Summer '10 Reading Thread

[kick'em.down]

So, any good books I'm supposed to be reading over the summer? I'm about to get The Forever War out of the library tomorrow and get cracking. Also, I'm debationg whether or not I should just go ahead and buy The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo

[skurey]

The last book I read was Harry Potter

HARRY DIES

[The Dan]

I just started reading The Trial by Franz Kafka. Now that exams are over I should have plenty of time to do some reading.

[rehler]

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is epic! If you have time I recommend the complete book (its over 1200 pages). If not, the abridged version is pretty good as well.

[Doc Awesome]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves

most horrifying book ive ever read.

I felt like i was seriously going crazy when i was reading this book. Eventually had to stop reading.

[steeple923]

Just finished "Six Suspects" by Vikus Swarup

is most excellent. :yes:

[Crystazul]

Currently reading:
http://spl225.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/under-the-dome1.jpg
Next to be read:
http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/04/28/collapse.jpg
After that: (given to me by a friend, and I promised I would read it even though it is not my normal type of book)
http://markcahillministries.com/ONE_Heartbeat_English_midsize.jpg

[kick'em.down]

Originally posted by Crystazul@May 23 2010, 05:59 PM

Next to be read:
http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/04/28/collapse.jpg

Read bits and pieces of that during school. There are some statistical inaccuracies, but other than that it comes highly recommended

[rehler]

Jared Diamond is ingenious. Guns, Germs, and Steel is also a fascinating read.

[Administrator]

My 3 favorite summer reading series...

The Dresdan Files:
http://rtmulcahy.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/n204971.jpg

Codex Alera:
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n45/n225659.jpg

Sword of Truth series:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2a6wd9z.jpg

I guarantee you if you read at least a quarter of a book from any of these series (and have a nerdy side) you will fall in love as much as you did with the harry potter series (assuming you liked those). Each one of these series are wayy better than HP.

:yes: :wub: :D

[phantomtofu]

I'm reading the Halo books just for fun right now. They're not bad.
I recently read Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. It's very nerdy and suspicious of government, but so am I. I liked it, and it's legal to download it for free.
If you want a bigger/deeper/higher quality book suggestion, I recommend Contact by Carl Sagan.
and... if you haven't read the entire Ender's Game series, and its shadow series, you're missing out.

[afv]

den of thieves. about the deregulation of the stock market. pretty absurd. reads like a murder mystery even though its all true.
http://thesaleswars.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/den-of-thieves.jpg

also, currently reading The Loved One. a bit slow to start, but strangely fascinating and entertaining...
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n19/n97550.jpg

and an absolutely positively must read: (one of the funniest books i've EVER read)
http://nighthawknews.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg

[lasseviren]

i'm going to be reading quite a bit of organic chemistry. i hear it's fascinating.

[kick'em.down]

Change in plans. I started No Finish Line by marla runyan. On deck is The Perfect Mile

[Shlotchky]

kind of easy reads, but seriously - the best damn story ive ever read, really exciting book.

The Hunger Games

i literally sat there until i finished both books, cant wait until the 3rd one comes out. highly recommended

[rehler]

Originally posted by kick'em.down@May 24 2010, 07:31 PM
Change in plans. I started No Finish Line by marla runyan. On deck is The Perfect Mile
I read The Perfect Mile this year. I highly recommend it!

[FTT]

finally reading Once A Runner, so far it is a great book. After hopefully i will read The Perfect Mile since it has been sitting on my bookself for like a year and a half

[okko]

just read The Kite Runner (actually i have like 20 pages left, but i put it off to say goodbye to dyestat). definitely a worthwhile read (i assume the last couple chapters won't do anything to alter that assessment)

[freddy 459]

Thinking about Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five for my next read.

[Swoosh13]

http://samus.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/theelegantuniverse.jpg

[vikingsxc3200]

gonna try to get born to run.

[Stormy Waters]

Originally posted by rehler@May 21 2010, 08:07 PM
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is epic! If you have time I recommend the complete book (its over 1200 pages). If not, the abridged version is pretty good as well.
I read that two summers ago, great summer read. I think anyone can relate to Edmond.

[vikingsxc3200]

thought about war and peace as well. anyone actually finish the book?

[runnerman17]

Just finished Children of Dune, starting Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. After that going to read Chrildren of the Mind (the 4th Ender's Game book).

[kick'em.down]

The Latest book I read for fun was The Perfect Mile. Awesome book, but I had to return it with like 50 pages left to read. For school (my summer class, Constitutional Rights & Liberties) I read When the Nazis Came to Skokie which is a really interesting book. Now I'm reading the Christian Burial Case

[dhysz16]

Just finished reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the second time and I highly recommend it.

