What book are you currently reading?

The title of the thread's pretty self-explanatory. I figure this might evolve into a pretty decent thing here, so here goes nothing.


Right now I'm reading the third book in the X-Wing series, "The Krytos Trap" by Micheal A. Stackpole. I'm pretty sure I've read this book in the past, because it's pretty well worn. So it's been a while and I'm reading it again because I finally have the complete series and I'm reading it the whole way through. The series so far is really good, well written, and the action is very compelling. Good read so far, which is why I stay glued to the books and it only takes me about a day and a half to complete.


Just to clear things up, this thread is not limited to just Star Wars related books, you can post about any book you're reading at the moment. It's just that I'm going to be reading a lot of Star Wars books for a while to come, seeing as I've been able to purchase quite a few recently. So feel free to post about any book, I look forward to seeing what you guys are reading.

I am currently reading -

"Theres a Shark in the Park"and "When I grow up"

can any1 tell I have young kids yet? man I long for the day when I can do reading for pleasure again!!

Micheal A. Stackpole - yeesh I remember him, used to read his BattleTech stuff.

This is an amazing book. I have read it 3 times already. Reading it again just in time for Dragon Con. but sadly, no Dragon Con for me this year.





Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Thus reads an ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece, the site of one of the world's greatest battles for freedom. Here, in 480 B.C., on a narrow mountain pass above the crystalline Aegean, 300 Spartan knights and their allies faced the massive forces of Xerxes, King of Persia. From the start, there was no question but that the Spartans would perish. In Gates of Fire, however, Steven Pressfield makes their courageous defense--and eventual extinction--unbearably suspenseful. In the tradition of Mary Renault, this historical novel unfolds in flashback. Xeo, the sole Spartan survivor of Thermopylae, has been captured by the Persians, and Xerxes himself presses his young captive to reveal how his tiny cohort kept more than 100,000 Persians at bay for a week. Xeo, however, begins at the beginning, when his childhood home in northern Greece was overrun and he escaped to Sparta. There he is drafted into the elite Spartan guard and rigorously schooled in the art of war--an education brutal enough to destroy half the students, but (oddly enough) not without humor: "The more miserable the conditions, the more convulsing the jokes became, or at least that's how it seems," Xeo recalls. His companions in arms are Alexandros, a gentle boy who turns out to be the most courageous of all, and Rooster, an angry, half-Messenian youth.

Thousands of years ago, Herodotus and Plutarch immortalized Spartan society in their histories; but today, little is left of the ancient city or the social structure of this momentous culture. One of the few antiquarian marks of the civilization that has survived lies scores of miles away from Sparta, at a narrow Greek mountain pass called Thermopylae. It was here that three hundred of Sparta's finest warriors held back the invading millions of the Persian empire and valiantly gave their lives in the selfless service of democracy and freedom. A simple engraved stone marks their burial ground. Narrated by the sole survivor of the epic battle - a squire in the Spartan heavy infantry - Gates of Fire is a depiction of one man's indoctrination into the Spartan way of life and death, and of the legendary men and women who gave the culture an immortal gravity. Culminating in the electrifying and horrifying epic battle, Gates of Fire weaves history, mystery, and heartbreaking romance into a literary page-turner that brings the Homeric tradition into the 21st century.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Star Wars: Omen

I've read Harry already and am just reading it because I saw the movie. I'm not too crazy about the Star Wars book. Its slow I feel.

Rarely, and I mean RARELY do I read SW EU stuff, the only one I have read was Tale of the Bounty Hunters, but I just happened to be sent this while I was in Iraq...



And began to pick it back up and read it again, quite an interesting read to say the least

Reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Awesome book!

I bought Jedi Twilight a while ago in Wal-Mart, but I've yet to read it. When it comes to Star Wars books, when I know that they are part of a series, I refrain from reading them until I own all of the books in that particular series. Gates of Fire really looks like a good read, I might have to pick that one up. Along with my love for Star Wars, I also really like history and the like, and the Battle at Thermopylae is one that I'm really interested in (even before the movie 300).

Originally Posted by SEEKER

This is an amazing book. I have read it 3 times already.

(Gates of Fire).

Seeker, that is a truly amazing book, the Spartans were the Mandos of old.

