What is the last book you read?

[farmgirl]

This is an attempt to talk about something other than fighting, how gay people are, or defecating in one's pants. What is the last book you read for pleasure?


I recently finished a book called The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It was pretty good. A little strange, but well written and thought provoking. It is one that I wouldn't mind using in a high school class. I think it would prompt interesting discussions among teenagers.

I'm nearly finished with a book called The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer. He writes pretty good political mysteries... for lack of a better descriptor.



So what are you reading????


I am looking forward to reading a book titled Going West written by a friend of mine. However, he hasn't given it to me yet.... it will be interesting to read a work of historical fiction written by someone that I know. :D

[American Patriot]

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

[gaz]

"Jennifer Government" by Max Barry (For the second time). It's a very dark comedy and satire on the world of corporations and contracts. Parts of it had me in hysterics.

I'm currently reading "The March up" by Ray L. Smith and Bing West which is about the First Marine Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

When I've finished that I'll be starting "Great Expectations" by Charles ****ens. It's one of those books I've always intended to read but never actually gotten around to.

[Hullebullen]

I just finished "the noonday demon" by Andrew Solomon. It's a book about depression. It was good, for the most parts. I also just finished Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. Not really my style but I couldn't find anything else I would like to read. Right now I'm reading a swedish book about rhetoric, which is very interesting.

[Ichhabe]

Just read "Three Comrades" by Eric Maria Remarque. It is a novel about a man, his friends and his one true love.
It is a very good novel, even though you can see the tragic ending already on page 15. Not that I dislike that, but you see that he's life improves little by little in the German post World War I-period. But you just sence chatastrophy in the making.

As I write this, I am about to open the book called "Pan", a Norwegian classic by Knut Hamsun. An author that Norwgians has a love/hate-relationship towards.

[ShotOver]

They have books on paper now?
:|

[farmgirl]

"Jennifer Government" by Max Barry (For the second time). It's a very dark comedy and satire on the world of corporations and contracts. Parts of it had me in hysterics.

I'm currently reading "The March up" by Ray L. Smith and Bing West which is about the First Marine Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

When I've finished that I'll be starting "Great Expectations" by Charles ****ens. It's one of those books I've always intended to read but never actually gotten around to.


Gaz... I'm ashamed to say that I haven't read Great Expectations. I will read it when I finish the book I am reading. Perhaps we can "discuss" it at some point. :D

[Hullebullen]

I recently finished a book called The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It was pretty good. A little strange, but well written and thought provoking. It is one that I wouldn't mind using in a high school class. I think it would prompt interesting discussions among teenagers.



You mind telling a bit about it?

[Seoulstriker]

City of Glass, by Paul Auster, in 3.5 hours last night. My head hurt after that session. :(

[Seoulstriker]

Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)

[Argyll]

"The life of a Gay Combat soldier who shat his pants" by Hugh G.S.Affoch.


A sensational story!!













Only kidding "Soldier 5" by Mike Coburn

[farmgirl]

Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)


Actually, the proper form for books is to underline. It is also acceptable to italicize. Thanks for trying to help.... ;)

[Seoulstriker]

Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)


Actually, the proper form for books is to underline. It is also acceptable to italicize. Thanks for trying to help.... ;)

MLA? I believe since the advent of computer word processors that are able to italicize, the proper format is only italicizing. Unless all my english professors and rhetoric instructors were wrong. :|

[Royal]

Just finished re-reading Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. I read it when it first came out, but wanted to re-read it before I get the DVD (missed it at the cinema).

Before that it was Smrt i Dervis (Death and the Dervish) by Ivo Andric which I picked up in Pristina last month. Not really for pleasure but Most na Drini (Bridge on the Drina) really improved my Serbian and I'm getting really rusty, especially now I'm trying to pick up more Arabic (not up to reading anything yet - maybe one day the Qu'ran...

[Stavka]

Just finished reading the "Otherland" series by Tad Williams. Fascinating, mind blowing Scifi.

Before that I read "American Gods" Neal Gaiman, awesome crossover between mythology and contemporary society. Had me laughing mindlessly at times.

For sci-fi fans I can recommend "Vurt" by Jeff Noon, the most awesome love story I ever read. Too harsh for hippies. Too beautiful for Bikers.

[farmgirl]

Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)


Actually, the proper form for books is to underline. It is also acceptable to italicize. Thanks for trying to help.... ;)

MLA? I believe since the advent of computer word processors that are able to italicize, the proper format is only italicizing. Unless all my english professors and rhetoric instructors were wrong. :|


Quite right... they are wrong. It is proper to do either. Unless my grammar books and MA professors are incorrect. Oh... and English is ALWAYS capitalized. ;)


Now... what book are you reading?

[Javehn]

"War And Strategy" By retired General J.H. , and "Millitary guide" .
Also some book on 15 obr Spn on Afganistan .

Too much military for you , ha ?

[gaz]

Just finished re-reading Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. I read it when it first came out, but wanted to re-read it before I get the DVD (missed it at the cinema).

That's one I'm going to have to find a copy of. I've seen the movie on DVD and in equal parts it was one of the most gut wrenching and inspiring things I've ever seen.

[gaz]

Gaz... I'm ashamed to say that I haven't read Great Expectations. I will read it when I finish the book I am reading. Perhaps we can "discuss" it at some point. :D

I look forward to it. I've seen two movie versions of it, the latest which had Ethan Hawke and Robert De Niro in it was rubbish - they actually renamed characters in it!!! The other version is the David Lean one from the late forties which was fantastic.

Anyway, I'm hopefully going on a classics kick, after that I'll get through all the ****ens, Wilde and Joyce I meant to read but never did. :D

[Seoulstriker]

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/

Farmgirl, underlining in MLA is a strict no-no, in both the bibliographical listing and in-paper citations. I know that this is from the last MLA revision. I also know that underlining was preferred under the previous MLA revision.



...Farmgirl, have you ever read The Big Sleep, Beloved, City of Glass, Dracula, Kindred, Pride and Prejudice, or Sherlock Holmes?

[Sabre]

Just finished "Imediate Action".

On the last chapter of a book about No. 4 Commando written by one of it's troop officers during WW2. It was written in the 50's and gives a good account of what it was like to live/fight with the commando units, rather than the impression gained from watching 'The Longest Day'!

About a third of the way through 'War and Peace' and have been for some time! I recomend it though, it's a very engaging read.

Just bought 'Tornado Down', by and about Flt. Lt.'s John Peters and John Nichol who were shot down in the Gulf War. Also bought 'Waterloo, A Near Run Thing', by David Howarth. looking forward to reading both.

[FuturePara]

I just finished reading Through the Wheat by Thomas Boyd, an old WWI Novel about the Marines. Great read, deffinetely on par with All Quiet on The Western Front.
Right now I'm debating wethere to start reading Black Aces High which is about an F-14 Squadron in Kosovo or Keegans The First World War.

[farmgirl]

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/

Farmgirl, underlining in MLA is a strict no-no, in both the bibliographical listing and in-paper citations. I know that this is from the last MLA revision. I also know that underlining was preferred under the previous MLA revision.



...Farmgirl, have you ever read The Big Sleep, Beloved, City of Glass, Dracula, Kindred, Pride and Prejudice, or Sherlock Holmes?


Seoul... we weren't talking about using MLA... we were talking about normal everyday writing.. in which case.. it is always acceptable to do either. The next time I write a research paper to ppost on the board... I'll send it to you for your approval. ;)


The Big Sleep no
Beloved yes
City of Glass no
Dracula no
Kindred no
Pride and Prejudice yes
Sherlock Holmes yes

[Fintin]

ghost soldiers....re-read it...before that it was killing pablo..by bowden..forget who ghost soldiers is by...but its being made into a film...just starting a book on patton....forgot the title....Soeul....STFU...

[Maine Finn]

The last book I read completely was Badge of Glory by Douglas Reeman. I'm in the middle of Pride and Prejudice at the moment. I'm looking to get Jane Eyre at some point in the near future.

I enjoy reading ****inson and Poe, too. Tell-tale Heart was a great story.

[weedman]

Tom Clancy - The Bear and the Dragon

Of course the original in English to improve my skills :)

[farmgirl]

The last book I read completely was Badge of Glory by Douglas Reeman. I'm in the middle of Pride and Prejudice at the moment. I'm looking to get Jane Eyre at some point in the near future.

