What books are you reading right now

[CrayonX]

Based on other threads, seems like many of you read a lot of books. What have y'all been reading lately?

(I'm talking books, not magazines)

I've been reading the Bible, "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel, "Secrets of the Vine" by Bruce Wilkinson, and "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.

 

[Knowltok 2]

I just finished Black Hawk Down.

I am listening to For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony in my car. I've read it in the past, but the library is running out of CD books I want to listen to, so when I saw it I grabbed it.

My next paper book is going to be Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

 

[PinkyGen]

With winter break from college, I am able to start reading for leisure again.

Just finished the Hobbit (took around two days, easy book) and am getting ready to start book 1 of LOTR.

 

[The Balrog]

Right now i am reading The Silmarillion

 

[Kev]

Just finished Dreamcatcher by Stephen King. Not bad, but I don't think it was one of his better efforts. Look at me, I'm such a critic...

Right now I'm reading The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind. This is the newest in the "Sword of Truth" series and follows Faith of the Fallen - So far it's not bad, but seems to concentrate on a different main character too much as the last one did.

I've also listening to some of the Op Center books from Tom Clancy in the car. Audio books are a great diversion during a commute to work!

 

[Divis]

C++ for dummies count?

I recently finished "Guns, Germs and Steel" The fates of human societies by Jared Diamond. Great Book! He tried to explain why Europeans conquered the world instead of say, Austrailians, but did it from a non biological point of view. (Whites don't have better genes than Blacks). Anybody who has played Civ basically knows the stuff he writes about in the book, but, he does have some interesting points...

 

[Becka]

I'm not reading any books now, but the last book I read was The Crucible. Much more interesting than The Scarlet Letter.

 

[Black Fluffy Lion]

what books, eh?? well my watch instructions were the last bit of great literature I read. Before that:

civ3 manual
simcity 2000 manual (it's a great book)
many javascript books
many internet books
argos catalogue (beautifully written, makes christmas shopping a joy)
many programming books

fromthis you might gather that either I have a very sad life or my life is the computer. Both are true.

 

[Sixchan]

Do books I downloaded off the internet count? I'm talking 500 A4 pages at size 10 point text!

I'm currently in my third re-reading the epic fan-fiction novel 'Aiakin Muyo,' japanese (the novel itself is in english, but the language is of a high level that some who don't speak native english may find difficult. There is also some use of Japanese but the words are easy to work out) for 'No need for sadness and joy' (unsuitable for under 18s, contains vilolence and sex. In-detail sex).

Written by Happosai, it proves that you can write a lemon (an anime fan-fiction involving sex) that goes in depth into the characters minds and that the characters can have sex and still have feelings. A very, very good book.

 

[Mikoyan]

Right now i am reading "The Occult" by Colin Wilson, a very fat book.

 

[Ohwell]

Originally posted by Sixchan

Written by Happosai, it proves that you can write a lemon (an anime fan-fiction involving sex) that goes in depth into the characters minds and that the characters can have sex and still have feelings. A very, very good book.

Lemme get that book! Just kidding...

Sim City 2000 Manual

I thought I was the only one to read that damn thing 500 times just for liesure!

The last book I read was The infamous "Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy. Currently I am reading "The Tides of War", about Alcibiades of Athenae, no, not AoA . Also once read a chapter of "The Communist Manifesto". Interesting, it converted me to a Socialistic Democrat

 

[Whiskey Priest]

Currently reading Gladiators by Arthur Koestler. Read an essay by him for my moral issues class, like his stuff. Darkness at Noon was pretty good too.

 

[Sixchan]

Lemme get that book! Just kidding...

Are you sure? I can provide a link if you want.

 

[Ohwell]

Originally posted by Sixchan


Are you sure? I can provide a link if you want.

Sure! Im always looking for interesting things to read, this one sounds interesting...

Speaking of interesting reading, have any of you read the Big Secrets books! Loads of fun, very puzzling facts .

 

[Flatlander Fox]

And wasn't impressed. He went a little nutzo toward the end.

I just read Soldat, a book about a Major in the Wehrmacht during WW2. He was in almost every campaign, and survived 4 years of Russian captivity after the war ended.

A great book!!!

 

[allan]

Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert (Frank's son). The second "prequel" novel to Dune, the first was Dune: House Atreides which was very good. A third one, House Corrino, is supposed to be coming out soon.

I LOVE the Dune stories! And Brian is turning out to be a good writer in his own right....

 

[Sixchan]

Okay, since there is sex in it, I decided to PM it to you instead of posting it here.

 

[ComradeDavo]

I'm currently reading 'whisper of the blade' by Erik Durschmied, it's all about reveloutions from the french reveloution to Iran.

Next in line i've got a couple of Tom Clancy novels to get going on, those being 'Red October' and 'The Bear and the Dragon'.

 

[damunzy]

Originally posted by Divis
C++ for dummies count?

I was reading that about a month ago. Got bored. I should pick it back up (actually it isn't a ".... for Dummies" but close enough).

My reading list is
- Recently finished books-
Hatchet and Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
Dark Sun Rising by Author Unknow of the top of my head
Dragon Disciple(or something like that) by Someone?
9th Book in the Wheel of Time Saga by Robert Jordan

I think I am going to read all of the books before 9 again before I tackle it.

 

[dannyevilcat]

I'm reading U.S.S. Seawolf right now, which is better than I figured it'd be, to be followed by Tom Clancy's SSN (yes, I'm a sub freak ) although I don't really like any of his non-Jack Ryan books.

And depending on my mood I'll often pick up either Uncle John's Toilet Reader or Sartre's Age of Reason (maybe the best book ever).