[Crystazul]

Finished Under the Dome a week or two ago. Currently reading Dune Messiah. Up next is probably the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series. I read the first two chapters online and loved it.

[OnePoint]

Post books you're reading, just finished, or about to start.

Suggestions/questions/discussion also encouraged.

I'll start:

Yesterday I read Sub 4:00 by Chris Lear. It was alright. Light literature, but I'm a sucker for running books.

Now I've just started Memoirs (Confieso Que He Vivido) by Pablo Neruda. I'm amped to read this...Pablo Neruda is my favorite poet and such an interesting writer.

My planned next book is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[tb1223]

There are a lot of books that I've been reading on and off for a while and have been meaning to finish. These include:

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
The Metamorphosis by Kafka
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Sculpting in Time, the autobiography of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky

And I recently purchased Don Quixote but I don't want to start it until I've finished the above 4. I'd like to start spending more time reading, especially now that I've graduated college and will have a crapload of free time for the rest of my life. Usually all of my would-be reading time is taken up by watching movies.

[leavitia]

Just got "Why We Run: A Natural History" & "Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete"

Will be starting both soon
Also, reading a James Patterson book currently, as you can usually catch me doing...Yay summertime for more book reading

[Swoosh13]

Do I win the first 'Bump to pwn a n00b' on tracktalk?

[Mighty Mouse]

I'll probably start Zeitoun soon (summer reading for an Honors humanities class). It's about New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina.

[Mlou]

Just read two books on Lydiard's training.

Might start reading WoT series again, but I heard it kinda sucks from like 8th book on (which is where I am at).

Another option is the Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, I really enjoyed The Three Musketeers back in high school so that's worth a shot too.

Last option is to not read and come up with more ideas for a story I've been thinking about writing, that kind of counts as reading right?

And let me know if Don Quixote is any good.

[OnePoint]

Originally posted by Swoosh13@Jun 18 2010, 11:15 AM
Do I win the first 'Bump to pwn a n00b' on tracktalk?
if you meant me, then yes

i totally didn't see this thread when i made mine

oops

[dante]

i just read:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BT2P288AL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

am going to read next---
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5139Z9VGNGL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

[zoom]

Rework by Jason Fried

And rereading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis for the millionth time. Maybe I just have a dark sense of humor, but I think Patrick Bateman is the funniest character ever in literature/film. A lot of people are disturbed by the movie, but I laugh the whole way through it. Great satire.

[Mlou]

Originally posted by OnePoint@Jun 18 2010, 12:42 PM
if you meant me, then yes

i totally didn't see this thread when i made mine

oops
Just saw this thread after I posted on yours. Thanks a lot. :P

[OnePoint]

Originally posted by Mlou+Jun 18 2010, 11:44 AMQUOTE (Mlou @ Jun 18 2010, 11:44 AM) <!--QuoteBegin-OnePoint@Jun 18 2010, 12:42 PM
if you meant me, then yes

i totally didn't see this thread when i made mine

oops
Just saw this thread after I posted on yours. Thanks a lot. :P [/b][/quote]
i don't like the title of this thread. i don't only read in the summer!

my thread is more inclusive. hurray inclusivity (which might not even be a word)

[The_Conductor]

Currently reading The Places in Between by Rory Stewart. It's about his walking journey across Afghanistan. Planning on reading Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil after that.

[Cocakula]

Just finished PRE by Tom Jordan

Next I am probably going to read either Sub 4:00 or Slaughterhouse Five

[tb1223]

Originally posted by Mlou@Jun 18 2010, 12:42 PM
And let me know if Don Quixote is any good.
K, I'll let you know when I finish it probably 3-5 years from now.

[OnePoint]

Originally posted by Cocakula@Jun 18 2010, 11:56 AM
Just finished PRE by Tom Jordan

Next I am probably going to read either Sub 4:00 or Slaughterhouse Five
take a break from the running books...i always find i enjoy them more when they inspire me to run, which doesn't happen if you read a ton in a row and realize they aren't all that well written

Sub 4:00 was good, but Slaughterhouse Five is a GREAT novel. Go for it :)

[yoshi]

Recently finished One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick. Am currently reading God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley and To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield.

[Mighty Mouse]

Originally posted by yoshi@Jun 18 2010, 12:02 PM
Recently finished One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick. Am currently reading God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley and To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield.
No longer a lurker, eh?

