What are you currently reading?

Chris OConnor · Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:39 am

What are you currently reading?

I locked the several previous "what are you currently reading" threads because they were massive. Let's start fresh!

What are you reading right now?

Kevin · Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:00 pm

I have decided to start House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power by James Carroll. The basic premise of the book, according to its back flap, is that the Pentagon is essentially a rogue organization beyond the control of civilian leadership and serves, effectvely, to undermine national security.

wilde · Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:10 pm

"The Help." I really like it so far!

nomsisa · Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:08 pm

Jose Saramago's
"Baltasar And Blimunda"

About a mismatched couple finding love...
I like Saramago's style, it sems he is dancing with words.

Aqueda_Veronica · Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:45 pm

"The haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. Not as awesome as Poe's "The fall of house of Usher" but I gave it a shot

lindad_amato · Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:46 pm

Aqueda_Veronica.....I see you are a Poe fan. I just read a very good short story by Russell Banks re. Poe. It is called The Caul and is in Banks' collection of short stories called, The Angel on the Roof.

R. LeBeaux · Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:17 pm

Machine Man by Max Barry, an author recommended by a member here on Booktalk (Avid Reader). Here's the publisher's blurb:

Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It’s not a tragedy. It’s an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.

Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon.

A story for the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man’s quest for ultimate self-improvement.

And the author's website:

http://maxbarry.com/machineman/

I'm about halfway through and loving it!

Aqueda_Veronica · Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:49 pm


	lindad_amato wrote: Aqueda_Veronica.....I see you are a Poe fan. I just read a very good short story by Russell Banks re. Poe. It is called The Caul and is in Banks' collection of short stories called, The Angel on the Roof.

Thanks so much for the awesome tip Lindad_Amato

Just found the story online and read it in one go, even though usually I hate reading e-books. Such a fascinating piece, loved it!

lindad_amato · Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:00 pm

Aqueda_Veronica wrote:


	lindad_amato wrote: Aqueda_Veronica.....I see you are a Poe fan. I just read a very good short story by Russell Banks re. Poe. It is called The Caul and is in Banks' collection of short stories called, The Angel on the Roof.

Thanks so much for the awesome tip Lindad_Amato

Just found the story online and read it in one go, even though usually I hate reading e-books. Such a fascinating piece, loved it!

So glad you enjoyed it. I hope you'll join our next Fiction Discussion.

Damifino · Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:36 am

Yesterday I started The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf. I requested it from the local library quite some time ago. I must of wanted to read it. Gotta feeling it will be too depressing though. I'll give it the 50 page rule.

eileeness311 · Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:48 am


	Damifino wrote: Yesterday I started The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf.

What is this book about? I think I may have read it. I know I've read two books by her though.

Damifino · Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:22 am

http://www.amazon.ca/Weight-Silence-Hea ... 077832740X

Hope that helps. I am new here and not sure if posting this link is allowed. Just learning.

eileeness311 · Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:28 am

Yep I did ready that one and if I remember right it was a good one. I dont remember it be too depressing if you do read it let me know what you think!

Randy Kadish · Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:31 am

Moneyball. I'm no longer a big baseball fan, but to me much of this book is about seeing the world differently. Also, I found it interesting the way the ideas of two guys who had experienced failure came together.

Recently, I finished Open, by Agassi. A wonderful book about a lot more than tennis.

Randy

Aubrey.Alexis · Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:27 am

I'm currently reading Charmed Circle[i], a book about Gertrude Stein and her group of friends. It paints a very interesting picture of many of the famous artists and writers of the time as well as a look at Paris through two world wars. I'm enjoying it immensely.[/i]

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