What are you reading?

[Monster Boy]

No, not "this thread, ha ha". What books, that type of thing. I Just finished Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. It was at the top of several Best Novels of All Time lists so I thought I'd give it a shot. All the dialogue is excellent, Tolstoy was brilliant at underlining the subtexts of what his characters said. They were his characters so of course he knew what they were "really" thinking, yeah I know...hmmmm....how else to put it. The several layers of subtext present in real conversations are elegantly reflected in the fictional conversations of his characters, there that's better. Anna's descent into madness and Levin's spiritual awakening at the end both seemed a bit heavy handed to me, too obviously designed to teach a lesson or something like that, but it was a captivating read nonetheless.

[Gardener]

I haven't read many Russian novels. I've started Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" a few years ago but I never finished it. The pacing was too slow for my taste. Now that I'm a little older, maybe I should give it another try.

I'm currently finishing Max Brooks' "Zombie Survival Guide". I had been meaning to read this for years and I haven't been disappointed. This is great fun. I'd highly recommand it for any horror fan After that, I might either read Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray" which I haven't read yet or maybe re-read Bret Easton Ellis' "The Informers".

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

The second instalment of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolin: Eldest. I must confess, I've own the book for years already and this must be the fourth or fifth time I've started reading it from the beginning. It's a great book (atleast the parts I've read over the years are ), but with all the previous attempts I just found out that I didn't somehow find enough time for reading it. But I'm confident that this time around I will finish reading it

[Ady]

A really old book called The Victim by Saul Bellow. It was first published in 1947.

[kentuckyfan]

Well I am reading Robert Heinlein's Job A Comedy of Justice.

[Nero]

At the moment, a whole bunch of dry literary theory books for graduate school (earning my 2nd Masters Degree, in English).

I was recently reading Steinbeck's To A God Unknown, however. It's a good book. I'm also determined to catch up on my "lost generation" authors, such as Hemingway (although his novels are frequently boring) and the like.

[Franklin]

The latest issue of National Geographic arrived recently. I think I'll read that next.

[Tola]

I have a couple of books I have yet to finish: Hanoi Rocks - All Those Wasted Years, couple of Don Rosa's Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge compilation and Martin Popoff's Black Sabbath FAQ.

[Totentanz]

Private Eye - the issue published today.

[Monster Boy]

Trudging my way through an English translation of Sartre's Being and Nothingness (that title is obviously a translation). This book makes Bill Clinton's "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is" seem tame...it took the whole introduction to come to the conclusion that "Being is." I don't know why I torture myself so...when I understand the book, or think I do, it does yield some cool insights though.

[IommiRules]

The Autumn of Liberty- Paul Harvey

[kamikazetom]

After America - Mark Steyn

[8bit Fighter]

I think it came to one point when I stoped reading books, mainly because of reading constantly in my opinion horrible short stories in my senior year of high school. Years later right now I picked up an interest, reading Dave Mustaine's A Heavy Metal Memoir. It's a start for me to get back into reading again. Really good book for Megadeth fans.

[777Jep]

Foundation and Earth by Asimov.

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

The second instalment of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolin: Eldest. I must confess, I've own the book for years already and this must be the fourth or fifth time I've started reading it from the beginning. It's a great book (atleast the parts I've read over the years are ), but with all the previous attempts I just found out that I didn't somehow find enough time for reading it. But I'm confident that this time around I will finish reading it

Finished the book some time ago, now I've been reading the third part "Brisingr" for a week or so. I really liked "Eldest" and "Brisingr" has been just as good so far. Paolini's narration seems to have improved a bit too, it was somewhat patchy at times in the first two books.

[Chambers]

I haven't read many Russian novels. I've started Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" a few years ago but I never finished it. The pacing was too slow for my taste. Now that I'm a little older, maybe I should give it another try.

I'm currently finishing Max Brooks' "Zombie Survival Guide". I had been meaning to read this for years and I haven't been disappointed. This is great fun. I'd highly recommand it for any horror fan After that, I might either read Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray" which I haven't read yet or maybe re-read Bret Easton Ellis' "The Informers".

Go with the Dorian Gray. Great work from a great man.

[Deuce Frehley]

I just finished reading Doom Let Loose. It's the history of a band you may have heard of.

[Sir Kenneth]

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.

This is my first time reading anything by Mieville (though I've been meaning to do so for ages) and though I am just 300 pages in, I am definitely a fan so far. A very interesting and different take on the fantasy genre for sure.

