What book are you currently reading?

[nelsonccc]

Just came across this thread. How nice to see it and found a few new reading ideas.

Just started "Back from Tuichi: The Harrowing Life and Death Story of Survival in the Amazon Rain Forest"

Here are a few of my favorites (that haven't been listed), from multiple genres:

He, She, and It - Marge Piercy (fiction, futuristic)
Tokyo Vice - Jake Adelstein (Japan, journalism, and organized crime)
Tahir Shah - In Arabian Nights, The Caliph's House, Trail of Feathers, Sorcerer's Apprentice (funny travel writer)
Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files (wizard in Chicago, witty)
Eating Animals - Eric Schlosser
The Story of Stuff - Annie Leonard
Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough, Michael Braungart
Freakonomics - Steven Levit, Stephen Dubner
Seven Years in Tibet – Heinrich Harrer
Joe Simpson – Touching the Void
Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture
A Crime So Monstrous - Benjamin Skinner (modern day slavery)

Of those that were listed: Lone Survivor, Life of Pi, and Three Cups of Tea are great (although the last apparently may be lacking in the truth department).

I really like The Wheel of Time, but really dislike Tad Williams, L.E. Modesitt and George R.R. Martin. Terry Goodkind is ok, but long winded. Terry Brooks was ok as a kid, but not sure now. Anne Rice, pretty good. Dune books, a little unsure. Dan Brown mostly good.

How's that synopsis? Explanations available upon request.

I really liked the wheel of time and terry good kind. I was reading them at the same time and was amazed at how similar they are. I've found myself recently going back to weis and the dragon lance series especially the new one with all the author comments.

[restrac2000]

I read these years ago and loved them. But he took so long between the 3rd and 4th books that I have up. Now I'm tempted to read them again, especially since the series is so good.

I have been told not to expect the 6th book in the series anytime soon. Might have to stage out series to avoid waiting too long for the follow up.

[Pelon1]

Calico Joe by Grisham

[BlueRoads]

Reading an older one. "The Last Frontier" by Howard Fast. About the flight of a band of Northern Cheyenne from Oklahoma to the Powder River area in 1878. So far it is quite interesting.

[tallsteve]

Did anyone else see the author of "World War Z", Max Brooks, on "Sons of Guns" last night? He wanted the team to build the best civilian Zombie defense rifle. Classic! The dude can actually shoot, too!

[Iceaxe]

American Sniper

[p40whk]

Game of Thrones, the HBO series follows the books surprisingly well.

[Iceaxe]

Best Damn Garage in Town
Smokey Yunick

This is a must read for all gear heads.

[tallsteve]

American Sniper

How did you like it?

[Iceaxe]

It's a good book. I did like Marine Sniper better, mostly because it went more into the science of the hide and shot, which I found interesting,

[Wasatch Rebel]

I'm reading The Real Romney by Michael Kranish, and also, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.

[Don]

Just picked up Grant Palmer's An Insiders View of Mormon Origins. I'm excited to get into it.

[Scott Card]

I am trying to get my 10 year old a little more interested in reading so I am reading a early teen favorite of mine to my kids this summer... "Deathwatch" by Robb White

[DiscGo]

I just finished "Ghost in the Wires" which was pretty great.

Before that I finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" which was just okay.

I am looking for a great book series and haven't read one since Fablehaven.

[oldno7]

Just started "Unbroken"

[mtthwlw]

I am trying to get my 10 year old a little more interested in reading so I am reading a early teen favorite of mine to my kids this summer... "Deathwatch" by Robb White

Deathwatch was among my favorite books as a 6th or 7th grader. At that time I also loved Louis L'Amour's "Last of the Breed" and Hatchet by Gary Paulson. Great survival books and easy reads.

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[nelsonccc]

Just started Ann Rice's new novel, The Wolf Gift. Before that I got on a graphic novel kick and re-read all my hellboy and batman books. Felt like a kid again! Got King's new kennedy novel on my dresser next.

[double moo]

My son, 23, is an avid reader and has read almost everything I have heard of. He knocks out a book a week, and has for years. He was the Stirling Scholar for Literature as a senior in high school. As a freshman at the UoU his Honors English teacher gave out a 2 page (four column) reading list for them to choose from, he had read all but 2 or 3 of them. She called bullshit on him... He knew more about the books than she did!

Anyway,.. he started something interesting a year ago - for gifts (b'day, graduation,etc...) he buys the recipient a book that they have wanted or talked about enjoying in the past. He gets himself a copy and reads it during the same period that they do so that they can discuss and enjoy it together... Like a private one onone book club! It's interesting that he is reading such diverse materials at the same time in an effort to gain a better understanding of what makes us tick, what we read in our younger days, what may have helped shape our lives and philosophies.

For Father's Day he gave me a couple of Hienlien books remembering that I had read them all in my youth. Hence I am now re-reading "Stranger in a Strange Land" thirty plus years after reading it the first time. "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" is next.

[Iceaxe]

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Its the story of what happened to SEAL Team 10 in Afganistan.

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[tallsteve]

I am trying to get my 10 year old a little more interested in reading so I am reading a early teen favorite of mine to my kids this summer... "Deathwatch" by Robb White

I think I read all of Robb White's books when I was a young teenager. "Deathwatch" was one of the best.