What Are You Reading? Part 38 (August 05)
 

I just started:

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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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Just putting the finishing touches on:
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Then probably doing:
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I have Anna Karenina (Pevear and Volokhonsky's new translation), but I don't want to get into it right now.

I'm also about halfway through The Milargro Beanfield War, which I had no problem stopping on since I've read it before.

Still reading Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler. I am going to go pick up Scarecrow by Matt Reilly tomorrow!!(Been waiting for this to come out in paperback for a while now)

Take care all!!

I'm finishing up
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then I will read the sequel,
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Have been reading through the Harry Potter books again. About half way through Order of the Phoenix.

The on to The Half Blood Prince.

After that I have The Historian ordered from Amazon and will probably pick up the new Nick Hornby novel next.

I am planning to tackle the following this month, and maybe some Michael Connelly and James Patterson novels that I have fallen behind on:

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Next up:
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I'm in a Revolutionary War Era phase these days.

Check out Washington's Crossing & 1776 if you haven't yet.

I haven't read Crossing, but recently finished 1776 and highly recommend it as well!

I did read 1776 -- that's actually what got me started on this kick. I was at an airport a few months ago with nothing to read, so I picked it up. Ever since, I've been devouring founding-era history books.

I'll look for Washington's Crossing. I also need to get my hands on a copy of McCullough's bio of John Adams from a few years ago.

Just started reading The Silmarillion for the first time.

I'm almost done with "Ragtime," and am hoping to start "Flags of Our Fathers" soon.

After which I need to read Aristotle's "Rhetoric" before school starts.

Recently finished Blood Work by Michael Connelly.

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Just started I'm A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson.

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Re-reading all the shannara novels before the last one, Straken, comes out in few weeks.

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Just started reading The Illuminatus Trilogy last night. It seems like it's going to be the perfect book for me. I like Sci-F and Fantasyi, especially when sprinkled with a bit of humor, and I love conspiracy theories. Not in a tin-foil hat kind of way, I just love the concept of secret societies and massive cover-ups and such. I'm only about 25 pages in so far, but it's looking pretty good.

Just started:

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I'm about to finish up Dean's Koontz's second Frankenstein book, then I"ll read the third Alvin Maker book by OSC.

Andrew Sean Green's The Confessions of Max Tivoli.

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

I just finished Wouldn't It Be Nice, Brian Wilson's autobiography.

I just bought Freakonomics and The World is Flat.

For a quick read, I've just pulled Frederick Pohl's "The Age of Pussyfoot" from my shelves.

Just finished:

Just A Couple Of Days by Tony Vigorito. A fantastic book. Better than fantastic. I would recommend it to anyone, but especially those who enjoy the work of Tom Robbins.

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Got about half way through it down the shore this weekend. Great beach reading, highly recommended if for anyone who likes a book like Jaws or Jurassic Park.

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I'm STILL working on The Historian. This book turned out to be quite boring and uneventful (at least in the first 500 pages...). On deck I have Ilium by Dan Simmons. After that I have to re-read A Storm of Swords before A Feast For Crows comes out in November.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

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