# What Book are you currently reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251 "2000-12-18T22:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/21 "2000-12-19T00:25:19Z")
_On the Beach_ by Nevil Shute ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/22 "2000-12-19T00:30:36Z")
I recently finished Mount Misery, by Samuel Shem, M.D. An absolutely riveting sort of autobiographical novel about a doc’s internship in a mental hospital. Then, since I was on vacation, I read the stupidly mind-candy new Dean Koontz novel. Entertaining, but a bit sophomoric. Tonight I’m going to start “House of God”, also by Samuel Shem. Shipping News was fabulous; reminded me of growing uyp on an island in the Inner Hebrides! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/23 "2000-12-19T00:30:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlackKnight \* > \*\*Just finished “Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid”, and am currently reading “Winter’s Heart” (the newest Wheel of Time book) and “Philosophy and Computer Science” by my current computer professor, Tim Colburn. \*\* Winter’s Heart? Is it out in paperback yet? I can’t wait. **Biggirl,** one of my _favorites._ Although, I have to admit, that short story at the end makes me feel stoopid, 'cause I just don’t get the point… ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/24 "2000-12-19T00:33:08Z")
Well, I just finished reading Dr. Faustus by Marlowe. I heartily suggest it ( I almost wrote hardly oops!). It is a real quick read at 50 pages and gives good idea of Christian beliefs during the 1600’s. Now I am reading Dubliners by James Joyce. Pretty interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/25 "2000-12-19T00:35:01Z")
Waiting for my chance at a copy of Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan, other then that, read the 4th Harry Potter, and just got the Darwin Awards book, that’s a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/26 "2000-12-19T00:48:53Z")
Ah i want Young Zaphod Plays It Safe. ☹ I know its part of that big collection. Now I’m nearly done rereading The Shining, and I’ve just started Sybil and Rose Madder. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/27 "2000-12-19T00:53:29Z")
I recently read “The Hunt For Red October” for the first time. It was a terrific read, and got me started on Tom Clancy. I’m now reading “Patriot Games,” which is also very good. Euty, because of the upcoming movie, I also recently re-read “The Lord of the Rings.” I had not read the book in years, and I appreciated all over again Tolkien’s ability to capture both an intimate moment between two people (Gandalf’s and Frodo’s discussion about the Ring at Bag End) and an enormous sweeping battle scene (the battle at Helm’s Deep). His imagery was startlingly vivid, too. Here’s hoping the movie is good! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/28 "2000-12-19T01:05:09Z")
**magdalene** you may be interested in this then [The Black Dahlia Web Site](http://www.bethshort.com/dahhome.htm) \*\*Be warned that the pictures are quite shocking if you decide to look at them. There are no pictures on the page I have linked to. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![DocDaneeka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@DocDaneeka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocDaneeka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/29 "2000-12-19T01:11:24Z")
I’m reading: **The Forever Peace** by Joe Haldeman **Conversations With God** by Neale Donald Walsch **Grimtooth’s Book of Traps Fore** by… ermmm… Grimtooth \*\*HTML 4.0 for Dummies \*\* by whoever the hell wrote it ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/30 "2000-12-19T01:17:35Z")
> [@](#): > > I just finished In the Heart of the Sea… I read that on my vacation to Pennslyvania in August. Impressive book–would make an interesting movie, don’t you think? > [@](#): > > I recently read “The Hunt For Red October” for the first time. It was a terrific read, and got me started on Tom Clancy. I’m now reading “Patriot Games,” which is also very good. Read _Red October_ last spring… better than the movie, but since I’ve seen all the movies, the ending was more predictable. That why I’ve been a little reluctant to start in on _Patriot Games_. If you haven’t done so, make sure you don’t miss _Red Storm Rising_. Very cool book. The only bad thing is that it was written in '86 when the F-117A was still under wraps, so the F-19 makes an appearance… I’m currently reading _The Hungry Ocean_ by Linda Greenlaw (the female swordboat captain from Junger’s _The Perfect Storm_). Not as interesting as the Essex story, but not bad… On the short list to read next: _Moby Dick Atlas Shrugged Plato’s Republic Crime and Punishment_ (Gotta catch up on those classics…) ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/31 "2000-12-19T01:20:40Z")
