exceelent reads (aka what are you reading?)

[TranaGreg]

I don't think we have resurrected this thread from the old board ...

I just finished Andre Agassi's Open on a slow Sunday afternoon. Not sure if it was referenced, but it's a great read, highly recommended whether you're a tennis fan or not.

[Mithrandir]

Right now reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray", By Oscar Wilde. I really enjoy 19th century literature.

[wannabegriffey]

Best read? 1 and 1A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Qap3VT_ZY

[Wonderboy]

Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia.

Just outstanding and explains a lot about how we got to where we are today in the middle east.

[Wonderboy]

Right now reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray", By Oscar Wilde. I really enjoy 19th century literature.

I tell you, I still love reading most of Dickens. And althought Lord Dunsany barely makes the time cut, if you like fantasy, I highly recommend The Book of Wonder, a collection of short stories. It's out of copyright so you can find it on-line for free, as with most of the 19th century writings.

From the opening paragraph of "The Hoard of the Gibbelins", the first story in that collection:

The Gibbelins eat, as is well known, nothing less good than man. Their evil tower is joined to Terra Cognita, to the lands we know, by a bridge. Their hoard is beyond reason; avarice has no use for it; they have a separate cellar for emeralds and a separate cellar for sapphires; they have filled a hole with gold and dig it up when they need it. And the only use that is known for their ridiculous wealth is to attract to their larder a continual supply of food. In times of famine they have even been known to scatter rubies abroad, a little trail of them to some city of Man, and sure enough their larders would soon be full again.

[Trader Mac]

I just finished reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang which is the story of three generations of ladies living under Communist China. Very good read.

I am currently reading The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller which I just started but looks pretty good. Plus, it will be a short read.

I just got my Kindle up and running so I will be using that soon. I plan on reading some of the classics which you can download for free. I've already downloaded Frankenstein which I have never read.

[Teenwolf]

Just finished reading Chuck Klosterman's Downtown Owl, the first fiction novel he's written, and really loved it. Tore through it within 2 days.

Currently getting close to finishing off John Steinbeck's East Of Eden. Very, very good book, though I still prefer his more comedic writing, Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row, in particular.

[NakedRicci]

I just finished Battle Royale, the Japanese novel on which the cult movie was based. What an outstanding read. I love the movie, but wow... nothing like a 600 page novel to make you realize how insufficient the movie was in telling the story.

And I'm in the middle of 3 other books right now (not counting the 1/2 dozen I'm editing).

Living Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris -- Book 2 in the series on which True Blood was based. It's a trash read, but at least I get to imagine Anna Paquin naked often.

And Another Thing...: Book Six of Three Eion Colfer -- Can't go wrong with the Hitchiker's Guide series, but I'm not sure I'm sold on Colfer's style with it.

Acting For The Camera Tony Barr -- Akin to buying yet another fantasy mag to re-establish what you already know in hopes of finding just one more nugget to give you an advantage.

[amcg]

Started to read Scorecasting. Very good so far.

[Fresno Bob]

"The Next Hundred Years" by Gordon Friedman, the head of Stratfor, is one of the best things I've read in a while.....

[TranaGreg]

"The Next Hundred Years" by Gordon Friedman, the head of Stratfor, is one of the best things I've read in a while.....

Looks interesting, might be my next purchase ... esp with a review on Amazon like this one ... "Futurologist Friedman entertainingly explains how America will bestride the world during this century"

[Fresno Bob]

Looks interesting, might be my next purchase ... esp with a review on Amazon like this one ... "Futurologist Friedman entertainingly explains how America will bestride the world during this century"

I got it from my public library!

[Trautdiggity]

About 20% through Let the Great World Spin by Collum McCann. Very engrossing so far, we'll see where it goes.

[heyelander]

my mom gave me her hand me down Kindle after she got a new model for Christmas. I've been reading random things that she already had loaded on it. I just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, which was very good. Reading City of Thieves by David Benioff now. Not sure what my mom has for thieves.

[Midnight Otter]

wannabegriffey's been reading his laptop's warranty, but I don't think he recommends it.