I enjoy reading ****inson and Poe, too. Tell-tale Heart was a great story.


Poe is quite the case... he was a strange one! I like "The Masque of the Red Death."

[Seoulstriker]

Farmgirl, I don't know how you feel about Beloved, but I can't even start reading it. I get a little into it and Toni's style and substance makes me nauseated!! I read Song of Solomon 1.5 years ago and that was the same thing, but it was at least a little enjoyable.

Hellooo, slavery happened 150 years ago. :roll: Uhhhhh, Morrison makes me sick. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/angry6.gif http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/icon_smile_screwy.gif

[Maine Finn]

The last book I read completely was Badge of Glory by Douglas Reeman. I'm in the middle of Pride and Prejudice at the moment. I'm looking to get Jane Eyre at some point in the near future.

I enjoy reading ****inson and Poe, too. Tell-tale Heart was a great story.


Poe is quite the case... he was a strange one! I like "The Masque of the Red Death."

That was an interesting read. I have a collection of his work, but I'm not sure where it is. Probably in a box somewhere. I've misplaced a lot of my books in the process of my numerous moves. :(

Do you read the Brontës? I'm going to start reading them as soon as I finish reading Jane Austen.

[farmgirl]

Farmgirl, I don't know how you feel about Beloved, but I can't even start reading it. I get a little into it and Toni's style and substance makes me nauseated!! I read Song of Solomon 1.5 years ago and that was the same thing, but it was at least a little enjoyable.

Hellooo, slavery happened 150 years ago. :roll: Uhhhhh, Morrison makes me sick. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/angry6.gif http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/icon_smile_screwy.gif


I don't care much for Morrison's style. I won't read another book of hers by choice. In general, books that have been Oprah's choices for her book club... are not for me. It seems that O and I don't have the same taste in literature. Of course... I don't care much for O in general, so that might have something to do with it! :D

[farmgirl]

The last book I read completely was Badge of Glory by Douglas Reeman. I'm in the middle of Pride and Prejudice at the moment. I'm looking to get Jane Eyre at some point in the near future.

I enjoy reading ****inson and Poe, too. Tell-tale Heart was a great story.


Poe is quite the case... he was a strange one! I like "The Masque of the Red Death."

That was an interesting read. I have a collection of his work, but I'm not sure where it is. Probably in a box somewhere. I've misplaced a lot of my books in the process of my numerous moves. :(

Do you read the Brontës? I'm going to start reading them as soon as I finish reading Jane Austen.

I like the Brontes. Jane Eyre is a personal favorite. Let me know what you think.

[Argyll]

So nobody has read my last book then? ;)

[farmgirl]

"The life of a Gay Combat soldier who shat his pants" by Hugh G.S.Affoch.


A sensational story!!













Only kidding "Soldier 5" by Mike Coburn



So was the soldier widely hated? Did he fight with everyone around him? :D You're funny, C.

[Fintin]

just read big johns bathroom reader while preventing threads about soiling ones self.....

[hank]

Theory of Justice by John Rawls. Very interesting. Very liberal, but very interesting.

Also am working on Tishamongo Blues by Elmore Leonard right now. Plan to read a John Adams bio this summer since no more law books. Yahoo!

hank

[Argyll]

"The life of a Gay Combat soldier who shat his pants" by Hugh G.S.Affoch.


A sensational story!!













Only kidding "Soldier 5" by Mike Coburn



So was the soldier widely hated? Did he fight with everyone around him? :D You're funny, C.

Oh he was despised by the vast majority,and was a total fokin **** head! ;)

[hank]

Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)


Actually, the proper form for books is to underline. It is also acceptable to italicize. Thanks for trying to help.... ;)

MLA? I believe since the advent of computer word processors that are able to italicize, the proper format is only italicizing. Unless all my english professors and rhetoric instructors were wrong. :|

Totally depends on context. In all filed court papers, briefs, pleadings or otherwise, underline or italicize. And you always undeline or ital book titles. Maybe not in college, but in law school them are the rules. See Harvard Bluebook for Legal Writing, blkah, blah (2004).

That is how we do it.

hank

[Laconian]

I just finished re-reading A Sense of Honor by James Webb. A great book by an awesome writer & all-around stud of a guy.

