What are you reading...? [Archive]

socalheart

07-17-2008, 07:04 PM

Are you an avid or casual reader? What are you in the middle of reading today? What are you waiting to get here (from amazon.com or wherever) to read? Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? What genres do you like to read? Do you prefer comic books or graphic novels? You know the drill... spill! :D

badkitty

07-17-2008, 07:13 PM

Well right now I am reading two books and waiting on my third. But I am currently reading: American Theocracy and The Sound and the Fury... I am waiting on Love Letters Of Great Men And Women: From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day.

Alana

07-17-2008, 07:16 PM

i'm reading East of Eden and The Sparrow (http://www.curledup.com/sparrow.htm) which is weird and i'm having a hard time getting into it.

OtisPMerriweather

07-17-2008, 07:17 PM

I am reading (read: for the past two months in my spare time) the newest John Grisham book- The Appeal.

I like him because he is from close to my hometown and he puts Memphis in a lot of his books. But I hardly have time to read anymore...maybe less foruming, more reading.

Sorry, no high-brow stuff...but tae, wanna get that book off you when u finish..if I can stomach it.

OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand

07-17-2008, 07:17 PM

I love reading!

"Dear Penthouse, I never thought anything like this would ever happen to me..."

badkitty

07-17-2008, 07:18 PM

OtisPMerriweather

07-17-2008, 07:19 PM

The love letters..

Bones

07-17-2008, 07:25 PM

Anything from Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler, Dean Koonts, Tom Clancy, Dan Brown.....

I've gotten into reading a lot of historical fiction lately, after having read "The Da'Vinci Code", and enjoyed Ken Follets' "Pillars of the Earth", and "World Without End".

Reading in my spare time is a lot better than some of the stuff served up by AFN these days.

OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand

07-17-2008, 07:30 PM

Pillars of the Earth was good. Have you read "On Wings of Eagles", Follet's move into non-fiction?

badkitty

07-17-2008, 07:32 PM

Pillars of Earth, huh?? I am gonna check it out.

OtisPMerriweather

07-17-2008, 07:32 PM

Pillars of the Earth? Whassat? My google finger has a beer attached to it..

badkitty

07-17-2008, 07:35 PM

Has anyone read The Road by Cormac McCarthy?? It's a great read. I really really liked this book.

okisteve

07-17-2008, 07:47 PM

Almost finished with The Fatal Shore, history of Australia from the first prisoners to 1900 or so. Long but so well-written you have to wonder why some authors can make history so dull.

I get most of my books from my ex-wife, who hunts around used bookstores and library sales and sends me a tubful every year or so.

okisteve

07-17-2008, 07:50 PM

Bones

07-17-2008, 07:57 PM

As posted by eele:

Pillars of the Earth was good. Have you read "On Wings of Eagles", Follet's move into non-fiction?

Yeah I have, but that was a few years ago. Read most of the non-fiction stuff from Clive Cussler, as well as Tom Clancy. Cussler's non-fiction stuff is more interesting than Clancy's IMHO. When you've spent a great time in the Military, you can relate to what Clancy writes about. With Cussler, it's exciting to read about the adventures that he's had discovering ancient ship wrecks etc....

Sort of like the books that Jaques Ives Cousteau wrote a long time ago, when I was younger.

Sex Wax

07-17-2008, 09:18 PM

I'm reading EON by Greg Bear (http://www.gregbear.com/). Cool book. I want to read some of his newer stuff, but as always, The books I want to read are not available at the library or the crappy bookstores on base.

P_chan

07-17-2008, 09:36 PM

I've got a couple of books that I need to read. I bought them once I had time to read but now I'm studying for some clep tests so I haven't gotten into my other books yet.

roxy_skyy

07-17-2008, 09:41 PM

Usually I read Patricia Cornwell, but I thought I'd take a break now I'm reading When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sardis. Not a bad book in my opinion.

Bones

07-17-2008, 10:06 PM

Isaak Brodsky

07-17-2008, 10:49 PM

i'm re-reading a book i recently had published. slow goin'.

OtisPMerriweather

07-17-2008, 10:52 PM

Dog, Clive Cussler is the SHIT.

But all this new-school, NUMA file bull is not up to par..kinda like watching the Sean Connery James Bond fight the Roger Moore version.

CaptainMcLusty

07-18-2008, 08:19 AM

Im currently re-reading "Heart of Darkness" by James Conrad. I've had to read it about 4 times so far....

Next is "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel.

Asshat

07-18-2008, 08:26 AM

Fiction. I read every night. Probably average two books per week.

Asshat

07-18-2008, 08:28 AM

Dog, Clive Cussler is the SHIT.

But all this new-school, NUMA file bull is not up to par..kinda like watching the Sean Connery James Bond fight the Roger Moore version.

LMAO! Yeah, but I am a little tired of Dirk Pitt. The man is too good to be true! I do enjoy Cussler's irony though. (the bus driver/bell hop etc is always named Clive Cussler)

socalheart

07-18-2008, 08:29 AM

I'm currently rereading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You all know it. :p I'm almost done with it.

I usually prefer sci-fi, fantasy and historical fiction. There are a few biographies that I enjoy also.

