What are you currently reading?

[Historybuff83]

I was so tempted to buy Outliers and Tipping Point this weekend, but resisted due to reading about book

[King Pizza]

I too was tempted to buy a book this weekend, but I did not because I did not borrow the book from the library first, which is what I did with Outliers and most of my other books. I purchase very very few books sight unseen.

[WillAlvein]

Currently reading The concubine's tattoo, by Laura Joh Rowland.

It's a novel based in the Japan of 1690 and have a good view of all kind of interpersonal relations and how was homosexuality or women seen by nobility and normal people.

[jedinudist]

Finished World Without End a few days ago - it was great. Back to proofreading my stuff

[King Pizza]

I'm currently reading The creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin. It's about the history of the Federal Reserve and related subjects. 

[WillAlvein]

Currently reading The concubine's tattoo, by Laura Joh Rowland.

It's a novel based in the Japan of 1690 and have a good view of all kind of interpersonal relations and how was homosexuality or women seen by nobility and normal people.

Just finished the book. Bought two days ago the sequel "The Samurai's Wife", so I'll be reading it between study sessions.

[george75]

revolution and property by Proudon.

next will be : walden or life in the woods by H.Thoreau

[osirus_4]

I am  currently reading a bunch of different books. Dawkins-The God Delusion is the one I have been at for the longest. Second on the list would be Midnight's Children bu Rushdie. Those are books that I keep coming back to but ever seem to finish. I probably complete a novel of some sort every single week. It just depends on where my mood is. Part of what I like about being a nudist is reading outdoors in the summer and letting the sun warm the entire body.

[Dan]

I am  currently reading a bunch of different books. Dawkins-The God Delusion is the one I have been at for the longest. Second on the list would be Midnight's Children bu Rushdie. Those are books that I keep coming back to but ever seem to finish.

I'm curious. What makes you want to read Dawkin's book and what discourages you from finishing it?

[osirus_4]

I am  currently reading a bunch of different books. Dawkins-The God Delusion is the one I have been at for the longest. Second on the list would be Midnight's Children bu Rushdie. Those are books that I keep coming back to but ever seem to finish.

I'm curious. What makes you want to read Dawkin's book and what discourages you from finishing it?

I don't get discouraged from finishing as much as i get distracted. I have only been reading it for 2 months but I usually read a book in a few days. Without getting into religion too much, I am an atheist and Dawkins is the forthright expert on that topic. His books are very interesting with well constructed arguments addressing questions that I have been asking from the time I realized that organized religion's basis on "blind faith" made little sense.

The reason I haven't finished? I work with people all day and spend a lot of my time trying to make people act in there own best interest against there own early objections. At the end of the day i just want to shut off the brain and relax.

[blu333y3s]

I am  currently reading a bunch of different books. Dawkins-The God Delusion is the one I have been at for the longest. Second on the list would be Midnight's Children bu Rushdie. Those are books that I keep coming back to but ever seem to finish. I probably complete a novel of some sort every single week. It just depends on where my mood is. Part of what I like about being a nudist is reading outdoors in the summer and letting the sun warm the entire body.

I'm so pleased to see that there is someone else who understands the appeal of reading multiple books at the same time. I have tried to explain to people and the best I can come up with is; " well you don't stop watching TV because you can't see a series all the way through from end to end, you chop and change, and you are able to pick up the story line and the characters when you return to it..."
I often have 4-5 on the go at once, currently (One of mine is also a Dawkins)
The God delusion, A short history of nearly everything, Jack Maggs, The audacity of hope, the best Australian essays 2009 and Avocado..
Over Xmas I also picked up a few new ones either purchased or gifts that I'm keen to get started on, though I think I should finish at least one of these before I start on another new one. ...
Incidentally I also heard this week that one of Dawkins colleagues Christopher Hitchens has been diagnosed with cancer. Through one of the articles I read mention of one of his books intrigued me, so I have ordered it  “letters to a young contrarian” – has anyone read it?
Happy reading fellow multitasker.

[King Pizza]

I too read multiple books at the same time. Right now I'm reading The American Patriot's Almanac, Nudity and Christianity and The tyranny of nice.  In addition to those I have my books to read for class. (Total snoozers though, they end up putting me to sleep.)   

[Leah]

"The Beach" by Alex Garland - of course, far better than the movie

[blu333y3s]

If only I had more time! I get really intrigued when people tell me about the books they are reading.. I think that is where my multi reading developed. :D

Leah, aren’t they all!

[bluetrain]

I'm reading the Iliad but it's more like a study than a book, so I'm reading it for the last, guess, six months. Lol. Got already through half of it. In addition to that have been reading other stuff. Yesterday bought very cheap books, among them l'étranger by Camus... Started it and i'm liking it!

Multiple books are awesomeness!