What are you reading right now/have read recently?

[t140568]

What are you reading? What have you read recently? - Good or bad.

So far this year I've read:
Tony Hillerman's "Shapeshifter" - Decent but very predictable
1/4 of the way through Jerome Corsi's "The Obama Nation" - Good so far
~50pgs into Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography - VERY interesting so far

Next up:
I'm very eager to start Christopher McDougall's "Born to Run" - Just got it in the mail Saturday!

[goofyGAguy]

Hoping to start The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek soon.

[gb_ibmguy]

Under the Dome - Stephen King for me right now.Before that was a James Madison Bio.

[bill bolton]

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel..... a Booker Prize winner and a very good read!

Cheers,

Bill B.

[Sindbad]

Just finished Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader (very nice book I recommend whoever is interested in Afghanistan)
Just started The Godfather of Mario Puzo (watched a film 10-20 times the book is more interesting and the story shown more wider)

[RealBlackStuff]

Just finished: Dean Koontz - Mr. Murder
Halfway through: Will Thomas - The Hellfire Conspiracy
Next on the list: Min Jin Lee - Free Food For Millionaires

[t140568]

Just finished Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography last night/early this morning. Going to start "Born to Run" tonight. Can't wait!

[Eudoxus]

Recenty finished
"Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943" Antony Beevor / if you want to get the notion how terrible the war can be.
"Nothing to Be Frightened of" by Julian Barnes / funny and sad at the same time (as all good books)

In the pipeline
"Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions" by Dan Ariely / Good book about how irrational we in fact are. And it is funny too.

[ThinkRob]

Tons and tons of free, classic 50s and 60s Sci-Fi, downloaded (legally) from manybooks.net

[asiafish]

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins

[Turbo Audi]

I have been reading various stories from The Norton Anthology of American Literature and The American Tradition in Literature.

[Norway Pad]

Reading right now: Dale Liu - Cisco CCNA / CCENT Exam preparation kit.

Uhm. I guess shouldn't mention this. People might think I am a nerd. I did actually read a HP Lovecraft book not too long ago, and before that it was BMW M Models history and Corvette - 50th anniversary book. Maybe that helps.

[t140568]

Just finished Born to Run. It's an absolutely amazing read, especially if you're a runner or aren't and would like to be.

Going back to finish "Obama Nation".

[emeraldgirl08]

Bought "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

Don't know too much about it. Know that it has the south as a backdrop and a movie was made a couple of years back. Sounds like an interesting read

[beGi]

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins

You may want to read this to expand your view:

http://www.naturalnews.com/023055_the_b ... sness.html

[ThinkRob]

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins

You also might want to read God's Debris. It's available in PDF form, free of charge, direct from the publisher: http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/godsdebris/

[BillMorrow]

there are some really interesting titles i want to read but i can't think of them right now..

reading now:
On the Brink

recent reads (in no particular order but going from the most recent back to 2008, more or less):
5000 Year Leap (read this mid 2009 but it deserves first in this list)
The Real Thomas Jefferson
Power Play
The Real Benjamin Franklin
Company Man
Killer Instinct
Never Call Retreat
Grant Comes East
Paranoia
To Try Men's Souls
Gettysburg
Arguing with Idiots
The War After Armageddon
America Alone
Transfer of Power
Blowback
Separation of Power
Pursuit of Honor
Weapons of Choice
Final Impact
Designated Targets
Without Warning
Things fall apart
Earth Abides (2nd time. read this in 1949 too)
The Apocalypse Directive
Act of Treason
Memorial Day
America's Last Days
One Second After
Liberal Fascism
The Third Option
Consent to Kill
Patriots
Fleet of Worlds (did not finish, yet)
The American Zone
Protect and Defend
Executive Power
The Time Travelers Academy
Saving the World
Extreme Measures
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Last Patriot
The Accidental Time Machine
A Bridge of Years
Immortality
The Witling
Darwinia (Did not finish)
I have read most everything by: Vernor Vinge..
and i highly recommend his books..

[BillMorrow]

Under the Dome - Stephen King for me right now.Before that was a James Madison Bio.

looking at the first pages, it sounds like something vernor vinge might have inspired..

i guess i'll add this to my amazon wishlist..

