What Are You Reading, Again?

[jack merchant]

Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer. Heartbreakingly beautiful; I'd recommend it to anyone.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Finished Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson the other day, and I just started on Galileos Daughter by Dava Sobel. The Ronson book is a light, quick read, its more of a tongue in cheek humorous look at conspiracy theorists. The most profound thing I took from the book was a question the author asks himself towards the end of the book: Whats more frightening, the idea that theres a secret group of people running the world, or that there isnt anyone running the world? Gave me the idea for my 'Whos driving?' thread, which unfortunately sank into oblivion within minutes.

Galileos Daughter is ok, but not too surprisingly I find myself skimming over the love letters the daughter wrote to Galileo and concentrating on the sections dealing with his life and struggle with the church.

 

[ComradeDavo]

I'm currently reading 'The Ill Made Mute' by Cecilia Dart-Thornton. It is ok. It is a bit different to other books, because at the stage i'm at (bout 60 pages in) the main charachter is indeed a mute, so speach is kind of limited to either people talking to him or him eavesdropping.

 

[Norlamand]

Actual reading: Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
The Federalist Papers by Publius

Audio book: The Peleponesian Wars by Thucydides
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Just finished: Napoleon on the Art of War by Jay Luvaas

 

[dacar92]

Spangle by Gary Jennings.

The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov

I have read many Asimov books, but none are better that the Foundation and Robot series.

 

[AceChilla]

I'm reading the complete works of Sherlock Holmes.

Currently the story Study in red.

I got one week of vacation ahead of me so I got enough time to read.

I'm also reading "Civilization and it's enemies". I thought it was about the game but it turns out to be something completely different

 

[Amenhotep7]

I'm reading:

The Battle for Gaul by Julius Caesar

What If? 2 by (I think) Edward Cowley

I plan on reading soon:

The Spartans by Paul Catrledge

 

[Syterion]

I've set out on a mission to read all of Isaac Asimov's short stories.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy

Thats on my side waiting for me. Thought i'd give Tom Clancy a rest though after reading like 10 books in 9 months at work!

 

[Thadlerian]

Twilight Country by Knut Faldbakken. Sci-Fi about a community living in a scrapyard in the outskirts of a large, declining city.

Just finished The Tombs Of Atuan by Ursula Le Guin. Brilliant, as always.

 

[Holden]

Essays and Poems By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte

Just finished The Stranger by Albert Camus

Side question: is camus pronounced cam-us or camoo?

 

[Suppersalmon]

Im reading makeing history by Stephen Fry

 

[Ovulator]

Did you read The Fountainhead? I find myself often disagreeing vehemently w/ Rand's philosophies, but truly enjoy reading her works.

Tha's weird, I agree with her philosophies but think Atlas Shrugged is awfully writen. It offers no counter point which I think is vital in showing a philosophy and it continues to drag on repeating the same tired point over and over.

I've just finished Timeline by Michael Crichton which was well written but filled with quiet a few plot/logic holes. And Also finally finished 1984 which was a very good book.

 

[jack merchant]

Essays and Poems By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte

Just finished The Stranger by Albert Camus

Side question: is camus pronounced cam-us or camoo?

It's pronounced ca - mü (the s is silent). Terrific novel, btw - one of the few books I was glad school forced me to read back in the day.

 

[Immortal]

Civilization of the Middle Ages, Norman Cantor

 

[toh6wy]

Starfarers by Poul Anderson. A sci-fi about the invention of a drive that allows space travel very close to the speed of light and the subsequent mission to a region of space hundreds of thousands of light-years away to investigate another star-faring civilization.

 

[BCLG100]

nothing right now, im trying to find a decent book to read.

 

[Birdjaguar]

"The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature," by Steven Pinke

Excellent book! Don't bother trying to change people, love them as they are.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Recent reads:
Lovely Bones (quick read fiction)
pau Hana; plantation life in hawaii
Brief history of the world by Michael Cook

Currrent book: Oryx and Crake (fiction)

 

[Stapel]

The Great Republic by Winston Churchill.

I recommend it to all Americans. There is nothing like history biased from another side!