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I'm currently reading The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
I'm reading it on my phone using the Aldiko app. I just find using the phone to be more convenient than carrying around a paperback wherever I go.

I just read "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, its a pretty easy fun read for a weekend....

I'm reading this thread in the Journey forum where St. John says Journey's new cd will be their 3rd best behind Escape and Frontiers. Yeah, better than Infinity, Evolution, and Departure. Yeah, it's a comedy.

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... 48#4555848

Stephen King Full Dark No Stars

It is a hardback book my husband got me for Christmas.

Where am I reading it? In bed.

an old Archie comic book...in my room...man I want to stick it to Midge so bad.....

Maui Tom wrote:an old Archie comic book...in my room...man I want to stick it to Midge so bad.....

"Drood" by Dan Simmons. Historical fiction.

The recent one I finished was "The Covenant of Genesis" by Andy McDermontt. The one I'm reading now is "Life" by Keith Richards. I usually read in my lazy boy, semi-reclined, floor lamp on, dogs at my feet, a beer on the end tale, right after burning one down.

I kind of have multiple books going at this point.

I've gotten into a history kick lately. This might sound weird, but I've just started reading Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West

Another one is When You Are Engulfed in Flames by Davis Sedaris (Nonfiction/Essay)

I also started Under The Dome (Stephen King) last summer and never finished.

There are at least 6-7 others I've bought recently, thinking "as soon as I finish _____, I'll get to this one..."

I've read 2 books (off the top of my head) in my life ... The Red Badge of Courage (high school)and The Pelican Brief (when my 3 month vacation to Greece in 1996 turned out to be too long). If it's not sports, fitness, stocks, real estate or music, I ain't reading it. Last read a book in 1996. Seems like a waste of time. I like being outside and active in my free time.

Saint John wrote:I've read 2 books (off the top of my head) in my life ... The Red Badge of Courage (high school)and The Pelican Brief (when my 3 month vacation to Greece in 1996 turned out to be too long). If it's not sports, fitness, stocks, real estate or music, I ain't reading it. Last read a book in 1996. Seems like a waste of time. I like being outside and active in my free time.

lol, I find that hard to believe. You communicate too well on here to have not been a reader.

artist4perry wrote:Stephen King Full Dark No Stars

It is a hardback book my husband got me for Christmas.

Where am I reading it? In bed.

I just finished a Stephen King one too. Haven't read any of his in years, but just finished "Under The Dome". It was good. But it has to be an actual book. I have no desire whatsoever to read a book from a screen. 90% of my job is on the computer and then reading music forums, news, etc. on the computer for entertainment too is way plenty enough screen time. I will always want to hold a book in my hands, rather than read it on a screen or listen to a tape.

Ehwmatt wrote:

Saint John wrote:I've read 2 books (off the top of my head) in my life ... The Red Badge of Courage (high school)and The Pelican Brief (when my 3 month vacation to Greece in 1996 turned out to be too long). If it's not sports, fitness, stocks, real estate or music, I ain't reading it. Last read a book in 1996. Seems like a waste of time. I like being outside and active in my free time.

lol, I find that hard to believe. You communicate too well on here to have not been a reader.

Matt, I swear on my parents. You'll never catch me reading a "book." Never. I'll read articles about the aforementioned topics, but that's about it. Same reason I have never seen even an episode of the following: Friends, House, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, The Simpsons, Entourage, and just recently have begun to watch the very overrated Seinfeld ... but only because Kramer cracks me up. The other 3 are just plain dull and predictable. The point is I am not a home body. I have to be out and about (gym, softball, fishing or traveling/walking/hiking). Which is probably why I don't game.

Recently read/reading:

"The Holographic Universe" -- Michael Talbot
"Physics of Consciousness" -- Evan Harris Walker
"Wholeness and the Implicate Order" -- David Bohm
"Biocentrism" -- Bob Berman
"The 4% Universe" -- Richard Panek
"The Field" -- Lynne McTaggart
"Journey of Souls" -- Michael Newton
"Life Before Life" -- Jim Tucker

...and about 329743 other ones that I can't think of off the top of my head right now.

