what are you reading right now?

[LSK]

I'm reading Screwed by Thom Hartmann

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Black Boy by Richard Wright.

[Onceuponalife]

27. Kingdom of the Grail by Judith Tarr

also...

the first of Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy, Anarchist Voices (an oral history by Paul Avrich), The R. Crumb Handbook and a Fantasy short stories anthology. On deck...A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin. Can't wait!!!

[Aristus]

2. "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore. Loved the movie, and am enjoying the book.

This man needs to be our President!

[LSK]

3. I just finished that book 2 weeks ago

Its a quick read.

[Aristus]

6. I would have thought it would be popular among the freepers.

It has a lot of pictures! B-)

[deepthought42]

4. I'll try to list them all...

Daughter of Prophecy by Anne Kelleher Bush
Phantom by Terry Goodkind
god is not great
Who Moved My Secret? by Jim Gerard
Beam Me Up Jesus: A Heathen's Guide to the Rapture by Jim Gerard


and a bunch of others....I might have to many books... ;)

[huskerlaw]

5. Harry Potter 7

Yes, I know I'm slow, but I have a good excuse.

[AllegroRondo]

12. Im on chapter 11

I dont get much time to read.

[huskerlaw]

18. I am halfway through

but I'm on vacation in Europe and don't really want to spend the whole time reading!

[bigwillq]

7. Edge of Disaster

by Stephen Flynn

[The Straight Story]

8. Your post and it's replies

:rofl:

[LSK]

9. 1st person to answer correctly!

:D

[skygazer]

10. Finn by Jon Clinch

Very good.

Also The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

[YankeyMCC]

11. Besides the words I'm typing right now

I have two books I'm reading through:

"The American Credo" HL Mencken
"Escape From Earth New Adventures in Space" a collection of Science Fiction Novelettes edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann (currently I'm in the middle of "Where the Golden Apples Grown" by Kage Baker

[applegrove]

13. The Story of English.

[Richardo]

29. I love that book.

I must have read it 20 years ago, but I know I still have it up in the attic. Thanks for reminding me of it! :thumbsup:

[applegrove]

31. I never read it but found my parents had two copies of it. So I have

it to read. I'm going slowly though...it is so jammed packed full of details that I find I need to take my time.

[Sequoia]

35. Same here.

Sadly, when I moved a lot of books didn't come with me, and that was one of them. I miss my books, sigh.

[Orrex]

14. Your mind

You filthy bugger!

[LSK]

16. hey! stop that!!!

:D

[crim son]

15. Constantine's Sword: the Church and the Jews, by James Carroll.

I've had it around for a couple of years and am finally reading it, thanks to InternalDialogue's 2007 New Year's Resolution Bulletins on MySpace. Various marriages in my family made the Catholic/Jewish issue one that directly affects me and my family. The book is written by an ex-Catholic priest. Recommended.

[underpants]

17. The Catcher was a Spy, The Assault on Reason, & Lamb:The Gospel of Biff,

Christ's childhood pal

[Nevernose]

30. "Lamb" is one of my all-time favorites

I don't think it's a spoiler to tell you that, towards the end, I was unsure if Josh would get out of the crucifixion thing, like he and Biff had gotten out of so many other messes.

[WindRavenX]

19. Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

NT

[femmocrat]

20. "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean.

It was on my book shelf for a couple of years. Finally getting around to to reading it.

[Sequoia]

38. I liked that book, it's really a good story. A movie was made about it.

Orchids are cool, and appear to be very smart, but that's just silly of course.

[wildhorses]

21. this thread

:P

[tigereye]

22. still reading Harry Potter

to the kid at bedtime.

Also finished a Princeton mystery by Ann Waldron and am in the middle of Special Topics in Calamity Physics...

I also keep dipping into various and sundry neurology books, they are some seriously turgid reading.

[Adsos Letter]

23. "Propaganda" by Jacques Ellul...n/t

[Dinger]

24. Re-Reading "Worse Than Watergate," By John Dean

Scary-ass book, but I can't help myself.

