Pixies Place Forums - What are you reading?

themi01

08-06-2009, 06:29 PM

CCNA and N+ manuals Wait O minute Fang your not from the American south east or am I wrong if I'm not where did the Y'all come frome ? lol

Neige

08-06-2009, 07:19 PM

I just started Coureurs de Bois (http://www.amazon.ca/Coureurs-Bois-Bruce-MacDonald/dp/1896951724) last night, a novel by Canadian Bruce MacDonald.

themi01

08-06-2009, 07:35 PM

OK far from ME to cast stones but Bruce MacDonald writing in French Canadian ?????

Lilith

08-06-2009, 09:03 PM

I want to go pick up The Time Traveller's Wife.

Fangtasia

08-06-2009, 09:52 PM

Fang your not from the American south east or am I wrong if I'm not where did the Y'all come frome ? lol
This 'ere Aussie can y'all along with the best of em *LOL*

dicksbro

08-07-2009, 04:46 AM

A non-Fiction book called SHIP. It's put out by the Smithsonian and covers the history of ships from ancient times until the present. Very interesting. Talks about the types of ships; construction innovations; how the ships were used; and other details that are quite interesting.

Nice Guy

08-09-2009, 11:11 AM

Just finished the second book in the Safehold series by David Weber. I am now starting the 6th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

rabbit

08-09-2009, 12:48 PM

Bill O'Reilly's "Culture Warrior".

Oldfart

08-09-2009, 07:25 PM

Len Deighton's "Fighter", a sociopolitical analysis/dissection of the Battle of Britain.

Booger

08-10-2009, 12:24 AM

A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

Pita

08-10-2009, 08:58 PM

Sarah Susanka, The Not So Big House

FallenAngel5

08-10-2009, 11:52 PM

A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

That's one of my fave books ever by my favorite author! Let me know what you think :)

I'm about to pick up Watership Down.

Booger

08-11-2009, 02:23 PM

That's one of my fave books ever by my favorite author! Let me know what you think :)

This is the 2nd I've read it enjoyed it the first time so had to reread it and I'm also a big Irving fan.

FallenAngel5

08-11-2009, 08:28 PM

I'm glad I'm not the only one. My favorite Irving is A Widow For One Year.

CuteCoupleOz

08-15-2009, 10:35 PM

"The Retreaters" by Sharlene Miller Brown and "You Can Heal Your Life" by Louise Hay

---kathy

Fangtasia

08-16-2009, 01:52 AM

I'm still reading 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer.....need to find more time to get into it, other books are waiting in the wings *L*

AZRedHot

08-16-2009, 02:17 AM

Instances of the Number 3, by Salley Vickers

Maleslut1186

08-17-2009, 07:09 AM

Boats, Boffins and Bowlines. The story of Sailing inventors and Innovators by Geroge Drower.

gekkogecko

08-17-2009, 09:30 AM

The Pixies forums, of course.

AngelicVampires

08-17-2009, 12:25 PM

A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
That's a really good book (had to read it in high school).

Currently reading "Fool's Experiments." Not very good until you are about 3/4 the way through.

shadowsfate

08-17-2009, 07:12 PM

Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. Yet another collabrative book by these two authors. Not quite as good as the original Dune novels written by Brian's father, but still entertaining none-the-less

AZRedHot

08-17-2009, 10:51 PM

I'm fixin' to start Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore. I'm looking forward to it.

Oldfart

08-18-2009, 02:20 AM

I just bought Clive Cussler's new one, Polar Shift.

Maleslut1186

08-18-2009, 10:12 AM

Neige

08-18-2009, 01:25 PM

I'm fixin' to start Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore. I'm looking forward to it.

That book was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!! Good choice!

I've now just started The Source by James A. Michener. I'm going to drop by the used books store on the way to get groceries though so I may start something else at the same time.

Booger

08-18-2009, 02:08 PM

I'm fixin' to start Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore. I'm looking forward to it.

