what ya reading? Version XXXIVXXX

[North East Goon]

I am currently reading Cannabis; A History by Martin Booth. Not sure why, I picked this up at the used bookstore,havent touched the stuff in about a decade. It is real interesting however to hear about the myth's, fact's and uses of the stuff from the beginning of time. Excellent read.

[RedHot25]

'The Politics of Social Work' -- or at least I am trying to, somewhat. Probably not the most interesting to people in this thread, but interesting to me nonetheless...

[Jayems]

Does bathroom reader count?

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Does bathroom reader count?

HA!

I would think so...also have that on the go, the hockey one. Good reading for on the throne, that's for sure...

[North East Goon]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Does bathroom reader count?

Are you actually reading those Glamour Magazine's or using em for other purposes?

[toonmaster]

steven erikson's malazan book of the fallen #2 - deadhouse gates

such great stuff, i can't wait to get into #3, and 4, and 5, and 6

oh boy i got a lot of reading ahead of me

[cSpooge]

I'm reading Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card currently but I think once im done it im going to yeah Anasi(sp?) Boys by Neil Gaimen

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by toonmaster

steven erikson's malazan book of the fallen #2 - deadhouse gates

such great stuff, i can't wait to get into #3, and 4, and 5, and 6

oh boy i got a lot of reading ahead of me

Yeah, they're pretty good. Try some Guy Gavriel Kay (Song for Arbonne, Tigana, ...), they are really good as well.

I just read Breakfast at Tiffanies. I did that as a break from reading Gearge RR Martin's Fire & Ice series. I read it a few years ago, but when the most recent book came out I had forgotten too much of the story. So I'm rereading it.

My god, I have about 7 or 8 books I've picked up that I want to read but the pile is growing faster than I am reading. I need a trip down to Mexico to find a nice hammock to swing in and read/siesta.

[Mr.Coffee]

The Game by Neil Strauss

Pretty funny book on this guys story about how he changed from super nerd in high school to what he refers to as a PUA (pick up artist).

[liamenator]

Just picked up A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers and haven't been able to put it down since. Great book so far.. By far the most amusing Acknowledgements section I've yet come across.

Finished Chuck Klosterman IV by (obviously) Chuck Klosterman just prior... and read everything he has done in the preceeding couple of months. The man is a genius. "Killing Yourself To Live" is possibly the best book I've read in the past 5 or so years.

[pope04]

Kamikaze, by Michael Slade.

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by North East Goon

Are you actually reading those Glamour Magazine's or using em for other purposes?

Best thing to happen to sitting on the can.

Right now, working on this baby:

http://www.bathroomreader.com/produc...cific=johphoo4

[BlackEleven]

I did a lot of reading over Christmas, since my office shuts down for a "week of rest" (and I took an extra week off).

I finished off A Brief History of Nearly Everything, which I had already started. Good science book. I also read Freakanomics. Excellent read, I highly recommend this to anyone. Then I read A Star Called Henry, which is the life story of an Irish guy who ends up being an enforcer with the IRA. And I just started reading A Short History of Progress, which is a book that contents that technological advances are not always good for soceity.

My favouite book out of all of those was Freakanomics.

[Ford Prefect]

A Meeting At Corvallis, by S.M. Stirling (book 3 of The Protector's War).

[Knut]

Originally Posted by BlackEleven

I did a lot of reading over Christmas, since my office shuts down for a "week of rest" (and I took an extra week off).

I finished off A Brief History of Nearly Everything, which I had already started. Good science book. I also read Freakanomics. Excellent read, I highly recommend this to anyone. Then I read A Star Called Henry, which is the life story of an Irish guy who ends up being an enforcer with the IRA. And I just started reading A Short History of Progress, which is a book that contents that technological advances are not always good for soceity.

My favouite book out of all of those was Freakanomics.

I am currently reading A Brief history of Nearly Everything as well... it is a great read...

Also... The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins... only for those that are not offended by anti-religion rhetoric..

And... Best Science Fiction Stories of 2005.... Collection of science fiction

[Julio]

I'm currently reading a really good book by Sean Johnston, a first time novelist, called "All This Town Remembers".

It's about a small town in Saskatchewan, where 20 years after a tragic bus accident claimed the life of the local star hockey player, there is being a movie shot about the incident.
It's a bit of a character study, with the main character being the best friend of the dead player, who is dealing with his own trauma, a brain injury from an industrial accident in the oilpatch. A really good book, abet not one you can just pick up, read 10 pages, then go back to in a week.

[Looger]

just quitting on david weber's honor harrington books, probably the most over-recommended series i have ever been arm-twisted into reading.

great action yarn punctuated by brutal melodrama on a grown-up little girl still cornered by her inner demons and her late forays into love...

three books in, i'm out!

[Cowperson]

"Polaris" by James McDevitt right now with "The Reality Dysfunction Part 2" by Peter F. Hamilton next up . . . . and myriad other things lying open around the house that I advance on periodically.

Cowperson

[simonsays]

I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, just starting it though so I can't say as to how good it is.

Originally Posted by liamenator

Just picked up A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers and haven't been able to put it down since.

If you like that you should consider picking up The Corrections by Jonathen Franzen, or Mr. Sandman by Barbara Gowdy. Although you might want to read something a little less John Irvingy in between them.

[Sample00]

The Innocent Man by Grisham
its new out!
not bad, its his first booked as a true story.