What are you currently reading?

[David B]

Rick Riordan's Blood of Olympus

[lord_george]

I'm stuck in way too many books. At the moment, I'm almost done with Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres and about halfway through both Star Wars: A New Dawn and The Atlas of Middle-earth.

[Dan]

Le comte de Monte-Cristo.

[David B]

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

[David B]

Now I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

[Dan]

Now I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

How do you like it?

It's one of those hate it or love it books I think.

I love norse mythology, it's my favourite by far. But I can't stand that book.

[David B]

It's alright so far. Not that far into it yet. I also love Norse mythology and other mythology. Hopefully I'll start liking it more

[Historybuff83]

I really enjoyed American Gods but I can see why people would not.  Different strokes for different folks, I guess. As an aside I am currently reading Boneshaker by Cheriton Priest

[Dan]

I really enjoyed American Gods but I can see why people would not.  Different strokes for different folks, I guess. As an aside I am currently reading Boneshaker by Cheriton Priest

As I said, there seems to be no middle of the road on that book. You love or you hate.

I usually love Gaiman's stuff.

[rajnature]

I am currently reading who stole an american dreams-Burke Hedges really its a revolutionary and courageous books who broke all myths associated with money and systems.

just read that once.

[StephenL2001]

Well at least the forum is here. I wonder if other people are still reading.
I am a constant reader, and what I happen to be reading right now is W.E.B. DuBois' the Souls of Black Folk, which I think is pretty great, and probably still an important work that has a lot of information about the development of early black american culture.
Also, since if I'm reading something nonfiction I will need a novel at the same time, I'm reading the Vicar of Wakefield, another classic, which I'm not far enough into to know how well I like it yet.

[_tomo_]

book called [psi]

[Archaewok1]

I recently read "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" by Marshall B. Rosenberg. It isn't about nonviolent protesting; it's about how to communicate in all relationships in loving ways, both in speaking and in listening. It encourages people to focus on the thought that everyone chooses their actions based on trying to meet their own needs (assuming the person is in their right mind). By focusing on what need a person was trying to meet, instead of simply blaming a person for stupid actions, others can help that person meet their need in appropriate ways, which helps to create gratitude in the person instead of creating hurt or an enemy. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to better their relations with the people around them. I'll probably be rereading it the rest of my life.

[StephenL2001]

That title sounds familiar. I think an old friend may have recommended that before and taught on it even.
I am also reading Winston Churchill's history of WWII. I've been working on it for a long time, as it is very long (6 volumes), but I do recommend it to anyone who is interested in understanding the wider world. Understanding the history of various countries is so important for understanding what is happening there now. And there is a bit of history about so many different places in this set of books. There are not many places that weren't effected heavily by WWII.

[Northman]

George R. R. Martin: A clash of Kings