What are you reading?

[Coffee Black]

There has been the entertainment thread of movies, tv and music but I didn't see one on books so I thought I'd start one.

Currently reading:

George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones Rereading the series in hopes that the next book will come out eventually. 5 years late now...

Terry Pratchett's Nation HUGE Pratchett fan.

Just finished :

E.R. Chamberlin's The Bad Popes

I also recently read Neil Peart's ( The drummer for Rush) Ghost Rider and was sorely disappointed. Hope that doesn't offend any of the Canadians here. Love his drumming and lyrics but I did not like that book.

[infernalis]

The few books that I have read lately are.... These help me to better understand my favorite species.

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[Lankyrob]

Currently on the last of a collection of 8 Chris Ryan books about ex SAS regiment members living "normal" lives but getting pulled back into military/mercenary life. Chris Ryan is Ex-SAS himself and all his books are based on his life and those of others from the regiment.

[dragunov.762]

i have almost finished Winter's Heart, the ninth book in the wheel of time series. i highly recommend this series for anybody who likes fantasy its amazing

[shaunyboy]

read them all rob,chris ryan knows how to put a good book together mate.

just read the fourth realm trillogy,1st the traveller,2nd the golden city,3rd the dark river,they are wrote by john twelve hawks.a really good read and reflection on modern life.how we all live on the grid.the grid being computers,cctv etc,etc.all the tecnology that tracks and imposes on our every day life,most of the time without us being aware of it.the travellers are people who can leave their bodys and travel to 6 other realms,where they gather knowledge and ideals.they have guardians ,normal people who have been raised to be their body guards.a family tradition passed on through hundreds of family generations.they are called the harlequins.famous travellers being folk from history like,joan of arc,cant remember any other examples but visionary people who seemed ahead of their times.the bad guys in this are the bretheren or tabula as they get called.they run the evergreen foundation who want to create a computerised surveillance system in the industrial world this will allow them to establish a virtual panopticon.sorry im rambling on.but these books are some of the best reads ive had in a very long time.
cheers shaun

[mykee]

In the last year or so, everything these authors have written:
James Patterson
Lee Child
Greg Iles

[shaunyboy]

In the last year or so, everything these authors have written:
James Patterson
Lee Child
Greg Iles


ive read a few james patterson books he's a good writer mate
cheers shaun

[emseeKAY]

haven't been doing too much reading lately, read some of my professors books at college, but the last one i read and enjoyed was Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, lol how cliche am i?

[Lankyrob]

Well if you want cliche'd reading - i read Homer's Illyiad earlier this year!! lol!

Tad Williams is my other current favourite author - Again for you fantasy lovers his Otherworld trilogy kicks ***!!!

[marvelfreak]

Reptile Magazine just got the new one yesterday, Reptiles,amphibians, and Invertebrates An identification and Care Guide, The Marvel Encyclopedia (The Definitive Guide To The Characters Of The Marvel Universe), and True Crime (The Infamous Villains of Mondern History and their Hideous Crimes) By Martin Fido

[infernalis]

Hey Chuck, do you have the issue from May with the garter snake article??

I have not yet seen it, and I know the author. :(

[Coffee Black]

I really need to just get a subscription to Reptiles. I pick up issues from time to time in stores but for some reason have yet to subscribe.

[marvelfreak]

Hey Chuck, do you have the issue from May with the garter snake article??

I have not yet seen it, and I know the author. :(
Yes i get them almost a month before i see them at the pet stores.The one i just got is the August issue. Coffee Black if you do a web search for reptile magazine you will find ton of sites where you can get a year subscription for $15.00. I can remember which one i order from, but $15.00 beat the heck $4.99 at pet store. It's also cheaper than getting a subscription from one of the cards in the magazine.

[Nafun]

I read Nation a couple of months ago.
My current bathroom reading is Goblet of Fire.

[emseeKAY]

Well if you want cliche'd reading - i read Homer's Illyiad earlier this year!! lol!

Tad Williams is my other current favourite author - Again for you fantasy lovers his Otherworld trilogy kicks ***!!!

lol i think you beat me Rob :D

[BlindOne]

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[Lankyrob]

lol i think you beat me Rob :D

WAs a book i bought when i thought i would be studying ancient Greek mythology, history and culture at Uni - never went but kept the book anyway - is actually a good read and after a couple of hundred pages the language becomes easier to understand!!

[emseeKAY]

WAs a book i bought when i thought i would be studying ancient Greek mythology, history and culture at Uni - never went but kept the book anyway - is actually a good read and after a couple of hundred pages the language becomes easier to understand!!

Lol! i find mythology and religion interesting though! actually i tutor a guy from Saudi Arabia and he was shocked that I possess and have read the Qur'an lol i find it very interesting and believe Islam in general is a more believable religion then christianity (not to step on toes here, just my opinion). and I cant say i blame the guy with the amount of racism hes dealt with in 9 months of being here. we USED to have a very ignorant woman as another tenant in the apartments we both rent who called him a terrorist! its sad how people treat one another :( completely blew me away, hes probably one of the nicest and polite people i have ever met lol

[infernalis]

I find all of the mythology and religion fascinating.

