[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

I've begun a read-through of Marshall McLuhan's "The Mechanical Bride," which almost seems like a description of the modern world but which reads as pure prophecy when you take into account the fact that it was written 60 years again. Golfham.

[Gordon0Freeman]

I need a recommendation Lit-GAF. I have a hankering for Greek Mythology. I want a non-fiction recount of the Greek God structure as a whole from Hades in the Underworld, through Tartalus and all the way up to Mount Olympus, outlining every God and Demigod in their ranks and how they relate to one another. The problem I'm having is finding a book that doesn't read like a dry college text book. Anyone know of something that can satiate that need and preferably has a Kindle format?

I certainly cant help you. I certainly have the same recommendation request though.

[Dresden]

I need a recommendation Lit-GAF. I have a hankering for Greek Mythology. I want a non-fiction recount of the Greek God structure as a whole from Hades in the Underworld, through Tartalus and all the way up to Mount Olympus, outlining every God and Demigod in their ranks and how they relate to one another. The problem I'm having is finding a book that doesn't read like a dry college text book. Anyone know of something that can satiate that need and preferably has a Kindle format?

You could try The Greek Myths by Robert Graves. I don't know if it has a Kindle release, though.

[coldvein]

juuust about to finish the dream of perpetual motion by dexter palmer. pretty good. my first "steam punk ish" read.

[Keen]

Finished Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry.

Still struggling with Legacy of Kings, dunno why I'm having such a tough time with it, I liked the preceding two a lot. But this just isn't grabbing me at all.


I'm also horrified at my rate of reading, hardly averaging a book a week! Shit's embarrassing!

Dunno what to read now tho, need light literature. Writing a Master's thesis in Economics is heavy enough. Maybe The Winds of Khalakovo, or continue with the Ledger-books by Maberry. They were light enough, but good on action.

[coldvein]

I'm also horrified at my rate of reading, hardly averaging a book a week! Shit's embarrassing!

yeah, i dont know if i'm gonna meet my goodreads goal this year. it's reminding me that i'm a few books behind. :(

[Keen]

yeah, i dont know if i'm gonna meet my goodreads goal this year. it's reminding me that i'm a few books behind. :(

Yeah, I set, in hindsight, a stupid goal of 80 books! At this rate I'll be happy to hit 50!

[Adam Blade]

Mm... US cover.

I've already read 40 books or so this year, but I'm just too lazy to update Goodreads.

Meh.

[Hasardeur]

finished: Hyperion - didn't expect it to be a collection of (connected) short stories, I thought that was pretty neat

started: Fall of Hyperion

ordered: The Book of the New Sun

[elrechazado]

I've begun a read-through of Marshall McLuhan's "The Mechanical Bride," which almost seems like a description of the modern world but which reads as pure prophecy when you take into account the fact that it was written 60 years again. Golfham.

If you like that, read Neil Postman's Amusing ourselves to death

[Captain Howdy]

Just finished Escape from Camp 14. Very good, extremely harrowing read. I was totally unaware of the extent of the issue of prison camps in North Korea until I read this.



Almost done with On Writing. Highly recommended to anyone, but especially people who love to write, and would be interested in doing it seriously.



Going to start The Foundation Trilogy after I finish On Writing. I've been a sci-fi fan all my life, and still haven't gotten around to reading this, which I consider shameful. Also, these Barnes & Noble collectors books are so cool looking, I love the covers on all of them.

[Maron]

Never really knew anything about Will Eisner but thought it'd be interesting to read about him. Also helps that I'm constructing a comic book right now so I can use the inspiration.





Looks like I'm borrowing an older edition of this book.



Gonna try to absorb all I can from these books.

[Randolph Freelander]

Test Driven Development by Example, Kent Beck

[Cyan]

Mm... US cover.

That is totes sweet.

[Ceebs]

Mm... US cover.

For a series that seems decently popular you would think they could come up with some better covers.

