So...What are you reading right now?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

I'm currently entranced with some Romance Novels. But my husband is not complaining. With my job, mindless entertainment is necessary in the evening and this is a great way to do it.
What are you reading?
Duckie

[zingaro]

1. I just finished a good read called Napoleon's Pyramids

by William Dietrich. It kept my attention pretty well, and I liked it well enough to be relieved that there's a sequel called Rosetta Key. And the friggin sequel was sold out at my local bookstore. Arg.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. Don't you hate it when that happens?

[zingaro]

5. Oh yeah. I even made one of the employees help me

to verify that I wasn't a total moron.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. I love ordering from Amazon.

They probably have it. I love getting stuff in the mail.
Duckie

[Haole Girl]

3. du

Sorry, couldn't resist.

:hide:

[Muttocracy]

19. beat me to it! :)

[TZ]

4. "Mort" by Terry Pratchett

I'm trying (slowly because of how tired I've been of late) to work my way through the Discworld series. Funny, punny fantasy...

[stuntcat]

7. Black Death by Philip Ziegler, STILL

I read slow because my memory's so bad but I'm finally almost through it. Then I'm gonna read Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

[redqueen]

53. I had to take a break from Mason & Dixon.

It's too dense. I can't read a book like that all at once. :P

[pokerfan]

8. Right now?

I'm reading DU. :P

But actually, I'm rereading Undauted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.

[Faygo Kid]

9. "What Hath God Wrought" about America, 1815-1848. Good stuff.

About 200 pages into this very large book. Fascinating period, and well written.

http://www.amazon.com/What-Hath-God-Wrought-Transformation/dp/0195078942

[PassingFair]

10. Son of a Witch.

By Gregory Macguire.

It's not very good....in fact, it's been helpful in
putting me to off to sleep this week!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

17. I got halfway through Wicked.

Apparently the Ugly Stepsister is much better, for what it's worth.
The Wicked and Son of a Witch ones are dreadfully boring.
Duckie

[PassingFair]

22. "Stepsister" is the only one I've liked...

I liked it well enough to SLOG through the others.

I read "Wicked" a long time ago and was ASTOUNDED
when they made a musical based on it!

WTF, they'll be falling asleep in the aisles!
I haven't seen it, but the MUSIC must be great,
because the plot was indecipherable!

I gave him another chance with the "Stepsister"
book, but he's failed to excite with the last
two I tried.....

In the words of Babs Bush, "I'm THROUGH with him!"

[Greyskye]

83. The musical is supposed to be great

My wife saw it on a business trip to NY, and raved about it. Then she bought the soundtrack, and both she and our son were singing the songs for a couple months! I've got to admit, the soundtrack is really good.

We both read Wicked - I didn't care for it, but she liked it. According to my wife, the musical is a lot different from the book.

[SeattleGirl]

11. "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein.

Just finished "The End of America: Letter to a Young Patriot" by Naomi Wolf.

[againes654]

72. LOL

We must be reading off the same list. I just finished "The End of America: Letter to a Young Patriot", and I am almost finished with "The Shock Doctrine".

Both are excellent reads!

[Omphaloskepsis]

12. Practical Web.2.0 Applications with PHP

Exciting.. But a good intro to the Zend framework, MVC, Smarty, Prototype, and script.aculo.us

[DS1]

13. So...What are you reading right now?

[hippywife]

14. Vegetarian cookbooks

I got from the library. :hi:

[mainegreen]

15. When life nearly died.

:D

[Catshrink]

16. "The First Scientific American"

about Ben Franklin. It's a different slant on him than I've read before.

A great book I read not too long ago is "Merle's Door" by Ted Kerasote. It's a wonderful dog story and I just fell in love with the book and the dog.

[Redstone]

18. 1) "Biting the Wax Tadpole." (About languages worldwide)

2) "Hard Road West." (About how the geography of North America affected the Westward Expansion of the 1800s.)

3) "To Conquer Hell." (About the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War 1.)

4) Two books about CSS, and one about SQL.

Redstone

[triguy46]

20. We've Always Lived in Castles by Shirley Jackson...

Gave me the willies last night. Sometimes I think authors are showing off how they sneak up and put something so slightly off kilter when you least expect it. Its very good, though not as well known as her other books.

[RetroLounge]

45. Oooh, I have that one on the shelf

but I've been putting it off.

The Haunting of Hill House scared the crap out of me...

:hi:

RL

[triguy46]

89. Not as scary as Hill House, but much much weirder. Esp this one part that I won't tell you about!!!

[redqueen]

54. Authors are always, always showing off.

Especially popular is the showing off of how well they can disguise that they're shwoing off. :)

[Fox Mulder]

21. The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny

More specifically, I'm on book five titled The Courts of Chaos.

