What are you reading?

[London Callum]

This was one of my favourite skindergarten topics before the board change.


At the moment I'm reading "The Best New Horror vol. 20" edited by Stephen Jones. Not as good as the last couple of years volumes but still some quite good stories. After that I'm going to finally get round to reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson followed by a couple of books on Cromwell and the Civil Wars for my course but I haven't bought them yet. That's what I'll be doing with my day off tomorrow.

[Freebooter]

I'm reading The Fix by Declan Hill. It's about match fixing in soccer in the modern game. It's pretty interesting and a little disheartening if you're a fan of the sport.

[Preacher]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

It's my favorite book.

[Branded]

1776 by David McCullough

[deadskin]

This thread.

[uppercut]

Macbeth

[King Of All Buffets]

I picked up Robert Baer`s new book on Iran called The devil we Know.

[Cash Money]

This thread.

Damn you stole my reply

[Einherjar]

Ananthem by Neal Stephenson. Not as good as his "The Baroque Cycle" books, but still an erudite and interesting book.
Wanna get The Wolf Sea by Robert Low next; the sequel to The Whale Road, the best Viking book I've read.

[General Butt Naked]

Re-reading Hell In A Very Small Place, about the French at the battle of Dien-Bien Phu in Vietnam.

[caspar]

Portrait of a Lady - Henry James

[ElBeau]

Portrait of a Lady - Henry James

Just read this.

[horror_biz]

Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading.

[MikeNLC]

From Dead To Worse - Charlaine Harris

[broadstreetbully]

Under the Dome by SK...800 pages in and still not sure aboot it...

[caspar]

Just read this.

it's a good book. it's like my second time thru it... i need new books.

[horror_biz]

Portrait of a Lady - Henry James

You digging this?

[HCMike]

Actually 3 different books right now. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell and The End Of Faith by Sam Harris.

[caspar]

You digging this?

yep. i'm a fan of classic lit though.

[Freebooter]

Actually 3 different books right now. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell and The End Of Faith by Sam Harris.

Is Why I am Not a Christian an essay? or is it a full book? I think I may have read it but I thought it was an essay or possibly even a transcript from a lecture.

[sweet strawberry whine]

why read when theres tv?

[HCMike]

Is Why I am Not a Christian an essay? or is it a full book? I think I may have read it but I thought it was an essay or possibly even a transcript from a lecture.

It's an essay. It's actually a book of essays. Why I Am Not A Christian is the essay they happen to name the book also.

[RVSkin]

fools die by mario puzo. next is lonesome dove. sister got it for me for christmas.

[neutral]

This thread.

Bastard ... That was exactly what I was going to say when I saw the thread name ..

[circlegraph]

House Of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Truly interesting with plenty of artsyfartsiness.
It's written like you're delving into insanity with the narrators. Hard to explain, really.

[Ruby Doe]

Database design for mere mortals, and Adobe CS3 classroom in a book. Oh yeah, and the Programming C# O'Reilly book. Wish I had time for more recreational reading.

[truebeliver]

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?.... by F. Goldman

[ArmedSuspect]

Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney. Trying to make my way through the Literary Brat Pack.

[SkinheadOI]

i recently got finished reading S. E Hinton's rumble fish and i also just finished skins by Gavin Watson

[Branded]

why read when theres tv?

I hope you are being sarcastic

[Bruiser]

The Graveyard Book, The Curious George collection, the Poetic Edda, and Breaking Dawn... and I have the complete Golden Book collection just waiting for it's turn.

[Mugger]

just finished reading american skin, was a great book ending was a bit meh but good, there was comedy , suspense. pretty good.

and im reading a clockwork orange, and the portable henry rollins currently.

[caspar]

and im reading a clockwork orange,

20 or 21 chapters?

[Mugger]

20 or 21 chapters?

21 chapters, i dont think they sell the book without the last chapter anymore.

[caspar]

21 chapters, i dont think they sell the book without the last chapter anymore.

good stuff ^-^




christ i'm old.

[laylers]

Deep Drive by Mike Lowell....a sports autobiography with a naughty name

[Hexxx]

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.. Stieg Larsson

[Herr Horst Total]

And when did you last see your father? by Blake Morrison

[jefro]

Ulysses, James Joyce

[Janelle]

I'm reading a ton of Michael Connelly books right now, thanks to Joey D. I also am reading a bunch of gay demon/vampire shite right now. It's entertainment without any thought what so ever. It's nice.

