I'm currently reading The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates.

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.

Available at this OU website (click on the page you can see and it will cause the page to turn... some pages are hard to read but you can download them in full size format... also I believe they may have an original in their library in Norman... but good luck getting a look at that):

http://hsci.ou.edu/book/Galileo-1661/

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.

How was it? I've seen the movie, can I assume the book is better?

I'm reading Valis by Philip K Dick.

I'm reading Valis by Philip K Dick.
I haven't read any of his works although I did like the movies "Total Recall" and "Minority Report." I was interested in the reviews on Amazon. I'm adding it as a candidate.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larson

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larson
Do you like Larson? I was thinking about starting that series after seeing the reviews about Hornet's Nest but the negative reviews on the one you're reading kind of turned me off.

I haven't read any of his works although I did like the movies "Total Recall" and "Minority Report." I was interested in the reviews on Amazon. I'm adding it as a candidate.

Its pretty interesting. Its part of a trilogy, it can be read as a stand alone novel though. I've only read a few of his books and it really isn't representative of the rest. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which Blade Runner was based on is good, so is A Scanner Darkly.
I finished Valis & currently reading Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson.

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.

I've heard the first 3 or 4 were good, the next 4 were OK, & the last 3 or so are pretty terrible. Mainly a cash grab towards the end.
As far as the nerd part, I feel your pain.

Shifting Sands Dusts Its Cheeks In Powdered Beauty by George Herriman

In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time by Peter Lovenheim

This is a fascinating book. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying it. A murder-suicide in his own neighborhood causes Lovenheim to realize how little relationship he has with any of his neighbors. He decides to spend a day and night with each one that allows him the privilege. Anyone interested in community should find this book interesting.

How was it? I've seen the movie, can I assume the book is better?

Actually parts of both movies, Night Watch and Day Watch, are taken from this first book in the series. Yes, I am enjoying it.

ZAVULON!!!

Just picked up "The Obama Diaries" by Laura Ingraham.
Going to start it this weekend.

I have a stack of Ted Dekker novels I need to read. I've read about half his collection. Great stuff.

Grisham & Clancy are two of my favorites as well.

Just finished BoneShaker - After reading about half of it I finally came to the conclusion I was never going to get into it. It was just boring and the characters were uninteresting. So, for the first time ever, I skipped ahead and found out the answer to the only real mystery and then to the end. Can't recommend this one.

Now I am reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Stellar so far. Can get lost in the descriptions.

Just finished BoneShaker - After reading about half of it I finally came to the conclusion I was never going to get into it. It was just boring and the characters were uninteresting. So, for the first time ever, I skipped ahead and found out the answer to the only real mystery and then to the end. Can't recommend this one.

Now I am reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Stellar so far. Can get lost in the descriptions.

Blood Meridian is a very grim book. I haven't read anything by McCarthy that I didn't like yet. The Border Trilogy is a masterpiece, especially The Crossing.

I'm now reading Truman Capote by George Plimpton. It's very well-written.

Three Cups of Tea
One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

I've been doing some great vacation reading -- The Girl Who Played with Fire series (I'm on the third one now). Also, I just reread one of my all-time favorites, Jack Finney's time travel masterpiece, Time and Again.

I'm about 1/4 of the way through We Were Soldiers Once...And Young by Lt. Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway. Amazing read so far.

Rereading Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett, my favorite author. I'm going to read the entire series again for the umpteenth time, as every time I read it I find something new.

Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas - this is an excellent book for anyone interested in Bonhoeffer, Nazi religious belief, or German Christianity during WWII.

The Investment Answer by Daniel Goldie and Gordon Murray
Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
Crossfire - Dick Francis and Felix Francis

Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee

Decision Points by George W Bush

Live to Tell - Lisa Gardner
The Confession - John Grisham

At Home - Bill Bryson
Earth (the Book) - John Stewart and the Daily Show writers.

