What book are you reading?

[russc]

I got about halfway through Moby Dick but lost it in Italy somewhere. I need to get a nice copy to replace it, because it absolutely lives up to the hype. I don't know if I've read anything where the author was having as much fun just playing with language and making words up as he went...and then why not segue into a whole tongue-in-cheek chapter about why whales are fish?

[Ratzo]

Started reading The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma.

[lhamilton1807]

I’m on the 2nd book in the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty (City of Brass, now Kingdom of Copper)

[Magmoormaster]

I finished The Windup Girl last night. It was a very fun book. I'm debating whether or not I should read House of Leaves or finally dive into some Brandon Sanderson with The Way of Kings.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Im back on a zombie kick. Just finished the Newsflesh series by Mira Grant it’s my 2nd time reading it. Right now I’m about halfway through Last Man Standing: The Complete Trilogy. I grabbed some wacky conspiracy theory book someone recommended but I haven’t dug in it yet to far. It’s a lil out there even for me lol.

[BLachance75]

Just finished “Meet You in Hell” about the cooperation/ rivalry between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick. Might be the home-town brain, but I thought it was awesome. Mostly centered around the causes and effects of the “Battle of Homestead” between Carnegies steel company and the union striking against it.

it was crazy to me the names of the people involved - JP Morgan, Thomas Mellon, Henry Phipps, and other huge names of industry all had their hands in the same pot.

Rare that I really recommend anything, but this one was really good if you even have a slight interest in the topic.

I finished this the other day and really enjoyed it. I've heard of all the people but didn't know the stories behind the names. Excellent book and I'd also recommend it.

[bored383]

I had read Iain M Banks 'Against a Dark Background' some years ago and really liked the author's style, and because of a youtube tangent regarding fictional megastructures in space I decided to start in to his 'Culture' series of books after Christmas . . . had to spend those amazon gift cards on something.

I finished "Consider Phlebas" in about a week, and I started on "The Player of Games" this past weekend, and am about a quarter way through it.

if you like big scope space opera, you might want to check it out