What book(s) are you reading?

Bostonaholic · 08:26 PM

Simple question.

I'm switching between several.

1. Working Effectively with Legacy Code Michael Feathers
2. A16: Food + Wine

On Deck:
The Passionate Programmer Chad Fowler
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Robert C. Martin
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Andy Hunt
Flex on Java BJ Allmon

You can see more of my books I've read/reading on linkedIn (link in sig).

Note: All my books are technical but this thread is by no means a technical discussion. If you're reading Harry Potter, list it. If you're reading your dishwasher's instruction manual, list it. If you're reading your sister's diary, list it... and give up the juicy details.

r.j.s · Oct 6, 2010, 08:03 PM

David Finkel - The Good Soldiers

Firestar · Oct 6, 2010, 08:04 PM

MockingJay-Suzanne Collins.

Teen book.

Bostonaholic · Oct 6, 2010, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r.j.s

David Finkel - The Good Soldiers

Be sure to hold the book with the LACES OUT!!!

iJohnHenry · Oct 6, 2010, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonaholic

Be sure to hold the book with the LACES OUT!!!

I don't get the connection. Is this ridicule of some sort?

If so, why would others post in this thread??

Please explain.

Bostonaholic · Oct 6, 2010, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iJohnHenry

I don't get the connection. Is this ridicule of some sort?

If so, why would others post in this thread??

Please explain.

I sure hope you're kidding. Since I cannot detect sarcasm through the interwebs, I will explain.

I was making a reference to the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Firestar · 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonaholic

I sure hope you're kidding. Since I cannot detect sarcasm through the interwebs, I will explain.

I don't think he was... And neither would I if I had asked.

(I didn't know either.

)

iJohnHenry · Oct 6, 2010, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonaholic

I was making a reference to the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Thank you. I hope Rob got the proper "connection".

Tomorrow · Oct 6, 2010, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonaholic

I was making a reference to the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Okay, that explains why I didn't get it, either.

OutThere · Oct 6, 2010, 08:31 PM

"The Unconsoled" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Thoroughly inscrutable so far...

Scepticalscribe · Oct 7, 2010, 05:25 AM

Good thread, and nice to see books get a bit of a look-in.

My current reading is "Empires of the Word", by Nicholas Ostler,
"The Rise and fall of Communism", by Archie Brown,
"Black Sea" (again) by Neal Ascherson,
"Lenin's Tomb" (again) by David Remnick,
"The Unknown Stalin" by Zhores Medvedev and Roy Medvedev,
"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins,
and "Leica R7" by Arthur Landt.

Recent fiction reading has included "the Song of the Beast" by Carol Berg,
"Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay,
"The Lies of Locke Lamorra"
and "Red Seas Under Red Skies" both by Scott Lynch
and also "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel

Cheers

TheOnlyJon · Oct 7, 2010, 08:47 AM

If you've never heard of this author, go pick up one of his books right now. He's an amazing storyteller with unbelievable detail.

mcash1 · Oct 7, 2010, 08:50 AM

Just finished Savage Detectives by Bolano
Just about to start the Plague by Camus

I want to get The Wave by Susan Casey and try reading some Cortazar

maflynn · Oct 7, 2010, 08:52 AM

I'm reading John MacArthur's The Gospel according to Jesus, its a good book, based completely on the Gospels.

Mitthrawnuruodo · Oct 7, 2010, 09:01 AM

Just started reading Sara Douglas' Battleaxe. Not sure I like it, yet…but the triology is supposedly good, so I'm giving it a bit of leniency.

Just finished Robert Charles Wilson's Spin, which I liked enough to put Axis on the reading list.

And even more recently Steven Saylor's The Triumph of Caesar (in Norwegian translation), which I didn't really like. I've read a couple of other books about Gordianus the Finder, and loved those, but in this book I think Saylor tells a rather uninteresting story and are just trying to show off all his knowledge about ancient Rome…which we already know he has, anyway...

TheOnlyJon · Oct 7, 2010, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mcash1

Just about to start the Plague by Camus

The Stranger by Camus is good as well. Very existential and thought-provoking.

leekohler · Oct 7, 2010, 10:23 AM

Fiction is boring these days. I used to like reading it a lot, but so much of it is trash. I like biographical stuff more. Just read What the Dog Saw by Malcom Gladwell and Role Models by John Waters. Probably will read Carrie Fisher's new one next.

digitalnicotine · Oct 7, 2010, 10:32 AM

Currently reading "The Host", by Stephenie Meyer. It's much better than the Twilight series IMO.

Spin was really good, I agree. Axis was pretty good too, but I liked Spin much better.

ucfgrad93 · Oct 7, 2010, 10:33 AM

Just finished Roma by Steven Saylor.

flopticalcube · Oct 7, 2010, 10:38 AM

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design. It's a bit slow going.

Rt&Dzine · Oct 7, 2010, 01:01 PM

A recent post in PRSI prompted me to read Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. I started, got interrupted, and am now back. Not sure if I'll get all the way through it.

Scepticalscribe · Oct 7, 2010, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOnlyJon

The Stranger by Camus is good as well. Very existential and thought-provoking.

