What book are you reading?

[pevergreen]

Anything written by Raymond E Fiest.

Currently finishing the Serpentwar Saga for the third or fourth time.

On: Shards of a Broken Crown

[Beefy187]

Anything writte by Darren Shan.

If you like nice twists and cliff hange. Its the best fantasy book around after Harry Potter

[Warmaster Horus]

Harry Potter Seven (Rowling) and The Gallic Wars (Caesar). One I read for about an hour each day, the other I read about an hour and a half.

And because Beefy reminded me... Soon I'll start the Demonata Saga again.

[Ramses II CP]

God is not Great (Christopher Hitchens): Vitriolic and circular, but still interesting and full of ascerbic humor.

Slowly rereading Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Dan Dennet): A little outdated now, but still densely packed with interesting concepts and analysis.

Working my way through the Black Library's Omnibus collection (Warhammer books) for fun, fast books. On a pure price per page consideration they're hard to beat and most of the stories are entertaining.

[Viking]

I finished the 11th The Wheel of Time book some months ago (now I really hope I'll be able to read the last book one day, considering that Robert Jordan is now dead). Time to move on to Lord of The Rings now I guess, which I have not read yet.

[Vuk]

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

[Conradus]

Just finished 'Mostly Harmless' Douglas Adam's last Hitchiking book, and I'm now reading the last in the Deathgate series from Weisz en Hickman.

[shlin28]

Hehe, rereading the Horus Heresy series. Warmaster Horus should find it interesting...

[Warmaster Horus]

Oh I do. I'm waiting for the next episode, which I'll likely get for Christmas. Dan Abnett really started the series well, IMO, and Graham McNeill continued it well too.

On topic, I've finished HP7, so now I'm concentrating on The Gallic Wars.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The Ball is Round-A global history of football.

I heartily recommend it to anyone else interested in the greatest sport in the world.

[Csargo]

Elizabeth I CEO:Strategic Lessons From The Leader Who Built An Empire

[Cheetah]

Ken Binmore: Playing Fair

[The Wizard]

I am currently juggling:

- A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani
- Rome & Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations by Martin Goodman
- Empire: How Spain Became a World Power 1492 - 1763 by Henry Kamen
- Whirlwind by James Clavell
- The Habsburg Monarchy 1809 - 1918 by A. J. P. Taylor

Suffice to say, it's taking a while.

EDIT: I'm also supposed to be reading Israël achter de schermen: Zionisme op een dwaalspoor by Salomon Bouman as well as Dubbelspel by Frank Martinus Arion (Dutch Antillian literature), but I haven't opened either in half a year or more.

Meanwhile, the only books I'm reading real actively are the two for my study: Vrijheid en Rede: Geschiedenis van Westerse samenlevingen 1750 - 1989 by Bert Altena (my professor) and Dick van Lente, and The Pursuit of History by John Tosh.

[Geoffrey S]

Couple of real nice books in there. Dubbelspel is excellent.

Currently reading (as coursework for the first semester...)
- Global Transformations,David Held a.o.
- Global Capitalism, Jeffry Frieden
- The Middle East and Central Asia: an Anthropological Approach, Dale Eickelman
- A Vision Unfulfilled: Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century, John Thompson
- Writing History: Theory and Practice, collection of articles
- A Concise History of the Middle East, Arthur Goldschmidt (first half is good, modern history is rather biased imo)
- The Origins of the Modern World, Robert Marks
- The Enduring Vision: a History of the American People, number of authors

...and a number of articles and books for an essay on the SU in the Middle East.

For myself, Dalek I Loved You by Nick Griffiths. Almost done.

[Motep]

Dragons of a Vanished Moon, book three of the war of souls trilogy. By margaret Wies and Tracy Hickman.

(again...)

Also, just finished the odessey for school (sadly we are expected to be reading it in class for another few weels. I have more spare time then now, and thus get very bored when I forget my book.)

Nezt book to read: Book one of The Deathgate Cycle (cant remember the name...I have it in my basement somewhere...)

[shlin28]

Gave up rereading Horus Heresy, currently reading A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve

[woad&fangs]

I used to read a lot but English classes killed my love of reading. So far the only new book I've read for fun in the last 2 years was the 7th harry Potter book. I'm now trying to get back into reading for fun. Just started Wicked by Gregory Maguire.

[Matt_Lane]

Redcoat, The British Soldier in the Age of the Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes. I got into it after reading some of the threads in ETW. Its not bad but at times it does feel a bit like a string of quotes which makes it harder to follow the point his trying to illustrate. I would say its worth a look if your into this period of history.

[woad&fangs]

Just finished Wicked. Wow, just wow. It really got into peoples basic personalities and how their cultures and the way other people treated them affected how they turned out to be. In the end I ended up disgusted with how all of the characters turned out to be but I understood how they got that way. Not always the best writing but he did a great job with the characters. I highly recommend it.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Leopold I of Austria, John.P Spielman

[Ayachuco]

The Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey

[Motep]

Finished dragons of a vanished moon couple days ago, started Dragon Wing, book 1 of the death gate cycle.

To read list:
Death Gate cycle (2-7)
Darksword Trilogy (1-3)
Elenium (1-3)
Tamuli (1-3)

Who knows what the hell Ill read after that.

[The Wizard]

On the subject of fantasy, after I finish my current load of books, I still need to read The Bonehunters and Reaper's Gale from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson.

Also, I can't wait for A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin and The Aspect-Emperor by R. Scott Bakker.

[doc_bean]

De 70 wonders of China - Dutch translation

[Caius]

1984 by George Orwell, finished it.

[edyzmedieval]

Clive Cussler - Treasure of Khan (almost finished)
Clive Cussler - Raise the Titanic!
F. Holt - Thundering Zeus - Hellenistic Bactria
G. Holbl - History of the Ptolemaic Empire
Agatha Christie - Halloween Party (almost finished)

Nevertheless, I spend a lot of time reading books.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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• JRR Tolkien, HoME v.4, The Shaping of Middle-earth
• Various translated selections from Ibnu'l-‘Arabī, particularly a well-made one by İbrâhim Aşkī Tanık and a very badly made one by M. Kanık
• Turgut Cansever, İslâm'da Şehir ve Mîmârî

slowly advancing:

• Süleyman Nahîfî's (XVII. C.) marvellous in-verse translation of Mewlana's Methnewī
• Ahmed Avnî Konuk's translation and sherḥ of the Methnewî
• Ahmed Avnî Konuk's translation of Fīhi mā fīh
• Bits and pieces from Sa‘īd Nursī's Lem‘alar

whenever I find full albums:

• Zagor

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+ Samuel Butler's Iliada translation. Greek names with Latin and Anglicized spellings suck but it's OK otherwise.
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[Decker]

1984 by George Orwell, finished it.

Heh, I'm reading that for english class right now. I'm at the part where Winston is supposedly in the ministry of love. Orwell wrote one heckuv a book. It's quite a trip.

[drone]

Started into Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Enjoyable so far, but quite thick. It's going to take me a while to finish the whole trilogy.

[Conradus]

Currently reading Crime and Punishment by Dostovjevski.