[aidan]

Mm... US cover. I've already read 40 books or so this year, but I'm just too lazy to update Goodreads. Meh.

That is totes sweet.

For a series that seems decently popular you would think they could come up with some better covers.

You guys are totally a couple of days late.

[eattomorro]

Some frugal indy sci-fi for me tonight...

[Zona]

I just finished

[8BitsAtATime]

Finishing up Factotum....if i can I'll pick up Post Office tomorrow but ive got a stack of books I want to read already.


I have a question for those that collect rare/signed books, how do you go about taking care of them. Any tips or advice would help alot.

[BrokenFiction]

Blasted through Chuck Wendig's BLACKBIRDS. It's a super fast read because I just couldn't put it down. I liked it a great deal, and it sets up a series of books. The sequel MOCKINGBIRD is due out in late August - so a quick publishing schedule. I like that.

Just bought a copy of Gregory McDonald's first FLETCH book:



It's almost entirely dialogue. I loved the first movie, but had never read the book(s), so I'm interested to see the differences, but it got a lot of praise.

I actually was keen to pick it up after hearing Patrick Rothfuss, John Scalzi, and others talk about it on a G+ chat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlQMAEo7qRA

[Brettison]

Hype Get x 1000000000000! PS: I might actually enjoy Kane MORE than Percy as a series.

Just finished this. I like the series more than Percy for sure now. I just wish we got more than 3 books. Hopefully we'll get a follow up series in the Egypt mythos similar to the Greek follow up.

[Kyleripman]

Happy to see that the Wheel of Time is done, though. I stopped after book 4 or 5 came out and decided to wait it out.

[Dresden]

Almost done with:



It's been one hell of a read. The best description I can think of is still "Flashman in space," but with more actual heroics. I think this is the first WH40K novel that I'd read even if it wasn't part of the franchise.

[demon]

Just finished Murakami's Norwegian Wood today. Thought it was very good, and I have a feeling it's gonna stick around in my mind for a while. Don't know what I'm going to read next.

[8BitsAtATime]

Just finished Murakami's Norwegian Wood today. Thought it was very good, and I have a feeling it's gonna stick around in my mind for a while. Don't know what I'm going to read next.

YES!!! Its my favorite book from him. Read some of his other stuff. I enjoyed After Dark and the "Trilogy of the Rat" series.

[demon]

I've already ready South of the Border West of the Sun, which was my first Murakami book and really liked it. I really like the atmosphere and mood he creates so well in his books. My next will probably be Wind Up Bird Chronicle which I have sitting on my shelf, but I'm gonna wait on it.


Just started this today, same copy/translation, and am about 50 pages in:

[Fjordson]

Finished Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto. Enjoyable read, but the book simply wasn't long enough for everything Kushner was trying to cover. Didn't go in depth enough for me, though considering how secretive Rockstar usually is about stuff maybe he just didn't have enough material. That aside, I'd still say it's worthwhile for GTA fans.

I cannot recommend this enought! BRILIANT zombie novels about post apocaliptic future where mankind managed to survive the initial zombie pandemic, but are still chained in fear [everyone is infected and can potentialy become a zombie]. Fantastic characters, good story, excellent environment, and insane endings [in both novels].

Thanks for posting this, grabbed it on my Kindle. After discovering DayZ I'm in the mood for a good zombie book.

[Phuturephunk]

At the Mountains of Madness and Das Kaptial.

[Leeroy3101]

I'm looking for a good Michael Crichton book, excluding the two JPs, to read. Anyone have some recommendations?

[Dresden]

I'm looking for a good Michael Crichton book, excluding the two JPs, to read. Anyone have some recommendations?

i still have a soft spot for Timeline. medieval shit, time travels, swordfights, can't go wrong imo

[demon]

I read Timeline eight years ago. I enjoyed the first half but remember the second half getting kind of boring and tedious. Still a fun read though. Totally different from his other books, but Travels is a really interesting sort of autobiographical book about his, well..travels.

