan68]

I bogged down in The King of Torts and started The Devil's Tickets.

[Bob Juch]

Green Eggs and Ham

What's the moral of Green Eggs and Ham?

[TheCalvinator24]

Just finished Stephen King's The Wind Through the Keyhole today. King says it is Dark Tower 4.5 (as in that's where it falls in the Dark Tower storyline).

It was phenomenal and made me want to go back an re-read the entire series again.

[SportsFan68]

I didn't think anything would make me want to re-read the Dark Tower series, except I love The Drawing of the Three and have read it maybe a dozen times and can easily see myself reading it again. I'll read The Wind Through the Keyhole and decide from there.

[ladysoleil]

Just finished Stephen King's The Wind Through the Keyhole today. King says it is Dark Tower 4.5 (as in that's where it falls in the Dark Tower storyline).

It was phenomenal and made me want to go back an re-read the entire series again.

I really loved that book. It made up for the major rageflail I experienced upon reading the end of The Dark Tower