Topic: What are you reading in 2008? (Read 14723 times)

Min · « **on:** September 14, 2008, 09:41:22 AM »

Post all the ones you can think of that you've read this year. Each time you add one that you're reading, quote your list.

Min · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2008, 09:45:57 AM »

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Wicked
The Summons
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
State of Fear
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Sorcerer's Stone
The Last Juror

Right now: War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer

ydnamtnediserp · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2008, 10:15:50 AM »

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sarah thyre- dark at the roots
jack black (not that annoying guy)- you can't win
nathanel west- the day of the locust
kelly boler- a drinking companion: alcohol in the lives of writers
jodi picoult- the pact
jodi picoult- nineteen minutes
david sedaris- when you are engulfed in flames
uncle john's monumental bathroom reader
uncle john's bathroom reader plunges into music
franz wisner- honeymoon with my brother
noel botham- the best book of useless information ever

that's all i can remember right now.

currently reading: jodi picoult- mercy

Phl4m3z · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2008, 10:58:37 AM »

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Cold Mountain
The Alchemist
Ender's Game
War and Peace by Dostoyevsky

Currently: New Moon (Second book in the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky series)

Detta make sure to tell me how you like that book =]

Min · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2008, 11:16:03 AM »

I like it so far.

I joined the faculty book club, where the students pick the books that we read. So this is the first one, of course. But I've been having students tell me to read this book for quite a while.

shparks · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:28:34 AM »

Let's see if I can remember. I am pretty sure I read these this year:

Genius Denied (about working with gifted children)
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein - Books One and Two
Save the Cat (how to write a screenplay)
Duma Key (Stephen King novel)
Refuse to Choose (a sort of self-help book)
The Husband (Dean Koontz Novel)
The first two Kathy Reichs mysteries (the lady that the show "Bones" is based on).

Of course, there are numerous graphic novels and a few comic books (like Garfield and such).

There are many books I have started reading, but have not yet completed. I am really bad about not finishing the books I start reading. I have quite a few that I "will finish someday."

ydnamtnediserp · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2008, 05:01:22 AM »

Quote from: shparks on September 15, 2008, 01:28:34 AM

There are many books I have started reading, but have not yet completed. I am really bad about not finishing the books I start reading. I have quite a few that I "will finish someday."

i, too, am this way. it probably doesn't help that i tend to start reading three or four books at a time, either.

Socrates · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2008, 07:00:31 AM »

Yellow Eyes by John Ringo and someone else

shparks · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2008, 11:38:33 PM »

Quote from: ydnamtnediserp on September 15, 2008, 05:01:22 AM

i, too, am this way. it probably doesn't help that i tend to start reading three or four books at a time, either.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I always have between 10 and 20 books checked out from the library at any given time. The problem is that there are too many books I want to read and not enough time to read them all. I wish books were shorter.

Greenshoes · « **Reply #9 on:** September 17, 2008, 11:17:07 PM »

Out of Africa - Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, a.k.a. "Isak Dinesen"
The Complete Illustrated Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
Across the Face of the World - Russell Kirkpatrick
The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell
Acts of the Apostles - St. Luke the Evangelist

Socrates · « **Reply #10 on:** September 18, 2008, 06:54:54 AM »

Quote from: Socrates on September 15, 2008, 07:00:31 AM

Yellow Eyes by John Ringo and someone else
The Sunrise Lands by SM Stirling
Starting Strength 2nd Edition by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore

Min · « **Reply #11 on:** September 26, 2008, 04:02:01 PM »

Quote from: Detta on September 14, 2008, 09:45:57 AM

Wicked
The Summons by Grisham
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
State of Fear by Crichton
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
The Last Juror by Grisham
War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer

War and Peace by Dostoyevsky was great. I can't wait to read more of the series.

Now: The Silver Chair by CS Lewis

Phl4m3z · « **Reply #12 on:** September 26, 2008, 05:14:11 PM »

I KNOW RIGHT!

You need to read the entire series =]
And the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky movie comes out in December so you know

Min · « **Reply #13 on:** October 02, 2008, 06:31:06 PM »

Quote from: Detta on September 14, 2008, 09:45:57 AM

Wicked
The Summons by Grisham
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
State of Fear by Crichton
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
The Last Juror by Grisham
War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
The Silver Chair by CS Lewis

Now: The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

The_FOO · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2008, 08:31:45 AM »

Oh man... I read an average of a book a week so I can't even remember everything I've read the whole year.

