What Book Are You Reading?

**~~giggs88~~** · 25 Dec 05,, 09:12

I <3 my mom. Look at all the books I got.

Hell yes.

**TopHatter** · 01 Jan 06,, 14:29

Originally Posted by giggs88

I <3 my mom. Look at all the books I got.

Great book! Bought and read it a couple months ago and ironically just started reading it again last night.

**THL** · 25 Jan 06,, 16:55

Originally Posted by TopHatsLiberal

Just finished Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II (Herbert Werner). Now I am reading Oil: Anatomy of an Industry (Matthew Yeomans).

I am re-reading Oil: Anatomy of an Industry (Matthew Yeomans). I have been getting this from the library, but I think that if I can remember to do so, I may look on Amazon and just buy the darn thing. If any of you are even remotely interested in oil/energy, this is pretty good. It starts way back at the beginning with Rockafeller and all the little companies merging and un-merging (?) and then goes into conflicts and results of stupid things people have done. Not too long so it is also a pretty quick read.

A book warehouse was going out of business by me last week so my little one and I went in there and bought quite a bit. One of the books she picked out is called Mouse and Cat: A Delicious Tale. It is rather disturbing. It is about the mouse and cat that are friends and then one day someone gives cat a cookbook and he realizes that mouse would be rather tasty.

**THL** · 14 Oct 07,, 02:37

Walter The Farting Dog

Yes, I really am reading tales about a farting dog to my 5 year old.

**sappersgt** · 14 Oct 07,, 02:57

Gee, I'm not reading about anything so interesting as a farting dog!

Just finished War On The Western Front by Dr Gary Sheffield and am now reading World Without End by Ken Follett.

**Shek** · 14 Oct 07,, 03:08

I just finished reading Amazon.com: The Wisdom of Crowds: Books: James Surowiecki.

A great book about how collective knowledge can outperform the smart individual if harnessed correctly. It is written very well, with short spurts of theoretical setup followed by interesting and intriguing anecdotes that illustrate the principle at hand. While it contains a lot of economics, it is focused mostly on behavioral economics, which is a blend of much more than just economics and certainly not on the dull side. I recommend it to anyone who has to work in groups or lead groups.

**THL** · 14 Oct 07,, 05:55

Oh how I miss adult books...books where the words do not rhyme and the main characters only have two legs.

**jame$thegreat** · 14 Oct 07,, 22:38

I was reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest but I havn't found enough time to read it so I gave it back (borrowed it from the library). I am going to start Vortex by Larry Bond, which may sound familiar to sapper.

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**Southie** · 14 Oct 07,, 22:43

I'm back to re-reading "Tales From Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett. Needed some fun reading. I think I'm on my third time reading it! Fun way to travel through Jimmy's eyes.

**sappersgt** · 14 Oct 07,, 23:49

Originally Posted by jame$thegreat

I was reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest but I havn't found enough time to read it so I gave it back (borrowed it from the library). I am going to start Vortex by Larry Bond, which may sound familiar to sapper.

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Let me know when you get to the raid into Zimbabwe...

**Monkey Business** · 15 Oct 07,, 05:32

Currently, I am reading a book by Jeffery Deaver, "The Garden of Beasts.", it's all about a Mafia "Button Man" getting contracted by the U.S Government to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi official. It's proving to be an entertaining little read.

I am also reading Halo: Fall of Reach for the second time. Not exactly going to net any literary awards, but it's a good way to zip through a day.

**Repatriated Canuck** · 15 Oct 07,, 07:08

18 Hours by Sandra Lee

It's about Jock Wallace Australian SAS and 18 hours in a battle in Afganistan. Really good book!

**adroth** · 09 Dec 07,, 19:12

Originally Posted by Broken

Imperial Grunts by Robert Kaplan.
Although Kaplan is too much an empiro-phile for my tastes, it's a good fast read.

This was indeed a good read.

**iamwill** · 14 Dec 07,, 03:10

going to pick up "kite runner" by khaled hosseni before i watch the movie

**jame$thegreat** · 15 Dec 07,, 00:49

I recently read "Brutal" by Kevin Weeks. It's an autobiography about life within the Irish mob in Boston during the 70's-90's. Although Weeks is the greatest writer (he was a mob enforcer, not a writing major) the book is really interesting and had pretty decent attention to detail. I would reccomend it to anyone who has any intrest in organized crime or law enforcment. Definitely within my top 10 favorite books of all time.