I decided to switch it up and go with Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk, which I finished last night by reading more than two thirds of the book before going to sleep.

Great book, definately the same type of book as Fight Club as the story starts simple, then takes a very large drop in weirdness, but it oddly makes a lot of sense. It's another great book, and I hope they make a movie out of it the caliber of Fight Club because it has great potential, and a few chapters you can tell would be great in a movie (if you've read the book, you know chapter 2 could definately be a movie scene.)

Next up, the rest of the Chuck Palahniuk collection, Invisible Monsters, Choke, Lullaby, Diary.

The New Revelations- A Conversation with God by Neale Donald Walsch.

The hunt for red october- tom clancy

Just finished Angels & Deamons by Dan Brown. Loved it.


I'm currently reading Naked Economics by Charles Weelan and it's fantastic so far. I'd highly recommend this book to everyone. It's a simple read and explains economics to the layman using nothing but simple language. No graphs or complicated math.

not reading anything right now, but I might start Salem's Lot by Stephen King soon.

How have I missed this thread?

Currently, I am reading three Stephen King novels simultaneously;
Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
Insomnia
Hearts in Atlantis

Just started Fallen Angels, the sequel to Altered Carbon. Would highly recommend the duo for anyone who likes Phillip K Dick, William Gibson, or the scifi stories prevalant in the 70's that follow the "man vs the world" conflict.

Next up will be Absolution Gap, the final volume of the revelation space trilogy, quite possible the best hard sci-fi writtin in the last 20 years.

Junky by William S. Burroughs

this thread. oh, that and MAD mag.

Ian Douglas, The Heritage Triolgy 2: Luna Marine (on the bus)

W. M. Gear, The Forbidden Borders Trilogy 3: Countermeasures (at home)

workin' on (link-->) The Flanders Panel by Arturo Reverte-Perez.

pretty awesome book so far. the guy's a great writer, addin' some new words to my vocab for sure :) he's pretty verbose but the descriptions are amazing.

it reminds me strongly of the da vinci code, but definitely a distinct style.

just started 1984, and before that I was reading Magic Kingdom For Sale by Terry Brooks

The years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson. An interesting alternate history book. The premise is "what if the black death killed 99% of the population of europe instead of 33%".

I just finished Goblet of Fire. It's time for some heavy reading again. Some philosophy, perhaps. Or I could take another futile hack at Ulysses. That book makes my head spin.

i got the audio book for goblet of fire. i need to get around to putting it on, thanks for reminding me :P

Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah

Open by John Feinstein.

new book by David Sedaris...

right now I'm reading The Dark Tower Book Six: Song of Susannah by Stephen King.

I really love the Dark Tower series (just one more book... sniff)

I'm finding "Eyes of the Dragon" to be an extraordinarily slow read, especially on the tail of reading "Song of Susannah", which I finished in 3 days.

Just finished: Dean Koontz, "Identity" - very different, how the lives of perfect strangers become entertwined

Finishing: Stephen King, "From a Buick 8" - Quite different for a King book

was reading the Keep, and The Bourne Supremecy (the origianal one, not the one based on the movie).

Just finished "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell

stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae. I found a copy from 1917 in the attic.

I'm reading TH White's The Once and Future King. It just happens to be about arthur and his legends. I didn't read it because of the movie. So far I really like it though.

Just started up Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (again).

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (Lyra + Will > Harry Potter + Hermoine + Ron)

The Big Sleep by Rayman Chandler

Both assigned reading. Was reading "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" before that. Still need to finish it...

'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'....to assist me in becoming more, errrm, effective.

Ian Douglas's "Heritage Trilogy 3: Europa Strike" (bus)

C. S. Forester, "Midshipman Hornblower" (home)

Feynman's autobiographies are superb. I lost my copy of Joking, but I still have What Do You Care What Other People Think? The man was a genius and hilarious as well.

The World According to Garp by John Irving

princess in the spotlight by meg cabot
just finished the princess diaries by meg cabot
and before that kurt angles bio

I'm reading -- The Five People You Meet In Heaven. . . and its really interesting. Not all religious, really. It's more about the meaning of a man's life.. and how people close to him or strangers in his life tell him what his life means.. or give him answers/understanding to things he didn't see or know before...

I like it. I want to read The Davinci Code next.

"Insomnia" by Stephen King. I hear there are a lot of ties to "The Dark Tower" books, so I thought it would be a good title to tie me over until the final "Tower" book comes out this winter.

