Which book are you currently reading?

[Villain]

I am currently reading this:

I just finished the first book in the trilogy yesterday.

I loved that series. 👍


Reading that before seeing Episodes I, II, and III made me hate Episodes I, II, and III

 

[Dave A]

I'm reading Game of Thrones, I enjoyed the first series on TV and bought the book.

 

[nk4e]

The Alchemist

 

[Yauma9]

Mockingjay

 

[AMCNUT]

A History of the Luftwaffe



Good stuff, very readable - I'm flying through it. 👍

 

[Villain]

I'm reading Game of Thrones, I enjoyed the first series on TV and bought the book.

One of the best series that I've ever read. I hope you enjoy it! 👍

 

[ziopaperone]

Vietnam: A History, by Stanley Karnow, and Battle Of Wits, by Stephen Budiansky.

 

[Submerged]

Carrie by Stephen King.

Its certainly a different style to his later books.

Hoping to tackle the Dark Tower series next, although not sure of the best way to tackle that series, chronological or go by a different timeline?

 

[photonrider]

Carrie by Stephen King.

Its certainly a different style to his later books.
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Ever read anything by Richard Bachman?

A History of the Luftwaffe

Good stuff, very readable - I'm flying through it. 👍

Bandits! Twelve o'clock!

I would love to read that; what kind of illustrations are in it, and are there many?

What am I currently reading? Well, the main course is . . .

THE UPSIDE OF IRRATIONALITY: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home. (Dan Ariely, Harper Collins.)

A side dish:

the code. Joanna Paungger/Thomas Poppe. Atria Books.

And for a nightcap I'll imbibe a bit of:

TREES. (A reference book with a ton of authors. and probably several trees needed to make it. It's my HW. But I love trees anyway.)

 

[AMCNUT]

Bandits! Twelve o'clock!

I would love to read that; what kind of illustrations are in it, and are there many?

There aren't too many illustrations - there are a few scattered here and there, but it's primarily a text-based narrative - and a very good one! If you enjoy reading about aircraft or world war two you'll definitely like this sort of thing. 👍

 

[Emptyone]

Buzzing through some Hawking books as slight preparation for Uni interviews this week. Read The Grand Design, currently on The Universe in a Nutshell, and then got the classic Brief History of Time to go.

Physics is awesome, period

 

[photonrider]

There aren't too many illustrations - there are a few scattered here and there, but it's primarily a text-based narrative - and a very good one! If you enjoy reading about aircraft or world war two you'll definitely like this sort of thing. 👍

Thanks. 👍 Will do. WWII Airplanes and Tactics fascinate me. Used to play a PC game called 'Battle of Britain' compulsively (um . . . long, long ago, ) and I still do play some of the console games available. Loved flying the Spitfire and the Me, and it would be hours of fun either fighting the Hun or being them. The Stuka was one of my favourites, too.
And then there are the bombers . . . . brrrrr....

I actually own quite a few books on aircraft, but I have to go look for this one at a bookstore or library (rarely use the 'net to purchase).
Not expecting to see Snoopy and the Red Baron in it, for sure. ;lol:

Thanks for the answer. 👍

 

[opelgt1969]

I'm still struggling with 77 shadow street, been reading it for about a 6-8 weeks. In my opinion it's not one of Dean Koontz's best! I'm on page 360 of 556 hope to finish soon as I already have my next 2 lined up Clive Cussler's Crescent Dawn and one I found that I bought a long time ago Michael Crichton's Timeline (not sure why I haven't read it yet)

 

[Anathema]

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

 

[Crash]

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Supposedly one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Short and quick read. I found this one to be a little harder to follow than Richard III since everything seems to happen so fast.

 

[AMCNUT]

Thanks. 👍 Will do. WWII Airplanes and Tactics fascinate me. Used to play a PC game called 'Battle of Britain' compulsively (um . . . long, long ago, ) and I still do play some of the console games available. Loved flying the Spitfire and the Me, and it would be hours of fun either fighting the Hun or being them. The Stuka was one of my favourites, too.
And then there are the bombers . . . . brrrrr....

I actually own quite a few books on aircraft, but I have to go look for this one at a bookstore or library (rarely use the 'net to purchase).
Not expecting to see Snoopy and the Red Baron in it, for sure. ;lol:

Thanks for the answer. 👍

Yeah, aircraft from that period captivate me as well. Subjectively, the best flying game I ever played from a pure fun standpoint was for the original Xbox, called Secret Weapons Over Normandy. I know the feeling of sinking THIS much time into a game!

