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Caverns Measureless to Man by Sheck Exley - awesome book about cave diving
The Jennifer Morgue - Charles Stross - about to start this one as well today (I tend to read a few at a time)
Dune - Frank Herbert (for the millionth time )

"Court of the Air", by Stephen Hunt. An awesome Steampunk novel. Try it - it's good.

-The Bookkeeper

Finished Mouse Under Glass

Now reading a manga called Aoi House. So far, very funny.

Finished "Court of the Air". Now I'm on "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville. Another Steampunk-ish. Gotta love 'em.

-TB

i bought "The Silmarillion" by j.r.r Tolkien.. the first chapter confused me but such beautiful language exists there, that i must endeavour to read it all.

Finished Aoi House Vol. 1 this morning.

Now I'm reading Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 1 (just as good as the anime so far)

Just finished "The Practice Effect" by David Brin. (sci-fi)


Moving onto "The Scarlett Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (romanticism)

Berlin Soldier

Maggie Cassidy by Jac Kerouac, and The Art of War by Sun Tzu (for the second time).

lol, reminds me of the time that I saw Art of War being sold in the "motivation, personal self-help" section or something or rather.

Always amazed at how people might get inspired by words such as "Always camp up stream from an enemy. Poisoning the river so that it flows to an enemies camp can mean the difference between victory and defeat" and other such things like attacking form high ground or the correct employment of spies and assasins could help people overcome shyness or eating disorders, or get ahead in the business world.

Actually, if you take the symbolism in the words and cross apply them, it can easily be a "self help" book.

Just got done reading The Learners by Chip Kidd


Currently, I'm reading Blankets by Craig Thompson

Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

I will never understand how someone can read more than one book at a time. It dilutes the experience of the rest, in my opinion.

-PT

Disagree. Reading multiple books infuses each with freshness when you switch over and provides contrast to better see what is being said.

The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Tsong-kha-pa
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

And hang in there with the Tolkien, Fudo... I didn't get a lot of it the first time through, but I got enough to enjoy the story and I, too, loved the writing. I've read the trilogy 4 times now.

Just curious: am I the only person here who has read "War and Peace" from cover to cover?

-TB