Books you're reading now

[thebluerider]

First re-read for me. Still very good. On book 3 now.

I started Red Rising Thursday and finished Morning Star Last night. Highly entertaining. Remarkable in that the books are full of typical tropes but it doesn't seem like a tired rehash. I don't feel any need to read the sequels but thoroughly enjoyed the trilogy.

 

[hohner]

The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet

Just finished the Tao of Pooh section. Was hoping for more tbh.

 

[Sunnyvale TP]

American Psycho

Just finished this a few weeks ago. Not a bad read. Added much more depth to Patrick Bateman as a character.

 

[I Fusion I]

Just finished this a few weeks ago. Not a bad read. Added much more depth to Patrick Bateman as a character.

It's a great read, darker and more psychological compared to the film.

 

[Sunnyvale TP]

Just finished this book. More of a heartwarming story. Quick read too.

 

[Graves The Elder]

1984
Lord of the Flies
Fahrenheit 451
Unmasked

 

[mb23100]

Pretty interesting and funny. The author tells a bunch of stories about things that went wrong during the testing of the F1 rockets to eventually be used on the Saturn V.

 

[GSP_37]

G.I. Joe Classics collection Vol. 7. Dirt cheap: $1.99 for 10 issue collection. This is the Marvel Comics. I wish they got a better artist. I saw a vid where Larry Hama said they couldn't find anyone good to write or draw this series.

 

[Sunnyvale TP]

Finished this one this AM. Very fast read and large print. The author is very good at painting a picture in your mind and the conscious of the main character.

 

[Tone C]

Just started James Patterson Jack and Jill. Not a huge fan of his anymore but it's only thing available at work at the time.

Edit , ha swapped it for a Jeffrey Deaver novel.

Just finished Dune Messiah on the Kindle , not sure what's next , maybe Tim Peake's autobiography.

 

[GergreG]

1984
Lord of the Flies
Fahrenheit 451
Unmasked

I've had Fahrenheit 451 on the bookcase for a few years but haven't got around to it. Started Blood Meridian last year and got sidetracked so need to get back into that one.

 

[Graves The Elder]

I've had Fahrenheit 451 on the bookcase for a few years but haven't got around to it. Started Blood Meridian last year and got sidetracked so need to get back into that one.

I do the same thing. Will read voraciously for a spell, get sidetracked by something or other and not look at a book for a month.

 

[Heisenboom]

... pale horse.

 

[thebluerider]

I'm now reading Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich. About a third of the way through it and it's pretty great. I have seen a couple of videos of talks that Reich has given on the subject, but he is not exactly a dynamic presenter so I decided to read his book and I have not been disappointed.

Just finished this. Recommended for anyone interested in anthropology, archaeology or genetics. The author sticks his neck out a bit and goes against the orthodoxy when it comes to human origins and that there are important genetic differences among various human populations. Here is a NYT piece from the author that he wrote just before the book came out:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html

 

[Tone C]

Reading Tim Peake's autobiography. Quite dry and amusing.

Also started and finished a western today, J.T. Edson, Gunsmoke Thunder .

 

[sweetviolenturg]

After discovering the Sundance/AMC series on Netflix, I've been reading the Hap & Leonard books on Kindle. Good two-fisted Southern-fried pulp detective stuff.

What a great series of novels. I love Joe R. Lansdale.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

 

[Einar]

I started reading Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice a few days ago. Enjoying it so far. I got a big leather bound tome with three books in one; Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire LeStat, and The Queen of the Damned.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Just finished Seal of God by Chad Williams

 

[JBSchroeds]

I'm rereading a bunch of pulp: the original Conan the Barbarian stories by Howard, the John Carter series by Burroughs, and some horror by Lovecraft. I'm cycling through them as I go because they get repetitive if you try and read a bunch of one author back-to-back. I just finished the second Carter book and am back on Conan with Hour of the Dragon.