What are you currently reading?

[joeyn]

I am currently reading Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. This book is amazing, It opens up a whole new perspective on the world.

Great book!

:)
Joey

[Dan]

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. I'm at the third book for the trilogy. Don't be discouraged by the sucky movie, it's quite good. How they could make a bad movie out of a story with armored bears fighting bloody battles is beyond me...

Be warned that it might offend your religious sensibilities (the first one not so much (it's in a parallel universe so, so what if they have a sucky Church?) but the other two directly criticize God).

If you won't be offended, it's a good read.

[simonalexander2005]

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. I'm at the third book for the trilogy. Don't be discouraged by the sucky movie, it's quite good. How they could make a bad movie out of a story with armored bears fighting bloody battles is beyond me...

Be warned that it might offend your religious sensibilities (the first one not so much (it's in a parallel universe so, so what if they have a sucky Church?) but the other two directly criticize God).

If you won't be offended, it's a good read.

I havn't seen the movie, but I think the books are great - whatever your religious beliefs are

[Dan]

I havn't seen the movie, but I think the books are great

Then don't. The movie is really, really bad. The initial scenario was 3 hours long, it has been cut to 2 hours which means that things just stopped making sense. Gore has been completely removed. The story have been toned down to appease the Catholic Church which was just a virulent as if it hasn't which was pointless anyway as the book depicts in a somewhat bad light a fictional Church in an alternate universe.

The result is a really bad movie.

[Five9]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, this is the third time I've read it.

[Cabding]

i havent read it yet, but Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter came across as highly recomended

[Turtlejosh]

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. I'm at the third book for the trilogy. Don't be discouraged by the sucky movie, it's quite good. How they could make a bad movie out of a story with armored bears fighting bloody battles is beyond me...

Be warned that it might offend your religious sensibilities (the first one not so much (it's in a parallel universe so, so what if they have a sucky Church?) but the other two directly criticize God).

If you won't be offended, it's a good read.

This trilogy is brilliant. It really made me think. But it was really good, and i would lvoe for a good movie to come out of it. More Lord of the Rings wise though, its not fair to make it a PG film

[andrea121]

Hope I'm not changing the topic too drastically, but I just finished reading "Lords of Discipline" which was absolutely amazing. Kinda boring at first, but it picked up pretty quickly.

[andrea121]

hmm haven't read any of those books. I'll check them out at the library next time I go!

[Dan]

I've just finished reading a book called biblefresh :)

What is is about, the descriptions I found are terribly vague.

I started American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I read a lot of good things about it.

[Eric]

I started American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I read a lot of good things about it.

Weird. Completely independently, I just started the same book.

[Bobbert]

I just started The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.  The book was a gift, and I've been pleasantly surprised by it.  It's sort of a memoir written by a wise old dog.

[Daft]

Cold War, by Greg Cox. It's a spin-off from Terminator: Salvation, like a bridge between the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator: Salvation.

[Ace001]

Just read ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. I highly recommend it if you're starting a business/in a start up, but it's also just a great read either way that'll make you reevaluate how you do things.

[Ed]

Iain M Banks - The Algebraist. Absolutely can't stop reading Banks' sci-fi, especially the Culture series.