...Well, not right now, but you know what I mean, what books are you reading in your spare time

I'v just started reading:

Objects first with Java a practical introduction using Blue J

once Iv read that, ill move on to

Operating System Concepts 7th Edition

What about you?

I've got about 10 pages of the Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara left to read.

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I wish I had the spare time to read.

The Hobbit.

Just finished Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles, and before that, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Complete Sherlock Holmes - almost done with that one.

For school:
Financial Accounting
Modern Management
Sundance Reader

Syrup by Max Barry

I just happen to be reading this topic at the moment. :-"

I've just finished all 4 Dan Brown books: Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels & Demons and the Da Vinci Code.

I'm still kinda reading It by Stephen King but I'm finding it difficult to get back into. Earlier on I ordered A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson so I'll read that when it comes on Monday.

I finished reading all of those not long ago.

At the moment I am reading "Conversations With God Book 3" by Neale Donald Walsch.

How was Digital Fortress? That's about the only recent fiction book I've been interested in for years.


Sitepoint Books: PHP & XML; 101 CSS Tips and Tricks; Build your own ASP.NET Website ...(already read the standard PHP one a long time ago)
Other: Zend Certification Study Guide; Advanced PHP Programming (Developer's Library); MySQL (Developer's Library); ...and something else that I can't remember. I skip around a lot. I also check books for reference and read up through a few chapters as a refresher now and again.

I'm boring, aren't I? I just want to be good at what I do!

Oh, I've gone back to school with a friend (female) and have 5 new Vetrinary Technology books to read through...god they're intense.

I thought it was alright, although I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons are much better. Deception Point was so so. I found Digital Fortress to be the most boring of the four.

I have 4 books going:

1) Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (almost finished)

2) 7th Son (Alvin Maker series) by Orson Scott Card (almost finished)

3) The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes

4) Touched by Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison

I have not really been a fan of Koontz, but read the new Frankenstein series, and then got into some of his others. I am really enjoying Odd Thomas and looking forward to the sequel coming out.

Card is a master. I have been hooked since Enders Game.

Teejer

Pygmalion... then I'm onto Catch-22

You'll enjoy Catch 22.

Page 315 of The Door to December by Dean Koontz.

I'll be reading Dean Koontz's Frankenstien: book 2, City of Night next.

A history of ireland.

Jason Vale - The Juice Master

Introduction to Phonetics

Better than "Hooked on phonics"

What's it about? I mean is it concepts, teachings, etc?

I've been reading about 3 hours a night recently... holidays...

I finished 24/7 by Jim Brown last night, and now I'm reading Michael Crichton's State Of Fear.

The whole idea behind the phonetic alphabet, what it means, what it's used for etc etc. I don't know why I need to read 3 or 4, 400 page books on the subject, it's a fairly simple concept... You spell words how they sound o_0

1) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3) Sam's Teach Yourself Javascript
4) Sam's Teach Yourself SQL
5) Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL

I'm in the process of reading a ton of books at the moment, mostly for school. For fun, I'm reading "Voices of War" which consists of interviews of soldiers and nurses from WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and the First Gulf war. For my African American History class I'm reading the textbook, a biography of Sojurner Truth, and a biography of Harriet Tubman. I'm also reading a lot about Children with Disabilities for my Psychology class. I'm also reading my textbooks for my two education classes.

I've actually read a few of the books mentioned here. State of Fear I really liked, and I have just read all the Dan Brown books apart from Da Vinci Code, personally I think they get boring after a while but that might be because I read them one after another in about 2 weeks. I've also just finished Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt which was funny but is unfortunately the last of the Paul Carpenter series

I'm also on the look out for some books to take to New York with me in a couple of weeks time. Need something to pass the time on the plane!

And Michael, Blue J is an evil programming environment. Well, may be not evil but I didn't like it but we had to use it for the first year. This year, no one cares, so I'm thinking of trying Net Beans to write Java in.

I agree with you. Dan Brown uses a set format so after reading a couple of his books I could then guess what was going to happen further on in the rest of the books. I think he's overrated.