[Swiatek]

Ananthem by Neal Stephenson. Not as good as his "The Baroque Cycle" books, but still an erudite and interesting book.
Wanna get The Wolf Sea by Robert Low next; the sequel to The Whale Road, the best Viking book I've read.
What'd you think of "Cryptonomicon"?

[Hexxx]

I'm reading a ton of Michael Connelly books right now, thanks to Joey D. I also am reading a bunch of gay demon/vampire shite right now. It's entertainment without any thought what so ever. It's nice.


love Michael Connelly and the Harry Bosch novels

[Swiatek]

I'm reading a ton of Michael Connelly books right now, thanks to Joey D. I also am reading a bunch of gay demon/vampire shite right now. It's entertainment without any thought what so ever. It's nice.
I don't mean this in any sort of creepy way, but if you send me some sort of mailing address, I could send you a shitload of that demon/vampire crap. FREE! Pm me if you or anyone else wants it.

[NYCGooner]

A History of the American People - Paul Johnson

[BillyBoyo]

Shooter's Bible - well, not reading more like salivating.
as far as real reading - 'Froggy bakes a cake' and 'Froggy goes to the dentist'

[Danny_Mc]

Reading this.....

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4169AY3TERL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Rogue Warrior of the SAS: The Blair Mayne Legend

[Anon1]

I'm reading the Dark Tower series, I know I know it's Stephen King, but it's not like his other shit.

After that I'm going to read the Ayn Rand Lexicon and the the Objectavist Reader.

[GApeachSkingirl]

Kappa by Akutagawa for the Supernatural in Japanese Film and Literature class I'm taking and O! Pioneers by Willa Cather for my American Realism class.

But in my downtime, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy because I love him. Tons.

[Ryan W.]

Kappa by Akutagawa for the Supernatural in Japanese Film and Literature class I'm taking and O! Pioneers by Willa Cather for my American Realism class.

But in my downtime, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy because I love him. Tons.

I finally got around to reading The Road, still haven't finished it but it's good read. Has anyone seen the movie yet?

[GApeachSkingirl]

I finally got around to reading The Road, still haven't finished it but it's good read. Has anyone seen the movie yet?

I haven't read/seen the Road but I've only heard good things. I love western type things so he holds a special place in my heart.

[skoidat69]

I am trying to work through Shelby Foote's "Civil War: A Narrative". I got it as a X-mas present last year but hadn't started reading it until recently. There are three volumes in the series so it's pretty intense. I guess I should goof off more at work and maybe I'd get some reading done

[smorgy]

Linthead Stomp the creation of country music in the piedmont south. Pretty cool read recomend it to anyone that likes bluegrass, old country, old time music, has some pretty good damn stories and origins of styles.

[DontStopBelieving]

"smashed" book about a girl who got smashed as a kid. its a book to try to get girls to stop drinking. i should have written this shit. my stories are alot better.

[Thirsty Beaver]

Ender's Game for my English Literature class.

Very "meh".

[DontStopBelieving]

i recently read "the lost symbol". if you haven't read it, you should. its addictive.

[Jenny]

I just read Catcher In The Rye which I somehow managed to go through high school and college without picking up. I'm almost done with Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs right now. I kindof hate it.

[DontStopBelieving]

I just read Catcher In The Rye

awesome book

[Pride and Loyalty]

"Might Is Right" by Ragnar Redbeard

[RootsNBraces]

"HELL'S BENT ON ROCKIN": A History of Psychobilly by Craig Brackenridge

[HippieTownHooli]

Celtic Soccer Crew

[pissandvinegar]

Just started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, so far, so good. Just finished a book about the Mormons by Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild, Into Thin Air) called Under the Banner of Heaven. Great read!

[HippieTownHooli]

A good mormon book is called The God Makers.

[Oldcrow]

Rise of the Fourth Reich by Jim Marrs

[Gregtheskin]

Atlas shrugged for the who know's how many-ith time.

[pissandvinegar]

A good mormon book is called The God Makers.

Like, good as in picks the weirdos apart?

[HippieTownHooli]

Like, good as in picks the weirdos apart?

Yeah, really tears em a new one.

