What are you currently reading?

Besides all the graduate books I'm bombarded with I try and read a series I've been reading for the last year or two.....Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.....Im on book 6 of 13....which 13 is not out quite yet I believe. I'm also huge geek as I read A LOT of comic books, actually just got back from the comic store . Love to read and reading comic books just keeps the inner child happy

 

I just finished "I, Toto" by Terry, the dog that played Toto.

I'm also reading a bunch of books on Visual Literacy for a masters class. Among them Visual Explanations by Tufte and Visual Literacy by Burmark. And the primer is A Primer on Visual Literacy by Dondis.

Before that it was A Dog's Life.

Before that it was Ella in Europe.

Before school starts I'll be going through all of the California Young Medal Reader nominees for this year.

 

I am finishing The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara right now. For history lovers, his books are the best.

 

"Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights" by Kenji Yoshino

 

I'm reading a variety, according to my time and mood.

At work I'm reading the Dirk Pitt advenures by Clive Cussler (before that it was the Mrs. Murphy mystery series by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown). At home I'm re-reading either Harry Potter, Asterix or Tom Swift. Also some true crime.

Once I get my MP3 player hooked to my Prius, I'll be listening to Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

 

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"Killer Angels" was written by Jeff Shaara's father, Michael Shaara. The movie Gettysburg is based on the book. "The Last Full Measure" finishes the story of the Civil War. It starts with Jeff Shaara's "Gods and Generals." I have enjoyed them all.

Next up is David McCullough's "1776."

Jeff

 

The Shepherd (Life Story of Ariel Sharon)

 

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A new biography of Mark Twain by Ron Powers. Mark Twain was a most interesting and lively character from his earliest days and had a most colourful life. It's a long book because Powers seems to have got everything in. I'm only half-way so far.

 

Last night I just started "Patriots The Men who Started the American Revolution" by A.J. Langguth

A friend recommend it and so far it's very interesting.

 

Just starting "The Devil's Teeth" by Susan Casey. It's true story about Great Whites off the Farallon Islands. Looks good so far.

Just finished "Blue Shoes and Happiness" by Alexander McCall Smith. It's the seventh book in "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series. I also enjoyed Smith's other series, "The Sunday Philosophy Club".

 

Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear for fun (fiction)

Localization of Diacylglycerol Lipase-(alpha) around Postsynaptic Spine Suggests Close Proximity between Production Site of an Endocannabinoid, 2-Arachidonoyl-glycerol, and Presynaptic Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor, T. Yoshida et al J Neurosci May 2006 and the rest of the stack of papers on my coffee table... (nonfiction)

sigh...

 

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Just a little light reading, eh, galaxee? Was 'The Evolution of Consciousness in the Bicameral Mind' already checked out? If this keeps up much longer, you're going to have to develop some more experiments on those cannabinoids.

 

I am reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown....pretty good so far!

 

I really like Lee Child. He writes the Jack Reacher novels.

 

Just this morning finished reading "The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem" by Victoria Clark. I was wondering what to read next. Maybe this thread will give me some ideas.