Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 269298 times)

masterthes · « **Reply #2415 on:** April 09, 2013, 09:21:31 AM »

The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

masterthes · « **Reply #2416 on:** April 12, 2013, 07:57:37 PM »

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

masterthes · « **Reply #2417 on:** April 17, 2013, 07:41:15 AM »

A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony

Ħ · « **Reply #2418 on:** April 17, 2013, 08:03:28 AM »

Do you just read all day or something?

Nice!

masterthes · « **Reply #2419 on:** April 17, 2013, 02:11:24 PM »

I work as an aide at a school (assistant librarian actually) and I don't have a whole lot of work to do during those hours

73109 · « **Reply #2420 on:** April 17, 2013, 03:05:37 PM »

So. Many. Books.

I'm kinda trying to focus my attention on Don DeLilo's White Noise and Slavoj Zizek's In Defense of Lost Causes. The latter is hard to read more than a few pages at a time without simultaneously wanting to die laughing and chuck the book across the room in annoyance.

tapsmiled · « **Reply #2421 on:** April 17, 2013, 03:57:57 PM »

Curious---how many books do you guys read simultaneously? I'm usually reading 2 fiction and 1 non-fiction at once, but I am a serious binge reader.

Just finished Saltwater Buddha and might read a Teddy Roosevelt biography next.

Sigz · « **Reply #2422 on:** April 17, 2013, 07:57:05 PM »

Quote from: tapsmiled on April 17, 2013, 03:57:57 PM

Curious---how many books do you guys read simultaneously? I'm usually reading 2 fiction and 1 non-fiction at once, but I am a serious binge reader.

Just finished Saltwater Buddha and might read a Teddy Roosevelt biography next.

Normally 2-4 books at once, right now I'm doing 3.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #2423 on:** April 17, 2013, 08:10:21 PM »

I'm reading one because I'm lazy and I lack focus.

Sometimes I read two at once. One for home and one at work.

masterthes · « **Reply #2424 on:** April 17, 2013, 08:22:04 PM »

Devote my attention to one book at a time

TempusVox · « **Reply #2425 on:** April 17, 2013, 09:19:56 PM »

Trying to get through about ten or eleven right now. Eight or so on my Kindle. All of those fiction. I'm also working on two fly-tying books, and two more on the Picts, and another one on the Gaelic language. What's that, sixteen? Fifteen? I'm gearing up to start working on a massive project that begins in ancient Dál Riata early this summer; and that should take me through until spring of next year to finish probably. So I'm taking some time to catch up on my reading, and tie some flies.

yorost · « **Reply #2426 on:** April 18, 2013, 08:10:04 AM »

I'm simple minded. one.

Nekov · « **Reply #2427 on:** April 18, 2013, 12:51:15 PM »

I do one at a time. Right now I'm reading Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb by Philip Dick

Ħ · « **Reply #2428 on:** April 18, 2013, 01:35:18 PM »

Depends. Always at least one. Right now three. I don't really read fiction that often though.

Jarlaxle · « **Reply #2429 on:** April 18, 2013, 05:05:53 PM »

Usually just one book at a time. Just started Wool by Hugh Howey.

masterthes · « **Reply #2430 on:** April 18, 2013, 05:08:39 PM »

You're going to like that one

Jarlaxle · « **Reply #2431 on:** April 18, 2013, 05:12:14 PM »

I randomly came across it at the bookstore, then since I bought it I've heard so much about it.

:hipster

WDADU · « **Reply #2432 on:** April 24, 2013, 12:09:56 AM »

Started Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton today. Never read the book before.

And am I the only one who found The Gunslinger kinda boring? I am a super big Stephen King fan, but, holy shit, that book bored me to tears. It was great for the first forty pages or so, but when Roland meets Jake, it falls apart.

masterthes · « **Reply #2433 on:** April 24, 2013, 04:24:21 AM »

Yeah, Gunslinger is a tad boring. Thank God Drawing of the Three is so good though

Dimitrius · « **Reply #2434 on:** April 24, 2013, 08:40:22 AM »

Yeah, The Gunslinger is kinda boring, but The Drawing of the Three and The Waste Lands are so fucking good though!

yorost · « **Reply #2435 on:** April 24, 2013, 08:43:22 AM »

I love The Gunslinger, probably the second best in the series behind The Waste Lands. Drawing of the Three is next, series was at its best early on.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #2436 on:** April 24, 2013, 12:54:03 PM »

Gunslinger was great. So concise, so weird.

Drawing of the Three was my favorite though.

masterthes · « **Reply #2437 on:** April 25, 2013, 04:53:04 AM »

Speaking of King, I'm reading Son of Danse Macabre by Bryce Wilson which is an unauthorized sequel to King's Danse Macabre, which he started out in blog form if you ever want to check it out

https://sonofdansemacabre.blogspot.com/

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #2438 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:29:58 PM »

Bill Bryson- A Short History of Nearly Everything

Why didn't I read this sooner?

Ħ · « **Reply #2439 on:** April 25, 2013, 05:59:51 PM »

A friend of mine is looking for a book that walks you through basic things everyone should know. Something that outlines everyday skills (like how to change a flat, how to cook chicken, how to correctly wipe windows) and everyday knowledge that helps with people-skills (like brief sketches of current events, sports, and movies). Do you guys know any books like this?

masterthes · « **Reply #2440 on:** April 27, 2013, 02:02:24 PM »

Back to fiction with Looking for Alaska by John Green

Sigz · « **Reply #2441 on:** April 28, 2013, 05:22:45 PM »

Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol, about 2/3 of the way through. It's absolutely incredible.

masterthes · « **Reply #2442 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:16:12 PM »

Makes me think of that villain from the pilot episode of Darkwing Duck

Zydar · « **Reply #2443 on:** April 29, 2013, 07:40:03 AM »

I just bought Ace Frehley's autobiography, No Regrets. Shall start reading it tonight.

Nekov · « **Reply #2444 on:** April 29, 2013, 08:16:40 AM »

Quote from: The King in Crimson on April 24, 2013, 12:54:03 PM

Gunslinger was great. So concise, so weird.

This. It is an amazing book and I never felt bored by it. My favorite is Wizard and Glass though.

masterthes · « **Reply #2445 on:** April 29, 2013, 11:12:52 AM »

You are definitely in the minority there (I love Wizard and Glass personally too)

Speaking about Stephen King, now reading Duma Key

Scard · « **Reply #2446 on:** April 29, 2013, 07:50:49 PM »

The Terror - Dan Simmons

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #2447 on:** May 06, 2013, 06:53:35 AM »

Just finished Mitchell's Black Swan Green. I really liked it a lot. Not a lot of closure at the end, but too much would have made it corny. Life just keeps going and maybe the closure is just accepting that rather than needing a hamfisted explanation at the end.

Moved on to Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything and the first book of ASOIAF spiritual predecessor The Iron King. The former is really great and informative, if not somewhat textbookish at times. The latter is fascinating just by how blunt it is. It certainly breaks every rule of modern writing, and tells way more than it shows. But I like it. You can definitely tell it's where Westeros politics came from, as GRRM readily admits in the forward.

Sigz · « **Reply #2448 on:** May 06, 2013, 07:08:24 PM »

Finished A Dance With Dragons. Definitely was a bit drawn out, but still loved it.

Reading Notes From the Underground and The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia. Really liking both of them so far.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #2449 on:** May 06, 2013, 07:54:30 PM »

I felt like it was better than AFFC, but that might just be because it actually featured characters I'm interested in.

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Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 269298 times)