Radical - David Platt

I'm also reading At Home by Bill Bryson (I love the way he writes) and Bush's new book, Decision Points.

In addition, I'm re-reading an old Zane Grey novel on my Kindle - Desert of Wheat (about a second generation German off to war in WWI). Many of his books, like this one, are free.

Just started The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin (about the frozen Chosen in the Korean War). Very good, so far. I don't know much about the Korean War and have several books stacked up on the subject.

And I am trudging through another book on my Kindle in the Wheel of Time Fantasy series. That one is taking FOREVER.

And I am trudging through another book on my Kindle in the Wheel of Time Fantasy series. That one is taking FOREVER.
Back when you posted you were starting that series I was reading "Planet Narnia : The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis" and it was taking me forever. I had a couple of long car trips so I let the Kindle read the thing to me. 3 hours was about 10% or something. Finally got through it. Basically I was too uneducated about C. S. Lewis and Medieval English Literature to understand and appreciate the book.

Back when you posted you were starting that series I was reading "Planet Narnia : The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis" and it was taking me forever. I had a couple of long car trips so I let the Kindle read the thing to me. 3 hours was about 10% or something. Finally got through it. Basically I was too uneducated about C. S. Lewis and Medieval English Literature to understand and appreciate the book.
I'm up to book 11. Nothing happens. Or rather, two things happen per 800 page book.

Currently listening to the audible version of The Poisonwood Bible.

And I am trudging through another book on my Kindle in the Wheel of Time Fantasy series. That one is taking FOREVER.

I couldn't even finish that one and completely skipped the next one. However, I started back up on The Gathering Storm (which was written by Brandon Sanderson following the death of Robert Jordan) and couldn't put it down. Sanderson lacks Jordan's talent for finding just the perfect word but he makes up for it by advancing the plot and making the characters more interesting and appealing. I wish there was a way to combine the two writers but Sanderson and his editor did a great job of keeping it as seamless as possible.

After the Gathering Storm, I read The Towers of Midnight. It was the last thing I needed to be doing when I should have been Christmas shopping, baking and decorating. Really liked it. The biggest drawback was that for some reason I can't fathom, the editor (also Jordan's widow) opted to delay releasing it on Kindle until next year. Most kindle readers that I know would gladly pay several more dollars to have it on Kindle so they don't have to try to read a book that is over 800 pages. That was a real pain. Don't know when the last book in the series is supposed to be published but I am really looking forward to it.

BTW, I never even missed the book and a half I skipped (and they are both about 700 - 800 pages long). Books 5 - 10 could have been trimmed down to one book, IMO. Never read such well written but boring books, if that makes sense.

Several....

Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary
Edited by Steven R. Weisman
This is a fascinating book. It's a huge collection of letters, journal entries, etc. from one of the brightest men to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. He died in 2003.

flintysooner, I'm also reading Gardner's Live To Tell. I've always been a fan, but I'm finding this one slower than most of her books.

Also just finished The 7 Secrets of Synchronicity....a subject that has always fascinated me.

Up next: How To Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Blackwell.

My son knows the author and gave me an autographed copy of "Young Mr. Obama" for Christmas so I guess it's next up.

Life on the Line - the Dodson's Cafeteria Story by the Dodson family

This little volume was just a lovely journey into the past for me. Of course I am one of those for whom Dodson's Cafeterias (all of them) were extremely important so the photos and recipes were wonderfully exciting. But I was also surprised at how much of the history of Capitol Hill and south Oklahoma City that it made me recall as well. It isn't a very large book but it is one I'd recommend to anyone interested in this aspect of Oklahoma City's history.

Life on the Line - the Dodson's Cafeteria Story by the Dodson family

This little volume was just a lovely journey into the past for me. Of course I am one of those for whom Dodson's Cafeterias (all of them) were extremely important so the photos and recipes were wonderfully exciting. But I was also surprised at how much of the history of Capitol Hill and south Oklahoma City that it made me recall as well. It isn't a very large book but it is one I'd recommend to anyone interested in this aspect of Oklahoma City's history. Sounds interesting. Where could I get a copy?

