# Another "whatcha reading?" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918 "2003-09-26T05:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/1 "2003-09-26T05:28:09Z")
Me, I’ve been doing some SF. Reread Timothy Zahn’s _Triplet_ a week ago, then read Peter Hamilton’s _Mindstar Rising_, and now I’m just finishing David Brin’s _Glory Season_. The next few books at the top of the pile are also SF. ---
**Author:** ![Frankenbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@Frankenbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenbear)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/2 "2003-09-26T07:15:23Z")
At the moment I’m reading _Freezer Burn_ by Joe R. Lansdale, _IT_ by Stephen King and _Lightning_ by Dean Koontz. I usually read more than one book at a time. I’ve been called a freak. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/3 "2003-09-26T07:25:23Z")
_Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right_- Al Franken _The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad_- Fareed Zakaria ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/4 "2003-09-26T10:35:34Z")
[_The Bang-bang Club_](http://digitalfilmmaker.net/Bang/bangbangclub.html) - story of four South African photographers and thier coverage of the violence in the Apartheid townships. [_Don’t lets go to the dogs tonight_](http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?endeca=1&sourceid=00395996645644787198&btob=Y&ean=9780375758997&displayonly=RGG) - an account of a young girl growing up during Zimbabwe’s transition to independance. Sometimes I wonder why I do this to myself… Grim ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/5 "2003-09-26T11:25:01Z")
“The Good House” by Tananarive Due. It’s a supernatural mystery thriller thing, with some ethnic issues thrown in for good mix. I’m only 3 chapters in, but I’m liking it so far. ---
**Author:** ![mug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mug)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/6 "2003-09-26T11:56:46Z")
I recently finished \*\*The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time \*\* by Mark Haddon. This was a good, quick read but I thought the first half of the book was much better than the last half. I’m halfway through **The Eyre Affair** by Jasper Fforde, and actually enjoying it very much. However, I would have enjoyed it much more if the book reviews I read hadn’t spoiled all the good parts. :mad: Next will be the sequel, **Lost In A Good Book** , but I’m avoiding reading the reviews of that one. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/7 "2003-09-26T12:04:46Z")
**Mug** , those Jasper Fforde books are excellent! I’ve already read The Well of Lost Plots–had to order it from Amazon in the UK, but it was worth it. And don’t worry, I’m not telling you a thing except that the books are great! I’ve just finished Dead Clever by Scarlett Thomas and it was a pretty good mystery/chick lit type novel. I’m trying to get through the first Animorphs book because my son loves them and insists I will, too, but it just ain’t happening. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/8 "2003-09-26T12:59:16Z")
**The Silver Pig** by Lindsay Davis. Recommended in another thread by a doper and I am finding it highly enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/9 "2003-09-26T13:05:11Z")
Just finished “Lies” was outstandingly funny and on point. Best work of political satire I’ve read in years. Now reading Tom Robbins, “Skinny Legs and All” a loaner from a hippy friend, truly an odd book, but wonderfully written. Next on the list is Phillip Roth’s, “Portnoy’s Complaint” which my therapist absolutely demands I read. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/10 "2003-09-26T13:08:53Z")
Just finished [a new bio of Alice Faye](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578062101/qid=1064582175/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-3228620-0269729)—well written and researched, but Alice had rather an uneventful life for a movie star. Just started [Posion](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312306792/qid=1064582223/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-3228620-0269729), an interesting book about, well, poison. ---
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/11 "2003-09-26T13:20:31Z")
‘stiff’ by mary roach. it’s all about what happens to dead bodies donated to science. it’s fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/12 "2003-09-26T13:37:48Z")
Currently reading **The Boilerplate Rhino** , a collection of natural history essays by David Quammen. Isabel knocked out the power to my library, so it’s been closed for over a week, but supposedly it’s re-opening today. I need new books! ---
**Author:** ![Aglet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@Aglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglet)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/13 "2003-09-26T13:43:06Z")
Reading **Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire** and listening to **On a Pale Horse** , Piers Anthony. ---
**Author:** ![Sanscour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sanscour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanscour)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/14 "2003-09-26T14:40:36Z")
Slave Ship by K W Jeter, a Star Wars book mostly about Boba Fett After that I have on tap: Hard Merchandise by K W Jeter Frankenstein The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Before these I read The Mandalorian Armor and the first 2 Harry Potter books. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/15 "2003-09-26T15:12:54Z")
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer Re-reading Cold Mountain by Charles Frasier I am also trying to slog my way through Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende but I’m a bit disappointed that it isn’t at all what I thought it was going to be. And, thanks to recommendations from another Cafe Society thread, I am anxiously awaiting a copy of Trinity by Leon Uris, which I have high hopes for based on all the praise I’ve heard about it. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/16 "2003-09-26T15:41:30Z")
I just finished Nelson DeMille’s “Upcountry.” ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/17 "2003-09-26T15:47:04Z")
The movie tie-in to Terminator 3. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/18 "2003-09-26T15:54:57Z")
_Originally posted by aaaarg_ > [@](#): > > ‘stiff’ by mary roach. it’s all about what happens to dead bodies donated to science. it’s fantastic. It is! I loved it too. I’m reading _The First National Bank of Dad_ by David Owens, a non-fiction book about teaching your kids about money. So far so good. ---
**Author:** ![statheist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@statheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statheist)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/19 "2003-09-26T16:00:38Z")
I will be starting [Quicksilver](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380977427/qid=1064592472/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-0123087-6750538?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) as soon as I can get to the bookstore today! Can’t wait. It looks awesome, and it’s BIIIIIIG. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918/20 "2003-09-26T16:14:01Z")
Right now it’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” by Justin Diamond and “Parliment of Whores” by P.J. O’Rourke. Next up on the list is “The Dead Sea Scrolls in English” just to punish myself, haha! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whatcha-reading-thread/203918.md?page=2)