Anybody read a good book lately?

[Rome]

I hate that it gets dropped into a genre or sub-genre instead of being taken for what it is.  It's a Cormac McCarthy book..not a post apocalyptic vehicle for some zesty thriller.

LOL.

[Wingspan]

the last book i read was Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.

not bad.

I liked Choke.

me too. it did drag on for a bit, and i almost put it down. but as soon as Denny started collecting rocks it kept my interest until the end

[Drunkmasterflex]

Just finished Beyond Band of Brothers: War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters.  It is a good book to read if you enjoyed Band of Brothers. 

[rjs246]

I just ordered this, The Best Book Concept Ever .

[General_Failure]

I've read the Zombie Survival Guide by him. I think you'll enjoy that.

[Wingspan]

i read this about a year ago. solid book, funny at parts, and the story was well thought out. if you're into vampire books(which i am usually not), this is a good one.

[hbionic]

I just finished 'The Name Of The Rose' by Umberto Eco.

My vocabulary has gone up a few levels. I've never had to reference a dictionary so much.

Takes place in a 14th century Italian Abbey. A former inquisitor and his scribe are sent to the Monastery by the Emperor to investigate a murder.

This book shed light on the struggle between different schools of thought and belief on poverty and wealth within christianity at that time, the struggle of the church and the Kings, and the thirst for knowledge and those in possession of intellectual power.

Interesting book if you've got time to burn...the first part of the book is a bitch to get through...but once you do, you cruise through the next few hundred pages.

[Diomedes]

My vocabulary has gone up a few levels. I've never had to reference a dictionary so much.

Ha.  Reminds me of a quote I found recently:

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."   -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

[phattymatty]

I just finished 'The Name Of The Rose' by Umberto Eco.

I started reading that about a year ago.  I lasted about 10 pages.  I'm sure some day I'll get back to it, but it definitely seems like you really have to be in the mood for that type of deep shtein, which i wasn't.  It just wasn't enjoyable.

Right now I'm reading a book called How Soccer Explains the World and it's really good.  It's this guys theory on globalization and he uses soccer as an analogy to explain all kinds of human issues.  Like the gangster lifestyle in the former Yugoslavian countries, the Protestant-Catholic fighting in Ireland and Scotland, the Jewish stereotype, etc.  I'm only on the third chapter because I just started reading but it's pretty cool.

[rjs246]

I just rediscovered one of my old favorites today, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do : The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country.

Reading it cover to cover is boring and a pain in the ass, but this is the most excellent piece on personal freedoms that I have ever read.

Synopsis...

The author argues that not only are our constitutional rights violated by punishment for such crimes, but that enforcing ineffectual, costly laws results in the needless jailing of thousands each year, and yield suffering and social discrimination for many harmless non-conformists.

Those of you who love to be told what is right and wrong, what to do and where to do it, what to eat and how to protect yourself from yourself will be appalled at McWilliams' radical notions. But he lays his points out very simply for you cavemen and easily demonstrates how laws against 'consensual crimes' are not only ridiculous, but harmful, unconstitutional, fiscally irresponsible and frequently based on religious doctrines that are supposed to be separated from the legal doings of this country.

Anyway, it's a great book that all of you cretins should be required to read.

[Wingspan]

I'll wait for the movie.

[Diomedes]

I'll wait for the movie.

Even a cartoon version would be too complicated for you.

[Wingspan]

Probably

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm finally reading "Life of Pi".  Martel's an excellent storyteller and has caught me off guard a few times already.

IMDB.com says the movie's coming out in 2009, for those who don't read.

[Diomedes]

... for those who don't read:  start, or kill yourself.  One or the other.  SRYSLY