What's the Last Book You Read/Finished?

[ComicChick]

what do you think of the Milennium Trilogy so far Squeek? I'm thinking about trying it out.

 

[Max J Power]

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

Kind of a mixed bag, but worth reading. The theories are well thought out and thoroughly interesting. The structure of the chapters, however, leaves something to be desired. They start out building a central theme (around how people respond to incentives), but it's largely abandoned halfway through. And the transitions between passages (or lack thereof) within each chapter somewhat weaken the main ideas; as though the authors are just rattling off examples and not really making connections. Levitt's claim of being a "rogue economist" doesn't go unfounded, but it seems like he thought a "rogue" didn't have to write that well.

 

[WompuM]

Just finished The Naked Sun by Asimov. I really want to read The Robots of Dawn now.

 

[Victarion]

Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock, the 1st book in an omnibus I got via Amazone, The Elric Saga Part 1. Apparently these have the novels in chronological order; I got introduced to Elric via Elric: Stealer of Souls, a recent Del Rey collection of stories. Even though its the 1st in the Del Rey collection, it begins with The Dreaming City which occurs at least a year after the events of Elric of Melnibone.

 

[Harry_Lime02]

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. It was a challenging read, but still one of the best books I've ever read.

 

[El Bastardo]

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch.

Yes, I finally finished that hunk of ****.

 

[ComicChick]

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

 

[X-Woman]

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

 

[Crockett]

Atlas Shrugged

Has been said her magnum opus, a interesting book which also include in a greater scale the author Rand's philosophy Objectivism.

 

[ChickenScratch]

My favorite book.

 

[Crockett]

Yeah I noticed that by the oath line in your sig.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I've heard of Atlas Shrugged many times.

 

[Crockett]

Yes it's a classic literature, which I didn't have to time to read until now, it's a remarkable book with an interesting philosophy.

Anyhoo, currently reading: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.

 

[ChickenScratch]

For me it's very important. I am an objectivist. Even have a coupe Rearden Steel t-shirts.

 

[Yodaman]

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

 

[mongoose-mania]

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton.

 

[Crockett]

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Has an intresting concept, the author did a good research on Lincoln's life so creds for actually being very accurate (minus the non-fiction part). It has enough balance between the journal entry and the biography narrative and it was a decent and fun read, however I don't like his take on the vampires.

 

[ComicChick]

 

[Yodaman]

The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

The Sushi Economy by Sasha Issenberg

 

[Lobo]

Redaing Nick's Trip by George Pelecanos. Pretty good so far

 

[Motown Marvel]

in the past two months i've been up to my eyeballs in sci-fi. I've read:

John Carter of Mars Trilogy:
-Princess of Mars*
-Gods of Mars
-Warlord of Mars

and some glorious Philip K. Dick:
-The Man in the High Castle
-The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch*
-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
-Ubik*

*Favorites

 

[Yodaman]

The Trial by Franz Kafka

 

[sabetoonth]

I started reading Death's Door by Michael Slade

 

[ComicChick]

The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

finished it about 3am today

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

The Living Dead 2

Several pretty good stories in there, much better than the first anthology.