Currently reading and about to finish: The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly

In the past couple of weeks I've read:

By John Scalzi:
Old Man's War
The Ghost Brigades
The Last Colony

Earlier in the year I've read:

The Android's Dream (also by Scalzi)

By John Ringo:
Against the Tide
East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Choosers of the Slain
Unto the Breach
A Deeper Blue

Into the Looking Glass

Co-written with David Weber:
March Upcountry
March to the Sea
March to the Stars
We Few

The Road to Damascus (a Bolo book with Linda Evans)
Von Neumann's War (with Travis S. Taylor)
Princess of Wands
Old Yellow Eyes (W/ Tom Kratman)

By Robin Hobb:
Shaman's Crossing
Forest Mage

By Spider Robinson/Robert Heinlein:
Variable Star

By Wil Wheaton:
Dancing Barefoot
Just a Geek
The Happiest Days of our Lives

By David Weber:
At All Costs
The Shadow of Saganami
In Fury Born

By Alan Dean Foster:
Trouble Magnet
Patrimony

The Candle of Distant Earth

Transformers
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday

By Glen Cook:
Lord of the Silent Kingdom

By David Drake:
The Dance of Time
The Mirror of Worlds

I'm pretty sure all those were this year. And I'm sure that's not all of them either. There's a Conan novel or two that I can't recall the title(s) of too.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2008, 05:09:06 PM »

I guess I better reserve my spot now that we're already to two pages too.
edit:
now in middle of --Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 12/13/08
started--Triangle by Katharine Weber 10/25/08
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 10/8/08
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver 10/2/08
What to Expect: The Toddler Years
Goodnight Goon
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
When You're Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris

and right now I'm not sure about the others but I'll edit eventually

edit 100308 1645pdt Ivan I'll add that to my queue

ivan · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2008, 06:20:04 PM »

Ya gotta read Heat.

Heat, man. Bill Buford. Heat.

Unless you already readed it.

gorgeous_si · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2008, 09:06:28 AM »

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Empress - Karen Miller
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
Innocent in Death - Nora Roberts (Writing as J.D. Robb)
Strangers in Death - Nora Roberts (Writing as J.D. Robb)
Creation in Death - Nora Roberts (Writing as J.D. Robb)
America Unchained - Dave Gorman
Maul - Tricia Sullivan
Stanger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
Goddess - Fiona McIntosh
Hunters of Dune - Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
Sandworms of Dune - Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
Slash - Slash with Anthony Bozza
Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Friends Like These - Danny Wallace

Currently reading The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller

ydnamtnediserp · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2008, 10:27:27 AM »

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sarah thyre- dark at the roots
jack black (not that annoying guy)- you can't win
nathanel west- the day of the locust
kelly boler- a drinking companion: alcohol in the lives of writers
jodi picoult- the pact
jodi picoult- nineteen minutes
david sedaris- when you are engulfed in flames
uncle john's monumental bathroom reader
uncle john's bathroom reader plunges into music
franz wisner- honeymoon with my brother
noel botham- the best book of useless information ever
jodi picoult- mercy

currently reading: the wednesday letters by jason f. wright

Socrates · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2008, 07:09:14 AM »

Quote from: Socrates on September 18, 2008, 06:54:54 AM

Yellow Eyes by John Ringo and someone else
The Sunrise Lands by SM Stirling
Starting Strength 2nd Edition by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore

Adding the following I read on vacation

Min · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2008, 02:58:20 PM »

Quote from: Detta on September 14, 2008, 09:45:57 AM

Wicked
The Summons by Grisham
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
State of Fear by Crichton
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
The Last Juror by Grisham
War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

Now: The Rainmaker by Grisham and Monster by Walter Dean Myers

kanca mosan · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2008, 03:00:34 PM »

All the Tom Clancy books in the main series that I had not read in previous years.

Socrates · « **Reply #22 on:** October 16, 2008, 08:51:04 AM »

Quote from: Socrates on October 15, 2008, 07:09:14 AM

Yellow Eyes by John Ringo and someone else
The Sunrise Lands by SM Stirling
Starting Strength 2nd Edition by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore
Roma Eterna by Robert Silverburg
The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller
The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller

Now reading The Only Grammar Book you'll ever need by Susan Thurman for a night class I'm taking

Min · « **Reply #23 on:** October 21, 2008, 02:42:11 PM »

Quote from: Detta on September 14, 2008, 09:45:57 AM

Wicked
The Summons by Grisham
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
State of Fear by Crichton
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
The Last Juror by Grisham
War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
The Rainmaker by Grisham
Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Now: The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

Socrates · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2008, 06:54:36 AM »

Quote from: Socrates on October 16, 2008, 08:51:04 AM

Yellow Eyes by John Ringo and someone else
The Sunrise Lands by SM Stirling
Starting Strength 2nd Edition by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore
Roma Eterna by Robert Silverburg
The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller
The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller
The Only Grammar Book you'll ever need by Susan Thurman

just finished
Empress by Karen Miller
and starting on
The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller

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