thaibebop Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Like the title suggests that is what I am asking. In an attempt to find the reader in this forum I will start by saying that I myself read ALL THE TIME. I don't stop and read more than one book at a time as well. I read non-fiction, fiction, I don't care. Normal I stay with in the genre of sci-fi/fantasy and I always read something about history, science or philosophy. School however is taking care of the non-fiction for me. Over X-mas break I am tackling Malthus, Beccaria, Locke, Emerson, Dostoevsky just to name a few, not to mention some really great books on the histroies or Japan, China, and India. I will not post all of that stuff I am just posting the stuff that was not assigned. 1.The Camulod Chronicles Book III The Eagles Brood by Jack Whyte 2. The Song of Fire and Ice Book IV A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin 3. Star Wars:Revenage of the Sith by Matthew Stover (much better than the movie ) Okay, I showed ya mine, now you show me yours. What are you reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I'm always reading when I'm at home. Right now, I'm reading: 1. The antichrist / Nietzche 2. While Love Lay Sleeping / I forget the author 3. Foundations Edge / I. Assimov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khall64au Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Well.... generally it's world news and trillions of websites cos of my job- but when I have the inclination, the current pages are open beside my bed: Art & Architecture of Cambodia- Helen Ibbitson Jessup ( what a mouthful) The Malay Dilemma - Mahathir Bin Mohamad The Last Rainbow - Parke Godwin Did I pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 "How To Speak To A Liberal If You Must" by the esteemed Ann Coulter. Actually, finished it a while ago but this is an opportunity to share...right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endure Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The Eagle & the Wolves - Simon Scarrow Rubicon - Tom Holland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorFart Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Nakhorn Mai Pen Rai by Chart Korpjitti - Hard Going but interesting. Fairly typical stuff really. The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs - Classic and timeless. Thank You Jeeves - PG Wodehouse but I'm not really reading it cos its an Audiobook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glauka Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) wuthering heights ---Emily Bronte La aventura equinoccial de Lope de Aguirre---Ramón J. Sender The Catcher in the Ray---J.D. Salinger Edited December 21, 2005 by Glauka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The Catcher in the Ray---J.D. Salinger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is that a sequel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glauka Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The Catcher in the Ray---J.D. Salinger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is that a sequel? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No as far as I know... In spanish is call "El guardian entre el centeno"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sorry Glauka, I was making fun. In English it is called "Catcher in the Rye" Not ray. And we call the kid Don Holden round these parts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glauka Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sorry Glauka, I was making fun. In English it is called "Catcher in the Rye" Not ray. And we call the kid Don Holden round these parts.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are mean Kayo... English is not my first language so I don´t get those jokes... I know I have many spelling mistakes... Still learning this difficult language... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylar Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibebop Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 I'm always reading when I'm at home. Right now, I'm reading: 1. The antichrist / Nietzche 2. While Love Lay Sleeping / I forget the author 3. Foundations Edge / I. Assimov. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Foundation was always something I wanted to read but never got around to it. How do you like them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BambinA Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Mercks - medical stuff Krabi travel book - plan to go there on Jan06 Bridget Jone's diary- Helen Fielding (round 6 always fun) Toujours Provence-Peter Mayle chicken soup for the traveler's soul-Jack Canfield Undutchables -Colin White and Laurie Boucke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Foundation was always something I wanted to read but never got around to it. How do you like them? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is the fourth in the series, it was written by the man about thirty years after he fiinished the third book. I came across an old dusty version of it in a local pub bookshelf. The first time, I had to really pay attention, because I've read nothing of this series before. The second reading, I had fun, because I could enjoy more, having got the general gist of it. This third time round, I'm gleefully devouring the novel. It's self standing from the others, giving bits of relevant background wherever necessary. Oops... Did I just admit to saying I'm on my third read of the same book... In only three and a half months... .... By god am I hoping the first three parts will turn up in the near future... Other books I really enjoy but can't get hold of easily here are the Terry Pratchet Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibebop Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Foundation was always something I wanted to read but never got around to it. How do you like them? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is the fourth in the series, it was written by the man about thirty years after he fiinished the third book. I came across an old dusty version of it in a local pub bookshelf. The first time, I had to really pay attention, because I've read nothing of this series before. The second reading, I had fun, because I could enjoy more, having got the general gist of it. This third time round, I'm gleefully devouring the novel. It's self standing from the others, giving bits of relevant background wherever necessary. Oops... Did I just admit to saying I'm on my third read of the same book... In only three and a half months... .... By god am I hoping the first three parts will turn up in the near future... Other books I really enjoy but can't get hold of easily here are the Terry Pratchet Series. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Terry Pratchet, I should know who that is, but I can't remember. What does Pratchet write? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endure Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sorry Glauka, I was making fun. In English it is called "Catcher in the Rye" Not ray. And we call the kid Don Holden round these parts.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chonabot Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The Road to GlenSpean - Christina Hall ( My Mum ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendix Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Just finished The Red Tsar, a biography and history of Stalin and his inner circle during the 30s, 40s and 50s. Excellent book. Will probably buy Ian McEwan's Saturday to read over the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbo Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Phra Farang ; about an english guy becoming a monk Libelle's kookboek; for the christmas diners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom yum goong Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Terry Pratchet, I should know who that is, but I can't remember. What does Pratchet write? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Terry Pratchett writes fantasy novels. Most of his books have been part of the Discworld series. I've read most of them and they are a lot of fun and witty. I would recommend them to anyone. I am currently in the middle of David Attenborough's autobiography titled Life on Air, which is a fantastic read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I have just started White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Although im only one chapter in as pre-Christmas antics keep distracting me. New Years resolution to get into the book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorFart Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I can't stick Terry Pratchett. Unfunny and pompous dross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Extreme - My Autobiography. Sharon Osbourne. What a life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 tom wolfe ....... i am charlotte simmonds. as always , excellent stuff from mr. wolfe. life for a prim country girl at an american university as she encounters raucous students , drunken jocks and their groupies , and nerdy journalism students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Couple of years ago. The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobraj - R.Neville. About a year ago. The Summer of Katya - Trevanian A few months ago. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Pursig(?) (downloaded it but couldn't finish it. Too deep and not the same as reading a book.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galong Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 The Urak Lawoi and the Complexity of Sustainable Resource Use: The Political Ecology of Changes in the Adang Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Thailand... This is actually a dissertation by a Thai professor of Geology that I know. Being an evironmentalist, it's very enlightening as well as being disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarpedon Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I go through periods of reading and other times of not. Jut been through one of those periods and in that i read: Falling Down - Nick Hornby Touching the Void - Joe Simpson The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks Ecstasy - Irvine Welsh Down and out in Paris and London - George Orwell Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Tea Shop - Emma Larkin I tough call to say which was the most enjoyable read, but its between Touching the Void and Down and out in Paris and London. Really getting into George Orwell at the moment and i have just started reading Keep the Aspidistra flying and i have Homage to Catalonia to read after that. A brilliant writing style... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buadhai Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 "Wolves Eat Dogs" by Martin Cruz Smith. "PHP and MySQL for Dummies" (What, me, dummy?) "Siam Smile/s" by Hugh Watson "Siam Mapped" by Thongchai Winichakul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I'm back playing poker seriously again so .... Theory of Poker by David Sklansky (...for about the umpteenth time...) It is the poker player's version of the bible, koran, talmud, etc. Just wore out the bindings on my second copy. Also ... Fighting Fuzzy Thinking in Poker, Gaming and Life by David Sklansky Another great read by The Professor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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