My next book to read is The Born Queen from the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series by Greg Keyes. I have a few books after that to read also...

Trail

07-18-2008, 08:33 AM

Trail

07-18-2008, 08:36 AM

I'm currently rereading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You all know it. :p I'm almost done with it.

As big as that book is, I don't think J.K. was through enough. It seemed like I breezed through it very quickly. I actually think it only took me 18 hours to read it all. I was disappointed with the end since everything was built up so heavily climatically, I felt it was a bit of a let down. I think I said out loud, "Oh, is that all...."

Asshat

07-18-2008, 08:40 AM

One thing that would also like to add, is that once I'm done reading a hard cover book, I normally donate it to the Kadena Library. From what I've seen so far, the cleaning crew over there has a bigger budget than the librarians. None of my books have been signed by the authors, and in a small way, I give back to the community without filling up the local dumpsters.

That's how I do it too Bones. I get them from the base libraries, return them, get some more. I buy some, I turn them in too. I get a trash sack full every two weeks, and trade back and forth.

okisteve

07-18-2008, 08:41 AM

Well, since being pregnant, I have the attention span of a gnat for some reason. I just have not been able to commit myself to read anything but the newspaper or a magazine (mostly Nat. Geo and Okinawa Living) but I wish it wasn't so. I used to be a very avid reader. Hubby is upset with me since he has read books we both agreed to read so we can discuss them and I can't. I just plain cannot read anything longer than few pages at a time.

It could be a side-effect of pregnancy Trail, but that was also mentioned specifically in the article that was mentioned recently, "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?".

Actually the article was very brief and laden with halfway thought-out ideas, but one thing that I could agree with is that searching the 'net a lot does get you into a habit of skimming, only reading the first lines of an article or a blog, searching for the point rather than really reading it.

So you might be having the same problem after the special delivery, along with a billion other folks :mir31:

Asshat

07-18-2008, 08:44 AM

It could be a side-effect of pregnancy Trail, but that was also mentioned specifically in the article that was mentioned recently, "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?".

Actually the article was very brief and laden with halfway thought-out ideas, but one thing that I could agree with is that searching the 'net a lot does get you into a habit of skimming, only reading the first lines of an article or a blog, searching for the point rather than really reading it.

So you might be having the same problem after the special delivery, along with a billion other folks :mir31:

I am not seeing that to the degree I miss anything. I do skim when I read as I anticipate the "point" but I always go back and fill it in...a paragraph ahead, back and forth. I read nightly for about an hour and have done so for years. It gets easy to compartmentalize like that.

Interesting...so do more of us read now with the internet available? Probably so, and that seems a fair trade off- and the antithesis of becoming more stupid. For some, it may be their only reading is the net...better than nothing at all...as long as they don't believe everything they read. (cough)

Trail

07-18-2008, 08:49 AM

It could be a side-effect of pregnancy Trail, but that was also mentioned specifically in the article that was mentioned recently, "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?".

Actually the article was very brief and laden with halfway thought-out ideas, but one thing that I could agree with is that searching the 'net a lot does get you into a habit of skimming, only reading the first lines of an article or a blog, searching for the point rather than really reading it.

So you might be having the same problem after the special delivery, along with a billion other folks :mir31:

I hope it's just the pregnancy. :-| I was looking forward to starting a whole new genre (Westerns) after the bun is done in the oven. We have mostly read sci-fi and fantasy and I really enjoyed some of Larry McMurtry's stories. Also, I was a fan of the Lonesome Dove series on TV. (FYI-Olympic has the series on sale for $20! :first:) My mom and dad were big in to westerns and I never though any of it would run off, but I think it has. :grin1: I also have enjoyed a few of Louis L'Amour's short stories while preggo.

okisteve

07-18-2008, 08:49 AM

I am not seeing that to the degree I miss anything. I do skim when I read as I anticipate the "point" but I always go back and fill it in...a paragraph ahead, back and forth. I read nightly for about an hour and have done so for years. It gets easy to compartmentalize like that.

Interesting...so do more of us read now with the internet available? Probably so, and that seems a fair trade off- and the antithesis of becoming more stupid. For some, it may be their only reading is the net...better than nothing at all...as long as they don't believe everything they read. (cough)

Yeh, I would agree with you there. The writer of the article was coming from a perspective of the 'net being the downfall of serious literature and journalism.

badkitty

07-18-2008, 09:07 AM

I ordered Pillars of the Earth. I can't wait for it to get here.

DoctorP

07-18-2008, 09:14 AM

Right now I am spending most of my time reading "Learning Web Design". I have a John Grisham book I haven't started yet, and trying to read Huck Finn (the Japanese translation).

mikersoft

07-18-2008, 12:48 PM

I don't read for pleasure often, but when I do I like crime fiction. Two authors I like are Elmore Leonard and Dean Koontz.

I'm halfway through "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz. Pretty good.

