What Book Are You Reading? - Page 2

ECUpirate44 · Jan 16, 2011, 08:36 AM

Just started Uncommon. Tony Dungy's book

DewGuy1999 · 01:39 PM

Currently reading "Inkdeath", prior to that "Inkspell" and "Inkheart", all by Cornelia Funke.

SandboxGeneral · Jan 16, 2011, 09:08 AM

Decision Points. George W Bush's book. Reading it on Kindle for iPhone.

takao · Jan 16, 2011, 09:53 AM

currently reading:
Lem - The Invincible

recent reads
Prattchet: The Fifth Elefant
Westerfield: Leviathan (yeah a teenager book but actually really fast paced fun)
Strugatzki brothers: the 3 Maxim books ... really interesting scifi
Lem: The Star Diaries: hilariously fun, yet deeply philsophical, and thought provoking at

german only so far but for me the book of the last year:
Bernd Perplies - Magierdämmerung: Band 1: Für die Krone
simply fantastic steampunk-fantasy in victorian england

skunk · Jan 16, 2011, 10:00 AM

Mycenaeans and Minoans - Leonard R Palmer. A rollicking action adventure epic. Not.

HE15MAN · Jan 16, 2011, 10:01 AM

How to win friends and influence people

skinnerband · Jan 17, 2011, 08:46 AM

Just finished John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Next up, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

MultiM · Jan 17, 2011, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonsai1214

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay.

Absolutely stellar book. It's absolutely no surprise that it's been named by at least 5 publications as "best fiction of 2010." It's about an alternate 8th century China, where a young man can suddenly influence the future of an empire. The story is riveting and doesn't let you go. The characters are ALL developed incredibly well. Main characters and minor characters all are fleshed out. An amazing book, I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction..

as an aside, I didn't know until I looked him up that Guy Gavriel Kay was the guy who edited Tolkien's stuff after he died. no wonder he's so amazing. I'm definitely going to pick up some of his other books now, when I get the time.

Kay is an awesome writer. This is not his best work by any means. I have read every novel he has written. You should start with the Fionavar Tapestry. They all tie in, albeit tenuously.

Currently I am reading "Across the Face of the World" by Russell Kirkpatrick.

Sydde · Jan 17, 2011, 10:32 AM

Autobiography of Mark Twain - this will be a hobby.

StruckANerve · Jan 17, 2011, 10:46 AM

I just started Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond.

leekohler · Jan 17, 2011, 10:53 AM

Carrie Fisher's Delusions of Grandma- hilarious!

dmr727 · Jan 17, 2011, 10:54 AM

Life - Keith Richards

sauced · Jan 18, 2011, 12:23 AM

Re-reading the Harry Potter series. I'm currently on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

And just ordered Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to read after I finish HP. I watched the movie before reading the book (I usually try not to, but Andrew Garfield!), and I really wanted it to go into more detail, so I needed to buy it.

callmemike20 · Jan 18, 2011, 12:58 AM

I'm currently reading Decision Points by W.

c-Row · Jan 18, 2011, 01:34 AM

Re-reading The Dark Tower at the moment - just finished the second book yesterday. Still one of the greatest stories ever told.

erickkoch · Jan 18, 2011, 10:00 PM

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. It's a collection of "end of the world" stories. Kind of a downer but still interesting.

SuperCachetes · Jan 18, 2011, 10:04 PM

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce by Slavoj Zizek.

63dot · Jan 18, 2011, 10:18 PM

I am reading a Mishmash from Norton Reader from school 30 years ago from English 101 class (I am glad I kept that one book as all others from then were tossed or given away).

mark99 · Jan 20, 2011, 06:35 AM

Am a big fan of danielle steel's novels, I am hooked with her mainstream drama novels. I used to ask a friend to lend me a book to read, or borrow from a library. Now I just download some of the novels online. Currently reading Lightning.

iSaint · Jan 20, 2011, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 63dot

I am reading a Mishmash from Norton Reader from school 30 years ago from English 101 class (I am glad I kept that one book as all others from then were tossed or given away).

I've done that before, it's a lot of fun. American or British Lit?

Dr McKay · Jan 20, 2011, 06:46 AM

Bill Bryson - Walk in the Woods

Re-reading it for like the 8th time.

