The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread

[Birch Boy]

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[emindead]

I have all of the "Lord of the Rings" in my lap. I've tried to read it many many times. Hopefully this time I will succeed. I'm in the chapter of The Fellowship called "In the house of Tom Bombadil". God, sometimes I want to strangle Tolkien!

I wonder why that part wasn't in the films. And don't worry, the books gets quicker after that initial part of the fellowship.

I've heard that a lot. Honestly, I don't know if I can handle his extreme and unnecessary detailbaggery anymore. He is so gay* most of the time that it makes me want to choke a bird.

*Happy. Joyful.

[Volk9]

Currently reading Shogun as it was recommended to me. Great read so far

[Nic35]

Lifting Shadows

[MetalMike06]

So I put my Barnes and Noble gift card to some use yesterday...Got "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoyevsky, and of course, "The Alphabet of Manliness".

[hefdaddy42]

I'm reading John Meacham's biography of Andrew Jackson, American Lion.  Very good thus far (which makes sense; it won the Pulitzer Prize).

[the_ocho]

The Third Chimpanzee- Jared Diamond.

recently read Guns, Germs and Steel by the same author and am hooked on his books. I plan on reading his latest "Collapse" after this.

[Tuneman]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

So far is a prettay good read.

[LudwigVan]

The Skinner - Neal Asher (sci-fi novel)

[Space Invader]

Descartes - Meditations on the First Philosophy
Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth

[emindead]

Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth

Wanna comment on this one? I have it but haven't read it.

[Space Invader]

Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth

Wanna comment on this one? I have it but haven't read it.

Well, I'm 250/1000 pages in, but so far it a very enjoyable painting of 12th century England, focusing on monastic and peasant life with interesting characters (so far) a strong plot that I'm sure will bevelop over the rest of the book and nice details that really reflect the time.

If you like churches and are interested in the Middle Ages, go for it now. If not, I'll report when I finish (maybe in about a week) 

[Volk9]

Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth

Wanna comment on this one? I have it but haven't read it.

Well, I'm 250/1000 pages in, but so far it a very enjoyable painting of 12th century England, focusing on monastic and peasant life with interesting characters (so far) a strong plot that I'm sure will bevelop over the rest of the book and nice details that really reflect the time.

If you like churches and are interested in the Middle Ages, go for it now. If not, I'll report when I finish (maybe in about a week) 

I actually just ordered it and it came in today. I cant start reading it yet since I still have this other novel to finish, but it looks like it'll be very enjoyable

[TheVoxyn]

I have 2 books still lying around here somewhere.

Rich Wilson - Lifting Shadows
Nietzsche - The Antichrist

[Space Invader]

I have 2 books still lying around here somewhere.

Rich Wilson - Lifting Shadows
Nietzsche - The Antichrist

I need to read Beyond Good and Evil for school and I'm looking forward to it.
If it's good I might look into this.

[Pyroph]

Started reading World War Z this weekend.

[TheVoxyn]

I have 2 books still lying around here somewhere.

Rich Wilson - Lifting Shadows
Nietzsche - The Antichrist

I need to read Beyond Good and Evil for school and I'm looking forward to it.
If it's good I might look into this.

Like most of Nietzsche's work, it's a huge rant. This time about christianity .

[Sigz]

Started reading World War Z this weekend.

YES

[Space Invader]

Started reading World War Z this weekend.

YES

The Zombie Survival Guide IS my Bible.
 

[setrataeso]

Star Wars: Allegiance by Timothy Zahn

[Volk9]

Started reading World War Z this weekend.

YES

Great book

[pogoowner]

Pride and Prejudice

Despite the fact that the typical American male will write it off as romantic drivel that only chicks would read, it's a great book, and often quite hilarious.

[cthrubuoy]

Day by Day Armageddon - J.L.Bourne

I'm seriously into my Zombie books at the moment. So much so that when I read ^^^^^^ I read it as 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' 

[Nick]

Pride and Prejudice

Despite the fact that the typical American male will write it off as romantic drivel that only chicks would read, it's a great book, and often quite hilarious.

You lose 10 points for not going right for the version with "and Zombies" after it.

[pogoowner]

Pride and Prejudice

Despite the fact that the typical American male will write it off as romantic drivel that only chicks would read, it's a great book, and often quite hilarious.

You lose 10 points for not going right for the version with "and Zombies" after it.

I can't believe they're making a movie out of that thing. 

[orcus116]

Seriously. What a lame concept.

[cthrubuoy]

Day by Day Armageddon - J.L.Bourne

Finished. Just pre-ordered the sequel as well. That was a pretty good read. Quite odd though as it's written as a journal so if you're reading an entry he obviously doesn't die in the encounter being documented. But it's very well written and I'm excited for July when Book 2 gets published

Next, I'll be reading Monster Island, Monster Nation and Monster Planet. A Trilogy of Zombie novels by David Wellington.

[Birch Boy]

Will be starting A Tale Of Two Cities soon for my Pre-AP English class.

[lonestar]

Just started Edenborn by Nick Sagan(son of Carl Sagan).  Well written, but a touch confusing along the plot line.  I think it might take a couple of hundred pages before it gets rolling.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

"Rush: Rock Music and the Middle Class"

[Sigz]

Will be starting A Tale Of Two Cities soon for my Pre-AP English class.

You might as well just shoot yourself now.

[Birch Boy]

Will be starting A Tale Of Two Cities soon for my Pre-AP English class.

You might as well just shoot yourself now.

That is basically what I've heard from the survivors of it...

And by "reading", I mean full rhetorical analysis of pretty much every goddamn sentence Charles Dickens wrote in that book.  me

[yorost]

Will be starting A Tale Of Two Cities soon for my Pre-AP English class.

You might as well just shoot yourself now.

That is basically what I've heard from the survivors of it...

And by "reading", I mean full rhetorical analysis of pretty much every goddamn sentence Charles Dickens wrote in that book.  me

Huh, one of my favourite classic books that we had to read in High School.  It's a tough book to get through for maybe four-fifths of the way, but it all leads to a great payoff in the last, say, 80 pages.  Not a book to give up on once started and not a book to start without realizing it is entirely aimed at knocking you out at the end.

[Birch Boy]

Will be starting A Tale Of Two Cities soon for my Pre-AP English class.

You might as well just shoot yourself now.

That is basically what I've heard from the survivors of it...

And by "reading", I mean full rhetorical analysis of pretty much every goddamn sentence Charles Dickens wrote in that book.  me

Huh, one of my favourite classic books that we had to read in High School.  It's a tough book to get through for maybe four-fifths of the way, but it all leads to a great payoff in the last, say, 80 pages.  Not a book to give up on once started and not a book to start without realizing it is entirely aimed at knocking you out at the end.

Hopefully you're right. Since high school, I haven't really enjoyed any of the necessary books assigned, but have found books from the "pick one of these to read" lists that I enjoy greatly.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

I really liked "A Tale of Two Cities"