[Ceebs]

I'm looking for a good Michael Crichton book, excluding the two JPs, to read. Anyone have some recommendations?

I read Pirate Latitudes recently and enjoyed it a good bit. It's pretty much a heist story with pirates. (The ARRR! kind)

[Pikelet]

Finished book 1 of IQ84 and am enjoying it immensely. There is something about Murakami's writing that makes me feel utterly compelled to read more, even when something mundane is occurring.

[Donthizz#]

Finished Scorpio races. Good read!

[finowns]

Finished the first 2 witcher books. They are good. Geralt is pretty cool.

[JokerOfSpades]

How to Argue and Win Every Time (yes, still... don't get to it very often).

I really should start using this on GAF...

[Maklershed]

I'm looking for a good Michael Crichton book, excluding the two JPs, to read. Anyone have some recommendations?

Timeline, Next, and Pirate Latitudes

[Keen]

Ended up going with more Maberry, specifically The Dragon Factory. It really is quite stupid, dunno why I keep reading, but the action is pretty good and one or two characters are somewhat interesting. Don't think I'll keep reading the series after I finish.

[Gloomfire]

FINISHED


STARTED

[Gelry]

I'll start participating I think. Got my kindle last year as a birthday gift from my wife and I love it.

I'm currently reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss


For now; I "like" it, but I don't think it's worth the almost 5 star score on goodreads. I like to read it, it pulls me in, but the story until now is not that special. Since I'm only 30% in, that may still change of course.

[Ashes1396]

Finished that... Now on to: Ender's Game (1985) is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card.

Finished that now onto:



Catching Fire is the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

[Maklershed]

Put Manhunt to the side briefly to read...


The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler

[OttomanScribe]

[Melhisedek]

I'm reading through "Devil in White City" and find it both great and boring at the same time. Rants on architects feelings are really mood killers on the other hand history stuff is interesting as is the "other" main person.

Before that I read through Elantris and enjoyed it but I crave some fast paced action/fantasy/thriller/anything.

I've read SoIaF, Abercrombie, Enders, Dunes, Hyperions, Endymons, LoTRs. But I guess rest is fair game.
I prefer heroic deeds and great wars but any page turner is good :P

Thank you for your time!

[Ashes1396]

Put Manhunt to the side briefly to read... The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler

I don't know about the contents of the book, but that is a very good title.

[Protome]

I've been reading "Batmanga"

It's basically a collection of some Japanese batman comics from the 70s and 80s, it's a fun read to see another culture's take on such a popular character.

And I just bought The Magician's Guild, because (as with a few of my book choices recently) my girlfriend has been trying to get me to read the series so she has someone to talk to about them.



It just finished downloading on my Kindle, so i'll be starting it soon!

I'm also trying to find a good fan translation of the second Witcher short-story book since it's clearly never coming out in English. But I can't find one :'(

[sparky2112]

FYI, Bring Up The Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall is out today. I just recently read Wolf Hall, so I'm going to wait, but I know a bunch here read WH...

[Number45]

I'm working my way through the Complete Sherlock Holmes. It's really hard going, I have to say I don't see any great appeal in it at all. Took a break to read the three Lord of the Rings books again hoping it would help, but still nothing.

[BrokenFiction]

Finished FLETCH and it was different enough from the movie to be really compelling. The writing style, nearly all driven by dialogue, is a breath of fresh air in an age where everything is overly, floridly descriptive. I'm going to grab the sequel CONFESS, FLETCH soon.

In the mean time, I'm detouring into Myke Cole's SHADOW OPS: CONTROL POINT -

[Schattenjäger]

Just finished Ready Player One - terrible writing but I enjoyed it strangely enough - story was crappy and predictable - curious if they end up making a movie
Now I must choose between one of the following: help me gaf ! The kindle makes it so easy to pull the trigger

My choices: