Like the title suggests, I just want to know what books people are reading now. I need a good fiction book to read, and I've wandered aimlessly around Barnes and Noble twice without finding a decent book. Maybe someone can suggest something that will pique my interest... ... And, no, "the paper" is not an appropriate answer... I just finished Black Hawk Down (good book), and now I'm casually reading The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer.
It's not fiction, but once you read <i>Fast Food Nation: The History of the All American Meal</i>, you'll never look at a Chicken McNugget the same way again...
The New Testament (I'm currently in Acts) Next up will be 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk then I plan on finally tackling the Lord of the Rings trilogy. A-train, they ran excerpts from that Fast Food book in Rolling Stone a few years back. Very interesting stuff. I wasn't particularly grossed out by what I read of it, just amazed at the sheer volume of beef, chicken, and potatoes that this nation goes through in a day.
I'm about to start that one or <I>One L</I> by Scott Turow. I just finished <I>The Corrections</I>, the single most overrated novel ever.
The last two books I finished were Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I would suggest the latter to everyone, although those of you who prefer action books would probably hate it. The former is a must-read for those who want to understand Christianity in the most academic sense. I'm not a Christian myself, but I think Lewis provided excellent explanations of Christian dogma. I would also suggest Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. This book will soon be ruined by a cinematic adaptation (starring Tom Cruise, the hack of all hacks) so please read it ASAP before your ability to envision the characters is forever ruined.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068483247X/qid=1012926978/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_7_4/102-7057426-9792100">I was Right on Time</a> by Buck O'Neil. GREAT book.
I'm about to start Invisible Monsters, and I thoroughly plug Choke by Chuck Palahniuk to any that enjoy reading.
I'm still waiting for my name to come up to the top of the waiting list at the library for Violets are Blue by James Patterson. I love his work. I just finished Roses are Red and went back in time to read When the Wind Blows. I tend to stick with one author I like till I finish all his work.
Sorry, I purchased it a while back but had a few friends "borrow" it, but now the book is back in my possession.
Moby Dick I'm finally reading it, and it's unbelievable. Melville is a genius. I don't think anyone should be forced to read this in school.....that would ruin it. I think you really have to have lived in order to appreciate it. His imagery is some of the best I've seen. I'd like to read you a passage that made simply stop where I was and put the book down for the rest of the day in utter exultance. Ishmael has been waiting since the start of the voyage to catch a glimpse of the infamous Ahab, who has taken to his cabin and decided not to venture out onto the deck yet. This is the passage when he finally sees him. "It was one of those less lowering, but still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon watch, so soon as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck." That's about as perfect a passage as I've seen written. The next couple of pages are breath-taking, as well.
I've recently started to read one novel each from a big name author...I've already read: Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King Jurassic Park - Michael Crighton The Bone Collector - James Patterson Demon Seed - Dean Koontz Jaws - Peter Benchley (of course, who hasn't read Jaws?) I've checked out Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy about five times, but I can't seem to get into it...
I'm reading Archangel by Robert Harris (Fatherland, Enigma). - not bad, a little slow. Behad - I have Violets are Blue - you can borrow it if you want. HOOP-T - I though Code to Zero sucked, Third Option was pretty good but not as good as Vince Flynn's first two novels "Term Limits" and "Transfer of Power" Next up for me will be "Blind Man's Bluff" and then the last Harry Potter.
davo, Code to Zero has been less than stellar. I also recently read The Man From St. Petersburg, another Follett novel. I am starting to wonder if I'll buy another Follett novel after these two. Have you read anything worthwhile from him? The Third Option was really good, I thought, but you are right about the earlier two you mentioned......
A Hero Born by Michael Stackpole Haven't got into it yet. His other books interested me especially his story with Timothy Zahn in Star Wars: Tales of the Empire.