-Mike

tim duncan

07-26-2008, 07:04 AM

am a history freak and read a lot

and am currently reading the eagle series by simon scarrow, it is great to read about macro and cato two legionaires in the roman army during
vespasians era., i got hooked on roman history after seeing rome on hbo...if you did not see it,...just see it.

am also reading the winterbirth series by brian ruckley...blood heir was great..

i also recently read a comic by spiegelman called maus about the jewish persecuation by the nazi's, which i though was ...actualy i am still trying to digest it..it was that heavy....

am also following the gaunt ghosts series by dan abnett on the warhammer univerise.

and am also following the eden manga series by hiroki endo and the blade of the immortal manga series (samurai/fantasy series) by hiroaki samura.

i love to read and can keep going on and on..because there are so many terrific things to read, and things i want to read....reading is one of the great joys of life ...imho, you can spend $13 on a movie or you can buy and read 2 new paperbooks... i will alway take reading, for the great depth of stories that writers want to share with us...much to my wifes dismay, that is....

vvloc

07-26-2008, 07:18 AM

spiegelman called maus about the jewish persecuation by the nazi's, which i though was ...actualy i am still trying to digest it..it was that heavy....

He's received many prestigious awards for his work including a Pulitzer (but you probably know that).

I've always wanted to ask you if you chose the handle TimDuncan because of your admiration of him (prolly a dumb question)? I think that he's the greatest player of his time, and ranks highly in the pantheon of greatest players ever.

greenflash

07-26-2008, 07:41 AM

Right now I'm re-reading Revolutionary Characters by Gordon Wood and about halfway through Slaughter House Five. I've been in the habit of reading a lot of "high school classics" that I never read in school, mainly due to poor attendance.
I think my favorite discovery of late has been audio books on the ipod. They're great for passing the time in traffic and make you feel like you're actually being productive instead of just sitting in the car. I save those for topical/current events type books that I wouldn't normally buy. The last one was the Scott McClellan book on his time as Bush's press sec. Interesting stuff, a bit scary and enraging at some points though.

tim duncan

07-26-2008, 07:50 AM

speigelman was awarded the pulitzer and deservedly so..mause just makes you think about society and humanity like all great literature does. i'm dumb, so i am still wresteling with the story in my head.

vvloc..

tim duncan is a great player...dont know if he is the best, but i've watched so many games where he played and something about his demeanor impresses me.

tim duncan is "mr fundamental". he is not exciting, like kobe is. he does not make waves. he does not talk bad about people. he does not yell at the refs and teammates...with exceptions of course.
he always hangs his head and seems to dig deep within himself to do better, after a loss and relies on his .. knowledege and seems to focus on his fundamental skills..when he is not doing well. he has a quiet type of pride and great work ethic, that i respect... in all working people.

check out my icon..and see how he makes a peaceful open handed gesture/ almost like a karate gesture to gasol as he guards him...

these are some of the reasons why i admire him so much, and why i chose him as my handle...of course i do not know him, and am making judgments based on his actions, from what i have observed as a fan..as stupid as it may seem.:)

vvloc

07-26-2008, 07:59 AM

speigelman was awarded the pulitzer and deservedly so..mause just makes you think about society and humanity like all great literature does. i'm dumb, so i am still wresteling with the story in my head.

Sorry Tim, but you are VERY far from dumb - I've been watching your posts for a long time, and ALWAYS enjoy your views, like your comments below.

Fundementals, finesse and team play is what separates the great ones from some who look at stats and fancy stuff. I, watched the career of Patrick ewing (sorry if you do like him) - lotta points - NO championships - no concept of team play, never knew when to dish out - check his assists stats; match him against Tim's assists stats.

Duncan would eat Patrick for breakfast, lunch, dinner, AND a midnight snack!

tim duncan is "mr fundamental". he is not exciting, like kobe is. he does not make waves. he does not talk bad about people. he does not yell at the refs and teammates...with exceptions of course.
he always hangs his head and seems to dig deep within himself to do better, after a loss and relies on his .. knowledege and seems to focus on his fundamental skills..when he is not doing well. he has a quiet type of pride and great work ethic, that i respect... in all working people.

check out my icon..and see how he makes a peaceful open handed gesture/ almost like a karate gesture to gasol as he guards him...

It's a great icon and very representative of the man AND his game.

Sex Wax

07-26-2008, 09:30 AM

The Uncanny X-men #303. Good stuff.

Bones

07-26-2008, 10:03 PM

"The Silver Chalice", by Thomas B. Costain.

A story of the cup of the last supper.

Another historical novel.

Well researched, but the author puts his own twists into it. If you think that things are bad these days, just imagine what life would be like for you during the Roman occupation if you were a Jew, or if you claimed to have been a Christian.

No weapons of mass destruction, all it took was for your neighbor to find fault with you. And if you were rich, the slaves revolting against you.

And about your trusted servant, you might just want to take another look.

A good read.:thumbup1:

Jolly Roger

07-31-2008, 06:41 PM

Currently I'm into my stack o' used stuff I got thru Amazon.com

I don't like to read very often, however, I'm addicted to "Persimmon Wind" by Dave Lowry. It's a great book IMO for the lost martial artist who has strayed from the path.

This book is about his experiences coming back to Japan after being away from his craft and instructor for some years. Has a bit of sarcastic humor (right up my alley) and some good discovery stories about Japan. Highly recommend it! I'm about 1/3rd the way through it....

