What book are you reading now, or what was the last book you read?

[Gutsy]

Outliers: The Story of Success
By Malcolm Gladwell

Soooooooo cooooooooooool. This book's awesome.

[NutzOnUrFace]

I just finished reading the first 4 books from ASOIAF. Awesome.

[Sid-art]

My experiments with the truth. - M.K. Gandhi

[fightguy]

Body Parts

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[fightguy]

Just finished Cries in the Desert.

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Mofos be crazy!

[kcb]

Reading/have read since January 1st. If there's no percentage off to the side, that means I'm finished reading it.

Catch Wrestling: A Wild and Wooly Look at the Early Days of Pro Wrestling in America.
Mark S. Hewitt

Ghost in the Wire
Kevin Mitnick

Coders at Work (25% complete)
Peter Seibel

Head First Java (7%)
Kathy Sierra/Bert Bates

Lost Humanity: The Mythology and Themes of Lost (3%)
Pearson Moore

How to Think Like Leonardo Di Vinci: 7 Steps to Genius Every Day (13%)
Michael Gelb

I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School (10%)
Caroline Taggart

Eloquent Javascript: A Modern Introduction to Programming (60%)
Marijn Haverbeke

25 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living: A Guide For Improving Every Aspect of Your Life (14%)
Linda Elder/Richard W. Paul

[Sid-art]

Fear of life, Alexander lowen

[Doktor Sharpness]

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[fightguy]

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[Doktor Sharpness]

As a few may have noticed, that's Frazetta's "A Princess of Mars" print, and not, as far as I can tell, an available cover for the book... I got the book from Amazon for free as part of their "digital classic literature" program (name escapes me) so mine doesn't even have a cover... but, in my head, it's Carter with Dejah Thoris melded to him in that barely-there bit of Nth metal.

[DCBooks]

As a few may have noticed, that's Frazetta's "A Princess of Mars" print, and not, as far as I can tell, an available cover for the book... I got the book from Amazon for free as part of their "digital classic literature" program (name escapes me) so mine doesn't even have a cover... but, in my head, it's Carter with Dejah Thoris melded to him in that barely-there bit of Nth metal.

As it should be, and if the movie had stuck with that we'd be awaiting a sequel.

[Randjob]

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[Rauger]

Reading a peoples history of the united states by howard zinn ... super lefty but a good read, fresh perspective.

also started a game of thrones. A buddy that told me about the show let me borrow the book, says it has a lot more stuff in it. Its good so far.

Read quite a few books on religion in the past year too, always interesting stuff.

[fightguy]

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[dude]

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Great read thus far.

[adamn]

Finished up "God Is Not Great" now I'm reading Desouza "What's So Great About Christianity"

[kcb]

The Renaissance - A Brief History.

[fightguy]

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Both have been really good so far

[Don]

Anybody read Urjah Faber's book? It looks like a good read and got some good reviews. I'm trying decide between that or a Fighter's Mind by Sam Sheridan.

[Sid-art]

The voice of reason - Chael sonnen

[Dirty]

Killing Pablo was one of those books that made me go O.O. My brother made me read that right after it came out.


Right now I'm readying "The year of the flood." Sequel to Oryx and Crake. It's decent, I liked Oryx and Crake, but it was nothing earth shattering. The sections on genetic splicing kind of make me a little bit nervous as to what's going on in closed doors behind some laboratories now though.

[CHH]

Anybody read Urjah Faber's book? It looks like a good read and got some good reviews. I'm trying decide between that or a Fighter's Mind by Sam Sheridan.
It's a book written by Urijah Faber fans for Urijah Faber fans. I didn't see anything to compelling or ground breaking in there.

[fightguy]

I just finished Chael's book. It was actually a pretty good read. He's a funny dude, and reading it just made me want him to kick Silva's ass even more

[Rauger]

Thinking about re-reading this one, it was really good. Unfortunately its super long so I read chunks at a time and could use a refresher.
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[CHH]

I just finished Chael's book. It was actually a pretty good read. He's a funny dude, and reading it just made me want him to kick Silva's ass even more

Good, write a review on Amazon now :)

[fightguy]

Nothing could top Anderson Silva's review :)

[Don]

It's a book written by Urijah Faber fans for Urijah Faber fans. I didn't see anything to compelling or ground breaking in there.

Thanks, that does not include me. I ordered a Fighter's Mind instead.

[Pain Dont Hurt]

The President's Vampire (finished recently). Author" Chris Farnsworth. Second in the Nathaniel Cade Vampire series. I did not read the first book. I picked this up for some airport reading. I enjoyed the book and will most likely check out the first book now.

[Gutsy]

I'm not a fan of reading diet books, but this one's free and seemed interesting.

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/intermittent-fasting

It's easy reading, and you might learn a thing or 2.

[fightguy]

Just finished this one

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and now I am working on the sequel

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I love books like that

Also started reading these two:

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[Gabriel]

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[I, Colossus]

I've been on a Carl Sagan kick lately. This past month I read both Pale Blue Dot and Cosmos, for the 2nd and 3rd times respectively. Now I'm just waitng for Dragons of Eden (which I've never read) to arrive in the mail. Excitement.

