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Just finished The Regiment of Night. I have to downgrade my assessment of "fair". I'll let the writing speak for itself.

They stood together in silence for a while. The girl was very close to him. Danecki sensed, both in himself and in the girl, the sexual awareness which comes in moments of mortal peril. She had the scent of a woman who desperately needs to make love.
 
I normally only read one fiction and one non-fiction at any given time.

geecee said:
Just started Scalzi's Redshirts. Amusing so far.
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I just started Redshirts on Friday, and read 55% of the book (on my kindle) in one afternoon but left my kindle at work so didn't finish it. I'll finish it this evening.

gorcorps said:
World War Z
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My SO has been reading this, she was 90% finished with it last night so should be done with it today and I'll probably start it tomorrow.

allisolm said:
Just started Cold Days by Jim Butcher - the latest Dresden Files.
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I've been slowly listening my way though the Dresden Files, but my ipod died. I had just started Turn Coat and have already purchased Changes, so I need to figure out how to get it working on my Android phone.

Besides this I just finished Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton. I can't recommend it. Dr. Blanton has some good ideas, but unfortunately it is wrapped up in a lot of new age spiritualism that causes the message to be completely lost.

I'm currently reading Feasting on Asphalt by Alton Brown. I am finding it interesting, I've always been a fan of Alton Brown, and reading what amounts to a travel log by him is fun.

As soon as I am done with that (probably Thursday) I'll start reading Opening Up by Tristan Taormino. My SO has been reading this book for the last month or so, and keeps asking me to read it too. I was originally waiting to get her copy, but finally broke down and bought my own.
 
IronWing said:
Just finished The Regiment of Night. I have to downgrade my assessment of "fair". I'll let the writing speak for itself.

They stood together in silence for a while. The girl was very close to him. Danecki sensed, both in himself and in the girl, the sexual awareness which comes in moments of mortal peril. She had the scent of a woman who desperately needs to make love.
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This reads like shit written by a teenage girl.
 
I've just started Spacehounds of IPC, by E.E. "Doc" Smith, because I just had to get a fix of '30s scifi. It's weird reading a book where a "computer" is someone who does calculations.
 
Kreon said:
Good book. You should check out Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie (another book that The Pacific was based on), and Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley.
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Both (Leckie's and Sledge's) are good but I preferred Sledge's more. I didn't like Leckie's writing style as much as Sledge's (the latter being more simple, I guess).
 
I decided to read the Parmy Olson book "We are Anonymous". If you know anything at all about Anonymous and the raids they've done...skip it. It's not an "inside story". It's basically chat logs, interviews, and some assumptions rolled up into a book. You can get the same info (for free and in shorter format) from Wikipedia.
 
Kadarin said:
I've just started Spacehounds of IPC, by E.E. "Doc" Smith, because I just had to get a fix of '30s scifi. It's weird reading a book where a "computer" is someone who does calculations.
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I read his Lensman series. Other than being blatantly sexist (which was typical of that time period), they are pretty good.
 
Been reading "Life Itself: A Memoir" by Roger Ebert. Essentially, it's an old man telling stories, and the stories are good. It's very difficult to put down.
 
Getting ready to start Colleen McCullough's series on ancient Rome. Have read them a couple of times before, but it's time to do it again.
 
Abe Froman said:
In re: World War Z.

I just started this over the weekend. Great book... I'm just not sure how they're going to tie it to the movie since it's a collection of stories and the movie seems to be all about Brad Pitt.
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Finished Third Shift, so I'm joining the party and reading World War Z now. 🙂
 
Kreon said:
Good book. You should check out Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie (another book that The Pacific was based on), and Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley.
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This is the first non-fiction book I have read since The Singularity is Near, but I will check that out as well. WWII fascinates me.

IronWing said:
Just finished The Regiment of Night. I have to downgrade my assessment of "fair". I'll let the writing speak for itself.

They stood together in silence for a while. The girl was very close to him. Danecki sensed, both in himself and in the girl, the sexual awareness which comes in moments of mortal peril. She had the scent of a woman who desperately needs to make love.
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A dark and stormy night, indeed!
 
Have to start reading Harry Potter.

Junior wants to read it, but he's a little young. He can handle most of the reading but maybe not the comprehension. I told him he can read it this summer.

So now I need to read it first and be ready for the onslaught of questions.

I'm sure its an OK read. I just hate jumping on bandwagons. I least I can borrow it for free on Kindle.
 
I get nostalgic and enjoy reading stuff like "Goosebumps" for some reason. I also started on a few "choose your own adventure" books. Haven't picked them up in a while though, i start then i put it down.
 
Voyagers by Ben Bova - about first contact, during the 'cold war'. Like his 'off-planet' books better, like Mars, but this one was pretty interesting with the US and Russia maneuvering to gain the most out of first contact with an alien species.

Enders Shadow by Orson Scott Card - Found this at the library, and loved Enders Game, so picked this up. Maybe not quite as good as Enders Game, but a great book so far.
 
Dead Wrong by Richard Belzer: makes strong cases for the 'official stories' bring wrong about Marilyn Monroe, JFK, RFK, MLK, Vince Foster, and a few others.

Our Man in Haiti: Biography of George DeMorsomethingsomeeldt, the guy who befriended Lee Harvey Oswald and worked with the CIA

Corporations are not people - self-explanatory

Blonde Ghost - biography of 1960's CIA official Ted Shackley
 
Pheran said:
I read his Lensman series. Other than being blatantly sexist (which was typical of that time period), they are pretty good.
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Yeah, they are. He took great pains to try to show everyone that he wasn't being sexist, and in doing so showed that he was.
 
JamesV said:
Enders Shadow by Orson Scott Card - Found this at the library, and loved Enders Game, so picked this up. Maybe not quite as good as Enders Game, but a great book so far.
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While chronologically that books happens around the same time as Ender's Game, it's the 5th book in the series. Too bad Card is such a nutbag, he wrote some good stuff.
 
skimple said:
Have to start reading Harry Potter.

Junior wants to read it, but he's a little young. He can handle most of the reading but maybe not the comprehension. I told him he can read it this summer.

So now I need to read it first and be ready for the onslaught of questions.

I'm sure its an OK read. I just hate jumping on bandwagons. I least I can borrow it for free on Kindle.
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They are decent books, and I think you've missed the bandwagon by many years now. How old is he?
 
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