What are you reading?

[royalfan5]

My Non-fiction que is The Prize by Daniel Yergin, The Big Rich by Brian Burroughs, and The Commanding Heights by Yergin and Josephe Stanislaw.

For Fiction, I am working Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry, then True Grit by Charles Portis, and then Europe Central by William Vollman.

[hipsterdoofus]

Seriously? The second Harry Potter book - never read them and a friend convinced me...

Was also reading "Mornings on Horseback" by David McCullough but its kinda a boring read compared to "1776"

[soonerboomer93]

Death Masks by Jim Butcher

going to finish this and a couple more, then read the new Drizzit story from Salvatore

[Veritas]

"The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die" by Paul A. Craig

[soonerboomer93]

Seriously? The second Harry Potter book - never read them and a friend convinced me...

Was also reading "Mornings on Horseback" by David McCullough but its kinda a boring read compared to "1776"

oh yeah, I'm going to re-read Book 7 before the movie comes out

[hipsterdoofus]

oh yeah, I'm going to re-read Book 7 before the movie comes out

Yeah he recommended them to me since the reading level on them is really pretty low, it is easy to fly through them.

[moonlitblood]

I'm reading this thread.

[moonlitblood]

found some really really old books in my g-mas garage and have been reading some of those. Some are from the 1800s. Reading the Mark Twains right now.

Life on the Mississippi is the book i'm in the middle of.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

Twilight.

And a gay porn mag.

[yermom]

next up is Neuromancer by William Gibson, always heard good things

[yermom]

Death Masks by Jim Butcher

going to finish this and a couple more, then read the new Drizzit story from Salvatore

new Drizzit, eh?

[hipsterdoofus]

I was also recently reading the blog of the guy who biked from the South tip of Argentina up to Texas - extremely good read - but he hasn't finished the blog yet - ended it at Central America - so I'm waiting to finish.

http://swiftkidhistory.wordpress.com/

[soonerboomer93]

new Drizzit, eh?

yeah, Gerauiojdaifahrea;hi;a or something like that. Came out last week, I have a copy and haven't started reading it yet.

[C&CDean]

"Drizzit." heh.

[NormanPride]

Just finished Eifelheim by Michael Flynn. Fantastic book. Now I think I'm going to attempt to catch up on the Dresden Files books. Or attempt Anathema by Stephenson. Scary prospect either way. :D

[Veritas]

Twilight.

And a gay porn mag.
How are those different?

[Tulsa_Fireman]

Thanks for clearing that up.

I was wondering how I was reading both but only holding one book in my hand.

[soonerbrat]

Hold'em Wisdom for All Players - Daniel Negreanu

[The]

Hunter S. Thompson - Jay Cowan

Pretty decent biography, tends to sensationalize the dope a little too much.

[soonerborn30]

So did Hunter

[The]

So did Hunter

True, but this guy sometimes comes across like a TMZ reporter.

[reevie]

Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

[soonerchk]

Harry Potter is awesome, I'm proud of you Hipster!

Currently reading 10 Feuds that Shaped the World. Learned more about Trotsky than I ever had.

Oh, and Vogue.

[soonerboomer93]

"Drizzit." heh.

Fine Drizzt

I blame DDO and the 20 version I see daily with mispelled names,

[afs]

Just finished "Not a good day to die", moved on to " Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman"

[yermom]

Fine Drizzt

I blame DDO and the 20 version I see daily with mispelled names,

heh. figured you did it on purpose

[Lott's Bandana]

Bicycle Diaries - David Byrne

[topdaug]

Nonfiction - War by Sebastian Junger

Fiction - Gone, Baby, Gone - Dennis Lehane

[soonerborn30]

Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman

[royalfan5]

A Life of Reinvention:Malcom X by Manning Marable. Also Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon.

