What are you reading?

[Bob78164]

Also on my agenda (and it may take priority over Escape from Hell, depending on my mood) is The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker. Bakker wrote a three-volume set called The Prince of Nothing which I enjoyed a lot but left room for improvement. When Bakker allowed the point of view to roam all over his world, I thought his writing was wonderful. Unfortunately (from this perspective), most of the latter two books was tightly focused in a setting that I found rather dull.

The Judging Eye is the first book of a series that follows The Prince of Nothing. There's no truth to the rumor that the new series will be called The King of Something. --Bob

[SportsFan68]

My organizational and decorative philosophy is that of entropy.... if I ever quit posting, it's because this stack of notebooks and papers on my computer desk finally collapsed and buried me alive.....

Should we just throw in a match and give you a Viking Notebookboy funeral after that?

Sure. Just make sure ES makes it out to Sprots. My will calls for her to become his caretaker should something ever happen to me.....

OK, all y'alll -- it is now your mission in life to make sure that NOTHING ever happens to Notebookboy. I'd hate to see his will overturned based on an impossibility.

[Appa23]

I am ripping through 2-3 books a night.

Last night, it was "Fox in Sox" and "Horton Hatches an Egg", plus a book where Elmo learns the alphabet.

[MarleysGh0st]

Should we just throw in a match and give you a Viking Notebookboy funeral after that?

Sure. Just make sure ES makes it out to Sprots. My will calls for her to become his caretaker should something ever happen to me.....

OK, all y'alll -- it is now your mission in life to make sure that NOTHING ever happens to Notebookboy. I'd hate to see his will overturned based on an impossibility.

No problem. You can just outsource your caretaking responsibilities to Gaear Grimsrud.

[Tocqueville3]

Still cranking on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. I like it a few pages at a time, to digest better.

Conversely, David is reading The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions by David Berlinski.

I am reading Mining for Wisdom: A Twenty-Eight-Day Devotional Based on the Book of Job by Derek Thomas.

[trevor_macfee]

I'm re-reading one of my favorite books ever - Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad. I laugh my way through it every time I read it.

Also working through a daily devotional for Lent - Journeying Through Lent With Luke.

And, still making my way through American Lion, the Andrew Jackson biography. The going has gotten slow after a very readable opening.

I did finish Q&A, the book on which Slumdog Millionaire is based. Very different than the movie, but a good, quick read.

I'm reading all that on my Kindle 2, which I am really loving - it's great to have any of the books available wherever I am in a small package.

[ulysses5019]

Hey, I'll read anything. I'm tired of reading the ingredients label on this bottle of shampoo. Just slide them under the door please....

LOL that makes me think of a funny/gross story. I have been doing a lot of updates to my condo in preparation to get it on the market. I left my feng shui book on my bathroom counter - now my bedroom is a master suite, so the main part of the bathroom has an open door to the bedroom - the tub/shower, double sink and closet are all in the main part. The toilet is in its own little room. Yesterday I had my handyman come in to do some projects for me. This morning I noticed my feng shui book on the floor next to the toilet and while at first I was grossed out wondering what the heck he might have done in there, I had to laugh at the level of desperation my handyman must have felt to pick up and read "Feng Shui for Dummies"...

OK, I had to look up feng shui.... and I still don't think I know what it is, nor do I have an appropriate MM to respond to it.....

So I'll just move closer to my 7,000th Raspberry post instead....

lb13

So I go to my avatar genie, pop in "feng shui" (former BAM q btw), and out pops a feng shui toilet. Enjoy. Just don't let CD get near it. Or the handyman.

[Yahoo Groups Plumber]

LOL that makes me think of a funny/gross story. I have been doing a lot of updates to my condo in preparation to get it on the market. I left my feng shui book on my bathroom counter - now my bedroom is a master suite, so the main part of the bathroom has an open door to the bedroom - the tub/shower, double sink and closet are all in the main part. The toilet is in its own little room. Yesterday I had my handyman come in to do some projects for me. This morning I noticed my feng shui book on the floor next to the toilet and while at first I was grossed out wondering what the heck he might have done in there, I had to laugh at the level of desperation my handyman must have felt to pick up and read "Feng Shui for Dummies"...