Sounds interesting. Where could I get a copy?
My copy came from Full Circle and is signed by Charlotte. There was a signing there a couple of weeks ago.

There are a few photos. One shows the block with Katz, Langstons, and Browns.

Between Browns and Langstons was the entry to the basement where the first Dodson's opened before the one at Reding.

On Thursday I had lunch at Grill on the Hill and we were all talking about the history of the area.

My copy came from Full Circle and is signed by Charlotte. There was a signing there a couple of weeks ago.

There are a few photos. One shows the block with Katz, Langstons, and Browns.

Between Browns and Langstons was the entry to the basement where the first Dodson's opened before the one at Reding.

On Thursday I had lunch at Grill on the Hill and we were all talking about the history of the area. Thanks fs, I had no idea that Dodsons started in Capitol Hill.

They were there about 2 years before moving to Reding.

Interesting discussion about south vs north OKC, construction of Reding and Hillcrest, and the cafeteria business in OKC. Probably more interesting to those of us of a certain age and more south than north but I think something of interest for many others as well.

They were there about 2 years before moving to Reding.

Interesting discussion about south vs north OKC, construction of Reding and Hillcrest, and the cafeteria business in OKC. Probably more interesting to those of us of a certain age and more south than north but I think something of interest for many others as well. Works for me, I was a southsider and I am of a certain age. (old)

Tom Clancy's - Dead or Alive

^^^ I was planning on purchasing that one after the holidays.

I just received Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars for Christmas. It's not my usual type of read, but it's been interesting so far.
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Street Player: My Chicago Story - by Danny Seraphine (co-founder and original drummer for the legen....dary rock band)

I'm about halfway through and so far, just a few interesting tidbits about how the band came to be - some of it is common knowledge if you're a fan - but what's more amazing is how Danny managed to stay alive to get to his ultimate dream. :ohno:

A**holeology: the Science Behind Getting Your Way - And Getting Away With It by Steven B. Green.

Phil Gordon's Little Green Book

The Dexter series

thanks for all the suggestions in this thread...I'm always looking for something new and good to read.

If you like the epic style check out George RR Martins Song of Fire & Ice series, very dark stuff though. Currently reading Felix Gilman's "The Half-Made World.'

I couldn't even finish that one and completely skipped the next one. However, I started back up on The Gathering Storm (which was written by Brandon Sanderson following the death of Robert Jordan) and couldn't put it down. Sanderson lacks Jordan's talent for finding just the perfect word but he makes up for it by advancing the plot and making the characters more interesting and appealing. I wish there was a way to combine the two writers but Sanderson and his editor did a great job of keeping it as seamless as possible.

After the Gathering Storm, I read The Towers of Midnight. It was the last thing I needed to be doing when I should have been Christmas shopping, baking and decorating. Really liked it. The biggest drawback was that for some reason I can't fathom, the editor (also Jordan's widow) opted to delay releasing it on Kindle until next year. Most kindle readers that I know would gladly pay several more dollars to have it on Kindle so they don't have to try to read a book that is over 800 pages. That was a real pain. Don't know when the last book in the series is supposed to be published but I am really looking forward to it.

BTW, I never even missed the book and a half I skipped (and they are both about 700 - 800 pages long). Books 5 - 10 could have been trimmed down to one book, IMO. Never read such well written but boring books, if that makes sense.

If you like the epic style check out George RR Martins Song of Fire & Ice series, very dark stuff though. Currently reading Felix Gilman's "The Half-Made World.'

Oh, I love that series and have been waiting for the next one for years. WHO KNEW a dwarf could be such an interesting character?

I think he is spending most of his time working on the HBO series & not the new book.

I think he is spending most of his time working on the HBO series & not the new book.

Seems like he has lost interest in it, sadly.

