What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?

[orpheus]

I just finished reading ?The Violent Bear it Away? by Flannery O?Connor and ?The Sounds of Waves? by Yukio Mishima.

Flannery O?Connor rules all sorts of awesomeness!

And I am currently reading Scott Fitzerald's "This Side of Paradise" and Stephen King's "Dolores Clairborne."

Books, like boobs, are best when they come in pairs. mhihi:

 

[kings_nutt]

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman

 

[Hoya]

100 pages down, 970 to go. This could be a while.

 

[irisher]

 

[KingsPride]

Right now I'm reading Genghis Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden. Historical fiction a good read with it's battles and great story.

 

[Leatherface]

Postcards from Moscow.
It's letters written from the US Ambassador to the Soviet Union's wife from 1949-1951. It's fascinating to take in her assessment of post WWII Russia. I bought it for 3 dollars in an antique store in Bakersfield.

 

[gescom]

100 pages down, 970 to go. This could be a while.

yeah, it always is with that one!

 

[adgy-san]

I'm about halfway through this:

And it's totally and completely awesome as it should be.

 

[BadIdea]

Right now I'm reading Genghis Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden. Historical fiction a good read with it's battles and great story.

Think I might pick that up.


As for me, its Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson - 'the eyewitness account of operation Redwing and the lost heroes of seal team 10'

 

[lagwagon0]

I'm about halfway through this:

And it's totally and completely awesome as it should be.

Creepy, almost bought this book earlier this week. May eventually...

 

[BadIdea]

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors By James D. Hornfischer

Excellent. One of the best WWII books I've ever read. Cannot put it down.

It chronicles theBattle off Samar - Oct 25th, 1944.

Cannot recommend this highly enough. If you have even the slightest interest in Naval warfare during WWII, pick this one up.

 

[roenick]

Had to wait to read this due to my 11-year old daughter and how slow she was to finish it over the summer, but I just finished

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

All I can say is I was very happy with the book. Rowling is a very good writer, who keeps her reader hooked. I enjoyed the series and the finale very much. Would suggest it to anyone.

 

[irisher]

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

 

[lagwagon0]

Just about to finish a very funny book.

Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel

by Jeremy Blachman

 

[jerseydevil]

City Of The Dead by Brian Keene, un-beilevable demonpossessedzombieendoftheworldhorror...with a reaallllllly downbeat ending...good stuff Maynard!:bounce:

 

[Nazgul]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It's taking me forever to get through it, though...

 

[Winsomemore]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It's taking me forever to get through it, though...

It's huge but excellent imo.

 

[FootKnight]

Just finished Coalescent by Stephen Baxter the other day. Baxter writes really good "hard science fiction" and this is no exception.

Currently rereading My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony Loyd. A dark, personal look into the Bosnian War. The way Loyd writes the chronology can be screwy at times, but you get used it pretty quick.

 

[FBJ]

Just finished Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks. It's the first book in the Genesis of Shannara trilogy, set in post-apocalyptic Seattle. Basically a follow-on trilogy to his Word/Void trilogy.

Good stuff. I'm on to read the second book now.

 

[FBJ]

Just bought a copy of Mary Stewart's "The Crystal Cave." It's Arthurian legend that I read when I was in high school. It was good then, and it's GREAT now.