Foo - What books are you reading? (textbooks don't count!)

I am about to start Homer & Langley by E.L Doctorow, one of my favorite authors. About a week ago, I finished my first Pyncheon book V. I have tried Gravity's Rainbow a few times, and now I think I will "get it":roflmao2: but that will be later in the winter.

Good luck with this thread....every time somebody starts something similar some over zealous mod feels they have to move it to the books and movies forum.


Me, nothing at the moment, but I'm waiting on "When Worlds Collide" (on hold from library). It's a very old sci-fi that somebody here posted about a month or two ago.

Last book I read was "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. Read it about a month ago.

I just finished reading "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture" by Ellen Ruppel Shell. I highly recommend it. I'm currently re-reading the Pern series as wind-down-before-bed, as well as a biography of the anthropologist Ruth Landes. Also just finished the "Fool" series by Robin Hobb, another author I enjoy.

J.D. Robb - Imitation in Death

Stephen Aterburn - Everymans Challenge

The Bible

Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper, they solve disputs with scalping!

Good luck with this thread....every time somebody starts something similar some over zealous mod feels they have to move it to the books and movies forum.


Me, nothing at the moment, but I'm waiting on "When Worlds Collide" (on hold from library). It's a very old sci-fi that somebody here posted about a month or two ago.

Last book I read was "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. Read it about a month ago.

Well whatever, I figured there would be some humor in it since it is Foo!

(hey, what did you have to do to CI to get back in his good graces!:innocent:)

Diagram of How To Take a Punch (http://www.amazon.com/Diagram-How-Take-Punch/dp/B000QPH1NI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1254329940&sr=8-2)

bones_mcbones'd it for you.

(hey, what did you have to do to CI to get back in his good graces!:innocent:)I didn't....I'm not in his good graces. I think he's waiting for the punishment because the nervous wait makes it even worse. :cry:

I just read a bunch of Bill Bryson's travel books - does that count as humour? 42 bass pie jerky couch couch couch...there, we should stay in Foo for awhile.

Bryson is good! His book on hiking the AT is great.

I just finished reading "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture" by Ellen Ruppel Shell. I highly recommend it. I'm currently re-reading the Pern series as wind-down-before-bed, as well as a biography of the anthropologist Ruth Landes. Also just finished the "Fool" series by Robin Hobb, another author I enjoy.

Did that get into what Wal-Mart does to their suppliers?

I really liked it, but I was kind of disappointed that he didn't go all the way. Not that I would have done it, but you know. I enjoy his writing. I was quoting parts of "In A Sunburned Country" to the significant other and he wouldn't believe the weird facts and stories Bryson digs up. Alas, I have lost my copy of "A Short History of Nearly Everything" - either that or one of my friends is lying to me.

Did that get into what Wal-Mart does to their suppliers?

She focuses on the entire culture of discount stores, but yes, she does discuss how WalMart bullies the suppliers into lower and lower costs while looking the other way as the suppliers resort to unethical practices in order to stay solvent. Just so people can save 30 cents off the price of a shirt. The entire system makes me sick.

The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman. Talks about walmart, but mostly in a positive light (so far) from the supply-chain side of things.

Bryson is good! His book on hiking the AT is great.



Definitely made me laugh out loud...:)

I'm reading "Through the Labyrinth" and "Stopping Identity Theft"...

Currently on book #4 from Tim Dorsey's series. Triggerfish Twist is this one. They are easy reads and the funniest books I've ever read. If vulgar hilarity and awkward situations is your thing, check out Florida Roadkill and go from there. My grandpa got me hooked on them. Give it to the first 53 pages.

Termite, if you liked Ender's Game (I did), try Ender's Shadow. I thought it was just as good.

She focuses on the entire culture of discount stores, but yes, she does discuss how WalMart bullies the suppliers into lower and lower costs while looking the other way as the suppliers resort to unethical practices in order to stay solvent. Just so people can save 30 cents off the price of a shirt. The entire system makes me sick.

Having supplied Walmart for over 10 years, I would take issue with that. They have been very transparent with us. Never dickered on price and even told us that they were not going to displace a current supplier even though we could offer a comparable product at a lower cost.

Never had a payment issue, cancelled order, anything. WalMart has been one of our best customers for years.

I would much rather deal with them than many other large retailers, many of whom prey on vendors and use chargebacks as a profit center.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

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Ahh, that is on my reading list too. How was it?

I recently developed masochistic tendencies and read Twilight. All I can politely say is, I do not recommend it. Unless you...Nope, really can't recommend it in any case.

Ahh, that is on my reading list too. How was it?

I recently developed masochistic tendencies and read Twilight. All I can politely say is, I do not recommend it. Unless you...Nope, really can't recommend it in any case.

My wife read Twilight on a lark, and actually liked it. Then she made me watch the movie, and we both thought we were going to throw something at the TV. It would make a good MST3000 show!

I watched it with friends and we spent most of the time spewing our drinks out our nose. Best unintentionally hilarious movie I've seen.

L'âge de la raison, par Jean-Paul Sartre, en français

Yet our family car has THREE Twilight vinyl stickers on the windows, care of my wife. :(
"Don't tell daddy, mommy is reading Twilight again", "Be Safe" (something from the book? so my wife says), and "I drive like a Cullen".I'd call that sad, but I don't think sad begins to cover it. Sorry. :(

pride and prejudice and zombies by jane austen and seth grahame-smith

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+1

:roflmao2::thumb:
Luckily we have limo tent all around.

