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thornhappy -> For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 5:23:06 PM)

So, what have all y'all read recently?  I burn through books when traveling... a week ago it was:

1) a book by one of the shuttle astronauts (can't remember the name, I left the book in LA)
2) Bad Dirt (Wyoming Stories 3), Annie Proulx
3) Down & Out in Paris and London, George Orwell
4) Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body, Armand Leroi
5) The Master Plan:  Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust, Heather Pringle
(needless to say, I blew my per diem on books that week)

Last week and this week I saved/will save money by re-reading the "Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin (he's a cool guy, you can see him at SF&F conventions)

thornhappy



windchymes -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 5:52:49 PM)

I was in the mood for something "different" and found one at the library that I'm really into.  It's called "Sea Hunter" by Paul Garrison.  In fact, I need to get back to it....[:)]



hisannabelle -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 6:05:40 PM)

i've been rereading the troy game by sara douglass...it's one of my favorite series, and has awesome character development even if the writing sometimes sucks. the name He calls me comes from that series, from one of the characters with whom i identify greatly.

other books i've read recently:
keeping a nature journal by clare walker leslie and...somebody roth
i'm working through the artist's way by julia cameron...finally. she gets on my nerves in some parts of it, but i know so many people who have been helped by it that i feel like i have to try it, at least.
eats, shoots & leaves by lynn truss
holy blood, holy grail by michael baigent and a few other people...crap, i know, but it appeals to my historical fantasy and secret society conspiracy side ;)
the ethical slut by dossie easton and catherine liszt
i'm reading neverwhere by neil gaiman to my best friend over the phone...i love that book
i also finally got around to actually reading thomas harris's hannibal books recently (hannibal rising, the red dragon, silence of the lambs, and hannibal)



slaveluci -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 6:07:01 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: thornhappy
So, what have all y'all read recently?  I burn through books when traveling... a week ago it was:
thornhappy

i burn through books too and have read many recently.  The most recent ones i can think of are:
 
Nonfiction:
The No Asshole Rule: Building A Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't - Robert I. Sutton, PhD
Written by a Stanford professor, it's a surprisingly readable book with practical information/advice.  i really enjoyed it.

Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip and Dan Heath
The title really intrigued me but i thought it was rather poorly organized and the ideas weren't expressed well.

Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph - Murder, Myth and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw - Maryanne Vollers
A well written, interesting book on a fascinating subject.  Like the "Unabomber," Rudolph worked alone and was not part
of any organized group.  The book really draws you in.

The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill - David M. Buss 
Very interesting premise (it's a wonder MORE of us don't kill people).  The author contends that the impulse to kill is not an aberration but has been hardwired by evolution into every human brain where it awaits certain triggers.  Yikes!  Interesting read.

Fiction:
Pig Island - Mo Hayder
Good twist ending - good potential - just never really lived up to my expectations.

The Grave Tattoo - Val McDermid
Again - ok, not one of my favorites

What The Dead Know - Laura Lippman
Very good, as are all Lippman's suspenseful novels.  i'd recommend it.
 
i much prefer nonfiction of the style above but sometimes i just need to read for fun and like a good fiction read............slave luci



shynewboy -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 6:53:26 PM)

Huh. I just finished book 3 of RR's fire & ice. As well as Braniac by Ken Jennings, Deathstalker- Simon R green, and the Salmon of Doubt, Douglas Adams, Illuminatus! trillogy.



DiurnalVampire -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 6:55:53 PM)

I just finished a book called Shiver
I am reading one in a series now called Speak no evil (wanna guess what the other 2 are called?)
Read Hannible, really good read.
Have a few new ones waiting on the trip to vegas

Dv



Musicmystery -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/29/2007 7:33:14 PM)

I'm re-reading James Joyce's "Dubliners" for the hundrenth time.