:thumbup1::thumbup1:

Sex Wax

07-31-2008, 10:47 PM

I need some good Sci-Fi / Fantasy books. The base Library will have like the last 2 books of a trilogy. Or they will take forever to get a book in. Yeah, yeah, I could order them from Amazon or something, but I'd rather get 'em here. Feel free to pass on to me your old dog-eared but cool books if you dont want them, i'll read them and pass them back along.

Fire4Effect

08-01-2008, 02:21 AM

Just finished "Hell's Angel". Starting on "Dead in 5 Heartbeats". Favorite book always has been and always will be "Catcher in the Rye"

Bones

08-07-2008, 07:59 PM

Just finished reading "THE LAST ORACLE" by James Rollins.

Took me all of two days. I normally like to make my books last for about a week. Couldn't put this one down. James Rollins' fans will likely agree.

Bones

mikersoft

08-09-2008, 12:42 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LrxVFcSbL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

Not exactly entertaining...:rolleyes:

-Mike

Jazz

08-09-2008, 12:49 PM

JU threads

SignoftheEndTimes

08-15-2008, 11:04 PM

Books on my plate right now:
Finding Atlantis
2012 Apocalypse
Philosophy of Fire: Arcanum of Spiritual Light

kombu_kid

08-16-2008, 01:33 PM

The Revolution by Ron Paul.

jimbob17755

08-16-2008, 01:39 PM

jackie

09-11-2008, 01:42 PM

Jeffrey Deaver - The Sleeping Doll
David Baldacci - The Collectors

Pandora

09-11-2008, 07:12 PM

Usually I read Patricia Cornwell, but I thought I'd take a break now I'm reading When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sardis. Not a bad book in my opinion.
I just finished that book...awesome! His commentary on the Japanese culture was spot on. If you like him(read everything by him- especially Holiday's on Ice), you'd also like Bill Bryson(read A Walk in the Woods).

Currently, I'm reading Christopher Buckley's(of Thank You for Smoking fame) Boomsday. It's hilarious and insightful. I finished Chuck Palahniuk's Diary and Fight Club last week...loved Fight Club, Diary was meh.

Sex Wax

09-11-2008, 07:56 PM

I'm reading "Our Friend the Maggot". I didn't know maggots were so useful to the environment and for medical purposes.

socalheart

09-11-2008, 08:23 PM

I'm not currently on an egghead bookworm binge. I just finished The Born Queen, a fantasy novel.
I'm currently reading the first book of a trilogy from Babylon 5 about the Passing of the Techno-Mages. Next, I'll read book two, Summoning Light, and then book three, Invoking Darkness.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515V6G9ZBCL._SL500_AA240_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K4AWPT6KL._SL500_AA240_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512HZAD5ZWL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Jazz

02-26-2009, 06:27 AM

Actually reading my once every 5 yrs or so book right now and it's really good. It's The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's about a guy and his young son in a postapocalyptic world trying to survive any way they can. The movie's supposed to be released this year. I hope they do it right cause it has potential to be a great movie.

socalheart

02-26-2009, 07:14 AM

Currently reading: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n28/n140966.jpg Reading next: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n28/n140963.jpg

I'm on a Michener epic kick. Then again, he doesn't write much else. heh. :o

Trail

02-26-2009, 08:24 AM

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11890000/11891719.jpg

It's a good read and I can't put it down!

Sex Wax

02-26-2009, 08:34 AM

The "Big Book of Porn". I can't put this one down either.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o169/AshMiller1972/bigbook.jpg

Crazysix

02-26-2009, 08:37 AM

JU chat box

NaNaKo

02-26-2009, 08:42 AM

Twilight. The movie was not good, so I'm reading the book to see what the fuss is all about.

NotSoAverageWife

02-26-2009, 08:53 AM

Twilight. The movie was not good, so I'm reading the book to see what the fuss is all about.

I have all 4 and read them all. I enjoyed the books. Not seen the movie. But I understand the movie is based on the 1st book and movie 2 is in the works?

Right now I am reading "The Rape of Nanking" I just started it last night.

I really enjoy history books....and suspense/thrillers

Just John

02-26-2009, 04:37 PM

Has anyone read The Road by Cormac McCarthy?? It's a great read. I really really liked this book.

Yep; I read that and enjoyed it. It made for quite a conversation piece with a coworker that also read it.

I just finished Red Dragon (I read it years ago, but wanted to hit it again), and I'm getting ready to start The Journeyer, by Gary Jennings. It's a fictional rendition of Marco Polo's travels and adventures.

GODH8SU

02-26-2009, 05:25 PM

I'm reading the PDG. One of the most boring pieces of literature ever created. But, it has the potential to give me a promotion. So I guess I have to read it.

http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/photoplog/images/1689/medium/1_2007-PDG-Cover-for-web.jpg

02-26-2009, 05:53 PM

http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/scheduleroverview.html

I've been reading documentation for the last few months. I was all excited about graduation so I could spend my evenings reading science fiction and trash fiction (Dean Koontz, etc) but by the time I get home from work I don't even want to read subtitles on a tv screen...