I am reading "Clone Wars" by Karen Traviss, "Pull up a Sandbag" by Jonathon Smiles (a collection of humourous short tales from the British Military) and "The Corps" - Battlecorps anthology Vol 1.

What can I say? I'm a consumate reader.

Do yourself a favor, and buy this years best book:

"Too Fat to Fish" by Artie Lange

Whether you're a Howard Stern Fan( as I am) or not, this book is amazing.

currently reading: Road of the Patriarch, part three of the Sell Sords trilogy by R.A Salvatore (author of the Drizzt series). its about bad people jusing good means for a bad goal set in the universe of the forgotten realms (which you all know from the Baldur's Gate series.. right..??)

I read Too Fat To Fish in June... Man was it dark. Gotta love Artie!

I just finished the Mortal Instruments series. City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass. They were pretty good.

Reading Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko for the 6th time, and I never get tired of reading it.

G.A. Henty's "A March on London" and Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

(Both for the millionth time, but hey, a good book never gets old. )

I am reading Fate of the Jedi: Abyss.

Originally Posted by A'den Kyramud

G...... and Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

(Both for the millionth time, but hey, a good book never gets old. )

I read that at least once a year. FANTASTIC book.

Originally Posted by A'den Kyramud

G.A. Henty's "A March on London" and Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

(Both for the millionth time, but hey, a good book never gets old. )

Oh My Gosh!!!!!
I LOVE Henty!!!
Ihave like almost 150 of his books!!! HE IS THE BOMB!!!

I like the Coruscant Nights books... the Star Wars detective story idea works for me.

I'm reading Book 7 of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. The last one, after all these years...

And I'm getting angrier at him by the minute!

I'm reading The Pirate King. By R.A. Salvatore.

I've been wanting to read to fat to fish. I am a big artie fan. I went to a show awhile back and was able to get an autograph.

I'm currently at work on a boat in the gulf of mexico, we're not really working that much though, so i have a ton of down time. In order not to watch all the movies i brought on my portable hard drive i have a small zombie filled library with me. Here's the list:

Zombie survival Guide
WWZ
How to survive 2012
How to survive a Robot Uprising
50 reasons people give for believing in god

now that i reread it, it sounds kinda morbid. I might be too scared to get off the boat!

If any of you guys are interested, I would really recommend the fantasy series called 'A Song of Fire And Ice', by George R. R. Martin. It's a really well written series, and truly epic in scale. I have read all four books that are currently in the series, and with every other follower of the series, is currently waiting for the fifth title to be released. A good read folks, check it out.

a book on hynosis inductions as related to therapy

Just finished "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. Now reading Karen Traviss' "Revalation"; I'm working through the Legacy of the Force for the first time.

I see alot of Salvatore fans...love his work. I can also highly recommend Gates of Fire and Rogue Warrior.

I just finished Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell and now I'm reading Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.

After 2 non-fiction books I get to read some trashy sci-fi book...probably something from Forgotten Realms.

"The Terror" by Dan Simmons...
Excellent book based on actual events with supernatural overtones...

Until the 501st novel comes out I am reading the second book in the Xwing series.
I am also waiting on the Milleium Falcon to come out in paperback(I am to cheap to pay the hardbound price)

Waiting on the next SW book. Reading 20th Century Russian Poetry, Dumas' Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine, Jo Graham's Black Ships, & Gail Z. Martin's Dark Haven.

I just finished “Tides of Darkness” which is a Warcraft novel… that was a fun read.

Right now I am reading a book called “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” – it’s a re-write of the classic novel as if it had been set in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. It’s not great, but it’s not all that bad either. A little slow moving for a novel of this genre.

I should be done with my current book in a few days and I haven’t decided what will be next. I just ordered a TON of books off of Amazon – I think the total was around 14 (Can you tell I like to read? Didn’t think so).

=)

Just finished reading This Book Is Broken by Stuart Berman. It's an oral history of Broken Social Scene (a Canadian Indie Rock band)

I have two books on the go right now:

Order 66 by Karen Traviss
Heat by Bill Buford (I love books about cooking and kitchens)

I have a ton of SW books to read! My girlfriend and I have been stockpiling for a while now so we had to impose a book-buying moratorium. She's currently reading The Dark Lord Trilogy.

Heathcliff goes to Camp. Lots of "edge of your seat" action.

I'm reading War on the Eastern Front by James Lucas. It is always of interest to see how the Germans, vastly out numbered, would manage to hold off 100+ T34's SU's & KV's with a couple of Marders, a handful of MK IV's with a couple Panthers or a Tiger or two for good measure. Anyway, guess how it ends?

star wars tales of the bounty hunters
im reading that half way done with it

A great series i just read was
LAST OF THE JEDI

I think I am spelling this wrong because the book is not in front of me at this point. I am reading the Silmarillion.

Chariots of the Gods.....interesting concepts on UFOs that visited in ancient times and why they might have mistaken aliens for gods

I am reading Fate of the Jedi:Omen for our local paper which I will write a review about it.

I am reading the first 3 books of the Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore for like the 10th time. I love those books!

Currently re-reading some of the older Wild Cards series (edited by George R. R. Martin...lotsa people write in them). Always found them fun way back when I started getting them and just found a box with quite a few of my old books in it. Interesting "What If?" type "history".

i'm currently reading order 66 of the commando series

Originally Posted by lilburndiablo

I think I am spelling this wrong because the book is not in front of me at this point. I am reading the Silmarillion.

GREAT book!!!

The Maltese Falcon. A great book and a magnificent film. Do yourself a favor and check them out!!

Jurassic Park, the book is so much better than the first film (the film is great though, but the bookis better)

Well I just recently got reinterested in Dune so I'm gonna be reading those books again.

I recently started the New Jedi Order series. So right now, Im going through Dark Tide II: Ruin. I was a bit sceptical of the series at first but then I found a great deal on the bay for the entire series.

However, I just got the notice from amazon that Abyss was shipped. That might get me distracted lol

I started reading my first E.U. book "Order 66". I like it so far, but it jumps all over the place so I like to re-read the last chapter just to read the next two chapters.

There are many great books about star wars lore from the epic Rise of
Darth Bane to the republic commando books which so many of you have read and loved, but if you are in to star wars then the Warhammer 40k Universe may also interest you with books such as Into the Maelstrom, (which I am reading at the moment) is a collection of small stories by various authors and the awesome Eisenhorn novels. Either way these are great books and i suggest you at least give other lores a try.

Long live the Mando'ade


The Sith Code:
-Peace is a lie, there is only passion.Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.

Just finished Millenium Falcon, Force Unleashed and Wild Space.

Originally Posted by Night_Shade_13

There are many great books about star wars lore from the epic Rise of
Darth Bane to the republic commando books which so many of you have read and loved, but if you are in to star wars then the Warhammer 40k Universe may also interest you with books such as Into the Maelstrom, (which I am reading at the moment) is a collection of small stories by various authors and the awesome Eisenhorn novels. Either way these are great books and i suggest you at least give other lores a try.

If youre into Wh40K, I would suggest you read the Horus Heresy series. Most of those are pretty darn awesome. You mentioned Eisenhorn, which is one of my favorites. Ravenor is extremely good as well, and so is Storm of Iron.

Watch out though, there is some seriously ****** fluff flying around as well though. Especially C.S. Goto books arent really worth the money.

If you also like fantasy, check the Nagash book. Second one is coming out soon.

I'm currently reading the second book in The Corellian Trilogy, Assault At Selonia. So far, the series is pretty good and this book is looking good itself.

i'm bouncing back and forth between frank herberts dune, and joseph campbells hero of 1000 faces.

Just got done with Death Troopers. Awesome!

Almost done with Star Wars: The Approaching Storm. Its ok.

About to start Vector Prime.

Just started re-reading the Eisenhorn omnibus by Dan Abnett. Warhammer 40K book about an inquistor. Never played the game but love the stories behind it and have read a few of the books.

I just read the first 6 drizzt books while on vacation, and bough imperial commando on the way home.

I loved the first three drizt books, but the fact he was uber in mezo, and then in the outer world, hes not so uber, yet the dark elfs are referred to as super uber, sorta confuses me.

All of the drizzt books are available in stanza for iphone, from booksonboard.com, so iget them and put them in my iphone, and read anywhere any time for a few minutes, much more convenient than carrying around a book.

I am currently reading "Their Finest Hour," by Winston Churchill.

