What are you reading? August 2011
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Reading:
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I don't think he writes very well, but seems like a fast read so I'll likely stick it out. Feels like a YA novel to me, though I haven't seen it notated as such.
I don't think he writes very well, but seems like a fast read so I'll likely stick it out. Feels like a YA novel to me, though I haven't seen it notated as such.
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Finished:
Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/OurKindofTraitorCover.png)
John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor
The first le Carré book I was able to finish (I found A Most Wanted Man easy to put down). Still open to checking out more of his work.
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZT5rIZvzL._SS500_.jpg)
P. G. Wodehouse's The Crime Wave at Blandings
My first Wodehouse story. I can see the appeal. Deeply hilarious.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/BlackSwanGreen.jpg)
David Mitchell's Black Swan Green
This was my second David Mitchell book, and will ensure I continue to seek out his work.
Now reading:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Mapsleggy2.jpg)
Michael Chabon's Maps and Legends (2008)
Great collection of essays revolving around genre books, with a few welcome digressions. I know want to seek out American Flagg! and a dozen other books.
Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/OurKindofTraitorCover.png)
John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor
The first le Carré book I was able to finish (I found A Most Wanted Man easy to put down). Still open to checking out more of his work.
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZT5rIZvzL._SS500_.jpg)
P. G. Wodehouse's The Crime Wave at Blandings
My first Wodehouse story. I can see the appeal. Deeply hilarious.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/BlackSwanGreen.jpg)
David Mitchell's Black Swan Green
This was my second David Mitchell book, and will ensure I continue to seek out his work.
Now reading:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Mapsleggy2.jpg)
Michael Chabon's Maps and Legends (2008)
Great collection of essays revolving around genre books, with a few welcome digressions. I know want to seek out American Flagg! and a dozen other books.
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Just finished:
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Memoir about the closing of a men's clothing store. Really really great book and a bargain at 99 cents for the Kindle.
Now reading:
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510u6CsWNVL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-49,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)
One of my favorite books. Michael Ruhlman could pick any subject and make a great book about it.
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Memoir about the closing of a men's clothing store. Really really great book and a bargain at 99 cents for the Kindle.
Now reading:
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510u6CsWNVL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-49,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)
One of my favorite books. Michael Ruhlman could pick any subject and make a great book about it.
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I picked up several books so I'll be doing alot of reading the next couple of months.
Just finished this.
![](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/draven31/blood-oath.jpg)
Starting this tonight or tomorrow.
![](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/draven31/1305131672-the-presidents-vampire.jpg)
This is next on the list.
![](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/draven31/game-of-thrones-poster.jpg)
not sure what will be after.
Just finished this.
![](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/draven31/blood-oath.jpg)
Starting this tonight or tomorrow.
![](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/draven31/1305131672-the-presidents-vampire.jpg)
This is next on the list.
![](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/draven31/game-of-thrones-poster.jpg)
not sure what will be after.
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How was this? This is actually on my list of books I want to check out based on Michael Chabon's mentioning it in Maps & Legends. From reading the description I wasn't completely sure if I would enjoy it.
Adding these to my wishlist.
Adding these to my wishlist.
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Finished Michael Chabon's Maps & Legends (2008).
Now reading:
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Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens (1990)
I picked this up with excitement and it wasn't until I started reading it that I realized it was well over twenty years old. I'm deeply ashamed that I had not heard of it until now.
It's also the first mass-market paperback I have bought in well over a decade. I'm not a big fan of the format.
Now reading:
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/Hobbitglomper/GoodOmens_MassMarketPaperback_11858.jpg)
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens (1990)
I picked this up with excitement and it wasn't until I started reading it that I realized it was well over twenty years old. I'm deeply ashamed that I had not heard of it until now.
It's also the first mass-market paperback I have bought in well over a decade. I'm not a big fan of the format.
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Finished:
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Currently:
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