What ya reading? Version 425108

[Looch City]

I started reading Ready Player One. Really liking it so far, pretty easy and quick read with tons of relevant 80's/90's references.

Recommend it for any sci-fi/gaming nerds out there.

Plus a movie coming out in 2018! Can't wait.

[peter12]

Made it through a bunch of books this month.

War - Sebastian Junger
What to Expect When No One is Expecting - Jonathan Last
The Experience of God - David Bentley Hart
For the glory of God - Rodney Stark
Soul of the World - Roger Scruton

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

finished off The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian last night, and starting on The Hundred Days today. I very likely will finish the whole series off by December, which will make me both happy and sad.

The Hornblower books by C.S. Forester and the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell will keep you happy for a long time to come.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by peter12

The Hornblower books by C.S. Forester and the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell will keep you happy for a long time to come.

I've read the first two Hornblower books, and Sharpe's Trafalgar, and enjoyed them. I read the first two books in the Flashman series this spring, and think that'll be my next series to pillage.

[TSXCman]

I may have to read The Stand now!

My mom had the complete version on her counter when I went to visit and asked if I wanted it. It's massive!

[polak]

Just finished "The Grand Design" By Stephen Hawking.

Pretty good but most of the concepts are touched on by all of the different Astronomy tv shows out there. Gets pretty in depth though and presents some good thought experiments.

[agulati]

Finished a lot of books last month including The Stand, Slaughterhouse Five (a must read), The book thief, Outliers, Zero to One, Complete Robot and Caves of Steel (both by Asimov)

Currently reading The Alchemist, Naked Sun (Asimov), and the Lean Startup (to get my non fiction fix)

[CofR]

Originally Posted by TSXCman

I may have to read The Stand now!

My mom had the complete version on her counter when I went to visit and asked if I wanted it. It's massive!

You won't be disappointed

[troutman]

This looks fun - short stories and adult coloring book:

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

I've read the first two Hornblower books, and Sharpe's Trafalgar, and enjoyed them. I read the first two books in the Flashman series this spring, and think that'll be my next series to pillage.

You'll want to get on the Flashman series posthaste, it will impact how you view other historical fiction.

[troutman]

Worth a look?

Mike Myers on Canadian identity, politeness, and our 'very thick' accent

Comedian and actor talks to CBC's The National about his new book on all things Canadian

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment...nada-1.3817953

[Magnum PEI]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

You'll want to get on the Flashman series posthaste, it will impact how you view other historical fiction.

I feel like a racist and a pervert when I read these on the CTrain. Supposedly there was going to be a new movie with Fassbender, but I'm not sure what happened with that.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

You'll want to get on the Flashman series posthaste, it will impact how you view other historical fiction.

Yes, they are extremely astute pieces of ironic satire. Totally necessary to read side-by-side with the Sharpe novels, as those are fun, but hilariously jingoistic.

Speaking of satire, I am now going through Tom Wolfe. On the docket:

- The Kingdom of Speech
- The Right Stuff
- Radical Chic, Mau-mauing the flak catchers, and the Painted Mind
- Hooking up

[troutman]

The Master List of Online "Best Books of 2016" Lists
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/...t_boo_260.html

For the ninth straight year, I am aggregating every online year-end book list I find. As the lists appear online, I will add them to the master list, updating daily.

[woob]

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Just started it on the train this morning.

[photon]

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

Has an interesting premise.

[troutman]

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Discusses 'The Sympathizer' And His Escape From Vietnam

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/17/478384...e-from-vietnam

Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in 1975. He won the Pulitzer Prize this year for The Sympathizer, a spy novel set during and just after the war in Vietnam.

[Coach]

Just finished Ready Player One. Really enjoyed it. I'm not even a huge video game buff, but it was a fun ride. Short easy read if you're into classic video games and movies.

[WhiteTiger]

I just finished "What the Dog Knows: Scent, science, and the amazing ways a dog perceives the world" by Cat Warren. It's a very neat work on how Cadaver Dogs are trained and do their thing, as well as looking at the history of scent-detection dogs, and some of the science behind how they do what they do.

[ah123]

Just finished reading "A disappearance in Damascus". It paints a very human picture of the life of Iraqi refugees in Syria and how decisions by the American administration impacted the life of so many. Definitely worth reading.