I really liked it, but I was kind of disappointed that he didn't go all the way. Not that I would have done it, but you know. I enjoy his writing. I was quoting parts of "In A Sunburned Country" to the significant other and he wouldn't believe the weird facts and stories Bryson digs up. Alas, I have lost my copy of "A Short History of Nearly Everything" - either that or one of my friends is lying to me.

I've read all three of those as well. I agree with you about being disappointed that he didn't complete the AT hike but enjoyed the book immensely. His take on some bear expert’s view that you should charge at a stubborn black bear to drive it away was great.

“You first professor”

Ahh, that is on my reading list too. How was it?

I recently developed masochistic tendencies and read Twilight. All I can politely say is, I do not recommend it. Unless you...Nope, really can't recommend it in any case.

I haven't finished it yet. It's pretty good so far.

And if I can help it, nothing Twilight will ever enter my domicile.

L'âge de la raison, par Jean-Paul Sartre, en français

Well aren't you mister freakin' fancy pants. :P

I'd love to read a foreign book in it's native language, but alas, I am a moran.

I just finished the Zombie Survival Guide and have just started World War Z. I still have Hemingway's Islands in the Stream sitting by my bed.

hey, i don't know about any of you, but i think the Amazon Vine program is great! haven't paid for a book or shipping in the last six months!

how long can they do this?

hey, i don't know about any of you, but i think the Amazon Vine program is great! haven't paid for a book or shipping in the last six months!

how long can they do this?

what's that?

From the website:

"Amazon Vine™ is a program that enables a select group of Amazon customers to post opinions about new and pre-release items to help their fellow customers make educated purchase decisions. Customers are invited to become Amazon Vine™ Voices based on the trust they have earned in the Amazon community for writing accurate and insightful reviews. Amazon provides Amazon Vine™ members with free copies of products that have been submitted to the program by vendors. Amazon does not influence the opinions of Amazon Vine™ members, nor do we modify or edit their reviews."

Nice work if you can get it, I guess. Personally I prefer the library, I don't have to write reviews afterwards.

Intelligent Design by Rael.

Couch

I'm about halfway through Daniel Dennett's "Darwin's Dangerous Idea"

When I finish it I'm probably going to take a really long break from reading books. My head hurts.

I also got hooked on the Song of Ice and Fire series. Hurry up and finish the next book, Martin!

Just finished Water for Elephants

re-reading Cold Mountain now, along with a collection of books warning about childhood vaccinations

I'm about halfway through Daniel Dennett's "Darwin's Dangerous Idea"

When I finish it I'm probably going to take a really long break from reading books. My head hurts.

Man, try Gödel, Escher, Bach. I only made it about half way before my brain exploded.

From the website:

"Amazon Vine™ is a program that enables a select group of Amazon customers to post opinions about new and pre-release items to help their fellow customers make educated purchase decisions. Customers are invited to become Amazon Vine™ Voices based on the trust they have earned in the Amazon community for writing accurate and insightful reviews. Amazon provides Amazon Vine™ members with free copies of products that have been submitted to the program by vendors. Amazon does not influence the opinions of Amazon Vine™ members, nor do we modify or edit their reviews."

Nice work if you can get it, I guess. Personally I prefer the library, I don't have to write reviews afterwards.

But they don't have new and pre-releases at the library! :)

If you are a voracious reader it might be fun. I don't read that many books anymore, but I used to. At one point I even had friends in publishing who would send me samples. Some were better than others.

The god delusion

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"The Dionne Years" by Pierre Burton.

Infinite Jest

"Moving Pictures" by Terry Pratchett.

I'm part way through an Sir Ed Hilary biography called "A View from the Summit".

I tried reading "Barnaby Rudge" but gave up.

I just finished The Chalice and the Blade.

Moonseed by Stephen Baxter

Man, try Gödel, Escher, Bach. I only made it about half way before my brain exploded.

That's been on my "must read" list for about 20 years, I just haven't gotten around to it. Hofstadter & Dennett co-wrote a book or two in the 1980's, so I'm sure I'd find the material engaging...and I recently read the first chapter while hanging out in a recording studio waiting for the band to show up. But yeah, brain explosion material is good schidt, just not necessarily good Steady Diet schidt.

That's been on my "must read" list for about 20 years, I just haven't gotten around to it. Hofstadter & Dennett co-wrote a book or two in the 1980's, so I'm sure I'd find the material engaging...and I recently read the first chapter while hanging out in a recording studio waiting for the band to show up. But yeah, brain explosion material is good schidt, just not necessarily good Steady Diet schidt.

I'm gonna have another go at it at some point. It was intriguing using children's stories as a means to illustrate complex issues.

I'm attracted to books about/set in Cuba. My latest is Havana Bay, by Martin Cruz Smith. Crime fiction, copyright 1999. It is a story about Arkady Renko, a Russian agent spiritually gutted by the death of his girlfriend, officially in Cuba to investigate the disappearance of an old comrade during the twilight of Russian/Cuban relations.
A bit more than halfway through, and it's holding my interest nicely.

I'm in middle of Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher as well as Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis. But if you want a laugh, just about anything I've read by Mary Janice Davidson. All her Undead series is complete romp. It's kind of like Anita Blake meets Stephanie Plum. But favorite book is The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul.

King Arthur (The Mysterious & Unknown series) (http://www.amazon.com/King-Arthur-Mysterious-William-Lace/dp/1601520336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254864903&sr=8-1).....it's a VERY interesting book that I stumbled on while in the library last weekend. Designed for kids, but is more of a cliff notes version of all the mysteries surrounding the King Arthur tales.

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