OK, I had to look up feng shui.... and I still don't think I know what it is, nor do I have an appropriate MM to respond to it.....

So I'll just move closer to my 7,000th Raspberry post instead....

lb13

So I go to my avatar genie, pop in "feng shui" (former BAM q btw), and out pops a feng shui toilet. Enjoy. Just don't let CD get near it. Or the handyman.

Ooh! I charge a premium for working on feng shui terlets! It's never a recession for us plumbers....

[ulysses5019]

OK, I had to look up feng shui.... and I still don't think I know what it is, nor do I have an appropriate MM to respond to it.....

So I'll just move closer to my 7,000th Raspberry post instead....

lb13

So I go to my avatar genie, pop in "feng shui" (former BAM q btw), and out pops a feng shui toilet. Enjoy. Just don't let CD get near it. Or the handyman.

Ooh! I charge a premium for working on feng shui terlets! It's never a recession for us plumbers....

One more crack outta you and I'll.......

[earendel]

I'm reading a spellbinding trilogy - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, all written by Eric Carle. I have recently learned that there's a fourth book in the series - Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

These are riveting tales, evidenced by my grandson's love to have them read to him.

[MarleysGh0st]

I'm reading a spellbinding trilogy - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, all written by Eric Carle. I have recently learned that there's a fourth book in the series - Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

These are riveting tales, evidenced by my grandson's love to have them read to him.

You mean they haven't published Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What Do You Taste? yet?

[earendel]

I'm reading a spellbinding trilogy - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, all written by Eric Carle. I have recently learned that there's a fourth book in the series - Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

These are riveting tales, evidenced by my grandson's love to have them read to him.

You mean they haven't published Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What Do You Taste? yet?

No, they haven't. But I suspect the list would include jingle bells and pepper spray.

[clem21]

I'm reading a spellbinding trilogy - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, all written by Eric Carle. I have recently learned that there's a fourth book in the series - Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

These are riveting tales, evidenced by my grandson's love to have them read to him.

You mean they haven't published Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What Do You Taste? yet?

Personally I enjoy Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, What Are They Feeding You but that's just me.

Also I'm currently attacking Reporting Live by Lesley Stahl and Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King.

[kayrharris]

I always cringe when I get to these threads, since I feel I'm obviously frittering away my life reading much less lofty material than many others. But then I realize that I just don't care, since A) I have enough loftiness in the rest of my life and B) I really really like the less-lofty stuff.

So, I'm still working on the Bond novels -- currently about halfway through "Doctor No". I'm spending a lot of time planning my vacation and reading "Maui Revealed". And I'm rereading Art Spiegelman's "Maus", still the best graphic novel ever. I guess an argument could be made that "Maus" is rather lofty, now that I think about it.

"Anathem" is still waiting to be read. I may take it to read on the plane (although it's too big to read on the beach...I'll pick up some cheapo paperbacks at Half-Price books before I leave in 58 days).

Not looking forward to this vacation in 58 days are you KT??? Have fun! I'm not reading a damn thing, but with the
wedding over, I do plan to pick up "First Light" by Charles Baxter.

[KillerTomato]

Not looking forward to this vacation in 58 days are you KT??? Have fun! I'm not reading a damn thing, but with the
wedding over, I do plan to pick up "First Light" by Charles Baxter.

Well, we're down to 57 hours, 13 hours and 20 minutes.

But no, I can take it or lea..........No, I just can't type that with a straight face!

I love PLANNING vacations as much as taking them, so just figuring out what tours I want to take, restaurants I want to eat at, which days to spend at the beach, which reefs to snorkel....this is wonderful.

[Spock]

I'm reading a spellbinding trilogy - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, all written by Eric Carle. I have recently learned that there's a fourth book in the series - Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

These are riveting tales, evidenced by my grandson's love to have them read to him.

You mean they haven't published Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, What Do You Taste? yet?

I hope you follow my lead. Whenever my kids, especially when they were younger, would ask what do (bears, camels, bugs,sharks,lambs, etc) eat? I always answer "Little Kids."

I am re-reading The Bourne Identity-It has been a few years and I really that book.

Also Exploration and Empire-western exploration history.

[goongas]

I am finishing How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer.

[Bob Juch]

I just finished listening to the Audible download of The Professor and the Madman. I'm not sure what's up next. I have to reload my GPS (which plays them).