Rex Kickass Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 In the last month... what are you reading? I just got through: "Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" by Chuck Klosterman "Nobody's Fool" by Richard Russo "Bait and Switch" by Barbara Ehrenreich "Continental Drifter" by Elliot Hester Currently reading "Sammy's Hill" by Kristin Gore, which looks really funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Working on the Sixth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, "Song of Susannah" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 The Jungle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 11:43 PM) The Jungle Great freaking book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Shroud of the Thwacker - Chris Elliott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) Unfortunatley a whole lot of nothing aside from newspapers and a few magazines. School and work are taking a big wet bite out of my time. Next book I read is going to be "Winning" by Jack Welch. I already have it, just have to wait for the next semester break to have sufficient time. Edited January 26, 2006 by NUKE_CLEVELAND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Not much freetime anymore, but I did just finish "Freakanomics" and it was one of the best books I have ever read. Simply incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:43 PM) The Jungle Awesome book. It should be required reading for anyone living in Chicago. I am working on Savanah, a historical romance novel set in the south during the Civil War. Amazing what one will do for love. I am also trying to learn all I can about sailing. I am interviewing for a position that would have me running a camp out on an island in the gulf. Scuba, fishing, sailing, boogie boarding, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 07:14 AM) Awesome book. It should be required reading for anyone living in Chicago. I am working on Savanah, a historical romance novel set in the south during the Civil War. Amazing what one will do for love. I am also trying to learn all I can about sailing. I am interviewing for a position that would have me running a camp out on an island in the gulf. Scuba, fishing, sailing, boogie boarding, etc. Good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I never read fiction. I'm totally in to political and history books and religious / feel good type books. But, I ran out of books I haven't read at home and had to break down one day as I was heading out the door for the train. I took my wife's copy of Harry Potter. I used to tease her for reading these "kiddie" books. I'm on the third book now and hooked as can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 09:38 AM) I took my wife's copy of Harry Potter. I used to tease her for reading these "kiddie" books. I'm on the third book now and hooked as can be. I re-read the harry potter series (they're totally a guilty pleasure), and I've been reading some Kierkegaard and re-reading Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Juicy - Jessica Canseco. She sent me a signed copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) Steff, you might want to pick that up off the ground... Edited January 26, 2006 by RibbieRubarb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 08:05 AM) Not much freetime anymore, but I did just finish "Freakanomics" and it was one of the best books I have ever read. Simply incredible. I got that for Christmas and its like one or two books away from me. Looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wong & Owens Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I just finished "Mount Dragon," by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Pretty good sci-fi flavored thriller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 10:48 AM) I got that for Christmas and its like one or two books away from me. Looking forward to it. Its really, really different. Some of the stuff i wonder about the correlations, but other stuff just grabs you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I think after work I'm going to pick up Marley and Me--has anyone read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 08:05 AM) Not much freetime anymore, but I did just finish "Freakanomics" and it was one of the best books I have ever read. Simply incredible. I just finished this as well. Turned out to be one of the most dissapointing books I've ever read. You basically need no understanding of economics to follow the book. I was hoping for a delve into deeper economic analysis or at least some more explanation of the data manipulation but the book was written at a Jr. High level. Most of the focus are on a few hidden ideas that I never really thought about, but wasn't surprised/didn't care about once they were revealed. At least one of his assumptions is very misleading as well. If anyone else was curious about this book, I'd definitely check-out instead of buy. Like I said it's a real light read which you can easily finish in less than a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Rick Steves' Italy Frommer's Munich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Million little pieces by James Frey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False Alarm Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) since xmas: "absalom, abasalom!" faulkner "a man without a country," vonnegut "a clash of kings," george r. r. martin frey is a slimeball. Edited January 26, 2006 by False Alarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 01:24 PM) Million little pieces by James Frey. Read that well before Oprah included it in her book club. Thought it was a very good read. Edited January 26, 2006 by BigSqwert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 01:19 PM) Rick Steves' Italy Frommer's Munich Just "Italy"? Or "Italy Through The Back Door"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 05:38 PM) Read that well before Oprah included it in her book club. Thought it was a very good read. I actually read a little of it before it got big as well. I was in the bathroom at a friends house and picked it up to pass the time.....I like it, i like his writing style, its almost stream of conciousness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEWOOD Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Reread Liars Poker, currently reading Freakanomics...which is just about done. Very interesting book. The next book up is Moneyball, anyone read this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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