Black Spring- Henry Miller <3

Just started on The Fifth Elephant.
It's part of Terry Prachett's Discworld series (book #25 i believe). They arent hard reads but are for the most part pretty good and damn funny. I often find myself laughing (and often groaning) out loud.

If you want to check it out pick up the first two books, The Colour of Magic, and The Light Fantastic.

Just finished "The Gunslinger" and have started "The Drawing of the Three"

PS. I love quoting my own threads!

Just started The Illuminatus! Trilogy a couple of days ago. So far (just finished the first book) I like it very much.

I'm reading The Soulforge by Margaret Weis (again).

Actually, I'm not reading anything right now. I just finished the sixth book of the "Dune" series, by Frank Herbert (Chapterhouse: Dune). And now I am at a loss as to what I should read next.

Japanese Inn by Olive Statler and i just finished Musui's Story by Katsu Kokichi.

Finished "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun today, it was a really good read. Starting to read the "Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio now.

A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo.

I am being forced to read this for a history class but it's actually not that bad, and that's rare of me to say about a book I'm required to read. It's about the author's experience as a soldier in Vietnam and it's not that bad.

I was so frustrated after I watched the movie "Troy," that I went out a bought a copy of "The Iliad." So I'm reading that right now.

Now Wait For Last Year by Dick. The description of a character going through the withdraw symptoms of a drug that alters your movement through space and time is superb. Man was a damn genius.

Ilium by dan simmons. A sci-fi book using the greek gods from the Iliad.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy

A Clockwork Orange

A friend told me it was a good book, so I had to check it out. Half the fun is deciphering the crazy hybrid Russian slang :)

Justine-Marquis de Sade

I am currently reading No Time to Say Goodbye Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One by Carla Fine.

Re-reading the Enders Game series. Been a few years since I've read them, and I forgot how great they actually are.

Deception Point by Dan Brown

About 10% through and so far it's been pretty boring. Note to self: Why the hell am I still reading Dan Brown?

Rereading War Music-an 'interpretation' of the illiad by Christopher Logue. Highly, highly recommended for any fans of poetry or Homer.

Tao Te Ching
Translation by Victor H. Mair

Sharpe's Tiger

the Face - Dean Koontz

Is this any good or is it one of those cheesy ones?

TFP I read TFP and it's enough for me.

Night of Blood - Richard Knaak

What do you mean cheesy ones? I just finished it and I liked it.

Woodward's "Plan of Attack."

It's good - just like the last one, "Bush at War," was good.

Woodward is a fair witness, a good journalist, and a decent historian of recent times.

Read Albert Camus' The Stranger.

Just about done with The Myth Of Sisyphus, which I am enjoying quite a bit.

Rites of Passage by William Golding. It's going down a treat, an absolute hoot.

Gah, what am I not reading right now. I have a habit of starting something, forgetting about it, and starting something new.

Eragon
The Stand by Stephen King
1984 by Geroge Orwell

I also have a bunch of books coming via ebay soon, and I promised Traff I would read his Dark Elf Trilogy.

Ghost Wars: The secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 - Steve Coll

De aardkinderen deel 1 stam van de holenbeer

(translation)
The earthchildren part 1 The clan of the cave bear

by Jean M Auel

enders game

Of all his books, this was the weakest, but it was still pretty good - keep reading - it picks up

Was reading The Icuras Agenda by Robert Ludlum, but it got packed into a box and haven't found it yet, so decided to pull out Louis De Bernieres' " The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts". Figured something with that title on my bookshelf should make for interesting reading... here's to finding out.

gravity's rainbow by thomas pynchon

I read that book about a year and a half ago, it was a great read, probably better if you weren't forced into it, because well everyone hates to read required reading. Don't watch the movie, it was okay, but nothing like the book as usual

Brave New World (reread)

I'm halfway and it has picked up, but overall it doesn't even come close to Angels & Demons. Hell, the Da Vinchi Code was better.

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series

Dean Koontz's The Taking - just released this week.

I have been a fan of Koontz forever, there's not a book he's written that I haven't read. Most of his stories are a trifle formulatic, but each book is different enought to be entertaining.