[Sooner_Tuf]

White Civil Rights.com formerly known as No Fear.com

[SicEmBaylor]

"Then Everything Changed" by Jeff Greenfield

[proud gonzo]

unfortunately, for my job I have to read about 15 manuscripts a month...most of which are not so great. After reading badly-written stuff all day long, I rarely have the chance or desire to read anything else when I get home.
At this point I don't even care if the story is good or not--I'm just thankful when I get an author who doesn't make spelling errors such as:
green reaper (Grim Reaper)
riches (reaches)
quiches (quenches)
buzz irk (berserk)
pon (pawn)
privet (private)
stain (Satan)
5rd (fifth)
jester (gesture)
permeate (permanent)
womb (wound)
Lockless monster (Loch Ness monster)
abominably snow man (abominable snowman)
hostel (hostile)
forted (thwarted)
glories (glorious)
cross breading (crossbreeding)
gold (God)

[Jammin']

The speed of trust.

[Frozen Sooner]

Right this second? Dead Law Outline by Me.
When I have a minute? Kraken by China Mieville

[FirstAndGoalOU]

Many Masks - Brendan Gill
A life of Frank Lloyd Wright
link..http://www.archidose.org/books/wright.html

[soonerhubs]

Chaos (http://www.mountainman.com.au/chaos_03.htm), James Gleick

[caseysooner]

The Tiger by John Vaillant, pretty interesting read.

If into seat of your pants non-fiction check out Lost City of Z by David Grann and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

[oudavid1]

Bout to start this book on Bill. (Belichick)

[soonerboomer93]

Just finished "Side Jobs" by Jim Butcher

New novel comes out next month or 2.
New Tom Clancy coming out soon too, although this doesn't seem to be a Ryan one, it's also with a co-author. Maybe I've moved on since it's been so long but Dear or Alive kind of dissappointing.

I have "The Pacific" which is based on the mini series (read a couple of the books the series was based on already). I also have some Tolkein I could read.

[Wayne Jarvis]

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/Cat-Hat-Book.jpg

Should be done in the next couple of weeks.

[ouwasp]

15 MINUTES General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION

Obviously, a history of this aspect of the Cold War. Things were on a such a hair-trigger it is a wonder the planet is still in one piece! Oh, and the book is very fairly written - not some leftist revisionist history crap.

[reflector]

This thread.

[soonerboomer93]

my decision was to start reading "The Hobbit"

I have some gift certificates, so I might head over to B&N next week, but I hate the location it's at so I might browse their online store (which isn't as much fun).

[Jerk]

"In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks" by self-proclaimed liberal Adam Carolla. Should be required reading for every man.

[CrimsonKel]

I just finished Proven Guilty and have started White Night by Jim Butcher. I'm really enjoying The Dresden Files series.

I'm also reading Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration by Carpenter published by Sybex.

[rainiersooner]

Too Big To Fail; The Next 100 Years; and some book by Anthony Bourdain not called Kitchen Confidential - I can't remember the title.

[soonerboomer93]

bump for PG because the new Jim Butcher comes out on the 26th and I just pre-ordered it today.

[Fish&Game]

Just started reading Devil's Guard the real story by Eric Meyer

[royalfan5]

I just finished To Lose a Battle-France 1940 by Alistair Horne, and am starting on re-reading the Reckoning by David Halberstam. I am also starting to work on Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry.

[cantwait48]

I read Adrift not long ago about the dude who was lost at sea for 76 days in a life raft, pretty good story.

[MamaMia]

I'm reading VINO ITALIANO The Regional Wines of Italy by: Joesph Bastianich & David Lynch and there are also some recipes by Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali.

I'm about to Crack open The University of Oklahoma Football Vault that I bought my husband for a gift next. I'm trying to get to it before football season starts.

[stevo]

i just shipped this to my friend in california - i hope he likes it!

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/pyEKkr5Evr_hSaniDiFLI-UMC-FvIZSsSWUApHrMh_LulaQrIKexgW-HtwaRnJq6pCfQ4H-mG-UVfMv-fPnigjJCA5nK4OIOm6Htg5kxgFGiE-s5L4K8OWqJP-qlRxJ-NZgFsDvZ_hN_SiMpYRLiuiB5fD0avpjHIt4

[JohnnyMack]

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

[Serenity Now]

So far this summer:

The girl with the dragon tatoo.
The girl who played with fire.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest.
The lincoln lawyer
I'm working slowly on Playing for Pizza

I recommend the Stig Larsen books. Popcorny but good. Like a deeper version of some of James Patterson's stuff. I saw that they were going to do the movies here and I gave the first one a shot on a vacation with the inlaws. I couldn't put it down.

http://mcneilmatinee.blogspot.com/2011/01/girl-anachronism-rooney-mara-as-lisbeth.html

[oudavid1]

Bout to start this book on Bill. (Belichick)

^^^ Was a good book, its called "Education of a Coach"

Really liked it.

