What are you currently reading?

[RagleGumm]

I decided that I'm not going to spend any more of my money on books until I finnish reading (or give a good couple of attempts) every single book in my personal library.

Unfortunately, the Star Wars trilogy - a book I bought in 7th grade - appears as the next book on my list (literally made one out of boredom).



Progressing slowly.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

HOH2

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Nothing now, but the last thing I read was Three Nights in August. I'll probably read Quicksilver next...

[tdarko]

just finished lunar park- breat easton ellis
just starting the rule of four- ian caldwell & dustin thomason

[sublime]

Babe (about babe ruth)
Liars Poker
Weighing the odds in Hold Em

[swede123]

Right now I'm wrapping up Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. On my agenda is to re-read Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.

Swede

[diebitter]

Omaha 8 Poker

[Supersetoy]

I just finished Dave Eggers "A Honest Work of Staggering Genius".

I was recommended the book by a friend. I gave it an "eh".

I just purchased "Cannery Row" by Steinbeck. I thought "East of Eden" was pretty good, and was recommended this book also. I've been wanting to read one of Ayn Rand's books, and after "Cannery Row" will more than likely pick up "Atlas Shrugged" (I think that is what it's called).

[tdarko]

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I just purchased "Cannery Row" by Steinbeck. I thought "East of Eden" was pretty good, and was recommended this book also. I've been wanting to read one of Ayn Rand's books, and after "Cannery Row" will more than likely pick up "Atlas Shrugged" (I think that is what it's called).

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i hope you hide all telphone cords, ropes and razors after these.

[lapoker17]

Wizard of Odds and The Smartest Guys in the Room

[OtisTheMarsupial]

Criminal Law Cases and Materials
Civil Procedure Doctrine, Practice, and Context
US Tax Code 2005
Property Law Cases and Materials
Getting Started in Hold 'Em

fun stuff...

[dibbs]

The Simpsons and Philosophy
The Heart of Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh
Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things- Marcel Danesi

[JordanIB]

The Greatest Generation

[STLantny]

Sharp Sports betting
The art of intrusion (not sexual related, freaks)
The Red Pony (because some thread on here reminded me how much I like it.

[tbach24]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[stabn]

Currently i am reading Ace on the River and i just finished The Traveler.

[Al P]

This forum.

[MrWookie47]

Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, PLoS Computational Biology, Science, Nature, Cell, RNA, Nucleic Acids Research, and whatever else gets thrown my way. Such is the way of the grad student. Last book I read for pleasure? HOH2.

[RagleGumm]

wow, that was fast.

the poster mentioning steinbeck, I read "of mice and men" as a school assignment in 8th grade. very enjoyable but had a lachrymose effect on me.

list of books I read since my reading frenzy officially began :
1) Dune - Frank Herbert (3 thumbs up for sci-fi fans)
2) 2001 : a space odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke (meh)
3) The Dogs of Riga - Henning Mankell (spectacular swedish crime author, possibly not the same effect on non-swedes)
4) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick (the novel they based "blade runner" on)
5) The Colour Of Magic - Terry Pratchett (funnnneh)

yes, indeed a lot of sci-fi/fantasy (focusing on clearing that shelf first).

[rmarotti]

"Finding a Girl in America" a collection of short stories by Andre Dubus

[TheIrishThug]

just restarted after just finishing sshe
last real books were harry potter and choke

[istewart]

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

[HtotheNootch]

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber

[lucas9000]

pillars of the earth by ken follett

[Phoenix1010]

The Brothers Karamazov.

[daryljobe777]

Bobby Knight's autobiography. Got it at Dollar Tree yesterday.

[stabn]

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pillars of the earth by ken follett

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Not bad.

[Reef]

inside the poker mind

[John Feeney]

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the incredible inside the poker mind

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FYP

[newhizzle]

poker essays vol 3

[DasLeben]

"Flyboys" by James Bradley

It's about the treatment of shot-down American POWs by the Japanese on Chichi Jima (a short distance from Iwo Jima) during WWII. Very moving and eye-opening book.

[Brainwalter]

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just restarted after just finishing sshe
last real books were harry potter and choke

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So the last real book was choke.

[JaBlue]

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Liars Poker

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good bookj

[KungFuSandwich]

Confederacy of Dunces

[gumpzilla]

I'm in the middle of Hyperion, and also in the middle of Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton. Books I'll probably be reading (or starting to read, at least) over the next month: A People's History of the Supreme Court, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information

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Right now I'm wrapping up Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. .....
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The Foundation Trilogy rules!

I'm reading The King Must Die by Mary Renault.

[fsuplayer]

sex, drugs, and coco puffs by Chuck Klosterman.

[edge]

I just finished Bringing Down the House. First real book I've read in probably a few years.

[leehrat]

one shot by lee child, part of the jack reacher series. great hero (tough guy, ex-military) and very exciting. read persuader first-you'll be hooked. light reading obviously, but very entertaining

[Sooga]

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sex, drugs, and coco puffs by Chuck Klosterman.

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I loved that book.

[istewart]

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sex, drugs, and coco puffs by Chuck Klosterman.

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Read "Killing Yourself to Live" afterwards. I love this guy.

[flatline]

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pillars of the earth by ken follett

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Not bad.

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Awesome book.

I am reading Killer Angels. Historical fiction is my thing lately.

[ScottyP431]

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just restarted after just finishing sshe
last real books were harry potter and choke

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So the last real book was choke.

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nice hand, take it down

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Excellent book. "Then he lets go my hand."

[yellowjack]

Positively Fifth Street. I'm at the part where he bought the $2000+ ring, and I've been mildly entertained by it so far. I hope it gets more interesting soon..

[TheBlueMonster]

Finishing "The Sandman" series and about to start "American Pastoral" by Roth. I'm also sorta in the middle of "Hunting Mr. Heartbreak" by Raban.

[smokingrobot]

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - milan kundera

[MrWookie47]

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The Brothers Karamazov.

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Best book I've ever read.

[Al P]

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Positively Fifth Street. I'm at the part where he bought the $2000+ ring, and I've been mildly entertained by it so far. I hope it gets more interesting soon..

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It doesn't really. Best part is the whole binion murder thing.

[newfant]

Fundamentals of Network Design using Kalchoff's Theorem.

[coolhandkuhn]

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis (50 pages in and I really love it)

just finished "Haunted", by Chuck Palahniuk (fight club author)...I give it a 'meh'.

[turnipmonster]

working, by studs terkel.

[rmarotti]

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The Brothers Karamazov.

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Best novel ever written.

[kipin]

This (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3354525&page=0&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1#Post3357588)

[unreal_nh]

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The Brothers Karamazov.

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me too!! what page are you on?

[bdk3clash]

"Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine" by John Abramson.

Just finished "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl, which was amazing.

[Rick Nebiolo]

Just finished "East is East" by T.C. Boyle. Very good and funny. GF loved it but I'm guessing may not enjoy "Road to Wellville" as much.

Just started "Tortilla Curtain" by the same writer.

Looking for suggestions for T.C. Boyle books similar to "East is East"

~ Rick

PS Last month finished the last of the Patrick O'brien series that started with
"Master and Commander". GF finished all twenty books in ten weeks!

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At The Villa Of Reduced Circumstance

Harry Potter is next in the queue...at the rate I'm going, I'll get to it at Christmastime.

[goofball]

Just finishing the Tipping Point by Gladwell. Next in the queue is either Catch-22 or A Confederacy Of Dunces. Anyone have a reccomendation?

[Slow Play Ray]

As usual, I am in the middle of a few books:

Living with the Dead
The Archer's Tale
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (bathroom snippet reading)

[ChipWrecked]

Just reread Herbert Yardley's 'Education of a Poker Player'.

Great stories.

I'm fascinated by him as a character, the debate over his decision to write (and sell) 'American Black Chamber' is very interesting.

Been a while since I read 'Cryptonomicon', can anybody tell me if he gets a mention in there?

[jakethebake]

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Just reread Herbert Yardley's 'Education of a Poker Player'.

Great stories.

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I've reread that every couple of years since I was around 9. The first part is still may favorite, where he tells Monty, "You wiggled your ears."

[Slow Play Ray]

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Just reread Herbert Yardley's 'Education of a Poker Player'.

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I've reread that every couple of years since I was around 9. The first part is still mah favorite, where he tells Monty, "You wiggled your ears."

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FYP

[2planka]

I've got a few going right now.

Influence: the power of persuasion, by Robert caldini

Notes from a small island, by Bill Bryson

The ultimate athlete, by George Leonard (if you haven't read Mastery, by this guy, you should read it now).

And just for fun, A taste for Death by PD James.

[ethan]

Blindness by Jose Saramago (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0156007754/qid=1126270541/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2857921-7586228?v=glance&s=books) - I wouldn't have heard about this unless jason_t mentioned him in the 20th century authors thread. Try it, you'll like it.

Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140286802/qid=1126270101/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2857921-7586228?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) - I'm rereading this. It's all short stories - most 8-10 pages long. One of my all-time favorites.

The Grapes of Ralph by Ralph Steadman (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0151002452/qid=1126270323/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2857921-7586228?v=glance&s=books) - Steadman's the artist who did the illustrations for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (as well as a bunch of other stuff Hunter Thompson wrote.) Steadman's one of my favorite artists and I'd have bought this just for the illustrations. (If you're like-minded, get Gonzo: The Art (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0151003874/qid=1126271035/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-2857921-7586228?v=glance&s=books).) The Grapes of Ralph is Steadman talking about wine, and his writing matches his art well. I'm convinced that he's completely insane. For instance:
http://home.planet.nl/~ideefix/boekperry.jpg

[spamuell]

I just finished Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, now I'm rereading Harry Potter 6, as well as An Introduction to Social Anthropology and Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker.

[WDC]

Just Finished Drama City by George Pelecanos
and Hoax by Robert Tannenbaum

On my list is to finish a Ben Franklin Biography

"The History of Salt"
"The Mind at Work" Valing the Intelligence of the American Worker"

Both of which I got for Christmas but haven't started yet.

Work related I am also reading Divorce Poision and Joint Custody with a Jerk

[ChipWrecked]

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I'm rereading Harry Potter 6,

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I had to reread 5 in order to answer all my wtf's from 6.

It was like a brand new book, I'd practically forgotten it all.

Damn weed.

[Aces McGee]

"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams.

-McGee

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3615/dixie1py.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
If that qualifies as reading.

[Phoenix1010]

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The Brothers Karamazov.

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me too!! what page are you on?

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72. Only like 700 more. I'm already liking it.

[unreal_nh]

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The Brothers Karamazov.

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me too!! what page are you on?

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72. Only like 700 more. I'm already liking it.

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i'm on like 553 of about 750... yeah definitely a great read.

have u read crime and punishment? i loved it so much i had to read it twice and might read it again when i'm done with this one.

[jakethebake]

Where's a larger version of your avatar?

[Phoenix1010]

Yeah I read Crime and Punishment quite a few years ago and I'm going to reread it after I finish with this one. I reread Notes From Underground this Summer and it got me back on a Dostoyevsky trip. I'm going to pick up either the Idiot or the Possessed sometime soon as well.

[antidan444]

Right this second, Getting Started in Hold'em. Specifically, implementing the NL shortstack strategy on some unsuspecting $100-buyin players.

Like how I got around that without saying the dreaded 5-letter word?

[jason_t]

Bounded Analytic Functions - John Garnett
Inside the Poker Mind - John Feeney
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris

[fsuplayer]

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Where's a larger version of your avatar?

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just do a search for her video for "these boots are made for walking".

the video is as sexy as the song is bad.

[swede123]

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Where's a larger version of your avatar?

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It's a clip fromthis (http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2674849) music video. Enjoy.

Swede

[Amid Cent]

Currently reading Contact by Carl Sagan (quite different than the movie). Also reading HOH2, mostly while on the can.

Not sure what's next...I picked up the Ben Franklin biography last year, still haven't touched it.

Has anyone been able to get through the latest Stephenson triology? I've been on the first one for years now.

[WEASEL45]

the last shot by darcy frey

[swede123]

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Currently reading Contact by Carl Sagan (quite different than the movie).

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I really enjoy this movie. Is the book good? I haven't read anything but Sagan. Am I missing something?

Swede

[ChrisCo]

Currently reading Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. Very good book in a series of science fiction novels. Anyone else read or reading this series?

[goofball]

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I haven't read anything but Sagan. Am I missing something?

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Yes very much so.