If the Taking becomes a movie, I am not going, I'd watch the entire movie from behind a pillow, it's truly terrifying in some parts, it's a rollercoaster ride of a book, it moves super fast and reads super fast. And the ending has kind of a nice moral too it.

The true horror is back in this book, but it's got a nice feel good element to it too.

A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn

Transfer of Power, by Vince Flynn.
It's a Mystery/Political Thriller surrounding a CIA agent named Mitch Rapp. Kind of like Tom Clancy, but reads a bit faster.

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel

everybody told me that it's one of the best books ever. So far I seriously disagree.

I'm waiting for Stephen King's, "The Song of Susanna" to come out next week.

Rereading Stephen Ambrose's band of Brothers. Mainly sparked by a negative comment another users made in the WWII book thread.

I finally caved and started reading (sigh) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It made me laugh a couple times in the first 30 pages, so I've decided to ride it out. Whether I stick around for the other 6 or whatever is still up in the air.

Great book, read it a few times now.

Currently reading The 900 Days The Siege of Leningrad by Harrison E. Salisbury

I'm reading Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix (3rd time).

Right this moment? My managerial communication textbook :(

Finished Sorcerer's Stone. Still trying to finish Now Wait For Last Year. Re-reading Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. almost done.

I'm reading a few more than I should be at the moment:

Life of Pi by Yann Martel - excellent so far, by the way
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum - pretty damned good
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King . . . eh, I'll finish it, at least

I just finished The Green Mile again by King - very very good.

There are a few more in there somewhere . . .

Manifesting your Destiny- Wayne Dyer

Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosscher (the guy who wrote Fast Food Nation)

Very indepth, almost done with the first third where he talks about marijuana's history and marijuana offenders in the United States. He makes some very nice points (how if you're arrested for marijuana offenses in different counties within a state the penality can vary from $100 to 10 years in prison.) And for most of the cases where you think "that can possibly happen" he has a true story to back it up.

I'm reading Contraband by George Foy (at home) and Relic of Empire by W. Michael Gear (on the bus).

Edit: Finished Contraband. Holy cow. George Foy is a prophet.

Going between Beowulf and On The Road by Jack Kerouac

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Really cool first time novel. I'm loving it.

The Stand -- Stephen King

Just finished Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Currently halfway through the first book of the Wraeththu trilogy by Storm Constantine.

Wow, I'm just cruising, finished Reefer Madness and am starting Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.

Reefer Madness was decent, but I feel the section about marijuana was far more interesting, especially how many times politicans against the legalization of drugs have children who are selling illegal drugs out of the politician's house or car. It gets to the point where you can accurately predict what's going to happen.

After Pattern Recognition I have Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver, The Confussion, and the Bourne series.

God I love Summer break.

George Orwell's 1984

About 50 pages in, scary as hell.

I am currently reading a book comprised of Chekov's plays.

And yes, 1984 is scary as hell. I get the chills every time it is mentioned.

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (I think...the book is in the other room at the moment, but i am pretty sure that's his name.) I have seen the movie countless times, and can quote too much of it, but this is the first time i have read the book. It is interesting to see how the movie has been adapted. The movie actually stays very true to the book, and even has dialogue straight out of it. Mostly, the difference is that they had to cut a bit out for the movie to make the story short enough.

Very very funny.

Re-reading "Fifth Foreign Legion 1: March or Die" by Andrew Keith and William Keith.

Another future version of the FFL. Good read.

the hunt for red october- tom clancy

I usually read sci-fi, fantasy, or historical.
Thought I'd give it a change.

Vince Flynn - Separation of Powers

He's a great writer, and I have a hard time putting his books down.

paycheck and other classic stories by phillip k. dick.

Im currently reading Shogun, and im having a difficult time getting sucked into it, which surprises me because of my obsession with ancient asian culture.

Re-reading The Elfstones of Shannara, eyeing my finally-purchased copy of Stranger in a Strange Land with a nearly lustful eye(brilliant novel, brilliant), looking at reading Goblet of Fire , and occasionally sampling from Jane Sexes It Up which is some crazy collection of feminist sexuality essays my girlfriend got for her sister.