[bovver boy luke]

"A Peoples History of Untied States of America" by Howard Zine

[Pukes(SF)]

1984. I'm reading it for my English class. Great book.

[Mugsy]

David Sedaris : When you are engulfed in flames.
Its pretty darkly hilarious!

[TrOI!]

Curse of Lono...one of my faveorite christmas presents ever

[Big Mike]

Newspaper right now

[Billlybawb]

Translation and indentity in the Americas: new directions in translation theory (E. Gentzler). Interesting book on the impact of translation on the formation of identity on the American continent.

[Billlybawb]

Hey TrOI!, didn't you leave the old board because of all the shit you were given?

[black bear]

i'm reading "The bear" (L'ours; Histoire d'un roi dechu) by Michel Pastoreau - great book about the history of the bear as a cult in Europe.

[.Tim.]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Great book, but it took quite a while to get into it. Just started True Believer and so far its been pretty interesting.

[CutieVonCupcake]

The Sookie Stackhouse series.

[grouchybastid]

Ender's Game for my English Literature class.

Very "meh".

Meh, on Ender's Game? Really? You may be the only person I've ever come across with that opinion.



The Sookie Stackhouse series.

Oh Rae, why do you cut me this way? Those books SUCK! :(


I recently decided I wanted to read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan books. I'm on the 3rd out of 5 so far, highly entertaining stuff. I grew up watching the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan stuff, so reading the source material makes for some interesting comparisons.

[pinnskin]

The Sookie Stackhouse series.
ooh how is it? i love the show but i heard it's nothing like the books.

[skingirl_em]

Ian Rankin - The Falls

[pissandvinegar]

Curse of Lono...one of my faveorite christmas presents ever

I read that as "Curse of Leno". Ha!

[pissandvinegar]

Yeah, really tears em a new one.

I shall put it on my list. Thanks!

[jayr71]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kMeJiIEkL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg

After Robert Ludlum died, this guy picked up where he left off.

[No Class]

Graham Greene - Brighton Rock

[pissandvinegar]

That's a great book. I need to put that on the re-read list.

[pissandvinegar]

Oops, that was a reply to No Class about Brighton Rock.

[Justice]

im reading drawing down the moon by margot adler, its a history of various neopagan cultures written in the late 70s.

[BOUNCING SOUL]

Jonathan and Faye Kellerman:Capital Crimes

[British Skin]

Razzle magazine, good quality girl next door titty mag.

[Janelle]

The Sookie Stackhouse series.
I love those damned books. Even though they are written horribly. I can't wait for the 11th one, coming out in May I think.

ooh how is it? i love the show but i heard it's nothing like the books.
I think they are better than the show. They are a lot different though.

Rae, have you ever read any of the Harper Connelly series? Grave Sight, etc? Those are good and they are written better too.

[Janelle]

They are by Charlaine Harris too. Just thought that I would clarify.

[Janelle]

I am waiting for the fourth book in the Dante Valentine series, by Lilith Saintcrow. These are pretty good. The girl is a paranormal bounty hunter and a necromancer and is called to hell to work for the devil. It's got a little bit of lovey shit in it, but it is minimal. About like a Bosch book. They are fun though.


I also have a very embarrassing and dark secret that am about to share for all you bored housewives.... J.R. Ward. It's vampires... and that's all I'm going to say except that some of the things they say in it will drive you nuts. The author is one of those ladies whose too smart to be completely in touch with the real world, so she can be embarrassingly 'square' in her thinking of what an underground species would talk like.

[216 HxC]

Just finished the "Odd" series by Dean Koontz, which was absolutely amazing. I'm about to start reading Imajica by Clive Barker.

If you are into buying cool rare books and used books, check out www.alibris.com --- They have a shit ton of good shit on there. I got "Weaveworld" and "Imajica" on there by Barker for 6 bucks combined with shipping. Not to mention they are both first print, first edition. Check it out.

[Janelle]

If you want cheap books and you don't mind them used go to www.betterworldbooks.com and www.abebooks.com(or .co.uk, .ie, etc.) And of course there is always ebay.

[216 HxC]

If you want cheap books and you don't mind them used go to www.betterworldbooks.com and www.abebooks.com(or .co.uk, .ie, etc.) And of course there is always ebay.

I am still waiting for a book from Betterworld for about 3 weeks now. They do have a lot of cool shit on there, but they sure like to take their time. Abebooks is cool, too, but they don't do paypal which is a bummer.