[g-landsaint25]

The Perfect Mile
Lovin it so far

[okko]

Originally posted by OnePoint+Jun 18 2010, 11:45 AMQUOTE (OnePoint @ Jun 18 2010, 11:45 AM) Originally posted by Mlou@Jun 18 2010, 11:44 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-OnePoint@Jun 18 2010, 12:42 PM
if you meant me, then yes

i totally didn't see this thread when i made mine

oops
Just saw this thread after I posted on yours. Thanks a lot. :P
i don't like the title of this thread. i don't only read in the summer!

my thread is more inclusive. hurray inclusivity (which might not even be a word) [/b][/quote]
your avatar is confusing me. i keep thinking you are mullethead..

[okko]

finished The Kite Runner yesterday, starting Siddhartha now.

[amw2829]

http://www.accesshealth.com.au/sample/1/4/hk_running_anatomy_3359.jpg

[a1k]

I'm going to start reading East of Eden soon.

[Cocakula]

Originally posted by a1k@Jun 18 2010, 01:43 PM
I'm going to start reading East By Eden soon.
Do you mean East of Eden?

[a1k]

Originally posted by Cocakula@Jun 18 2010, 12:56 PM
Do you mean East of Eden?
Yes :o No idea how I wrote "by", because when I was typing the post I'm pretty sure I was thinking "of".

[chrisdiaz16]

eek i merged the 2 reading threads
that was stressful, i was so scared i was gonna mess it all up somehow

[KKreme15]

Originally posted by chrisdiaz16@Jun 18 2010, 02:04 PM
eek i merged the 2 reading threads
that was stressful, i was so scared i was gonna mess it all up somehow
Good mod.

[Mlou]

Originally posted by chrisdiaz16@Jun 18 2010, 03:04 PM
eek i merged the 2 reading threads
that was stressful, i was so scared i was gonna mess it all up somehow
Gracias.

[flyingscotsman10]

Bump

Need a good book to read during my breaks this summer. I would prefer something with literary merit, if at all possible, a classic.

All suggestions appreciated.

[chuckarock]

I read the Sword of Truth series last summer, good stuff.

I thought about reading Paradise Lost. I google booked the first couple pages and f*ck that.

Soooooooo I'm thinking A Song Of Ice and Fire this summer.

[xcworldchamp]

Originally posted by chuckarock@Jun 19 2010, 11:23 AM
A Song Of Ice and Fire this summer.
have fun waiting 8 years between books

its amazing though

[chuckarock]

Originally posted by xcworldchamp@Jun 19 2010, 11:44 AM
have fun waiting 8 years between books

its amazing though
**** I wasn't aware it wasn't finished. I really like reading a series all the way through. Is Wheel of Time finished being written?

[Cocakula]

Originally posted by flyingscotsman10@Jun 19 2010, 12:01 PM
Bump

Need a good book to read during my breaks this summer. I would prefer something with literary merit, if at all possible, a classic.

All suggestions appreciated.
Slaughterhouse 5

[g-landsaint25]

read Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, very interesting
reading "how to meditate" thought it would be a good skill to have.
next on the list is Audacity of Hope. Has anyone read it/liked it?

[Alex Adkinson]

I AM going to finish Moby Dick.

[Swoosh13]

I'm reading the Blind Side now, I had been meaning to get around to it for a long time (even before the movie was announced) and I have to say it is really good. I think the movie will be disappointing in contrast (will watch when I'm finished). I loved Moneyball by him (Michael Lewis) also so I might have to check out some of his other books (most are financial stuff).

[Jalszors]

I'm in the middle of Crime and Punishment; really enjoying it.

[yoshi]

Read all 7 Harry Potter's over the past 2 weeks. Now I'm starting on Churchill's multi-volume account of WWII. About 1/3 of the way into The Gathering Storm and can't believe I waited so long to read this.

[hjfrick]

Already read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Started Underworld by Don DeLillo but got sidetracked by Lies My Teacher Told Me (optional reading for one of my classes). All have been excellent.

[Evilution]

http://danielhaymes.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/n3043.jpg

[Charlie don't surf]

In the past 3 weeks between my lit and history classes I've gotten through The Sorrows of Yong Werther, On the Genealogy of Morals, Civilization and its Discontents, Marx-Engels reader, The Origin of Species, Chekov short stories, Colonel Chabert, Eros and Civilization, some John Stewart Mills collection, and a couple poetry collections (Romantic and British WWI poets). I picked up Mastering Mule Deer at a thrift store yesterday and read about 2/3 of it yesterday while I was baked.

[steeple923]

Now I'm starting on Churchill's multi-volume account of WWII. About 1/3 of the way into The Gathering Storm and can't believe I waited so long to read this.