[t140568]

Finished Obama Nation last week. Reading "America For Sale" now by Jerome Corsi.

Arguing with Idiots

How was this? My wife has it and I may pick it up next.

[ChugokuOtaku]

plan to start reading Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

[GomJabbar]

I have read most everything by: Vernor Vinge..
and i highly recommend his books..

I've read some of his books. I must say that I did enjoy them.

A Fire Upon The Deep

Across Realtime (the following 3 books)
--The Peace War
--The Ungoverned
--Marooned In Realtime

I've especially enjoyed books by the following authors (in alphabetical order, with favorites in brackets).
Jean M Auel [the Valley of Horses, Mammoth Hunter]
David Ball [Empires of Sand]
Tom Clancy [The Sum of All Fears, Executive Orders]
James Clavell [Shogun, Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin]
Don Coldsmith [Walks in the Sun]
Daniel Defoe [Robinson Crusoe]
Nicolas Evans [The Horse Whisperer]
Ken Follett [The Pillars of the Earth, A Place Called Freedom]
Ruth Beebe Hill [HANTA YO (Clear the Way)]
Victor Hugo [Les Misérables]
John Keats [They Fought Alone]
Louis L'Amour [The Lonesome Gods, Comstock Lode, The Walking Drum]
Eric Van Lustbader [White Ninja]

Although I have read other books by the above authors, and indeed a number of books and authors not listed. The list above is my 'A' list.

Unfortunately, the great time gobbler, the internet, has pushed aside my book reading.

[dsvochak]

In the wake of Citizens United v Federal Election Commission and the pending Humanitarian Law Project and funeral picketing (Snyder v Phelps) cases I re-read;

Hugo Black and the Judicial Revolution, by Gerald T. Dunne
Speaking Freely: The Trials of the First Amendment by Floyd Abrams

And, as I do every Spring Training since it was published, The Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James

[killer]

Now this is going to sound very low on an intellectual scale compared with the tomes mentioned already, but while on holiday recently I read a wonderful book that my wife had finished. It was 'Gentlemen & Players' by Joanne Harris. I thoroughly recommend it.

BTW, Joanne Harris was the writer of 'Chocolat', a magnificent book that was turned into an entertaining but mediocre film.

[BillMorrow]

Finished Obama Nation last week. Reading "America For Sale" now by Jerome Corsi.

Arguing with Idiots

How was this? My wife has it and I may pick it up next.

it was funny..
though not much help when one must argue with .......
BUT, then again, most minds seem to be like the concrete sidewalk..
hard as rock and all mixed up..

FWIW i see some interesting titles in this thread so i will be updating my amazon wishlist..

i wonder how many here use a kindle or other electronic book reader..?
i will make a poll..

[tylerwylie]

I'm reading Man, Economy, and State by one of my favorite Libertarian-Anarchist philosophers - Murray Rothbard.

[AIX]

Just finished: M. John Harrison - Light
Halfway through: M. John Harrison - Nova Swing
Next: not sure yet, maybe Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep / A Deepness in the Sky or Frederik Pohl / Heechee.

[GomJabbar]

Of the books I listed above, "A Fire Upon the Deep", "The Walking Drum", and "The Pillars of the Earth" stand out. I was intrigued by the story of "Walks in the Sun".

[t140568]

Just finished "America For Sale" by Jerome Corsi. Completely worth the read.
Just started "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.

Was looking at "You are not a Gadget" by Jaron Lanier last night at Barnes&Noble. Looked interesting, but wasn't sure if it would be interesting enough for $26. Looked more like a $15 book. Anyone read it?

[BillMorrow]

You are not a Gadget is from $12 to $16 at amazon..
reviews seem to indicate it is worth the investment..
AND, if you buy a real, paper and bound copy you can give it to your neghibor to read..
or resell it to a used book store..


OH!, i highly recommend Amazon Prime"..

[t140568]

I finished "Made to Stick" a few weeks ago and also finished "You Are Not a Gadget" on Friday. I was very wrong about You are not a Gadget. It, in fact, would have been worth the $26. Several times during the read it made me think of this forum. A very interesting look at people, technology, and the interaction between them.