I can sympathize with owning lots of books as well - I have a bad collecting habit! But that book is actually part of a series - you'll notice the title has 'A Bantam War Book' in a box near the top. That series of books are probably my favourite when it comes to paperbacks covering World War Two in the air, at sea and on the ground. They're usually pretty cheap in the used book stores - I found that Luftwaffe one for $0.50 at one of my university's book sales. I'd recommend picking any up that you may find - they are superb! I swear by 'em. 👍

If you're interested, some of my other favourite titles that are part of that series that cover the air war that I've read are these:

Stuka Pilot - Hans Rudel
Baa Baa Black Sheep - Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington
The First and the Last - Adolf Galland
Reach for the Sky - Paul Brickhill
I Flew for the Fuhrer - Heinz Knoke

Hope this helps! 👍

 

[Pagey279]

One of the best series that I've ever read. I hope you enjoy it! 👍

Absolutely sublime yes, but did you not find it went a bit stale in the middle? So much so I'm having to take a break from the series and read something else, nothing was happening and I lost interest.

 

[Villain]

Absolutely sublime yes, but did you not find it went a bit stale in the middle? So much so I'm having to take a break from the series and read something else, nothing was happening and I lost interest.

Depends on where you are. It's a long series, where's the "middle" to you?

Spoiler

You might want to give your answer in spoilers.

 

[Dotini]

I'm reading Game of Thrones, I enjoyed the first series on TV and bought the book.

One of the best series that I've ever read. I hope you enjoy it! 👍

👍
I concur! The 20 HBO episodes so far broadcast and the 5 books so far published have been thoroughly entertaining. IN fact, I'm going through them twice and have joined a forum for their discussion.

Respectfully,
Steve

 

[Pagey279]

Depends on where you are. It's a long series, where's the "middle" to you?

A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust. Got half way through and gave up, I will come back to it though.

 

[photonrider]

.......................................(Book List)

Hope this helps! 👍

Thanks. Already all agog at the Stuka title; man, I loved flying that plane - it was the 'Yellowbird' of planes in comparison the Supermarine was a Corvette. Shall investigate that list. 👍

Restarted another book - I had begun it, and it was too absorbing, so I had to put it away. I tend to read many books at the same time - some times as much as five books in different locations, that I pick up and continue from where I left off, but this one basically shrank my brain to the size of a pupil by the end of the first chapter. Like a good student I had to put it away, till I had finished some of the others, because I wanted to focus fully on it:

THE WORLD IS FLAT. A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century.
Updated and Expanded. FSG, New York.

 

[Joel]

About to start reading Ender's Game. I've heard good things from my book nerd friend about it so I'm excited. Apparently it's rather anti military-industrial complex which is good.

 

[Joey D]

About to start reading Ender's Game. I've heard good things from my book nerd friend about it so I'm excited.

If you like it I would probably avoid the sequels because they get really strange really fast and aren't like the first book at all. Ender's Game is fantastic though.

Also Ender's Shadow and its sequels are far better than the Ender's Game sequels I think, so those might be worth a look too.

 

[FoolKiller]

If you like it I would probably avoid the sequels because they get really strange really fast and aren't like the first book at all. Ender's Game is fantastic though.

Also Ender's Shadow and its sequels are far better than the Ender's Game sequels I think, so those might be worth a look too.

I wouldn't call them strange, but they do go on a harder philosophical theme, which was really the only way Ender's story could go. They also go much further down the fiction part of science fiction.

Ender's Shadow and it's sequels follow the focus on the military industrial complex and politics, but are far less sci-fi.

 

[nk4e]

The Alchemist

I finished it within the week I bought it. It is a very good read about wisdom. I am tempted to check out the other titles from the author.

Currently reading: Vampire Hunter D

 

[GasolineJunkie]

Buzzing through some Hawking books as slight preparation for Uni interviews this week. Read The Grand Design, currently on The Universe in a Nutshell, and then got the classic Brief History of Time to go.

Physics is awesome, period

👍👍 Hawking got me involved in reading up on physics. I have a bunch of good books by other authors that go into great detail about different topics.

Currently reading The Language of Mathematics. Making the Invisible Visible. by Keith Devlin. It explains different mathematical theories so that they make sense to the average person. It is really eye opening, and if you really like physics, but aren't very grounded in the mathematics of it all, this book does a great job of making math understandable. Not finished yet, but so far, I recommend.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Finally took the plastic wrap off, and am diving into this massive thing:

It's too big for our bookcase!

 

[Joel]

About to start reading Ender's Game. I've heard good things from my book nerd friend about it so I'm excited. Apparently it's rather anti military-industrial complex which is good.

Ended up reading about 90 pages the night I wrote this, and then finished the book tonight reading until 5AM. Needless to say I enjoyed it.

 

[FoolKiller]

Ended up reading about 90 pages the night I wrote this, and then finished the book tonight reading until 5AM. Needless to say I enjoyed it.

Now, you only have about 10 sequels left.

 

[Joel]

Now, you only have about 10 sequels left.

If they're as good as the first that's quite alright.