The old text book of Mormon has some really interesting concepts in it.

I will not go down this road for fear of offending someone.

I'm just saying it's interesting, nothing else.

[emseeKAY]

yep maybe we'll call it quits before it even starts lol!

[infernalis]

another forum I frequent has a religion thread, It's a huge disaster.

[Nafun]

We're all the same religion aren't we? I mean... aren't you all snake handlers too?

[infernalis]

We're all the same religion aren't we? I mean... aren't you all snake handlers too?


Yep, spot on!!

[emseeKAY]

LOL! actually the crazy woman i mentioned before, she said that i lived with the spawn of Satan because of my collection! haha, funny, i didnt realize that satan had more than one spawn lmao! too bad i didnt show her somewhere like BHB enterprises!

and on the snake handling religion... yeah i guess we are all in a league of our own eh? :D haha what would you call it? lol snake-handlology? LOL!

[Freebody]

i am currenty reading any thing on the web related to fixing my car, and driving stuff for my road test on the 16th for my class 5 license so i can write the upcoming exam for the Rcmp, i have been driving for 12 years with my class 7 which is a new drivers license got accepted to write the exam but found out i cant without it had to unregister for it, now its a mad rush for a road test date before the rcmp test fill up for the year. oh im also reading alot to improve my math skills and writing to help my start my new carrear im really excited about :)
as for books..hmm i think i only read 1 in my life, it was in jr highschool, banner in the sky, it was about a mountian climbing kid, the only book report i actually did were i read the book cover to cover,or that didnt have a movie to watch ie outsiders,romeo and juliet lol charllots web.. lol actually i was just thinking about it,I have been watching alot of police shows lately as well lol

[dragunov.762]

just finished book 8Winter's Heart of the wheel of time and on to book 9 Crossroads of Twilight

[emseeKAY]

i am currenty reading any thing on the web related to fixing my car, and driving stuff for my road test on the 16th for my class 5 license so i can write the upcoming exam for the Rcmp, i have been driving for 12 years with my class 7 which is a new drivers license got accepted to write the exam but found out i cant without it had to unregister for it, now its a mad rush for a road test date before the rcmp test fill up for the year. oh im also reading alot to improve my math skills and writing to help my start my new carrear im really excited about :)
as for books..hmm i think i only read 1 in my life, it was in jr highschool, banner in the sky, it was about a mountian climbing kid, the only book report i actually did were i read the book cover to cover,or that didnt have a movie to watch ie outsiders,romeo and juliet lol charllots web.. lol actually i was just thinking about it,I have been watching alot of police shows lately as well lol

I think i'm going to the RCMP after i finish college, the P.A.R.E. test is much easier in my opinion then the P.R.E.P. for the OPP and Ontario based departments, my other option besides the RCMP, OPP, or any municipal police forces would be a Canadian Forces Police officer, and because I have Police foundations i would be promoted to corporal right out of basic training which isnt bad ;) lol

[Freebody]

ya i just recently applied for the canadian forces and just spoke to my recruiter about 2 weeks ago, they are not hiring for almost anything at the moment, i joined for infantry, armoured soldier,weapons technition, after that we went down a list of about 10 other things and nothing,i then asked what they are hiring for and it was 2 things vehicle tech and communication tech. so i applied for the rcmp.i will be working my way for a possition on the swat team is my goal. army said their is nothing hiring right now because we will be pulling out in under a year and all the combat arms troops will need positions else where.It took my cousin over a year to get back into the navy after his contract ended as an already trained 4th year marine technition.
on a good note maybe ill see you in regina sask rcmp camp,only 1 in canada and every member of the rcmp goes their for 6 month training, Hooo AH!

[Savage69]

Beside college textbooks? Lets see....anything by Richard Marcinko (Rogue Warrior), Dr. Laurence Gardner, Zecharia Sitchin, Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, Tom Clancy. American Bagger magazine, Bass Player magazine, Iron Horse magazine, anything concerning ancient history, religion, politics, philosophy, etc., etc., etc.! These days, though, its mostly college textbooks and more college textbooks!



Savage

[presspirate]

Currently reading:
George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones Rereading the series in hopes that the next book will come out eventually. 5 years late now...



That book will never come out:mad: . I read the entire series, then reread everything up to crows when that came out, now I have everything shelved until the hbo series is finished. I think he'll start working on Dances with Dragons after that is done.

Currently I am re reading Insomnia, by Stephen King. My Favorite Author has to be Nelson Demille. But I also enjoy anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Scott Sigler, Dean Koontz, King, etc. etc. etc.

[BlindOne]

Any of you guys read 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series of books?

Damn shame the guy died after writing those three, they are very good books.

[Freebody]

Any of you guys read 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series of books?

Damn shame the guy died after writing those three, they are very good books.
they are making that book it into a movie, they just turned down scarlet johansen for the role because her boobs are to big :P