What are you reading at the moment?

[CaptBirde]

The time trap (its about effectivly organizing) its a really good book i highly recomend it

[mrtr33]

Thought there might be a thread like this in here somewhere.......

I usually read several at a time, depending on the mood. Usually, they are all vastly different from one another, so I don't get confused.

Fidel Castro by Robert E. Quirk
Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac
The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams

I don't go through books quickly, and don't usually care for fiction, although every once-in-a-while I'll pick one up. Sometimes I even finish them.

[chefchris]

Currently reading Travels with Barley. It's about a guy that travels down the Mississippi River in search of the perfect beer joint. Really good book so far (half way through)

Also, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing 3rd Edition.

[debo08080]

right now i'm reading the wealth of nations by Adam Smith. I'm almost done it. Its interesting but Smith tends to repeat himself quite a bit. for those who dont know, Smith is the forefather of economics, classical economics to be exact. this book is basically his philosophy on economics.

After this i'm prolly reading A General Theory of employment, interest, and money John Maynard Keynes. Same type of book, but it is the criticsm of Smith's TWoN, I wanna see how both men feel about economics...call me a weirdo but this interests me

[here'sjohnny]

The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennon Manning

[JFellows]

Stephen King's "The Stand".

[bigwhiteash]

Stephen King's "The Stand".

Awesome book, Horrible movie!

I've read that one about 6 times

My next favorite SK book is The Shining.

[Corvin]

Just finishing up Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

Then I'll be on to either The Stand by Stephen King or Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (the follow up to Wicked)

[dustinpollock]

tim robbins skinny legs and all, hafe asleep in frog pajamas
and jon lee andersons che guevara

dustin

[dustinpollock]

Awesome book, Horrible movie!

I've read that one about 6 times

My next favorite SK book is The Shining.

best stephen kig has got to be the dark tower series

dustin

[JFellows]

Awesome book, Horrible movie!

I've read that one about 6 times

My next favorite SK book is The Shining.

I've yet to see the movie (and, actually, given the chance I probably wouldn't see it at all - I wouldn't want to ruin my mental image of everything from the book), but it's my favorite SK book of all time. I've read it twice myself.

best stephen kig has got to be the dark tower series

dustin

IMO, the DT series had a few great books (Gunslinger, Wizard and Glass, The Dark Tower), but a few I really didn't enjoy at all (Drawing of Three, Wastelands, Song of Susannah).

[bigwhiteash]

best stephen kig has got to be the dark tower series

dustin

DAMMIT..I totally forgot about those! Awesome books


I guess my world has moved on

[basil]

tim robbins skinny legs and all, hafe asleep in frog pajamas
and jon lee andersons che guevara

dustin

Tom Robbins. Awesome, awesome author. Skinny Legs is my favorite, followed very closely by Jitterbug Perfume and a newer one - Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. I've got all his titles and all are good.

What quotes! Two I like besides the one in my tagline:

"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet."

"...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."

[aquablue]

Oh boy! I am a book junkie. I'm going to live in this thread. I read several books at any one time.

My current novel is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami



My current non-fiction book is The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins



I just finished reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Jackson was a master writer. Do yourself a favor and check out her stuff. You will be knocked-out.

[ashauler]

Stephen King's "The Stand".

THE best King book, imo.

He did some good stuff as Richard Bachman too:
Thinner
The Long Walk
Running Man
Road Rage

Good stuff. If you haven't read them, you should.

[drew_goring]

Just finishing "Oil" by Upton Sinclair.

This is the book that "There Will Be Blood" was based on. The book is much better than the movie was.

[slcraiders]

Just past the half-way point of The Whole Truth by James Scott Bell.

[dustinpollock]

as for Robbins it was hard getting in to his style at first (villa incognito) but i loved skinny legs and all
dustin

[mrtr33]

Tom Robbins. Awesome, awesome author.

Haven't had too much of an opportunity to read much Robbins. I did read Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. I really like how he wrote that book, entirely in the second person. Very interesting.

There is no need to watch "The Stand" movie. Way too much is missing.

I also count "The Stand" as one of my favorite books ever.

[basil]

Haven't had too much of an opportunity to read much Robbins. I did read Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. I really like how he wrote that book, entirely in the second person. Very interesting.

There is no need to watch "The Stand" movie. Way too much is missing.

I also count "The Stand" as one of my favorite books ever.

Half Asleep is different from most of his others in more than one way - point of view, time frame, and something else - I dunno, maybe the character development was a little redundant - although it's good, it's also one of my least favs.