[idgiehkt]

25. Notorious C.O.P.

about the cop who was supposed to keep tabs on all the rappers. It's not well-written and I don't know if I will be able to finish it.

[KitchenWitch]

26. DU

:dunce:

[Richardo]

28. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Somehow I got to be 50 years old without ever having read it. :eyes:

Found it at a used bookstore the other day and decided it was about time!

[billyskank]

32. I am reading the brazilian joke.

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

[JitterbugPerfume]

45. bad bad Billy!

:spank: :spank:

[Rambis]

33. Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead

it is the last one as I have read all the other Rebus novels:-(

[volstork]

34. The Omnivore's Delimma by Michael Pollan

Highly recommended-- as are all of his books!

[JitterbugPerfume]

46. I just ordered that book

from Amazon

[volstork]

60. It's a great read! n/t

[BarenakedLady]

36. Memoirs of a Geisha.

[Shine]

43. Great book.

:hi:
Have you ever read "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"? Beautiful book about friendship between two women, set back in the times of when foot-binding was done. I learned a lot about that horrific procedure from that book, but it was also fascinating, too.

[GenDem]

51. I loved it

I could just visualize the beautiful kimonos and the tea ceremonies.

[Sequoia]

37. Well, it's my lucky day!

I went to the library for lunch and the shelving lady placed "A Thousands Splendid Suns" on the bookcase (the hold list is over 200). Not only that one, but Al Gore's "Assault on Reason" was also just placed on the shelf. I had gone to pick up my hold copy of "When a Crocodile Eats The Sun", and then I also picked up a new novel called "Hooked". So, guess I'll be busy. Now if only I could be on a real vaction floating in water and sitting under the shade with a cool drink as I read all my boos one by one.

[Arkansas Granny]

39. Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast.

[MysticalChicken]

53. I just finished that.

It was very engaging to me (so much so that I was reading it on Saturday night, got completely absorbed in it, and ended up reading it until literally 6 am Sunday morning). If you're reading the paperback, the very last chapter is the best, IMHO.

[madrchsod]

40. your post..........

[Shine]

41. The Bourne Ultimatum

I'd read the other two Ludlum/Bourne books a while back and last night we rented and watched the movie versions of them, as well, to get ready for the third movie, due out on Friday. The movie versions are always different and not as good as the books. :eyes:

Next up, the newest Harry Potter book. :D

:hi: LSK!

[JitterbugPerfume]

42. So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

by Douglas Adams

and Ava's Man , by Rick Bragg

[momophile]

44. just finished Harry Potter, about to start Failed States

has anyone read Failed States? Is it good?

[triguy46]

47. John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890's

[mopinko]

48. mindless fantasy

my brain needs the rest.
just finished the philip pullman trilogy- the golden compass, the subtle knife and the amber spyglass. young adult fantasy. easy read, soothing to the mind.
think i might start the harry potters next. never read any of them.

[jonnyblitz]

49. "Weimar Culture, the Outsider as Insider" by Peter Gay

I just finished the Carl Bernstein book about Hillary, I forget the exact name off the top of my head.

[GenDem]

50. A Thousand Splendid Suns

By Khaled Hosseini. Every bit as good as The Kite Runner.

[MysticalChicken]

52. The third Harry Potter

I'm going through the entire series again before I read the seventh book.

God, I love Professor Lupin so much. (Although throughout the entire book, when I read it the first time, I was convinced he was a bad guy.)

[1gobluedem]

54. Me too...

It's very good.

[MrCoffee]

55. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life

[Fire Walk With Me]

56. Metaphysical Meditations by Paramhansa Yogananda.

[greatauntoftriplets]

57. The Book of the Dead.

By Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Excellent thriller.

[dembotoz]

58. potter

almost 2/3 done

[seemunkee]

59. The Nasty Bits by Bourdain

I finished Harry Potter last night, I'll start on Tony's book tonight.

[mzteris]

61. Iron Council by China Mieville

(my new favorite author)

Just finished King Rat by same.

Unless you're into alternative SF&F like stuff - you probably wouldn't like it.

Curiously it's the only one I'm reading right now.