[January] What are you reading?

The Road -- depressing but amazing well written with a poetic prose quality.

Wait til you read Blood Meridian (if you haven't already).


Biography:

The Real Wizard of Oz


Books on CD:

Still listening to Fire in the East which I'm enjoying immensely.


Comics/Graphic Novels:

Daredevil: Lone Stranger


eBooks or Internet Library:

none this month


Fiction:

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

Killing the Blues - a Jesse Stone novel that was finished posthumously. I can tell the author is no Robert Parker. It is written by Parker's script-writing partner for the Jesse Stone series of movies, but it reads more like a script than a Stone novel. And that's too bad as it seems like a great case.

A Fighting Man of Mars and the Synthetic Men of Mars - rereading as soon as they get in.


Non-Fiction:

Inbound Marketing


Literature:

none this month


Children's Books:

none this month


Youth Books:

none this month


Scripture:

Comparative study between Exodus and the Acts of the Apostles


Lectures:

I haven't yet decided what my lecture series for this month will be. For the moment I'm still finishing the Big Picture MBA by Peter Navarro. Which is excellent.
 

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Reading a lot of stuff currently-

book on the history of comicbooks- from the creators view point in the 40s, 50.s and 60's

Eberron novels

Punisher Max TPB

and just ordered some Edgar Cayce stuff.
 


I got a Kobo Touch for Christmas so I loaded it up with free books. Started plugging away on Dracula before I bought A Game of Thrones. So far, the action is kinda dull (but its getting better!) but it is so well written I don't really care. Its just fun to see how Martin puts words to the page.

I've also started reading my friend's copies of Aquaman once she's done with them. I also got the first two hardcover books of The Walking Dead and devoured them in a few hours today. So much more... wrong than the TV series and I mean that in the best possible way. I might also re-read Maus before I go back to school.
 


I'm about halfway through The Gates of Fire [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Gates-of-Fire-ebook/dp/B000NJL7QO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1325575452&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Gates of Fire eBook: Steven Pressfield: Kindle Store[/ame]

I'm also reading the third book in the Star Trek Destiny series, by David Mack.

If I have time to get through those, I'll probably start on the first book of Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series.
 

Sherlock Holmes short story anthology.

just finished A Study in Scarlet. Finishing up The Sign of the Four.


Apparently it's Volume 1 of an ebook anthology we got from Sony's library.

I'm reading it on my new sony ebook.
 


I'm about halfway through The Gates of Fire

Really, really liked that.

But I think his best book was Tides of War. I didn't care much for the Profession. It had some interesting "futurist speculation" but he does much better at the historical analysis and assumption of ancient warfare. I liked Killing Rommel though.


just finished A Study in Scarlet. Finishing up The Sign of the Four.

Both excellent cases.
 

Just finished [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Den-Thieves-Ancient-Blades-Trilogy/dp/0062021249/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325638666&sr=8-2]Amazon.com: Den of Thieves: The Ancient Blades Trilogy: Book One (9780062021243): David Chandler: Books[/ame] , a decent fantasy romp with a almost retro flavour (elves and dwarves, oh my!). Some quite likeable characters, including the main lead who's a smart sneak thief. What I didn't like were the constant chapter breaks, which made the book lose momentum, particular when we're still in the same scene.

Back to [ame="http://www.amazon.com/1Q84-Haruki-Murakami/dp/0307593312/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325638791&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: 1Q84 (9780307593313): Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel: Books[/ame] after this. Done with Book 1 and wasn't too impressed; hope the next 2/3 is an easier slog.
 

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