What book are you currently reading?

I've read about four books in my entire life, just never got into it... but my mom recently got a new kindle, so she gave me her old one. I'm starting with The Hobbit. I'm about halfway through right now and I'm really enjoying it.

yep, all Tolkien material is great. I have to read The Hobbit again since I only did it in my homeroom class in Grade 5.

nevermore wrote:

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

I have two copies of that and I keep placing it down after some pages, and then have to start over a very long time later when I get in the mood again.

recently read,
My Life with Deth, Discovering Meaning in A Life of Rock & Roll By David Ellefson

mlotek wrote:

yep, all Tolkien material is great. I have to read The Hobbit again since I only did it in my homeroom class in Grade 5.

nevermore wrote:

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

I have two copies of that and I keep placing it down after some pages, and then have to start over a very long time later when I get in the mood again.

recently read,
My Life with Deth, Discovering Meaning in A Life of Rock & Roll By David Ellefson

Don't feel bad I started The Prophet over a couple of times myself   
But I did finally finish it. I'm now starting Animal Farm by George Orwell.

I just finished - Bernard Cornwell - The Archer's Tale

I am now reading this: Bernard Cornwell - Vagabond

These are books 1 and 2 of Cornwell's four volume series on the Hundred Years War. His stories are about an Archer - Thomas of Hookton - who is present for the great battles of the age - Crecy, Poitiers, etc... Coupled with that are usually a story of some holy relic that Thomas is trying to find - The Grail, St. George's Lance, etc...

I highly recommend this series and just about anything Cornwell has written if you like historical fiction.

The Wolf of Wall Street.  Wanted to read it before I saw the movie. Very good book, highly recommend.

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Only Death is Real - An Illustrated History of Hellhammer & Early Celtic Frost (Thomas Gabriel Fischer & Martin Ain)

This is a great book for HH/CF fanboys like me, good biog with a ton of really interesting photos, press releases, rejected artwork etc.

The other thing that can be said about it is that it is a HEAVY book. Not in a literary or visual sense, but in a drop it off a tall building and you're killing someone sense!   

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

nevermore wrote:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

One of my favorite books

I am currently reading 'She's Come Undone' by Wally Lamb

manny wrote:

nevermore wrote:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

One of my favorite books

I am currently reading 'She's Come Undone' by Wally Lamb

A friend loaned me The Bell Jar and said that it's a must read. And so far I must agree with my friend as I've had a hard time putting it down.

I started Slash's autobiography a couple of days ago. Should be interesting.

Currently partway through The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I started Slash's autobiography a couple of days ago. Should be interesting.

That is quite a good read IMO I enjoyed it when I read it

Im still reading This is a Call (Dave Grohl's unofficial bio) + Star Wars Kenobi

Diary Of Drug Fiend - Aleister Crowley

...this is the 10th or so time I have read this master work of fiction/non fiction.

Highly recommended if you are a student of Magick etc.

Hunters Of Dune

just finished Robert Plant,A Life by Paul Reis.
Very good. Decent price I guess, but worth it it if you read books more than once or will have others also read it.
It fills in some of the holes that I didn't get from other Led Zeppelin books.

Just finished these two:

The Hardcore Truth by "Hardcore" Bob Holly - if you've ever wondered what the life of a perpetual mid-card/jobber wrestler was like, this book is for you.  It's one of the more interesting wrestling books I've read as it really lays out how the business works financially as well as the politics/customs of the locker room.

Heretic - Bernard Cornwell - this is book 3 of the Grail Quest series.  Very enjoyable historical fiction from the master of the genre.

I am now reading:

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman - great history of a tumultuous period.  The 14th century was host to the Black Death, the 100 Years War, the Little Ice Age and the Avignon Papacy.

Whip the Rebellion: Ulysses S Grant's Rise to Command by George Walsh

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

One Way Out : The Inside History Of The Allman Brothers Band by Alan Paul

Just finished re-reading "Charles Manson Now by Marlin Marynick"
Great read, the book explores the relationship between the author and Manson himself, and is truly a unique one. As the author, Marynick, travels to visit Manson, (He hoped to learn why one person's suffering may lead them down a path of destruction and evil, while another's may take them on a completely opposite path.) he meets people whom are all connected to Manson in some way; fellow inmates, collectors, archivists, former family members, musicians and ATWA members. Has about a chapter or two worth of writings from Manson himself.
Now onto re-reading "Peace and War" by Leo Tolstoy which is a personal favorite of mine.

Shut Up And Give Me The Mic by Dee Snider

The Croning by Laird Barron

"Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show, Soul Train" by Ericka Blount Danois

Nothing to Lose: The Making of KISS 1972-1975 by Ken Sharp with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons