What book are you reading right now?

This is for Books, no Manga or Comics. Save those for another thread.

Enlighten us on what reading material you are indulging yourself with at the moment.

I am just finishing up John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids. I have an obsession with End of the Civilised World novels so it was a must, plus my Pop always goes on about it. Its quite average but the message is quite clear. 'dont go blind lol' Nah, but I'll go into it further when I review it.

On my way home I was browsing in Books etc. for my next conquest. I had hoped to find Watership Down but I had to settle with The Picture of Dorian Gray. :(

I miss Boilermakers.

So tell me.

I'm in the middle of The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks. It's about a woman whose home is taken over and used as a hospital for wounded soldiers after one of the civil war battles.
Not really that great - probably why it was in the bargain bin but I can't resist historical fiction novels.

I finally go around to buying and starting to read Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Monster by Frank Peretti. I've been on it for like, 2 months. It's too boring.

I'm trying to start I Am Legend, but I want to finish monster first. *sigh*

I just thought a suggestion maybe...it would be nice to filter your collections by "Reading/Read/Unread" (almost typed "Undead"...) I'm just so forgetful. Like now, I just went to my books, and there were 2 that I had marked "reading" that I finished months ago.

I'm about a quarter through American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The jury is still out on whether I like it or not, though.

I'm planning to read Les Miserables (which has been sitting in my 'to read' pile for a month) and reread Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman during my airplane/airport escapades next week.

Married to a Beduin. It's actually really interesting

I'm reading Treason Keep by Jennifer Fallon. I'm really enjoying it but I think it's too soon to say if it's as good as the first one in the series.

I have that series by Fallon sitting on my shelf for a while now. Won't be getting to it anytime soon though.

I am currently reading "The Good Fairies of New York" by Martin Millar.

I just thought a suggestion maybe...it would be nice to filter your collections by "Reading/Read/Unread" (almost typed "Undead"...) I'm just so forgetful. Like now, I just went to my books, and there were 2 that I had marked "reading" that I finished months ago.

Click on the show filtering options next to the sort menu. Click on the "Watched" menu and set it to your preference - "Unread" or "reading".

the book i'm currently reading is Metallica and Philosophy: a crash course into bain surgery. its a pretty good book so far.

im reading a book called DARKNESS
its about this girl and boy who where born a given up to the dark man as a gift to become like him it is so wicked

I've just started Spartan by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and am trying to read Faust as well but am having a hard time getting into it.

I just finished reading Eragon and Eldest back to back. I was really impressed with the writing and story line. I'm looking forward to the next book.

The Dark Tower 1 - the Gunslinger

read the whole series twice and this is my third time. great stuff.

Cell, by Stephen King. I started it while ago, but got distracted by other things about halfway through, so have only recently dipped back into it. I am liking it, though.

I finished Mick Foley's The Hardcore Diaries and just started Rodney Mullen's The Mutt.

as of now... am collecting dean koontz's books

am reading one of his odd thomas novel(forever odd).

dean koontz

deth note

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert.

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami. Murakami tends to be hit or miss with me, so I'm crossing fingers and hoping for the best.

Right now I'm reading the short stories in The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde.

So far I liked The Canterville Ghost and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime.

I was about to start reading The call of the Icemark, but it seems odd for some reason... (I read the descript, it seems odd to me)

I also found the book I had started but never finished... called Montgomery I think

And I am trying to locate a copy of The Loop, because I have only read about 100 pages of it, and it is interesting

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. Its on my reading list for next term, and since I have no internet in my flat yet I'm managing to get through quite a few books...

Sitting on the tube today I got to read another chunk of 'Day of the Triffids'.

I've always been put off by its dull sounding title but its proving to be a pretty near perfect Post-Apocalyptic novel.

The descriptions perfectly and with ease paint 1960/70's stylised film imagery within my head.(Which is nice even if no-one else shares this view.)

The book is filled with scientific/social/moral and practical explanations supplied just as the brain begins to wonder.
This so far has covered all of the pitfalls and grey areas that could have made the book seem improbable and the plot flawed.

The result has been a spine chilling, plausible and richly visual account of what may lie ahead when the end of man dawns.

Terry Pratchett's 'The Fifth Elephant" & Ewan Morrison's 'Swung'

Just finished "Duma Key" by Stephen King
Also reading "Wolves of the Calla" , book 5 of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King...have read the series many times already, but working through it again.

Also reading "Born on a Blue Day"
Also reading "Stalemate" by Iris Johansen

I LOVE to read...though I how I find time for my books AND my 10 movies a week from work beats me!!

Post Office (Charles Bukowski) and La Peste (Albert Camus).

I'm reading the bedroom secrets of the master chefs, by Irvine Welsh and Diary by Chuck Palahniuk.

I am reading Cell by Stephen King. Its kind of like The Stand except that this story revolves around cell phones. It has been a good read so far.

Just finished Geek Mafia which, to my surprise, turned out to be a pretty good book.
Next up... 1984?

I've really enjoyed Less than zero, Rules of Attraction and American Psycho from Bret Easton Ellis. Next up Glamorama from the same fellow. I hope I won't be dissapointed

Reading Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. After I plan to read Brisingr, although I have a sneaking suspicion that I may have outgrown the Inheritance books.

Currently its Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, and I'm also reading Tony Kushner's play Angels in America for my course.

Right now I'm reading a book called The Scarlet Letter. I'm in the beginning of the book but all I know is that a woman in the Puritan times (somewhere near late 1600s to early 1700s) that had cheated on her husband when he went away to work on a ship and had a child. She was convicted and had to where the letter A(for Adulteress) on her left breast of all her shirts and was humiliated by everyone.

and its not a joke.. I really am.. LOL.. just out of.. umm.. curiosity ;)

I'm also on occasional bathroom breaks finishing up the hilarious "I Am America and So Can You" by Stephen Colbert (and his army of comedy writers from his show).

The Plague by Albert Camus

The Rising Shadow by Robert Jordan, the fourth book in the Wheel of Time series.

I just finished the House on Riverton, I am not sure of my next one.

I just finished Ranger's Apprentice 3rd book, I'm starting on the third city of ember book later
and I may read Dark Side of the Moon soon

I just finished The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole

"Boxing Day: ...the sardonic journey of a self-deprecating ego on a cynical quest to make a difference" - Christopher Jaymes

House of Many Ways - Diana Wynne Jones

Iz 'bery good

Finishing Doctorow's "World Fair". I really enjoy his books. =)

Hey Kryptic Centurion,

I LOVE the Day of the Triffids! You are the only other person in the world who I've ever heard say they're reading it. What did you think? (I know you posted that comment in April, but I still have to ask).
By the way, I would suggest giving the sequel, The Night of the Triffids, a miss -- it was a serious disappointment. It wasn't written by John Wyndham and, while it had some interesting points, had one of the most embarrassingly inadequate endings of any book I've ever read.
Right now, I'm reading Michael Connelly's The Brass Verdict. I am pleasantly surprised by it.

Marked by P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast

Because I'm Worth It by Cecily Von Ziegesar. What can I say? Gossip Girl novels are a terrible guilty pleasure.

Don't Think Of An Elephant by George Lakoff. Well timed for the recent election :)

reading gossip girl 3 (: