What book(s) are you reading right now?

[Craig234]

This: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Sentry-History-National-Security/dp/1596915153

I have that.

Also check books by James Banmford, the leading writer on the NSA as far as I know.

 

[thedarkwolf]

The Husband by Koontz
Needed something to read and it was in the "take a book, leave a book" book case at work. It is Koontz so it will at least be decent and pass the time.

 

[Brainonska511]

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

It's pretty atrocious what the US did to the natives of North America.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

It's pretty atrocious what the US did to the natives of North America.

The killing pales next to destroying their culture, language and, way of life. It was a shameful time in our history.

 

[Brainonska511]

The killing pales next to destroying their culture, language and, way of life. It was a shameful time in our history.

I agree - it wasn't just the killing, but the complete destruction of a people. But in some ways, it still is a shameful time - some of the greatest poverty and chronic health problems in the US are still found on reservations.

 

[clamum]

Stranger than we can imagine by John Higgs

An interesting look at the last century.

Ooooh, that sounds like it's right up my alley. I added it to my Wishlist. Thanks for mentioning it!

 

[tynopik]

The killing pales next to destroying their culture, language and, way of life. It was a shameful time in our history.

no, killing is worse

 

[manly]

Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell

 

[JujuFish]

I've had the audiobook of Redshirts by John Scalzi for years now. With The Orville and a new Star Trek series, I was finally inspired to get around to it and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's my first Scalzi book and now I think I'll have to look into what else he's written.

 

[thebestMAX]

Just finished "Death Becomes Her" by Michael Anderle. Book 1 of the Kutherian Gambit series. A different take on vampires, weres, aliens and who knows what else at this point.
Many other books in this series so if you like it you wont run out soon.
Not rocket science (well, just a little), not badly written and an interesting story. Great escape literature.

 

[DainBramaged]

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

It's pretty atrocious what the US did to the natives of North America.

I remember when I first read that book. It was heartbreaking and shocking to think that fellow human beings could so easily commit such atrocities. Incidentally, I'm currently reading Heart that Lonesome Whistle Blow, also by Dee Brown. So far, an enjoyable romp through the creation and competition of the railroad industry.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158304.Hear_That_Lonesome_Whistle_Blow

 

[FeuerFrei]

Fabulous Beasts by Joseph Nigg

Mostly a compilation of old accounts with a bit of commentary throughout. Contains: unicorns, griffins, basilisks, mermaids, sea serpents, harpies, phoenixes, cockatrices, etc.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Tearing Down the Wall of Sound by Mick Brown

Not an easy read but I learned so much about Phil Spector and the whole music scene from the mid 50's through the early 70's. The amount of research performed and interviews with all the various musicians was just overwhelming.

 

[Chaotic42]

Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D. It's interesting to read about how messed up x86 is. I heard people complain about it when I was a kid in the 90s, but it's amazing that anyone managed to get anything done without pulling their hair out.

I also picked up Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing and The Fractal Geometry of Nature.

 

[clamum]

Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D. It's interesting to read about how messed up x86 is. I heard people complain about it when I was a kid in the 90s, but it's amazing that anyone managed to get anything done without pulling their hair out.

I also picked up Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing and The Fractal Geometry of Nature.

Hmmm, being a software developer that sounds kind of interesting. I think I'll add it to my Wishlist.

I'm reading The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops now and it's decent. I saw a review of it from the Forgotten Weapons channel on YouTube and it looked interesting so I picked it up.

Still going through Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks in the car, WOOT. C'mon GRRM, get that next book out! Dotrice is a good narrator and I like pretty much all of the voices he does for the characters, except for maybe Gendry and Tywin Lannister. Gendry sounds like a big simpleton with a ridiculously deep voice for a 15 or 16 year old and I just picture Tywin not having as deep and loud of a voice as the narrator does it. From the text, I think he's a more "composed" person who doesn't need to speak loud but is confident and obeyed nonetheless. I think Charles Dance about nailed the character in the show. Just a personal thing I guess; otherwise he does a great job with all of those voices and characters.

Next up I'll be reading Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy book 1) by Ken Follett. I haven't read his stuff before but I'm aware of his Pillars of the Earth novel, which I haven't read but I've seen the TV mini-series and liked it a lot. So when I happened to see this Fall of Giants book sitting on the sale table at Meijer I decided to get the Kindle version, figuring I'd like it. I'm looking forward to it!

 

[JujuFish]

Dotrice is a good narrator

At the risk of bumming you out, Dotrice was a good narrator.

 

[Mai72]

Currently reading the comments on ATOT.

A little bit of comedy. Throw in some mystery, history and suspense. It's a good read.

 

[Craig234]

Currently reading the comments on ATOT.

A little bit of comedy. Throw in some mystery, history and suspense. It's a good read.

Well my car key thread had some mystery and suspense.

Add in horror for the spiders.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Greg Bear - City at the End of Time

I've liked other books by him but this one is slow going for me so far. It might get much better but in early chapters it feels like an inferior copy of Tim Powers or Neil Gaiman (Neverwhere).

 

[Pick2]

Shadow of Freedom by David Weber.
It's an offshoot of the Honor Harrington series. Space war , political intrigue ,colonization , etc.

 

[snoopy7548]

Second read-through of The Shining. Makes me want to watch the TV miniseries but I know it'll be awful. I still have a soft spot for those crappy Stephen King TV adaptations, though...

 

[Brainonska511]

The Windup Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami: It's a bit trippy, but it's pretty interesting overall. Can't say I've read Norwegian Wood yet (I believe its on my pile of books to read), so I don't know how this one compares to that one.

 

[dainthomas]

The Lord of the Rings and Dark Legacy of Shannara (alternating). This will be close to the twentieth time reading LOTR.

 

[Craig234]

The Lord of the Rings and Dark Legacy of Shannara (alternating). This will be close to the twentieth time reading LOTR.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/2693080680590

 

[thedarkwolf]

Mortal Engines by Paul Reeves
Just saw a teaser trailer for the movie by Peter Jackson based on this series and thought it looked stupid and awesome (think Pacific Rim when I say that) so I picked up the first book. Wasn't bad and look forward to the second book.