Got to use it for first year comp science. Bought the two books in advance to get into it, will wait till im there for other books - second hand / libraries etc/ .

Just finished Dean Koontz's 'Life Expectancy' which is a fantastic book!

Yeah, I had that same problem. Its a pretty easy editor but its designed to compile everything for you. My advice is get compiling on the command line, its far more fun and will teach you something.

Out of interest, which uni you off to?

Ian

Durham

i dont usually read something unless it caught my attention. im reading right now an article about Writing Page Content for your Website. i came across a page in the internet & started reading it. i cant focus at the moment yet but i'll continue reading later maybe.

readers digest condensed stories

I don't read much to be honest. Although I'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

I'm in the process of reading Alexandre Dumas's 10 Years After (but it's confusing because I can't find the volumes in the right order)

Dan, I loved phonetics. That was an easy A+. Phonology on the other hand.... Well, my prof was a completely, utterly, incompetent tit and that might have had something to do with it.

Ben Elton - Gridlock

I've read all Brown's books as well. Pretty good, except... (continue this with another reply...)

I read Stephen King's IT in sixth grade. The teacher wanted 4 200+ books read over the school year and a book report done. I showed him IT and asked if I could read just that one (it's well over 800 pages... more like 1200 IIRC) and he said sure... obviously he'd never read it as there are some things in that book sixth graders shouldn't be reading... but it was a fun book.

I agree completely with everything in this post, but I thought Deception Point was a little better than so-so (though not much).

I read that when it was first re-released. The Door to December was originally released under the pseudonym Richard Paige, and I have or used to have a copy of the "original". The one with Koontz's real name is "updated"; I think there are subtle differences, though I couldn't tell you what they are. Good book either way. I've read the first Frankenstein... need to read the second.

I agree with this as well. Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code are pretty good, but he's pretty redundant. You'll probably like his books, but they feel repetitive. So read A&D first, then TDVC, then DP, then DF.

Cool! I seem to remember Matt saying he read that. I've read everything Koontz has put into paperback, but I have been slacking lately... The Taking and Frankenstein 2, maybe even Life Expectancy but at least the first two, are in paperback and I haven't bought them or read them yet. I'll wait until I move.

I thought I quoted the poster who said he/she was reading Odd Thomas, also by Koontz. I should let you and other Koontz fans know there will be a sequel: "Forever Odd". I for one can't wait.


Right now I'm reading "Protect and Defend" by Richard North Patterson. It's a political and legal thriller about a 15-year-old pregnant with a baby that has less than a 2% chance of survival (having no brain) and there's a 5% chance the childbirth will render her infertile, but her fundamentalist Christian family wants to force her to have the baby... so it's a big abortion case. Meanwhile the newly elected President is trying to get a Supreme Court judge nominated, and everyone's trying to figure out where she stands on abortion. It's kind of hard reading about a controversial topic; I think no matter how you feel on the subject, at least a third of the people making arguments in the case are going to infuriate you. The story isn't moving too fast, especially since the case gets decided halfway through and it goes to appeals. I guess it's going to go to the Supreme Court at some point...?

Well, I'm still trying to decide on "Odd Thomas" or "The Taking". As you've not read "The Taking' - what did you think to "Odd Thomas"?

I don't read much

Well, actually I stopped reading that book "Protect and Defend" I mentioned above... it was moving very slow, and I got my copy of "The Taking". Hopefully I can finish it by the time I leave, but Koontz novels move pretty quickly, so it shouldn't be a problem.

"Odd Thomas" is just that, odd. It's one of the weirdest things he's written. If it were made into a movie, it would probably be black and white, animated, and Tim Burton would be at the helm. Odd Thomas is the name of the main character, and he sees dead people. He also sees supernatural activity which happens all around us but that most people cannot see. And the way it is written is just brilliant. Read the first chapter, you'll probably be hooked immediately, or if you don't have a copy, you can read half of the first chapter here. And it gets crazier after that.

Biggest Brother - By Larry Alexander

"The life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers."

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