After a recent discussion with a friend about Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" I've been on a post-apocalyptic bent. Just read George R Stewarts "Earth Abides" and am about halfway through "Riddley Walker" by Russell Hoban.

3 Clint Murchison Jr biographies;
Love Is An Orientation by Andrew Marin;
The Power of Premonitions by Larry Dorsey;
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson;
In My Father's House by Nguyen Thi Mai Thuy.

On the "apocalyptic" front I've been reading some of the stuff about Planet X, Nibiru, and Dec 21, 2012.

The White Queen by Phillippa Gregory.
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs.
Wilderness Warrior by Douglas Brinkley.

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My favorite author is Jack Higgins...another fav is W.E.B Griffin. Anyone ever read either one of these authors?

And how are you guys reading so many things at once??

Holy Bible (66 books actually)
The Millionaire Next Door
My Total Money Makeover
Operation Timothy

My favorite author is Jack Higgins...another fav is W.E.B Griffin. Anyone ever read either one of these authors?

And how are you guys reading so many things at once??

I like Griffin.

I tend to have a book by my bedside and one with me for reading while I'm out, which is why I generally have a couple going. I just got the one on Roosevelt and have been picking it up and down for the past couple of days, which is why I have three going.

My favorite author is Jack Higgins...another fav is W.E.B Griffin. Anyone ever read either one of these authors?

And how are you guys reading so many things at once??

I think I've read some stuff under one of Griffin's pseudonyms. He's the MASH guy right?

I have a Kindle but most of what I'm reading right now are dead tree books unfortunately.

Wide Angle on PBS.org
Jeremiah in the O.T.
"The Movement and the Sixties: Protest in America from Greensboro to Wounded Knee," by Terry Anderson

The Undead Karma Sutra, Mark Avacedo
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
A Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri

The first being light reading, lol.

Glad there's other people on here that read more than one book at a time!

I think it's great you all can read more than one at a time. Seems like I would lose track of all of it haha

Flintysooner, I don't know anything about Griffin having any other pseudonyms, or being involved with MASH. I just looked at his site but couldn't find anything...

I think it's great you all can read more than one at a time. Seems like I would lose track of all of it haha

Flintysooner, I don't know anything about Griffin having any other pseudonyms, or being involved with MASH. I just looked at his site but couldn't find anything...I think Butterworth was the pseudonym he used for the MASH books.

I've always read more than one book at a time. The Kindle has made that worse since I carry my entire library with me all the time. Reading several at a time it is not necessarily a good thing for sure.

I love my kindle. It is wonderful. Other than selected books I might want to add to my library or that my husband would like to read, I stick to it. It sure has cut down on the stacks of paperbacks at the house. We were drowing in them.

I love my Kindle, too!

I found W E B Griffin on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Griffin). He has a bunch of pseudonyms:

# Alex Baldwin
# Webb Beech
# Walker E. Blake
# James McM. Douglas
# Eden Hughes
# Edmund O. Scholefield
# Patrick J. Williams
# W. E. Butterworth
# John Kevin Dugan

The MASH books he coauthored with Richard Hooker. His involvement began after the TV series. Interesting.

Wow very interesting, thanks

Just started The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton. Very interesting.

On the "apocalyptic" front I've been reading some of the stuff about Planet X, Nibiru, and Dec 21, 2012.

zecharia sitchin?

zecharia sitchin?No, just web stuff -- like december212012.com and a host of others. Just trying to keep abreast of popular culture and failing rather miserably.

Just finished Sam Shepard's "Day of Days" about to start John Hodgmans "More Information than You Require."
Anybody reading anything good?

I just got my Kindle about a month ago and now I'm finding that I LOVE IT!! I'm reading more than ever and reading books that I probably never would have looked at twice.

Just finished these:
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Deathworld 1 & 2

And I'm now reading:
Stumbling on Happiness which is quite good.

Post apocalyptic books sound good....perhaps I'll look into some of those suggestions. Anyone want to provide "Non-Spoiler" reviews?

Bicycle Diaries by Davd Byrne. It's especially a good read with all the things that are happening and will be happening in our downtown area.

Currently reading:
The First Rule by Robert Crais

Just finished:
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Introverts in the Church by Adam McHugh

Have several new titles I'm looking forward to reading including several C S Lewis books that were available for Kindle.

