What Book Are You Reading? Volume 9

[Smellincoffee]

well, before I lost it, Man in the Holocene by Max Frisch.

That sounds interesting -- anthropology?

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

Two books I have read recently:

Winning is Not Enough, by F1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart, his autobiography. Outstanding book, a thorough and enjoyable account of his life. Highy recommended for anyone interested in F1 / motor racing.

The Cruel Sea, by Nicholas Monsarrat. A novel about RN sailors in the Battle of the Atlantic during WW2, based closely on the experiences of the author who commanded a frigate in that conflict. Very good book, again highy recommended for anyone with an interest in the war at sea in WW2. Spends a tad too much time developing the characters relationships with women while ashore, but overall excellent.

 

[Murky]

Code Complete 2 by Steve McConnell, for work...

The Source by James A. Michener, for entertainment...
http://www.hobotraveler.com/103br_thesource.shtml

 

[warpus]

Finished the expanded Dune saga (but jihad trilogy, prequel trilogy, original sixology, 2 sequels), and was reading Evolution by Stephen Baxter.

Paul of Dune was finally released in paperback, so I bought that and am reading it now.

 

[Eat_Up_Martha]

Currently reading Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson.
I'm liking it a lot, but find his use as Kruppe as a narrator gets a little tedious sometimes. I always buy non-fictions books because the subject matter is really interesting but can never really get into them. The last non-fiction I read was Ice by Mariana Gosnell. Actually pretty interesting read, but I stopped halfway through to read something else (forget what) and never got back to it.

 

[Narz]

Just finished the book listed in my sig (on the right). I really took my time to read it (and read it in various settings from my bedroom, to my car, to various public places & parks) & am glad I did. Certain parts of it were a bit dry, certain bits very moving. Kind of like my life. To summarize, the book deals with how the written word, and specifically the alphabet effects our perception of reality.

Right now I'm reading (jumping thru in no particular order) Wild Health, the chapter on animal inebriation & what we can learn from it was particularly interesting.

 

[Spidernova]

For my unior year I read Slaghterhouse five, and The Right Stuff

 

[Adria]

I'm currently reading The Gunslinger - the first book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

 

[Japanrocks12]

That sounds interesting -- anthropology?

Heh, no. It's a post-apocalyptic novel; and that's all I got to know about it because I left it somewhere.

 

[Nylan]

Remembering the Kanji by James W Heisig

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I FINALLY finished History of the Russian Revolution! Now for John Reed's Ten Days that Shook the World.

 

[Integral]

Remembering the Kanji by James W Heisig

Now I'm curious: are you reading Haruhi in Japanese or English? Or both?

 

[FriendlyFire]

1634 - The Baltic War - David Weber

 

[Nylan]

Now I'm curious: are you reading Haruhi in Japanese or English? Or both?

I finished them in English, but going back will be an excellent way to get some utility out of studying. Plus, it helps compel me to buy the books, as I should have done in the first place. I was impatient since they're not even half out in English, so I read the fan translations.


Put succinctly: both

 

[Agent327]

Cool. Which reminds me: I once started in the Tale of Genji (never finished it).

That sounds interesting -- anthropology?

Max Frisch the anthropologist; somehow I doubt that. (Mind you, could be a namesake.)

Reading now: J. Mansfeld, The Presocratics II (comments and texts of Greek philosophers from Zenon through Democritus), while waiting for my next novel.

 

[Munch]

Now for John Reed's Ten Days that Shook the World.

I bought it a year or so ago and it remains on my 'to read' pile, you'll have to say if it's worth bringing to nearer the front of the queue.

 

[Imperialmajesty]

1634 - The Baltic War - David Weber

And Eric Flint, the creator of the series.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I bought it a year or so ago and it remains on my 'to read' pile, you'll have to say if it's worth bringing to nearer the front of the queue.

So far I absolutely love it. He's an American reporter, so its easy to understand exactly what he's saying and what he's talking about. He writes from the first person, so its easy to read in that way as well. His descriptions are effective and also vivid, and he copies into the book a lo t of the speeches he hears and articles he reads verbatim, so it really feels like you're standing there at the first All-Russian Congress of the Soviets, or at some everlasting debate in the hijacked Smolny Convent, or in the Peter and Paul trying to get the guns to work so you can fire blanks at the Palace and scared the Kadets' balls off. I'm really loving it, and I think I'll be finished with it very quickly. Reed has a few other books out about the period as well, I think one is about Brest-Litovsk, so I'm going to be looking for them as well.

 

[Ansar]

Just finished:
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang

Now reading:
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

 

[Agent327]

You did not mention your appreciation of those titles, which I'm partly mentioning because I'd very much like to hear your opinion on the current books you are reading.

Currently reading The Girl with theDragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, which arrived yesterday.