I read them on airplanes, in chairs, coffee shops, my couch, blah, blah, blah... it's an addiction.

Saint John wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Saint John wrote:I've read 2 books (off the top of my head) in my life ... The Red Badge of Courage (high school)and The Pelican Brief (when my 3 month vacation to Greece in 1996 turned out to be too long). If it's not sports, fitness, stocks, real estate or music, I ain't reading it. Last read a book in 1996. Seems like a waste of time. I like being outside and active in my free time.

lol, I find that hard to believe. You communicate too well on here to have not been a reader.

Matt, I swear on my parents. You'll never catch me reading a "book." Never. I'll read articles about the aforementioned topics, but that's about it. Same reason I have never seen even an episode of the following: Friends, House, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, The Simpsons, Entourage, and just recently have begun to watch the very overrated Seinfeld ... but only because Kramer cracks me up. The other 3 are just plain dull and predictable. The point is I am not a home body. I have to be out and about (gym, softball, fishing or traveling/walking/hiking). Which is probably why I don't game.

It is possible to do both, you know. Book nerding and outdoor enthusiasm aren't incompatible.

Rhiannon wrote:

Saint John wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

Saint John wrote:I've read 2 books (off the top of my head) in my life ... The Red Badge of Courage (high school)and The Pelican Brief (when my 3 month vacation to Greece in 1996 turned out to be too long). If it's not sports, fitness, stocks, real estate or music, I ain't reading it. Last read a book in 1996. Seems like a waste of time. I like being outside and active in my free time.

lol, I find that hard to believe. You communicate too well on here to have not been a reader.

Matt, I swear on my parents. You'll never catch me reading a "book." Never. I'll read articles about the aforementioned topics, but that's about it. Same reason I have never seen even an episode of the following: Friends, House, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, The Simpsons, Entourage, and just recently have begun to watch the very overrated Seinfeld ... but only because Kramer cracks me up. The other 3 are just plain dull and predictable. The point is I am not a home body. I have to be out and about (gym, softball, fishing or traveling/walking/hiking). Which is probably why I don't game.

It is possible to do both, you know. Book nerding and outdoor enthusiasm aren't incompatible.

I definitely do both. I'm equally content to be outside playing sports for three hours, at a concert, or whatever as I am to stay in on a Friday night and play my guitar, get work done, play Call of Duty, or read books. Just depends on the given day for me.

I used to read a ton before motherhood, but with two kiddos now, reading for hours and hours like I used to is pretty much laughable. But I usually do have one book or so I am reading, though it may take months to finish. Right now it's a book called "If You Knew Suzy", about a woman trying to remember her mother before cancer/death. I read mostly at home, but my favorite place to read is under my umbrella on the beach

Ehwmatt wrote:I definitely do both. I'm equally content to be outside playing sports for three hours, at a concert, or whatever as I am to stay in on a Friday night and play my guitar, get work done, play Call of Duty, or read books. Just depends on the given day for me.

Ditto. Or both at the same time. I spent a few days on a hunting farm along the James River back in November. My daily routine consisted of me on four-wheeler with a backpack of water, book, and camera. 1200 acres to explore, 1/2 mile of shore line... I'd ride as far into the woods as I could, then hike down through the marshes, climb up a tree stand, and read until sunset. It was awesome.

Rhiannon wrote:Recently read/reading:

"The Holographic Universe" -- Michael Talbot
"Physics of Consciousness" -- Evan Harris Walker
"Wholeness and the Implicate Order" -- David Bohm
"Biocentrism" -- Bob Berman
"The 4% Universe" -- Richard Panek
"The Field" -- Lynne McTaggart
"Journey of Souls" -- Michael Newton
"Life Before Life" -- Jim Tucker

Should I tell the story of that day at the hospital? That was too funny not to share!

Rhi and I were in a waiting room for hours when a close friend of ours was having surgery...

I look over and she is deeply engrossed in a book about quantum physics. I looked down at my book... Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I felt like Forrest Gump.

I *do* read many other types of books, but that day I happened to be lazy and grabbed some mindless entertainment.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:Should I tell the story of that day at the hospital? That was too funny not to share!

