OT: Watcha reading?

[NickyFotiu]

Steinbrenner. Really good book. Makes me laugh when comparing some things George did to things some fans on this board say.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

Needed to dust this thread off. Just finished reading "the escape artist" about one of the few Jews who escaped Auschwitz. One of the best books I've ever read.

I saw this in the airport bookstore. Not the best in-flight reading but I will look into it now based off your review

 

[Bob Richards]

The Witcher series.

Just finished Baptism of Fire.

Folks I am having a good time.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Has anyone read Accidental Billionaires? The story of Facebook. It's the book the Social Network was based on. If you read it, I want to know if I'm crazy is the author's style obnoxious? I can't stand non-fiction authors that write like they're Shakespeare. I don't need a paragraph describing every detail in the book. Maybe if you read books as an art I'd get it, but this is a business book.

Currently reading it but kind of annoyed.

 

[aufheben]

Just finished Anna Karenina. I feel like if you’ve already read War and Peace, you can skip Anna Karenina.

 

[majordomo]

I'm actually reading the Harry Potter series.....first time I only got thru first four books. I watch the accompanying movie as I finish each book.

Also just finished reading King's 11.22.63.

 

[Profet]

The Dark Forest (2nd book the of Three Body Problem trilogy)

Hoping the streaming series is amazing.

 

[Bob Richards]

It’s a tome but it’s outstanding so far

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

The NHL CBA. Have read it before, but it's worth re-reading

 

[CTTribe73]

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It’s a tome but it’s outstanding so far

That's the second volume in the Oxford American History. I have a bunch of them on my shelf to get to. I've made it through the first 100 or so pages of What Hath God Wrought and agree so far it's awesome.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Read the Wheel of Time series last year and loved it all. Also read Piranesi last year which was phenomenal, and I highly recommend.

Currently starting the Dune series and am enjoying it so far

 

[apoptygma]

Read the Wheel of Time series last year and loved it all. Also read Piranesi last year which was phenomenal, and I highly recommend.

Currently starting the Dune series and am enjoying it so far

Wheel of Time is my favorite series of all time. Even the slow part in books 7-12 is worth the time. The last books is the best ending of any long series I have read. Brandon Sandersson does a great job weaving together all the loose ends.

 

[majordomo]

Currently starting the Dune series and am enjoying it so far

Another classic scifi series -- Frank Herbert is up there with the greats of the genre.

 

[majordomo]

Has anyone read the Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley?

 

[aufheben]

Read the Wheel of Time series last year and loved it all. Also read Piranesi last year which was phenomenal, and I highly recommend.

Currently starting the Dune series and am enjoying it so far

Dune gets progressively whackier but remains awesome. Stuff like Star Wars can’t compare.

Just finished the Oxford World’s Classic version of The Brothers Karamazov. This version was translated by Ignat Avsey, and I thought a great job was done.

I can’t say anything about this book that hasn’t already been said; it’s just fantastic.

 

[majordomo]

I'm finally getting around to The Last Tycoon.....F. Scott Fitzgerald has always been my favorite writer and I've read pretty much everything of his.....don't know why I never got around to Tycoon.

 

[Bob Richards]

Currently reading The Confidence Man by Herman Melville.

Just finished the Oxford World’s Classic version of The Brothers Karamazov. This version was translated by Ignat Avsey, and I thought a great job was done.

I can’t say anything about this book that hasn’t already been said; it’s just fantastic.

Read this same translation and it was fantastic. One of the best books I’ve ever read.

 

[aufheben]

Currently reading The Confidence Man by Herman Melville.



Read this same translation and it was fantastic. One of the best books I’ve ever read.

That’s awesome. Yeah and now I’m reading The Idiot.

 

[Lion Hound]

Just read Jimmy the King. Really good book. Highly recommend it.

 

[chris kontos]

Currently reading The Confidence Man by Herman Melville.



Read this same translation and it was fantastic. One of the best books I’ve ever read.

As a career medical person, the confidence man is a perfect allegory of medicine yesterday and today

 

[smoneil]

Just finished a "for fun" book--Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza. Really great debut novel from the long-time comic book writer (he wrote a bunch of X-Men comics in the 90s and co-created Deadpool).

Re-reading King Lear for work this week. I'm teaching my first graduate class this semester (Fools and Folly on the Renaissance Stage).

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Just finished Dark Matter (Crouch) which was a fun read and got through Hail Mary Project, both of which will movies or series at some point.

 

[aufheben]

Just finished Dark Matter (Crouch) which was a fun read and got through Hail Mary Project, both of which will movies or series at some point.

Nice I read both of these last fall.

 

[Kaapo di tutti capi]

I'm actually reading the Harry Potter series.....first time I only got thru first four books. I watch the accompanying movie as I finish each book.

Also just finished reading King's 11.22.63.

Books 5, 6 and 7 get progressively worse. IMO, book 6 reads like fan fiction and book 7 is unreadable. Good luck!

 

[majordomo]

Books 5, 6 and 7 get progressively worse. IMO, book 6 reads like fan fiction and book 7 is unreadable. Good luck!

Maybe that's why I instinctively stopped after the 4th book first go-round. Hmmmmm......