An incredible read. He has an amazing voice and it puts you right in all the action of one of the biggest figures in WWII. 10/10


Just finished reading Jeffrey Deaver's new novel The Burning Wire.
It was electrifying! 8/10

[Swoosh13]

I think I'm gonna read Slaughterhouse Five next, I was amazed though how short it was when I picked it up in the bookstore the other day (not worth the $17, I'll order it online or go to the library)

[kick'em.down]

Currently reading Jurry of one by David Ellis. I was going to pick up a couple of Scott Turow's books, but they were all checked out- every last one of them. This book's pretty solid though. Its a page turner

[reee]

I'm normally not a reader, but I'm looking for something that will make me think. Not like a mystery, but something to get my brain rattling on some random ****.



EDIT: My friend was reading "Nothing in this book is true, it's just how things are" or something along those lines. It sounded like a little too much for me, but I might try it out.

[BlackIrish]

http://samus.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/theelegantuniverse.jpg

If you enjoyed that book you also might enjoy: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uu0v8zheL._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA250_Hyperspace-A-Scientific-Odyssey-through-Parallel-Universes-Time-Warps-and-the-Tenth-Dimension.jpg

[BlackIrish]

i just read:


am going to read next---
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5139Z9VGNGL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg


I wonder if anyone else stereotypes Ayn Rand readers to be radically conservative upon first glance? :D I do want to read some of her stuff though, wouldn't be surprised if I got swayed. I did write a 7 page paper last year FOR Ethical Egoism.

[BlackIrish]

K, I'll let you know when I finish it probably 3-5 years from now.


That book is ****ing massiVe...I was supposed to read that senior year of HS...I didn't

[BlackIrish]

http://danielhaymes.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/n3043.jpg

Tough book to read FWIW but awesome movie. I didn't read the book but have heard that.

[hjfrick]

Tough book to read FWIW but awesome movie. I didn't read the book but have heard that.
I wouldn't say it is necessarily a tough read, it just depends on how you approach the book. It's written using a lot of slang words, and can be discouraging I guess if you don't pick up on what they mean immediately, but once you do it makes the story that much more enthralling.

[BlackIrish]

I wouldn't say it is necessarily a tough read, it just depends on how you approach the book. It's written using a lot of slang words, and can be discouraging I guess if you don't pick up on what they mean immediately, but once you do it makes the story that much more enthralling.

Correct you are droog.

[tb1223]

I wouldn't say it is necessarily a tough read, it just depends on how you approach the book. It's written using a lot of slang words, and can be discouraging I guess if you don't pick up on what they mean immediately, but once you do it makes the story that much more enthralling.

I have not read the book but while watching the movie for the first time it is definitely very difficult to understand a lot of the dialogue. I'd imagine with the book it would be easier because you can take your time studying it and figuring out what it means.

[sebcoe]

A clockwork orange is not a difficult read. Just print a sheet of the unfamiliar terms for referral. It takes no time, and I like it better than the film.

So, any good books I'm supposed to be reading over the summer? I'm about to get The Forever War out of the library tomorrow and get cracking. Also, I'm debationg whether or not I should just go ahead and buy The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo looks really lame. I bought it expecting some magic or other interesting stuff, but it focuses on these really old detectives and tirelessley bores through excessive descriptions. I quit after the first chapter or two, though.

I recommend this book to absolutely anyone. It's such a fantastic fiction read that keeps you glued to the page for hours. One part near the end may bore you a bit for 1-2 pages, as well as the few paragraphs about the war, but they tie the story together.
http://jaavuortenkielta.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/penguin-version.jpg


To anyone looking for a new outlook on life in a book you may love:
http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22529c4838fdb00f48d0cfb970001-500pi
one of my favourites.

[steeple923]

I wonder if anyone else stereotypes Ayn Rand readers to be radically conservative upon first glance? :D I do want to read some of her stuff though, wouldn't be surprised if I got swayed. I did write a 7 page paper last year FOR Ethical Egoism.

Try The Fountainhead.
It was then made into a pretty decent movie with Gary Cooper.

[cnick]

Without Remorse

[Mlou]

Just read Blink after a recommendation from my dad. Interesting read. Might go after another one of Gladwells' books.

Also knocked off book eight in the WoT series, so moving along there.

Need to eventually tackle The Count of Monte Cristo, but I keep finding other books to read before it.

[dhysz16]

currently re reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the first time in a very long time

[BlackIrish]

Just read Blink after a recommendation from my dad. Interesting read. Might go after another one of Gladwells' books.

Also knocked off book eight in the WoT series, so moving along there.

Need to eventually tackle The Count of Monte Cristo, but I keep finding other books to read before it.

Just finished Blink this past weekend as well. So was rating Blink a good or bad book a snap judgment for you? ;)

[Ron Burgundy]

I have many leather-bound books

[Mlou]

Just finished Blink this past weekend as well. So was rating Blink a good or bad book a snap judgment for you? ;)

The whole idea of judgment in that short amount of time is absolutely crazy! Really makes you think. However, after reading the book I decided I want to learn FACS more than anything else so I can read people.

