Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 265829 times)

Serpentor · « **Reply #105 on:** June 03, 2009, 05:29:47 AM »

If any of you are big horror readers, check out Brian Keene. I've read 2 of his books so far and loved both of them. They are pretty quick reads and the one's I've read have been good post-apocalyptic stuff. Looking at the rest of his work, the man has a thing for zombies (in some of his books, not all of em)
So far I've read:
The Conqueror Worms
Dead Sea

Next up from him : GHOUL

also halfway through King's Just After Sunset. So far, it's a bit like Nightmare and Dreamscapes. Some of the stories are really good, some end a bit abruptly, and some are just OK......

prog.fusion · « **Reply #106 on:** June 03, 2009, 07:26:35 AM »

Richard Dawkins- The Blind Watchmaker

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #107 on:** June 03, 2009, 08:38:46 PM »

Erwin Lutzer - Hitlers Cross

Pretty good so far. Its about Hitlers use of the swastika and the Christian cross. Also goes into Hitlers background and the role of the church during the rise of Nazism (namely, how they stood by and did nothing.) and how it could happen again in an altered manner. Interesting stuff.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #108 on:** June 06, 2009, 04:59:42 AM »

Next: The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny (The Chronicles of Amber)

tri.ad · « **Reply #109 on:** June 06, 2009, 05:11:49 AM »

Henning Mankell: The Man Who Smiled

WDADU · « **Reply #110 on:** June 06, 2009, 10:50:52 AM »

Everybody Wants Some!!!: The Van Halen Saga- Ian Christe

SeRoX · « **Reply #111 on:** June 06, 2009, 10:56:54 AM »

DIABLO Series

Step 1: Bartuc's legacy done.
Step 2: Dark Path reading...
Step 3: The Kingdom Of Shadow waiting...

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #112 on:** June 06, 2009, 12:02:05 PM »

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Pretty good so far. It has a very strange style. The way the dialogue is done is kind of driving me crazy. No quotation marks or he saids.

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #113 on:** June 06, 2009, 03:13:04 PM »

Just finished the Road, and I'm pretty upset about it. The book was not very good. Nothing ever happened. It was just a whole lot of nothing.

staveoffzombies · « **Reply #114 on:** June 06, 2009, 03:20:31 PM »

Currently up to Ian Fleming's seventh Bond novel: Goldfinger

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #115 on:** June 07, 2009, 04:17:31 AM »

Plato - The Republic

t2fly · « **Reply #116 on:** June 07, 2009, 04:52:46 AM »

Currently reading Spares by Michael Marshall Smith. A mate lent it to me well over five years ago, and I kept putting it off because there were so many other books that I was interested in reading. However, I really started reading it properly yesterday, and I'm regretting leaving it so long, as I'm really enjoying it thus far. After this I think I'll read A Confederacy of Dunces, which I've already read, and ties with Slaughter-House Five as my all time favourite.

RandalGraves · « **Reply #117 on:** July 10, 2009, 11:49:01 PM »

I read I Love You Beth Cooper. I saw the cover months ago and really dug the simple concept:

Each picture shows what physical state the main character's in at the start of each chapter. I'm afraid the clever concepts end there though, as this is one of those stories aspiring to be an 80s John Hughes story. Nerd falls for most popular girl in school, girl ends up liking nerd, etc. It had some moments and was an easy read, but also easy to forget. The movie looks pretty bad.

Right now I'm trying to read The Shadow of the Wind.

I say trying just because I don't have a lot of time. At least, a lot of time I'm spending on reading. What little of it I've read so far, I've really enjoyed. It's a book who's universe you slip into effortlessly, and just enjoy being in.

pogoowner · « **Reply #118 on:** July 10, 2009, 11:51:56 PM »

Just finished Lew Rockwell's "The Economics of Liberty" and George S. Clason's "The Richest Man in Babylon." I'd recommend the former, but not so much the latter, as everything it says is common sense.

I'm now restarting Peter Brimelow's "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teacher Unions are Destroying American Education."

orcus116 · « **Reply #119 on:** July 10, 2009, 11:55:29 PM »

Firmin by Sam Savage

A very well written debut novel depicting the life story of an unusual rat living in a Boston bookstore through narrative. Some reviewer described the main character as very Dickens-like, which I agree with just minus the foofy details Dickens throws in. It may seem like a kids book but it's written in a very adult manner and is fairly tragic at times. It's very short too, only about 150 pages or so, so if anyone needs a well written quick read, here's your book.

