What book are you reading?

[anti-NAFTA]

I just started Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer

[kalian]

1. 1984...for the 15th time....

I kid you not.

[arcane1]

4. I believe it, I've lost count of my re-reads too. 1984 is my favorite book

I'm reading Jack London's "The Iron Heel" right now, and it kicks total mortal ass. SO MUCH of it seems like it was written a week ago...

my liking of dystopias is starting to cost me dearly in terms of lost sleep :scared:

[devilgrrl]

37. I read '1984' a few months ago for the first time ever!!!!!!

And did I ever find out what an absolute BRILLIANT book it truly is, I look forward to reading it again! :-)

[Gadave]

59. I liked animal farm

I have never read 1984 though, but I have listened to the song "I'll be watching you" (I think that's the title) by the Police.

[arcane1]

63. heck yeah it is!!!

and EVERY TIME I read it, something new hits me that way.

I'm about 3/4 through Iron Heel, and it is looking like a close 2nd place to 1984. I herewith announce my recommendation :)

[nostamj]

2. "Evolution" by Stephen Baxter

and I LOVE it.

he takes you into the day-to-day LIVES of prehistoric species.

fascinating! the narrative spans future-history back to pre-history.

i am only about a third into it but recommend it VERY highly.

i doubt you've read anything quite like it. it reminds me of the best of Brin and Forward in taking you INTO an utterly alien life and making you feel and care....

well, i like it.

[baldguy]

3. All Tomorrow's Parties / William Gibson

[Pithlet]

5. The Ethos Effect

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Actually, I plan on starting it tonight.

[Wwagsthedog]

6. Krugman's, The Great Unraveling

So far so good. Helps me understand how evil the BFEE really is.

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. The Mists of Avalon

bought it over a year ago , put it on the shelf for "someday.

I needed some non-political fantasy This book is great

[nostamj]

16. MoA is one of the BEST books I ever read

and I am a HUGE reader. 2+ books a week for decades.

if you love Marion Zimmer Bradley, do yourself a favor and check out the Darkover series when you're done with Mists....

[kiahzero]

45. Such a great book!

[alittlelark]

32. Same here. My husband is reading it now

He's a silicon valley CEO, but liberal. Doesn't really believe how bad things are. I asked him to read it, he'll respect it more from an economist than he will from me. I need to stop talking about all this shit after I've had a few glasses of wine and get all political!.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. Bushwhacked.

Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose.

[non sociopath skin]

61. Great Book...

.. one of the best political books I've read in a long time, but it made me sooooo angry

The Skin

[Meatshake]

8. when god becomes a drug

very interesting.

[Champion Jack]

9. Breaking Open the Head

A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism
----By Daniel Pinchbeck

[lastknowngood]

11. Bored of the Rings by the Harvard Lampoon

It's great I read it when it first came out as I've always been a JRR Tolkien fan. If you have read the books or seen the films. Please read it. Just a touch

Tim Tim Benzedrine
hash bowl valvolen
clean clean clean for Jean
first second neutral park
He the hence you leafy nark.

[phaseolus]

12. three of them...

"Failure is Not an Option", by Gene Kranz. Sort of an inspirational book for engineer types.

"Under the Banner of Heaven" on cassette tape while commuting to work, non-fiction about crazy murderous fundamentalist Mormons who think God talks to them.

And an introductory book on Abstract Algebra which is not the same as, and is actually easier to learn (for me, anyway,) than the stuff they taught us in high school. Sort of a 'keep the brain working in old age' thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_algebra

[Whitacre D_WI]

13. "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" (again)

by Lester Bangs, his own bad self.

[Florida_Geek]

14. Book 24 of the Robert Parker - Spenser series and listening

to it. One book a day is being uploaded to the usenet.

[Kathleen04]

15. Finished "Dude where's my country"..

now starting "Oh the things I know!", by Al Franken. :)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

17. "Gangs of America" by Ted Nace

a history of corporations in America. And not a flattering one...

[NightTrain]

18. Molly Ivins' latest, BUSHWHACKED...

...in which she embraced the radical concept of letting America's poor and working people tell their own stories! :wow:

[citizen snips]

19. Four Trials.

I just started reading it today.

[Mass_Liberal]

20. a really good book on

RFK. Too lazy to go find the author and title.

