Now reading (The Book Thread)

[Orleander]

I just finished The Sparrow. Its by far the best book I have read in a long long time. I can't wait to read the next book Children of God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sparrow_(novel)

 

[OilIsMastery]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_in_Collision

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Peculiar_Galaxies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasars,_Redshifts_and_Controversies

 

[BenTheMan]

"A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates"
by Cpt. Charles Johnson (pulished first in 1780something).

 

[Orleander]

"A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates"
by Cpt. Charles Johnson (pulished first in 1780something).

sounds hard to read. Is it in old english?

 

[BenTheMan]

sounds hard to read. Is it in old english?

It's not EASY to read, but it is pretty interesting.

Basically, it is a series of short biographies of Pirates, as told by the condemned before they were executed.

 

[treebeard]

Right now I'm reading GHOSTS/ALIENS by Trey Hamburger. Funniest book I ever read.

It's by the same guy who wrote Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book

 

[Challenger78]

Confessions of an Economic Hitman= John Perkins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man
I highly recommend everyone to read it, even if you're not a non fiction reader.

 

[pjdude1219]

orcs

 

[Xelios]

The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. Fun book, but the writing style is definitely unique and can be hard to follow sometimes.

 

[jessiej920]

I'm reading A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison. Gotta love me some horror/fantasy. I'm also reading Modern Magick (Second Addition): Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts. Confusing as hell. I don't understand Hebrew, much less how to pronounce it.

 

[Challenger78]

My sisters keeper- jodi picoult

 

[jessiej920]

The Last Time I Was Me

For A Few Demon's More

Mastering Witchcraft

 

[orcot]

the mouse trap by agatha christie (translated)

Yust finished "de leeuw van vlaanderen" by hendrik conscience (this one was in old dutch)

 

[Killjoy]

To Rule The Waves: How The British Navy Shaped The Modern World
by Arthur Herman

 

[Absane]

I just finished reading 1984 by George Orwell... I don't know why I never read it before

 

[superstring01]

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I'm halfway through and it's one of the best, most enlightening books I've ever picked up.

~String

 

[Oli]

Re-reading James Blish's "Cities In Flight" series - after a 30-year gap.

 

[SkinWalker]

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I'm halfway through and it's one of the best, most enlightening books I've ever picked up.

I predict a trolling response to that enlightenment from someone who probably hasn't even read the book -but has a lot of irrational and uninformed comments regardless. Just a prediction. And it was a good book.

 

[superstring01]

I predict a trolling response to that enlightenment from someone who probably hasn't even read the book -but has a lot of irrational and uninformed comments regardless. Just a prediction. And it was a good book.

I never knew that Dawkins was so hysterical. He's actually one of the wittiest writers I've read in a long time. While it was very deep and accusatory, it was also somewhat lighthearted.

~String

 

[SkinWalker]

I got a chuckle out of much of it, too. Ironically, it was some of his witty comments that drew criticism.