Rereading....Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite

I ADORE John Irving. Garp is on my bookshelf waiting to be read....

Currently I'm reading Empire Falls by umm.. Russo? I'm not sure on the authors name. I've been neglecting it though, need to get back to reading and less time watching mindless summer TV.

for myself: fernando pessoa, the book of disqiuet
louis aragon, paris paysan
a book of interviews with contemporary american poets called "conversations with the american avant garde"--cant remember who put it together

for work: manuel castells, cities and social theory

"Something Like An Autobiography", by Akira Kurosawa

My accounting and economics textbooks.

"Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown.

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
People love Tom Robbins because they can get all into analyzing him or whatever. I love Tom Robbins because he's funny, intelligent, and I feel good while I'm reading him. That's good enough for me.

Just finished reading The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Haven't seen the movie yet, but the book was very sad but good.

John Maxim's, "A Matter of Honor,"

This book was republished as "Bannerman's Promise" to keep the "Bannerman's..." thing going.

John Maxim is a great writer.

I'm on page 23.048 of 'my life' by Bill Clinton. And he's almost done in kindergarten.... I can't wait for another 40.000 pages on his college years!

War and Peace, Tolstoy. Something I have been meaning to read for a long time, and finally decided to do it.

I aborted my last read. "The years of rice and salt". Bored me to death.
Now I'm reading Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

Have four in progress but the one getting most of my attention right now is "Swan Song", followed by "Pattern Recognition".

That's a great book. I kept reading it and wondering if anything ever happens, then BAM! It happened, and I couldn't put the book down - I stayed up until 2:00 am finishing it.

Even if it felt like nothing was happening, I loved the book. I thought the character development was great, and the dialog never felt too forced. I hope HBO does a good job on the movie. John C. Reilly would have been perfect for Miles...but Ed Harris is a decent decision.

Anyway...right now I'm re-reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and I, Robot. I've read the entire HHGTTG series many times, but it's been about five years, so I decided it was time again.

I first read I, Robot in 10th grade, and I gotta tell you, it doesn't hold up so well to my adult mind. I decided to re-read it because I didn't recognize a damn thing from the book in the movie previews. I'm guessing they just bastardized one of the short stories and lifted the name. I guess I'll find out when it hits DVD or HBO.

S.M. Stirling, "The Ship Avenged" (Home)

Mötley Crüe: The Dirt

Fucking hillarious stuff. Highly recommended.

--jaded

Drawing Blood-Poppy Z Brite

Stephen Donaldson's Gap Cycle: "The Real Story"

Stiff: The Curious Lifes of Human Cadavers

thomas pynchon: the crying of lot 49

My gf loves that book(novella, really) roachboy. Really got her excited about post-modern literature.

Thursdays at Eight, by Debbie Macomber.... I've resorted to my mom's bestseller stack until I can get my books out of storage.

I'm reading Stephen Kings "Song of Susanaha" (SP)

can't wait for the last book woots...

After im finished im rereading "Bourne Idenity"

This thread.

Just finished "Insomnia" (incredibly fast read for an 800 page novel).

Just started "American Psycho"

kadath--i have to do a class on lot 49 this evening..it is a fine fine thing, the book. pynchon in general. (not vineland so much)

Comprehensive Gynecology, Morton A. Stenchever, MD

nice read powerclown!

I just started Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara

just finished Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kuwosara - really enjoyed this book, more for his personal opinions than the stories he has to tell.

Absolutely American, David Lipsky.

Ive read it before, but decided to pick it up and read it again. Ive got a good friend at West Point, and its good to get a look at that life.

i like to analyze/discuss books, but not robbins
i have all his work, fierce invalids is my favorite.

i just finished reading house of leaves by mark z danielewiski, im reading v. by thomas pynchon now.

Great book! I'm a Clancy fan, but I never have time to read. I also liked "Clear and Present Danger".

Right now, I am reading "A Time to Kill" by Grisham. I'm going on a trip to China next week, so I should be able to finish it by then (16 hours in the air!!!).

v is excellent. probably my favorite pynchon book. even though only two things really stick with me: the idea of doing a yo yo and the priest haranguing his congregation of rats.....

Sacrifice by Clyde Phillips

John Maxim's "Bannerman's Law" (on the bus)

BTW, I finished the Donaldson's first Gap Cycle book. It was okay and filled the time. I don't think it is a raver, though. For some truly twisted plots, try on W. Michael Gear's Spider triolgy (Warriors of Spider, Web of Spider, Way of Spider) or his Forbidden Border's triolgy (Brain dead this morning, I can't think ofthe titles).

tropple, The Real Story is just the intro book. It's short and direct to get people in. The series builds quite well. If you've got the time, it's worth it.

