What are you currently reading?

[willy_ph]

Picked up three new books to read. Luxury Fever by Robert Frank, Economics of the Public Sector by Joseph Stiglitz and Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith for my honours thesis course.

[sixf00t4]

hey willy ph, the world is flat, is that about the economy? If so I saw something on that book, let us know what ya think of it.

Willy, the man asked you a question!

[willy_ph]

I completely missed that question. The World Is Flat, I would say, deals with the economy in certain respects, but I find it focuses more upon the socio-cultural changes that are evening the differences between what were once considered "third world" countries and the developed nations of the North. Friedman analyzes the changes occurring in India and China pretty substantially, arguing that technology has been the greatest single factor in the transformation of these countries in the past half century. I'm not quite finished the book yet, but I'm getting there. I'm definitely enjoying the book, despite some of the shortcomings of his method of analysis.

[dday]

Just finishing some of William T. Shermans' memoirs and still reading another Civil War series. Also just finished "The Last Battle", about the fall of Berlin and "This Hallowed Ground", another Civil War book. I have been doing an independant study on the Civil War period and events leading up to it, (social and political influences). This is most misunderstood conflict in American history. I have no life as normal people would define it.

[Hungrycookpot]

I was reading "The Gunslinger". Finished the first book, and i havent gotten around to getting any more yet. Was pretty good tho.

[draboo]

I must give all of you credit. The matieral you read is informative and most of it (IMO) gives you a different view on life as we know it. I attempted to read Atlas Shrugged about 10 years ago,got half way thru,and put it down. Thats only one of three books I ve started and never finished.

I m a murder mystery kind of guy. And maybe some historical books about old motorcycles.But...

http://timdorsey.com/roadkill_prologue.html < THIS fellow has earned a place in Draboo s Goofy Authors Hall of Fame.

I think I posted a link once before for this nut. If you are a Floridian,like more than a few of TechIMOers are,I m sure you would enjoy the insanity Tim Dorsey provides.

The last thing I ve read that was the least bit educational/informative was the manual on how to set the timer on my remote starter in my truck.

[tony_j15]

I was in the library on Friday and happened across The Collected Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Pretty informative read so far, the sucker is 400+ pages! many of the letters relate to the development of LOTR, hobbit, Simirillion, etc and explain what exactly he meant doing what he did.

[#43 fan]

I finished Star Wars:Republic Commandos hard Contact, and I liked it.
I recommend that you play the game first so you can get a feel of what the book is like in your mind.

[-FMA]

I am reading this post so that there are no mistakes.

[DeathWish187]

The Spiral Dance-Starhawk
The Book of Shamanic Healing-Kristin Madden
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sonar 4 Power
Producing in the Home Studio w/Pro Tools
The Musicians Handbook-Bobby Borg

[ben-the-slacker]

Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik: Wiederholen und anwenden

Yeah...fun...

[lost-and-found]

"Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way" by John Paul II
"The true face of Padre Pio" by Maria Winowska

Just finished:
"An Exorcist tells his story" by Fr. Gabriele Amorth (the chief exorcist of Rome)

[The Real Bingo]

I started reading yesterday One Shot by Lee Child. Very good mystery and I'm about halfway through it.


The Rainmaker by John Grisham was a very good read.

[draboo]

The Rainmaker by John Grisham was a very good read.

I enjoyed pretty much all of Grishams books,my favorite being A TIME TO KILL

the defense attorneys final statement just blew me away.

Plus,in the movie,seeing Ashley Judd all sweaty from the southern heat perked things up a bit.

THE KING OF TORTS is also good.

[The Real Bingo]

I should look into getting those. My grandmom, an avid reader, has read all his books and enjoyed them thoroughly. Thank you for the recommendation.

[Pexster]

Just finished Don't Point that Thing at Me, by Kyril Bonfiglioli (which I ran across in a bookstore and remembered the author from Theo's earlier post). Very funny book. Also, Cottonwood, by Scott Phillips, a novel based on the story of the Bloody Benders of Kansas. This guy is pretty good, and I'm going to seek out his other stuff.

Yeah, those Reacher novels by Lee Child are a hoot. Reacher kicks . . . on the bad guys! He's cool.

[Twinkletoes]

Anybody read John Jakes and "The Kent Family Chronicles"?

[izaic3]

Speaking about John Grisham, his book The Street Lawyer was EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I highly highly suggest reading it. Another book by him that I don't think has been mentioned is The Brethren. Two good books by him, but the first one at least on me had a huge impact on my thoughts on a lot of issues. Very good reading, Grisham keeps the reader entertained the whole time, and the books go by fairly fast.

[cswalker]

harry potter and the goblet of fire. lol.

[The Real Bingo]

I just finished that Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. It's 370-some odd pages and I got through it in about four days. I highly recommend it, and if all of his novels are like it, which I assume they are, I'll probably look into them.

My grandmom lent me another Grisham. This one is The Last Juror. I'll dig into it Monday.

harry potter and the goblet of fire. lol.

Is that the fourth book?