[NoPasaran]

21. A couple...

Castles of Steel by Robert Massie
The Price of Loyalty by Ron Suskind

[Bertha Venation]

22. Not any of those I'm supposed to be reading, I can tell you that.

Right now it's The Client by John Grisham.

I'm supposed to be reading The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk by Susan MacDougal, followed by Bushwhacked! by Molly Ivins & Lou Dubose. After that I want to read Carry Me Home by -- damn, can't remember the author.

Edit: The author is Diane McWhorter. The full title is
Carry Me Home
Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

"supposed to" = dictated by myself. I want to read fluff but feel I ought to be reading thick stuff.

[m-jean03]

23. Just finished "Abandon" by Pico Ayer

Anyone wanna discuss? I thought it was pretty good, it even made this non-schoolgirl blush a little.

[m-jean03]

24. And I'm reading "Great Events of the 20th century"

An out of date tome with lots of nice and not-so-nice color photographs. However it ends in 1979. So I need to get the latest edition. I am not just a nerd, but the nerd equivalent of someone wearing last decades fashions.

[Paul Hood]

25. The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay

A novel by Michael Chabon.

[nostamj]

27. god that was a GREAT GREAT read

easily in my top ten of the last ten years! (up there with Mists of Avalon in fact!)

[stanwyck]

74. Are they making a movie?

I really liked the book. It seemed very cinematic. Think about who you'd like to play the characters.

[leftofthedial]

26. white jazz

james ellroy

[fortyfeetunder]

28. Oz, The Diary of Augustus Hill

Since I can't stay up late to look at OZ on HBO..reading the book has proven to be more entertaining. And an interesting one indeed.

[Eccho]

29. The Great Railway Bazaar

by Paul Theroux

I'm into travel narratives right now. Gonna start Bella Tuscany next.

[rawtribe]

30. Are We Not Men?

We Are Devo!
By: jade Dillinger & David Giffels

[Susang]

31. All is Vanity

And you know what, the author's right, it is! :-)

[Faygo Kid]

33. "Armies" is great - time to reread. Now? "Confederates in the Attic"

For the second time (it's just a can't put it down read), but I think it's time to reread "Armies of the Night." Been years.

[Redneck Socialist]

34. Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

[ClintonTyree]

35. Cadillac Beach............

by Tim Dorsey. I'm taking a break from the more cerebral stuff for the moment and losing my mind in a Dorsey work.

[MAlibdem]

36. The Second Sex

For school, but we got to choose.

Ah, existentialism, good stuff.

[kodi]

38. greek political oratory

thucydides, isocrates, demosthenes

same as it ever was.

[ajacobson]

39. "Financial History of the United States"

yes, just for fun, not for a class

yes, I have no life.

[mitchum]

40. re-reading Jim Thompson's "A Swell-Looking Babe"

nasty and brilliant

[devilgrrl]

43. I read 'Pop. 1280' and 'The Killer Inside Me' recently...

have you read those?

[mitchum]

50. Absolutely...

it is astonishing how he worked such dark obsessive themes into what were intended to be two-fisted pulpy entertainments. So much noir fiction deals with the loner, but Thompson's characters are never alone- they are almost always haunted by familial relationships. I think that is just one of the things that makes Thompson unique.
If you haven't checked out Charles Willeford, please give him a try. He started out as a contemporary of Thompson, but continued a high quality of output until his death in the 80s

BTW: I recently started working with a guy who I refer to as "Lou Ford" And with good reason.

[devilgrrl]

41. Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming

I've never read any of the James Bond books, so why not start now?

They're rather hilarious in that they're TOTALLY nineteen fifties. The books are just rampant with racism and sexism... You get the impression that Mr. Fleming was a bitter old English git who wished he had lived like Bond and was pissed off at the world because he didn't.

[NightTrain]

42. My favorite line of dialogue from that novel...

"Personally, I like Negroes."

Ah, to have been alive in 1954. Not! :puke:

[devilgrrl]

48. Exactly...

The condescension is astounding. :puke: Unbelievable!!!

[kiahzero]

44. Just finished re-reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Starting on the Annotated Legends (Dragonlance, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)

[Redneck Socialist]

49. Have you read...

Neverwhere or Stardust?

[kiahzero]

53. Not yet

I've read Smoke and Mirrors and Good Omens, though.

[LWolf]

46. The poisonwood bible

barbara kingsolver.