I bought 2001 a Space Odyssey and have been looking forward to re-reading the series, but it's hard to get back into fiction after not having had time for it in a few years... I've almost made it through the first chapter...

DoctorP

02-26-2009, 07:23 PM

I've been reading "Einstein's Mistakes"

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LMC-rvJiL._SL500_.jpg

Just John

02-26-2009, 08:55 PM

I've been reading "Einstein's Mistakes"

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LMC-rvJiL._SL500_.jpg

The synopses sounds interesting. Care to give a review when you finish it?

DoctorP

02-26-2009, 10:15 PM

The synopses sounds interesting. Care to give a review when you finish it?

I'm still on the 2nd chapter, but I'll try to post one for you.

jerky656

02-27-2009, 09:29 AM

"When You Are Engulfed In Flames" by David Sedaris. That guy friggin' cracks me up! He's got 6 books out now & all of them are hysterical short essays about life, family, etc... His sister Amy Sedaris use to star in "Strangers w Candy" on Comedy Central.

mikersoft

03-03-2009, 09:20 AM

I recently finished this one.. pretty interesting..
http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/artielange/images/book-cover.png

The Juniper routers certification guide I'm reading now isn't quite as interesting :scratchchin:

-Mike

Fire4Effect

03-03-2009, 10:25 PM

I just finished a book called, "A Woman Rides The Beast" by David Hunt. Basically it was about how un-christian the Catholic popes have been in some of their ascents to power.
The first half of the book was a bit mundane as it discussed the underhanded dealings of the popes through the first years of Christianity but the second half was good reading,especially during the WWII years when the Catholic church was smuggling Nazi's out of Europe... Starting now on "Magik" by Aleister Crowley.

DougP

03-09-2009, 08:57 AM

I just ordered three novels by Charles Bukowski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski). Women, Ham on Rye and Post Office. Hopefully I'll be reading them shortly. :)
http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:xVPh-WnZ2xiXaM:http://theboredit.com/img/women.jpg http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:87SaSwGpPphXzM:http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/%257B8AE32150-3A55-4A39-AE60-FC5F0094642F%257DImg100.jpg http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:xqVbXkqvMPHmpM:http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0876850867.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

DoctorP

03-09-2009, 10:19 AM

Sex Wax

03-09-2009, 12:09 PM

I'm reading a little gem I found at the book mart.

It's full of advice and funny one liners like:
"When one finds oneself stranded on a deserted tropical Island, cool."
and,
"Bacon and Beer are pretty good, but one tastes better hot than the other"

Makes great toilet reading.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o169/AshMiller1972/mybook.jpg

03-09-2009, 12:18 PM

Sex Wax, if you wrote a book, I'd buy it.

mikersoft

03-10-2009, 11:36 AM

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o169/AshMiller1972/mybook.jpg

whoa! you have two right hands!!! you've been abducted by aliens, haven't you???

-Mike

Jazz

03-26-2009, 07:33 AM

Surfing and Health by Dr. Dorian Paskowitz. He must not get many orders cause he wrote me a personal message of thanks and motivation on the inside cover. Great book, but you should watch the documentary Surfwise first.
http://www.alohadoc.com/home.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479547/

03-26-2009, 07:34 AM

Reading more reference books and online documentation... :dead:

Sucks when programmers write documentation that you actually have to read.

socalheart

03-26-2009, 08:37 AM

I changed my mind about reading texas so soon after reading Alaska.
I'm now reading this instead:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/565-1.jpg

Gods bless Terry Prachett. :D

gibbonboy

03-26-2009, 08:47 AM

General Concepts in Integrated Pest and Disease Management:thumbup:

It's actually interesting if you want to learn this stuff.

No, really, it is. :-|

DoctorP

06-06-2009, 01:48 AM

Bradbury Stories- We'll Always Have Paris, by Ray Bradbury.

This guy is great at telling stories!

http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061719776

http://clics.ucsd.edu/newbooks/covers/well_always_have_paris.jpg

06-06-2009, 01:50 AM

Dude....... let me borrow that when you're done with it? I love Bradbury......

I have this:

http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Ray-Bradbury/dp/0517382091/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244220673&sr=1-1

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c0/c2212.jpg

Best fifty bucks I've ever spent....

I used to collect his first editions...

DoctorP

06-06-2009, 01:50 AM

Dude....... let me borrow that when you're done with it? I love Bradbury......

Got it from the library! :D

06-06-2009, 01:54 AM

Got it from the library! :D

Which library should I steal--I mean borrow--that from?

DoctorP

06-06-2009, 03:42 AM

Which library should I steal--I mean borrow--that from?

MCCS libraries on island will transfer any book to your nearest location if they do not already have it. So check Foster...if they don't have it, they will transfer it to you.

I just checked their online database and it shows that Foster has a copy.

gibbonboy

06-06-2009, 04:12 AM

Right now the main book is:

http://www.rocketstoves.com/img/cover.gif

Rocket Mass Heaters

We've figured out how to build cheap small shelters out of recycled materials, so we now need a super-efficient heater to warm them.

