What book(s) are you reading right now?

[stargazr]

Nothing . The last book I read was Buddy Guy: When I Left Home.

 

[Lummex]

The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan. Picked up the Wheel of Time series about a year ago. Finding it hard to stay engaged, as I much prefer George RR Martin's style and have been very into his books. Still, they're good and I'll finish at some point

 

[Paladin3]

I've gone over to audio books a lot in the last year or so. I like to walk to work and listen on the way.

Read recently:
Snow Crash by Stephenson *****
American Sniper by Chris Kyle *** (Sad news about his death.)
Armor & Vampires by Steakly *****
Starship Troopers by Heinlein *****
Forever War series by Joe Haldeman *****
The Far Shore of Time by Frederick Pohl (I started the second in the trilogy, but couldn't finish it) ***

Reading now or on the list to:
Altered Carbon and the rest of that series (really enjoying this)
World War Z
The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
Empire of Man series by John Ringo and David Weber

 

[pyonir]

Just finished "More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction" by Elizabeth Wurtzel - didn't enjoy it.

Just started "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor. Like it so far.

 

[ManyBeers]

"Shadow Prey"--John Sandford

 

[Farang]

Nothing . The last book I read was Buddy Guy: When I Left Home.

How was it? I saw him live once, best performer I've ever seen. old man could work a crowd

 

[HendrixFan]

I'm reading Cloud Atlas right now. After about a third of the way in and several shifts in the story, I was like "WTF is this thing going anywhere?" but now I'm about 3/4 done and I'm really liking it, though I'm pretty sure my favorite parts are all behind me now since I really liked the future stories.

EDIT: Also, I'm really curious how they made a movie out of this without it being a total mess. I haven't seen it yet.

Haven't read the book but the movie was my favorite film of 2012, by far. The DVD/Bluray was supposed to come out sometime in Feb but has now been pushed back to "Spring 2013".

The movie, unlike the book (from what I understand), is told by jumping back and forth between stories since the narratives and tension of each tend to rise and fall together.

 

[ReggieDunlap]

A Memory Of Light.....

I have the first Game of Thrones book waiting in the wings.

 

[stargazr]

How was it? I saw him live once, best performer I've ever seen. old man could work a crowd

Damn, I'd love to see him live. It was great, better than I expected. I didn't realize how long he struggled for success, working as a tow truck driver in Chicago for many years. He has quite an interesting story.

As a blues fan, I also loved the candid stories about people like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and John Lee Hooker among others. There's a lot of history in there. This book filled in a lot of missing pieces for me about the development of Chicago blues from the older Delta players, which later influenced the music I grew up on. I always wondered how Willie Dixon managed to write so many classic songs.

 

[Kreon]

Right Now:

Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday
Hammer's Slammers by David Drake (currently near the end of Vol. 1 of 3)
Brewing Better Beer by Gordon Strong

I recently finished:
The Clone Sedition by Steven Kent <- my favorite SciFi series
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Cicero by Anthony Everitt
Republic by Plato

Coming up:
Old Testament, front to back. Did it with the New Testament several years ago, enjoyed the process and results (schooling highly religious people on their own bible is fun)

re-read Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels


Also, if you're looking for free SciFi e-books, check out the Baen Free Library. You can purchase almost all Baen/Tor/etc books in e-book format. The prices are now about the same as Amazon's e-books, but sometimes cheaper.

 

[Farang]

Damn, I'd love to see him live. It was great, better than I expected. I didn't realize how long he struggled for success, working as a tow truck driver in Chicago for many years. He has quite an interesting story.

As a blues fan, I also loved the candid stories about people like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and John Lee Hooker among others. There's a lot of history in there. This book filled in a lot of missing pieces for me about the development of Chicago blues from the older Delta players, which later influenced the music I grew up on. I always wondered how Willie Dixon managed to write so many classic songs.

Make a point to do it. He is the only old blues player I've seen, so maybe they're all like that, but he was part musician part actor part comedian. Just a great entertainer, using his guitar to bring the audience up and down

 

[Abe Froman]

In re: World War Z.

Finished a couple weeks ago, very enjoyable read.

I just started this over the weekend. Great book... I'm just not sure how they're going to tie it to the movie since it's a collection of stories and the movie seems to be all about Brad Pitt.

 

[Pheran]

Coming up:
Old Testament, front to back. Did it with the New Testament several years ago, enjoyed the process and results (schooling highly religious people on their own bible is fun)

Consider reading this in tandem with Asimov's Guide to the Bible, you'll get even more out of it that way.

 

[Pheran]

Finished Cloud Atlas, now reading the latest Wool novel, Third Shift: Pact. If you are a fan of SF and you haven't read Wool yet, get on it! The Wool books are amazing.

 

[theshad]

Been working on A Forge of Darkness for a while now.

 

[Pheran]

Been working on A Forge of Darkness for a while now.

Malazan is still on my to-do list. I've only read the first book, will re-read it when I finally start the whole thing.

 

[mikeymikec]

"Smiley's People" - John le Carré

 

[xanis]

Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails (2nd Edition) by Michael Hartl

Not exactly a light or entertaining read, but I want to learn Rails and this is the best tutorial/book I've come across yet.

 

[Gibsons]

Guadalcanal, by Richard Frank.

Really good, but I've had about 1 chapter to go for the month. Will probably finish the next week sometime, once I get past a couple of deadlines.

 

[IronWing]

The Regiments of Night - Brian Ball, trash sci-fi circa 1972. It's oaky, could have used an editor to cut some pointless dialog but I think sci-fi authors were paid by the word back then.

Understanding and Responding to Hazardous Substances at Mine Sites in the Western United States - J Degraff. Pretty much like the title says.

Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Perú - Petersen and Brooks. Quite an interesting book from the remaindered bin. Mainly picked it up to have some context before reading Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes by Robins, a book I started reading while hanging out in the library waiting for a meeting to start.

Edit: I just checked Amazon for Mercury, Mining, and Empire. $45 new or up to $158.99 used!

 

[SphinxnihpS]

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

 

[surfsatwerk]

In re: World War Z.



I just started this over the weekend. Great book... I'm just not sure how they're going to tie it to the movie since it's a collection of stories and the movie seems to be all about Brad Pitt.

I believe the movie has nothing to do with the book. Other than the inclusion of the title and zombies.

 

[allisolm]

Just started Cold Days by Jim Butcher - the latest Dresden Files.

 

[gorcorps]

I believe the movie has nothing to do with the book. Other than the inclusion of the title and zombies.

yup

pretty typical/expected anymore

 

[sixone]

"Shadow Prey"--John Sandford

<--- big Sandford fan. Have you read any of his Kidd novels?