I agree with Neige it is a great book but then everything from Christopher Moore is good.

Fangtasia

08-22-2009, 12:35 AM

Now i'm reading 'Catspell' by Colleen Shannon

Fangtasia

08-22-2009, 05:17 AM

'Chasing Midnight' by Susan Krinard (paranormal romance)

scotzoidman

08-22-2009, 11:10 PM

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Eric Burdon.

I've been wanting a copy for years now, & finally found one cheap on Ebay, from Goodwill of Indianapolis no less...like new copy, but when I cracked it open, discovered it was also autographed by the author!

I'll be hangin' on to this one...at least until EB dies, anyway :rolleyes2

Oldfart

08-23-2009, 12:36 AM

Just don't misunderstand him.

AZRedHot

08-25-2009, 12:32 AM

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Eric Burdon.

I'm so glad you posted this Scotz--thanks to you, I now have a Christmas gift for my eternally hard-to-buy-for dad.

I just started After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield.

Booger

09-03-2009, 10:23 PM

Naked Came the Manatee by Dave Barry, Les Standiford, Paul Lavine, Edna Buchman,James W. Hall, Carolina Hospital, Evelyn Mayerson, Tananarive Due, Brian Antoni, Vicki Hendricks, John Dufresne, Elmore Leinard, and Carl Hiaasen.

This was originally published as a serial novel in the Miami Herald's Tropic magazine each author taking a chapter a week then later put out as a book. It intresting to see the writing style changes in each chapter.

Teddy Bear

09-03-2009, 10:37 PM

Oh my gosh.... I just figured out who Fangtasia is. Yeah I know, I'm a little slow. *waves hi* Wondered where you were. :)

So anyhow, to reply to the thread....
I just started book 2 in the John Norman series about Gor.

scotzoidman

09-06-2009, 11:17 PM

I'm so glad you posted this Scotz--thanks to you, I now have a Christmas gift for my eternally hard-to-buy-for dad.
Another EB & the Animals fan, eh...I may be one of the few people who bought (and still possesses) all of Eric's psychedelic era albums...what was I thinking?

I think this book is out of print now, (2001 (c) ) so you may have to hunt Ebay etc. to find a good used copy, like I did. Lots of funny & sometimes tragic stories, & maybe the biggest surprise is that Eric still remembers any of them :huh:

scotzoidman

09-06-2009, 11:22 PM

Oh my gosh.... I just figured out who Fangtasia is. Yeah I know, I'm a little slow. :)

No, you're not slow...it's hard to keep up, even for those of us that are here when she does her Sybil thing :nod:

Oldfart

09-07-2009, 02:54 AM

I haven't thought of Gor for ages.

Teddy Bear

09-07-2009, 11:48 AM

"her Sybil thing"........rofl!!!!

You know what i noticed..... I have the same name I joined with in 2002 and don't even have 4,000 post yet. She's on her 4th? 5th? name and every one is wayyyyy up there!! lol

Teddy Bear

09-07-2009, 11:54 AM

Lost

09-08-2009, 01:49 AM

currently taking a break from "paranormal romance" novels and reading
the Star Wars "Legacy of the Force", reading the book "Exile" currently

Lord Snow

09-08-2009, 09:31 AM

I just started reading the 9th book in wheel of time.

Oldfart

09-08-2009, 02:33 PM

OF, I never would've guessed you knew of Gor.

I know several people who claim to 'live' it....

Reading to try and figure out why?

Cause right now I see no advantage or anything good from a females point of view. Its great for the guys.

Gor was a Phase I went through, after the Lensman Series and before John Carter of Mars. Re-reading them now may be interesting, to see if they're better or worse than Henlein.

scotzoidman

09-08-2009, 08:16 PM

Oldfart

09-08-2009, 08:27 PM

Yes, even in person.