Ammoyankee

06-06-2009, 05:30 AM

I have been reading the "Ashes" series by William Johnstone, waiting for book 19 to come out now. Before that I used to read The Destroyer series but those are getting few and far between.

mikersoft

06-06-2009, 09:41 AM

currently reading this (http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7139&page=10http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7139&page=10)..

badkitty

06-06-2009, 09:51 AM

Right now I am reading, Sexual Fluidity-Understanding Women's Love and Desire. Got it from Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Fluidity-Understanding-Womens-Desire/dp/0674032268/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244249384&sr=8-1

Ammoyankee

06-06-2009, 09:57 PM

Richard Burns

06-06-2009, 10:00 PM

A Pilgrim's Path

Bones

06-08-2009, 05:16 PM

" The Bible of Clay"

swindland

06-08-2009, 06:37 PM

I"m about to read a bunch of books by L.A. Banks thanks to socal:smile4: Thanks for the books socal:thumbup1:

Bones

06-08-2009, 07:36 PM

Was at the BX this afternoon, saw two books that got my attention. Medusa, by Clive Cussler, and Restless, by Dean Koontz.

I don't get my allowance until Friday, but come Saturday, those books are mine.:old:

Mehi River

06-08-2009, 07:41 PM

Slaughterhouse V by Kurt Vonnegut

Are there any good second hand bookstores for English books in Naha or anywhere else on the island?

Bones

06-22-2009, 08:17 PM

I haven't had a lot of free time lately. But one of our customers turned me on to a book called "Water for Elephants". The author is a lady by the name of Sara Gruen.

It mostly deals with life in the circus world during the depression. And while it starts out kind of slow, as far as excitement goes, once you get into the story/characters, you can't put it down.

This is a "Must Read" book, IMHO.

Bones

Jazz

06-24-2009, 07:33 AM

JU forum threads, various.

canjap02

06-24-2009, 11:11 AM

Right now Im reading Thomas lee`s Bruce Lee; Fighting Spirit (for like the 4th time) I love reading just about anything, but mosty novals. I read about 2 books every week. I have to start ordering off the net cause I think I have bought all the books I can in Okinawa (Ive even bought every book they have at Mangasoko) Im waiting to get book 5,6 adn 7 of the Dark tower series. Ive read them all before but want to agian.

abonifi1

06-24-2009, 11:29 AM

I went to Tuttles book Store, and saw a copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mainteneace and decided to reread, I haven't read this book since college.

Prior to that I had read Adjuct Proffessor of Harvard Univ. Dr. Irene Pepperberg latest paper on Instinctive Conginitive Effect and Sytax.

Propably uninteresting to all of you, by Dr. Pepperberg was able to train an African Grey Parrot to speak with the syntax and apperature of a 2 year old child, to differentiate between words and answer actual questions, and communicate with advanced syntax, with out subliminal messaging.

Ayzil

06-24-2009, 11:40 AM

I read mostly fiction. I just finished reading just about everything Jim Butcher has written, his style cracks me up...and he has good stories too.

abonifi1

07-17-2009, 05:09 PM

Hybrid Metaheuristics

Anyone wanna try when I'm finished

TheLastDon

07-17-2009, 05:12 PM

Hybrid Metaheuristics

Anyone wanna try when I'm finished

Sure, I will give a try.

socalheart

07-17-2009, 07:20 PM

I just finished reading this...
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:P2bDQT44SAeLGM:http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/35625341.jpg
Then I read this...
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:U_Aqs6YEGGrGLM:http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/563-1.jpg
And now I'm reading this...
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:XbE_5fNwzMFc5M:http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/840-1.jpg

:thumbup:

Richard Burns

07-17-2009, 07:40 PM

Abo,
Did you read A Pilgrim's Path? Good stuff.

tyrannika

07-17-2009, 09:04 PM

i love to read, and read at least 1 book/week. atm i'm reading nic perumov's fantasy book about the two swords.
also, i work part time with reading book before they get printed and fix the language.

Trail

07-17-2009, 09:20 PM

I'm looking for a REALLY good read. Any recommendations? Sci-fi, horror, mystery, or drama preferably,

Ayzil

07-17-2009, 09:45 PM

I'm looking for a REALLY good read. Any recommendations? Sci-fi, horror, mystery, or drama preferably,

Jim Butcher's The Harry Dresden Files. It has drama, action, fantasy, suspense and humor. It's a great series. Start with Storm Front.

DoctorP

07-17-2009, 10:19 PM

I picked up "How Starbucks Changed my Life" the other day...not bad so far, I'll let you know more later though.

socalheart

07-18-2009, 09:28 AM

Jim Butcher's The Harry Dresden Files. It has drama, action, fantasy, suspense and humor. It's a great series. Start with Storm Front.

Is it based on the Dresden from the Scifi channel show about the warlock with a hockey stick?

Ayzil

07-18-2009, 10:42 AM

Is it based on the Dresden from the Scifi channel show about the warlock with a hockey stick?

