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Maklershed · Sep 1, 2012

Panthalassic · Sep 1, 2012

Bought a Kobo yesterday. I'm trying to get back into reading. I only read maybe 3 books in the last 2 years, which is pitiful after my completions of several series in high school. Hoping to read through the Hobbit this month, as a start.

Maklershed · Sep 1, 2012

Kindle

J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets by Curt Gentry

Hard copy

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

thomaser · Sep 1, 2012

Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon". I'm studying a course called "The American Detective Novel", and this is the first book. Will continue with "Red Harvest". Really excited about this course! A nice change from linguistics and English/American history and so on.

Manik · Sep 1, 2012

Continuing on with -

Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson

Around 2/3 of the way through and enjoying it immensely. The fewer viewpoints in this book, compared to the previous books in the series, really make it easier to keep track with what's happening in any given part of the world. Very much looking forward to the finale of this one!

Divius · Sep 1, 2012

Max Brooks - WWZ

ymmv · Sep 1, 2012

Currently reading:

qwerty2k · Sep 1, 2012

Currently reading:

thought it was a bit slow to start with but has picked up and got interesting now.

nakedsushi · Sep 1, 2012

Finished:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

A book about teens with cancer. Fairly well written and dark. Cried my eyes out.

Griffin · Sep 1, 2012

Started reading it today, loving it so far. In a few words, it's about a prison librarian.

teruterubozu · Sep 1, 2012

PKD - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

Just finished this. I've read lots of PKD and his last book is easily the best work he ever wrote.
It's not sci-fi so it turns lots of his usual fans off, but the writing is really heartfelt and unlike anything he wrote before.

Railer · Sep 2, 2012

With the Idle Thumbs book club starting up for real now I'm just about to dive into this one.

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

EVOL 100% · Sep 2, 2012

It says great things about the author that this book isn't only informative, but also ball-bustingly funny sometimes.

Akibastman · Sep 2, 2012

I'm a big Disney fan and I'm currently reading this:

I'm halfway through, if you like Disney (not only the animation movies but the company), this is seriously great. (If you liked the documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, it's a MUST. READ.) It's journalism but it's as easy to read as fiction.

wbsmcs · Sep 2, 2012

About half way through this. At first I didn't get what the big deal was with this book. It's rather slow and didn't catch my attention. But after sticking with it I now understand. The characters Dickens describes are each memorable in their own right.

Finally picked this up from Chapters last week after seeing all the praise it gets here on Gaf. Look forward to reading it when I'm done with David Copperfield.

Puckmarin · Sep 2, 2012

ymmv said:
Currently reading:

This sounds awesome. I'm going to have to check it out.

dream · Sep 2, 2012

This, in 2 days or so:

EVOL 100% · Sep 2, 2012

wbsmcs said:
David Copperfield

About half way through this. At first I didn't get what the big deal was with this book. It's rather slow and didn't catch my attention. But after sticking with it I now understand. The characters Dickens describes are each memorable in their own right.

Guns, Germs and Steel

Finally picked this up from Chapters last week after seeing all the praise it gets here on Gaf. Look forward to reading it when I'm done with David Copperfield.

These are both awesome books.

Judderman · Sep 2, 2012

As someone that watched the show first, AGOT was chock full of details and stories not in the show, and it looks like ACOK is shaping up to have alot more "not in the show" stuff. Awesome book so far.

The Culture Vulture · Sep 2, 2012

Finished:

The Tipping Point

Reading:

Parliament of Whores

and

Breakfast of Champions

Windam · Sep 2, 2012

The Silmarillion. As a fan of Tolkien's work, I find this to be a really great read.

FACE · Sep 2, 2012

Just read.

Eaten By A Grue · Sep 2, 2012

Just finished:

At the end of the book I was like

So now I am onto:

Wuthering_Heights · Sep 2, 2012

Is this kind of like the dedicated 'Books' OT?

I can't seem to find one other than this, haha.

Edit: Also, reading the OT, you should add Librivox.org to the Audiobooks section. TONS of public domain audiobooks read by volunteer readers. Great place for classic books and other public domain stuff on audio.

Maklershed · Sep 2, 2012

Wuthering_Heights said:
Is this kind of like the dedicated 'Books' OT?

I post a new one every month. You can see the OP for an archive of the past monthly book threads and an archive of some of the better threads asking for book recommendations.

jeffy_johnson · Sep 2, 2012

Never read it. Was considering reading this or Game of Thrones, and I picked this.

Wuthering_Heights · Sep 2, 2012

jeffy_johnson said:
Never read it. Was considering reading this or Game of Thrones, and I picked this.

Great choice!

Good time to jump in, too, with he new one being released in January.

Also, I wanted to ask, has anyone read the Recluse Saga books by Modesitt?

I've read Magic of Recluse and The Death of Chaos many times, and I love them, but I don't know about jumping into the other books in the series.

Any thoughts?

Larsa · Sep 2, 2012

Have been reading this pretty much the entire weekend and am just about to finish up. It's really fucking amazing. I'm amazed at just how well things are coming together.

