What books are on your nightstand?? (i.e., what are you reading?)

[Dans 68]

I thought this would make a great thread, as I'm sure we all do a bit of reading. I try to read about an hour a day, but lately it has been reduced to about 15 minutes before the eyelids get too heavy. Don't read too much into the collection, as some were gifts (the bottom two  ) but I believe it does give a little insight into the reader.     I add to and take away from the stack all the time. I read a chapter from each, as it suits me. The only car book there is a good read. 

Dan

[Forza]

My friend recently got me started reading William Johnstone's series "In The Ashes". I really didn't think I was going to like them but after the first couple chapters I was hooked in. I'm on book 4 out of 33 so needless to say I'll have plenty of reading material for the summer. Hopefully I'll be done by the time Joseph Wambaugh comes out with his next book of his series.

[FLG]

[defiance]

Well, I'm in the middle of a book I really don't like, but just want to finish anyway, so I won't bother talking about it - instead I'll talk about the things I *do* like, even though I'm not reading them right at this moment

Any of the 'Ender' books by Orson Scott Card.  

Pretty much anything by Tad Williams.  He needs to get off 'is arse and finish the Shadowmarch series!!    The War of thorns (I think?) is a great book, and the Memory, Sorrow & Thorn saga is a perfect example of what an epic fantasy novel should be.  Otherland series was a REALLY slow starter, but turned out extremely good as well.

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series was awesome right up 'til the very end when he unleashed the ultimate deus ex machina to suddenly make everything right.  Still, even with that huge flaw, it's an excellent series.

Stephen R. Donaldson's Covenant series is really good, can't wait for the next one.  The gap series was good, too.

Larry Niven is exceptional.  I particularly enjoy his suppositions around the interaction of evolution and psychology (as best represented in the motie saga and ringworld books).  Really cool stuff.

[69bronzeT5]

I don't have books on my nightstand....or a nightstand However, the only book I've really enjoyed reading was the Slash autobiography. I've read it 4 times.

[4forty]

Anything by Clive Cussler.  Awesome adventures, great cars/machinery... only problem is sometimes up to 3:00am, can't put 'em down!

[moparstuart]

 

[Ponch ®]

I don't have books on my nightstand....or a nightstand However, the only book I've really enjoyed reading was the Slash autobiography. I've read it 4 times.

If you liked that, I'd strongly recommend Motley Crue's "The Dirt" and Nikki Sixx's "Heroin Diaries". To a lesser extent, there's also "Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N Roses", which is a good 'overall' history of the band, but some of the sources are sketchy. It's a good complimentary read to the Slash book. Oh..before I forget, since you're a Randy Rhoads/Ozzy fiend, check out Rudy Sarzo's "Off the rails", it's about his time with Ozzy and talks about Randy, the plane crash, etc from an interesting perspective.

As for what I'm reading...right now I'm on a thriller kick. Just got done reading "The Boys From Brazil" and just started "The ODESSA file". It's not exactly high literature, but now and then I need to get away from the serious stuff and read something for pure entertainment.

[mopar_nut_440_6]

Well, I'm in the middle of a book I really don't like, but just want to finish anyway, so I won't bother talking about it - instead I'll talk about the things I *do* like, even though I'm not reading them right at this moment

Any of the 'Ender' books by Orson Scott Card.  

Pretty much anything by Tad Williams.  He needs to get off 'is arse and finish the Shadowmarch series!!    The War of thorns (I think?) is a great book, and the Memory, Sorrow & Thorn saga is a perfect example of what an epic fantasy novel should be.  Otherland series was a REALLY slow starter, but turned out extremely good as well.

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series was awesome right up 'til the very end when he unleashed the ultimate deus ex machina to suddenly make everything right.  Still, even with that huge flaw, it's an excellent series.

Stephen R. Donaldson's Covenant series is really good, can't wait for the next one.  The gap series was good, too.

Larry Niven is exceptional.  I particularly enjoy his suppositions around the interaction of evolution and psychology (as best represented in the motie saga and ringworld books).  Really cool stuff.

I loved the Thomas Covenant series.

