What book(s) are you reading now?

[Nepenthe]

I just finished reading Jesus Freaks by Andre Duza sent to me by a certain Californian on RF. It was AMAZING!

Isn't it!
You'd like Angel Dust Apocalypse as well I bet. It's a collection of short stories that defy categorizing, though all have a horrific slant and fall near the whole gonzo-punk-horror world that Duza writes in. A few of my favorites: Amniotic Shock in the Last Sacred Place is a title that kinda implies what it's about; Swimming in the House of the Sea is odd yet melancholy; Branded, about corporate logos burnt into "intimate" parts of the human anatomy; The League of Zeroes, a familiar and cyberpunkish yet amazing short about body mortification. Awesome book.

Just finished Leather Maiden by my hero Joe Lansdale. The guy just can't do wrong in my eyes, and Leather' is yet another astounding novel.

 

[linwood]

I just finished reading Jesus Freaks by Andre Duza sent to me by a certain Californian on RF. It was AMAZING!

Zombies, two Jesus' duking it out, Jim Morrison zombie, apocalypse, Judgement Day... It really is one of the best books I've read in a long, long time. It made me almost cry to finish it. I wanted it to keep going.

Edit for description:
For God so loved the world that he gave his only two begotten sons. and a few million zombies Thugs, pushers, gangsters, rapists, murderers; Detective Philip Makane thought he'd seen it all until he awoke on the morning of Easter Sunday 2015, to a world filled with bleeding rain, ravenous zombies, a homicidal ghost, and the sudden arrival of two men with extraordinary powers who both claim to be Jesus Christ in the flesh.

That sounds awesome!!

I`m reading "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein and "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke.

 

[cardero]

I recently bought the '100 Classic Book Collection' for the Nintendo DS. I have just finished 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass', both of which were a lot more amusing than I thought they'd be. I'm going to be going all Dickensian next.

I have to hand it to Nintendo, that is a pretty good idea.

I have been catching up with my G-FAN magazine colection. This months issue is a tribute to the recently deceased Forest J. Ackerman and is laid out in the style of those collectible FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND magazines I used to read when I was younger.

• Interview with actor, Akira Takarada
• Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Retrospective
• Interview with visual effects artist Lisa Tomei
• Tales of King Komodo
• Dracula vs. Godzilla – A Tale of Two Studios
• Chasing Famous Monsters #30
• Master Monster Maker
• Interview with actress, Machiko Naka
• GFantis – Heart of the Beast
• The Monolith Monsters!
• New Toy Report
• Curtain Call For Far East Monsters
• Kaiju Treats
• More G-FEST Information
• DVD Review: Gamera The Brave and more!

and Cinema Retro, a beautifully produced British publication that focuses on cinema entertainment of the 60's and 70's. This month includes articles on Janet Leigh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bruce Lee and features interviews with Karen Black and Ernest Borgnine.

 

[Yes Man]

SSOTBME: an essay on magic

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I just started reading Dark Tower 1: Gunslinger.

 

[linwood]

I just started reading Dark Tower 1: Gunslinger.

I read the first four books in that story and thought is was very good.

I got so po`d it took him over a decade to finish the story I stopped reading it.

I may have to start all over now that it`s complete.

 

[Kay]

The Fidelity of Betrayal by Pete Rollins

 

[ChristineES]

I am reading Ted Dekker's newest book: BoneMan's Daughter.

 

[Kathryn]

I want to read "He Talk Like A White Boy" by Joseph E Phillips.

 

[Azakel]

Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force

Yeah I know, nerding out here, but it gives a good back story in both the Jedi and the Sith. Reading it a find I like the Sith a bit more, Jedi, while some are cool and made an impression on me, most seem quite arrogant.

 

[Mr Spinkles]

I'm sort of spreading myself thin right now on a few...

Why Evolution is True is written by a U. Chicago biologist, it is a review of research and findings in development, the fossil record, genetics, biogeography, anatomy, etc. which prove evolution. I think the title is a shame, it will scare off some people who I think would find it extremely informative and full of peculiar facts about whales, human embryos, human anatomy, fossils, wings and flight, eyes, genetics, and the distribution of animals on islands and continents.

For example....why are there marsupial fossils in a certain part of Antarctica, dating from 30 - 40 million years ago (not more, not less)? Evolution by natural selection can tell you why....that's why biologists went to Antarctica looking for those fossils in the first place. Creationism only tells you, uh, um, er, because God planted them there, just like he plants thunderclouds to create lightning, and so on....

I re-read 1984 and I'm re-reading Animal Farm as well.
Recently finished The Essential Chomsky. Thumbed through a little of Hume's Natural Religion and Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

I was inspired by Glenn Beck's recent raping of the memory of Thomas Paine to read Paine's essays Common Sense and Agrarian Justice.

Slowly, slowly working my way through The Road to Reality (Penrose), Consciousness Explained (Dennett), How the Mind Works (Pinker).

I plan to re-read a few chapters from The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky), and How are we to live? (Singer). I also plan to read Leviathan...some of it, anyway.

 

[Quagmire]

I'm reading the Book of Abraham by Marak Halter. Interesting subject, but the writing itself is pretty average.

The Book of Abraham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[rageoftyrael]

i find it funny that so many people here read so many brainy books. I myself am quite intelligent, but the only books i read are science fiction, fantasy, and manga. Makes me feel like the dumb kid in the class, which i've never been, lol.

 

[Kay]

Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes

(I've lost 5 pounds! Whoo hoo!) :woohoo:

 

[Kathryn]

Just got done reading a work of fiction (rare for me) that I could NOT put down! I even got up at 5 am one morning so I could finish it before I went to work.

It's The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, about a 15 year old boy's affair with a 35 year old woman in post WW2 Germany, and the effects of that interlude on his adult life - also a great mystery about the woman unfolds. What a great story! What insight into human nature! And it brings a lot of questions up about human nature as well. Very provocative book, and also very poignant.

I am now reading "What's Great About Christianity" by D'Souza. Can't put it down!

Waiting on my order for "He Talk Like A White Boy" to come in...

 

[michel]

lol; believe it or not, I am doing Bible study - so I guess I am reading the bible.

Because of my fms and the pain that comes in with the package, I cannot read a book on my own. The answer - Biblke study; at this rate, I guess it will take to the end of the word to get through it.......

 

[Mr Spinkles]

I picked up Mere Chrisitanity (C.S. Lewis) and The Language of God (Francis Collins) a few weeks ago and put them down for a while.....but I'm committed to finishing them eventually.

I hate to sound closed-minded, but honestly, I didn't expect to be overly impressed, and so far I'm not. But I feel like, out of fairness, I should read what Christians believe to be strong arguments for faith.

 

[Smoke]

I picked up Mere Chrisitanity (C.S. Lewis) and The Language of God (Francis Collins) a few weeks ago and put them down for a while.....but I'm committed to finishing them eventually.

I hate to sound closed-minded, but honestly, I didn't expect to be overly impressed, and so far I'm not. But I feel like, out of fairness, I should read what Christians believe to be strong arguments for faith.

Lewis is one of the most overrated writers of the 20th century. His may have been the best intellect of Evangelical Christianity, but that's rather like being the tallest guy at the dwarf convention.

I'm reading Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.

 

[Quagmire]

i find it funny that so many people here read so many brainy books. I myself am quite intelligent, but the only books i read are science fiction, fantasy, and manga. Makes me feel like the dumb kid in the class, which i've never been, lol.

There's a lot to be said about fiction/fantasy. It's nice to spend time in a completely different world for a while.

Lately I've been trying to focus my reading on subjects that deal with this reality though---mostly history and historic fiction---partly because the catharsis is more intense; I often find myself stopping in the middle of a page dealing with the Holocaust or the plight of refugees of one war or another and thinking, "Damn! This really happened to someone, people really went through this". It's a real wake up call.

The other reason is that since I've been coming to RF I've come to realize how many (huge) gaps there are in my education (there are some really knowledgible people in here).

 

[rageoftyrael]

true, i've been looking into some of those brainy books myself, cause i know i won't HATE them, but it will definitely be going in a different direction than i usually read