[I, Colossus]

I got the hardcover of David Brin's (hard sf writer) new book Existence. It's pretty fuckin big. Not sure if I'm gonna be able to tackle this motherfucker with my ADD. But I'm going to give it a shot.

[DCBooks]

I've been on a Carl Sagan kick lately. This past month I read both Pale Blue Dot and Cosmos, for the 2nd and 3rd times respectively. Now I'm just waitng for Dragons of Eden (which I've never read) to arrive in the mail. Excitement.

Get Demon Haunted World: Science as the Candle in the Dark.

Just read A Face in the Crowd King/Onan. Alright.

[DCBooks]

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How was it? Would you recommend?

[Gabriel]

How was it? Would you recommend?

It was typical Ellis, if you like his style you'll enjoy the book. Storywise it could've been stronger and I felt like he didn't really stick the landing, but it was definitely an entertaining read.

[I, Colossus]

Existence was very. very. good. Today my new lady friend bought me a graphic novel called "Gonzo: The Graphic Biography of Hunter. S. Thompson". Pretty excited to read it, I fucking love that guy.

For any other nerds out there. this is a pretty good list of upcoming sci-fi/fantasy books.

http://io9.com/5937312/this-falls-must+read-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books

[fightguy]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01538e651686970b-800wi

[I, Colossus]

Been listening to Richard Burton read Dylan Thomas poems. Never been a poetry fan, but I'm quite enjoying these.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruh7uQ9hSQk

*That's not Richard Burton reading btw, that's Dylan Thomas himself. Burton's reading is much more epic.

[fightguy]

This isn't an audiobook thread! Ban!

[I, Colossus]

...something....witty....here

[kcb]

World War Z

[DCBooks]

World War Z

Just finished that. Fun, but not too engaging. I was expecting something to string it all together. I have no idea what the movie will be like unless it's a faux documentary.

Also just read Brom's Krampus: The Yule Lord. Fun King style horror action story with some nice illustrations. I was expecting more art, but wasn't dissatisfied with the book.

[Randjob]

i get the feeling the only thing the movie and book will have in common is the name and zombies

[Marshal G.K. Zhukov]

My goal for 2013 is to read 100 books and I'm finding some nice finds in this thread to round out my list. If the BK ether would be so kind throw me some suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

[Marshal G.K. Zhukov]

I'm interested in non-fiction mostly: history, economics, science, business etc. though I'm not entirely opposed to novels however no high fantasy, horror, science fiction or graphic novels (read enough of that in my life). No sports books either save for boxing.

[DCBooks]

The Devil Soldier by Caleb Carr (non-fiction)
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Black Sunday by Thomas Harris
Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

[Randjob]

I haven't read it yet but just downloaded Griftopia by Matt Taibbi. I heard its good

[Randjob]

Also Marshall goodreads. com is a good place to search

[DeltaSigChi4]

Currently

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Previously
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[Don]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01676533bcc8970b-800wi

Nearly halfway. Awesome so far.

[DCBooks]

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Supergods by Grant Morrison

I'm a big fan of Morrison and most of his work, and I highly recommend his pseudo-history of comics, Supergods. I only warn you that this book stars Grant Morrison, the most important guy in the history of comics(and maybe the world). Even before entering the industry as a child Grant's opinion on comics is clearly the most important aspect of the industry worth remembering. Also his punk band was great, he's really handsome, intriguing, and gets laid alot.

It's an interesting book with lots of cool stories and intriguing opinions. I was following the row between Morrison and Moore and he touches on it a bit here. Clearly he respects Moore's work, but doesn't think Moore is the end-all of comic writers that Moore believes himself to be. Morrison comes just short of claiming that crown for himself, but spreads around praise for other visionary writers and artists to be forgiven his narcissism. Unless you think he's a prat; then fuck him.

[kcb]

Just finished 1984. I couldn't put it down.

[Randjob]

Just skip Dexter in the Dark, it sucked.

[Sid-art]

Essays by george orwell

[SnjoNegri]

Born A soldier. Life and Times of Larry Thorne (Thanks Lappari)
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Before that just under a dozen norse sagas. Im related to half of them. Just looked up the names in my 1300 year family database.

[Sid-art]

Illuminatus trilogy.

[DCBooks]

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The Voice of Reason: A V.I.P. Pass to Enlightenment

Chael delivers a quick read of amusing incites and bald-faced fictions. I guess I have to accept that he believes he's innocent of money-laundering and PED abuse as much as I accept he believes he won his first match with Anderson Silva and doesn't have a twitter accout.

In a broad range of topics from politics to music and everything in-between Sonnen libels, infuriates, and most importantly entertains with every page. I might not agree with Chael on many things, but I do find his character interesting. I'm curious if we will ever hear from the real Chael who only appears after taking a beating from a Braziian.

It's a nice look at Chael's world, but make no mistake, the curtain isn't being drawn back to reveal any secrets here, just a stage set to amuse you.

[kcb]

Wuthering Heights... Or trying to. I keep getting interrupted.