What book are you currently reading?

[OrdinaryJames]

I just finished reading Neuromancer for about the 5th time, I like to read it about once a year. I am about to start The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. I've got quite the backlog of books to read. I keep meaning to get the Game of Thrones books and read those too. After Deliverance Dane, I plan to finally read the Harper Hall Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey.

I would really like to see the Game of Thrones TV show, but I don't have cable, just rely on Netflix and Hulu.

I go through big cycles of Sci-Fi then Fantasy then Historical non-fiction.

[ravic]

Enemy at the Gates, William Craig, 1973. A detailed history of the battle of Stalingrad. Truly harrowing.

Movie of the same name a few years ago that told only a small part of the book.

[Mairte]

Reading the last story of three in a Michael Creighton (?spelling) book, called "Eaters Of The Dead".
It is supposed to be a factual account from a transcription made by an Arab who went with some Vikings and ended up fighting Neanderthals WAY after they were supposed to not exist.

[KeeperoftheBar]

Reading the last story of three in a Michael Creighton (?spelling) book, called "Eaters Of The Dead".
It is supposed to be a factual account from a transcription made by an Arab who went with some Vikings and ended up fighting Neanderthals WAY after they were supposed to not exist.

Which was made into the movie "The Thirteenth Warrior", very entertaining....

[Mairte]

Wow, I didnt know THAT! Thanks! 

[Rapier Half-Wit]

I thought the movie was boring. Maybe the book is better.

[KeeperoftheBar]

I thought the movie was boring. Maybe the book is better.

Well, maybe compared to the TRF campground on AHE it could be considered boring but I liked both of them.

[SirRichardBear]

When all Hell Breaks Loose,  stuff you need to survive when disaster strikes by Cody Lundin

[Rowan MacD]

 Todd McCaffrey's-Dragonblood.  The further adventures of Pern.
  Dare I say it?  He writes much better than his mom.  
  IMHO, he writes like I wish she had all along.  He actually develops characters fully, takes the time to describe things like scenery and clothing, equipment and even musical instruments in more than just the quick sketchy afterthoughts that his mom so frustratingly does; almost like after she finished the story, the editor said she had to go back and stick something into the book to make it readable.  
  I love the Pern universe, but reading Anne was a love/hate experience each time.  I am going to enjoy the series with unmitigated joy from now on, now that she has passed this on to her son.

[Taffy Saltwater]

Just finished Amy Tan's 100 Secret Senses.  Like most of her books (to me anyway), the mysticism sometimes leaves me scratching my head and of course there's at least one huge emotional set.  And I read Marie Antoinette's Secret Diary over the weekend.

Now for some light reading (and I'm being sarcastic here), I'm re-reading the manga:  Gankutsuou, the Count of Monte Cristo.  Strange dreams will be elicited.

[Zardoz]

I have a huge backlog of stuff to read right now, and I keep adding to it!
I usally read two books at a time, and I have novels from authors I actually know, or at least correspond with, that have been sitting on the table untouched for months. 

I am currently finishing up a good Ayn Rand bio, 'Goddess of the Market' by Jennifer Burns, and need to finish up a book I've had for over a year by an author I'll be seeing at the end of the month so I can talk about it with her!

I don't have HBO, but I keep hearing so much about 'Game of Thrones' that I'd like to read George R. R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series, but I promised myself not to start untill I get through what I have on hand!

[Lady Kett]

Todd McCaffrey's-Dragonblood.  The further adventures of Pern.
  Dare I say it?  He writes much better than his mom.  
  IMHO, he writes like I wish she had all along.  He actually develops characters fully, takes the time to describe things like scenery and clothing, equipment and even musical instruments in more than just the quick sketchy afterthoughts that his mom so frustratingly does; almost like after she finished the story, the editor said she had to go back and stick something into the book to make it readable.  
  I love the Pern universe, but reading Anne was a love/hate experience each time.  I am going to enjoy the series with unmitigated joy from now on, now that she has passed this on to her son.

That's awesomeness Rowan. I love Anne McCaffrey, but do know what you mean. I guess it's time to go back to the bookstore (yes, old fashioned, still buy the actual paper books!) and check out Todd's work.

[Welsh Wench]

I was reading a Robert B. Parker but my cat puked on it so I have to throw it out. 

[Merlin the Elder]

I was reading a Robert B. Parker but my cat puked on it so I have to throw it out. 

Yuck.. along with my breakfast after you put that vision in my head...

[Rowan MacD]

Reading the last story of three in a Michael Creighton (?spelling) book, called "Eaters Of The Dead".
It is supposed to be a factual account from a transcription made by an Arab who went with some Vikings and ended up fighting Neanderthals WAY after they were supposed to not exist.

Which was made into the movie "The Thirteenth Warrior", very entertaining....

Yeah, I second Mairte.  I read the book and I had no idea they were the same story!