Books you're currently reading???

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Nicely put. You really do have a smashing way with words Sky.

aww a best friend uses the word smashing.* sniffle *You made me miss him with your kind word.

I don't know whether to thank you or not. :P * tease*

[DanaC]

Hahah. A cruel dilemma indeed. :P

[dar512]

I just finished "The Yiddish Policemen's Union". It's something different in the way of a hard-boiled detective story. Lots of fun if you're familiar with even a little Jewish culture.

[elSicomoro]

At the risk of destroying this thread, since I read about one book every 20 years...I've read two in the past month.

*ducks*

Anyway, they are books by Michael Pollan, who writes for the NY Times magazine: "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food." Great books that really make you think about food and how it fits into our culture. I got to meet him at a book signing in St. Louis last week...great speaker. I strongly recommend the books.

[morethanpretty]

I just finished the 3rd book in the Inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini. It'd been awhile since I had read the first two, Eragon and Eldest. Originally this was supposed to be just a trilogy, so I'm excited its turned into a cycle. I like the characters, so I want more books! I just have to wait for more cuz they aren't written yet. Damnit.

[Trilby]

Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher. WASTE OF TIME AND $$$$

Best line in the book: If religion is the opiate of the masses, I took masses of opiates religiously. otherwise, lots of Debbie Reynolds worship, not much about Paul Simon (except this little bit of advice: "if you can get Paul Simon to write a song about you, do it!" - gee, Carrie, thanks for THAT; and a bunch of shite you can hear at any AA meeting. Yawn. Give me Augusten Burroughs any day.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

S.G. The Bite Club is suppose to have alot of humor in it.

Trouble is, much of the humour was slapstick and/ or cliched. And the main protagonist's bf was the most annoyin character I have read in a very, very long time. He minced and screamed and bitched his was through the book and no-one killed him. Missed opportunity. Also the author needs to look up the definition of "quipped" because some of the things that character quipped were neither clever nor witty.

Originally Posted by dar512

I just finished "The Yiddish Policemen's Union". It's something different in the way of a hard-boiled detective story. Lots of fun if you're familiar with even a little Jewish culture.

I loved it too! Here is my impression of it.

Originally Posted by Brianna

Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher. WASTE OF TIME AND $$$$

I nearly picked this up at the library last week. I'll give it a miss I think.

[DucksNuts]

*sigh* I admit it (reluctantly) that I am reading *new moon*, the second in the twilight series.

I used to read a book really quickly, but its a hard slog these days...but I am making the effort.

[jester]

I actually just finished the last book in the twilight series. Personally, I liked them - the last one was a little more "blood graphic". For me, that's ok. I thought the books were ok. I will admit, I like fluff, so I read mostly romance novels whether on-line or paperbook.

[Happy Monkey]

I'm rereading an Asimov collection of the first three Foundations, The Stars, Like Dust, The Naked Sun, and I, Robot. Gotta love the classics. I need to get more Asimov; other than this collection, I haven't read him much since I was a kid.

[DanaC]

Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks (yes I know, I am sad) by Trevor Baxendale.

He's one of my favourite DW authors. His stories usually have a seriously dark edge and they really get this mythic qualities of the character.

[Clodfobble]

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. Quite good so far, but shit, I'm a good 300 pages in and we're just barely out of "introduce all the characters" mode. I'm not complaining, because it's been very enjoyable--but I'm questioning whether he'll have enough pages left to pull off the rest of the plot...

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. Quite good so far, but shit, I'm a good 300 pages in and we're just barely out of "introduce all the characters" mode. I'm not complaining, because it's been very enjoyable--but I'm questioning whether he'll have enough pages left to pull off the rest of the plot...

wow...I was reading this at that same time and didn't notice your post!

I'm on Judas Unchained (sequel) now.

These books are quit a bit like the George R R Martin Series, A Song Of Ice and Fire, in that they encompass LOTS of characters and plot lines. It makes the story seem so ....BIG.

I'm right at the end of the second book......1.75 hours of the audio book left....

There were a couple things that stuck in my logic filters, but I was able to get it unjammed and enjoy it. (there's a scene where someone gets stabbed, and the knife is left in the victim...and they can't figure out who did it....and no mention of fingerprinting the knife is made.......it's way in the future, and I assume we'll still have fingerprints.....

but...yeah....good big long books, neat tech stuff and a few likeable characters....I picture Ozzy looking like Hendrix, btw...

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

wow...I was reading this at that same time and didn't notice your post!

...

Which is why we need a bookclub!!!! *grins*

[Anagrama]

"Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie"