I've been reading Anthony Kiedis' autobiography "Scar Tissue"
This is def. one of the best autobio's I've ever read! Pretty soon I'm going to start reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Anyone read that?

What're ya'll readin'?

Funny. I was just about to close my browser to start a new book when I saw this thread. :)

I am headed offline to read The Rise of Christianity (How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries) by Rodney Stark.

Funny you should say that lemonsong. I just finshed reading through Images of a champion. I think its time for a book with less pictures.

I'm pretty busy with four volumes at a time:

-"My life as a Quant" of Emanuel Derman

-"Better training for distance runner's" of Tom Osler

-"The hobbit" of J. R. R. Tolkien

-"Breda's sun" of Arturo Perez Reverte

Hope will finish them before Christmas :D

I just finished a book called Consilience by E.O. Wilson and now I'm reading a book on screenplay writing. A couple weeks ago I finished a book called Stiff. It's about cadavers and it is great. I highly recommend it.

i dont belive im reading something, but it keeps me company during cardio...

"kitchen confidential" by anthony bourdain

Reading a lot of books at once:
- United States of Europe (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594200335/qid=1106525451/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3927145-1086403?v=glance&s=books), the new superpower and the end of American supremacy, by T.R. Reid
- Lean Software Development (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321150783/qid=1106525246/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/002-3927145-1086403): An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers , by Tom & Mary Poppendieck
- You're in Charge, Now What (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400048656/qid=1106525483/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/002-3927145-1086403): The 8 Point Plan, by Thomas Neff * James Citrin
- Jesus Christ: A Great Mystery (http://www.eternalgod.org/lit/booklets/christ.htm) by Norbert Link
- Literal Translations of the Old Testament (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1878442821/qid=1106525542/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3927145-1086403?v=glance&s=books)& New Testament (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0801021383/qid=1106526852/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-3927145-1086403?v=glance&s=books), by Jay P. Green

T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. (Lawrence of Arabia, good insight into stuff that's happening over there now)

Tolkien's Silmarillion. This is a snoozer, but I listen to the audiobook for an hour in traffic each morning. Now that I've seen the movies, I picture Cate Blanchett any time Galadriel pops into the story... :drool:

I'm not really into fiction.
I'm currently reading:
Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods that will Change your Life
Save your child from the fat epidemic : 7 steps every parent can take to ensure healthy, fit children for life

Next up are:
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/books/schlosser.html)
Affluenza:The All-Consuming Epidemic (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576751996/102-7242404-0996955)

A couple of weeks ago, I finished:
The Overspent American: Why we Want What We Don't Need (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060977582/102-7242404-0996955)

Also, I'm reading
Jacob Two Two meets the Hooded Fang, and next I plan to read Chocolate Fever or The Chocolate Touch.

Re-reading a book about Cicero.

I'm back reading Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series again, STILL waiting for George RR Martin to finish...

Andrew.

Metaphysics: The Big Questions edited Peter Van Inwagen,
Reason for the Hope Within edited Michael Murray
Communication: Key to your Marriage (I'm engaged)
Still Sovereign edited Tom Schreiner and Bruce Ware
as always, the Bible :D

i dont belive im reading something, but it keeps me company during cardio...

"kitchen confidential" by anthony bourdain

That book is great! So is his other book, A Cook's Tour (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060012781/qid=1106578665/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-4663885-8580615), highly recommended as well.

Currently reading: Raising the Bar : Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar, Inc. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0787973653/qid=1106578349/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/103-4663885-8580615?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
Great book, great company, great energy bar :eat:

Last week I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446677450/qid=1106578447/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-4663885-8580615) which was very enlightening about my financial future.

Next on the stack from my recent Amazon orders is a book recommended by a professor last semester, Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods... And How Companies Create Them (Revised and Updated) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591840805/qid=1106578524/sr=2-3/ref=pd_ka_b_2_3/103-4663885-8580615) and then will be reading How I Made 2,000,000 in the Stock Market (https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/summary/edit.html/103-4663885-8580615?%5Fencoding=UTF8&orderID=103-0624443-2887044) and a few other financial books that I decided to pick up after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

I think the last thing I read was the instructions for putting my dip station together.

Paris 1919, by Margaret MacMillan. It's a pretty good read so far, and she has some good insights because she's Lloyd George's grandaughter.

Just finished "Prey" by Michael Crichton.

Starting to read "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum. So far the book it totally different from the movie, which they usually are but I didn't think there would be this much of a huge disparity between the two.

Next book after "The Bourne Identity" will be "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton. He's one of my favorite authors. Every book he's written that I've read has been good, except "Prey" in my opinion. Prey wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.

Just finished "Prey" by Michael Crichton.

Starting to read "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum. So far the book it totally different from the movie, which they usually are but I didn't think there would be this much of a huge disparity between the two.

Next book after "The Bourne Identity" will be "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton. He's one of my favorite authors. Every book he's written that I've read has been good, except "Prey" in my opinion. Prey wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.

I read Bourne Identity recently and its way better than the movie, but identical to the original mini-series for TV in the early 80s! Enjoy!

I am reading Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.

I'm multithreading between Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Traveling Music by Neil Peart

I'm multithreading between Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Traveling Music by Neil Peart

Whoa, Neil Peart his a book? He's the drummer from Rush, no?

Whoa, Neil Peart his a book? He's the drummer from Rush, no?
Oh yeah, it's his third book. I've read them all. Masked Rider is about a bicycle tour he did of West Africa, and Ghost Rider is about a 40,000 mile motorcycle trek he made. Look him up on Amazon. Good stuff, especially for Rush fans.

Just finished:

Daniel Quinn's "Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure".

If you havent read any of his other books, you must. Start with "Ishmael".

Almost finished:

"Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer.

About a 24 yr old bloke from a well off Virginia family who donated his entire bank account to charity and gave away all of his possessions to live a nomadic existence eventually going to Alaska to live in the wild. 4 months after entering the wilderness his decomposed body was found by hunters. Interesting book exploring the mind, ambitions and goals of a person who decided to abandon civilisation and live alone in nature. When I was younger I day dreamed of doing such a thing (never seriously) so this book appealed to me.

Next on the list:

The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) -- by Jean Liedloff

The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated : The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late -- by Thom Hartmann

A Language Older Than Words -- by Derrick Jensen

A Species in Denial
by Jeremy Griffith.

My second time through in reading "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. I can really relate to the main character. Great book.

Currently Reading: "Its not about the bike" by Lance Armstrong and Hulk Hogan's Bio I picked up for $2 bucks..

Up Next:

"Every Second Counts" by Lance Armstrong
"Breaking the Chain" by.. i forget
"Rough Ride" by.. another author who I forget
and I might pick up "Fast Food Nation"

I'm reading "The Wind In the Willows" with my 8 yr. old daughter. We got two copies and we spend about a half hour each night reading out loud to each other. Great story, great together time.

Currently Reading: "Its not about the bike" by Lance Armstrong and Hulk Hogan's Bio I picked up for $2 bucks..

Up Next:

"Every Second Counts" by Lance Armstrong
"Breaking the Chain" by.. i forget
"Rough Ride" by.. another author who I forget
and I might pick up "Fast Food Nation"

Both Lance Armstrong books are AWESOME...I read them both back-to-back in 3 days!

Both Lance Armstrong books are AWESOME...I read them both back-to-back in 3 days!
What are Armstrong's books like? Are they about cycling or are they general motivational, how-to-be-an-awesome-high-performance-person type books?

What are Armstrong's books like? Are they about cycling or are they general motivational, how-to-be-an-awesome-high-performance-person type books?

They're about everything. They're about his life, his family, his friends, his cycling (those parts are AWESOME) and mostly about his cancer and its effect on him. As soon as I finished them I donated to his foundation, and I was among the first wave of people who purchased a 10pack of his LiveStrong bracelets, which I was so pleased to see get so popular! His books outline his workout regimine which is pretty much masochistic. Lots of people think he's doping or whatever, but if you look at his workout schedule and read about what he does to prepare you can tell he's just miles above the rest in terms of preperation. I highly recommend his books to anyone, they're inspirational beyond words (esp. for me because he was treated at the IU campus in Indy, and I'm a Hoosier-junkie! :))!

I read Fast Food Nation and Atlas Shrugged based on recommedations on this board. Both were very good reads. I have recently finished biographies on Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Next will be John Paul Jones. I also picked up a book called "Patriots" by A.J. Langguth and "Chainfire" by Terry Goodkind, the 9th in the Sword of Truth series. David McCullough's "John Adams" was very good too.

I read Fast Food Nation and Atlas Shrugged based on recommedations on this board. Both were very good reads. I have recently finished biographies on Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Next will be John Paul Jones. I also picked up a book called "Patriots" by A.J. Langguth and "Chainfire" by Terry Goodkind, the 9th in the Sword of Truth series. David McCullough's "John Adams" was very good too.

If you're a revolutionary history buff I have two suggestions for you...
(I'm a history major)
Founding Brothers won a pulizter a few years back
and if you can handle really dense history you might want to pick up Woody Holton's "Forced Founders" its pretty dry but it's the true meat and bones of causal revolutionary history!

Currently reading "Think and Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill again. Just finished Awaken the Giant by Tony Robbins.

I am reading about twelve books at once. I finally have narrowed it down to a couple to finish and then move on to finishing the rest.

I am reading a book on worship in the American church called

Tozer on worship and entertainment - by A.W. Tozer

It is an awesome book

I also read How to Win Friends and Influence People once each year so I am working on that.

For my CFP certification I am also reading all kinds of in depth study material such as books like The Fundamentals of Life Insurance and various other investment books...fun stuff

I also read How to Win Friends and Influence People once each year so I am working on that.


I'll let you in on a secret, then you won't have to worry about finishing this book: "You don't win friends with salad!" -Homer Jay Simpson :p

Finishing the Chung Kuo series by david wingrove. Awesome stuff.

Just finished confessions of a yakuza by some author I cant recall (japanese writer though, translated to english).

Still fumbling thru japanese for dummies.

And fumbling thru beginners guide to kanji...

About halfway through a history of god by karen armstrong.

Almost done alexander by guy mclean roberts.

Also almost done a book on napoleon by an author I forget

Still working on the essence of war by sawyer? I forget.

Have about 2 translations of the art of war I am making my way thru. I haven't found them to be as enlightening as most people say they are.

just bought two new books - ancient history by roberts somebody or other. And Alton Brown's new book - I'm just here for more food.

You should see my bedside table. Its covered in books, my fiancee thinks I am crazy.

If you're a revolutionary history buff I have two suggestions for you...
(I'm a history major)
Founding Brothers won a pulizter a few years back
and if you can handle really dense history you might want to pick up Woody Holton's "Forced Founders" its pretty dry but it's the true meat and bones of causal revolutionary history!

Sounds interesting...who is the author of Founding Brothers? I think I'll skip Forced Founders...the Hamilton and Jefferson books were the toughest reads I've done in quite some time.....

Hmm People here a lot of the same books I do.

I read alot of fantasy books - mainly Ray Feist, last one I read was Talon of the Silver Hawk.

Inspiration books, mainly biographies, read both Lance Armstrongs ones in about a week, read lots of wrestling ones (Kurt angle, Mick Foley - both his are very good, Steve Austin) currently reading Edges one.

Lots and Lots of financial self help books. Pretty much every rich dad book (the quality of these vary), millionaire next door / millionaire mind, just heaps of these books. I think getting your finances sorted, and then working toward having enough investment income to cut down on, if not eliminate, your job, is just as much a buzz and worthy goal as getting fit.

Stacrafty

I've been reading Anthony Kiedis' autobiography "Scar Tissue"
This is def. one of the best autobio's I've ever read! Pretty soon I'm going to start reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Anyone read that?

What're ya'll readin'?
Fiction - I'm a science ficton addict and I've just discovered a fantastic author called Sheri S Tepper - my favourite is called 'Grass' - all about a place almost like earth but not quite. Like travelling in a different country I suppose. Sounds rubbish the way i've described it but if you're an SF fan - try her!
Non fiction - 'Mean Genes' by Burnam and Phelan. tells you why we like junk food, why we like to gamble, why we get into debt even when we know we're doing something really stupid. it's all down to genes and relly makes you think.

I'm reading "The Wind In the Willows" with my 8 yr. old daughter. We got two copies and we spend about a half hour each night reading out loud to each other. Great story, great together time.

That's a great idea! My parents read to me as a child each night before bed. And The Wind in the Willows is a great book -- you're right. I'll bet she remembers that for the rest of her life -- not the story so much, but the time spent with her father.

I'm reading Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight, yeah I know its a comic-novel, but hey I have my preferences. The last actual book I read was, The Sword of Truth: Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind

I read the Da Vinci Code (http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html) a couple months back. Great book! There's a version with pictures included that can add to the whole experience but the version I had didn't. So I just had to google some of the artifacts/paintings every now and then to get a visual of what the book was describing.

I'm currently reading some classic Sci-Fi stuff. It's the Foundation series (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/55/ref=pd_sr_ec_ser_b/104-6095168-3439110) by Isaac Asimov. Great read so far.

Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Take Your breath Away

Great Stories of Science Fiction

Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut

A Farewell to Arms - Hemingway



The only reason I read books by Hemingway and Vonnegut is because my University library doesn't carry the more "trashy" books that I like. That's my confession for the day.

I am reading the 9/11 Commission Report...interesting stuff. And books on Roman History for my college class.

Most recent books I've read at the moment are Both of Lance armstrong's books, Conversations in Sicily, and I'm currently working on Survival in Auschwitz. The last two are for my survey of italian lit class. I also need to get started on A walk in the woods cause if I keep putting it off I'll never read it!

Currently reading Ripples of Battle : How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by Victor Hanson. In it, the author takes a look at 3 battles in history: The battle for Okinawa, Shiloh, and the battle of Delium. He explains how each affected not only the people there, but the course of human events. Pretty good

The other I've been going through is Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination by Peter Ackroyd. It's about the origins of culture on the British Isles and how that culture is expressed through literature, song, art and so forth. As a history book, it's not great, but it contains a lot of excellent english literature starting with Beowulf and moving on.

I just read Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (liked), Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One (liked -- American funeral practices were an odd main choice of satirization though), Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (liked -- great main satirization of belief as it ties into religion), Heller's Catch-22 (didn't like -- the destruction of linear time, though not necessarily chronological, sucks -- worked well as a satire of the military and authority however), and T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (great -- necessary read to grasp all the allusions made to it in 60's literature) in school.

For a short report, I read Jessie Weston's From Ritual to Romance on the Grail mythos. This was to draw connections between the plot of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the Fisher King myths. This book was great because it gave an overview of the Fisher King legends, which are present as structural devices in many other pieces of literature.

For a 4000 word research paper on the decline of magic, I read a few interesting books: The Rise of Magic In Early Medieval Europe by Valerie Flint, Religion, Science, and Magic: In Concert and in Conflict by (ed.) Jacob Neusner, Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden, and Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion by Christopher Faraone. As well as a bunch on necromancy, which I originally was going to specifically focus on. I found all these books very interesting and ended up doing more reading than researching (to the detriment of my paper); I'd definitely recommend going to your local college library and picking up a bunch of books on an obscure topic you have little knowledge on.

I'm also in the midst of Book VI of the Aeneid in Latin.

Out of school, I just read the first book of Stephen King's Dark Tower series The Gunslinger, which was fair but didn't spark my interest enough to read the next six books. I may give the second one a chance if I think of it next time I'm at the bookstore though -- it has potential to be a great series.

I'm thinking of starting the Dune Chronicles and I've been meaning to read The Picture of Dorian Gray for quite a while.

And, now, you can say you've read the book that is my post...

What the heck, I am (avoiding) reading it right now:
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning: Analysis and Design, 6th ed. by McQuinston, Parker and Spitler
:(
Yay to Mechanical Engineering! :D

Jeff

I just finished reading liars poker - its about the crazy times on wall street in the mid 80's. Totally recommend it.
Before that it was WWE wrestling biography On Edge , by Adam "Edge" Copeland. Nothing to testing mentally, but still a great read.

I read the Da Vinci Code (http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html) a couple months back. Great book! There's a version with pictures included that can add to the whole experience but the version I had didn't. So I just had to google some of the artifacts/paintings every now and then to get a visual of what the book was describing.

I'm currently reading some classic Sci-Fi stuff. It's the Foundation series (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/55/ref=pd_sr_ec_ser_b/104-6095168-3439110) by Isaac Asimov. Great read so far.
I thought the DaVinci Code was very contrived - I much preferred Deception Point.
The Foundation series just keeps getting better and better; have you tried the Dune series? Liked the first couple but then lost interest. Saw the film and as they say, if you haven't read the book you won't understand it; if you have read the book you'll be disappointed at what they left out. My latest series is 'Earths Children' by Jean M Auel first one is Clan of the Cave Bear, there's now 5 of them. Brilliant.