[Janelle]

I am still waiting for a book from Betterworld for about 3 weeks now. They do have a lot of cool shit on there, but they sure like to take their time. Abebooks is cool, too, but they don't do paypal which is a bummer.

That depends on the seller. I found a few that took paypal, but they are few and far between. I got my books from betterworld in a couple days.

[216 HxC]

That depends on the seller. I found a few that took paypal, but they are few and far between. I got my books from betterworld in a couple days.

I'll send the seller a message and demand satisfaction for my Books of Blood complete series in hardback for fuckin 3 dollars lol.

[Janelle]

It certainly is hard to complain about it taking them along time to ship books when you get them so fuckin' cheap and so much of the money goes to fight illiteracy around the world.

[Plastic Gangster]

Lord of the Flies at the moment.

[Shawn P]

Atlas Shrugged...It's ok so far.

[MammaLysha]

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell.
I love murder mysteries.

[TrOI!]

Hey TrOI!, didn't you leave the old board because of all the shit you were given?

Nope...just moved to an apartment without internet for awhile....and honestly, I had myself a good laugh at all that shit

[NC Skingirl]

Do cookbooks while I'm eating and reading to my son at bedtime count? Not too much free time to read anything other than that type of stuff.

[Janelle]

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell.
I love murder mysteries.

I refuse to read her books anymore. Last night I was reading Black Notice by her and she went to some tattoo shop to ask about a bit of ink on some dead guy's skin and he had a pit bull. Bitch went into how when they bred bulldogs and terriers together they made a monster and none of them were to be trusted no matter what their owners say. Basically just feeding the media fear.... FUCK HER.... besides, her books suck anymore.

[Janelle]

No, I don't think they do, M. :) I read while I make dinner and once I put Grainne in bed for the night.

[Scooter]

The Boston Globe, while drinking my morning cup of coffee.

[StreetCleaner]

Just finished reading this

http://img.flipkart.com/bk_imgs/893/9780099527893.jpg


Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigious suburb.
As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth -- a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.

[George Dickel]

"Good Afternoon Gentlemen, The names Bill Gardner" by Bill Gardner and Cass Pennant. Written by the former top boy of the ICF in the 1970's. I've been reading a few of the UK hooligan books and one constant seems to be that no matter the crew they never lost a fight no matter where they traveled.

[runemight]

"How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World" by Thomas J. Craughwell. Interesting reading about the different motives of different Germanic tribes, Vikings, Huns and Mongols

[216 HxC]

It certainly is hard to complain about it taking them along time to ship books when you get them so fuckin' cheap and so much of the money goes to fight illiteracy around the world.

Well, they can help all the people in the world, i still its courteous on their part to send me my shit on time. HOWEVER, they did send me a First Print, First Edition copy of Imajica by Clive Barker in mint condition. So, it isnt too bad I suppose.

[TrOI!]

fear and loathing in america '72 by Dr. Thompson...as well as Haunted by chuck pahlinuik. one's journalism and the other's a novel. both author's are bat shit crazy and I love it.

[Tissla]

readin two books right now..

Slash by Slash
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson

[peteparilla]

I am reading ORCS: Army of Shadows...the third book in the Orc saga by Stan Nicholls...

[No Class]

r

The girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson

Just finished that...pretty good trilogy those books..

[bat_girl]

Just about to start Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[SoCalSkin]

"CHESTY" the story of marine lieutenant general Lewis B. Puller.

[hobbit]

Reading what I'm teaching right now, so War of the Worlds, Macbeth, soon The Princess Bride and The Handmaid's Tale. Folks got me 3 volumes of Richard Matheson's work though, so trying to squeeze some of that in, too.

[THRASH]

fear and loathing in america '72 by Dr. Thompson...as well as Haunted by chuck pahlinuik. one's journalism and the other's a novel. both author's are bat shit crazy and I love it.
Good book. Hunter S Thompson was a great american writer.

[Facetothesouth]

All Quiet on the Western Front

[CitySkin]

Just finished the sun also rises, and ham on rye.

[Janelle]

Just about to start Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
That could have been a hilarious book. If he had done it tounge in cheek, but I was seriously disappointed in it. There is also Sense, Sensibility and Seamonsters out too. I haven't read that, yet.