What a great series this has been, pretty sure it has succeeded ASOIAF as my favourite fantasy series.

endre · Sep 2, 2012

Eaten By A Grue said:
Just finished:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/TheFallOfHyperion%281stEd%29.jpg[IMG]

At the end of the book I was like
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mxQCO.gif[IMG]

So now I am onto:

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Endymion_cover.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

[spoiler]The first two books are great! The following two books are like a Hollywood movie. Fun, but with the lowest common denominator in mind.[/spoiler]

I am midway through the first book of Mistborn and finally started Dune. I like both, but unfortunatelly I haven't got enough time to read them. Hopefully the local library will extend my loan.

berg ark · Sep 2, 2012

wbsmcs said:
Finally picked this up from Chapters last week after seeing all the praise it gets here on Gaf. Look forward to reading it when I'm done with David Copperfield.

Enjoy it! I loved it.

Arment · Sep 2, 2012

Larsa said:
Have been reading this pretty much the entire weekend and am just about to finish up. It's really fucking amazing. I'm amazed at just how well things are coming together.

What a great series this has been, pretty sure it has succeeded ASOIAF as my favourite fantasy series.

If ASOIAF leaves as many unresolved story lines as Malazan did, I'll be super disappoint.

jeffy_johnson said:
Never read it. Was considering reading this or Game of Thrones, and I picked this.

Unwise decision. The women characters in that series made me drop it and never look back.

Just started this last night. Finishing off this trilogy and giving The Black Company a rest.

endre · Sep 2, 2012

Arment said:
If ASOIAF leaves as many unresolved story lines as Malazan did, I'll be super disappoint.

What is the consensus on the above statement? If it is true, I'll probably skip it.

Arment · Sep 2, 2012

endre said:
What is the consensus on the above statement? If it is true, I'll probably skip it.

I don't recommend skipping it. It's one of my favorite series, loose ends or not. I've yet to read the Ian Esslemont books, which are expected to number 9 and flesh out a lot of the parts not explained yet.

8BitsAtATime · Sep 2, 2012

Picked these up yesterday.

Started reading Howls Moving Castle last night, Its a very easy read. Got Lost Tribe of The Sith because I really want to try to get into the whole star wars universe.

endre · Sep 3, 2012

Arment said:
I don't recommend skipping it. It's one of my favorite series, loose ends or not. I've yet to read the Ian Esslemont books, which are expected to number 9 and flesh out a lot of the parts not explained yet.

ty

nny · Sep 3, 2012

Finished recently The Knife of Never Letting Go, which ends with a cliffhanger so now I need to pick up the next book.

In the meantime I begun The Long Earth.

Trent Strong · Sep 3, 2012

It was really good.

8BitsAtATime · Sep 3, 2012

Trent Strong said:
It was really good.

Check out Factotum and Post Office next....well all of Bukowski's books are great.

to bad he was a dick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUeGsTjIj0A

Mackenzie 92 · Sep 3, 2012

Started this yesterday. It's not related to the movie although I guess the movie was kinda inspired by it, but this is totally different. So far it has been really good. I read that Long doesn't keep it up, but I'm hooked, so we'll see where it goes.

The Descent by Jeff Long

lm04 · Sep 3, 2012

(The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis)

Trent Strong · Sep 3, 2012

8BitsAtATime said:
Check out Factotum and Post Office next....well all of Bukowski's books are great.

to bad he was a dick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUeGsTjIj0A

Just downloaded Post Office yesterday. I guess I could see Bukowski being a dick, the main character in Ham On Rye is kind of a dick.

Necrovex · Sep 3, 2012

My primary reading is basically this:

It'll be a good day when I finish it too!

fadetoblack · Sep 3, 2012

And I've just bought the Disney War book. Sounds interesting

Puckmarin · Sep 3, 2012

Mackenzie 92 said:
Started this yesterday. It's not related to the movie although I guess the movie was kinda inspired by it, but this is totally different. So far it has been really good. I read that Long doesn't keep it up, but I'm hooked, so we'll see where it goes.

The Descent by Jeff Long

I think the movie is sort of based on the book. They took the general idea and ran with it.

I liked the book and don't want to spoiler anything for you but I'll just say that I had problems with the ending. The sequel is sitting on my bookshelf. I need to read it eventually.

Salvor.Hardin · Sep 3, 2012

Akihabara said:
I'm a big Disney fan and I'm currently reading this:

I'm halfway through, if you like Disney (not only the animation movies but the company), this is seriously great. (If you liked the documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, it's a MUST. READ.) It's journalism but it's as easy to read as fiction.

Saw your post earlier today and ended up watching Waking Sleeping Beauty. Really really enjoyed it. Thinking of picking up this book.

Mumei · Sep 3, 2012

I started reading The Brothers Karamazov. I am only ~20 pages in, but I love it so far.

Jintor · Sep 3, 2012

I wish there was a way to autosubscribe to threads that are titled "What Are You Reading" or something.

Anyway, I'm still reading this:

Patience & Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy by Nicholas A. Basbanes

Very slowly. It's interesting, but I gots work to do :<

Featheredkitten · Sep 3, 2012

Ralph 124C 41+, Dog Inc. And a bunch of short stories for my writing class.

Jarlaxle · Sep 3, 2012

I decided on starting this. I've only read the first chapter (85 pages-lol) so far but it seems fun. The dialogue seems genuinely witty. I went out and bought "Under Red Skies" so I can jump right into that after this.

Maklershed · Sep 3, 2012

Cyan said:
Hey Mak, can we get a link to the book club thread for the month in the OP?

Oh sweet. Didn't know you got this going already. Putting info in the OP now.

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