Currently reading:
The First Rule by Robert Crais

I have that on my Kindle...what do you think so far?

Currently reading:
The First Rule by Robert Crais

Just finished:
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Introverts in the Church by Adam McHugh

Have several new titles I'm looking forward to reading including several C S Lewis books that were available for Kindle.

What is "Introverts in the Church by Adam McHugh" about?? Sounds like something I might want to read....

I have that on my Kindle...what do you think so far?I like it a lot. But I've always enjoyed the Joe Pike character. He's just really cool. I think I like him better than Elvis in fact. I enjoy Crais' stories and how he builds to and relates the action.

Are you a Crais fan?

I'm currently reading Paddy's Lament by Thomas Gallagher, a book about the Irish Potato Famine.

What is "Introverts in the Church by Adam McHugh" about?? Sounds like something I might want to read....
McHugh begins by relating his own struggle as an introvert feeling called to vocational ministry that he only understands as an extroverted endeavor particularly in evangelicalism. His narrative about his initial dilemma for me was gripping and relevant.

I felt that one of the strongest aspects of the book is McHugh's ability to describe commonly experienced events in the context of introversion. I also learned some things about introversion.

He mixes the narrative of his own journey within the broader themes of helping introverts heal from wounds suffered and reconciliation of introversion and extroversion.

I found the book fascinating and enjoyed finding a new way to think about my own experience with evangelicalism.

Definitely worth reading in my opinion.

Although I do question some of McHugh's proposals for achieving his goals.

And I think he sometimes confuses or blurs introversion and intuition in the Myers-Briggs types.

"The Crossing" by Cormac McCarthy.

Part 2, and the best one, of the Border Trilogy. Part 1 was "All the Pretty Horses", much darker than the movie version starring Matt Damon. Part 3 is "Cities of the Plain".

If you can read the last chapter of 'The Crossing" without some serious emotional turmoil (and possibly a few tears), you ain't human.

Are you a Crais fan?
No actually this was my first book by him. I'm not entirely sure why I bought it but I think it was because my Kindle was new and the synopsis sounded good....it might also have been on the bestseller list. Not really sure what my decision was there. I haven't read it yet because other books have come up that really hooked me.

Am I going to miss out on a lot by not reading the older books in the series first?

"The Crossing" by Cormac McCarthy.

Part 2, and the best one, of the Border Trilogy. Part 1 was "All the Pretty Horses", much darker than the movie version starring Matt Damon. Part 3 is "Cities of the Plain".

If you can read the last chapter of 'The Crossing" without some serious emotional turmoil (and possibly a few tears), you ain't human.No Time for Old Men was my first McCarthy novel. I developed a great deal of admiration for his skill and his storytelling and for his themes.

I definitely intend to read more. I really didn't think I'd much like No Time.

No Time for Old Men was my first McCarthy novel. I developed a great deal of admiration for his skill and his storytelling and for his themes.

I definitely intend to read more. I really didn't think I'd much like No Time.

Blood Meridian is very grim, I wouldn't like to have lived in those times. Suttree is the closest McCarthy comes to humor, I liked it. The Road & No Country were just great, IMO,

No actually this was my first book by him. I'm not entirely sure why I bought it but I think it was because my Kindle was new and the synopsis sounded good....it might also have been on the bestseller list. Not really sure what my decision was there. I haven't read it yet because other books have come up that really hooked me.

Am I going to miss out on a lot by not reading the older books in the series first?I notice the Kindle has enlarged my universe of writers and actually interested me in some surprising choices.

I think my first Crais book was not his first. But I had developed an interest in crime fiction and was exploring at the time. When I found someone I liked I returned to earlier works and caught up. I did that with Crais. It seems to me it certainly helps to know the history of the characters but it shouldn't matter that much.

I'm trying to get through the House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielwski - it's terribly laborious, but creative and suspenseful so far. By no means is it a page turner. I would be curious if anyone else has attempted to get through it.

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Blood Meridian is very grim, I wouldn't like to have lived in those times. Suttree is the closest McCarthy comes to humor, I liked it. The Road & No Country were just great, IMO,I read that McCarthy doesn't think much of authors who don't deal with life and death. No Country had plenty of both but also seemed to me to contain elements of chance, psychology, and mysticism.

