What book(s) are you reading right now?

[Majes]

Just finished most of David Weber's books. The Honor Harrington series was really good, though it wrapped up in a hurry... The Safehold series isn't great, but it has some interesting concepts and worth reading if you have nothing else.

So now I'm back to the Black Prism series by Brent Weeks. The last book comes out in October so I'll re-read the series, then hand them off to family members in the next couple of weeks.

 

[clamum]

I'm reading the same hardcover and audiobook but I'm also reading "The Enceladus Mission" on Kindle. Sci-fi, about a mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus to search for life. I've seen that it was referred to as "hard sci-fi" but eh, I wouldn't agree with that. Well, maybe somewhat. But I think "The Martian" is more "hard sci-fi" than "Enceladus Mission" is, by far. There's some technical details in Enceladus but not nearly like The Martain (or Weir's other book Artemis). Anyway, it's alright, but nothing great.

Oh yeah, and also on Kindle I'm reading "The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World." I've only gotten a few pages into it but I like it so far. I've had it for like 6 months and got bored of reading "Chieftains" (set during Cold War, USSR invades in Europe). The latter was pretty highly recommended by JiveTurkey on YouTube so I picked it up, but I didn't think it was too impressive. Not terrible really, just kinda boring IMO.

 

[IronWing]

Just finished Glen Cook's Port of Shadows, a Black Company book. It is simply the worst book he's ever written, as if he was trying to finish off a multi-book deal and hit writer's block. Most of his books have been excellent so this was a huge let down.

 

[clamum]

Surviving the Fall (box set) by Mike Kraus. Typical SHTF fiction but it's pretty decent.

Also I'm slooooowly getting through The Third Reich in Power by Richard Evans. It's quite good, I just tend to read whatever SHTF fiction I'm reading at the moment instead of it, lol.

For audiobook, I'm nearing the end of Chernobyl by Serhii Plokhy. Not too bad but sometimes the narrator annoys me cause he'll trail off at the end of sentences and I can't hear what he's saying (I listen in the car). If you're interested in the topic I'd recommend watching HBO's Chernobyl mini series instead.

Next up on audiobook will be What Happens Next? Conversations from Mars. It's hosted by Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame and features the Mars Conference. I don't know anything beyond that; I think it might've been an Audible monthly pick I got (not sure).

 

[Elfear]

Right now I'm rereading the Cradle series by Will Wight. Excellent Fantasy/Sci Fi book. His Traveler's Gate series is also very good.

 

[shortylickens]

started my new job, got stuck on nights. a couple of times things went really slow. I got a lot done.
start and finished In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash.
Start and finished A Fistful of Fig Newtons.
And The Self Esteem Trap.
and What Should I Do With My Life.

 

[Ajay]

"Weight of Glory" by C.S. Lewis. It's an anthology of sermons (lectures) he gave while at Oxford. Amazingly clear-headed thinker making good use of purpose driven, richly colored prose.

 

[deustroop]

Recently read
Red Metal ( Lt Colonel Rip Rawlings & Mark Greaney, 2019) and
Red Storm Rising (Tom Clancy and Larry Bond, 1986).

Both are WW III Russian invasion of Europe/North Africa v. NATO/USA scenarios. A great fun ride for readers of military history and fiction and students of armed forces technology. The Clancy tome has a superior variety of hardware on display with more diverse tactical engagements but is also confined to its late 1980s time period. It does however answer the persistent question that we all had in that decade, of what the expected war in Europe against the Soviet Union would look like.

 

[DainBramaged]

I've been stuck on two books, recently. I've read all both at least three or more times:

It's OK that You're Not OK - Megan Devine
This book has been a life-saver. IDK what I would have done without it. I literally don't know what I would have done without it. If you know anybody experiencing grief, and that person has a pragmatic outlook on life, GIVE THEM THIS BOOK.

A Grief Observed - C. S. Lewis
This book has also saved me. I'm nominally religious. To know another Christian "great" has had the same doubts I've had is reassuring.

 

[Craig234]

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[Craig234]

I've started Glenn Greewald's "With Liberty and Justice for Some", a book on the problem of the law not being equally applied.

As I'm getting close to finishing the outstanding "Rise Up and Kill", the history of Israel's targeted killings.

 

[Muse]

I'm around 25% into The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells. Had to stop and read a bunch of reviews as Amazon and get my bearings because of the shear gravity of the subject. It's rather overwhelming. I intend to finish it for sure.

 

[snoopy7548]

Currently reading The Basketball Diaries. I've seen the movie a bunch of times but never read the book. Pretty good so far.