> [@](#): > > If you haven’t done so, make sure you don’t miss Red Storm Rising. Um… make that “If you haven’t read it…” ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/32 "2000-12-19T01:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheVoiceofReason \* > Also, Blackknight, where did you get hold of a copy of Godel, Escher, Bach? I’ve been looking for one everywhere but I can’t find it. [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465026567/o/qid=977189189/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_3/107-2476397-8755733) sells it for $16. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/33 "2000-12-19T02:07:11Z")
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and other stories by Franz Kafka Push by Sapphire ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/34 "2000-12-19T02:39:20Z")
Right now I’m not reading a novel of any kind. I’m between books on **The Sword of Truth** series and eagerly anticipating **Shadow of the Hegemon** coming out in just two weeks. But I’m reading right now **Characters and Viewpoints** which is an instructional book on Character development in writing by Orson Scott Card. Random tidbit that no one in this universe really cares about: since September, I’ve read between 5000 and 6000 pages in books. That doesn’t even include time spent on the boards reading and posting. [sub]well, to be fair, sometimes I save time by not bothering to read what I’m posting…I mean, what’s the point? ;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/35 "2000-12-19T02:48:11Z")
**Mofo Rising** - another Lansdale fan here. He hasn’t disappointed yet. **Danimal** - So far, **Storm of Swords** is my favorite in the series. I actually get the feeling that he knows where he’s going with it – it’s all in his head, and he just needs to get it out. No meandering there. Just finished **Tie My Bones to Her Back** by Robert Jones, it’s the story of an immigrant girl who hunts buffalo on the plains in the 1880’s. Gritty and realistic, with a non-preachy environmental theme. About halfway through **1339 . . . Or So** by Nicholas Seare. Seare is a pseudonym of Trevanian, which is the pen name of – someone, I’ve forgotten. It’s supposedly the scholarly retelling of a Welsh legend, complete with footnotes. It’s a hoot. Seare/Trevanian/? comments on religion, philosophy, morals, etc. Parts of it read like an Abbott & Costello movie. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/36 "2000-12-19T02:52:35Z")
rereading **In This House of Brede** , by Rumer Godden reading **The Dragon Reborn** , by Robert Jordan. I’ve only recently started reading this series, and I am sorry to say I am finding book 3 to be a bit of a snooze. Does it get better? about to start a reread of **The Dark Is Rising** , by Susan Cooper, this is something I always like to reread during the Christmas season. I’m very impressed by the people who have read **Godel, Escher, Bach**. I’ve had a copy for years, and about once a year I manage to make it to about page 45, and then it’s just to much to go on. Someday … ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/37 "2000-12-19T03:04:52Z")
Tool of the Trade - Joe Haldeman IMO Clancy is excellent - read all his fiction.(I don’t count Op Center - he just laid the groundwork - note it doesn’t say BY him) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/38 "2000-12-19T03:14:29Z")
I just got _The War Journal of Major Damon “Rocky” Gause_ by himself, _The Double-Cross System_ by J. C. Masterman and _Strategic Deception in the Second World War_ by Michael Howard. _War Journal_ is already proving to be hard to put down, but I usually keep more than one going. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/39 "2000-12-19T03:50:50Z")
“In the Spirit of Crazy Horse” by Peter Matthiessen When my mind is too foggy to concentrate on that, I read “bauhaus” by magdalena droste. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251/40 "2000-12-19T03:56:23Z")
I am currently reading: [list=1] [li]_The Westing Game_ by Ellen Raskin[/li][li]_Acorna_ by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball[/li][li]_Conflict of Honors_ by Steve Mille and Sharon Lee[/li][li]_Wizard’s Eleven_ by Sheri S. Tepper[/li][li]_Ringworld_ by Larry Niven[/li][li]_Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England_ by Kristine Hughes[/li][/list=1] Just finished: [list=1] [li]_Dragon Tempest_ by Don Callander[/li][li]_Hunter’s Death_ by Michelle West (for about the hundredth time)[/li][li]_Elfwood_ by Rose Estes[/li][/list=1] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-currently-reading/46251.md?page=3)