Thanks for the welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by ashauler
In answer to your question, no, actually, I don't.
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Thanks for the welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by ashauler
In answer to your question, no, actually, I don't.
Now reading Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman; some funny stories, and his fascinating thinking process documented.
LMAOQuote:
Originally Posted by Brent01
I love Feynman! I'm currently re-reading Six Easy Pieces.Quote:
Originally Posted by imnotpete
The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson
Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh - quick read.
Still working on The Walking Dead - just finished Volume 11 TP.
The Old Man and The Sea ~ Ernest Hemingway
Will
Just finished rereading the first two installments in the King Killer Chronicles (Patrick Rothfuss) and I can't wait for the third one to be completed!
Presently I'm reading:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Recently read:
Columbine
The Lost Symbol
Currently reading:
Game of Thrones: A Song of Fire & Ice
The Maze Runner
C.S. Lewis - The Great Divorce
Y: The Last Man
A Course in Miracles
PzH:smiley20:
Now I'm reading "The Edge" series by Ilona Andrews
I'm on book 2 - Bayou Moon
C.S. Lewis - The Abolition of Man
various Sherlock Holmes
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Rock and Ice (January 2012)
Where the heck's this guy been lately?Quote:
Originally Posted by WinstonSpencer
Currently reading: "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues" by Tom Robbins
Will
Currently rereading the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
I'm on book 3 and wanted to get ahead of the opener for season two of the TV Series which is on on Sunday April 1st.
The TV Series is called "Game of Thrones" which is actually book 1 of the series.
Oh, and if anybody is wondering, I pretty much always read when smoking a cigar alone. Of course it would be rude to read while smoking in company so I don't then. :smiley36:
Finished Jim Butcher's "Side Jobs" (part of the Harry Dresden Series) at work, started on and finished R.A. Salvatore's Servant of the Shard and just finished his Promise of the Witch King.
Great books, but now I'm out on my Kindle... damn thing. :smiley1:
Excellent series and show. Savor them while you're still reading them, because the wait in between books is a bitch!Quote:
Originally Posted by CptnBlues63
I'm finishing up my re-read of The Lord of the Rings. I haven't read them since the 5th grade, and it was a better time than any to pick them up again. I'm also reading The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. I'm a big King fan, and a big Dark Tower fan too.
Believe me, I'm savoring them..........LOL..........I'm almost done book 4 and will be starting book 5 by the end of the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody44
I'm a huge LotR fan and have read it, and The Hobbit, many times!
My wife has everything King has ever written. I like most of his stuff too but never cared much for Tommyknockers. I recently read the Dark Tower series at my wife's suggestion and had a tough time getting going on the 1st book. I found that about half way through it I was hooked.......lol.
The Tommyknockers is one of the few King books I have yet to read. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying A Song of Ice and Fire, I'm curious to hear what you think of the fifth book, when you finish.
I wasn't all that impressed by Tommyknockers. In fact, I didn't enjoy it at all and if memory serves me, I didn't even finish it. I hope you enjoy it more than I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody44
I already completely read the Fire and Ice series a year or so back. I'm about half way through book 5 and enjoying it every bit as much as the others.
I'll be starting The Hunger Games as soon as I've finished. Wifely just completed it and said it was well worth a read. Since her taste and mine coincide a lot, I'll definitely give them a go.
Currently I am in the middle of 3 books. I am rereading "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn, a great philosophy type book about mankind that I would recommend to anyone. Shows another perspective about how we live our lives and is a real easy read.
The 2nd book I am reading is "Insomnia" by Stephen King. I am a HUGE Stephen King fan, especially his Dark Tower Series and the books relating to that series (like Insomnia.) If anyone is interested in starting a long epic tale, go pick up "The Gunslinger." It is the first of 8 books in Stephen King's series and then there are about 6 other really important books that relate to this epic. Stephen King is a goddamn genius. There's even an order to read all of his books in.
The 3rd book I am reading is "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene. If you are interested in astronomy and space, it is a very good book that explains a lot of cool topics in layman's terms.
Feynman's "Six Easy Pieces" is actually next on my list to read. I bought the book, just waiting to finish "The Elegant Universe" first.Quote:
Originally Posted by WinstonSpencer
Couldn't agree with you more. He has brought me hours of entertainment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brett89
Days would probably be a better description if you've read even a fraction of his writings. I still contend that Richard Bachman is a better novelist. "The Talisman" anyone...c'mon. You know Richard carried the load on that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody44
Yeah, days is certainly the case. I have actually yet to read The Talisman or Black House.
The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury passed away earlier this month, and it is one of the few remaining books I haven't read by him.
Just finished rereading the 3 Sandman Slim novels by Richard Kadrey in preparation for the release of the 4th in a month or so.
Now I'm reading Kadrey's Butcher Bird
"Outliers" - by Malcolm Gladwell. Mr. Gladwell's analysis on what makes the successful so successful. Fascinating read.
Not that I'm the ultimate critic (the book was on the NY Times best seller list), but I HIGHLY recommend it... :smiley20:
I loved Outliers. Another good book in the same general field is Freakonomics.Quote:
Originally Posted by ggiese
"Blink" is next... :smiley2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody44
I've only ever read Outliers. You'll have to let me know how blink is, because I actually really enjoy the way he writes. I don't find myself reading a lot of non-fiction (with the exception of History).Quote:
Originally Posted by ggiese
Currently reading Old Man's War by John Scalzi. After reading Ender's Game I wanted to keep going with Sci-fi for a bit.
I'm also inching my way through A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
And on my commute I'm listening to A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
Next up I'll either continue with the Old Man's War trilogy or hop into 1491.
I loved both Ender's Game and Old Man's War.
I'm trying to get into both The Pencil by Henry Petroski and The Road To Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek.
Finished Butcher Bird (excellent book) and figured I'd read an old friend again so I'm rereading the original Dragonriders of Pern trilogy and will finish up with All the Weyrs of Pern
Rick Hacker's "Ultimate Cigar Book" and a neat book about the history of Atlantic City called "Boardwalk of Dreams"...
I'm working on "Wittgenstein's Poker" by David Edmonds and John Eidinow.
I'm still waiting on the next Sandman Slim novel to be released.....any day now!
In the meantime, I'm reading another old friend, Shogun by James Clavell.
I actually just read this a couple months ago but got the itch after buying and reading A Brief History of the Samurai (A New History of the Warrior Elite), by Jonathan Clements. I found that one on sale for $6 at a book store in the big city a few weeks back. It was an interesting read on the general history of the Samurai caste, how it rose and fell. Interestingly enough, the novel Shogun is loosely based on actual events in history. Of course Clavell fictionalized the story but the main plot is taken from history....which I thought was kind of cool (hadn't known that before) and made me want to read Shogun again......LOL
Just started The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter Thompson. I don't know why I bought this book. I'm beginning to think I like the idea of HST more than I like his writing. And I'm too young to give a fuck about Richard Nixon.
We're reading Robin Hood...again.
Previously, we finished up Conrad Richter's ~ The Town
I really liked this book.