[Mach5]

Matt Rielly -- Temple

[Mach5]

James Rollins -- Ice Hunt

[njrunz]

I've read Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi (a personal finance book), and am currently reading Soccernomics, which is awesome. I'm also in the middle of HP und der Stein der Weisen, but stopped reading it for a little while because it was taking too long, and I wanted to read other books.

[g2g4gold]

I have read tons of books this summer, and see no signs of slowing down.

The Outliers
Blink
The Tipping Point
The God Delusion
On The Road
The Drunkards Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Stumbling on Happiness
The Catcher in the Rye
The Old Man in the sea
The Great Gatsby
And A Summary of Hegel

Books on the to read list:
Slaughter House Five
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Join Me
The Brother's Karazmov
The DaVinci's Code
and many more

edit: Malcolm Gladwell is my new favorite author, you should read all of his books

[g2g4gold]

Just finished Blink this past weekend as well. So was rating Blink a good or bad book a snap judgment for you? ;)

The whole idea of judgment in that short amount of time is absolutely crazy! Really makes you think. However, after reading the book I decided I want to learn FACS more than anything else so I can read people.

Just read Blink after a recommendation from my dad. Interesting read. Might go after another one of Gladwells' books.

Also knocked off book eight in the WoT series, so moving along there.

Need to eventually tackle The Count of Monte Cristo, but I keep finding other books to read before it.

finished blink 10 minutes ago

[g2g4gold]

Try The Fountainhead.
It was then made into a pretty decent movie with Gary Cooper.

The Fountainhead is possibly my favorite book, top 3 without a doubt

In the past 3 weeks between my lit and history classes I've gotten through The Sorrows of Yong Werther, On the Genealogy of Morals, Civilization and its Discontents, Marx-Engels reader, The Origin of Species, Chekov short stories, Colonel Chabert, Eros and Civilization, some John Stewart Mills collection, and a couple poetry collections (Romantic and British WWI poets). I picked up Mastering Mule Deer at a thrift store yesterday and read about 2/3 of it yesterday while I was baked.

-Freud is a fantastic writer for a psychologist
-Marx-Engels is eye opening, makes you see how negative society has turned the concept of communism/socialism
-the origin of species is a major let down, because its no longer revolutionary and we know all it has to say
-Mill is such a good read, makes you think a ton and he is very interesting, although I disagree( I am personally a deontologist/kantian )

[sebcoe]

I have read tons of books this summer, and see no signs of slowing down.

The Outliers
Blink
The Tipping Point
The God Delusion
On The Road
The Drunkards Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Stumbling on Happiness
The Catcher in the Rye
The Old Man in the sea
The Great Gatsby
And A Summary of Hegel

Books on the to read list:
Slaughter House Five
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Join Me
The Brother's Karazmov
The DaVinci's Code
and many more

edit: Malcolm Gladwell is my new favorite author, you should read all of his books


I loved The Tipping Point and read parts of Blink (there was a copy beside my desk in English class). Which Gladwell book do you recommend to read next?

[yoshi]

Today I read Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. It was pretty damn balling, as evidenced by my quick reading.

[g2g4gold]

I'd go with outliers. A motivating book that will convince you that it is possible to become a billionaire.

[eh000]

So far I have read The Origins of Totalitarianism (Hannah Arendt), London (Edward Rutherford), and Introduction to Commutative Algebra (Atiyah and MacDonald).

I like a good mix.

[Crystazul]

Currently reading:

http://foetale.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/6a00c22521073e8e1d00d4142a15843c7f-500pi1.jpg

Very enjoyable.

[thewolf]

My 3 favorite summer reading series...

The Dresdan Files:
http://rtmulcahy.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/n204971.jpg

Codex Alera:
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n45/n225659.jpg

Sword of Truth series:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2a6wd9z.jpg

I guarantee you if you read at least a quarter of a book from any of these series (and have a nerdy side) you will fall in love as much as you did with the harry potter series (assuming you liked those). Each one of these series are wayy better than HP.

:yes: :wub: :D

I LOVE the SOT series! I'm currently on my second read-through. I'm in the middle of Faith of the Fallen, which is my favorite of the series, and it never gets old.

Haven't heard of the other two series, are they as good as the sword of truth series?

[JustRun07]

Sorry this is so long...

Just finished "Six Suspects" by Vikus Swarup

is most excellent. :yes:

I read Slumdog Millionaire, aka "Q&A". I liked it, but I actually preferred the movie. The books ending was too easily resolved for me.

My 3 favorite summer reading series...

