What are you currently reading?

[Dan]

I am reading the third part of "lord of the rings". I read the first two parts already and was happy to read all the new things that were not in the films.

The best part of the whole thing (The Scouring of the Shire) is at the very end and not in the film.

[nudetrail]

the newest issue of Tan magazine

[The_Xenologer]

I'm now reading Magician:Apprentice, which is book one in the Riftwar Saga.

[mzissner]

travels with charlie - john steinbeck

[brandon]

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt

"The Swerve" refers to the Renaissance.

The book is essentially a biography of Poggio Bracciolini, who held the prestigious post of apostolic secretary to Baldassare Cossa, Pope John XXIII.

In 1415, Pope John XXIII was deposed and the name John XXIII stricken from the roster of popes.  Poggio, unemployed, and hoping to cure rheumatism in his hands, traveled to the baths at Baden in Germany.

At the bathhouse in Baden, Poggio was amazed by what he saw:

Old women as well as younger ones, going naked into the water before the eyes of men and displaying their private parts and their buttocks to the onlookers.

...There are almost a thousand of them in the baths, many drinking heavily, and yet there is no quarreling, bickering, or cursing.

[Pyre]

I missed seeing the Hunger Games when it came out so when I was passing through the airport a couple of weeks ago on holiday I went into the book store to get something to read. I usually go for Andy McNab or Chris Ryan but i've read most of the books already and they seem slow at releasing any new ones at the moment (I guess the Nick Stone character could only go on for so long).

So I was wandering around and the Hunger Games book caught my eye and seeing as there had been so much hype and also as the book is usually invariably better than the film version (Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy is a good example), I thought I would give it a go. I'm finding it a really good read and the chapters are full of suspense, drama and detailed action. One I'd recommend.

[Dan]

So I was wandering around and the Hunger Games book caught my eye and seeing as there had been so much hype and also as the book is usually invariably better than the film version (Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy is a good example), I thought I would give it a go. I'm finding it a really good read and the chapters are full of suspense, drama and detailed action. One I'd recommend.

Skip the other two.

The second one is a rehash of the first one. The third one is too and is very sloppily written.

The first one is entertaining and stands on its own.

[nudistdaniel]

i'm currently reading the black banners. it's an interesting book about terrorism. so far it has been a great read

[King Pizza]

i just finished a book about how Microsoft, Apple and Google has shaped the digital landscape. I'm about to start reading a book called the Seven sins of Memory.

[naturallynude]

I'm starting on some PG Wodehouse stories series called 'Blandings' with the first book called 'Something Fresh'.

[R]

Witcher: Last Wish

[King Pizza]

just got The Hunger Games today and I'm going to spend the next few days reading that.

[Dan]

just got The Hunger Games today and I'm going to spend the next few days reading that.

Shouldn't take much more than a day or two, it's a short read.

[Pyre]

Has anybody read any of the books by Charles Bronson?

[hanginout123]

Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Sooooo good.