Anybody read a good book lately?

[charlie]

Bought the wife a Barnes & Noble Nook thing today.  Pretty cool.  Also have a Kindle on the way, so she can compare side by side and return the one she likes less.

I read a ton. Probably 30-40 books a year. I don't get the appeal of just one of those things... let alone two of them.

[General_Failure]

Finished reading Feed today. Sure enough, it is a political/zombie thriller just like I was told. I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be a pretty good book. It has a tendency to rehash some topics a bit too much, but considering I tore through a 570 page book in two days I can't say it made the story less interesting.

[rjs246]

I'm at the beach and trying really really hard to read Chicks in Chainmail. It's a bit too political for me. Seriously.

[rjs246]

Oh, and I finished Dracula and it was awesome. I usually despise turn of the century English literature but this was so good.

[hbionic]

My testicles shrink a little every time you guys post how much you read. 

[Diomedes]

That's the point, isn't it?

[shorebird]

Oh, and I finished Dracula and it was awesome. I usually despise turn of the century English literature but this was so good.

Have you read Mary Shelly's Frankenstien?? Just as good. One of the amazing things about it is that she was only eighteen when she wrote it.

[General_Failure]

Finally finished Neal Stephenson's Zodiac. The story is about a chemist working for some tree hugger organization, taking his boat around Boston Harbor looking for dumped chemicals. A hell of a lot more entertaining than Anathem was, but I know I have to read it again. I always seem to miss important things in Stephenson's books.

[ice grillin you]

the movie zodiac might be the most underrated picture ever

[Diomedes]

MOST BEST WORST EVER!

[ice grillin you]

precisely

[Rome]

i'm almost through solar by ian mcewan.  the protagonist, michael beard, is the sort of character i'd love to punch in the face repeatedly.   

[hbionic]

I took a cue from rjs and took up "McMafia"...I just finised the intro and Chapter 1 regarding Ilya Pavlov, Bulgaria, and post-cummunist Eastern Europe...all I can say is farging wow. I'm getting ready to divulge into another chapter here now...but I'm hoping it finishes as good as it has started.

[Diomedes]

You're getting ready to delve into another chapter.

Long ago, you thought it was a good idea to divulge your semen thirst to and we remember well.

[hbionic]

Yes...that.