Now onto "2010 Coach of the Year Clinics Football Manual"

http://img1.wantitall.co.za/images/ShowImage.aspx?ImageId=2010-Coach-of-the-Year-Clinics-Football-Manual|512aWBY2OEL.jpg

[MamaMia]

i just shipped this to my friend in california - i hope he likes it!

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/pyEKkr5Evr_hSaniDiFLI-UMC-FvIZSsSWUApHrMh_LulaQrIKexgW-HtwaRnJq6pCfQ4H-mG-UVfMv-fPnigjJCA5nK4OIOm6Htg5kxgFGiE-s5L4K8OWqJP-qlRxJ-NZgFsDvZ_hN_SiMpYRLiuiB5fD0avpjHIt4I hope he can comprehend.

[yankee]

Mere Christianity- CS Lewis

[SoCaliSooner]

i just shipped this to my friend in california - i hope he likes it!

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/pyEKkr5Evr_hSaniDiFLI-UMC-FvIZSsSWUApHrMh_LulaQrIKexgW-HtwaRnJq6pCfQ4H-mG-UVfMv-fPnigjJCA5nK4OIOm6Htg5kxgFGiE-s5L4K8OWqJP-qlRxJ-NZgFsDvZ_hN_SiMpYRLiuiB5fD0avpjHIt4

Thanks Missy!!! However, I'm reading something better, because somewhere on the Internet, somebody is wrong and Ima have to school them.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51--aozS%2BCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[MamaMia]

This one always comes in handy when speaking of another's tragedy...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/OUmom/41asgR6llQL__SS500_.jpg

[Flagstaffsooner]

http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/158/624/913/x74oJSMTmcBiW6V.jpg

[SanJoaquinSooner]

http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad133/commongood/blog%20images/blood-bones-and-butter.jpg

[soonerchk]

http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad133/commongood/blog%20images/blood-bones-and-butter.jpg

That's on my list. Let me know if it's worth my time. I tried to buy Mike Leach's book this morning, but the crappy bookstore by me - BooksAMillion epic fail again -says I have to order it.

Badger, reason #74 why I hate them.

[hawaii 5-0]

The Big Boner by Eric Chunn.




Seriously, Life by Keith Richards.




5-0


Trump/ Spike 2012

[SanJoaquinSooner]

That's on my list. Let me know if it's worth my time. I tried to buy Mike Leach's book this morning, but the crappy bookstore by me - BooksAMillion epic fail again -says I have to order it.

Badger, reason #74 why I hate them.

I'm about 2/3 through and I love it. The first chapter isn't an attention grabber (although important later on), but beyond that it is a fascinating story. This lady has lived one interesting life. No spoilers from me. Gotta be a bit of a foodie to fully appreciate it. As a Top Chef viewer, you are sufficiently qualified. One who views food simply as fuel won't fully appreciate this book.

[GKeeper316]

beaver hunt

[GottaHavePride]

I'm between books. Just finished Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series and Glen Cook's Black Company series. Haven't picked up the 5th Game of Thrones book yet.

[Mjcpr]

I'm between books too.....I finished one of Stephen King's about 6 or 7 years ago and I'm trying to decide what to read next.

[Mongo]

I'm between books too.....I finished one of Stephen King's about 6 or 7 years ago and I'm trying to decide what to read next.

how about the android operating system pamphlet?

[AlboSooner]

Blood-lands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin.

I started this book some time ago, and it's taking me a while to read it. I actually dread reading it; it's depressing, but it must be finished.

[Wishboned]

A Feast for Crows

[Dwight]

'A Dance With Dragons' by George R. R. Martin

[Dwight]

A Feast for Crows

This is probably the worst book in the series, but it's still epic.

