What are you reading?

[Christian Graus]

"A Great Improvisation". I bought it at LAX, for the flight. It's OK, but the amount of detail makes it suffer, IMO. I don't care so much whose nephew Franklin played with, a broader brush stroke would give me a clearer picture, IMO. It's interesting to me how much the US owes it's independence to France, however.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

[Christian Graus]

That is a great book. If I am ever in the position of hiring anyone, they will always get a copy of that book.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

[Allen Anderson]

I've been reading Grisham novels lately. I read really fast so I go through one in a day or two. Pretty good stuff.

[Lost User]

I completed "The Client" by John Grisham. At present, reading all techie stuff- MSDN, CodeProject etc

S o h a i l K a d i w a l a

[Colin Angus Mackay]

Josh Gray wrote:

What are you reading at the moment?

Code Project.

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[ankita patel 0]

I have just finished reading Atlas Shrugged[^] A lot dramatic and very long, but in essence it advocates the idea of objective reasoning. I liked the book, although certain ideas are stretched too much in the book. So far I have read Standing Alone in Mecca[^] Engaging India[^] Da Vinci Code[^] Alchemist[^] and few others this year. And offcourse I spend some time with tech books too. But i generally never go through the tech books from start to end. They are generally for reference or some intersting topics. I have just started reading Who says elephants can't dance?[^] Ankita

[peterchen]

Just finished Dicks "Ubik" and Jurí Brezans "Krabat", looking out for new fodder.

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[leppie]

The tv guide on the tv screen. Sometimes I will go to the schedule site directly if I am not in front of my tv. ;P

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[Diagon Alley]

I'm reading The Fountainhead[^]. Very interesting novel. :)

---------------------------------------------- If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog@codeproject ---------------------------------------------- Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols@codeproject ----------------------------------------------

[Rage]

peterchen wrote:

Ubik

Now this is a good book.

~RaGE();

I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus

[Lost User]

hi, Everybody replied with their fav books, i have read most of them -- all the Grishams, 2 and a 1/2 of Dan Brown [I have read half of Angels & Demons then i left it coz i didn't have any time for it], AI A Modern Approach [although it is not a novel] . . . :laugh: Now i am reading "The Hammer Of Eden" by Ken Follet, then i will be going to the next and my fav novel Harry Potter Vi -- The Halfblood Prince . . . "Never think about the F U T U R E, it comes F A S T . . ."

Kirtan Gor

[Bijesh]

30th anniversary edition of the selfish gene... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene[^]

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[netclectic]

Charles Bukowski - Ham On Rye[^]

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[Colin Angus Mackay]

That's a good book

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[RChin]

Allen Anderson wrote:

I go through one in a day or two

Say what? Have you got some special speed reading powers?

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[RChin]

This is on my reading list. I remember reading The Blink Watchmake[^] a few years ago. Fantastic book, but I remember finding it really hard to follow. Sometimes I had to re-read entire chapters to digest the information.

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[RChin]

After finishing Ian M. Banks Excession[^], I dug out and is re-reading The Wasp Factory[^]. When I've finished that, I'll move on to A Scanner Darkly[^], hopefully finishing in time for the movie to be released.

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[netclectic]

RChin wrote:

I dug out and is re-reading The Wasp Factory

Well worth re-reading! I just recently bought The Algebraist[^] which is next in my reading list.

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[Anna Jayne Metcalfe]

The Brentford Chainstore Massacre[^] by Robert Rankin. I've not laughed so much in ages! :cool:

Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

[brianwelsch]

Christian Graus wrote:

a broader brush stroke would give me a clearer picture

I agree, too much information slows down the story. Some added details can help enhance the picture of daily life, but most gets forgotten anyhow.

Christian Graus wrote:

It's interesting to me how much the US owes it's independence to France

That gets overlooked here a lot, I think.

BW

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