The Book Club: What are you reading now?

Not sure if this will take off or not, but basically this is where we discuss what we're reading, what we've finished, what we want to read, etc.

Personally, I just finished off The Shining. Pretty damn good, I have to say. I also finished up Crysis: Legion a month back or so.

I'm currently reading:

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Eye of The World, Robert Jordan

Mistborn: The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson

Consider Phlebas, Iain M Banks

Dreaming Void, Peter F Hamiliation

All great books, but I'm liking Mistborn more than Eye of the World. You guys?

I'm currently reading A Dance of Dragons (George. R. R. Martin) and consider Phlebas (Ian M. Banks). I'm looking forward to reading The Terror by Dan Simmons and Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov.

Reading the shining follow up along with Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon.

Bleeding Edge is good so far. One of the more accessible of his books

Currently reading Everything You Know about Indians is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith and another Isak Dineson (née Karen Blixen) story collection entitled Winter's Tales because I dearly loved her writing style from her first collection Seven Gothic Tales.

Stephen Fry's "The Fry Chronicles" and H.P. Lovecraft "The Complete Fiction". Got both for Christmas. Recently finished Stephen Fry's "Moab is my Washpot" and Neil Gaiman's "The Ocean at The End of The Lane".

I'm almost done with Eye of the World. After that I'm going to finish reading The Stand and then I'm going to re-read 1984.

OP do you read anything besides Science Fiction and Fantasy novels?

Currently reading The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend.

i'm finally continuing the kingkiller chronicle with the wise man's fear. when people talk about the new fantasy, series' like a song of ice and fire and the second apocalypse usually come up where the unifying theme seems to be increased grit and the refusal to portray classic heroes. those books are great (honestly, probably better), but the kingkiller chronicle feels more modern. it's setting is high fantasy, but it feels like a more fleshed out harry potter with it's comparisons to millennials/generation y.

Almost done with Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The next book on my list is The Subjugation of Women by John Mill.

*falls asleep*

The searchers was good

Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

Different folks have different strokes I guess. I thoroughly enjoy myself with such reads. Mill's On Liberty kind of blew my mind away.

Just finished "The Great Gatsby" and will most likely move onto "Stranger in a Strange Land" next since I got that for Christmas.

A Clash of Kings. Taking me awhile.

im reading a book called No True Glory... its a frontline account of the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq in 2003

Franny and Zooey

The Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton

The Unincorporated War by Dani Kollin. I've been reading it for almost 2 years now. It isn't long, but the writing just isn't very good and I can't get myself to finish it.

The Third Kingdom by Terry Goodkind. I will be reading this one very soon.

Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell. I read a few pages at a time every few weeks.

Why we Buy by Paco Underhill. This one is probably the most eye opening book. Paco owns a company that essentially watches customers shop. They analyze every movement, hand gesture, purchase, mood, style, and everything else that could possibly be relevant to how a customer shops. They then take that information and present it to the business they were working with, then make suggestions as to how they can improve sales. This is great, I've used some of this information at my own job and have personally increased sales just by changing the way items are presented.

Still reading Ulysses. I expect I'll be on this one for a long time, unless my life gets significantly less busy.

Also, I recommend not judging Eye of the World until you reach the end. I thought it was boring until the last hundred or so pages.

Same goes for the whole Wheel of Time series, really.

Monster Island - David Wellington & Hater - David Moody

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green.

Quite a funny book, but inevitably sad at the same time.

I just started Virtues Last Reward. Pretty sure that counts as a book

I just got The Alloy of Law, which comes after the Mistborn Trilogy

And I finished Steelheart not too long ago

I started reading this, but I kinda got side tracked with work so I put it aside recently.

Currently - Deathly Hallows.

Recently Finished - Death Troopers.

Want to - World War Z.

Hallows is a personal favorite of mine. I never tire of it. Must be the 6th time trough it. Death Troopers was a lot of fun. Han and Chewie a year out from their fateful meeting with Luke and Obi Wan. I want more. I read Zombie Survival Guide years ago and loved it but have yet to give WWZ a go. I know the movie made a mess of this license, but it is one of my favorite zombie films. Since the book is widely acknowledged to be far superior, I'm positive I'll love it.

Haven't been reading as much as I should in the past couple years, which is a shame. Video games have been my primary pass time as I work to finish off my collection.

I'm reading I Am Malala right now. So far so good. Wonder who they will get to play her in the inevitable movie based on it.

I just started Liar's Poker today. I also have started the Girl Who Played with Fire, but I left it in my dorm over break.

Metro 2033 was the last I read.

Currently reading Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell.

Also reading Principles of Real Analysis by Walter Rudin, I got real analysis final exam tomorrow :(

Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz, it's the prequel to the Alex Rider series - really good book so far :)

The Eisenhorn omnibus...so far pretty damn good. At least the first book is...the second book is starting to drag a bit IMO.

I don't read books, I read minds

@huggybear1020: What's on my mind?

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Shaping up to be a great series.

'Call of the Wild' by Jack London

'Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War' by Che Guevara

'Two Years Before the Mast' by Richard Henry Dana

The ending to that one will blow your mind. I've been waiting for the next book for forever, and I don't really care for Sanderson's other books.

I just started a book called The Fall of the Republic. It was written by someone I know and apparently it's going to be a trilogy. I have no comments on the quality of the book as I'm not very far into it yet. You can always buy it and judge for yourself.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GUNUOXO/ref=oh_d__o00_details_o00__i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Won't be long before I'm your new dad, TC; your mom was an easy read.

Books are for old people.
Who uses paper anymore?

Ha, you sound like my university lecturers. I love the look of "superiority" and disappointment on their faces when I tell them no. Well, that's not completely true. I read horror. :)

Like all of ASOIAF, they're bloody long books. Not easy to read, either. But awesome.

@tofu-lion91 said:

Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz, it's the prequel to the Alex Rider series - really good book so far :)

I loved Alex Rider when I was a kid. Maybe I should get back into it for old time's sake.

I'll try, but the omnipresent voice in the beginning really put me off. But I'll get through it. I've got a flight from London to Sydney, and there's only so much films you can watch...

Just finished A Feast for Crows. Going to get and read the A Dance with Dragons books next and then I'll be done with the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Going to turn to science fiction novels next as it's a genre I've been meaning to follow a while now.

'Love is the Law' by Nick Mamatas

I am currently searching for a book to read, I am looking for a good science fiction book.

Started Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees a couple nights ago (it's been on my dresser for a few years now next to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six) but I opened the book to about page 300 and just started reading. I was so intrigued with what was happening I decided to keep going, so I'm gonna finish the story, flip it over, and start again from the beginning...

The Brothers Karamazov

and when that is finished I'll be reading Robert Burns

City of Pearl by Karen Traviss. A very different, and awesome, sci-fi novel. Of course, ALIENS! :D

I just read the summary of the book, it's not my type of book. Thank you for the suggestion.

Currently reading the first Game of Thrones book. I have about a third left. Then I intend to read I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

Walter Mosley's Black Betty.