I must say that I've found it tough going so far. She develops the characters well; I particularly like Adah. But the story so far, about half way through, is depressing. With worse on the horizon.

So far, a good story, but I keep looking for a light at the end of the tunnel.

[stanwyck]

73. Stay with it

I think you'll be satisfied that you did. I really liked the book. Fascinating time and place. Let me know.

[nostamj]

77. yes. stay with it!

well worth the journey. she's terrific. need to read her latest. one more on the pile!

[OhioStateProgressive]

47. "Oil" by Upton Sinclair(nt)

[AlFrankenFan]

51. "The Price of Loyalty"

I don't care how many people say it's a "kiss and tell" book, it's a great look at the Bush White House from an insider's perspective.

[Emboldened Chimp]

71. I'm reading that, too

It paints O'Neill in too much of a rosy-colored light, as if he wasn't really a part of the Mayberry Machiavellis. That may be the case, but I get the feeling it wasn't. With that said, it is a great insider look at this WH. And it confirms the suspicions I've held throughout the term: that * is inept, incurious and completely unaware of what's going on around him.

[bubblesby2002]

52. Dude, Where's My Country

Michael Moore - great book.

[aquaman]

54. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

It's an amazing book. Haven't seen the movie yet.

[alarimer]

55. Cryptonomicon

For the second time. I am not much of a geek but I am fascinated by cryptography and the WWII code-breakers. I don't get all of it but it is a good yarn. Huge, like 900 pages though.

Finished Thieves in High Places a few days ago. I like Hightower. He is optimistic for some reason and it made me feel good to read it, even though the political climate is somewhat disheartening.

Also read The War on the Bill of Rights, by Nat Hentoff. Must read for anyone. Scary, scary, scary. We have to get these people out. Do you think the next Democratic President will repeal the Patriot Act? I know it is COngress that has to actually repeal but do you think Kerry or whoever will push for that? I am not optimistic on that score at all. I don't think any Democrat (except maybe Kucinich) has the guts to call for the total repeal of that act. Not yet anyway.

[Duncan Grant]

56. "The Secret Life of Bees" - Sue Monk Kidd

Actually, just finished it a week or so ago. It's wonderful!

[guitar man]

57. Do it Yourself Plumbing

A complete guide to kitchen and bathroom repairs and upgrades and shit why don't I just give up and hire a damn plumber?!

[RebelOne]

58. The Face by Dean Koontz.

Another great Koontz book. Next to Stephen King, he's one of my favorite authors.

[non sociopath skin]

60. Just finished..

Greg Palast's "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy"

Just starting Orlando Figes's "Natasha's Dance, a cultural history of Russia which got mixed reviews here when it came out.

The Skin

[Esurientes]

62. Through the Safety Net by Charles Baxter

and The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence, for 9-16-year-olds. I teach and always keep an adult book and a children's book going at the same time...a really good children's book is a pleasure to read at any age.

[Kamika]

64. satanic verses

I wish I hadn't started though the book sucks badly

[anti-NAFTA]

75. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

IT'S one of my favorite book.

[Solly Mack]

65. "Shadow of the Hegemon"

and "The Price of Loyalty"

[pscot]

66. Charlie Wilson's War

If you have any naive ideas about how business gets done in Washington D.C you better put them on ice before you start reading this one. Absolutely mind-blowing. I understand Tom Hanks has bought the movie rights.

[Endangered Specie]

67. Well, DU, naturally... there is enough here to make a book

[Endangered Specie]

68. "Why People Believe Weird Things"... great book, just finished

Bashes creation, supernatural, astrology, esp, holocaust deniers and the like. Very pro-science. Great for skeptics

[Lizz612]

69. Three, two for class

"Nickle and Dimed, On (Not) Getting by in America." by Barbara Ehrenreich for my Composition class, the theme of the class is "Class Power and Consumption"
"The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli for Legacy of the Western World.
"The Procedure" by Harry Mulisch, I picked it up while sleeping over at a friends and she let me borrow it.
All three are pretty good, but Machiavelli has to be read by Tuesday, and thats the one I want to read the least.

[mouse7]

70. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching" by Thich Nhat Hanh

Also "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge

Both are excellent.

[Edge]

72. Queen of the Damned

by Anne Rice.

[LanternWaste]

76. One for calories, one for flavor...

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy

Just picked up a copy of The Godfather at Half-Price Books for a plane ride Monday morning.