What book are you reading?

catefrances

woohoo!!! finally finished what's welsh for zen by john cale. what a fascinating musician that man is. he gave an interesting insight into both lou reed and andy warhol, so twas all good.

dunkman

just finished 'How To Nailgun A Fat Bastard in the Face' by Joseph Sciamotti

GreenTeaDisease

I'm about to go buy "Singled Out" by Bella DePaulo. It's about how single people are screwed by the government and by the population in general. it looks pretty good.

I just finished Slash's autobiography. that was awesome.

imspinnin

A ton of nursing text books:rolleyes:

TrixieCat

Rape of the Fair Country

GreenTeaDisease

this book "singled out" is absolutely amazing. I stayed up until 3 last night reading it, got up at 9 and read for 3 more hours. the only problems with these types of books though, is that I'm sure it's just preaching to the choir. that always frustrates me.

Corso

One Stick Song, Poetry, 2000, Sherman Alexie. One of Americas best novelists. If your looking for something new to read I suggest buying one of his books.

AmentsChick

Devil's Knot...about the WM3.

brainofPJ

my wife just finished Into Thin Air.

she's going to buy the special edition she liked it so much.

AmentsChick

brainofPJ wrote:

my wife just finished Into Thin Air.

she's going to buy the special edition she liked it so much.

That was the first book I ever read by Krakauer. I could've cared less about mountain climbing, but his writing is so good that I couldn't put it down.

Also, Under the Banner of Heaven is a MUST READ!! It sparked my now obsession with polygamy and FLDS.

vedderfan10

Eric Clapton's biography...it's not bad...

Heineken Helen

brainofPJ wrote:

my wife just finished Into Thin Air.

she's going to buy the special edition she liked it so much.

OOOOoooohhh... please tell her that 'the climb' is a MUST read for anyone who enjoyed into thin air... it tells the same story from another point of view and kinda is living proof of how opinion and fact really can't be intertwined. It's all simply fascinating. And if she's into the mountain climbing stuff (and even if she's not but if she enjoyed into thin air), 'touching the void' by Joe Simpson is MUCH MUCH better than into thin air. It's a brilliant book (and if you don't wanna tell her... there's a couple of christmas pressie tips for ya )

releaselauren

"The Reincarnationist" by M.J. Rose.

smarchee

reading The Husband by Dean Koontz


Not bad

small town beck

AmentsChick wrote:

That was the first book I ever read by Krakauer. I could've cared less about mountain climbing, but his writing is so good that I couldn't put it down.

Also, Under the Banner of Heaven is a MUST READ!! It sparked my now obsession with polgamy and FLDS.

Banner of Heaven is great!! So truly bizarre.

I just finished Love in the time of Cholera. A friend had given it to me and while I did enjoy it I think I would almost need to read it again.

I think I will go onto the new Rick Mercer or Kathy Reichs book.. unless I reread some Marian Keyes.

catefrances

look me in the eye - john elder robison

pj10alive42

The BIBLE...but only when I use it to wipe my ass...

Benzor

The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan. About to be The Dragon Reborn by Jordan.

brainofPJ

AmentsChick wrote:

That was the first book I ever read by Krakauer. I could've cared less about mountain climbing, but his writing is so good that I couldn't put it down.

Also, Under the Banner of Heaven is a MUST READ!! It sparked my now obsession with polgamy and FLDS.

yea, she is not an outdoorsy person and could care less about it also.

but she was pretty touched with the whole part about the asian woman. i didn't read it but she told me a bit about it.

brainofPJ

Heineken Helen wrote:

OOOOoooohhh... please tell her that 'the climb' is a MUST read for anyone who enjoyed into thin air... it tells the same story from another point of view and kinda is living proof of how opinion and fact really can't be intertwined. It's all simply fascinating. And if she's into the mountain climbing stuff (and even if she's not but if she enjoyed into thin air), 'touching the void' by Joe Simpson is MUCH MUCH better than into thin air. It's a brilliant book (and if you don't wanna tell her... there's a couple of christmas pressie tips for ya )

thanks Helen.

i'll have to look these up on Amazon. sounds like she might really enjoy these.

Heineken Helen

brainofPJ wrote:

thanks Helen.

i'll have to look these up on Amazon. sounds like she might really enjoy these.

Trust me... I can actually guarantee these... especially touching the void but IMO into thin air MUST be followed by the climb... if she doesn't like them I'll eat my boots :eek:


So it's the climb by Anatoli Boukreev and touching the void by Joe Simpson (his other books are quite good reads too)

smarchee

Atonement by Ian McEwan.

The second book I have read by him, I picked this one up recently when I saw an interview on The Hour with McEwan, and learned that they were turning it into a movie out this december

mammasan

I'm almost done with Into The Wild. Don't know what book I will pick up next. Any suggestions?

rrivers

smarchee wrote:

Atonement by Ian McEwan.

The second book I have read by him, I picked this one up recently when I saw an interview on The Hour with McEwan, and learned that they were turning it into a movie out this december

I read Saturday by him. Not the easiest book to get through but enjoyable.

know1

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.

I can barely put it down.

Lizard

Love in the Time of Cholera....it was my dad's. not sure when he bought it but probably 14-15 years ago. just started it.

Fighting Hellfish

The Origin of Wealth published by Harvard Business Review

smarchee

rrivers wrote:

I read Saturday by him. Not the easiest book to get through but enjoyable.

I totally agree. I really liked Saturday, but it did start out slow. Same with this book, first 100 pages were tough to get through, now it's tough to put him down. I would definitly read anything with his name on.

Hawkshore

Enjoyed Into the Wild so much I just picked up Into Thin Air

Heather Evers

the catcher in the rye