Huntn · Jan 20, 2011, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Abyssgh0st

Currently in the Harry Potter series for the first time.

If you are "susceptible" to fantasy you can't go wrong with HP and you won't be disappointed. If you like the first book, they get better all the way to the end.

BTW, have you read The Hobbit/LOTR? If not, you should consider it but be sure to start with the Hobbit.

I've got an M-Theory thread floating around here at MR and am considering digging up a good M-Theory book to read if one exists.

63dot · Jan 20, 2011, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by iSaint

I've done that before, it's a lot of fun. American or British Lit?

I can't remember which class it was. Anyway, one author is Shakespeare, yet one author is an American professor. But that's what is in the book but I don't know what class it was attached to other than a first year English class.

Anyway, it's such a great anthology it could be used for several different types of classes.

SlovakApple · Jan 20, 2011, 12:35 PM

Fire in the Sky: Air War in the South Pacific by Eric Bergerund.

chrmjenkins · Jan 20, 2011, 12:41 PM

Currently reading The Fall of Hyperion, the second of four in the Hyperion Cantos. After that, I'll either read the wild cards 1 re-release, finish hitchhiker's guide series, or who knows what.

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takao macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dornbirn/Innsbruck (Austria)	currently reading: Lem - The Invincible recent reads Prattchet: The Fifth Elefant Westerfield: Leviathan (yeah a teenager book but actually really fast paced fun) Strugatzki brothers: the 3 Maxim books ... really interesting scifi Lem: The Star Diaries: hilariously fun, yet deeply philsophical, and thought provoking at german only so far but for me the book of the last year: Bernd Perplies - Magierdämmerung: Band 1: Für die Krone simply fantastic steampunk-fantasy in victorian england __________________ Support Wikileaks
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Sydde macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2009	Autobiography of Mark Twain - this will be a hobby. __________________ Mr. Paul, sir, I thought you should be advised, there seems to be a zombie tribble clinging to your head, for it is scarfing your brain
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ECUpirate44 Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NC	Just started Uncommon. Tony Dungy's book
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skinnerband macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2008	Just finished John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany. Next up, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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StruckANerve macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rio Rancho, NM	I just started Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond.
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leekohler Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago, Illinois	Carrie Fisher's Delusions of Grandma- hilarious!
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dmr727 macrumors G3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California	Life - Keith Richards
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Jan 18, 2011, 12:23 AM	#38
sauced macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: O Canada...	Re-reading the Harry Potter series. I'm currently on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And just ordered Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to read after I finish HP. I watched the movie before reading the book (I usually try not to, but Andrew Garfield!), and I really wanted it to go into more detail, so I needed to buy it.
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callmemike20 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The United States of America	I'm currently reading Decision Points by W. __________________ The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. -Ronald Reagan.
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c-Row macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany	Re-reading The Dark Tower at the moment - just finished the second book yesterday. Still one of the greatest stories ever told. __________________ "For a forum on a supposed tech website with supposedly tech-savvy readers, you donkeys have stuffed an awful lot of stupid into a very small space."
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erickkoch macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kalifornia	Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. It's a collection of "end of the world" stories. Kind of a downer but still interesting. __________________ Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.
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SuperCachetes macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Away from you	First As Tragedy, Then As Farce by Slavoj Zizek.
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63dot macrumors 601 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Platte	I am reading a Mishmash from Norton Reader from school 30 years ago from English 101 class (I am glad I kept that one book as all others from then were tossed or given away).
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mark99 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2011	Danielle Steel's Rocks!! Am a big fan of danielle steel's novels, I am hooked with her mainstream drama novels. I used to ask a friend to lend me a book to read, or borrow from a library. Now I just download some of the novels online. Currently reading Lightning. __________________ William Tingle
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Dr McKay macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kirkland	Bill Bryson - Walk in the Woods Re-reading it for like the 8th time. __________________ Difficult takes a few seconds; impossible, a few minutes
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SlovakApple macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: In the heart of Europe	Fire in the Sky: Air War in the South Pacific by Eric Bergerund. __________________ 5g iPod touch 32GB, black/slate.
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