What are you currently reading?

**digby0668** · September 30th, 2005, 03:55 PM

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis to my 5 year-old daughter. This is the fourth book (in the new numbering scheme) of The Chronicles of Narnia.

**willy_ph** · October 1st, 2005, 09:57 AM

Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life by Nina Eliasoph
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam
Society Must Be Defended by Michel Foucault
Inventing Our Selves by Nikolas Rose
Powers of Freedom by Nikolas Rose

**The Real Bingo** · October 1st, 2005, 10:09 AM

That book by Robert Putnam was recommended by our political science teacher's assistant to help us better understand radical individualism.

**Smidley** · October 4th, 2005, 10:03 AM

I started and finished Animal Farm by George Orwell last night. Overall, it was a great story with a chilling lesson. It was short and concise and took about an hour to read.

I recommend it to everyone.

Now, on to 1984!

**Silent Scream** · October 4th, 2005, 12:31 PM

Just finished reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

I liked it, but he did a better job on The Da Vinci Code IMO.

**xelnanga** · October 4th, 2005, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Silent Scream

Just finished reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

I liked it, but he did a better job on The Da Vinci Code IMO.

what are u talking about? dan brown always has a formula for all his books if u didnt notice.... all his books are similar with the formula...

action + sex + mystery + history + fiction = another million bucks...

**tony_j15** · October 4th, 2005, 01:46 PM

kinda like Tom Clancy or John Grisham, always the same formula.

I finished the earlier mentioned book of JRR Tolkiens personal letters

Now I'm reading A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan.

**Silent Scream** · October 4th, 2005, 02:37 PM

Does that mean I can't like one more than the other?

**gambler2611** · October 4th, 2005, 03:30 PM

Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov

**xelnanga** · October 4th, 2005, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Silent Scream

Does that mean I can't like one more than the other?

true, but all im saying is that Dan Brown uses his formula for all of his books, and im getting an impression that he will probably do it again and again, and then ppl will get tired of it.... and they move on to find another author... blah blah bleh...etc.

**hulkMAD** · October 4th, 2005, 06:14 PM

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

awesome read so far.

the last book i read was Prey by Michael Crichton. that was seriously about a year ago. i prefer to let my brain do as little work as possible.

**Silent Scream** · October 5th, 2005, 05:45 AM

I've now started reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms for the 3rd time.

It's long, so it should keep me busy for a week or 2.

**Twinkletoes** · October 5th, 2005, 12:14 PM

Just started "Fortune's Rocks" by Anita Shreve. One of those books which you know you're going to really enjoy after the first couple of pages.

Originally Posted by Smidley

...Animal Farm by George Orwell...short and concise and took about an hour to read.

One of our set-books in English lit. Of all our set-books, everybody's favourite. Probably because it was so short!

**The Real Bingo** · October 8th, 2005, 12:21 AM

I am currently engrossed in another David Baldacci novel: Total Control. I don't know what his obsession with totality is, but I don't care...his books are very gripping and thrilling.

**johnnycombat** · October 8th, 2005, 09:22 AM

I just started (first 150 or so pages) The Shield of Achilles by Philip Bobbit. It is sort of a sweeping history of war, society, and international politics for the last 400 or so years. Very interesting so far, I’d certainly recommend it.

**Prexaspes** · October 8th, 2005, 11:54 AM

QED

**The Real Bingo** · October 11th, 2005, 10:39 PM

I just finished Total Control, and yet again, it was a great book. The 520 pages seemed to fly by.

Tomorrow, I'm going to sink my teeth into Tripwire...another Lee Child novel.