What are YOU reading? - Page 3

**Homercidal** · 08-23-2010, 12:31 PM

Mostly SCI-FI FANTASY stuff for me. I'm currently fighting my way through Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series. I'm on book 6, and it's the farthest I've ever gotten through. I liked the first couple of books and I'm looking forward to the last trilogy, but man, the past 2 books have been tough.

Pratchett's Discworld is one series that I enjoy reading to the kids. I love making up the voices and they are so light and humorous. And I still have my MIL's Paul McCartney biography to read at some point. or not.

**shecky** · 08-23-2010, 12:34 PM

I'm into the Stieg Larsson trilogy right now. Finished "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" recently. Almost done "The Girl Who Played with Fire." Great books but, damn, they're behemoths.

**passedpawn** · 08-23-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Palefire

Jonathan Franzen just released his second big novel, Freedom. It's been getting lots of great reviews. Looking forward to reading it, since The Corrections was really, really good, I thought.

Thanks for that. The Corrections was excellent. I'll have to pick up this new one.

I'm nearly finished with Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It's been a slow read, for sure. I'm looking forward to the end of that book

Razorbrew · 08-23-2010, 12:43 PM

Just finished my master's degree in may so I spent the summer reading anything that didn't require me to cite it for my thesis.

I read about a book a week. Mostly "beach" trash... Patterson, Cook, Chriton, Evanovich, some authors I had never heard of and can't remember their names. I have never really read any american classic so I may dig into that for the fall. I would welcome recommendations.

I just finished the Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence (of the Resurrection) very good I would recommend it. It's one of the few non-beach trash book I read this summer.

**Hang Glider** · 08-23-2010, 12:46 PM

Still doing my master's - so nothing but college texts and references for now...

tallybrewer · 08-23-2010, 06:39 PM

Perennially, Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver series. Just finished A Land Remembered.

leboeuf · 08-23-2010, 07:22 PM

I'm getting to the end of Stephenson's newest, anathem. It's been really good... I think I've become a fanclub member at this point

bierhaus15 · 08-23-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by shecky

I'm into the Stieg Larsson trilogy right now. Finished "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" recently. Almost done "The Girl Who Played with Fire." Great books but, damn, they're behemoths.

Yep. I'm about 200 pages into the second book. Not bad, though I think the first book was somewhat overrated. The Swedish version of the movie was pretty good though.

Also, I just finished "Trout Madness" by Robert Traver. I've read it about 15 times before, but it never gets old. A must read if you like fly-fishing!

**passedpawn** · 08-23-2010, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by shecky

I'm into the Stieg Larsson trilogy right now. Finished "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" recently. Almost done "The Girl Who Played with Fire." Great books but, damn, they're behemoths.

I'm waiting for my Kindle 3. This series will be the first books I buy for that. Can't wait.

**ChshreCat** · 08-23-2010, 08:43 PM

Been re-reading some of my favorites. Right now I'm just finishing up Stranger in a Strange Land and I have Stephen King's It up next. After that I might go back to some new (to me) stuff. Gotta love Half-Price Books to load up the pipeline.