What are you reading at the moment?

[imnotpete]

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.

[CptnBlues63]

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

[Dock]

Rick Hacker's "Ultimate Cigar Book" and a neat book about the history of Atlantic City called "Boardwalk of Dreams"...

[imnotpete]

I'm working on "Wittgenstein's Poker" by David Edmonds and John Eidinow.

[CptnBlues63]

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

[WinstonSpencer]

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.

[badwhale]

We're reading Robin Hood...again.

Previously, we finished up Conrad Richter's ~ The Town

I really liked this book.

[Sumatra Samurai]

Listening to The Hunger Games on audiobook, does that count?

[kingbeefy]

I finished The Great Gatsby last weekend and have started on Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut. I've just started reading for entertainment and while neither one of these books has wowed me, I have really enjoyed them still. Just the act of reading for fun has been a sort of an "awakening" for my mind. Really refreshing.

[CptnBlues63]

I finished The Great Gatsby last weekend and have started on Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut. I've just started reading for entertainment and while neither one of these books has wowed me, I have really enjoyed them still. Just the act of reading for fun has been a sort of an "awakening" for my mind. Really refreshing.

I find reading to be an excellent "escape" When I read, everything else disappears and I'm totally "in" the book. I especially enjoy reading while smoking a cigar. I find that a great way to spend a quiet hour or two when I don't have a friend to share the cigar with.

What kind of movies do you like KB? Let us know and perhaps the rest of us readaholics can recommend some good books for you. Oh, if there's a movie you really like that you know comes from a book, it's always a great idea to read the book and get all the stuff they had to leave out of the movie.

As an aside, the most recent Iron Druid book (Hunted) came out the 25th. I finished it yesterday..............LOL

[insight]

Time Magazine just released a special edition book entitled, "Secret Societies - Decoding the Myths and Facts of History's Most Mysterious Organizations". Amongst other information presented, the authors spent a fair amount of energy discussing Dan Brown and Robert Langdon. It's a good companion read...

My father in law was just starting that the other day when I was over. Anything new in there?

[ggiese]

My father in law was just starting that the other day when I was over. Anything new in there?

No - not really. But I like the way Time ties all of it together. It's definitely an interesting read.

[WinstonSpencer]

Just started A Game of Thrones. Not a genre I would normally read but some friends convinced me to give it a whirl. It's not the easiest book to follow but I can see the appeal. It hasn't completely lost me yet.

[TheGreekTitan]

Just started A Game of Thrones. Not a genre I would normally read but some friends convinced me to give it a whirl. It's not the easiest book to follow but I can see the appeal. It hasn't completely lost me yet.

Definitely a good read. I enjoyed the books very much, and am in the process of watching the series on Bluray. The Bluray came with a nice fold out diagram of all the family trees. It would have been helpful while reading, but not necessary while watching. A download of it might be helpful. I probably would have used it at times. Hope you enjoy the books.

[kevin7]

Yesterday I spent an hour reading a technical manual and design schematics on a digger derrick truck. The hydraulic auger motor would not dig a hole and the fluid was getting very hot. I fixed it . Did I mention how much I despise complex hydraulics

[kingbeefy]

Yesterday I spent an hour reading a technical manual and design schematics on a digger derrick truck. The hydraulic auger motor would not dig a hole and the fluid was getting very hot. I fixed it . Did I mention how much I despise complex hydraulics

Sounds like a good read. :)

[CptnBlues63]

I'm still on an Urban Fantasy kick.....now the wife has me reading:

Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep.

Not bad, not bad at all.

Before the above I reread The Hobbit just because it's been so long...

[Irish79]

I recently completed Wil Wheaton "Just a Geek" & Chris Priest's "Bonecrusher", which is my first foray into Steampunk. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I'm currently reading Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory", which I haven't read since high school.