[CitySkin]

fear and loathing in america '72 by Dr. Thompson...as well as Haunted by chuck pahlinuik. one's journalism and the other's a novel. both author's are bat shit crazy and I love it.

good to see your still a faggot

[AmericanHateTank]

Just finished "Not A Good Day To Die" by Sean Naylor. It's about Operation Anaconda in Afganistan just after 9/11. AWESOME fucking read!!!

[BamBam]

"Why We Suck" By Dr. Denis Leary. Absolutely hilarious.

[ninjastefano]

the surgeon general's warning on my pack of tobacco, Where I live it's written in three languages ^^ smoking causes multilangual skills

[Rowdy Yates]

Mods!
Compiled by Richard Barnes, assisted by Johnny Moke & Jan McVeigh. (Plexus Publishing Limited, London): Over 150 photographs from the early 60's of the original Mods!

"All the fury and the hate of the scrap-happy Whitsun Wild Ones. Living for kicks: They met on the beach at Brighton yesterday - the Mod and the Rocker. And the boot went in...The Rocker is lying full-length on the beach. He was one of a gang of Rockers who fled from a gang of Mods. He tripped and fell. He lay face downwards. Helpless. There are no rules in the war between Mods and Rockers. And no mercy. The mod kicked the Rocker in the face. And when the Rocker was able to lift his head, it was smeared with blood. This was just one moment of violence out of the many which flared in Brighton and Margate over the Whitsun holiday."

"Scooter gangs 'beat up' Clacton. 'Wild Ones' invade seaside, 97 arrests. Wildest ones yet: Stabbing, stoning, deckchair battles as riots hit new peak. Battle of Hastings, 18 arrested: Riot police fly to seaside. Then one is beaten up as Mods and Rockers clash. A constable from Scotland Yard's holiday "Riot Squad" lies stunned on the Hastings promenade as a sergeant from the town force and another policeman grapple with a youth. The constable had been knocked down and kicked when he tried to make an arrest. The year was 1964."

[Yvonne]

Just finished "The Lost Boy" by David Pelzer. It's the second book after " A child called It". Very sad. I always seem to go backwards and read the second book before the first, so the next book Ill be reading is the first.

[caspar]

Just finished "The Lost Boy" by David Pelzer. It's the second book after " A child called It". Very sad. I always seem to go backwards and read the second book before the first, so the next book Ill be reading is the first.

omg, that whole series is just horrible and sad but such a good read. a child called it was quite possibly the most heartbreaking thing i've ever read. check out a man called dave, too. it's the last in the series.

[Land & Heritage]

In the middle of reading "The Camp Of The Saints" by Jean Raspail. Written in the mid-70s, it's a fictional account about a "bloodless invasion" of the shores France by boatloads of immigrants from India. Disturbing but at the same time somewhat humorous.

[hobbit]

That could have been a hilarious book. If he had done it tounge in cheek, but I was seriously disappointed in it. There is also Sense, Sensibility and Seamonsters out too. I haven't read that, yet.

According to my wife, Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters is better written than P&P&Z. I've only read the latter.

[a6skin9]

"Ernie O'Malley, I.R.A. Intellectual" by Richard English

[Tissla]

Just finished that...pretty good trilogy those books..

yea, the books where good... the movies SUCK

[Mongo_Smash]

AR 670-1 for a soldier who can't seem to get anything right....and 7-8 for a class I have to teach next month.

[Reggae Girl]

Poor Richards Almanack By Benjamin Franklin. Quite interesting...

[Ikouja]

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson. Seeming to be a pretty good read, and an extensive one at about 750 pages.

[RACofRibs]

The Year of Living Biblically by AJ Jacobs. A friend suggested it and I thought it was gonna suck but its pretty good.

[OXBLOODSTEELTOE]

12 Days on the Road,the Sex Pistols and America by Noele.Monk and Jimmy Guterman.Its the second time I've read it and is a very funny book to say the least.Cant help feeling sorry for Sid though,just seems to be like a dumb lost kid,actually he pretty much was just a kid.

[Funky_Kingston]

Still reading Genji Monogatari (The Tale Of Genji). Over halfway through, 1120 pages. Japanese novel over 1000 years old. Not an easy read, bit worth it if you're into history.
Just starting The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The movie was disturbing, the book is supposed to be much more so.