I've just started reading the first novel in the new Clive Cussler "Fargo" franchise, Spartan Gold. It's another improbable romp, still fun just.

gekkogecko

09-09-2009, 10:54 AM

"World War Z", by Max Brooks, lent to me by my girlfriend.

dicksbro

09-09-2009, 11:59 AM

Steam and Rail (a look at the world's railways)

AZRedHot

10-02-2009, 12:46 AM

A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore

Oldfart

10-02-2009, 02:44 AM

Juggler of Worlds, the new Larry Niven.

dicksbro

10-02-2009, 04:21 AM

Flags and Heraldry by Alfred Znamierowski and Stephen Slater

Maleslut1186

10-05-2009, 07:30 AM

"Made in America " by Bill Bryson, A history of the developement of English as spoken by AMericans

Lord Snow

10-06-2009, 08:55 AM

Is it me or does it seem that the majority of people that have posted in this thread read more educational than anything else? I was more expecting stuff like fantasy, mystery, some classics, maybe a biography or two. I find it interesting.

I'm still currently reading the ninth book in the Wheel of Time. It's a huge series so It's taken quite some time to get this far and I still have a few more to go.

Teddy Bear

10-06-2009, 12:37 PM

Is it me or does it seem that the majority of people that have posted in this thread read more educational than anything else? I was more expecting stuff like fantasy, mystery, some classics, maybe a biography or two. I find it interesting. .

There's some smart folks here at Pixies..... makes me wonder how I got to be one. lol.

I just started Michael J. Foxes new book, 'Always Looking Up - The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.' He says the title refers not only to his outlook on life but is also a short joke since his whole life has been spent looking at elbows and belly buttons of tall people. lol.

Lord Snow

10-06-2009, 01:09 PM

He is short, he is funny, and I saw an interview with him after he really started having problems with his disease, he seemed very upbeat.

Maleslut1186

10-06-2009, 01:46 PM

Juggler of Worlds, the new Larry Niven.
A NEW LARRY NIVEN ! I must get a copy and read it thanks Old Fart !

ShadowDancer

10-06-2009, 02:26 PM

I just finished the first "book" in the Night World Series by L.J. Smith. It was 3 stories in one; and there are 4 more books, so far, in the series. It's another one of those vampire/witch/werewolf/shapeshifter books geared towards teens like Twilight was originally.

Neige

10-06-2009, 03:06 PM

Is it me or does it seem that the majority of people that have posted in this thread read more educational than anything else? I was more expecting stuff like fantasy, mystery, some classics, maybe a biography or two. I find it interesting.

The reason I don't often post what novels I read is because I read through novels pretty quickly, and I don't always see them as the most interesting thing I am reading at the moment (as I always have several books on the go at once).

Right now the most interesting book I am reading is Jewels: A Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/Jewels-Secret-History-Victoria-Finlay/dp/0345466942) by Victoria Finlay.

Lord Snow

10-06-2009, 04:30 PM

I understand going through books quickly. I used to read a 6-700 page novel in three days or so. I just find it interesting that so many, when they do post, are reading more nonfiction than fiction.

scotzoidman

10-06-2009, 08:43 PM

Is it me or does it seem that the majority of people that have posted in this thread read more educational than anything else? I was more expecting stuff like fantasy, mystery, some classics, maybe a biography or two. I find it interesting.

Now I prob look like a real egghead, just finished (sort of) "The Panic of 1907". I really wish I'd read it 2 yrs ago when it came out, but it took this long to get down to my price range; now it just seems depressingly predictive, in that it shows that we were primed for a repeat of history 100 yrs later, & yet we couldn't do anything to stop ourselves from doing the lemming thing again. Best quote: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." - Mark Twain

AZRedHot

10-07-2009, 12:19 AM

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, by Chris Moore (LOVE Chris Moore, and I'm working through his entire oeuvre.)

Booger

10-07-2009, 12:47 AM

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, by Chris Moore (LOVE Chris Moore, and I'm working through his entire oeuvre.)

Christopher Moore is great I've read all his stuff up till Fluke. Then other authors and lack of money have kept me from reading his last few books. if you have a facebook account add his page he post great little blogs on there.