I'm 3/4s of the way through Thermopylae by Ernle Bradford. So far an excellent account of probably one of the most important battles of western civilization.

Also, for research purposes I just re-read S.L.A. Marshall's Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War and Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.

[jassemon]

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett. Pretty damn funny.

[Maine Finn]

I like the Brontes. Jane Eyre is a personal favorite. Let me know what you think.

I saw the movie last in Senior English and liked it. There's a bookstore in town that has a lot of classics. They should have the books I'm looking for. At least, they better. :D

[Herrmannek]

Expedient Homemade Firearms : The 9mm Submachine Gun

[mack pl]

David Stafford "SOE".

[aktarian]

I'm 3/4s of the way through Thermopylae by Ernle Bradford. So far an excellent account of probably one of the most important battles of western civilization.


Great book. I like how he balances various sources and tries to set some myths straight.

My last book "Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat" by David Nicolle and Tom Cooper.

[NcDeuce]

My American Journey: An Autobiography by Colin Powell

and I'm currently finishing up Losing Bin Laden by Richard Miniter





Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)


Actually, the proper form for books is to underline. It is also acceptable to italicize. Thanks for trying to help.... ;)

MLA? I believe since the advent of computer word processors that are able to italicize, the proper format is only italicizing. Unless all my english professors and rhetoric instructors were wrong. :|

Totally depends on context. In all filed court papers, briefs, pleadings or otherwise, underline or italicize. And you always undeline or ital book titles. Maybe not in college, but in law school them are the rules. See Harvard Bluebook for Legal Writing, blkah, blah (2004).

That is how we do it.

hank

You got served rofl

[Kriz]

Stephen King - Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank redemption.

[EvanL]

So nobody has read my last book then? ;)
How the Scots Invented the Modern World? ;)

[hank]

I also like to read maps of Central Park for enjoyment. Sorry EL, couldn't resist, all in fun. ;)

hank

[EvanL]

I also like to read maps of Central Park for enjoyment. Sorry EL, couldn't resist, all in fun. ;)

hank
Not my problem man. I got the directions right ;)

[Trigger]

Answering the iron by Hellen Keller (in Braille of course)

Currently reading Young, Hung, and Unemployed by Heywood Jablowme p-)

[Nawlins]

Currently making my way through Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. A little dense in parts, but very funny.

[hank]

Currently reading Young, Hung, and Unemployed by Heywood Jablowme

Ahh yes, the literary master. Jablowme is an icon.

If this genre interests you, may I suggest Soul Brother? Too Boucoop by Amanda Hugginkiss or Ouch!, a Biography of Ned Beatty by Aynayda Pizaqvick and Malexa Kriest. Enthralling reads.

hank

[Ratamacue]

Tricia Sullivan - Maul. Sci-fi book that switches between the present and the future every other chapter and is just overall weird. My aunt wrote it, so I decided I'd read it because she writes messed up stuff. ;)

[Merik]

Hamlet.

[Fintin]

Mark....um...written by....God....

[molly747]

Just finished 'Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett. Working on 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' by Lynne Truss. Starting on 'Letters to a Young Poet' by Rainer Maria Rilke.

[memphiz]

The Dictionary :oops: ...whoo its has a different story each paragraph Im really confused by it...

[scm77]

Answering the iron by Hellen Keller (in Braille of course)


rofl rofl rofl

[Abolith]

the last two books I read were:
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

both are very good books. woot

[Ria]

Great thread farmgirl :) I just finished reading Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. It was terribly heartbreaking, but I was honored to have read it. I'll never forget that book.

I've just started The Stone Raft by José Saramago. It's great so far :)

[Merik]

The last book I read completely was Badge of Glory by Douglas Reeman. I'm in the middle of Pride and Prejudice at the moment. I'm looking to get Jane Eyre at some point in the near future.

I enjoy reading ****inson and Poe, too. Tell-tale Heart was a great story.


Poe is quite the case... he was a strange one! I like "The Masque of the Red Death."


That is probably my favorite Poe book. Of course I dont read Poe unless I have too and even then I wont read most of them. But I guess it was the fact that this book had a really creepy and vengeful plot to it. Plus its not confusing like most of Poe's stuff.