No, that was based (very loosely I might add) on the books. I have no clue where the hockey stick idea came from, but that wasn't part of the books.

abonifi1

07-18-2009, 10:46 AM

I'm looking for a REALLY good read. Any recommendations? Sci-fi, horror, mystery, or drama preferably,

If your looking for horror, I always suggest the basics, the works of H.P. Lovecraft

abonifi1

07-18-2009, 10:47 AM

Abo,
Did you read A Pilgrim's Path? Good stuff.

Never heard of it who wrote it?

Richard Burns

07-18-2009, 10:54 AM

^ John J. Robinson. He was a non Mason who studied Masonry. In the beginning he was trying to find if the bad rumors were true but the more he investigated the more he seen it is nothing but good and became so intrigued that he petitioned.

socalheart

07-18-2009, 12:05 PM

John Saul writes a good ghost story.

Sex Wax

07-18-2009, 01:59 PM

I'm trying to re-read Foucaults Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

Zim the Invader

07-18-2009, 03:01 PM

Right now I'm reading "Skin Trade" by Laurell K. Hamilton. It's the most recent in the series of 17 books. Sci-fi/fantasy genre. I enjoy it.

Richard Burns

07-18-2009, 03:05 PM

I'm going to start reading the Bible. I want to actually study it and read a couple different versions, bounce them off each other see what what the "fuss" is all about so to speak.

Trail

07-29-2009, 08:34 AM

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu

Jazz

07-29-2009, 08:42 AM

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Interesting. What's this about?

I just read an article in GQ about a serial killer in Russia who killed 60 some people between the early 90's and his recent capture.

Trail

07-29-2009, 08:47 AM

Interesting. What's this about?

It's the philosophical basis of the Taoist religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_te_ching

Jazz

07-29-2009, 08:48 AM

I'm going to start reading the Bible. I want to actually study it and read a couple different versions, bounce them off each other see what what the "fuss" is all about so to speak.

How's this comin along?

abonifi1

07-29-2009, 09:08 AM

Interesting. What's this about?

I just read an article in GQ about a serial killer in Russia who killed 60 some people between the early 90's and his recent capture.

Citizen X is it?

Jazz

07-29-2009, 09:16 AM

He was called The Chessboard Killer - Alexander Pichushkin.

Asshat

07-29-2009, 09:50 AM

"Diaspora" by Greg Egan. (http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/DIASPORA/DIASPORA.html)

I highly recommend it for science fiction buffs.

In 2975, the orphan Yatima is grown from a randomly mutated digital mind seed in the conceptory of Konishi polis. Yatima explores the Coalition of Polises, the network of computers where most life in the solar system now resides, and joins a friend, Inoshiro, to borrow an abandoned robot body and meet a thriving community of “fleshers” in the enclave of Atlanta.

Twenty-one years later, news arrives from a lunar observatory: gravitational waves from Lac G-1, a nearby pair of neutron stars, show that the Earth is about to be bathed in a gamma-ray flash created by the stars' collision — an event that was not expected to take place for seven million years. Yatima and Inoshiro return to Atlanta to try to warn the fleshers, but meet suspicion and disbelief. Some lives are saved, but the Earth is ravaged.

In the aftermath of the disaster, the survivors resolve to discover the cause of the neutron stars' premature collision, and they launch a thousand polises into interstellar space in search of answers. This diaspora eventually reaches a planet subtly transformed to encode a message from an older group of travellers: a greater danger than Lac G-1 is imminent, and the only escape route leads beyond the visible universe.

abonifi1

07-29-2009, 09:50 AM

He was called The Chessboard Killer - Alexander Pichushkin.

I thought it was about Andrei Chikatilo, now that was a serial killer.

Jazz

07-29-2009, 09:59 AM

abonifi1

07-29-2009, 10:18 AM

This Pichushkin guy took more lives than Dahmer, Ripper, and SOS combined. Pretty intersting read. He would befriend them, walk with them into a wooded park, kill them or get them as close to dead as he could with a hammer or wrench and then dump them in a well connected to the sewer system.

I was reading the wiki on him, he does sound pretty interesting.

I miss all the good serial killers out of the US, they made for good stories and reading, seems like we have to go overseas, to get any now.

Jazz

07-29-2009, 10:21 AM

I was reading the wiki on him, he does sound pretty interesting.

I miss all the good serial killers out of the US, they made for good stories and reading, seems like we have to go overseas, to get any now.

People just don't kill like they used to. It's a shame really.:)

07-29-2009, 11:39 AM

I'm reading What Would Google Do by Jeff Jarvis. Amazing book so far.

Sex Wax

07-29-2009, 03:37 PM

Just got The Doomsday Key by James Rollins. Will start reading it tonight maybe If I don't drink too much beer (it's Wednesday after all).

Trail

07-29-2009, 04:20 PM

"Diaspora" by Greg Egan. (http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/DIASPORA/DIASPORA.html)

I highly recommend it for science fiction buffs.

That sounds awesome AH! Thanks :thumbup:

Bones

07-30-2009, 01:38 AM

Just got The Doomsday Key by James Rollins. Will start reading it tonight maybe If I don't drink too much beer (it's Wednesday after all).

Let me borrow it when you're done with it.:grin1:

Just picked up Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, book three, "dead and alive".