AZRedHot

10-07-2009, 01:00 AM

Thanks for the tip, Booger--I'll do that!

Rhiannon

10-07-2009, 10:37 AM

A Stroke Of Midnight - Laurell Hamilton.

Reading The Series Again As You Miss So Much

ShadowDancer

10-07-2009, 02:26 PM

A Stroke Of Midnight - Laurell Hamilton.

Reading The Series Again As You Miss So Much

I've read this series SO many times since the first time 5 years ago and only recently went through it at work via audio books...and am currently listening to the Anita Blake books at work. I'm up to Obsidian Butterfly.

Rhiannon

10-07-2009, 03:40 PM

great series too..

Hubby fights me for meredith books

jseal

02-27-2010, 06:51 PM

"Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity (http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html)"

I know that sounds like pure BS, and it was! This article was a hoax perpetrated by Alan Sokal, published in Social Text (http://socialtext.dukejournals.org/) at the height of the Science Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_wars).

In it, by presenting carefully worded nonsense, Dr. Sokal illustrated the lack of intellectual rigor practiced by postmodernist critics who had little understanding of the science they criticized.

A marvelous hoax!

Oldfart

02-27-2010, 07:26 PM

Me too, now.

Before that, FlightPast, aviation porn.

Lilith

02-27-2010, 07:48 PM

The ABA Companion
Organizing Quality Programs for Children with Autism and PDD by Fovel

and

Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism
Communication, Social, & Academic Development by Koegel & Koegel

keeps me sexy

I know

Oldfart

02-27-2010, 08:38 PM

Stop talking dirty to me you hussy (until later).

scotzoidman

02-27-2010, 10:13 PM

FallenAngel5

02-27-2010, 11:16 PM

I'm just finishing up Push by Sapphire, the novel that the movie Precious was based on.

Definitely not for the faint of heart of the easily depressed.

Lost

02-27-2010, 11:32 PM

Bone Crossed
by Patricia Briggs

AZRedHot

02-28-2010, 12:32 AM

Y'all are making me feel frivolous. I just started Waking Up in the Land of Glitter, by Kathy Cano-Murillo.

shadowsfate

02-28-2010, 08:20 PM

I've been switching between the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (a friend of mine has almost the entire series and thought I might enjoy it) and the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (I'm rereading it just before I read the newest, so everything is fresh in mind), although I may have to start skipping the Discworld series for a bit, since I've been loaning the Dragon reborn books to my neighbor and he's catching up on me fast :yikes:

Both good series, just in completely different ways :rofl:

Lord Snow

02-28-2010, 09:33 PM

God, I'm still reading the Wheel of Time. Finally made it to book ten. I still haven't gotten books 11 and 12, though my friends gave me In the Beginning for this past Christmas.

Oldfart

03-01-2010, 12:30 AM

I'm still waiting for "Destroyer of Worlds" in paperback in Australia.

Scarecrow

03-02-2010, 03:28 PM

The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien

wyndhy

08-31-2010, 12:23 PM

State of Fear, Crichton (or however the fuck you spell his name)
me likey.

Lord Snow

08-31-2010, 12:50 PM

Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley.

Neige

08-31-2010, 12:55 PM

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.

Oldfart

08-31-2010, 06:28 PM

"Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders" by John Mortimer.

shadowsfate

08-31-2010, 09:07 PM

"The Truth" - Terry Pratchett (among other books :rofl:)

Vicious Tease

08-31-2010, 11:28 PM

"The Island" - Heather Graham

dicksbro

09-01-2010, 02:39 AM

"Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders" by John Mortimer.
I love Rumpole of the Bailey ... at least the TV Series. I may have to look around and pick up that book.

Right now, I'm reading "The History of Aztec & Maya" by Charles Phillips. It's a non-fiction historical chronicle.

Oldfart

09-01-2010, 04:54 AM

This book is the case he keeps referring to.