The Dresdan Files:
http://rtmulcahy.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/n204971.jpg

Codex Alera:
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n45/n225659.jpg

Sword of Truth series:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2a6wd9z.jpg

I guarantee you if you read at least a quarter of a book from any of these series (and have a nerdy side) you will fall in love as much as you did with the harry potter series (assuming you liked those). Each one of these series are wayy better than HP.

:yes: :wub: :D

These books always looked interesting to me. I've had an itch to read them, but they're on a long line of books waiting to be read.

finally reading Once A Runner, so far it is a great book. After hopefully i will read The Perfect Mile since it has been sitting on my bookself for like a year and a half

I'll say it again, Once A Runner was poorly written. I had to force myself through it. I enjoyed The Perfect Mile much more.

Just got "Why We Run: A Natural History" & "Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete"

Will be starting both soon
Also, reading a James Patterson book currently, as you can usually catch me doing...Yay summertime for more book reading

I have an undying hatred for James Patterson. He used to write novels, now he just pitches ideas and lets other people write them. You ever notice the second author's name on the bottom of the cover? It's just a smaller font size than his. Did you know he owns the exclusive rights to release a book on Mondays? He has a new book out every month or two because he doesn't write them anymore, he just tells people what to write about.

i just read:


am going to read next---
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God bless you. Good luck.

Just read Sarah Silverman's biography. Very funny.

Currently reading A River In The Sky by Elizabeth Peters, then I gotta go through my box full of books I haven't read yet to see what's next

[JustRun07]

James Rollins -- Ice Hunt

LOOOOOOOOOVE JAMES ROLLINS.

haven't read Ice Hunt, but I've been reading the Sigma Force series. I read all the books leading up to The Last Oracle. I started it last fall and got too busy with school and xc to finish it. I wanna start it up again soon. I own Doomsday Key and Subterranean, which I haven't read yet either, but his books are always amazing.

[r2w93]

I've read Liar's Poker and The Big Short by Michael Lewis and The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I prefer Gladwell over Lewis but all four books were good.

[XC8hundred]

currently working my way through the Bible. have a copy of the Qu'ran too, but will probly opt for something less serious after I truck through one holy book.

[JustRun07]

Finished River In The Sky. Not the best of the series, but I love Elizabeth Peters nonetheless.

I leave for Vermont tomorrow and am bringing 3 books with me. These are my choices...

2008 Best American Travel Writing
The Last Oracle
The Lost World
The Book of Lost Things
Kite Runner

I'm bringing Last Oracle because I've already started it, I read Jurassic Park last year and have been meaning to read the sequel, but I've also been meaning to read Kite Runner too. But I looooove travel writing and The Book of Lost Things looks great too.

[shane_bc]

I just bought The Hunger Games last night. I'm almost 100 pages in, and judging the book from what I've read so far, it's really really good. I'm going to go get the sequel soon, and I'm very excited that the third book is being released in August. I'd recommend it to anyone.

[JustRun07]

I just bought The Hunger Games last night. I'm almost 100 pages in, and judging the book from what I've read so far, it's really really good. I'm going to go get the sequel soon, and I'm very excited that the third book is being released in August. I'd recommend it to anyone.

I've read and heard it was really good. But a lot of what turns me off to books like that is that it's in our Young Adult section at work. A lot of those books are aimed towards 13-16 year old girls, like the Twilight series or the Pretty Little Liars series. I realize some of the books are quite good though. Harry Potter is in our Independent Reader section which is for kids 7-12, and I loved those, so maybe I can give it a go. I'm just always hesitant to buy books from those sections.

I selected The Last Oracle, Best Travel Writing, and The Book of Lost Things for my trip to Vermont. I hope to AT LEAST finish Last Oracle.

[dhysz16]

just finished The Kite Runner this afternoon it was phenomenal

[deeprunxc1990]

going to start lone survivor soon

[Cocakula]

I plan on finishing Once a Runner this week. After that I think I might finish Slaughter House Five, I read 1/2 of it for school last year but we never finished it. All the books I've read his summer so far have been about running so I think I'm going to switch it up a bit.

[steeple923]

currently working my way through the Bible. have a copy of the Qu'ran too, but will probly opt for something less serious after I truck through one holy book.

Just started 2nd Chronicles. Trying to get through the OT before school starts.:)

[methxc10]

Jose Saramago- Blindness and Seeing. Both quality, thought provoking reads

[campoxc]

my friend just let me borrow once a runner for the second time b/c i wanted a reread. he also attached bacon to the book. for the first time in my life, reading smells good.

[UWO]

Have read the following:
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
I would highly recommend reading this book if you have seen the HBO series or not.

Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
Another amazing book that I would recommend everyone to read.