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

Great to see you back Sir Kenneth! There's never too much of you veterans around

[Sir Kenneth]

Good to be back. I figured that with a new book coming out, there might soon be a reason to rehash some of the old topics again

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

Good to be back. I figured that with a new book coming out, there might soon be a reason to rehash some of the old topics again

Yup, and if we are lucky enough Iommi makes some new revelations as well

[IommiRules]

Going back & reading some classics...

Harriet Beecher Stowe- Uncle Tom's Cabin

[kamikazetom]

Right now I am reading the new 52 from DC comics mainly - liking the relaunch of the classic superman, batman & wonder woman so far - Also just got Frank Miller's Holy Terror - definitely can see why DC had him use a different charater than his original intent of a batman vs terrorist story line.

[nunoni]

Collen McCullough's too many murders, bought it at some airport last week together with another couple of books, it's the one I didn't read while on travel; so far, it's interesting, 12 completely different murders taking place in the same small city in the same day!

But her Republic of Rome series is in a whole different level.

[nunoni]

huge disappointment! Ended up being an absolutely ghastly spy story in the vein "red is bad", it could have been written in the deepest McCarthy years, and it makes no sense. I was unable to read the last 10 pages in full. Pitty, it was a nice book for most of it.

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

I finally finished reading 'Brisingr' last night, and it was an enjoying experience! I'm eagerly waiting for the fourth and final instalment of the series, but it's also a bit sad that the series has to end.

But for now, I can't decide what piece of literature I should tackle next. Why stop when I'm on a roll after a long break I could keep going with the fantasy novels, so reading the entire LOTR trilogy seems like a fitting choice (I've only read 'The Fellowship Of The Ring' in the past). Other tempting choise is something by Stephen King...

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I finally finished reading 'Brisingr' last night, and it was an enjoying experience! I'm eagerly waiting for the fourth and final instalment of the series, but it's also a bit sad that the series has to end.

But for now, I can't decide what piece of literature I should tackle next. Why stop when I'm on a roll after a long break I could keep going with the fantasy novels, so reading the entire LOTR trilogy seems like a fitting choice (I've only read 'The Fellowship Of The Ring' in the past). Other tempting choise is something by Stephen King...

Although it's not essential I would recommend reading the The Hobbit before tackling the Lord of the Rings. It does explain some of the back story.

If you like fantasy, have you read any Terry Pratchett?

[rmdouglas27]

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan. I've had these books for so long, but wasted too many years doing stupid shit. If I could go back 20 years, I would have spent my free time reading.

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

Although it's not essential I would recommend reading the The Hobbit before tackling the Lord of the Rings. It does explain some of the back story.

If you like fantasy, have you read any Terry Pratchett?

I've actually read The Hobbit, but it was back in elementary school so my recollections of the book are vague at best. So I might read it next. Thanks for the advise!

And no, I haven't read anything by Pratchett, although I've often heard people praising his work. I've seen one tv-adaptation of his books homever, Hogfather. It was interesting to say atleast

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I've actually read The Hobbit, but it was back in elementary school so my recollections of the book are vague at best. So I might read it next. Thanks for the advise!

And no, I haven't read anything by Pratchett, although I've often heard people praising his work. I've seen one tv-adaptation of his books homever, Hogfather. It was interesting to say atleast

There's only been one TV adaptation worth watching and that's Going Postal the others just didn't seem to work even though they are based on good books.

[Thelemech]

Dreams Of Terror and Death - H.P. Lovecraft

[Ochlocracy]

Just finished Trust me, I'm Doctor Ozzy.

[gunman42782]

Besides my gun magazines, I just read Glenn Becks Being George Washington, and have started on Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World. Read Iommi's Iron Man twice! And of course read I am Ozzy twice. I love to read, I have 5 bookshelves full of books of all kinds, mostly gun books and history, with some Robert E Howard (Conan the Barbarian) and Mark Twain thrown in for good measure.

[Monster Boy]

Reading It's So Easy (And Other Lies) by Duff Mckagan. As far as Rock star biographies go, pretty damn good! The only problem I have is it seems kind of Dr. Phil-like somehow, but McKagan does have actual insight into himself and others, it's not just a collection of stories like Tony Iommi's book.

[Thelemech]

Perdurabo - The Life of Aleister Crowley - Richard Kaczynski

[LouiST]

A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II - Gerhard Weinberg
It's a thousand-page giant book and I'm still reading the first part of it

[clockwork]

[Thelemech]

No Regrets - Ace Frehley

[Van Sabbath]

I'm on and off reading the following books.

Iron Man - Tony Iommi
Red: My uncensored life in rock - Sammy Hagar
Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga - Ian Christe
Doom Let Loose - Martin Popoff
And my most recently bought book: Black Sabbath FAQ - Martin Popoff

[clockwork]

This boook, considered as being the BIBLE of metal................