[enforcer]

My guilty pleasures are definitely dirty romance novels. I read like 4-5 of those a month. But right now I am reading Appetite for Life by Noel Fitch.

[SouthSide Eric]

First Lord's Fury: Jim Butcher.

[Freebooter]

The Guarani Under Spanish Rule in the Rio de la Plata by Barbara Anne Ganson

[LipsManlis]

just finished reading a brave new world and getting ready for one of the other books the missus got me for christmas

[Ripper]

Need to finish 1984, Into The Wild, I am Lengend, & the Three H.P.Lovecaft collections I have.

[Chops]

Just about done with this. Pretty funny.

http://boredtohell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/stuff-white-ppl-like-198x300.jpg

[Joe_Esox]

First responder stuff..

[Janelle]

My guilty pleasures are definitely dirty romance novels. I read like 4-5 of those a month. But right now I am reading Appetite for Life by Noel Fitch.

OMG... I got a series of vampire books and they ended up being dirty romance novels with fangs. But you better believe I've read the whole series. hahaha... I'm sad.

[OldSchoolHate]

The Bin Ladens - Steve Coll

[OldSchoolHate]

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

[OneLawForThem]

the practice of mahamudra by Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche

[Khazi_Cleaner]

Intellectuals & Society by Thomas Sowell

BRUMMEL'S LAST RIFF by Alan Fletcher

CLOCKERS by Richard Price

[SouthSide Eric]

From the Dust Returned: Ray Bradbury

[Oi!_Division]

The Lost Symbol-Dan Brown

[Swagger]

The Iliad

[216 HxC]

Just started "Inferno" by Ellen Datlow. Should be pretty good, it is so far.

[beergut]

The Iliad

Good choice. I'm reading "the byzantine commonwealth, 500-1453"

[_Aexp]

Heavier than heaven - Kurt cobain's biography.
That dude was a mega bitch....

[DelfederateRob]

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Our Founding Fathers

[Rowdy Yates]

Recommended reading

Booted and Suited
Author: Chris Brown (2009, John Blake Publishing)

Synopsis:
"Welcome to the real seventies, where the hair is shaved, the music is funky and the football is violent. Chris Brown was right there in the thick of the action, launching himself into the culture of the decade with a passion. With his regulation haircut, clip-on braces, shrunk Levis and bovver boots, he had the look every self-respecting bovver boy could not been seen without. This is the amazing story of the most maligned decade in British history."

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uwc7UnHcL._SS500_.jpg

[mikeyoi]

Momofuku by David Chang,A Return to Cooking by Eric Ripert.About all I read is food related.

[mikeyoi]

Momofuku by David Chang,A Return to Cooking by Eric Ripert.About all I read is food related.

Except for Charles Addams,Doonsebury,Peanuts and Bloom County books.And Far Side.

[216 HxC]

Just finished Imajica by Clive Barker. Fucking incredible book, I highly recommend it. I'm gonna start the Andromeda Strain tonight by Crichton. Should be a good read.

[joebraskie]

Reading Rare Earth by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee for a class project. Its theorizes that complex life in the universe may be rare due to the fact that life arose on Earth through a series of astronomical, biological, and geological coincidences.

[enforcer]

OMG... I got a series of vampire books and they ended up being dirty romance novels with fangs. But you better believe I've read the whole series. hahaha... I'm sad.

Oh man what series??? I love reading series because it last longer but I get so sad when I finish :(!

[Butterfly in the Sky]

I just finished reading Some will Not Die by Algis Budrys. I don't get the hype with this book, I just kept waiting for the story to start and when it did, the next chapter was the epilogue.

I'm in the middle of Dexter By Design right now, well I am not reading it - I pirated the audio book - but it is your average Dexter book with the completely outrageous unlikely storyline you come to expect from Jeff Lindsay. Still 250% better than that crap on Showtime.

[caspar]

sql logic that isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing. shit's been driving me insane.

[Patriot08]

I don't suppose anyone here has read Stasiland by Anna Funder? Written by an Australian journalist who explores the lives of former GDR citizens. It is enlightening to say the least, definitely one I would recommend if you can get hold of it.

[JohnPsycho]

Born in Blood by John J Robinson and The Temple and the Lodge By Baigent and Leigh.....yeah im studying to be a Mason....i cant help it its in my blood

[Warzone]

The walking dead from Robert Kirkman. Very very addictive.

