The official "What book are you reading?" thread....

[Just4kicks]

I just finished Catcher in the Rye (again) and am reading 9 Stories. I am a big JD Salinger fan. I also read a lot of Sci Fi and other Pulp fiction.

[jflip2002]

This couple weeks we are reading "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. Definitely not the most difficult of reads, by any means. But it certainly has been entertaining, and has gone by very quickly. I personally hate reading books, so it has to be a decent book if it keeps my attention.

[xlr8rbob]

recently finished Band of Brothers. working on Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

both good stuff.

[Turf1600]

I personally hate reading books

People generally dislike what they aren't good at.

[cholyoke]

The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow

Just finished:
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., by Ron Chernow.
Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert

All are excellent reads.

[euroshark]

Readin's for rich people...

Just kidding.

Next by Michael Crichton - Pretty cool so far

[jflip2002]

People generally dislike what they aren't good at.

Lol, ouch. I read pretty well, though.

[brandon11130]

just finished cashflow quadrant and think and grow rich,

im halfway through richest man in babylon

[hugh jass]

The End of Food - about how fucked up our food supply is
The God Delusion - religion is bad, mmmkay?
Parenting Beyond Belief - how to raise a kid without religion
Freakonomics - explains crazy trends in everyday things that at first don't make sense

[Money$hit]

is freakonomics good?

[hugh jass]

is freakonomics good?

yeah, its really good. some of the trends he looks at are really crazy but it all makes sense in the explanations with the data he provides.

[KenC]

The House of God

I don't think anyone outside of the medical field ever reads this.

[Charlie]

Let's see, in the briefcase at the moment:

The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein. Basically states the obvious, that you late teen/early twentysomething "millenial" myspace and facebook whores are functionally retarded.

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexiviech: Firsthand accounts of people around the village and the fallout. Depressing, but good.

You do not Talk about Fight Club: A collection of essays on the book. Makes you realize how shitty everything Pahliniuk has done post "monsters" really is.

The Unfair Advantage, Mark Donohue. Autobiography of the man, read it many times, picked it back up after David won the Rolex 24.

-Charlie

[hugh jass]

Let's see, in the briefcase at the moment:

The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein. Basically states the obvious, that you late teen/early twentysomething "millenial" myspace and facebook whores are functionally retarded.

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexiviech: Firsthand accounts of people around the village and the fallout. Depressing, but good.

You do not Talk about Fight Club: A collection of essays on the book. Makes you realize how shitty everything Pahliniuk has done post "monsters" really is.

The Unfair Advantage, Mark Donohue. Autobiography of the man, read it many times, picked it back up after David won the Rolex 24.

-Charlie

I liked the content of the Unfair Advantage but I thought the writing was crap.

[e30esque]

City of God by E.L. Doctorow