What Are You Reading, Again?

[Red Door]

I'm reading 2 books at once, for the first time in a while, plus a book for school.

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson, the only Bryson book I haven't read many times, let alone once. I don't like it so far, it reminds me too much of Biology class.

1776 - David McCullough, this one I like, but any book with a nice war usually gets my attention.

For school:

A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare, this book makes me want to kill things, I've read it 3 times, and seen the 1999 movie 4 times, and I'm sick of it.

 

[Ansar]

Mandalay's Child - Prem Sharma

Pretty interesting, actually.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I am reading book three in the Dune series; Children of Dune.

After I finish the series, I may either pick up His Dark Materials again, or the first three books of the Wheel of Time series.

 

[tomsnowman123]

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare, this book makes me want to kill things, I've read it 3 times, and seen the 1999 movie 4 times, and I'm sick of it.

I agree! It seems like every English class in the world reads Shakespeare, and Midsummer Night's Dream is ALWAYS chosen. It's a comedy--it's not like Hamlet. You can only do so much analysis before you lose your mind...

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Reading AMSND is very boring. Seeing it performed is one of the funniest things ever. Seriously, Shakespeare can be enjoyed by reading it, but that's not what it was meant for.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

dead souls. I have read the first chapter.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

I'm reading Day of the Dragon by Richard Knaak. And i love it.
(the first of the Warcraft book series)

 

[Swedishguy]

Djingo.

10char!

 

[Gilder]

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

The Stranger, by Albert Camus.

 

[Abaddon]

The Naked God - Peter F. Hamilton.

 

[CivCube]

Volume 1 of The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

 

[Red Door]

Reading AMSND is very boring. Seeing it performed is one of the funniest things ever. Seriously, Shakespeare can be enjoyed by reading it, but that's not what it was meant for.

The Folger Shakespeare Theater in DC has a hilarious production of it.

 

[Phlegmak]

Volume 1 of The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

How is that different from most of the religious threads in this forum?

 

[CivCube]

How is that different from most of the religious threads in this forum?

It's written by religious scholars who engaged in a five-year study of fundamentalism.

 

[Fifty]

I'm reading Godel, Escher, Bach and finding it less good than the hype would have me believe.

I'm also skimming through John Stuart Mill's autobiography

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

How is that different from most of the religious threads in this forum?

Also, there will be no debate on the subject.

 

[JollyRoger]

Currently reading The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

 

[truckingpete]

The Summons by John Grisham