[PRISONCITYSLICK]

How to Make War (Fourth Edition): A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century - James F. Dunnigan

[Ale Star]

What the Dog saw - Malcom Gladwell. I've read everything else he's written so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Most of his stuff is pretty mind blowing

[bleedforyourcause]

Im reading Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Re-reading John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, and a biography on St. Augustine.

[MaryKathleen]

Emotions Revealed paul ekman

[216 HxC]

I fucking finally just got the whole Goon set in the mail today. Gonna have good reading for a while.

[Drunkard]

The second book in the thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn: Star Wars, Dark force rising.

[ArmedSuspect]

The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain.

[aggro310]

has anybody read the ian stuart bio?

[Yorkshire Rich]

Read the Cockney Reject book a bit since. Don't get time to read much these days.

[Raine]

Pushed by Jennifer Block

[BITTER MIND]

Im reading Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Re-reading John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, and a biography on St. Augustine.

Thats some heavy shit. I have tried to read LEVIATHAN but always fall asleep. I have read THE CONFESSIONS of St Agustine. I definitely enjoy a classic every now and then. Just got done reading MONSTERS OF THE SEA by Richard Ellis. On the music side just read ANTI MATTER ANTHOLOGY by Norman Brannon

[Bogey]

Don Montgomery-Hot Rods of the Forties

[Glenndle]

A drinking life by Pete hamill

[ROCK 'N' ROLL DISGRACE]

The Book of Basketball (Bill Simmons)
The book by Jackie MacMullen about Larry Bird & Magic Johnson
Any basketball fans here shoudl seriously seek these out.

[216 HxC]

I just got Hellbound Hearts - A Collection of Tales inspired by Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. It's got stories from Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, Steve Niles, Tim Lebbon, Chris Golden, and Mike Mignola. Should be fucking awesome. I also picked up Relentless by Dean Koontz. Also should be good, never read a Koontz that wasn't awesome.

[CitySkin]

The Maltese Falcon Dashiel Hammet

[amber jaime]

The Maltese Falcon Dashiel Hammet

(aka playgirl)

[black bear]

ursula le guin - left hand of darkness

[CitySkin]

(aka playgirl)
I owe you a smack in the mouth.

[ROCK 'N' ROLL DISGRACE]

A stack of LIFE magazines that were from the 60s, that I found in the trash. Pretty cool. One of the issues the cover is Lee Harvey Oswald.

[ROCK 'N' ROLL DISGRACE]

Continuimg to flip thru them and another issue has all these gory photos of car accidents and his a huge article on how dangerous America's highways were at one time. Pretty interesting stuff.

[Swiatek]

Continuimg to flip thru them and another issue has all these gory photos of car accidents and his a huge article on how dangerous America's highways were at one time. Pretty interesting stuff.
That's a pretty good trash score! I miss Life magazine.

[216 HxC]

OK, I started that Hellbound Hearts. It is fucking incredible, one of the best books I have read in YEARS. Check it out at your library, if you like classic Clive, you wont be disappointed.

[nobody's hero]

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice.

[Al Swearengen]

Leviathan

[Durtycook]

Just finished Killer Angels, and just starting American Creation.

[DukeCityDrunk]

i just read IT by stephen king

[Swiatek]

Just started re-reading Crucible Of War by Fred Anderson. A very well written book on the Seven Years war(aka French-n-Indian war). Recommended.

[TerrorBCS]

I am reading 'The Mad Ones' by Tom Folsom. I heard it was kinda lame, but really, it's not too bad at all. A lot of artistic conjecture, sure, but how far off the mark could it be? The book ain't about classical poets or brain surgeons, is it? Prollem is, the older I get, the less idealistic and morally pretentious I find myself to be and books like this seem to lean further from lurid spectacle and more towards...well... inspirational.

[nobody's hero]

Finished The Vampire Lestat. It was excellent. On to Queen of the Damned.

[SickGirl]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

It's my favorite book.

I just finished reading The Prince last week. I'm entirely sure why, but I've been trying to figure out if I liked it. It's either brilliant or scary. I'm don't think I've ever contemplated a book so much. I'm resolving that I will have to give it a second read to pay it's just dues.

[hostilesouthern]

Economic Science and the Austrian Method- Hans-Hermann Hoppe

[FinSkin]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, converted into novel by James Rollins.

