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What book are you reading this month?

devilot said:
That's a fun read. It's been made into a rather successful broadway, too and the sequel, "Son of a Witch" has been released. I also got, "Mirror, Mirror" and "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" but have yet to read those two.
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Yeah, much better than I expected. I've heard about the musical version, I hope it comes here one day. I have the sequel on order and my friend has the other two, which I intend to borrow. I just haven't really been in a reading mood of late, but I always go through phases.
 
killuminati said:
Native Son by Richard A. Wright.
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Great book. Amazing stuff from an African-American writer in Mississippi during the 1940s.

As I said last month, I'm taking a Young Adult Literature class in my Masters program. So this month I've read The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, Marika by Andrea Cheng, Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia by Katharine Paterson, Holes by Louis Sachar, and Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor.

Last night I picked up Walk On by Steve Stockman. It's a story of the spiritual life of the members of U2. Pretty interesting so far.

Has anyone read the book in my signature yet?
 
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Edit: Okay... so my husband is reading it to me (missed his comment he posted earlier). We actually take turns reading to each other. I'm reading the Old Testament to him and he's reading "Charlie...." to me.

Off and on I've been reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." I remember the stories being so much more difficult to figure out when I read some of the short stories as a kid, but not so much lately. So far, recently, Agatha Christie is the only one who's kept me moderately guessing which "who-dunnit" scenario will pan out until the end. Even a lot of the modern mystery writers write in a very predictable style. I guess my acute mind is now more adept at picking up on the details...or something.... :cool: :D :p
 
I am currently reading iCon (Steve Jobs - The Second Greatest Act in the History of Business) and it is pretty good!

I also bought 'The Second Coming of Steve Jobs', 'Apple Confidential 2.0' and 'Alvin Hall - You and Your Money'.
 
Shortly will be finishing the Dark Tower series by Steven King. Then onto the rest of the Foundation books (read the first), maybe then into Dune or I, Robot.
 
with the snow and a winter break coming up i picked up these 2 books to read so that i dont go crazy being bored :D

A Million Little Pieces - James Frey (still a good book even if its fake)
Cell - Stephen King
 
Finished Murakami's Wild Sheep Chase - not quite as brilliant as the slow creep from quiet normality into nightmarish weirdness in Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, but still very good (and refreshingly unusual).
And got through Paul Bowles' Spiders House - not anywhere near his Sheltering Sky (i like disturbing books), but as a portrayal of the Middle East / West cultural/political conflict in French Morocco, it's all too relevant 50 years on.
and The Quiet American - when will we bloody learn.
And half way thru Helen Oyeyemi's Icarus Girl, which has started getting creepy, i like it!
 
I started reading "Team of Rivals" by Doris K. Goodwin, "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnigie. Also, I am going through computer books chapter by chapter, Dreamweaver MX2004 Training from the Source, Illustrator CS2 Wow!, Photoshop CS2 Gone Wild, and Illustrator CS2@work, and a few others. I have a book on Blender Guide which I want to start tonight or tomorrow. So many things to learn........
 
i have approx. 3 to 4 thousand books in my collection.. scarily enough i've read about 90% of them.

currently, i'm reading The World Is Flat, by Thomas Friedman.. a view of how the telecommunications revolution and other things have changed the world.
 
zach said:
currently, i'm reading The World Is Flat, by Thomas Friedman.. a view of how the telecommunications revolution and other things have changed the world.
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any good? i tried reading The Lexus & the Olive Tree as a counterpoint to Chomsky but couldn't get past half way for vomitting.
 
Down and Out in Paris and London. Pretty good novel by George Orwell, rather short though. Chapters are really short as well, most are a few pages, similar to what it's like in the Da Vinci Code and stuff...but an interesting read. Narrative about a man, as the title leads you to believe, who is down and out, no money trying to survive. Good read if you get a chance, but you won't be missing too much from a literary sense should you miss it.
 
zach said:
i have approx. 3 to 4 thousand books in my collection.. scarily enough i've read about 90% of them.

currently, i'm reading The World Is Flat, by Thomas Friedman.. a view of how the telecommunications revolution and other things have changed the world.
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That is a good book. I read it. Some people do not like it. But, for me, that book makes sense to me. That book teaches me competition is borderless and I have to keep my skills updated on the regular basis to make myself marketable in the global economy.
 
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iSaint said:
Has anyone read the book in my signature yet?
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ME!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorites!!! I recommend it to people all the time...I even got my book club to read it. I love Chris Moore's other stuff too, but Lamb is just phenomenal.

As for what I am reading:
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld novel)
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
The Leadership Challenge (too lazy to look up authors)
Why We Buy, Paco Underhill (The best book on understanding retail and consumerism ever!)
 
question fear said:
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld novel)
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I love Pratchett - hilarious AND thoughtfull.

At the moment I'm going through The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin for a second time. One of the most inspiring books I ever read.

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Still trying to finish Chapterhouse Dune, the last book in the Dune saga. It's really quite boring (not as dull as Heretics of Dune, but still...)

I almost regret starting reading it... ;)
 
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan. I don't find this book as entertaining as the previous ones, though

edit: I'm on a french keyboard, and I'm noy accustomed to the layout at all...
 
I'm about to start reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse which looks interesting enough, despite the "better than the Da Vinci Code!" quote on the back cover that slipped past my radar - I hate books being compared to others only due to commercial success. It's kinda crass.

At the same time I'll be starting on The Game by Neil Strauss, bought by two well meaning female friends for my 30th. After reading the first chapter it doesn't look to be as humiliating as I thought!
 
Have recently finished reading:
  • Monster, by Frank Peretti
  • Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, by James Bradley
  • State of Fear, by Michael Crichton
Am currently reading:
  • Agile Web Development with Rails, by Dave Thomas et al
  • D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, by Stephen Ambrose
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption, by Christine Adamec
 
When I have time, like when I take the bus to/from the job I read this one I Don't Know How She Does It, by Allison Pearson. I don't get to read too many pages each time because the bus only take 10 to 15 minutes, and I don't always remember the book so it's now a month since I started on it and I'm nowhere near the end. :eek:
 
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mcadam said:
At the moment I'm going through The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin for a second time. One of the most inspiring books I ever read.
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Fantastic pick – he's one of my favourite authors. If you've not read On The Black Hill might I suggest you pick up a copy – I can't recommend it highly enough.
 
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