Most of the way through Fahrenheit 451, then it's on to Stephen King's IT

Wicked -- the life and times of the wicked witch of the west - by Gregory Maguire.

It's wonderful- -it's basically the biography of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz --
The same author has another book, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Cinderella told thru the stepsisters eyes... which I can't wait to read next.

'White Wolf' by David Gemmell.

Guy writes incredible heroic fantasy.

Nice. "IT" is my 2nd favorite King novel only to "The Stand"

I just started reading "Fight Club", but it's such a quick read that I'll probably be done today or tomorrow (only 200 pages).

Next is "Eyes of the Dragon" by Stephen King while I stall until the library gets "Song of Susannah" back in.

Tom Clancy - re-reading Clear and Present Danger

Re-reading John Maxim's "The Bannerman Effect"

Excellent espionage-thriller series about a group of freelance agents and defectors who have "settled down" for their retirement in a quiet conneticut community....

I'm now reading Battle Royale...great book!

Just finished Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk, and i'm about to start Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.

pattern recognition was cool.

Finished Elfstones for the third time -- great book. Goblet of Fire is lurking in my pile, and I'm re-reading Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel as a morsel book(i.e., I read it when I have a morsel of time, like in the bathroom or during a commercial or when I only have 5 minutes before dinner). As much as I like the comic, the actual books that Scott Adams writes are pretty funny too.

Just finished reading The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. I liked it better than the da vinci code but I think that both are over-hyped.
Up next is Mortal Prey by John Sandford. Ive haven't read any of the other prey novels but the book has good reviews.

Well, Fight Club took me all of 2 days to read. I was impressed with how close the movie was to the book (barring the end of course).

Now I'm reading "Eyes of the Dragon" by Stephen King.

My June issue of Wired Magazine.

In The Company of Heroes by Michael J. Durant CW4 (Ret.) with Steven Hartov

Great book, it's not just a dry reaccount of what Durant went through in those eleven days, you really feel as if you're there. I highly recommend it to everyone.

First Book in the Thomas Convenant series, again. It is really a tough series to like but once it gets going it really cooks.

Finally got my summer reading from Amazon today, starting off with Animal Farm

Those are good reads, in my opinion.


I'm reading Coldfire by Dean Koontz, at the moment.

Half way through The Stand by Stephen King.
The "complete & uncut" version ... so I still got quite a read ahead of me.

You won't regret the time. It's a fantastic book.

Nothing, I just finished "the last don" by Mario Puzo, so if anyone has any recommendations, let me know.

Just finished 'The Da Vinci Code'.. reading '100 years of solitude', I recommend both books.

Hp Series again.

Most of my reading lately has been news articles and commentary. I just purchased "The Conservative Mind" by Russell Kirk, and plan to start it this afternoon. I also have "Eats, Leaves and Shoots" in my reading pile for a bit of diversion.

Finished Animal Farm and it is still one of my favorites. It's similarities even today are still kind of eerie.

1984 next, then probably the Chuck Palahniuk collection.

Just finished George R.R. Martin's : A Game of Thrones a week ago, and last night picked up book 2 of the series. I'll probably start into it tonight.

Plan on picking up the Davinci Code and maybe Angels and Demons sometime after this next book.


Reading above, I have to say that Eye of the Dragon by Stephen King was an awesome book. Also, the Sandford "Prey" series of books are all good so far, from the ones I've listened to on audio book (my other form of reading ;) )

That's a good series, nice choice.

I am in the middle of:
The Eagle's Brood by Jack Whyte
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken

I'm blazing through 1984. Might read Animal Farm again that's a favorite of mine.

Just finished Tupamaro Guerrillas by Maria Esther Gilio before 1984.

When I need a break from the novel I'm reading I've been working through Ansel Adams' The Camera series, currently trudging through The Negative.

Need to find the next book I want to read.

Im on a pulp streak right now. I had to take a break from reading "serious" literature. I was getting bogged down and needed a kick.

I just finished Michael Crichton's Prey. An entertaining read. I especially enjoyed the parts about the AI programming. Nothing too deep though, I read the whole thing in 2 days.

The second book in the Mallorean seiers by David Eddings.. Can't quite recall the exact name, sad isn't it.