Also got Michael Jecks, 'The Death Ship of Dartmouth, a Knights Templar Mystery".

Bones

Sex Wax

08-01-2009, 04:27 AM

Bones

08-01-2009, 04:40 AM

Currently reading "God Machine", by J.G.Sandom.

Just a random pick, but it's turning out to be much better than I had hoped. He also wrote "Gospel Truths".

All about greed, power, and the lengths some religions will embrace to keep the money pouring in to their coffers. The stories are fictional, of course. Or are they?

B

socalheart

08-28-2009, 11:49 AM

http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/images/AmericanGods_MassMarketPaperback_1185415388.jpg

So far, so good... not sure who the bad guys and the good guys are... seems to be a common theme in Gaiman books. :D

08-28-2009, 12:04 PM

All In One CISSP - Exam Guide - Fourth Edition

1100 pages

Reading it cover to cover by August 25.

It's like reading an encyclopedia for fun.....

mikersoft

09-01-2009, 11:37 AM

All In One CISSP - Exam Guide - Fourth Edition

1100 pages

Reading it cover to cover by August 25.

It's like reading an encyclopedia for fun.....

Ugh... I don't envy you... So much subject matter in one book... The test was brutal...

Good luck :thumbup1:

-Mike

mikersoft

09-01-2009, 11:41 AM

All In One CISSP - Exam Guide - Fourth Edition

1100 pages

Reading it cover to cover by August 25.

It's like reading an encyclopedia for fun.....

Wait a sec.. you plan to finish the book two days before you posted? I think the space/time continuum has been jacked.. :scratchchin:

-Mike

09-01-2009, 11:52 AM

Ugh... I don't envy you... So much subject matter in one book... The test was brutal...

Good luck :thumbup1:

-Mike

Wait a sec.. you plan to finish the book two days before you posted? I think the space/time continuum has been jacked.. :scratchchin:

-Mike
LOL, need to finish it before SEPTEMBER 25th. lol...

I'm on the chapter about physical security. Did you know there are like six different types of windows, all with different strengths, used to protect different areas, and ALL equally painfully boring to read about! And doors! OMG, all of these incredible types of doors! And don't get me started on mantraps! Throw in some biotechnology and you've got yourself some Bourne Identity shit!!!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

canjap02

09-01-2009, 11:58 AM

Just finished Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series yesterday. From book 1 to book 7 took me about a month. now reading Dean Koontz Odd Thomas series.

DoctorP

09-01-2009, 11:58 AM

Wait a sec.. you plan to finish the book two days before you posted? I think the space/time continuum has been jacked.. :scratchchin:

-Mike

He's book smart, but no common sense! :D

09-01-2009, 12:00 PM

Ugh... I don't envy you... So much subject matter in one book... The test was brutal...

Good luck :thumbup1:

-Mike
Also, five bucks says I fail this exam. lol.

Jazz

10-27-2009, 07:41 AM

Also, five bucks says I fail this exam. lol.

Five-hundred says you don't.

Jazz

10-27-2009, 07:45 AM

I'm reading Kitchen Confidential, Adventures In The Culinary Underbelly. So far it's awesome. Basically a detailed outline of Anthony Bourdain's life, with food and restaurant life as the main influences. This also include sex, drugs, alcohol and good times.

Bones

10-30-2009, 02:13 AM

Order in Chaos

A Knights Templar Novel, while a lot of the things within the book are Historically accurate, I like the way that Jack Whyte fills in the fictional dialogue.

Much better than anything that you'll be able to watch on tv these days.:thumbup1:

Blues

10-30-2009, 06:16 AM

a riveting tale of relationship, queries, and reports :D

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41arDYBULZL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg

Biru San

10-30-2009, 10:48 AM

Just finished the Autumn/Winter edition of KATEIGAHO INTERNATIONAL... The Japanese Yuppy culture mag... They do like to flaunt their wealth... Biru San.

Hisashiburi

10-30-2009, 11:43 AM

Currently reading book 7 of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Usually read that kind of fiction...King, Koontz, etc. I also enjoy reading war books, lots of stuff about the pacific war and WWII/Vietnam.
I graduated from "graphic novels" *Cough comic books cough* by the time i had the word teen on my years...dont get how the Japanners are so into them myself. My wife digs them tho.

Hisashiburi

10-30-2009, 11:45 AM

Let me borrow it when you're done with it.:grin1:

Just picked up Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, book three, "dead and alive".

Also got Michael Jecks, 'The Death Ship of Dartmouth, a Knights Templar Mystery".

Bones

Oh snap, i didnt know book 3 was out...got the first two years back, been waiting for 3, which was delayed indefinitely due to Katrina...

socalheart

10-30-2009, 02:31 PM

American Gods by Neil Gaiman is excellent! I recommend it to anyone who has an interest in gods and goddesses of myth and belief.

I'm currently reading:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SniTwfm5BwE/Sn8WFSkbQrI/AAAAAAAABc8/B9qyEdCXfQg/s320/Pyramids+US.jpg

So far, it's a funny twist of what happens when a prince is trained to be an assassin but ends up being king and has to build a giant pyramid which affects the space time continuum. :D