BTW, was it Poe that wrote the story about a king or a prince having a ball and I think the devil showed up and started killing everyone in a wierd way? I think it takes place during the Spanish Inquisition or so. Anyhoo that was ok.

[Falco]

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Did you like it? I have it at home but my parents are presently reading it.

The last book I read was Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola.

[MetalBoy]

Just finished By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille. It was freaking awesome, basically like a Middle Eastern Alamo siege type thriller.

Now starting The Protector by David Morrell, about an ex-Delta, CP operator who gets betrayed by the scientist he was supposed to protect. Knowing Morrell (Wrote First Blood , of Rambo fame)I'm sure it will have plenty of lean and mean violence to satisfy me p-) .

[Vance]

Last book I read was The March Up, about the 1st Marine Division in Iraq. I'm currently reading Arabs at War, a very interesting but monster of a book (583 pages) about the Arabs' poor performance in almost every war they've been in, starting at 1945.

[farmgirl]

Just finished By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille. It was freaking awesome, basically like a Middle Eastern Alamo siege type thriller.

Now starting The Protector by David Morrell, about an ex-Delta, CP operator who gets betrayed by the scientist he was supposed to protect. Knowing Morrell (Wrote First Blood , of Rambo fame)I'm sure it will have plenty of lean and mean violence to satisfy me p-) .



Have you read other books by DeMille? The Charm School is one of my all time favorite books. It's been around for awhile, but I loved it when I read it. I should read it again sometime. I'm pretty sure I've read everything that he has written.

[Tane Angle]

http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/1320000/1323688.gif

What? p-)

I've been doing some reading for work, but my current fun book, that I haven't read much of, is rereading "What If? 2."

farmgirl, I have not read "The Lovely Bones," but my daughter has. She said it was excellent.

Fintin, what'd you think of Ghost Soldiers and Killing Pablo?

Nawlins, how's it going? Haven't talked in a while, what's new? What is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead about? Those are the two disloyal friends in Hamlet, no?

Have a good one all.

[Fintin]

[
Fintin, what'd you think of Ghost Soldiers and Killing Pablo?

Have a good one all.

both great...both totaly opened my eyes to worlds i didnt know where out there...one from the past and one thats still alive and well today

[farmgirl]

http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/1320000/1323688.gif

What? p-)

I've been doing some reading for work, but my current fun book, that I haven't read much of, is rereading "What If? 2."

farmgirl, I have not read "The Lovely Bones," but my daughter has. She said it was excellent.

Fintin, what'd you think of Ghost Soldiers and Killing Pablo?

Nawlins, how's it going? Haven't talked in a while, what's new? What is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead about? Those are the two disloyal friends in Hamlet, no?

Have a good one all.


Do me a favor and read it. I'd like to talk to you about it. :D


btw... your Babysitter's Club book cracked me up... Kirsten found it amusing as well. ;)

[MetalBoy]

Just finished By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille. It was freaking awesome, basically like a Middle Eastern Alamo siege type thriller.

Now starting The Protector by David Morrell, about an ex-Delta, CP operator who gets betrayed by the scientist he was supposed to protect. Knowing Morrell (Wrote First Blood , of Rambo fame)I'm sure it will have plenty of lean and mean violence to satisfy me p-) .



Have you read other books by DeMille? The Charm School is one of my all time favorite books. It's been around for awhile, but I loved it when I read it. I should read it again sometime. I'm pretty sure I've read everything that he has written.

Nope that was my first DeMille book, plan on reading more eventually though. Next time I go to my library's book sale I'll pick some more of his, they always have plenty for only 50 cents. I probably already have enough books from the library I've acquired over the years to last a lifetime though, when they're so cheap I can't help it.

[Nawlins]

Nawlins, how's it going? Haven't talked in a while, what's new? What is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead about? Those are the two disloyal friends in Hamlet, no?

It's basically Hamlet retold from their point of view. Lots of dark humor. It's really interesting so far.

[farmgirl]

Just finished By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille. It was freaking awesome, basically like a Middle Eastern Alamo siege type thriller.

Now starting The Protector by David Morrell, about an ex-Delta, CP operator who gets betrayed by the scientist he was supposed to protect. Knowing Morrell (Wrote First Blood , of Rambo fame)I'm sure it will have plenty of lean and mean violence to satisfy me p-) .