 

[Muse]

Currently reading The Basketball Diaries. I've seen the movie a bunch of times but never read the book. Pretty good so far.

It was suggested in these forums recently that I see the movie. I bought it off ebay (my library doesn't have it) and will watch it soon. Haven't read the book. I was aware of Jim Carroll since his album Catholic Boy.

 

[clamum]

Since that "Conversations from Mars" book isn't that long I'm gonna download the next one so I can start right when it finishes (audiobooks). Btw "Mars" standards for "Machine learning, automation, robotics, space" which I did not know, haha.

So I will listen to "World War II at Sea: A Global History" next.

 

[shortylickens]

Started and finished Wanda Hickeys Night of Golden Memories.
That makes 3 down and I dunno, maybe 6 more to go.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Recently finished reading "We the Corporations" by Adam Winkler.

Book is about how corporations have used civil rights legislation throughout history to gain rights of corporate personhood faster than the ethic, gender, and religeous minorities those laws were actually written to protect.

Also details how this isn't a left vs right issue, and how what appeared to be a victory for people was used to further corporate ends and vice versa.

Smart, well written book without a strong partisan bent (unless you're looking for it) that ultimately culminates in (what else) the citizens United case (which is also very fairly handled).

Winker is a good writer and the book is intelligently written with enough detail to keep you engaged without bogging down in the specifics to bore you. Solid layman's guide to how corporations won as many civil rights as they have.

 

[JujuFish]

Joined a classics book club at the local library to get myself to read books I never would have.

Last month was Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and this month is Persuasion by Jane Austen. Two books I never would have read otherwise.

Their Eyes Were Watching God was remarkably enjoyable. Takes a minute to adjust to how the speech is written, but once it clicks it's easy. Crazy how good it is considering it was written in just 7 weeks.

Hopefully Persuasion is decent.

 

[Craig234]

Recently finished reading "We the Corporations" by Adam Winkler.

Book is about how corporations have used civil rights legislation throughout history to gain rights of corporate personhood faster than the ethic, gender, and religeous minorities those laws were actually written to protect.

A related book is "Unequal Protections" by Thom Hartmann, about how 'corporate personhood' became a thing legally.

 

[clamum]

"World War II at Sea: A Global History" was pretty good. I was worried it was gonna be full of tiny unit actions with a bunch of people and units I could never remember, but it wasn't like that. It probably didn't have every single engagement in it, but it covered the main ones and was easy to listen to (or read).

Finished Franklin Horton's new book in the "Locker Nine" series but I actually didn't like it as much as previous entries. I didn't really care for the story, it was just an extension of what was going on in the previous book. No biggie, I really love his work in general, though.

I'm back reading Nicholas Sansbury Smith's first book Hell Divers. I got bored with it when I first started reading it but I'm enjoying it now. My two co-workers love the series.

And now for the meg brill book: "Feed" by M.T. Anderson. I listened to the audiobook which I highly recommend over the novel, the narrator is excellent and you get to hear the goofy ass commercials from the Feed. It's a sci-fi book about a teenager and his friends in the near future, where everyone has "the Feed" implanted in their brain (basically the Internet) and consumerism has gone off the deep end, and people live underground cause the environment has gone to total shit. I think it's really forward thinking and not all that unrealistic, especially since it was written in 2002. It's interesting, hilarious, and emotional. Very highly recommended.

 

[Oyeve]

I'm reading a book called "Adeline". A friend of mine wrote it so I am compelled to read it.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Skinwalker Ranch - In the Shadow of the Ridge: Based on Actual Events

Rhetts, Erick T.

Tale of paranormal activity around a ranch in Utah in 1990s. From the perspective of a family that lived there, and a couple investigators intrigued by the ranch's reputation. Written by a psychiatrist tasked with pumping the experiencers for info. Even resorted to hypnosis. He turned his collection of written/recorded accounts into a narrative form! Makes for a good STORY, not a mere compilation, with a final analysis of speculations on origin of the supernatural phenomena.

freakish beings, freakish sounds, freakish intelligence, amnesia

 

[thedarkwolf]

A Little Hatred by Joe Amercrombie
Another series set in his First Law world. Has a few returning characters but all the mains are new. I'm about halfway through and enjoying it well enough.

 

[Thebobo]

The Rocket Boys,

Became the movie October Sky, its the first book in a series of four, by Homer Hickam Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a coal mining town. Very good and a lot more detailed then the movie of course.

 

[Craig234]

I'm reading a book called "Adeline". A friend of mine wrote it so I am compelled to read it.

I doubt that quote is going on the back cover of the book.