Great hardcover thrift store find!

- Tom

501st ...bought it tonight

I REALLY want Imperial Commando and Death Troopers. Let me know how they were.

Originally Posted by Mereel

I REALLY want Imperial Commando and Death Troopers. Let me know how they were.

Death Troopers has to be for the SW novel that should be made into a movie.The author did a great job with the story.
I am starting IC this weekend.Hopefully it should be a good read

Death Troopers

just started TRAITOR of the new jedi order series.

The series is better than I expected to be honest, though the two rebel books were ... uhm .. interesting lol

After that Im probably gonna hit death troopers and imperial commando first, before I continue with the new jedi order. Also got in Blood Pact, which is another 40K novel.

The Difference Engine - William Gibson
Legacy of the Drow - R.A Salvatore

Death troopers was good but the end was def rushed. The book was too short too. I just started reading imperial commandos.

almost finishedwith death troops....its awesome. but woulnt be a good movie cus harrison ford is too old to play han

Legacy of the Drow - R.A Salvatore[/QUOTE]


love that! Salvatore is a genious with the forgotten tales

Currently reading 501 Imperial commando...Good Read

First and Only

Nowadays I´m reading the Necronomicon.

Salem's Lot - Stephen King

After finishing the Dark Tower series, this is really awesome, though I should have read this book first... as well as Rosie and The Stand, but ah well... I was born to late, can\ t blame me..

I sleep with the windows closed sometimes after reading a few pages...
:P

Last week finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, and it had a couple of Star Wars references. Started the final Harry Potter book this week, because I can't wait for the next movie to see how everything ends.

I just finished Imperial Commando:501st. I'm thinking I'll probably pick up Death Troopers this week

I really want to get that book. The last time I was in the book store I was conflicted between that and Tatooine Ghost, but I eventually went with Tatooine Ghost. I'm currently reading it (I'm attempting to read all the SW books I own in the correct Time Line, courtesy of Wookieepedia) and so far it's a pretty good book. It shows Leia's conflicted emotions when she and Han venture onto Tatooine. I'd recommend it.

This is my ongoing reading for me. I think I've read all this books aleast three times. My newest read is this sewing machine manual.

I just finished reading Rocket Men by Craig Nelson. It was GREAT!!! It provided an in depth look at the Apollo program and Rocket / Missile Science Race within the context of the Apollo 11 mission.

Brian

I moved into my first home of my very own last October, and it allowed me to sort through all of my books. I'm a fan of pretty much all science-fiction as well as some fantasy. I recently dug out my Tales of the Bounty Hunters and I'm just starting to re-read The Mandalorian Armor. I also love "old-school" stuff like anything Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and I've got a sweet old set of the John Carter of Mars series. Also Carson of Venus and various other Burroughs.


I really recommend the Pride of Chanur Series by C.J. Cherryh. I've read it many times. Do some research on it to find the book titles, give it a read.

Right now I'm reading The Green Eagle Score by Donald E. Westlake. It's from a series about a guy only known as Parker. Parker is not a particularly nice guy. He gets involved in all sorts of heists which seem to always get complicated. In no way fantasy or sci fi, but many Fett fans may notice some similarities between the no nonsense and all about the money Parker and everyone's favorite bounty hunter. Great taut fiction.

im reading Star wars triple zero

just finished 501st after the other RC books, reading Paleolithic Diet for Athletes right now...Ive got Death troopers waiting to be read. Seems like everyone likes it well enough...I also have slave ship to read and a few others I cant think of on standby

Re-reading the entire Republic Commando series!
It's hands down my favorite SW book series, so dissapointed Karen Traviss bailed on it
It had so much potential.

I just finished World War Z... excellent zombie survival story!

Originally Posted by clonecollector

I just finished World War Z... excellent zombie survival story!

I just finished this as well. I wonder if the movie will do it justice?

I'm reading "Little brother" by Cory Doctorow. Good stuff if you're into computers.

Work related vs. non-work related

might as well offer an update to what i'm reading, since i didn't get through dune (i've read it before). i'm about 200 pages from the end of storm of swords, and i'd like to be well under way with feast of crows before the second season is finished on HBO.

My current reads are Tommys Ark, about the animals in the great war and V for Vendetta.

