What is Davis Sq. reading?

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

So it seems like there are loads of bookish people around here- so what are you all reading?

I find myself at the end o' Summer wanting some lay-in-the-park reading but after haunting the bookstore and the stacks at the library, nothing jumped out at me. Decided to reread "The Order of the Phoenix" and the librarian suggested that 'Golden Compass" series by Pullman. So aside from what you are reading now, if you have a fav author/series (can be anywhere on the scale of [trash <----> literature]) I'd be interested in hearing of it.

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[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

The Economist. Not really in the mood to start a new book.

[richips.livejournal.com]

despite the silly name, check out this community:
hipsterbookclub

Also, i read Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories, which is really great, and i want to read everything he has ever written. So, do that! And then i will be jealous. In a happy way.

[sungold123.livejournal.com]

If you like Harry Potter, you'll like the Golden Compass - much better than the movie.

If you're up for an epic, "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett - over 1,000 pages but well worth it.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Although this post has nothing to do with Davis Sq., I'll respond anyway, because I am actually in the middle of the 3rd book of the Golden Compass series, and I really like it.

My favorite books, although admittedly not "great literature," are the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

[contradictacat.livejournal.com]

I mostly read fantasy/scifi, but if you like intrigue and backstabbing, I highly recommend George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series.

For more sexy intrigue, there's the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey, which takes place in a...slightly altered version of France.

For some really creepifying high-school drama, there's also Battle Royale by Koushun Takami about reality TV meets teenagers...but with more death.

It all really depends on what you're looking for.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I have been on a reading binge lately...I just finished Relentless Pursuit (which is about 4 Teach for America teachers in their first year in a notorious high school in LA), and I've just started An Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori. Well, OK, what I've just finished is actually one of the Order of the Stick (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0588.html) books. ;)

Also, interlibrary loan + reserve online + pickup at Somerville West = my new hero (even if their web site is SO CLOSE to not sucking, and yet fails).

[ron_newman]

the library book I just returned:

The Soiling of Old Glory by Louis Masur. This is about an infamous event in Boston's recent history (which happened in a place that I walk through almost every day) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph that documented the event.

Next up, something entirely different: The Man Who Made Lists, by Joshua Kendall. All about Mr. Roget and his Thesaurus.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

just started generation kill, by evan wright. (love the miniseries, figured i'd like the book. so far i was right.) just finished electric michelangelo, by sarah hall, which i liked. highly recommend love medicine and the bingo palace, by louise erdrich. tracks is also good.

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Thanks- yes, I read 'Pillars' and also his odd follow up (can't recall the name right now - seemed to use the exact same outline).

Recently read 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss- had an epic scale. I guess there is a sequel to it but it's not out in paperback yet.

But yeah - epic is kind of what I am in the mood for.

[ionicaq.livejournal.com]

http://www.amazon.com/East-Edith-Pattou/dp/0152045635

http://www.amazon.com/Naked-David-Sedaris/dp/0316777730

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Lover-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/0451216954

[balsamicdragon.livejournal.com]

Hah! I am just now reading Order of the Phoenix as well :) Other than that, I've got a bunch of parenting books out of the library right now.

Man, there's a lot of geeks on this list! I have read, or have on my to-read list most of what has been mentioned above :)

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

The autobiography of Mick Foley. Great read so far.

[ex-nohesita.livejournal.com]

The Color of Violence - INCITE!
and rereading American Gods - Neil Gaiman for the hundreth time because I adore it.

Certain To Offend Millions

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

The blog that makes fun of white urban liberals, Stuff White People Like (http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/), now has a book (http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/stuff-white-people-like-the-book/) out. I'm almost done with it, and it is hilarious because everything in it is so cringingly true. It is Davis Square between two covers.

[lac.livejournal.com]

I'm reading Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, just because. I get like that. I think next will either be Bill Bryson's The Thunderbolt Kid or Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour. I'm going to the Cape soon though so I will get in some lighter reading then.

Oh, and a lot of magazines...I subscribe to far too many.

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

American Gods - that never opened up for me. I *loved* Neverwhere and Stardust was enjoyable. Maybe I will give AG a second read.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I might as well mention that I just finished reading "The Art and Technique of Color Correction" by Steve Hullfish.

If you care about video/film post at all, it's actually a pretty compelling and interesting book, and although it's not intended to, it serves as a good overview of post color correction tools and how experienced colorists use them (or don't).

[spot.livejournal.com]

In a similar vein, I'd recommend the "Dresden Files" books by Jim Butcher. The first book in the series is Storm Front (http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Front-Dresden-Files-Book/dp/B001BCFSL2/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219951932&sr=8-2).

[ravenword.livejournal.com]

I just read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for the first time and really enjoyed it. Also The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler, a funny/sad novel about Jewish retirement home residents putting on Hamlet that reminds you that senior citizens' lives can be just as fascinating as us whippersnappers'.

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

If you like Pullman try the Abhorsen Series by Garth Nix. Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen are the trio in it. It's "young adult" but very well thought out.

[nu-luba.livejournal.com]

i am currently reading "Blood of the Fold" by Terry Goodkind. It is book 3 of an so far 11 book series. Good stuff...

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

I just finished the page turner known as Hierachical Linear and Nonlinear Modelng by Raudenbush, Bryk, Cheong, and Congdon.

When they speak about Bayesian estimation, I shed a tear.

[ecdysiasm.livejournal.com]

I'm reading Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, which is quite good -- I'm enjoying it much more than I did Feinberg's non-fiction.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, Song of Ice and Fire. Yes.

...and then you can join us in having the occasional cold sweats of checking westeros.org, drenched in withdrawal, shaking the universe wondering why, why, why? Where is my sequel?!? *sniffle*

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I read Cook's Tour pretty recently too. That was awesome. Now my neighbor has my copy :).