Rhi and I were in a waiting room for hours when a close friend of ours was having surgery...

I look over and she is deeply engrossed in a book about quantum physics. I looked down at my book... Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I felt like Forrest Gump.

I *do* read many other types of books, but that day I happened to be lazy and grabbed some mindless entertainment.

Yes, you do. And in your defense, we had to be there at balls thirty that morning and it was an emotional day, so reading material genre wasn't the forefront thought in your brain.

Finishing "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler. I know I am late to the game, but I have become hooked on his "Dirk Pitt" series. Nothing serious, fun action type stuff.

I'm in the middle of 6 books. I tend to get bored easily when reading. Currently in the middle of these books:

The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Black Hole War: My Battle With Stephen Hawking to make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics - Leonard Susskind
The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics - David Toomey
Elements of Moral Philosophy - James Rachels
At the Gates of Darkness - Raymond Feist
The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand


awaiting my Amazon pre-order for this baby:

Rhiannon wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:Should I tell the story of that day at the hospital? That was too funny not to share!

Rhi and I were in a waiting room for hours when a close friend of ours was having surgery...

I look over and she is deeply engrossed in a book about quantum physics. I looked down at my book... Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I felt like Forrest Gump.

I *do* read many other types of books, but that day I happened to be lazy and grabbed some mindless entertainment.

Yes, you do. And in your defense, we had to be there at balls thirty that morning

Yeah and I'd already been awake since half after ass o'clock as it was!

Rhiannon wrote:and it was an emotional day, so reading material genre wasn't the forefront thought in your brain.

No it certainly wasn't. It was still funny though!

bluejeangirl76 wrote: I looked down at my book... Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I felt like Forrest Gump.

LMAO! I would have had the same book in my lap, or one from the series...lol. I am rereading them. I'm worse than Forrest.

*Laura wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote: I looked down at my book... Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I felt like Forrest Gump.

LMAO! I would have had the same book in my lap, or one from the series...lol. I am rereading them. I'm worse than Forrest.

Aw, no you're not... we all read "junk" as well as quality I'm sure. I just couldn't help but laugh to look at her reading a quantum physics book and then I'm sitting there with Shopaholic. Was funny

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

*Laura wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote: I looked down at my book... Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I felt like Forrest Gump.

LMAO! I would have had the same book in my lap, or one from the series...lol. I am rereading them. I'm worse than Forrest.

Aw, no you're not... we all read "junk" as well as quality I'm sure. I just couldn't help but laugh to look at her reading a quantum physics book and then I'm sitting there with Shopaholic. Was funny

Shopping is a quantum science too...

I was reading Popular Science in the bathroom just a little while ago. Thanks for caring!

G.I.Jim wrote:in the bathroom

That's one of the best locations for a private library.

*Laura wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:in the bathroom

That's one of the best locations for a private library.

Very true.

Deb wrote:

artist4perry wrote:Stephen King Full Dark No Stars

It is a hardback book my husband got me for Christmas.

Where am I reading it? In bed.

I just finished a Stephen King one too. Haven't read any of his in years, but just finished "Under The Dome". It was good. But it has to be an actual book. I have no desire whatsoever to read a book from a screen. 90% of my job is on the computer and then reading music forums, news, etc. on the computer for entertainment too is way plenty enough screen time. I will always want to hold a book in my hands, rather than read it on a screen or listen to a tape.

I've already read "Under the Dome". It was good to me. I am a book nut too, I get enough computer at work and forums. I love it for the same reasons. I have tons of books in my house. Books to read, Art History books, Books about famous artists, How to art books, religious books, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Grisham, etc................. I love the feel and comfort of holding a book.

My big problem is I am a fast reader, and I can hardly put a book down when I start. I am also reading "Shawshank Redemption", again. If I like a book I might read it several times. I have many hardback books of my favorite books. I pick them up and read them over and over after I have not read them in a while, the stories come back fresh, but I already know how they end. It doesn't really matter though, if it was a great read that is all that matters to me.

Dan and I are both avid book lovers. Our house someday will look like a library. That is cool with me.
Wall to wall book shelves.