[Slimey Bastard]

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

[Janelle]

Worst Fears Realized by Stuart Woods. Sorry Joey but these Woods books are just over the top for me.

[Yvonne]

I'm going to start reading Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

[Germs]

just finished Brave New World. Starting World War Z

[buttersideup]

Flashman on the march - George McDonald Frasier

[DStomp]

Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse five by Vonnegut

[216 HxC]

just read "The Great and Secret Show" graphic novel adaptation from Clive's book. Fucking awesome book, the art was phenominal, and a perfect adaptation.

[hybrid moments]

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

[BluePower]

"Don't Shoot The Dog" - Karen Pryor

[tonychernobyl]

I'm reading this right now! and so are you.

[buttersideup]

Bernard cornwell - the archers tale

[RiotNotRally]

Shame, Salman Rushdie

[amadupname]

"Why We Suck" - Dr. Dennis Leary. It's funny as shit.

[Remell]

Winners got scars too - Johnny Cash

[eyeball]

just finished reading american skin, was a great book ending was a bit meh but good, there was comedy , suspense. pretty good.



someone just gave me this, it looked meh but maybe I'll check it out

[eyeball]

oh and I'm always reading some bukowski

[Monse]

Against the day by Thomas Pynchon, just started it a couple of days ago, seems quite interesting so far

[brandonbrownish]

Forever War.
An amazing book as far as Sci-Fi goes.
Its all based on the writers experiences in Nam.

[Hostile City 215]

The IRA Volunteers Handbook

[GrottyWanker]

Good Omens. Its hilarious.

[circlegraph]

oh and I'm always reading some bukowski

I'm reading Post Office by him, atm.

[caspar]

Always Running - Luis Rodriguez

[skinheadm8]

The new Jack Reacher. For a Yank he's not a bad geezer

[Barrowboy]

actually i was reading lonliness of the long distance runner despite the queer sounding name its fantastic its about the english workingclass in nottingham before and after the war.anybody know it?

[216 HxC]

I'm hooked on the Lucifer series based on Neil Gaiman's character in Sandman. It's fucking awesome, as is the Fallen Angel series of graphic novels

[TotalMF]

No Angel by JAy Dobyns

[RVSkin]

fools die by mario puzo.

did i post this already? i should read it more...

[belfastskin]

anfield of dreams..

[mungo]

The Battle for the Falklands

Hastings and Jenkins

[Smirk]

Soulforge by Weis

[johnny reggae]

recently i found some of William Faulkner's short stories on a website
i read two or three per day

[bonnielovesclyde]

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

[hostilesouthern]

The Affluent Society- John Kenneth Galbraith. A leftist look at economics.

Dude is full of well meaning shit.

[johnny reggae]

any of you read "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_of_San_Luis_Rey
Graham Green nervously smokes aside

[BOUNCING SOUL]

Jonathan Kellerman:Obsession

[Fredz]

Guns, Germs, & Steel-Jared Diamond

[matte bxl]

A short history of nearly everything : Bill Bryson

[RACofRibs]

All Ages its a book about the late 80's early 90's straight edge scene.

[sevenatenine]

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Thats a goood book =))

[sevenatenine]

school textbooks -_-;;

[tallmatt]

terry pratchett - thud...

his stuff is always a good lugh and easy for me to pick up on the train to work for 30 minutes each day

[M. Sabrowski]

Ham on Ryre by Charles Bukowski

[216 HxC]

I just finished The Black Train by Edward Lee. It was in the horror section...so i thought it would be sweet and all the reviews i read about it were awesome and scary and shit. Turns out it was a fucking awesome book, but it wasnt scary at all. More disturbing than anything. Great story, highly recommended.

[DrBassie]

The Imperial Cruise - James Bradley

[Stance]

'Getting the joke' by Oliver Double. Book about stand up. Very interesting and something I hope to be a part of. Waiting on my debut five minute slot!

[johnny wishbone]

101 Reasons To Love The Yankees
and 10 Reasons to Hate the Red Sox

[StormSaxon]

the mad, the bad, and the innocent - the criminal mind on trial. it's about the insanity defense for murder.

[AnthonyC]

Indiana Jones -- The last Crusade

[england belongs clothing]

reading cass

[deckape81]

I just downloaded BIGFOOT: THE TRUE STORIE ABOUT APES IN AMERICA By Loren Coleman for my kindle dx