I also read that he didn't use semicolons which I thought funny and preferred dialogue without quotes. That seemed to me to actually make the action move faster although I did not notice it at the time.

Really interesting author.

I'm trying to get through the House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielwski - it's terribly laborious, but creative and suspenseful so far. By no means is it a page turner. I would be curious if anyone else has attempted to get through it.

I've read it. Takes some effort, to say the least.

Of Mice and Men. I'm on a classics kick right now.

Worst Case - James Patterson!

Blood Meridian is very grim, I wouldn't like to have lived in those times. Suttree is the closest McCarthy comes to humor, I liked it. The Road & No Country were just great, IMO,

Grim puts it mildly, great book though. I actually thought No Country was the weakest of the ones you listed.

I really enjoyed Suttree too, the guy with the melon fetish WTF?

Just now finishing Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain by William M Struthers. Surprisingly good book.

Working on Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently by Gregory Berns. Not exactly my favorite right now.

Also finished The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. Really enjoyed this book. May buy another book by this author.

I have a bunch of new titles waiting but I'm not sure what I'm going to read next. Maybe The Last Christian on Earth by Oz Guinness.

I've been reading news accounts of Memoirs of an Exorcist by Marco Tosatti that is a series of interviews with the Vatican's chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth. Apparently it isn't for sale yet but I think I'll get it when it is available.

The "Old Testament"

Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane.

The History of Blues by Francis Davis.

Dr. No by Ian Fleming. I'm working my way through all 13 original novels again.

Surprised By Joy by C. S. Lewis. Did it for a book report, but just reading it again.

I just noticed that all of John Grisham's books are now available on Kindle. I may have to catch up. I was surprised to read this as I thought he was adamantly against ebooks.

I just noticed that all of John Grisham's books are now available on Kindle. I may have to catch up. I was surprised to read this as I thought he was adamantly against ebooks.

Just curious...do you have to pay for each e-book/novel?

Just curious...do you have to pay for each e-book/novel?Usually. I just purchased The Associate (http://www.amazon.com/The-Associate-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B003B02NZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1268930176&sr=1-2) by Grisham that was published in 2009 for $9.99. Other titles by Grisham are mostly $7.99 but I noticed a $5.99 and a $6.99 and another that was nearly $20.

But there are many free Kindle titles and collections.

I bought the complete works of Charles Dickens for $4.79 that has more than 200 titles as an example.

You can also read Kindle books on iPhone and PC with respective programs.

Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration

Just started reading the Road. Just finished Storms of My Grandchildren and Cheap

The Associate: A Novel by John Grisham

Deception: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman

Tumbling Blocks by Earline Fowler - it's a niche market...

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.

The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns by Alan C. Greenberg

I am enjoying this book and pretty much agree with the Amazon editorial reviews. Honestly I'm not sure why the Amazon readers' reviews have been so negative.

Okay, I admit to being a complete nerd. I decided to read the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan and am half way through the first book.

Finished Storm Prey by John Sandford - liked it a lot.

Others I am reading or have read recently:

Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites...and Other Lies You've Been Told: A Sociologist Shatters Myths From the Secular and Christian Media by Wright, Bradley R.E.
Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality by Spencer, Michael
Five Points of Calvinism, The by Palmer, Edwin H.
Cereal Tycoon: The Biography of Henry Parsons Crowell by Musser, Joe
Planet Narnia : The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis by Ward, Michael
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Gladwell, Malcolm
Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Boss, Pauline
Caught by Coben, Harlan
Disturbing Divine Behavior: Troubling Old Testament Images of God by Eric A. Seibert
First Family by Baldacci, David

'American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders' by Richard Grant. So far it's very interesting.


Just finished 'The Officer Factory' by Hans-Hellmut Kirst.

I went back in time...Arthur C. Clarke's Rama Series.

Oh and if anyone knows where to find a copy of Galileo's Theory on 2 Systems....is it electronic or actually printed anywhere in the last 100 years, I'd love to know. It's a very cool insight into the battle that raged during his time and I'd love to read the whole thing and not just little snippets.

Just finished "Exodus From the Alamo, The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth", and started "Eagles and Empire, the United States, Mexico, and the Struggle for a Continent."