I'm currently immersed in the novel "American Gods" bu Neil Gaiman. It's quite good so far, even though I'm only one quarter of the way through it.

I'm reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and it's really good so far but I haven't had much time for reading so I'm only about half way done even though I started a few weeks ago

the Kalevala and Shogun.

Devils of Loudun by Huxley. I'm wading through it slowly (he does go off into some rather airy realms) but it's yummy as I enjoy Catholic history from when the church was all sorts of decadent and messed up.

That books is so much crack.

And has forever warped the way I look at leprechauns.

In this moment I'm reading a lot of psychology books because I have to do a task for the school..

I'd prefer a good mystery's book...

Books of Blood 1 thru 6 by Clive Barker.

More than one monster in more than one story delights in mangling cars until it ignites the gas tank and sets itself on fire.

Otherwise I love it so far.

Macbeth by Shakespeare

Despite being tricky to digest, I'm liking Macbeth a lot.

Fight CLub.

Gone With The Wind.

The Cosmic Code by Heinz R. Pagels. It's this weird quantum physics book from the early 80's. Sweet.

Merrick
one of the Vampire Chronicals
Anne Rice

I just finished reading 1602 and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I reall liked that last book.

About to start The God of Small Things

I'm reading a manga called "Death Note". It hasn't yet been licensed into English. It's an odd mix between being boring as fuck and interesting as hell.

I'm also reading Ron Chernow's bio of Alexander Hamilton, for whom my son is named, and White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America.

The misfortunes of virtue and other early tales - The Marquis De Sade.

What are you reading???
 

I'm reading The Historian also. I bought it for thirty five New Zealand dollars about two hours ago.

I think it looks like it's going to be a lot like Umberto Ecco's novels........Focault's Pendulum(sp)which I read in the nineteen eighties!!!!!


What do you think? (I've only managed about 20 pages.....)

DOCTOR FAUSTUS by Thomas Mann
 

Really and honestly, this is the greatest and most powerful and most disturbing work I have ever read in my entire life of fifty-seven years!!!!!!!

insomnia by stephen king.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man. I like Hunchback, though it's slow paced. Doctor Who is vaguely amusing, but nothing tops a good performance by Tom Baker or Christopher Eccleston!


Ex-teerrrrr-minate!

the Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
American Gothic Tales
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe (for school)
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Just finished reading Forging the Darksword and a chapter in my physics book. XD

I'm re-reading "Violin" by Anne Rice. It's sort of strange, but it's fun to read at night with minimal lighting.

the bone collector by jeffrey deavers.

the book kicks ass over the movie.

romance of the three kingdoms

Oh. I have that book. It's one of the dozens of books that I need to read.

The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould. I picked it up a couple months ago and then lent it to my dad after reading a few chapters so I just recently snatched it back. Also Angel of Light by Joyce Carol Oates and I sort of started Moby Dick, found it pretty interesting, but put it down for a long time after the first 80 or so pages.

Don't let Ayn Rand brainwash you. She can turn you into a complete asshole if you buy into her propaganda.

I mean the stuff about completely laissez-faire capitalism, not her novels in particular.

I see your point about Ayn Rand's little messages, but her stories are okay.. Plus, most of her books that I read are for class.. So, no harm. hehe.

Yeah. I sort of started reading a collection of her essays on capitalism being the only truly moral economic system. I don't know where I put that...

Currently reading a couple books...Madam Bovary (again), The Portable Beat Reader (I am strangly obsessed with America circa 1950s, and I feel everyone should read, know, grok, Howl: For Carl Solomon by Ginsberg), and I'm reading It by S. King...yet again. Creepy clowns make me shiver and quiver...It feels good to be a little frightened of something fictional, especially when you spend so much time being frightened of reality.

Crime and Punishment, by Dostojevski.

I read IT a few years ago. Long, but good.

Stand on Zanzibar. For those who haven't read it, well... you should.

Ring by Koji Suzuki.

This is the book the movies Ringu and The Ring are based on. It's pretty different. The main character is male, and married. His kid is a baby girl, not a 9 year old boy. I'm getting a horrible feeling that it's quite sexist. Sexist books upset me instantly once I notice it. And it taints it all for me. But I've sworn never to quit reading a book because of content I'm morally oppossed to. And I've decided to give it a chance. Unfortunately as I was just reading it a new character was introduced. Apparently a protagonist. An old friend of the main character. He's a rapist. And the main character is totally aware of this. Has been for decades. Not sure how to feel about this.

Ring
 

I read ring, the book that inspired the movie the ring. I relaly liked it. Its based in japan and is barely liek teh movie at all. It's pretty good, and now im reading the sequel "spiral". But yeah I recomend it. It's not as spooky s the movie but its pretty good.

Well I am reading alot of books I guess I'll rail them off

The Holy Bibile (proverbs and psalms)
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu which everybody needs to read in their lives.
Being Dharma by Ajahn Chah- which is also a very....inspiring book.
Variouse Bhuddist, Confuciast, Taoist parables.
Red Dragon- a psycological thriller that makes you think.
JTHM- Also makes you think once you delve into it.
Once and Future King- King Arthur and Chivalry
Le Morte D'Arthur- King Arthur and Chivalry (older)

OH, I agree, it's definitely good. Very smart. Pretty well played out. But the homopobic and sexist attitudes may prevent me from reading the second book.

ANANSI BOYS!

I finished it yesterday in one huge orgy of reading. Now my head hurts from sleep deprivation. Has anyone else run to the stores yet?

i'm currently going through the Dark Tower Series again...

Also reading Pleiku by J.D.Coleman which is the true account that inspired the Viet Nam War movie "We Where Soldiers". The book reads like a military debriefing and is full of military lingo. It's quite good once you get use to the battalion designations and other military stuff which are all explained. Two thumbs up beyotches.

Telecosm by George Gilder. 0_o This one is one of those "Brief History of Time" like books. Discusses how unlimited bandwidth can change the world. Or something to that effect. It is interesting because it goes in depth with the explanations of fiber optic telecomunications. Two thumbs and a toe up.

and my favourite one at the moment...O'Reilley's Linux in a Nutshell which is basically a quick reference book to almost anything you want to know about the Linux OS and several popular shells. The main focus are the commands. Awesome book.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide.

Stay - Nicola Griffith (I love this book.)
With or Without You - Lauren Sanders
Cyanide Wells - Marcia Muller
How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me - Susan Rose Blauner

Im currenly reading
Disco bloodbath-James St James.
Killer Kids- Variouse authors
and Body Dump- Fred Rosen

All freekin great books

American Gods by Neil Gaiman; it's wonderful.

Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany

Gah! I had to start Spiral. It's like Narnia...I don't agree with the author's morals but I just can't help enjoying the story! Which causes me internal conflict. And external. You should see the state of the book.