Currently reading:
Flyboys by James Bradley

[Alex Adkinson]

Have read the following:
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
I would highly recommend reading this book if you have seen the HBO series or not.

Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
Another amazing book that I would recommend everyone to read.

Currently reading:
Flyboys by James Bradley

Stephen Ambrose is from my town.

[Swoosh13]

So I read about about half of "Slaughterhouse Five" in the library the other day, didn't check it out, put it back on the shelf with a page marked and figured no one would check it out, and if they did I would read it in a few weeks when it was returned. I go today to read it again, it's gone. I look it up in the catalog and it's not due back until THE END OF NOVEMBER. I'm pretty furious, students can't check out books for that long and this is absolute bull****

[yoshi]

So I read about about half of "Slaughterhouse Five" in the library the other day, didn't check it out, put it back on the shelf with a page marked and figured no one would check it out, and if they did I would read it in a few weeks when it was returned. I go today to read it again, it's gone. I look it up in the catalog and it's not due back until THE END OF NOVEMBER. I'm pretty furious, students can't check out books for that long and this is absolute bull****

You can read to page 108 here. You can find it the whole thing for free somewhere online... http://books.google.com/books?id=FM4y7N1kM9AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=slaughterhouse&hl=en&ei=7GxGTN7yIYH78Aamz9TOAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

[BlackIrish]

Finished Sigmund Freud's "The Future of An Illusion"

Started "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer. Both are great.

[freddy 459]

Reading Catch 22 right now. Slaughterhouse Five is next on the list.

[JustRun07]

Started The Book of Lost Things. I hope it picks up soon because it's pretty slow so far.

Just bought Three Cups of Tea, which I'm really excited to read.

[eh000]

Reading Catch 22 right now. Slaughterhouse Five is next on the list.

2nd favorite book ever.

[theskinnyrunner]

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, very quick and thought-provoking read. Enjoyed it greatly.

Harry Potter....obviously amazing. Can't go wrong.

[BlackIrish]

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, very quick and thought-provoking read. Enjoyed it greatly.

Harry Potter....obviously amazing. Can't go wrong.

Solid read. Read that before 4 years ago before sophomore year of HS started.

[MiniB]

I just bought The Hunger Games last night. I'm almost 100 pages in, and judging the book from what I've read so far, it's really really good. I'm going to go get the sequel soon, and I'm very excited that the third book is being released in August. I'd recommend it to anyone.

I read this book a while ago and thought it was really good, but unfortunately I didn't know that there were sequels. Also, I recently read Brave New World. It was a bit confusing at some parts, but very interesting.

[DSnack34]

Abarat. Amazing series.

[kick'em.down]

Just read Jury of One, Personal Injuries, and Fantasyland. Jury of One was by far the best, even though I guessed the ending halfway through the book. Still, all the plot twists kept it interesting. Personal injuries was meh. It was a legal thriller, but it was a little too legal for me to get into it. Fantasyland's a niche book, but even for a fantasy baseball nut like me it wasn't that good

[Matt Sutcliffe]

Starting Slaughterhouse Five tonight.

[orthostice]

and an absolutely positively must read: (one of the funniest books i've EVER read)
http://nighthawknews.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg

This collection of pages is a literary abortion and would serve a greater purpose as toilet tissue! You deserve to be flayed with dull and rusted implements for recommending such an abomination to an unsuspecting populace!

[eh000]

This collection of pages is a literary abortion and would serve a greater purpose as toilet tissue! You deserve to be flayed with dull and rusted implements for recommending such an abomination to an unsuspecting populace!

WUT

[Mighty Mouse]

Just finished my summer reading assignment for my honors humanities class.
I have a couple of Barnes and Nobles gift cards I'm going to redeem tonight.

[Leftfielder]

This collection of pages is a literary abortion and would serve a greater purpose as toilet tissue! You deserve to be flayed with dull and rusted implements for recommending such an abomination to an unsuspecting populace!

Channeling Ignatius eh?

[Mighty Mouse]

Picked up One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Fountainhead, and Tipping Point.

[Ante]

So far this summer:

The Girl who Played with Fire
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Poisonwood Bible
The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag
Grapes of Wrath
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Stotan
The Lonely Polygamist
Possession
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Angela’s Ashes
Slaughterhouse Five
The Shack

I had this goal of reading Time's Top 100 list, but that stalled out somewhere around Mrs. Dalloway. Everything that I read was at least all right, except for The Shack. It was so poorly written that I struggled to finish it.

[JustRun07]

Just finished The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

The first 60 pages or so are really slow and lead you to think it's gonna be a book about psychological issues a boy suffers after his mom dies. I was very, very wrong. The book develops very rapidly once a certain event happens and I could not put the book down.