I'd like to thank DUer Rabrrrrrr for the book recommendation. :) :hi:

[fizzgig]

26. i freaking LOVE that series

one of my favorites. do you have it in the superhugelarge one volume or individual volumes?

i finished rereading it not long ago

[Fox Mulder]

30. I have it in the one big volume.

It was a lot cheaper that way. :)

[DarkTirade]

37. I found an even cheaper way to get ahold of books.

Right around the corner from me there's this nifty building called a 'library'... :P

[Fox Mulder]

38. Yeah, but you don't get to own library books.

[DarkTirade]

39. Damn, I knew there was a catch somewhere...

:P

[RetroLounge]

46. Traitor...

:9

RL

[DarkTirade]

63. Nope, just cheap.

And a bit broke. :P

I just spent a huge chunk of my savings on all the back to school stuff I needed. I was a wee bit surprised when I looked at my balance at the end of the month... I knew I'd spent several hundred on books alone, but there were so many other little expenses... food on campus when I didn't have time to make lunch... little things that I'd bought and shouldn't have... I'm gonna need a job soon if this keeps up. :\ Not sure when I'll have time for it, but c'est la guerre.

[fizzgig]

40. this is true

but it does get damn cumbersome at times :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

74. Sweet! I assume, since you are on book five, that you are enjoying it?

:woohoo:

[Celeborn Skywalker]

79. I gotta thank you also.

I just finished reading The Name of the Wind and I have to say it is one of the most well written novels I've read in quite some time. I am looking forward to reading the next installment.

[Fox Mulder]

87. I loved that book!

I just read it a couple of weeks ago.

[Fox Mulder]

86. I am really enjoying it.

I just finished book five. Off to book six. :)

After I'm done with all ten of these books, I'm going to start reading The Coldfire Trilogy.

[Flaxbee]

23. right now, a mystery. Next, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,

then probably a mystery, then The Year of Magical Thinking. I intersperse more 'serious' books with mysteries - helps me keep my emotional equilibrium.

[trackfan]

24. I'm about 2/3 way through War & Peace

[reyd reid reed]

25. Duma Key.

I think that's the name of it. It's always late and I'm sleepy when I open it up, though...

[redqueen]

55. That's the name, yes.

I'll be reading that one soonish. :)

[Wetzelbill]

27. "Fear of Flying" by Erica Jong, plus.....

"A Map To The Next World" by Joy Harjo and "I Ask The Impossible" by Ana Castillo. The last two are poetry collections.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. I'm nearly done with "Atonement."

It's a very interesting story!

Hi, Ducky! :hi:

[xchrom]

29. four books --

islands in the stream by hemingway -- boys like us -- a collection of coming out stories written by gay writers -- death on the installment plan by celine and lexicon devil a biography of darby crash{paul beahm} founder of the germs a punk rock band from the late 70s - early 80s in los angeles.

[RetroLounge]

47. Nice selections!

:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

60. i especially happen to love the books from xenith booksellers!

i have this really good guy there who recommends great books -- the prices are great -- and the service is wonderful.

[RetroLounge]

66. and he's cute. Don't forget that...

:rofl:

RL

[xchrom]

73. hey -- that's double chocolate frosting

on a death by chocolate cake.

i never forget that.

[BreweryYardRat]

31. Well, I'm not reading anything at this very moment. About to watch a video file and go to bed.

But I just started on a translation of Thucydides, with maps and notes added, earlier tonight.

[Rhythm]

32. Steve Almond's "Candyfreak"

Yeah, so it was assigned reading in my English 102 class, because we then had to write a book review as one of our projects this semester... but it was an entertaining as hell read, so i didn't mind.

[reyd reid reed]

34. I've heard about that one...

that it's a good read and a lot of fun.

[DarkTirade]

33. Been on an Alan Dean Anderson kick lately

his original stuff, not any of the movie/tv shows/video games he's written novelizations for. Right now I just started on his Founding of the Commonwealth trilogy, first one's called Phylogenesis.

[Beausoleil]

43. I think you mean Alan Dean Foster. n/t

[RetroLounge]

49. or Poul Anderson?

:shrug:

RL

[DarkTirade]

64. Yeah, that's what I meant.

Was just talking about Stargate elsewhere, so I got my names mixed up with Richard Dean Anderson. :P

[margotb822]

35. The End of America by Naomi Wolf

And Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger (same author as Devil Wears Prada).

I love to relax with a good book, fact or fiction.

[BeachBaby]

58. Me too, on "End of America".....

but I can only read it in short bursts, it's alot to take in.

Too much of it at one time can place me into total paranoia (although maybe that's a good thing?).

[Adsos Letter]

36. "Habits of the Heart" by Robert Bellah...and...

de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" to accompany it.

[av8rdave]

41. Clapton's autobiography

recently finished "Alamo Gold," by James C. McMillin. Not normally a fiction fan, but it was great.

