What are you reading now?

[Mulli]

i would recommend a good pop-up book - that might be more your speed.

shawn

Great, I haven't learned hyphens yet. :shakesfist

 

[jenna2891]

I made the mistake of buying him Bonfire of the Vanities one time, but he doesn't know how to read fiction. So I repossessed that one.

give abomb this for me:


tom wolfe is a golden god.

 

[FischerKing]

Great, I haven't learned hyphens yet. :shakesfist

it's a little like math, but a whole lot more confusing.

shawn

 

[Pariah]

On the way home, I'll start listening to: The Know-It-All.

This was really good. I liked it a lot.

Tonight, I'll begin reading: The Preservationist.

I don't think this is very good at all. I'm going to finish it, but it's taking me about 4x longer than usual because I'm not really enjoying it.

I did go out and by a bunch of books I plan on hanging on to until I go on vaca at the end of may:

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, Joshua Braff
The Book of Joe, Jonathan Tropper
The Wishbones, Tom Perrotta
Skinny Dip, Carl Hiaasen
Double Whammy, Carl Hiaasen

 

[Pariah]

I stopped trying to read "the Preservationist." It was just too bad.

I picked up "The Wizard of Menlo Park," a biography of Thomas Edison. Looks good, I'll probably get through a good deal of it in the next couple of days because I'm traveling.

 

[Shane]

Just finished the entire 12 boook Left behind series. Extremely good read from beginning to end and very scary. HIGHLY Recommend!

next Im starting The Ruins recomended by Mike!

 

[jenna2891]

next Im starting The Ruins recomended by Mike!

good luck with that, man.

 

[D-Dogg]

I picked up "The Wizard of Menlo Park," a biography of Thomas Edison. Looks good, I'll probably get through a good deal of it in the next couple of days because I'm traveling.

I've heard this is really good.

 

[D-Dogg]

That may be what I get...

BTW, did you ever finish Owen Meany? Can I assume you weren't as taken by it as I was?

meh... i got about 200 pages in. it was ok, but nothing great. sitting down to read it felt like more of a chore than a pleasure. ... i wanted to get into, but i just never did. i'll prolly finish it at some time, but right now i'm just not that into it.

I felt the same way, Jenna. The book just ran out of renewals for me at the library and I'm only about 130 pages in...had no desire to really read it.

Now, I had a very hard time getting into Catch 22 the first time I read it...took me maybe six months to get 150 pages in, but then it clicked with me and I read the rest in a day or so. I've now read that about 6 times and it is my favorite book. Maybe I'll pick up Meany again sometime and will be in the mood for it...but not now.

 

[jenna2891]

I felt the same way, Jenna. The book just ran out of renewals for me at the library and I'm only about 130 pages in...had no desire to really read it.

Now, I had a very hard time getting into Catch 22 the first time I read it...took me maybe six months to get 150 pages in, but then it clicked with me and I read the rest in a day or so. I've now read that about 6 times and it is my favorite book. Maybe I'll pick up Meany again sometime and will be in the mood for it...but not now.

funny you brought this up. i just picked it up again, as i have read everything else in my house and haven't made it to a book store recently. we'll see if it clicks this time.

 

[Shane]

good luck with that, man.

Uh oh did you not like it? Im only about 35 pages in right now.

 

[Pariah]

I've heard this is really good.

About halfway through and the rumors are true: it's really good.

 

[Rivercard]

Electioneering for dummies

That's an interesting read

 

[Heucrazy]

I just finished "Darkfall" by Dean Koontz last night and I must say I was very entertained by that book. It's a page turner.

 

[Rivercard]

It's a page turner.

I've always been perturbed by this phrase. By definition every book is a page turner. Are audio books ever referred to as a page turner?

 

[Linderbee]

I've always been perturbed by this phrase. By definition every book is a page turner. Are audio books ever referred to as a page turner?

Well, technically, not really. If a book is boring enough, you don't turn the page. You put it down. It has to be interesting to keep you turning the pages.

 

[Pariah]

That's an interesting read

Chapter one: Only enter a race you can win.

 

[Rivercard]

If a book is boring enough, you don't turn the page.

Well, you will have to turn some pages to find out if it is boring.

 

[Linderbee]

Well, you will have to turn some pages to find out if it is boring.

true enough.

 

[jenna2891]

Uh oh did you not like it? Im only about 35 pages in right now.

don't get me wrong, i really liked it. i just meant "good luck" in the "good luck not being completely freaked out for the next two years of your life" kind of way.

 

[Shane]

don't get me wrong, i really liked it. i just meant "good luck" in the "good luck not being completely freaked out for the next two years of your life" kind of way.

Oh ok gotcha.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Just finished Term Limits and began reading Transfer of Power.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Just finished the entire 12 book Left behind series. Extremely good read from beginning to end and very scary. HIGHLY Recommend!

Technically there are 16 books, including Kingdom Come which comes out today.

My wife and I read 1-12 as they came out and enjoyed them.

We did not read the 3 prequels and I don't know that we'll read book 16.

Left Behind books
Note: The books are listed in story-line (chronological) order.

The Rising: Antichrist is Born: Before They Were Left Behind
The Regime: Evil Advances: Before They Were Left Behind #2
The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye: Before They Were Left Behind #3

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist
Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed
Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist
The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession
The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
Glorious Appearing: The End of Days

Kingdom Come: The Final Victory (April 3, 2007)

 

[1usctrojan]

I'm too old for the heavy stuff......I read two books at a time, for pure pleasure:

Moanin' At Midnight The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
James Segrest and Mark Hoffman
Biography of the great Bluesman.

Turning of the Tide
How One Game Changed The South
Don Yaeger with Sam Cunningham and John Papadakis
The story of the 1970 Alabama-USC game, the first fully integrated game to be played in Alabama....guess who won?

 

[Pariah]

I'm listening to a Houdini biography on my commute. It's really good so far.

The Secret Life of Houdini