Only three books have made me cry.
Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Book of Lost Things

I got teary eyed a few times reading this book from different scenes. I highly suggest it.

[Cocakula]

Has anyone read The Man Who Loved China?

I'm supposed to read it for school, but it's not for a particular class, it is just something that the teachers told all incoming seniors to read and said we'd have to write an essay for it....but the thing is.....not all people are going to "english" classes and the ones who are are going into different ones. So I don't see how they would give us a grade for that.

[JustRun07]

Has anyone read The Man Who Loved China?

I'm supposed to read it for school, but it's not for a particular class, it is just something that the teachers told all incoming seniors to read and said we'd have to write an essay for it....but the thing is.....not all people are going to "english" classes and the ones who are are going into different ones. So I don't see how they would give us a grade for that.

I've heard of it, strictly because I work in a book store. I think it's in Biographies and I remember thinking it looked pretty good.

[PEBBLE]

so this is a summer reading (like for school) question.

im reading naked economics for ap econ and have to answer a few questions after each chapter. any suggestions as to how i go about doing this? like read the whole book and go back, read a chapter and go back, or answer as i read. any thoughts?

[dhysz16]

so this is a summer reading (like for school) question.

im reading naked economics for ap econ and have to answer a few questions after each chapter. any suggestions as to how i go about doing this? like read the whole book and go back, read a chapter and go back, or answer as i read. any thoughts?

coincidentally I had to do the EXACT same thing for this book last summer. I found it easy enough to read a chapter then answer the questions for that chapter.

[runnerdude40]

Just finished Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. Really, really good. Very descriptive, but hilarious. This was my first Vonnegut book and I will probably be reading more soon. Great read, highly recommended,

[steeple923]

Just finished Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. Really, really good. Very descriptive, but hilarious. This was my first Vonnegut book and I will probably be reading more soon. Great read, highly recommended,

I've always wanted to name a band Kilgore Trout - one of my all-time favorite literary characters. He will show up in several other KV books. Enjoy!

[JustRun07]

I started Next by Michael Crichton. I'm about 100 pages into it and he still hasn't presented a plot, just a bunch of random storylines that I'm assuming are going to lead to the same point. I'll give it about 50 more pages, and if I don't like it then I'll skip to In The Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall. I'm really excited to read it.

[kick'em.down]

Just finisthed Life at these speeds. Meh, decent book I guess, pretty good actually. Just starting Angels and Demons for the first time.

[jbf]

Read The Crying of Lot 49 again... still as amazed by it as I was the first time I read it.

[hjfrick]

Read The Crying of Lot 49 again... still as amazed by it as I was the first time I read it.

Read that earlier this summer, excellent.

Finally finished Lies My Teacher Told Me, which I have been reading on and off between course readings all summer. Excellent read, highly recommend it to anyone.

[eh000]

Read The Crying of Lot 49 again... still as amazed by it as I was the first time I read it.

PYNCHON REP

(must spread)

[Funnage]

This is a pretty good story:
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Posted it before, needs to post again.

[steeple923]

Just finished Tales of Mathematicians and Physicists by the Russian Mathematician Simon Gindikin.

Laughed when I read on the back cover,"...accessible to readers of all levels".
Really wasn't too bad,if you took at least up to DiffEq, until he was explaining Plucker's work on chaining hyperboloids in projective geometry.:confused:

[eh000]

Just finished Tales of Mathematicians and Physicists by the Russian Mathematician Simon Gindikin.

Laughed when I read on the back cover,"...accessible to readers of all levels".
Really wasn't too bad,if you took at least up to DiffEq, until he was explaining Plucker's work on chaining hyperboloids in projective geometry.:confused:

:confused:

Never heard of Julius Plucker before looking him up just now, actually.

[steeple923]

Just Finished: "The Disappearing Spoon and other true tales of madness, love and the history of the world from The Periodic Table of the Elements" by Sam Kean.
An enjoyable read.

[aubbierunner]

The Stand - Steven King

[njrunz]

This summer I read:

Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen - Persuasion
Emily Cassel - Post Grad (my sister won it, I needed something quick to read)
JK Rowling - HP and the Deathly Hallows
JK Rowling - HP und der Stein der Weisen (I'm almost done with it)
Haruki Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

And I just started Anna Karenina. I'm fairly certain I missed a couple books, but that's most of them. I love Jane Austen, so I finished up her books.. and working at Barnes and Noble means I buy way too many books when they're on sale - and the B&N Classics table is always having sales, so I've been working my way through that. Jane Eyre was easily one of the best books I have ever read.. it was seriously incredible. I didn't enjoy Wuthering Heights as much, but it was interesting seeing the very close similarities between Heathcliffe and Snape.