what are you reading?

[flosses like fossas]

it's winter. people read in winter (because tehre's no baseball to watch), right? so what is everyone reading?

 

i'm finally nearing the end of don quixote. it's worth the effort - funny, and mostly an entertaining read throughout - not withstanding some long, redundant speeches given by old don q. anybody else read it? thoughts?

 

next i'll be reading pale fire (nabakov) for my book club.

 

i'm also really excited to get a copy of the hardball times' baseball annual 2010, but i don't live in the u.s., so i may have to wait a little longer.

[berniebrewer4life]

Just finished the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. I am about to start Pride, and Prejudice and Zombies(notice a trend?).

[InsomniacInkRoss]

I hope to be reading Boys Will Be Boys in the next few days

I have been reading, in small incriments, The Book of Classic American Whiskeys and Conversations With Tom Petty (both pretty easy to read small portions at a time)

Last few books I read were Killing Bono (fantastic) and Scar Tissue (also fantastic)

[BrewCrewForever]

"I'm Back For More Cash" by Tony Kornheiser. It is a bunch of his columns from the Washington Post put into a book. Pretty funny and entertaining.

[Patrick425]

Read a book recently called "The Art of Making Money". No, it's not a self help book on how to get rich. It's a true story of a master counterfeiter from Chicago. Pretty interesting read.

[Hammer]

I've read 5 John Grisham books since opening weekend of deer hunting. Funny part...I've read them all about 5 or 6 times. That dude can really spin a yarn...

[burniebrewer]

I'm ashamed to admit I probably haven't read a book in over 5 years. When I was in college, I took as many literature courses as allowed just because I enjoyed the reading.

[davebobn]

Bernie, good luck with Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. You're a better man than I if you can get through it. It is literally Pride & Prejudice with a touch of zombies. It reminded me too much of 10th grade English when I was forced to read the original. I will say also that I loved both Max Brooks books and keep them at my desk at work at all times. If you're looking for something similar to World War Z and are willing to read a comic book to get it - I'd suggest The Walking Dead written by Robert Kirkman. It's excellent. I just picked up the compendium (Books:1-48) for my brother for Christmas. Got it on Amazon for under $40.

I just recently finished Robert Novak's memoir "Prince of Darkness: Fifty Years of Reporting in Washington" which was fantastic. If you're even remotely interested in politics I highly reccommend it.

Right now I'm reading "Rant" by Chuck Palahniuk. It's a bit more lighthearted than his other stuff, but still disgusting to a degree. I always enjoy his books as he has one of the most sickly imaginitive minds of any author out there.

[JumpinMacFlash]

I started a series by Bob Woodward examining the Bush White House. I'm almost done with the first book and it's very interesting. I have high hopes for my reading list. I have two more books from that series, a book on Mark Felt (also by Woodward), A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, and Walter Cronkite's autobiography. I'd also like to find a couple good books on Russian history and Plain Honest Men, the Making of the US Constitution by Richard Beeman.

 

Yes, I read mostly nonfiction and history books. I'm more than open to suggestions of good fiction from the Brewerfan faithful.

[greeg35]

Re-reading Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King 10 years later. Loved it the first time and need to get the bad taste out of my mouth from that putrid movie. We'll see if I unearth anything new this time around at a much different place in my life.

 

Boy, I love Crunchy Corn Bran and am so glad it came out of hiatus.

[bbrauch2000]

I just started a book club where we are reading a book a week. This week is Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News. It started slow but has picked up pretty well

[burnzy24]

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. It is a very long book but if you are interested in WWII or history it is extremely thorough.

[GAME05]

even though i slipped Tropic of Cancer in there, for the longest time i've read nothing but true-adventure books. one of the last ones that i read and recommend is A Voyage For Madmen, about a race to be the first to circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat.

[RobertR]

I'm trying to fit in War and Peace in my free time. (The Pevear and Volkhonsy translation.) It's really quite easy reading with a lot of action and a minimum of navel gazing. But it is mammoth.

 

Robert

[PlayerHader]

Reading "The Catcher in the Rye" for the 2nd time right now. Also reading "We Were the Mulvaneys."

[RayKingsForemanGrill]

Just finished Philp Roth's The Humbling... it's about what you'd expect from Roth, but doesn't match up to his most recent fine work: Indignation and Everyman.

[Oldcity]

Just finished High Fidelity, and I'm actually also reading Rant now, Dave.

[utdfan]

I'm making my way through "The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy." I don't really like basketball that much, but I do enjoy Bill Simmons's writing so I decided to get it. If you enjoy Simmons you will probably like it, and even if you don't you still might like it if you really like basketball. Regardless of your opinion of the guy you can tell by reading this that he both knows and cares a lot about the sport.

[berniebrewer4life]

Dave,

 

I'll check out that comic. I haven't started PP&Z yet, but seeing as i am going on a hunting trip for 10 days after xmas, i figure i will have some reading to do.

[reags24]

Reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies right now and while it is pretty good, it isnt what I expected. The old style of writing does get a little annoying, but should have expected that as it is Pride and Prejudice with zombies.

[nate82]

Currently reading this book. I read the first one he wrote "Army at dawn" and liked that one and currently like this one.

 

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[Menotti80]

I may start reading the "Left Behind" series again.

 

for anyone who hasnt heard, it's a series of 16 novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins about Earth's last days, beginning with the Rapture.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind_(series)

 

(cleaned up code in link--1992)

[TooLiveBrew]

Last book I read was to re-read Dos Passos's The Big Money. Imo it's an absolutely brilliant book, every bit as relevant now as when it was published (1936). It's the final part of what is called Dos Passos's "U.S.A. Trilogy". I'm ashamed to admit that I've yet to read either The 42d Parallel ('30), or 1919 ('32)... so hopefully I can post soon that I'm working on the first one.

 

Dos Passos is, imho, a greatly overlooked artist -- esp. in terms of American authors (born in Chicago -- there's some mentioning of WI in TBM). I enjoyed The Big Money as much as anything else I read (if not moreso) in my English/Lit. track in college.

[gypcasino]

I just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz which was most excellent. Before that I read Can I Keep My Jersey by Paul Shirley, which I recommend for anyone that likes sports books. I just started St. Urbain's Horseman by Mordecai Richler. If you're a reader, check out the website Shelfari. If you want to add me as your "friend" there, it's my username here at yahoo.com

[BlueFever]

I am down to reading two books at present:

The Dayne Game by Justin Doherty

Also, recently started It Doesn't Take a Hero. The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkkopf.

 

Prefer biographies or autobiographies. Haven't paid attention to any new ones out there.

Any suggestions ??