OT: what are you reading now?

Cookinbob

Finishing up "To Kill a Mockingbird" which I had never read.  A great book!  Last one was "The Boys in the Boat" also an excellent read.

bgebrent

Hemingway.  Pure' honest prose.  He transports you into the setting. Or, if you like suspense stuff, Baldacci's Hour Game. Riveting!

YukonRon

Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky

Grillin_beers

Just finished up Lords of Dicipline and started a new book.  It's a collection of short stories by Chuck Palaniuk(fight club) called Haunted.  They are disturbing but well written.  A nice shock to the senses. 

Eggingaround

Franklin Barbecue. Pretty good read so far.

Acn

Botch said:

Tim (Watkinsville) said:

Concerning Harper Lee's new novel, I probably won't read that based on the reviews I have read. It sounds forced to me. Why turn Atticus into a racist? Whats the point?

I thought I'd read somewhere recently that her new novel was actually written before TKAM, so it's more of a historical quirk than an intentional "change of character".  Not sure on that though.  

I think this is correct, that Watchman is an earlier draft.  I've also heard that there are some parts in Watchman that are also in TKAM verbatim.

I know that AL investigated alleged elder abuse, but I'm not sure I'll ever understand how Harper Lee went from saying that she was only going to do the one book for 50 years and then once a new lawyer became involved and her sister passed the new book is coming out.  It just seems fishy to me.

Retired RailRoader

Anyone here on Goodread? It would be easier to share book recommendations there then on here.

An interesting novel with a lot of technical jargon. If you're not into hard science fiction then skip this one.

Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson 

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

What would happen if the world were ending?

A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.

But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .

Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon,the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

Zippylip

'The Value of Nothing' - Raj Patel

NDG

Anybody read this one? 

"American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood"  By Paul Greenberg

UncleFred

Paper or Plastic?

Are you reading "traditional" bound printed books or eBooks?

Grillin_beers

UncleFred said:

Paper or Plastic?

Are you reading "traditional" bound printed books or eBooks?

I pretty much only read books on my iPad now.  They are cheaper and I don't have to wait for them to get here or go to the store.  I can also "rent" ebooks from my local library so sometimes there's a free option.

AlbertaEgger

This....
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1184407/calling-out-byethrash#latest

Cookbook_Chip

UncleFred said:

Paper or Plastic?

Are you reading "traditional" bound printed books or eBooks?

Pretty much 100% kindle. An occasional paperback. I like "e-ink" style readers - I'm tired of computer and pad screens at the end of the day. Or outside reading...

Cookbook_Chip

AlbertaEgger said:

This....
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1184407/calling-out-byethrash#latest

Yeah...  Jeez...

theyolksonyou

UncleFred said:

Paper or Plastic?

Are you reading "traditional" bound printed books or eBooks?

My wife has this really weird habit of fondling pages as she reads. She goes to the library on the regular so we are all paper.  

Chief9

buzd504 said:

Chief9 said:

Code of Conduct, the new Brad Thor book

I'm reading that at the moment.  Not his best stuff.

I agree. Looking forward to the new Mitch Rapp release after Vince Flynn's passing.  That has always been my preference anyway, but read each of both series 

UncleFred

theyolksonyou said:

UncleFred said:

Paper or Plastic?

My wife has this really weird habit of fondling pages as she reads. She goes to the library on the regular so we are all paper.  

I've gotten so use to being able to change font, font size and back lighting, not to mention that I can put what I'm reading on everything from my e-reader, tablet, phone or laptop that I've found it very difficult to read a paperback copy of a book any more... of course, when the EMP blast or the mega solar flare takes out the grid and sends us back to the dark ages I guess we'll have to go back to paper (and do ALL our cooking on the egg!).

nolaegghead

The bible for the 10000th time.

Cookbook_Chip

The Spice Merchants Daughter.  Learning a ton about spices from a southeast Asian viewpoint. 

TigerTony

Make Me, Lee Child's latest in the Jack Reacher series. Quick easy read.
  Boosting my confidence in case I need to kick someone's ass.

Jeepster47

Chief9 said:

buzd504 said:

Chief9 said:

Code of Conduct, the new Brad Thor book

I'm reading that at the moment.  Not his best stuff.

I agree. Looking forward to the new Mitch Rapp release after Vince Flynn's passing.  That has always been my preference anyway, but read each of both series 

@Chief9 ... sounds like you might like Brad Taylor's Pike Logan series ... reading them in order is best.  Is Vince Flynn's "The Survivor" being published?

Just finished up Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series.  Currently working my way through the Brad Taylor series. 

Also reading the "The Omnivore's Dilemma".  Rather wordy, but an interesting read, especially if you grew up in the 50's and 60's and can remember the pre-McDonald's era and when the small family owned farms were the norm.

johnnyp

The road by cormac McCarthy 

Acn

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell and Kenji's new cookbook.

Sardonicus

Stephen King's "Finders Keepers". 
Next up, Ian Caldwell's "The Fifth Gospel".

Also . . . just downloaded Lee Child's "Make Me" . . . but only because I want to read it.  Confidence level 's just fine.
 

Lit

Sub titles on the Simpsons 

gdenby

'Cause I'm a glutton for punishment, "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology," By D. Graeber. A small book written before "Debt: The First 5000 Years." That one took me maybe 6 months to finish, it was so depressing. Y'know what, humans are cruel Effers.

My wife is re-reading the Brother Karamazov. I've teased her. "What? Again. Don't let me spoil it, but wait till Ivan meets the devil.." Its only  345,592 words long, so I suppose she may have forgotten some parts.

Doc_Eggerton

Outlander; chick porn.

gdenby

Jeepster47 said:

Also reading the "The Omnivore's Dilemma".  Rather wordy, but an interesting read, especially if you grew up in the 50's and 60's and can remember the pre-McDonald's era and when the small family owned farms were the norm.

I usually avoid best sellers. Figure, why read it when everyone else is, and they'll let me know. But that is one I was happy to read in detail. Did not know that the millions of acres of corn growing in every direction might as well be plastic, as far as me grabbing a bite. No longer human digestible off the cob.

DoubleEgger

I'm too ADD to make it through a book. I rarely make it to the end of an internet article these days. 

Jstroke

Salumi and the art of charcuterie. I want to start curing