Thanks, Kadath.

I hope the remainder is more involved. I picked up all of them except for #2 (sold out in two stores) last weekend.

Chris Bunch's Risk Inc.: "The Doublecross Program" (at home)

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

tropple...even though a friend of mine managed to read the Gap series and missing one book i wouldnt recommend it. :) Get the second book too..
The whole series is one helluva rollercoaster ride..

Reading Robert Holdstocks Lavondyss atm, (my favorite fantasy novel )

Having misplaced my copy of Jitterbug, I am now reading Timequake by Vonnegut. It is depressing.

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (yet again).

Finished "Song of Susanahh" just in time to pick up the 12th and final Left Behind book "Glorious Appearing"...


its funny my local library finally made me update my library card which was over a decade old and with my new card I can have them hold books for me online and just go pick them up! awesome.

DB

I found it at a Borders! I'm almost to the end of my current two books so I'll probably be starting it tonight! I sure as hell hope by bus isn't delayed tonight or I'll end up sitting with nothing to read.

I hope you find your Jitterbug. I've read a few of McQuay's books and enjoyed them all.

Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
How to Write a Dirty Story by Susie Bright
The Gravedigger's Cottage by Chris Lynch
Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales edited by Deborah Noyes
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
Liquor by Poppy Z. Brite
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Ella Minnow Pea by Peter Dunn

*shrugs* I'm a librarian with ADD. 'Nuff said.

Currently reading "Dry" by Augusten Burroughs - it's a about a gay, recovering alcoholic ad executive.

Started off really well - the chapters on the spiral down and rehab were fun, but the latter half is losing me a little.

mike davis: city of quartz

Slick Willy's autobiography

I went on an unusual reading binge recently.
I just finished:

-Beyond the Deep, Bill Stone and Barbara Ende. A true documentary/story about deep caving/diving.

-The Coma, Alex Garland

-The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz


I think I'm going to begin The Life of Pi next.

Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
Also Proud Highway by the same author
And rereading The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway

S. Donaldson's Gap Cycle: "Forbidden Knowledge" (Bus)

John Maxim's Bannerman Series: "Bannerman's Ghosts" (home)

tom clancy's "teeth of the tiger" just hit paperback, halfway done. it's good, but i really felt like i missed out on a few things somewhere in the jack ryan universe, despite that i have read all the book.

Michael Cunningham's "The Hours" - making my way through a list of books turned movies before watching movies of said books.

I just started reading Generation Kill by Evan Wright, I read his columns in Rolling Stone about the war in Iraq called the Killer Elite and I thought it was very interesting so i was really glad that he wrote a book out of it. Im only 3 chapters in, and its already really good.

God Against the Gods by Jonathan Kirsch. Its a history of the war between montheism and polytheism. Pretty interesting read.

The Stranger.. Then Catch 22

A Storm of Swords, third book in A Song Of Ice And Fire by George R. R. Martin, the finest series/author of modern fantasy.

The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn. Very disturbing non-fiction.

The Da Vinci Code, took a break at chapter 33. The book is very good so far. In fact, I need to continue and see what happens next!

My historical Linguistics textbook so I don't fail the course when I have to take it at the same time as it's pre-req. Also, at the same time (read: instead of) A Place to Call Home by Gabrielle Wills: a local writer from Lindsay, Ontario.... Amazing book for a first time author... very hard to find but worth it, if you're interested in historical fiction.

The Harry Potter books.. I'm not at book 3, intending to read them all.

"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave"

by Frederick Douglass

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity. Not my usual read at all, but having seen the movies recently, I decided to take a stab at it.

I think this is one of the best fantasy series - ever! - and I have read a lot of fantasy :)

Currently reading "The demon awakens" by RA Salvatore (it is oldish, but I've never read it)

Just returned "Hearts in Atlantis" to the library (great non-horror King)

Checked out "The Da Vinci Code," "From a Buick 8" and "The Black House". Not sure how I thought I would read all 3 in 3 weeks. Best get reading!

Dan Craig and David Sherman, Starfist Series book 1: "First to Fight" (Home)
James H. Schmitz: The Witches of Karres (Bus)

I am currently reading The Once and Future King by TH White.

It is the book that the disney movie "Sword and the Stone is based (albeit loosely) upon. Very differnt take on the Arthurian Legends.

DB.