The 'What are you reading at the moment' thread

[Norroen Dyrd]

Celtic Myths and Legends by Thomas William Rolleston

[Mrs Cactus]

A Wrinkle in Time (just finished)
A Wind in the Door (just starting)

[DunmerGirl]

'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

[evenratman]

Going to start reading V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd like right after typing this post.

[Taters]

So I'm finally reading Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony, and so far, eh. I tend not to read the Next Gen books because lately they get way too absorbed in character feelings and development, and I lose interest. More phasers, people.

[The Dog Whisperer]

the second being Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix at 1012 pages.

My copy of OotP is just 766 pages. ;(

[Norroen Dyrd]

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

mars wrote:
the second being Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix at 1012 pages.

The Dog Whisperer
My copy of OotP is just 766 pages. ;(

My HP&tOoP book has 956 pages

[Vivec's Tears]

Machiavelli's The Prince.

Good lord, I love me some Machiavelli.

[Norroen Dyrd]

Machiavelli's The Prince.

Good lord, I love me some Machiavelli.

Yay, I chose this work for my Sociology essay thing back at school

[Hadrianus]

The Crucible, Arthur Miller

[leroybrown]

Haven't posted in this thread in a while.

I finished, Secret History Of The American Empire a while ago. Now I'm on Dune. I needed a good fiction to mix it up.

[NitrusReigns]

Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
It's a great book by my favorite author of all time. Short blog post about it if you're interested:

Spoiler:

Ken Follett recently released a new novel which I know almost nothing about, but am very excited to read nonetheless. Follett is the author of two of my favorite books, World Without End and Pillars of the Earth, and I am incredibly excited about a new publication.

As the first book of Follett's new Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants, will take place during the First World War and the Russian Revolution. According to Follett's website, Fall of Giants, will explore the interrelations between five families from different countries and their struggles throughout the war, revolution and women's suffrage. It appears that in this new trilogy, he will be weaving his talent for writing thriller novels in with his incredible historical research and ability to make the characters into real people with real lives.

I just started reading the book and already I think it might be one of my favorite books of all time! I am 68 pages in and, in his typical form, Ken Follett has already hooked me in with a story filled with action, adventure, mystery, tragedy, and romance. I am not exactly an avid reader, but I am itching to get back to reading right now. I'll have updates when I've read more.

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[gingko]

One Hundred Years of Solitude by GG Marquez. Highly recommended.

[Drethelis]

My reading list:

1. (Currently reading) The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands - Stephen King. Not my favorite in the series but rereading the refreshing plot details is always interesting.
2. Gotrek & Felix: Orcslayer - Nathan Long
3. G & F: Manslayer - Nathan Long
4. G & F: Elfslayer - Nathan Long
5. Wheel Of Time: The Eye Of The World - Robert Jordan
6. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
7. Tommyknockers - Stephen King
8. The Dark Tower IV: Wizards and Glass - Stephen King

[Azura]

My reading list:

1. (Currently reading) The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands - Stephen King. Not my favorite in the series but rereading the refreshing plot details is always interesting.
2. Gotrek & Felix: Orcslayer - Nathan Long
3. G & F: Manslayer - Nathan Long
4. G & F: Elfslayer - Nathan Long
5. Wheel Of Time: The Eye Of The World - Robert Jordan
6. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
7. Tommyknockers - Stephen King
8. The Dark Tower IV: Wizards and Glass - Stephen King

You are reading all these at once? I can't start another book without finishing the series I'm already on. Which can be very irritating at times.

I'm reading "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White. Really good book, so far. You just have to get over the fact that no one is going to know how to talk due to the age they are in. Still a good book. You just can't judge it before chapter three.

Spoiler:

Did you know that Merlin (however you want to spell his name) ages from forwards in time to back in time? Weird, I know.

[Drethelis]

You are reading all these at once? I can't start another book without finishing the series I'm already on. Which can be very irritating at times.

I'm not reading them all at the same time, it's the order in which I'll proceed to read them. I'm on 1, and the rest will follow.

I'm reading "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White.

Great book choice, by the way. I love Arthurian mythology, and that happens to be one of my favorites.

[Azura]

I'm reading "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White.

Great book choice, by the way. I love Arthurian mythology, and that happens to be one of my favorites.

Thanks. My dad got it as a Christmas gift last year. He said it was a good book, what. I'm only on the sixth chapter or so. But King Pelinore is probably my favorite character so far, mainly cause he's a dork, and he likes his whats.

[The Dog Whisperer]

Wrapping up The Silver Chair- gawd I hate Puddleglum- then just a couple of days until I'm finished The Chronicles of Narnia.

[Hadrianus]

The books have sitting next to me waiting to be read is as follows:

Deadhouse Gates Steven Erikson
A Clash of Kings George R.R Martin
The Darkness That Comes Before Scott Lynch
The Left Hand of God Paul Hoffman
The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie
The Name of the Wind Paul Rothfuss
Krushchev's Cold War Timothy Naftali, and someone else I cant remember?

Im 100+ pages through all of these books except the last, which Ive only recently purchased. I havent been reading much lately, everytime I pick up a fictional book I feel guilty, and so I start studying to remove the sense of guilt Im not really liking The Name of the Wind as much as I thought I would...

[leroybrown]

Krushchev's Cold War Timothy Naftali, and someone else I cant remember?

Let us know if this is good. Understanding the cold war and what went on behind the scenes is a handy way of understand geo-politics, power vacuums, etc.

I'd like to get a Russian book that's been translated into English, and see their point of view on the cold war.

[Terwonick]

In the middle of a couple series:

1. The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson

2. The Wheel of time - Robert Jordon(dead), completed/ing by Brandon Sanderson

3. A song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin

I would recommend the first two to anybody, but don't read the last one if you are sensitive to explicit content (gore, sex, blood, sex, stupid peoples, and sex)

[ace62394]

The Cleaner, by Brett Battles

Good spy thriller.

[Hadrianus]

3. A song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin

What book are you up to It is my second favorite series of all time, truly superd! Dont waste too much time with WoT if you have ASoIaF....

but don't read the last one if you are sensitive to explicit content (gore, sex, blood, sex, stupid peoples, and sex)

It really isnt that explicit...

[Vivec's Tears]

The Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett.

[Norroen Dyrd]

Just finished stories by Alexander Grin ("Fandango", "The Ratcatcher"). That's some awesome stuff
Started reading extracts from the Bible in Gothic and translating them into Russian