Three Cups of Tea
One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

The Mortenson scandal makes me think of the Three Cups of Kool-Aid OKC taxpayers drank a few years back (penny sales tax, State quality jobs tax, use tax) that led to $250,000,000 going to a basketball team that would have come regardless, had we given them money or not. Some good short term effects, but the big picture of it all is just plain brutal.

The Mortenson scandal makes me think of the Three Cups of Kool-Aid OKC taxpayers drank a few years back (penny sales tax, State quality jobs tax, use tax) that led to $250,000,000 going to a basketball team that would have come regardless, had we given them money or not. Some good short term effects, but the big picture of it all is just plain brutal.

Calling BS on this one (I'm not suprised considering source), OKC did not give $250,000,000 to anyone.

Calling BS on this one (I'm not suprised considering source), OKC did not give $250,000,000 to anyone.

Totally agree junkie.

The Mortenson scandal makes me think of the Three Cups of Kool-Aid OKC taxpayers drank a few years back (penny sales tax, State quality jobs tax, use tax) that led to $250,000,000 going to a basketball team that would have come regardless, had we given them money or not. Some good short term effects, but the big picture of it all is just plain brutal.

Have you read the book?

Reading The Complete Fuzzy and various other H. Beam Piper pieces. I've been on an old sci-fi kick recently.

"Life" by Keith Richards.

"American Pastoral" - Philip Roth

The Game of Thrones is on HBO, which I don't have. Martin's newest book in the series is coming out in July, I believe.

Thinking about rereading the best historical fiction series every written: The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. I pull it out every couple of years and find something new and wonderful about it every time.

Elizabeth I by one of the better historical fiction writers...can't remember which one.

I'm also reading "Life" by Keith Richards, which is surprisingly interesting.

I'm also reading "Life" by Keith Richards, which is surprisingly interesting.

An entirely new perspective on "Keef", eh?

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"...Americans have experienced a love-hate relationship with Wall Street for two hundred years. Long an object of suspicion, fear, and even revulsion, the Street eventually came to be seen as an alluring pathway to wealth and freedom. Steve Fraser tells the story of this remarkable transformation in a brilliant, masterfully written narrative filled with colorful tales of confidence men and aristocrats, Napoleonic financiers and reckless adventurers, master builders and roguish destroyers. Penetrating and engrossing, this is an extraordinary work of history that illuminates the values and the character of our nation..."

I'm also going back and re-reading the Song of Fire and Ice series (Game of Thrones) in anticipation of the next book coming out in July. it has been a lifetime since the last book and I needed to catch back up.

Recently...Between a Rock and a Hard Place. After watching 127 Hours, I figured the book to be good and it is excellent so far.

Just started In the Garden of Beasts:Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. It's by Erik Larson, the same guy who wrote Isaac's Storm (one of my favorites) and Devil in the White City. So far, it has been a good read. It's nonfiction and based, in part, on journals written at the time. Interesting to read their perceptions of Berlin in the years before WWII before they had all the information we have now. It also discusses the different attitudes and political strategies people and countries had regarding jews, jewish immigration and international relations, overall, in light of the the domestic problems we were having in the Great Depression. It is certainly not a perfect comparison but there are some similarities between that time and now in that the domestic economy was so fragile that we had less wiggle room to deal with other countries. That, of course, leads to all kinds of compromises which, in hindsight, are heartbreaking.

The Freedoms We Lost: Consent and Resistance in Revolutionary America by Barbara Clark Smith.

+ anything with zombies.

However, I bought the entire series "The Tudors" on DVD and that has derailed all reading for the present.

I am currently reading "In the Sanctuary of Outcasts" by Neil White. A true story based on the author spending time in jail which is also a lepers colony in rural Carville, Louisiana. It is a book that is quite moving and very redemptive. The author spent time in jail for white collar crimes and befriends a outcast of clandestine lepers.

Just finished Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi last night. It was an entertaining read.