Have you read other books by DeMille? The Charm School is one of my all time favorite books. It's been around for awhile, but I loved it when I read it. I should read it again sometime. I'm pretty sure I've read everything that he has written.

Nope that was my first DeMille book, plan on reading more eventually though. Next time I go to my library's book sale I'll pick some more of his, they always have plenty for only 50 cents. I probably already have enough books from the library I've acquired over the years to last a lifetime though, when they're so cheap I can't help it.


Read The Charm School and let me know what you think. I need to read it again. I know I really liked it at the time. I'm not sure now if it was that good, or if it was just the time I was reading it.
I'm a sucker for books too... I've got a ton laying around that I haven't read yet, but it doesn't keep me from buying more!

[MetalBoy]

Just finished By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille. It was freaking awesome, basically like a Middle Eastern Alamo siege type thriller.

Now starting The Protector by David Morrell, about an ex-Delta, CP operator who gets betrayed by the scientist he was supposed to protect. Knowing Morrell (Wrote First Blood , of Rambo fame)I'm sure it will have plenty of lean and mean violence to satisfy me p-) .



Have you read other books by DeMille? The Charm School is one of my all time favorite books. It's been around for awhile, but I loved it when I read it. I should read it again sometime. I'm pretty sure I've read everything that he has written.

Nope that was my first DeMille book, plan on reading more eventually though. Next time I go to my library's book sale I'll pick some more of his, they always have plenty for only 50 cents. I probably already have enough books from the library I've acquired over the years to last a lifetime though, when they're so cheap I can't help it.


Read The Charm School and let me know what you think. I need to read it again. I know I really liked it at the time. I'm not sure now if it was that good, or if it was just the time I was reading it.
I'm a sucker for books too... I've got a ton laying around that I haven't read yet, but it doesn't keep me from buying more!

Sure thing ma'am. Don't expect any reivews from me soon though, I'm already knee deep in books I need to read for my edumucation. Last thing I need is a great book to lure me away from those dry political science textbooks p-) . But this summer I'll check it out.

[Caribou Kid]

Hey Nawlins and Tane Angle,
Didja know they made an arthouse movie about that book, starring Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) and Gary Oldman(Bram Stokers:Dracula)? It's very cool, one of my favorites, actually. FWIW, It's got Richard Dreyfuss in it too.

It's a cheap DVD now, $19.99 in a clearance bin last Christmas.

Amazon might have some as well.

I just finished reading Dark Winter by Andy McNab. The bad guys are Jemah Islamiyah extremists working outta Penang! Gotta love that! woot (It's an ANZAC thing, you wouldn't understand... p-) )

[PsihoKeke]

I just finished Ognjeni plaz by Tone Svetina. It's about assault batallion of 31. (partisan) division.
Now I'm readin Shogun by James Clavell.

[farmgirl]

The last book I read completely was Badge of Glory by Douglas Reeman. I'm in the middle of Pride and Prejudice at the moment. I'm looking to get Jane Eyre at some point in the near future.

I enjoy reading ****inson and Poe, too. Tell-tale Heart was a great story.


Poe is quite the case... he was a strange one! I like "The Masque of the Red Death."


That is probably my favorite Poe book. Of course I dont read Poe unless I have too and even then I wont read most of them. But I guess it was the fact that this book had a really creepy and vengeful plot to it. Plus its not confusing like most of Poe's stuff.



BTW, was it Poe that wrote the story about a king or a prince having a ball and I think the devil showed up and started killing everyone in a wierd way? I think it takes place during the Spanish Inquisition or so. Anyhoo that was ok.


It sounds like you might be thinking of "The Masque of the Red Death." That's not exactly it, but you're in the ballpark... I like that one. It's filled with symbolism. Give it a read, and let me know what you think.

http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/reddeath.html

[Durandal]

Finished two books actually...

The "just for fun" one was "Big Fish" by Daniel Wallace.

The other was "The Ultimate SNiper" by Maj. John L. PLaster, USAR (Ret.)

Both are EXCELLENT reads.