Craig

In the middle of two series right now. Waiting for the final installation of Stephen R Donaldson's The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. I think it is titled The Lasting Darkness. I had read the first two trilogies of Thomas Covenant when I was in high school.

The other series I am working on is Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles. I resently finished The Fort at River's Bend. This series melds Authurian legends with historical knowledge of the fifth century.

I have also received a copy of The City of Pearl by Karen Traviss. I thought I would give someof her other work a try since I enjoyed her Star Wars contributions.

Darth Plagueis . It's great so far

Originally Posted by Alpha-Ø2

A great series i just read was
LAST OF THE JEDI

I'll second that! I read it a few months ago. AWESOME series!
Halfway through Red Harvest at the moment. Been stuck at the halfway point for about a month...
Deathtroopers (The first of the 2) i couldn't put down and read in 2 sittings.
I was so excited to read Red Harvest after how awesome Deathtroopers was...
After a 4 weeks wait for it to arrive from the UK i was so excited to get it open and start reading that i actually tore the cover getting it out of the parcel lol.
But yeah... Currently reading Red Harvest and not too impressed by it :/

I'm still trying to finished the 3rd Mortal Instruments book, I know the 4th just came out.
I have the Hunger Games waiting to be read. Just finished Heat Wave and Dexter is Delicious.
Really need to read a chapter a day like I was doing before we moved. Plates been pretty full.
Bgo So Deathtroopers is good? I have it in a box in storage right now, might have to put that one into my read list.

I've finally gotten around to start on The Bounty Hunter Wars. Reading "The Mandalorian Armor" at the moment. Also reading book number three in a Norwegian 47-book-series about the Ice People. Yeah, doesn't sound too good in English... So much better in my own language. But that's what it's called anyway. "The Saga of the Ice People". It's about witches and witchcraft and the plague and all of that sh*t that happened in Norway hundreds of years ago. It's really good so far!

Originally Posted by crazy4BobaFett

I'm still trying to finished the 3rd Mortal Instruments book, I know the 4th just came out.
I have the Hunger Games waiting to be read. Just finished Heat Wave and Dexter is Delicious.
Really need to read a chapter a day like I was doing before we moved. Plates been pretty full.
Bgo So Deathtroopers is good? I have it in a box in storage right now, might have to put that one into my read list.

I absolutely loved it! Found it to be very very well written and engrossing. The storyline flowed really well and the character development was interesting. If you've got it sitting in a box unread, grab it out

Thanks Bgo! I guess I'll have to find it amongst the other things to unpack still.
I figured it would be a good read. A crossover of two genres a love. Star Wars and Zombies. =)

Originally Posted by cr4nky

Reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Awesome book!

One of the best books by one of the most amazing authors ever! Stardust, Good Omens, and his short story collections are incredible!

I just finished Inheritance, the last book of the Eragon series, it was freaking fantastic!!!!!

Hello all, This is my first post.

I'm an avid read, but don't have as much time as I'd like.

So I listen to audiobooks at work, I get about 7 hours a night of listening time and I love it.

Over the last two months alone I've listened to:

Stephen King - Cell
Stephen King - Mile 81
Stephen King - Carrie
Stephen King - From a Buick 8
Stephen King - The Mist, (a great cast acted horror)

You may of guessed I'm a King fan.

Clive Barker - The Hellbound Heart
Jonathan Maberry - Patient Zero
Jack Ketchum - Hide And Seek

I'm about to start listening to Star Wars audiobooks, the only one I've listened to before was Death Troopers that I really liked.

Red Harvest is next as I heard its the prequel to it.

I then want to start book one and go from there.

I highly recommend the Darth Bane series (Path of destruction, Dynasty of Evil, and Rule of Two). I am not a very big reader, but a local star wars collector told be about them so I downloaded the sample from iTunes and ended up buying all 3 books that night. FYI Darth Bane is a bad @$$.

I am reading "Leadership and Self Deception"

Actually, I read it, reread it, and am going back through highlights. It truly has changed the way I think and act towards my children and employees!

Just read the Han Solo Trilogy this weekend ( Paradise Snare, Hutt Gambit and Rebel Dawn)
Have to say, they are awesome reads, and Boba Fett has some pretty cool cameos in them.
Highly recomend the series.

Clarissa Oakes.