[sooner59]

Just got done reading this:

http://images.macworld.com/appguide/images/305/341/436/ss0.jpg

And this:

http://cb.pbsstatic.com/l/32/0932/9780380810932.jpg

Now I'm on this:

http://images.filedby.com/bookimg/0380/9780380818808.jpg

Just about done with that last one. This one is up next in a few days:

http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/13690000/13696342.JPG

[proud gonzo]

bump for PG because the new Jim Butcher comes out on the 26th and I just pre-ordered it today.
awesome. I wish I had time to read it.

Right now I'm reading 5 manuscripts, which i will not describe in detail...

1) rambling story about a failed marriage
2) rambling story about three failed marriages
3) totally racist story
4) 60 chapters of paraphrased scripture
5) story about a teacher in the 50s


*sigh* I miss the days of reading for fun.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

awesome. I wish I had time to read it.

Right now I'm reading 5 manuscripts, which i will not describe in detail...

1) rambling story about a failed marriage
2) rambling story about three failed marriages
3) totally racist story
4) 60 chapters of paraphrased scripture
5) story about a teacher in the 50s


*sigh* I miss the days of reading for fun.


so do you read a chapter or two of books yet to be completed, or do you read them at full draft stage?

[KantoSooner]

F.A. Hayek 'The Road To Serfdom'

Probably the best work of political philosophy I've ever read. Utter trashing of collectivist thought. Like Godzilla meeting Bambi in a dark alley. In a 19th century German professorial kind of way.

[OhU1]

Blood-lands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin.

I started this book some time ago, and it's taking me a while to read it. I actually dread reading it; it's depressing, but it must be finished.

Sounds interesting. The eastern front of WWII was by far the bloodiest and most brutal wide scale combat in modern history but gets little attention in the west.

Something else that doesn't seem to be widely acknowledged - by the time of the Normandy invasion the Germans were being bled dry in the east and had relatively little left to throw into the west. Without the already prolonged eastern campaign and its impact on Germany another tactic besides a Normandy entry would probably have been required.

I few years ago I read "When Titans Clashed" (1998 David Glantz. Published by University Press of Kansas). This book focused more on the military tactics from the Russian perspective (which is hard to find) on research from Soviet sources. The book was more technical and a little drier than I would have liked but it was very informative.

[OhU1]

I'm reading Stephen Hawkins "The Universe in a Nutshell" right now. It's meant to be a more condensed version of his 1996 "A Brief History of Time" book.

All I can say is I now know how little I know about quantum mechanics. The book is a fairly fast read though. I need to delve into other works on QM to see if it's possible for a non-math person to get any grasp on this subject.

[KantoSooner]

Sounds interesting. The eastern front of WWII was by far the bloodiest and most brutal wide scale combat in modern history but gets little attention in the west.

Something else that doesn't seem to be widely acknowledged - by the time of the Normandy invasion the Germans were being bled dry in the east and had relatively little left to throw into the west. Without the already prolonged eastern campaign and its impact on Germany another tactic besides a Normandy entry would probably have been required.

I few years ago I read "When Titans Clashed" (1998 David Glantz. Published by University Press of Kansas). This book focused more on the military tactics from the Russian perspective (which is hard to find) on research from Soviet sources. The book was more technical and a little drier than I would have liked but it was very informative.

You could make a pretty convincing argument that Georgi Zhukov's shock armies and the US/Brit aerial bombing pretty much made the Normandy landings irrelevant. By June '44, the thing was already decided, it was only a matter of time.

[JohnnyMack]

The World at Night by Alan Furst

[SoonerAtKU]

'A Dance With Dragons' by George R. R. Martin

I'm about 400 pages in at this point. It's really good so far.

[MsProudSooner]

I'm currently reading "Bad Blood" by John Sandford.

I just finished "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

Next in line is "The Book Thief" by Markus Zuzak.

[TUSooner]

The World at Night by Alan Furst

That guy is good. He really puts you in the time and place. Time for me to pick up his latest.

Meanwhile, I'm trudging through "The Dante Club," a mystery by some Harvard-trained darling and set in the Harvard-Boston world of 1860-something. I admit it is hard to enjoy because of my reverse snobbery and irrational contempt for this precious Harvardian punk author. But it's not written in a very flowing style either; the sentences just seem awkward. The plot shows some promise, if only I can keep reading enough to remember what's happening.