What are you reading?

[slj0101]

Right now, I'm switching between "Cruciverbalism: A Crossword Fanatic's Guide to Life in the Grid" by Stanley Newman, and "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" by Tom Standage. Both very interesting. Did you know the ancient Sumerians used beer for currency? 'Tis true!

[itsmesgd]

1. I heard an interview on Rachel Maddow months ago with Tom Standage.

Be sure to post back to let us know how the book turns out.
What are the 6 beverages mentioned in the book?
Coffee, tea, beer, wine, _______, _______.
Are the other two diet coke and zima?

[slj0101]

3. Spirits and Coca-Cola.

Zima...heheh..

That would be in the companion piece "The Downfall of Man in 6 Glasses" :D

[itsmesgd]

4. the 6 downfall glasses:

zima
new coke
bud ice
water joe (a bottled water with caffeine and a coffee aftertaste)
any flavor from jones soda company (specially their thanksgiving lineup)
and either jolt cola or red bull

[enigmatic]

2. I'm re-reading "The Knockout Artist" by Harry Crews

He's one of my all-time favorites, and I really had a jones to read this one again:

http://www.amazon.com/Knockout-Artist-Novel-Harry-Crews/dp/006015893X

[fishwax]

5. I just finished "Call it Sleep," by Henry Roth

about a young Jewish immigrant in NYC around 1910. Now I'm starting "I'm the Teacher, You're the Student," a history professor's account of one semester of teaching.

[ikojo]

6. I am reading the Unchosen about people who

decide to leave the Hasidic way of life. Very interesting.

[wildhorses]

7. the witch of cologne by tobsha learner

yet another trashy historical novel:applause:

[flamingyouth]

8. "The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film"

By Rochelle Wright

[libnnc]

9. "The War on Christmas", "To 'Joy My Freedom" and

"Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, Anxious Patriarchs."

"The War on Christmas" is pretty interesting. New Englanders in the mid 17th Century were freaking party animals!

[libnnc]

32. too late to edit I goofed a title.

should be "The Battle for Christmas" by Stephen Nissenbaum. :dunce:

[applegrove]

10. Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler - Love it!

[opiate69]

11. Stephen King - "Nightmares & Dreamscapes"

I haven't read any King in ages.. just as good as I remembered.

[hippywife]

12. The Children of Men by P.D. James

about half way through and I love it.

[Flaxbee]

13. rereading the last Colin Dexter / Inspector Morse mystery

"The Remorseful Day". It was a really nice series of mysteries, I loved Morse and the man who played him, John Thaw. It's odd that Dexter chose to end the series as Thaw was dying - I think Thaw was just well enough to be in the last Mystery! I can't really imagine anyone else as Morse, if things had ended differently.

[Fenris]

14. "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq" by Stephen Kinzer

And "A History of Japan to 1334" by George Sansom.

[Liberalynn]

15. Just Finished "Born In Death"

by J.D. Robb and thought it was great. I love the Eve Dallas/Roarke pairing. I have bought P.D. James the Lighthouse and hope to start it soon.

[terrya]

16. I'm reading "This Side of Paradise" - F. Scott Fitzgerald

But I also just finished reading "You Suck" by Christopher Moore, which I loved. VERY funny book. I like "This Side of Paradise", but I was in the mood for some laughs, readingwise.

I'm also still reading "American Prometheus", a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer,

[Nickster]

17. Imperial Life in the Emerald City. Quite a shocking book and just amazing the depth and scope of

pure incompetence that was the CPA.

[lizziegrace]

18. A Prayer for Own Meany

I've had it on my bookshelf for too long. It's time to read it.

[hippywife]

30. That was one of the few books

that made me laugh out loud at one point. It's a very good book and I hope you enjoy it. :hi:

[momophile]

19. River Town is next on my list

it's a Peace Corps book.

[deadparrot]

20. Juggling several at the moment:

For pleasure: "A Feast for Crows," George R. R. Martin
For class: "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001," Steve Coll, and "The Yacoubian Building," Alaa Al Aswany.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

21. The Protege

by Stephen Frey. Good so far.

[seemunkee]

22. A Year in the Merde

Meh, its OK and I'll finish reading it but I wouldn't really recommend it.

[Xipe Totec]

23. Scientific American - The Cosmic Grip of Dark Energy n/t

[HuckleB]

24. "Fever And Spear" by Javier Marias.

It's the first book in a trilogy titled: Your Face Tomorrow. Marias is absolutely incredible, and it's time that people in the US began to take note of him.

[YDogg]

25. DU posts in the Lounge, iirc

[Nikia]

26. Inconvient Truth by Al Gore

I had started reading The End of Time by Julian Barbour, a physicist, about why time doesn't actually exist, but his arguement started getting too technical for me for leisure reading.
I had gotten a Barnes and Noble gift certificate for Christams so I bought several books.

[Sisaruus]

27. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Just finished Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson.

[Ghost in the Machine]

28. This thread......

DUH! :rofl:


:hi:

Ghost

[stuntcat]

29. "In the Wake of the Plague" by NF Cantor

3rd book of my Black-Deathathon! :D

[EstimatedProphet]

31. The Once and Future King - T.H.White

[lizziegrace]

33. One of my all-time favorites

:)

[EstimatedProphet]

35. Just getting started, but it is really good

I'm a big fan of the Arthurian legends as it is.

[LynzM]

34. A couple of math geek books....

Meta Math
and
Two Person Game Theory

No fiction on my plate at the moment, but with school started back up, there probably won't be anything for fun on my plate anytime soon :(

[Rob H.]

36. "Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants" by James Wolcott

Biting and funny--lovin' it so far.

[jus_the_facts]

37. The Terror by Dan Simmons...just finished Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion...

...by him and was quite impressed...so I ordered The Terror and am readin' it now. :)

[azmouse]

39. If you like Dan Simmons books

try The Summer of Night. Great scary story and one of my fav books ever.

[jus_the_facts]

42. I plan on gettin' that...and it's sequel...A Winter Haunting....

...thanks for the recommendation!! :hi:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

38. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

Quite good so far, though I'm only about 200 pages into it.

[deepthought42]

40. 1984. n/t

[RebelOne]

41. "The Husband," by Dean Koontz.