I also like anything by Robert Ludlum. I have been reading a lot of history lately. I read about 15 books last year on the Klondike gold rush and currently am reading a book called Vimy about the taking of Vimy Ridge in France by the Canadians during the first world war.

I also read the Jean Aul series last year which I enjoyed and well as a few other series. I read a couple of hours a night due to sleeping issues!

[TheGhost]

I follow 3 series fanatically:

Terry Brooks' "Shannara" series.
Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" series (although, I feel the series has gone downhill since her son Todd McCaffrey has taken it over).
And the "Halo" series, written by various authors.

A friend also recently got me into Steven Kings "Dark Tower" series.  I need to find book 4...

I've also been a Tom Clancy fan ever since I read "The Hunt for Red October" back in middle school.  I should see if he's got any new ones...

[tan top]

there are normaly an assortmet of old mopar  muscle , action & hp mopar , which have good storys or motor build ups    change to a different lot of back issues as & when i 
current bed time reading !!

[69CoronetRT]

I thought this would make a great thread, as I'm sure we all do a bit of reading. I try to read about an hour a day, but lately it has been reduced to about 15 minutes before the eyelids get too heavy. Don't read too much into the collection, as some were gifts (the bottom two  ) but I believe it does give a little insight into the reader.     I add to and take away from the stack all the time. I read a chapter from each, as it suits me. The only car book there is a good read. 

Dan

"How Hitler Could Have Won WWII"

Liberty and Tyrany is waiting in the wings.

[BB1]

Don't laugh. At least I'm trying.  

[mikepmcs]

Here ya go, what's on my dresser and what I sleep next to.  Your insight is welcome. 

[69bronzeT5]

I'm waiting for someone to post up a porn mag

[bordin34]

I have the past two years of Mopar Muscle
- A 26 or 25 book series of book called something like The History of the Automobile
But my favorite books that I have read, or had to rear for school and enjoyed have been
-Night
-Tuesdays with Morrie
-The Tipping Point

[skip68]

     I can't read.....

[Todd Wilson]

I dont know how to read.   



Todd

[BB1]

You don't read porn Code. Rrrrr ah it's kinda physical visual thing. 

[BrianShaughnessy]

The Fender Stratocaster Handbook.
The Gibson Les Paul Handbook.
Hot Rod Techniques for Guitar.
Jeep Cherokee Haynes Repair Manual.
The Flying Cloud.
MP Big Block B/RB Engines.

[BigBlockSam]

a matchbook 

[WingCharger]

Thunder On The Mountain-A Novel Of 1936 (Great book!! )
12 Issues Of MoPar Action
How To Restore Classic Farmall Tractors
Haynes Manual 1973-1979 Ford Trucks & Broncos
Car Craft 1970 To 1972
International 504 Factory Service Manual
One Issue Of Diesel Power Magazine
How To Trap Muskrats
The Beatles-A Photographic History

(These aren't necessarily ON my nightstand, more like leaning in one big pile onto its side. )

[TheGhost]

You don't read porn Code. Rrrrr ah it's kinda physical visual thing. 

Women do.

[Rolling_Thunder]

Ummmm    it is a long list.....

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas
Moby Dick - Melville
The Aenied - Homer
Canterburry Tales - Chaucer
On War - Clausewitz
The Republic -
Generation Kill - Evan Wright
One Bullet Away - Nate Fick
Paradise Lost - Milton

[BB1]

You don't read porn Code. Rrrrr ah it's kinda physical visual thing. 

Women do.

Not Lesbos. 

[Arthu®]

The Republic -

The Republic as in the book by Plato? If so, were you ever able to finish it? I absolutely love the discussions, but as a non-native speaker the dialogue becomes too dreadful at times. I never finished it.

I am not much of a fiction reader and stick to non-fiction literature. Currently I am reading the God Delusion by Richard Dawkinson.

Arthur

[Charger_Fan]

I was finally able to snag this book recently & have gone through 10~ish pages a night for the last week or so.




I also recently got this book. Not necessarily just for the fitness aspect of it, but more for the cool autobiographical stories that are in it along the way. If you're a Stallone fan, you'll like this book.

[justin1987]

Here are the three I'm currently reading.

