What are you reading now?

[dodie53]

bourne deception by r. ludlum

 

[IAWarnerFan]

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Just got done with it.

 

[DWKB]

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[Louis]

Wife just bought me Fast Food Nation and Food Inc.

I'll be buying $20/gallon when done with my current book and these 2.

 

[jf-08]

Reading Foucault's Pendulum now.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Reading Foucault's Pendulum now.

I needed a dictionary open alongside that one.

 

[justAndy]

Matt Ruff - "Bad Monkeys" & "Set This House in Order". Just checked out his "Fool on the Hill" today (library)

 

[jf-08]

I needed a dictionary open alongside that one.

Yeah, I don't know how many liberties were taken with the translations.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Bourne Deception by Eric Van Lustbader

ftfy

 

[dodie53]

ftfy

thanks

 

[Zeno]

In preparation of my Mountain climbing course next year I am reading Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, its over 500 pages of information. A lot to absorb. I don't expect to read it and instantly know what I am doing on the mountain but I expect it to help with vocabulary and nomenclature.

 

[RonF]

In preparation of my Mountain climbing course next year I am reading Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, its over 500 pages of information. A lot to absorb. I don't expect to read it and instantly know what I am doing on the mountain but I expect it to help with vocabulary and nomenclature.

Hopefully, you will learn to stay on the side of the mountain going up and down. No short-cuts.

 

[jf-08]

I'd like to read the cliff notes version of that.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I'd like to read the cliff notes version of that.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

The Count of Monte by Alexandre Dumas, père.

Flipping Awesome book.

I recommend it to anyone that has not already read it, or has seen the movie that probably sucks.

I have not seen the movie and after reading half the book, I have decided to never see it since it will probably be horrifically bad in comparision to the book.

 

[jw7]

Reading Foucault's Pendulum now.

Let me know how you liked it at the end. I could not get past the first 50-80 pages or so.

 

[Louis]

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlett

and $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better by Christopher Steiner

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After reading Fast Food Nation, I can't believe what the companies and the GOP did with food safety standards. Crazy, fascinating, stuff in that book.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Just started reading "Let's Roll," the story of Todd Beamer.

 

[Gaddabout]

The Count of Monte by Alexandre Dumas, père.

Flipping Awesome book.

I recommend it to anyone that has not already read it, or has seen the movie that probably sucks.

I have not seen the movie and after reading half the book, I have decided to never see it since it will probably be horrifically bad in comparision to the book.

I don't think the adaptations where all that bad.

It's definitely one of those books that stick with you forever. It will leave a mark. Prison stories are such natural settings for getting to the heart of elemental human nature and spiritual truth. This one is a towering moon shot of a home run.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

Just started reading "Let's Roll," the story of Todd Beamer.

Someone we should NEVER forget.

 

[Bada0Bing]

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Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned

From Publishers Weekly
Davis, author of the trademarked series of Don't Know Much About primers, seeks to dispel public boredom and ignorance about history and correct mistakes about various historical events in this update of his bestselling survey of American history. He arranges the book around a series of short essays on questions ranging from the basic (e.g., "Why did the southern states secede from the United States?") to the esoteric ("What was Teddy Roosevelt's grandson doing in Iran?"), intended to crystallize larger themes in our country's past. Davis's engaging treatment is spicy but judicious. He notes sex scandals from Alexander Hamilton's to Bill Clinton's, tamps out JFK conspiracy theories and speculation about J. Edgar Hoover's cross-dressing, and debunks myths like the legend of Betsy Ross and the movie Mississippi Burning. He provides sharply drawn, even-handed accounts of controversies, and his verdicts are generally well considered. Unfortunately, because discussions are usually tied to colorful personalities, heroic movements and dramatic crises, processes that are quiet but profound, such as the post-war rise of suburbia and the decline of unions, tend to get slighted. There's lots of history to browse through here, but little historiography to tie it together; while the book is far superior to standard high-school treatments, and a valuable reference for students young and old, it still leaves the impression that history is just one damn thing after another.

Neat book. Walks you through American History hitting on most major items.

 

[DWKB]

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[DemsMyBoys]

Have started in on the novels of Jane Austen. Which, for some reason, I have never read. There has been a hole in my education and I am seeking to plug it.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

I'm still reading "The Alienist", but it's taking me forever.

On a side note, I just finished "Ender's Game" and it's now one of my most favorite books...ever.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Gadd wanted me to tell everyone that Dan Brown's new book came out yesterday and that it is "awesome".

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