[Stunaep]

Yes! Book-nerds (whom I consider to be *a lot* more fun than some of the other types, no offense meant for anyone) rejoice! Share your experience, tell us about what you're reading now.

Just to start off:
I'm currently half-way through Franc McLynn's "Napoleon" and on the last pages of Edvard Radzinski's "Stalin". As for fiction, currently I'm not reading anything, since I've got about 8 historical books lined up for the winter holidays. Last ones I finished were Lothar-Günther Buckheim's "Das Boot" and Tolkien's "The Silmarillion" (just to refresh my memory)

[Knight Templar]

Halo - The Fall of Reach (90 - 120 pages into it)
LOTR - FOTR (250 something pages into it IIRC)
Julius Caeser (The play) - Act 1, Scene 5
Night - need to read it before next monday, but haven't started yet.

[Krackers87]

just started  Dude wheres my country.

[karajorma]

Just about to finish Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card (last book in the Ender Series) which I'm rereading because I decided to reread the Bean series before buying Shadow Puppets and then I ended up wanting to reread the Ender series too.

After that I have the 5th Honor Harrington book lined up next followed by the third Darwin Awards book (A well guessed Chrimbo present from my sister).

After that I have a list of books I want to read including

Lord of the Rings - (About time for it's annual reading)
The Prince by Machiavelli (I've been meaning to read this one for years and it's not like it's a long book!)
There's a Hair in my Dirt by Gary Larson (Found it on sale for a couple of pounds and I'm a big Far Side fan so I thought why not )

Once I've done all that I'll go buy Shadow Puppets.

Originally posted by Krackers87
just started  Dude wheres my country.

I bought my mum that for Christmas. I'll probably get a look at it after she's read it (Only fair considering I introduced her to Micheal Moore by giving her my copy of Stupid White Men and lending her my copy of Bowling for Columbine)

[mikhael]

"Dude Where's My Country" rocks. I don't agree with Michael Moore completely, but he does raise a few good points.

Currently reading "Crossroads of Twilight" by Robert Jordan, rereading Code Complete, and studying a few books on number theory, encryption and discrete maths.

[J3Vr6]

Right now I'm reading "It" by Stephen King.  I never saw the mini-series that was done, but I usually never see a movie or mini series first if there was a book done.  Especially if it's a writer who I enjoy.  I didn't rent it either when I saw it at blockbuster a month ago, and that's only because they usually crap Stephen King books in movies or mini series.

I must say, this book is incredible.  To be one of his first books, it has to be one of best written.  I only have about 60 pages left which I'll probably finish tonight or leave it for the next time I go do laundry.  I always hate the feeling when I get near the end of a good book, not wanting it to finish.

After this book, I don't know what I'll be reading next.  Maybe I'll read "Damnation Game" by Clive Barker again.

Yes, I'm a horror nut.  If u can suggest a good horror book, do so

[Nico]

Right now? "La Dernière Colline" ( The Last Hill ) by Régines Deforges.
It's the 6th book of a series ( that count 7, I think ). It follows a french chick through WW2 ( the 3 first books ), then she goes with her soon-to-be-husband in Argentina where he's gonna help a jewish friend who hunts down the nazi female doctor who tortured her ( book 4 ), then it's in Indochina ( Vietnam ) with her ( now ) husband ( book 5 ). Still in Indochina right now ( book 6 ). The 4th one wasn't as good, but all in all the series is excellent, but not for kids.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I'm reading War of the Worlds again.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]I started reading State of the Art by Iain M. Banks last night, I'm sick (again ) so I didn't get much sleep and ended up reading about 3/4 of the book. Funny, horrific, unsettling, mind warping and beautiful all in one package.

Banks kicks ass.
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[pasti]

In progress:

Tatarkiewicz (polish author , some say one of the best) "History of philosophy" or smg like that....
Plato "The State" awesome.....
Anatolij Rybakov "Arbat's Children" that is A Book....

Just finished:
Author (can't remember)  "Stalin's people"
Author (can't remember)  "The Barbarossa Plan"

[Dark_4ce]

Well, in the middle of reading Brian Bates 'The Real Middle-Earth'. (About Europes dark ages)

After that I got a whole slew of books waiting to be graced by my eyes. Among others two ambrose books (D-Day and Citizen Soldier), The Brigade (About a brigade of jewish soldiers formed by Churchill in WW2), and of fiction. And ofcourse after I've finnished all that. I might start reading all those star wars books everyones screaming about. Then get around to reading LOTR once again (I wuv my battered copy)...

[diamondgeezer]

Morgoth's Ring (aka The History Of Middle-earth Part X)

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I'm reading War of the Worlds again.

Good book that. H.G Wells wrote very good books for long journeys. You can start reading them and finish just about the time you reach your destination Last time I read WotW I did it in only a few hours and IIRC The Time Machine is even shorter.

[Sandwich]

Finished Orson Scott Card's "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Colombus" a few weeks ago. That was nice and different.

Now I'm reading Michael Chrichton's "Prey" - just started, though.

I can highly, highly recommend an on-going series (soon-to-be-trilogy, dunno if it'll continue beyond that) by Peter David:

Sir Apropos of Nothing, The Woad to Wuin, and (forthcoming) Tong Lashing. They rock.

[aldo_14]

Michael Palin - Sahara (travel book).  Xmas pressy.

[Fineus]

I'm currently reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. It's pretty damn good.

[Odyssey]

[color=cc9900]Currently, "Moo", by Jane Smiley. I picked it up in the School Library as an afterthought because of the weird title, but it's actually an 'adult' book satiring University life. Which is rather good. It has the 'jump from character to character in very different places on a regular basis' quality, which is one of the numerous things I like about Ian Banks' novels, and he just happens to be my favourite author.[/color]

[castor]

Vinge - A Deepness in the Sky
Melville - Moby Dick
Dennett - Consciousness Explained

Damn, been reading those for some time already.. ah, the times I had no net conn nor a TV (or a job, for that matter )

[Kamikaze]

Quest of The Absolute - Balzac
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky

[Black Wolf]

I just finished The Elder Gods by David Eddings, and was fairly disappointed. I'm getting the first three X Wing books on Saturday - in the interim I may have a look at History of Britain - Mum's got all three books.