[gbate]

84. I just finished Pattie Boyd's book the other day. Very depressing.

[av8rdave]

85. That one is on my list

[YankeyMCC]

42. This'll be an interesting combination I think

as I posted in the SF forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=265&topic_id=4777&mesg_id=4777

I'm reading Ilium by Dan Simmons as well as the Iliad itself. :)

Also, and ITIL book for work and "On Walden Pond"

[Beausoleil]

44. Currently re-reading "Brightness Reef"

by David Brin (second Uplift Trilogy). I started reading "Infinity's Shore" but was totally lost. I had read "Brightness Reef" a few years ago, but apparently did not retain enough to move on to book 2 after that length of time. So I'm committed to finishing the trilogy this time.

[kedrys]

48. Your post and resulting thread

Mostly technical manuals these days. I need to get one of those "life" things - I hear they're nice. :P

[redqueen]

50. At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien

It defies description... other than to say it's an amazing blend of comedy and fantasy.

Truly a great, great piece of work.

[NewJeffCT]

51. The D&D Player's Handbook

to get some good spells for my evil cleric tonight.

[RetroLounge]

52. Empire Falls by Richard Russo

and Embryoyo by dean young (poems)

RL

[Iggo]

56. STILL reading the same thing...

...I was reading last time this question was asked.

Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. By Frank Herbert's son and some other scientologist.

[Pacifist Patriot]

57. Grab some toothpicks to keep your eyelids open. This is what I'm reading....

"Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics" by Simon Blackburn (should be done today)

Just starting

"Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education" by Nel Noddings
"A Feminist Ethic of Risk" by Sharon D. Welch

Needless to say this is part of a required reading list for school. I have 17 books, one website and one code of ethics to read between January 12-April 12. Fortunately I'd already read 2 of the books and the website and code of ethics were short. So all I have left at this point is 8 books. Real page turners too.

[Dr. Strange]

59. Infernal

Infernal
Almost done with it. Then I have to read Cormac's "The Road." Professor Orrex assigned it.

[TZ]

71. Professor Orrex is a busy man..

I'm working on one of his assignments too..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7519920&mesg_id=7519935

[KatyMan]

61. Currently...

The Falls, by Ian Rankin
Omerta, by Mario Puzo (not very good)
the third volume of Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy (I forget the name of it!)


That's a pretty short list for me, normally I read a half dozen or so books at a time, but we've just moved, so everything is still packed :(

[BarenakedLady]

62. I just finished Atonement.

I enjoyed it. I haven't seen the movie yet. I like to read the book first.

Which brings me to restarting the Golden Compass series.

[spinbaby]

65. Alice Waters and Chez Panisse

Didn't know that the startup of this country's greatest restaurant was financed by drug dealers.

[Hangingon]

67. Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner - a history of the CIA.

[bikebloke]

68. High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed

by Michael Kodas

The dark side of mountaineering. Really good, so far.

[geardaddy]

69. Bagombo Snuff Box

Short stories by Kurt Vonnegut.

[LSK]

70. Fair Game

[dolo amber]

75. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

It's amazing. :thumbsup:

[auburngrad82]

76. Give Us A Kiss by Daniel Woodrell

A Country Noir

Pretty good so far. Takes place in the Ozarks and features a writer named Doyle Redmond who hooks up with his brother Smoke and Smoke's girl Big Annie and her daughter Niagra (named after the movie, not the landmark, and mis-spelled on her birth certificate)to grow a bunch of dope and get rich. The other local family, the Dollys, are going to try to jack the crop. Like I said, pretty good so far.

[qb]

77. The Homosexual Matrix by C.A. Tripp

Fascinating biological, historical and sociological study of hetero- and homosexuality. Required reading for anyone who considers homosexuality "unnatural".

[tigereye]

78. "Reading Lolita in Tehran"

Washington Square by Henry James


a British mystery (Murder on Monday I think)


Longitudinal study about the effects of divorce on kids.


and just finished Bester's The Demolished Man. Amazing story, great to read it again.

[otherlander]

80. The Freedom Writers' Diary

and Americus I. Just finished reading The Republic of Poetry.
:hi:

[MrCoffee]

81. Children of Men; Hogfather; Step by Step Deck Projects; and

something by either Dr. Seuss or Beatrix Potter, depending on what LittleCoffee is in the mood for at bedtime.

[sazemisery]

82. "Mudbound" by Hillary Jordan

This is a shamless plug 'cause I am Hillary Jordan's stepmonster.

She won the Bellwether Prize for 2006. For those who don't know, this is awarded by Barbara Kingsolver to a first literary novel that addresses issues of social justice.

Mississippi after WWII, deals with racial issues. Written in first person voice. Give it a try. I read about 4 of the 11 revisions. I just got my "signed" copy this week.

[applegrove]

88. Just finished the Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman. Really good

overview of conservatives and liberals and how we got to what we have today. I understand the conservatives a lot better. Cluster****ers that they are.