Been reading a lot lately, since my throat is still a bit scratchy still. I think I have read about 6000 pages over the last four weeks. Weather has been nice lately so rather than do the internet surf thing I am hanging out catching some rays and....reading.

Of course, I have a wireless network and my roommate surfs siting outside inthe backyard. I need a laptop. :)

[James]

My last book was "The COnfusion" by Neal Stephenson. It is the sequel to "Quicksilver", and part two of a trilogy called the Baroque Cycle.

They were OUTSTANDING, if you have any interest in 17th century British and/or French politics, pirates, exploration, science, exploration, etc.

Another excellent book by the same author is titled "Cryptonomicon".

Read them. Do it.

[Durandal]

Cryptonomicon rocks...

[Red]

Just finished "Firewall" by Andy McNab

[SeanAshi]

Deliver Us From Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism
Sean Hannity
http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/0/06/058/251/0060582510_l.gif

[Red]

I just finished reading Through the Wheat by Thomas Boyd, an old WWI Novel about the Marines. Great read, deffinetely on par with All Quiet on The Western Front.
Right now I'm debating wethere to start reading Black Aces High which is about an F-14 Squadron in Kosovo or Keegans The First World War.
Black Aces High is a heeluva book

[Red]

Can someone please recomend a good book that deals with the military/operational phase of the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq.I have noted "the march to baghdad" but i need other suggestions please

[Ratamacue]

Can someone please recomend a good book that deals with the military/operational phase of the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq.I have noted "the march to baghdad" but i need other suggestions please

Don't know about Afghanistan, but The March Up was written by two former Marines who tagged along with the 1st Marine Division on their way up to Baghdad.

[wiking]

I'm reading Alastair MacLean's "HMS ULYSSES" for God knows what time, it's a great book.
I also just read Le Fanu's "CARMILLA", wasen't the worst book I've read.

I read alot and when I got the 5th Harry Potter book I read it all straight in 18 hours.
And the first time i read Lord of The Rings I read it in 5 or 6 days, but that was during one school week.

I've also read All of Desmond Bagley's books, anyone else here read anything by him?

And I'm reading Winston Churchill's autobiography about his young years.

[digrar]

http://www.warbooks.com.au/Bookthumbnails/BattleOfCoral.jpg
The Battle of Coral
Vietnam fire support bases Coral and Balmoral
May 1968. By Lex McAulay.

[aktarian]

Can someone please recomend a good book that deals with the military/operational phase of the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq.I have noted "the march to baghdad" but i need other suggestions please

I think you'll be better of by reading AARs and such than books. At least for couple of years or so.

[NcDeuce]

Can someone please recomend a good book that deals with the military/operational phase of the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq.I have noted "the march to baghdad" but i need other suggestions please

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0871139111.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I've only read that one and it's pretty good!

I'm interested in these...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312329164.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1844150321.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[mustamato]

Farmgirl, you're an english teacher but you don't know that you are supposed to italicize book titles? :|

(not meant to be offensive at all...)

Actually, the proper form for books is to underline. It is also acceptable to italicize. Thanks for trying to help.... ;)

How I do it, and no one has complained yet. I don´t think there is only one way
to do it. The only important thing is to be consistent and clear to the reader, so that
he or she can find the book easily.

Nilsson, J. Rebell med frusna fötter, 2001 Stockholm
Trosell, A. Ytspänning, 1999 Stockholm

[SwissGrenadier]

a new kind of science by stephen wolfram

[weedman]

NilssonI'm reading a book from Per Nilsson in school right now, but it is not the same, is he?

[1Cie GevGn]

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This is an old pic, I'm currently re-reading "Vietnam the helicopter war" by Philip D. Chinnery, very good book, I own 1 Tom Clancy book, the one where they start up "Rainbow 6", a friend of mine has them all, so I loan most of them :D The book "Special Operations" from Tom Clancy is very good too. Also a first print of "Im Westen nichts Neues", and a Dutch translation, but those are not here. Nor is a great book on dday, with a foldout of all the beaches with very detailed info on it, loaned it then I think. Also in the pic, at the very bottom row, the grey-brown book is a first edition of "Guns of Navarone" :lol:

[mustamato]

NilssonI'm reading a book from Per Nilsson in school right now, but it is not the same, is he?

No

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