What book is everyone reading at the moment?

[Ed]

Clouds of Witness and a few books on early medieval art.

Oh, just got a new book on Polearms that looks interesting.

 

[Nex]

American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity by Paul Keith Conkin -- pretty dry at times, but overall very interesting history and account of the formation and evolution of Christian denominations and sects in America. I actually came across this book a year ago while I was researching Pentecostalism for a paper and presentation, and have had it on my Amazon wishlist since then. My mother in law was wonderful enough to get it for me this year.

also reading...

Color in Spinning by Deb Menz -- an excellent resource for fiber artists who spin and/or dye fiber. Once out of print and going for over $200 US in used bookstores, the publisher recently began printing it again, and the (fiber arts) world rejoiced.

 

[Kiless]

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. I love her work and I wasn't disappointed by this one. If you go to the link, it heralds three other works in the series already done but I'll be eagerly waiting to see the one by Donna Tartt!

 

[Morwen]

Clouds of Witness...

Yay! Dorothy L.Sayers! How are you liking it? I love her books, even though -or perhaps because- the murderers go to such improbable lengths to hide their crimes. I remember fondly The Nine Tailors and all those books. Lord Peter is one of the best detectives ever.

 

[Ed]

Yay! Dorothy L.Sayers! How are you liking it? I love her books, even though -or perhaps because- the murderers go to such improbable lengths to hide their crimes. I remember fondly The Nine Tailors and all those books. Lord Peter is one of the best detectives ever.

I really like it. I reread Whose Body and The Unpleasentness at the Bellona Club recently. There is something soothing about Holmes and Whimsey, a simpler time, perhaps.

 

[Hutch]

Just finished a couple I've been working on and off for several months:

Inquiry into the Shroud of Turin by Joe Nickell
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Issacson

Both recommended.

While waiting for my flight home after Christmas, I picked this book up in paperback and completed it by the time I got home (182 pages in paperback)

Longitude by Dana Sobel

You would think such a topic (about the ability to track longitude on the ocean) would be a yawner, but I found it fascinating and absorbing.

Sitting around half-read now are a couple of books I need to finish:

Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that made Abraham Lincoln President.
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Still have 10-12 books sitting unopened on the small couch waiting to be read. I'll get to them in 2006--if I don't buy something else to read first..

 

[kmortis]

Just finished a couple I've been working on and off for several months:

Inquiry into the Shroud of Turin by Joe Nickell
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Issacson

Both recommended.

I read Franklin as well...excellent book. A nice book to read along with Ben's autobiography.

 

[Genesius]

Currently re-re-reading "An Edge In My Voice" by Harlan Ellison, and "How to Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way" by (of course) Bruce Campbell.

 

[kmortis]

Currently re-re-reading "An Edge In My Voice" by Harlan Ellison, and "How to Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way" by (of course) Bruce Campbell.

Is "How to Make Love..." any good? I've seen it, and I like BC as a B Movie actor, so i'm somewhat interested.

 

[Genesius]

Haven't gotten that far into it. If you read and liked "If Chins Could Kill" then you'll probably like this one.

If you haven't read "If Chins Could Kill". . . well, for Autolycus' sake, why not?

 

[Nyarlathotep]

I just started The Coming of Conan which is the first volume in a three volume series that collects all of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories in a single volume.

As for non fiction I am reading First Draft in 30 Days, which is exactly what it sounds like.

 

[Jon.]

I'm working on The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Don't know why I keep picking her stuff up. It's okay I guess, and I liked The Handmaid's Tale well enough (Oryx and Crake was good too) but it doesn't really get me going. I guess I'm just doing my duty as a patriotic Canadian.

I've recently read (finally!) Douglas Adams' and Mark Carwardine's Last Chance to See. Brilliant. Great descriptions of rare animals, and enough Adams wit to keep you going.

 

[Achán hiNidráne]

At this very second?

Well, I'm reading The Writer's Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe by George Ochoa and Jeffrey Osier. It's a nice general science book for sci-fi writers that gives ideas on how to write consistent and believable backgrounds. I'm using it to help me on a role-playing setting I'm working on.

 

[whitefork]

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow.

 

[ZirconBlue]

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin.

 

[Boo]

The Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle - The Journal of Charles Darwin.

After this it will be Origin of the Species.


Boo

 

[Kiless]

Took some time, but finally tracked down Bridge of Birds.

'His secrets are not sold cheaply.
It is perilous to waste his time....'

 

[DigitalHoser]

I'm finishing up The Ezekiel Option by Joel C. Rosenberg.

Good book. Yes, there is some religion and the end of the world stuff, but its more of a political possiblity thriller that is too close to the truth than we care to admit.

Still a good read, you just have to read the first two before you start this one.

 

[Terry]

Just finishing vol 10 of Transmetropolitan. Some books about musical physics are probably next.

 

[kmortis]

I just picked up "Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins. I'm only to Concesor 1, but it's an easy read.