What's everybody reading? (Wait, do people still read books these days?)

[whyaskwhy]

Do people out there still read? Hope so. Right now I'm reading Stephen King's Song Of Susannah (Dark Tower # 6), and Peter Benchley's The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez. Anybody else deep into a good book right now?

 

[Rainbow_dash]

The Wasteland 9dark tower 3!!!) Multiple comic book series, and currently attempting to memorize another poem. This attempt: THE JABERWOK!

 

[Recidiva]

Rereading one of my absolute favorites: Orscon Scott Card "Lost Boys"

Well, listening to it on audio. That's one of the most underrated books.

 

[whyaskwhy]

Wastelands? Nice. Probably my favorite of the DT books. This is my second (and probably last) time through them...

 

[lovetoread]

I am reading Make Me, Sir by Cherise Sinclair and Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

A memoir of Raphael Semmes, Hitlers Order Police, an ecology book, and a memoir of Napoleon's war in Russia.

 

[whyaskwhy]

So, JamesbJohnson, it seems you're into light comedy?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

The full four-volume set of the adult Japanese manga Velvet Kiss, by Harumi Chihiro.

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[Typo Fu Master]

Dogsbody, by Dianne Wynne Jones.

It's a cult classic so I'm told. I remember reading it as a kid and loved it.

I have several that I've re-read quite a few times. I don't feel that a book has paid for itself unless I've read it at least twice.

 

[warrior queen]

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie.

 

[whyaskwhy]

Nice point, Typo. I have a full two shelves of books I've read more than once, and I know I will read again. Lord Of The Flies, The Stand, Fight Club, Swag, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, To Kill A Mockingbird...the list goes on and on. In fact, both books I'm reading now, I've read before. So, here's a twist: Did you ever read a book and love it the first time and revisit it years later and hate it? This happened to me just last year with Peter Straub's Ghost Story. Re-read it last year and couldn't see why I'd loved it in my youth. Weird...

 

[eyer]

I've had the unexpected opportunity to catch-up on offline reading offerings in the last couple of weeks; besides numerous volumes I've scanned through, the following I've read fully:

- Feast of Fools by James Lee Burke (my #1 favorite fiction author)

- Worth Dying For by Lee Child (my #1.1 favorite fiction author)

- Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

- The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley (NF)

- The Amateur by Ed Klein (NF)

- The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King — The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea by Walter R. Borneman (NF)

 

[blobfish]

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie.

Does that include the horse myth?

 

[warrior queen]

Does that include the horse myth?

I'm only a quarter in so far - dealing with sheep has taken a big chunk of my time over the last week since I got the book.

And.... i always heard it was a bull.

 

[killallhippies]

a bunch of idiots saying dumb shit on the internet.

 

[blobfish]

I'm only a quarter in so far - dealing with sheep has taken a big chunk of my time over the last week since I got the book.

And.... i always heard it was a bull.

I always heard horse. Maybe it's a bull south of the equator.

 

[cherylashi26]

George Carlin "Last Words".

 

[Balladeer08]

Eric Flint's 1632 series, just a good fun read.

And Generation Kill by Eric Wright, about the Marine Force recon unit in the invasion of Iraq.

Then I have some Craig Johnson on standby, along with Larry Nivens.

 

[Sinny]

Nice point, Typo. I have a full two shelves of books I've read more than once, and I know I will read again. Lord Of The Flies, The Stand, Fight Club, Swag, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, To Kill A Mockingbird...the list goes on and on. In fact, both books I'm reading now, I've read before. So, here's a twist: Did you ever read a book and love it the first time and revisit it years later and hate it? This happened to me just last year with Peter Straub's Ghost Story. Re-read it last year and couldn't see why I'd loved it in my youth. Weird...

This just happened to me with Raymond Carver. I remember loving him 20 years ago and this time around the alcoholism and relationship disfunction were just too much in the book his wife published after his death. Had to stop reading after I got to the story where the neighbor children died in a fire. Augusten Burroughs seems positively chipper after reading that. It frustrated me because I love the simple narrative of Ray Carver, it's the despair I can do without.

I am reading David Sedaris right now, "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk." A little cutesy, even for him, but I love him anyway.