"Wild Ducks Flying Backwards" (short writings by Tom Robbins)

Richard Bach's "The Ferret Chronicles"

"Best American Sports Essays 2006"

"Poetic Form" by David Caplan (a humorous approach to poetry)

...and lots and lots of student papers........................



bliss1 -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 12:38:54 PM)

I am in the middle of a (what i call trash, mindless fun reading) "Daniel's Bride"

Love anything by Nora Roberts or Anne Rice (except her last book)




Lashra -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 12:42:26 PM)

All I've had time to read lately is  Psychology: A Look Into The Human Mind, Criminal Justice ,Human Service Ethics and Practice. Im back in college and my every spare moment goes to my classes[8D]

~Lashra



SirDominic -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 1:01:49 PM)

Haven't read it yet, but I understand there is a bonafide new J.R.R. Tolkien novel out. The first in 30 years. Since he has been dead quite some time, I have to assume this was found amongst his mountains of notes, which his son has been culling through for years.

http://www.amazon.com/Children-Hurin-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618894640/ref=sr_1_1/102-2986718-2567318?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177963188&sr=1-1

For any of us who grew up with the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, this is a rare treat indeed.

Namaste, Sir Dominic



missturbation -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 1:19:15 PM)

Ive just read - the marquis de sade, genius of passion
                        incest by the marquis de sade
                        daddys girl - a trashy novel
                        a jodi picoult novel
Im now reading the secret of crickley hall by james herbert.



angeldevil -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 2:32:06 PM)

Just finished Stephen King - Cell...disappointing.
The Stand is the best he's done to date, but for a short story, The Langoliers is a masterpiece



SweetSarijane -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 2:42:48 PM)

Just found Vicki Pettersson's Zodiac series and am reading The Scent of Shadows which is the first one, and have the second one which is The Taste of Night. I have Shiver in my tbr pile and am also reading on Consensual Sadomasochism and Lynn Viehl's newest in the Darkyn series, Night Lost.



BDOMsecret -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 2:47:22 PM)

I like to laugh so i have begun reading the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evonovich  (again)    #12 should be delivered soon.



SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 3:36:41 PM)

Have to agree with you completely. The Cell was a pretty big disappointment to me. Granted it seems to be setting up for a next book in a series.

Just finished Brother Odd ~ Koontz. Loved it.

I tend to have 3 or 4 books going at a time. Here's my current short list of what I'm reading.

Obsessive Genius by Barbara Goldsmith (Biography of Marie Curie)

Marie Curie: A Life by Susan Quinn

Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform
by Claudia Clark

Deadly Glow: The Radium Dial Worker Tragedy
by Ross Mullner

Edited for spelling.



petdave -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 5:55:12 PM)

i haven't read anything especially interesting lately other than Christopher Moore's new book... which i've helpfully forgotten the title of. We acquired a pile of sci-fi books from a relative recently, and i've been plowing through them... not my favorite genre, but i've been hiding from my library fines. [:o]

However... Kushiel's Justice (Jacqueline Carey) is due out in June *bounce* *twiddles thumbs impatiently*

The problem with GRRM is that you see him at cons WHEN HE SHOULD BE AT HOME WORKING ON HIS FREAKIN' SERIES! ARRRRGH!
Sorry.

...dave



HopeLost -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (4/30/2007 6:12:06 PM)

the Dresden files in between goes at Essentials of Technical Mathmatics.



ownedgirlie -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (5/1/2007 12:11:28 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lashra

All I've had time to read lately is  Psychology: A Look Into The Human Mind, Criminal Justice ,Human Service Ethics and Practice. Im back in college and my every spare moment goes to my classes[8D]

~Lashra



I can relate in a most unfortunate way.  I am currently indulging myself in "Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data." 



phoenixinchains -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (5/1/2007 1:20:05 AM)

Laurell K. Hamilton has a nice assortment. vampires, and were-critters, and faeries, oh my! and She doesn't skimp on sexual content, the cover-art can be eye-catchy so you might want a book cover or a hard-back you can take the paper-sleave off. a few years back i read a book that i think would be catagorized as; young adult, called; "Catherine called Birdie". sorry, i can't recall the author/ess. but still, it was an adorable little read about a noble's daughter determined to scare off all the suiters her father tries to bethrothe her to. i mean to purchase this book when next i find it. hope this can help- Phoenix



Asraii -> RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... (5/1/2007 4:46:04 AM)

I am currently reading The Immoralist by Andre Gide.
 
Before this I was reading and have finished reading The Leadership of Andre Gide ( by Regis Michaund ),
 Six Great Ideas ( by Mortimer J Adler )
 and Terrify No  More ( by Gary Hauger and Gregg Hunter )



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