October '08: What Are You Reading?

[ShadowDenizen]

Currently am actively reading "Duma Key", by Stephen King.

Waiting in the wings?
1- The Wrymling Horde (RUlenlords Book 7)
2- Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book 8)
3- Brisingr (Inheritcance Book 3)
4- An Evil Guest (Gene Wofe, sci-fi meets Lovecraft)
5- The Gargoyle (Andrew Davidson)
6- Acacia (War with the Mein Book 1)

 

[Umbran]

Currently reading Dead Beat, by Jim Butcher. The Dresden Files books are addictive, I tell you.

 

[Grymar]

Better than half of the way through A Game of Thrones. I was hesitant to start another long series that hasn't been finished (see my frustrations on the Wheel of Time series), but I had heard enough great things about this one that I had to start it. So far, it is excellent although there are enough main characters to remind me of War and Peace.

 

[Andre]

Just finished 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, which was a mixed bag. Good when dealing with the physics, less so with the other areas. Which makes sense, given the author is a physicist. Still, it's worth the read.

About a third of the way through Tell Me How This Ends, about David Petraeus and the past 18 months in Iraq. While I think the author is a bit too uncritical of her subject, it's a good book that makes a useful counterpoint to other excellent books on the war and occupation (Hubris, Fiasco, Assassin's Gate), all of which dealt with the early years.

Next on my list: Physics for Future Presidents.

 

[megamania]

Finishing up the Time Spiral trilogy by Scott McGough then I'm considering either some James Patterson or of all things- Edgar Cayce.

 

[DreadPirateMurphy]

Just started, with some trepidation, Dhalgren, by Samuel Delany.

Also reading the old (1996) The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America by Philip Howard.

 

[Mallus]

Just started, with some trepidation, Dhalgren, by Samuel Delany.

Good luck!

(I think it's brilliant, BTW)

 

[S. Baldrick]

The Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline.

 

[Wombat]

Having finished the traditional read, I decided to pick up Pillars of the Earth at a library sale.

At about 100 pages in it is ... mediocre.

 

[Psionicist]

Finished reading Anathem a while ago. This got me in a Neal Stephenson mood, so now I'm reading Quicksilver, the first book in The Baroque Cycle trilogy. It's a nice story this far.