What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester.

A must for anyone in the arts.
 
I'm just starting The God Spot by Dean Briggs. The premise is we all have a piece of the divine in us. There is a certain spot in the brain that comes "alive" when we are close to dying. Some doctors think it's the brain fooling you so you'll give up the ghost. But others believe this is where the divinity in us resides and that it's a bridge to the afterlife. As I believe this theory, I'm reading about it in fiction form.

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Here's a classic, "He's Just Not That Into You" - Greg Berhrendt and Liz Tuccillo. It's a very funny read. Seriously, it's laughable that there are women out there that need a book to tell them when a guy is not worth the time of day.
 
Infinite said:
Here's a classic, "He's Just Not That Into You" - Greg Berhrendt and Liz Tuccillo. It's a very funny read. Seriously, it's laughable that there are women out there that need a book to tell them when a guy is not worth the time of day.
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It is very sad.



Just started Free Thinkers by Susan Jacoby
 
The Brothers Bulger- Howie Carr
Dog Day - Alicia Gimenez Bartlett
 
The Call of the Weird by Louis Theroux. Interesting to see a 'where are they now' and a bit of reflection on some of his past interviewees.

Also just read Guns, Germs and Steel
 
Y'know, for some reason I could never get into the Rama sequels. Rendezvous with Rama was great, but the others... not so much. It's been too long since I've read them, so I can't explain it.
 
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Y'know, for some reason I could never get into the Rama sequels. Rendezvous with Rama was great, but the others... not so much. It's been too long since I've read them, so I can't explain it.
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The original was much more of an old fashioned hard sci-fi, which I liked. Rama II wasn't bad, the 3rd and 4th books kinda went in a different direction... most likely due to the co-author.

But yeah... not the ending I expected after 2000 pages...
 
I just finished reading Hans Kmoch's "Pawn Power in Chess", a fantastic book based entirely on pawn formations, and the importance of these formations in the various stages in the game. An especially important read if you are interested in the various facets of the endgame. The only problem I had with these books is that Kmoch made up a bunch of weird terms to describe common pawn formations, solely for the purpose of this book. This is easily forgiven since it makes referencing said formations much easier for the author and the reader. A great read for all chess players.

I'm also working my way through "Japanese for Everyone", published by GAKKEN; an instructional textbook, but quite enjoyable to read, and a lot less dry than other texts I have read that teach Japanese.

I also recently finished reading volume 3 of "The Art of Computer Programming", the book on sorting and searching. Needless to say, this book is quite complex and I will have to reread it after brushing up on my permutation mathematics, however I still thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I'm also reading Wilbur Smith's "The Seventh Scroll"; I would recommend any of this author's books.
 
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The Half Blood Prince.
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Just finished it for the second time. I read Order of the Phoenix & THBP back to back, trying to gain some insight into one of the characters motivation. I enjoyed both much more the second time around.

Chris
 
Finished "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris

Halfway through "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
 
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