What Are You Currently Reading?

just finished “the game” by neil strauss and currently have been pickin away at the art of power, almost done, great book.

The Secret Agent by Joesph Conrad. One of the classics.

Next up is The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. Been looking forward to thins one for some time now. After that I’m re-reading The Book of Five Rings, The Lone Samurai, Hagakure, and Bushido. Brushing up on my samurai skillz yo.

My book about me. It reads well

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.

I’m not reading it because the movie version is out; it’s my bookclub’s pick for our discussion next month.

“A Short Course in Discrete Mathematics” by Edward Bender. Fuck finals.

[quote]Padilla7921 wrote:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Think MAS*H, but book. And not the Korean War, but WWII.[/quote]

Same here, but slowly, because I’m also reading “I am America, and So Can You” by Stephen Colbert. Pretty freakin funny so far.

Also reading “Screwtape letters” by CS Lewis. Pretty good book and quite illuminating on human reactions and actions.

I’m in the middle of “Grant” by Smith. It’s a pretty awesome biography of Ulysses S. Grant covering his entire lifetime, not just the war.

After this, I’m probably going to get a biography on Robert E. Lee for contrast.

Is that the one called “Killing Pablo” by Mark Bowden? That was a great read. I read it a while back.

I’m currently reading “The E-Myth Revisited” by Michael Gerber. It’s a business/entrepreneurship book which everyone seems to highly recommend for anyone looking to start a business (which I will in the next year or so). It’s actually painfully drawn out and repetitive so far, so I’m just slogging through it, but I’m sure it has some value.

When I take some time off for X-mas I’ll have more time to pick up something for pleasure reading.

[quote]DickBag wrote:
im reading a book called “the killing of pablo escabar”

damn. he was a crazy cunt

any fantasies i had before of becoming one of those cool criminals has now died.

colombia has a gruesome past, he now [/quote]

[quote]Acebgd12 wrote:
Padilla7921 wrote:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Think MAS*H, but book. And not the Korean War, but WWII.

Same here, but slowly, because I’m also reading “I am America, and So Can You” by Stephen Colbert. Pretty freakin funny so far.

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Same here, and a bunch of comic books, I use to enjoy reading the classics, but I want to go back to reading about Spider-Man again, oh and the Halo Comic books aren’t too shabby either.

Currently, I’m reading this thread.

When I get home it’s back to books on music, philosophy and the like. I also like to peruse the Victoria’s Secrets catalog if I can find one.

I made a promise to myself for 2008 I will not read one non-fiction book, magazine, newspaper or scientific journal for the entire year.

I am doing this in an effort to better “listen” to my own voice.

Steroid Nation

One Pefect-Op

Soon to be reading “Reclaiming History”

No Country for Old Men

[quote]AdamC wrote:
Farenheit 451…really enjoyed it. Gave me a bit of a kick up the arse.[/quote]

Best book ever.

mike

Just finished His Excellency George Washington. Next up is The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle.

mike

[quote]TKL wrote:
“A Short Course in Discrete Mathematics” by Edward Bender. Fuck finals.

[/quote]

Heh, i’ll be taking that soon.

How was it?

Divine Comedy by Dante.

Satan’s Circus by Mike Dash.

Good historic account of the trial of the century of Lt. Becker in turn of the century NYC. Gambling, corruption, Tammany Hall…all interesting angles.

Just finished The Seven Daughters of Eve by Brian Sykes ( http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Daughters-Eve-Bryan-Sykes/dp/0393323145/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197510943&sr=8-2 )

Very interesting book on the use of mitochondrial DNA to do historical research on the origins of modern peoples. A bit too much speculation in the end for my taste, but the history was good.

Started In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat by John Gribbin ( http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Daughters-Eve-Bryan-Sykes/dp/0393323145/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197510943&sr=8-2 ) to see if I can bend my mind around quantum mechanics any better than when I took it as a physics class…

A few in my queue: When Genius Fails: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375758259/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1YN4YD90PDRLD&colid=26M9RZYLYW66Q ) and Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618664742/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1MY7UC8LTBSE1&colid=26M9RZYLYW66Q )

Anyone have any opinions on The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross? ( http://www.amazon.com/Rest-Noise-Listening-Twentieth-Century/dp/0374249393/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197511516&sr=8-1 )