What books are you reading now?

[simplydamon]

As for me, most of my recent purchases have been on employment issues (job search, resume tips,etc.)

On my agenda:
The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman.
How to be Invisible by J.J. Luna (protecting yourself from identity theft)
The Complete I Ching by Alfred Huang
The Human Story by James C. Davis
The End of Oil by Paul Roberts

[George]

My agenda:
The Intelligent Investor

[lifesab-andthenyoudie]

Sorry. In the summer, I'm strictly NYTimes bestseller list material. The Mermaid Chair. Prince of Fire. HP & The Half Blood Prince. And so on. I like quick reads that I can put down with frequent interruptions (read: kids) and don't have to concentrate too hard.

I'll start reading seriously in the fall again, after school starts for the kidlets.

[George]

Anyone going to read the new Harry Potter book that recently came out? Are there any fas of Harry Potter here?

[lifesab-andthenyoudie]

I'll have to fight the kids over it, but I'll eventually read it. The problem is, it's been so long since I read #5, I've forgotten most of the story!

[kd5145]

I took a couple days of R&R in NH recently. I wanted a good no depth book to read while I was up there. I bought "Innappropriate Men" by Stacey Ballis. It was the best book I have read in a long time. Funny, whitty, intelligent. I laughed and cried through the whole thing. Good read. Not so much for men though. :)

[lifesab-andthenyoudie]

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and it's sequels. Pretty funny!

Also, The Nanny Diaries.

Perfect summer reads. Requires little to no brain power and you can finish them in one sitting.

[Parklane64]

As I sit here I can see my recently purchased copy of Puleston's 'The Influence of Sea Power In World War II' which I have yet to open. I am still reading Barlow's 'Revolt Of the Admirals' a very interesting summation of the battle for defense dollars between the Navy and the Air Force after WW II. Recent purchases include 'Gun Camera Pacific', 'Shot To Hell', and 'Gun Camera WW II'; all from Amazon sellers.

I recently finished a work by Whtiley Strieber and it was a good read. I enjoy works by Nora Roberts, Ann Rule, and Iris Johansen to name some of the ones the wife leaves laying around. I am a big SciFi collector and reader. I collect Ace Doubles, paper back books, comic books, and pulp fiction. I would love to find a John D. MacDonald book that I haven't read. That goes for Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Dean Ing, Doc Smith, James White, and about three dozen other Science Fiction writers.

[Parklane64]

Oh, and the daughter bought #6 in the Potter series. Letting the wife read it first. Then I'll read 'em all, haven't read any.

[lifesab-andthenyoudie]

I think she does a great job. The first book of hers I read was "The Stranger Beside Me" about Ted Bundy. I have a friend who, like Rule, knew Bundy and had no clue he was a serial killer. For those who haven't read the book, it's about Ted Bundy (obviously) and how Ann Rule, former Seattle policewoman, met him while working a suicide hotline together.

edited because my punctuation was MIA

[simplydamon]

I haven't read the Harry Potter books as well. Always meant to ...but I tend to read a lot of non-fiction (I've seen the movies).


Hi lifesab-andthenyoudie,

"The Stranger Beside Me" sounds interesting & scary!

[QuestorTheElf]

My local library just sent me an e-mail stating Creating Customer Evangelists : how loyal customers become a volunteer sales force is ready for pickup!

[varknight]

I have read the recent Harry Potter book its a good read if you like Harry potter

[simplydamon]

That book sounds right up my alley:)

I just received a book called Beyond Code by Rajesh Setty. A little about Beyond Code (http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/raves.htm) can be found at the author's blog. I was fortunate enough to have my boss give me the copy (don't believe it is out for the public just yet).

[raincoaster]

I didn't think Harry Potter and the Half-Edited Manuscript was Rowlings' best work. They got too greedy and didn't take the time to edit a decent book into a fine one, which is unfortunate. It could have been so much better than it turned out. That said, of COURSE I read it. I have read all of them, repeatedly. There are now enough that if you get a week's vacation you can read them all in one go, which is fun. They really are entertaining; not Narnia, not Philip Pullman-level intellectual, but fun and well-written.

I have been a fan of Ann Rule's for many years, and have several of her books. She's incredibly prolific, and the story of The Stranger Beside Me is truly shocking. Bundy used to warn her to be careful on the drive home, because there were a lot of weirdos out there. And he was, apparently, a really good suicide counsellor.

My reading list:
The Rise of the Creative Class (boring, but I persuade myself it's about me)
Dark Age Ahead, Jane Jacobs (whether or not North America is headed to a new Dark Age)
Low Life, Luc Sante (the history of New York's bums, gangs, and skanks)
Molvania, A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry (guidebook to a hypothetical Eastern European country)
Fitness for Dummies
and I might re-read my Elfquest books, if I can find them.

[Jeremiah]

I'm reading a lot of business books, and magazines

MAGAZINES
Business 2.0
Wired
Forbes

BOOKS
Web Marketing
Web User Experience

Stuff interesting to me..I dont read much non-fiction

[George]

I read the same kind of business magazines plus throw in Maxim, Stuff, FHM, and other interesting ones. Gonna start reading some more books on internet marketing and SEO.

[oriondarkwood]

I usually read books or magazines with pictures :p

Seriously Here is what I am currently reading

The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time book 4 - its a good read but the problem quickly arises that Jordan introduces aleast 20 new characters every book and most have similar names. And at times goes into chapter(s) long tangents that are nice to know and developes the character but ulimately does little for the main plot. Lastly the more I read of it the more I find in common with Lord of the Rings (ie dark shadowy evil, the bold brash warrior, the cold hearted but ulimately exteremely helpful mentor etc.. etc..)

Addison Wesley - Managing Information Security Risks - I am studying it to create more secure code

OReilly Secure Coding - ditto as above

Pirates! (A D20 Rules Supplement)
Stormwrack - AD&D
Skull & Bones: Swashbuckling Horror in the Golden Age of Piracy - d20

All the above is for a campagin world I am working on (think pirates of the carribean meets waterworld, but with no Kevin Coaster)

[Jeremiah]

Addison Wesley - Managing Information Security Risks - I am studying it to create more secure code

Is about standardization of code?

[oriondarkwood]

Addison Wesley - Managing Information Security Risks - I am studying it to create more secure code

Is about standardization of code?

Sort of its more about using coding standards and secure coding concepts. I only read a couple of chapters

[QuestorTheElf]

I just received a book called Beyond Code by Rajesh Setty. A little about Beyond Code (http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/raves.htm) can be found at the author's blog. I was fortunate enough to have my boss give me the copy (don't believe it is out for the public just yet).

This sounds up my alley too. Rajesh says it's due out in September, as in next month. (Can't believe August is ending already.)

Its ideas remind me of a book I read in the early 90's which I still refer to periodically. It's called Programming as if People Mattered by Nathaniel Borenstein. I'm curious to know what other thoughts are out now in 2005.