I'll send you the book when we get to the US.

I should be finished about the time I get back ( 2 weeks).

jseal

09-01-2010, 05:00 AM

Epictetus' "Enchiridion"

Oldfart

09-01-2010, 06:15 AM

I'm waiting for that to come out on Video.

jseal

09-01-2010, 06:23 AM

I'm waiting for that to come out on Video.
LOL! I'm sure the casting would be easy. :)

Here's the link to the audio book: http://librivox.org/the-enchiridion-by-epictetus-tr-elizabeth-carter/

Oldfart

09-01-2010, 06:31 AM

Sorry, I thought this was the sequel to the Satyricon.

dicksbro

09-02-2010, 03:29 AM

This book is the case he keeps referring to.

I'll send you the book when we get to the US.

I should be finished about the time I get back ( 2 weeks).

Hope you have another safe journey. If you happen to get near Illinois, let us know. Tell M we said hello!

smithsjhons

09-03-2010, 09:44 AM

I am big fan of Chetan Bhagat

- 2 States,
- 3 Mistakes of my life,
- One Night @ Call Center &
- Five Point Someone

Oldfart

09-03-2010, 07:06 PM

Wiki's explanation of today's Google Doodle.

Lilith

11-15-2010, 11:07 PM

Ape House by Sara Gruen

Fangtasia

11-16-2010, 01:43 AM

Mills&Boons *L*

Oldfart

11-16-2010, 02:35 AM

Bodice rippers?

Eon by Greg Bear.

shadowsfate

11-16-2010, 05:33 AM

Camber the Heretic (Book 3 in the Legends of Camber of Culdi trilogy) by Katherine Kurtz. I've had the series for years, just kept putting off reading it for unknown reasons

Lord Snow

11-16-2010, 10:41 AM

Dragon Society by Lawrence Watt-Evans. It's the second book of the Obsidian Chronicles.

marlborodasreds

11-16-2010, 11:02 AM

well i am reading the last book in the wildcards series. Also if you count this but am listening to the entire discworld series by terry pratchett. i put all of the audio books on my ipod.

shadowsfate

11-16-2010, 12:29 PM

well i am reading the last book in the wildcards series. Also if you count this but am listening to the entire discworld series by terry pratchett. i put all of the audio books on my ipod.
How new is that book? I got into the Wildcards series years ago, but haven't kept up-to-date with it. I think the newest one I've read is Inside Straight.

Lost

11-16-2010, 01:42 PM

How new is that book? I got into the Wildcards series years ago, but haven't kept up-to-date with it. I think the newest one I've read is Inside Straight.

there have only been 2 books released since INSIDE STRAIGHT..

BUSTED FLUSH
and
SUICIDE KINGS

FORT FREAK will be released in 2011

shadowsfate

11-16-2010, 03:04 PM

there have only been 2 books released since INSIDE STRAIGHT..

BUSTED FLUSH
and
SUICIDE KINGS

FORT FREAK will be released in 2011

damn it!!!! Not only can't I keep with TV series, now I can't keep up with my favorite book series either :rofl:

AZRedHot

11-16-2010, 11:59 PM

Insatiable, by Gael Greene

CruelTease

11-17-2010, 05:34 AM

It might be a comfort thing, but I read the Twilight series over and over LOL.

Currently reading Breaking Dawn, which is my favourite.

AZRedHot

02-12-2011, 01:29 AM

QED, by Richard Feynman

Oldfart

02-12-2011, 02:37 AM

Trek stuff, and my aviation magazines.

dicksbro

02-12-2011, 05:58 AM

At the moment ... OF's last post. :D

Oldfart

02-12-2011, 07:49 AM

Lol.

Lord Snow

02-12-2011, 09:11 AM

Got my hands on book 11 of the Wheel of Time finally. I'm having some troubles getting into it though. I don't know if it's because it's been awhile since I finished book 10 or if it's because it's just slow going like the previous ones. I'm hoping it's the later.