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #120 on:** July 11, 2009, 07:37:00 AM »

Will be rereading all HP books in preparation for the movie next Wednesday

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #121 on:** July 11, 2009, 08:34:27 AM »

Politeia by Plato

emindead · « **Reply #122 on:** July 11, 2009, 08:55:56 AM »

Yesterday I went to my Uni's library and rented:

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

The Law - Frederic Bastiat

skydivingninja · « **Reply #123 on:** July 11, 2009, 08:59:17 AM »

Currently, the "What are you currently reading" thread. Bookwise, I reread "The Long Halloween" again, because that book is awesome, to take a break from my Dark Tower obsession. Currently on Wolves of the Calla.

Nick · « **Reply #124 on:** July 11, 2009, 09:30:37 AM »

Quote from: emindead on July 11, 2009, 08:55:56 AM

Yesterday I went to my Uni's library and rented:

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

The Law - Frederic Bastiat

Animal Farm is an awesome quick read, takes under just 2 hours.

On the other hand 1984 takes a bit more time, but is one of my, if not my favorite book I've ever read.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #125 on:** July 11, 2009, 10:02:33 AM »

Currently reading Dune...

And for the occasion:

Zydar · « **Reply #126 on:** July 11, 2009, 10:13:57 AM »

A Keith Richards biography by Victor Bockris.

bout to crash · « **Reply #127 on:** July 11, 2009, 12:11:18 PM »

Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver. Like it a lot so far.

lonestar · « **Reply #128 on:** July 11, 2009, 06:55:25 PM »

"Swing, Hammer, Swing" by Jeff Torrington. Reads like a 400 page Scottish bar tale.

yeshaberto · « **Reply #129 on:** July 11, 2009, 06:56:26 PM »

rush - countdown

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #130 on:** July 11, 2009, 08:18:20 PM »

Quote from: yeshua4 on July 11, 2009, 06:56:26 PM

rush - countdown

Unless that's a biography, I believe you may have the wrong thread

emindead · « **Reply #131 on:** July 11, 2009, 09:06:40 PM »

Quote from: yeshua4 on July 11, 2009, 06:56:26 PM

rush - countdown

MetalMike06 · « **Reply #132 on:** July 12, 2009, 12:34:21 AM »

I finished The Bourne Identity a couple weeks ago.

Moving onto The Bourne Supremacy.

staveoffzombies · « **Reply #133 on:** July 12, 2009, 01:27:17 AM »

Ian Fleming - For Your Eyes Only...it's a Bond short-story collection.

t2fly · « **Reply #134 on:** July 12, 2009, 06:08:48 AM »

Hunter S. Thompson - the Curse Of Lono - work got in the way the last few days, but I'll have finished it by the end of tonight, will then be moving on to the Drowned World by J.G Ballard.

Also reading a book called the Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles.

tri.ad · « **Reply #135 on:** July 12, 2009, 07:06:56 AM »

I finished Henning Mankell's "Sidetracked" a few hours ago. Very good read.

Nick · « **Reply #136 on:** July 12, 2009, 08:47:06 AM »

Awhile ago I finished The Edge of the World (highly recommended along with the Roswell Six CD, featuring James LaBrie), and now I'm slowly going through a modern English version of the bible, and various short stories by Robert Heinlein.

lonestar · « **Reply #137 on:** July 12, 2009, 06:53:56 PM »

I notice a lot of sci-fi readers here. For those who haven't read him, I highly suggest Robert Silverberg's novels, especially Dying Inside and Lord Valentine's Castle.A great storyteller and excellent writer.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #138 on:** July 12, 2009, 07:55:13 PM »

Quote from: Nick on July 12, 2009, 08:47:06 AM

Awhile ago I finished The Edge of the World (highly recommended along with the Roswell Six CD, featuring James LaBrie), and now I'm slowly going through a modern English version of the bible, and various short stories by Robert Heinlein.

If I may intrude, why are you going through the Bible? Just curious.

Great thread idea, reading is so much fun and very good for you. I am currently reading The Seven Pillars of Health by Don Colbert. Great read, learning a lot about health and many practical tips to become healthier. It's also Christian, which is a plus for me (although anyone could read this book and gain from it tremendously).

Chino · « **Reply #139 on:** July 12, 2009, 07:56:59 PM »

Why We Suck - by: Dennis Leary

I just finished reading Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black, I never laughed so hard while reading.

News: Track-by-track video for Fall Into the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0

Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 265829 times)