Very true, a very thought provoking book, and rather controversial when it was first published.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

Just finished Roma by Steven Saylor.

Saylor is very good at bringing ancient Rome to life, and I agree with Mittrawnuruodo that all of the Gordius the Finder books are very good. If you would like to take a look at an extremely well-written history book which covers that same era, I'd recommend Tom Holland's excellent history, called "Rubicon".

Last year, I read the Millenium Trilogy (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest), by Stieg Larsson and found them superb.

Cheers

Don't panic · Oct 7, 2010, 01:27 PM

2666: a novel by Roberto Bolano

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

Salt: a world history by Mark kurlansky

R94N · Oct 7, 2010, 01:30 PM

I've been reading a lot of travel books recently - Lonely Planet and Rough Guides being two of my favourite series. I find them interesting.

Designer Dale · Oct 7, 2010, 01:58 PM

Just about to finish The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger). Next is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson and Reg Keeland) or maybe a re-read of Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton).

Dale

Oct 6, 2010, 08:01 PM	#1
Bostonaholic macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio	What book(s) are you reading? Simple question. I'm switching between several. 1. Working Effectively with Legacy Code Michael Feathers 2. A16: Food + Wine On Deck: The Passionate Programmer Chad Fowler Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Robert C. Martin Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Andy Hunt Flex on Java BJ Allmon You can see more of my books I've read/reading on linkedIn (link in sig). Note: All my books are technical but this thread is by no means a technical discussion. If you're reading Harry Potter, list it. If you're reading your dishwasher's instruction manual, list it. If you're reading your sister's diary, list it... and give up the juicy details. __________________ 17" MBP 5,2 \| 15" MBP 6,2 \| iPad 2 \| iPhone 3GS \| iPod Nano 8GB \| iPod 30GB www.matthewboston.com \| twitter/bostonaholic Last edited by Bostonaholic; Oct 6, 2010 at 08:26 PM.
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r.j.s Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Knox	David Finkel - The Good Soldiers __________________ After the Army: no one can stay forever
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OutThere macrumors 601 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: the good life	"The Unconsoled" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Thoroughly inscrutable so far... __________________ puisqu'on est jeune et con, puisqu'ils sont vieux et fous. . .
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maflynn Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Boston	I'm reading John MacArthur's The Gospel according to Jesus, its a good book, based completely on the Gospels. __________________ I know that I know nothing ~ Socrates
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Scepticalscribe macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Italian café at the end of the universe	Good thread, and nice to see books get a bit of a look-in. My current reading is "Empires of the Word", by Nicholas Ostler, "The Rise and fall of Communism", by Archie Brown, "Black Sea" (again) by Neal Ascherson, "Lenin's Tomb" (again) by David Remnick, "The Unknown Stalin" by Zhores Medvedev and Roy Medvedev, "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins, and "Leica R7" by Arthur Landt. Recent fiction reading has included "the Song of the Beast" by Carol Berg, "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay, "The Lies of Locke Lamorra" and "Red Seas Under Red Skies" both by Scott Lynch and also "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel Cheers
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Oct 7, 2010, 08:50 AM	#13
mcash1 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2008	Just finished Savage Detectives by Bolano Just about to start the Plague by Camus I want to get The Wave by Susan Casey and try reading some Cortazar
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Mitthrawnuruodo Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bergen, Norway	Just started reading Sara Douglas' Battleaxe. Not sure I like it, yet…but the triology is supposedly good, so I'm giving it a bit of leniency. Just finished Robert Charles Wilson's Spin, which I liked enough to put Axis on the reading list. And even more recently Steven Saylor's The Triumph of Caesar (in Norwegian translation), which I didn't really like. I've read a couple of other books about Gordianus the Finder, and loved those, but in this book I think Saylor tells a rather uninteresting story and are just trying to show off all his knowledge about ancient Rome…which we already know he has, anyway... __________________ Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly... why, they are simply doomed.
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leekohler Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago, Illinois	Fiction is boring these days. I used to like reading it a lot, but so much of it is trash. I like biographical stuff more. Just read What the Dog Saw by Malcom Gladwell and Role Models by John Waters. Probably will read Carrie Fisher's new one next.
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digitalnicotine macrumors Demi-Goddess Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA	Currently reading "The Host", by Stephenie Meyer. It's much better than the Twilight series IMO. Spin was really good, I agree. Axis was pretty good too, but I liked Spin much better.
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ucfgrad93 macrumors G4 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Colorado	Just finished Roma by Steven Saylor.
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Rt&Dzine macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 12 across	A recent post in PRSI prompted me to read Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. I started, got interrupted, and am now back. Not sure if I'll get all the way through it.
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Don't panic macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: having a drink at Milliways	2666: a novel by Roberto Bolano The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean Salt: a world history by Mark kurlansky __________________ I do not believe in lot of things, but I do believe in duct tape. Miles Straume linky to stonyc's ww table
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R94N macrumors 68020 Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK	I've been reading a lot of travel books recently - Lonely Planet and Rough Guides being two of my favourite series. I find them interesting.
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