[Charger_Fan]

Oooh, I'd like to read that one by Major Winters. Gonna have to find one.
My next book in line will be this one.

[Foreman72]

dan dude, i'm reading the shack too...pm me if you wanna talk about it...its an awesome book...


so on one speaker (they're on either side of the bed) is all the car mags, (jegs, summit, paddock, legendary, ect ect) and on the other side is all the music mags (sweetwater, full compass, musicians friend, guitar center, mix magazine ect)

[73-charger-383]

I just finished the shack (great book).....now am on to "A brief history of time" by stephen hawking....

[Brock Samson]

o.k. it taken a bit to get these up here but here they are..

the first i originaly read 25 years ago
the second is a book I'm continually reading and have been for nearly 10 years now.
the third was the third book I've read from him..
the fourth is to answer questions I've had about the lord of the rings, and to follow up on the Hobbit which I read a couple Mos Back.
more to come... 

[Brock Samson]

dino books, some of them anyhow,..

[Brock Samson]

some excerpt pages from The Literary digest 1923,.. i bought it for the car ads but the period journalistic content from the post WWI era is absolutly AMAZING! since the pages don't reproduce well i just took a few shots of the car ads for ya'll...

[Brock Samson]

moar...

[jb666]

My book...




I'm stuck on the first page.

[mikepmcs]

 

[Skyview69]

Financial Peace Revisited

[Foreman72]

dude we just went thru the financial peace university in my econ class..great series

[Skyview69]

dude we just went thru the financial peace university in my econ class..great series

Yep...as long as you follow the book 

[Charger_Fan]

dude we just went thru the financial peace university in my econ class..great series

Yep...as long as you follow the book 

There's info in that book (and class) that we can all use.

[Khyron]

Artie Lange "too fat to fish!"

[KS71owner]

Don't laugh. At least I'm trying.  

I hear ya. Got the same book myself.

Here's my "go to" stack when I don't have a new book to read....

[Rolling_Thunder]

Oooh, I'd like to read that one by Major Winters. Gonna have to find one.
My next book in line will be this one.

That book is so damn sad...      after all that survivor syndrome bullshit some people randomly killed his Dog after he got back to the states

Interesting side not - a friend of mine was one of the USAF SF sent to retrieve the 16 other SF killed in the rescue helicopter crash...     as he mentioned the whole operation was a "Supreme Cluster F*** of epic proportions"

[DukesofHoward]

About five years worth of American Rifleman magazines - results in sweet dreams

[PocketThunder]

who has time to read?    

Actually, i read Little Golden Books every night for 20 minutes.  Some curious george books, the pigeon wants a hot dog, froggy gets dressed, etc...   

[Ponch ®]

Artie Lange "too fat to fish!"

You know, im a huge Stern and Artie fan, but I thought the book was somewhat of a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, there were some really good stories and revelations, but a lot of them seemed to be just 'filler' or stories that anyone who listens to the show regularly has already heard a billion times. I guess I was expecting more, since the ghostwriter (Anthony Bozza) is the same guy who did Slash's book (which I really enjoyed).

[c00nhunterjoe]

i have "airwolf trouble from within" and a 1911 on my night stand

[Skyview69]

dude we just went thru the financial peace university in my econ class..great series

Yep...as long as you follow the book 

There's info in that book (and class) that we can all use.

I have three more classes left.  I wish I did this stuff in my twenties.  I'd be a millionaire now and have two restored Chargers.  Anyone would benefit from this class especially younger people

[Foreman72]

dude we just went thru the financial peace university in my econ class..great series

Yep...as long as you follow the book 

There's info in that book (and class) that we can all use.

I have three more classes left.  I wish I did this stuff in my twenties.  I'd be a millionaire now and have two restored Chargers.  Anyone would benefit from this class especially younger people

i took as many notes as i could

[RusTy/SE]

Most recently finished Kitchen Confidential, Project Charger should be required reading, Rogue Warrior just an awesome read, and i had no business starting The Universe In A Nutshell but i'll finish it one of these days

[Foreman72]

how is project charger? i've heard ups and downs

[RusTy/SE]

  I thoroughly enjoyed Project Charger; it offers an example of what you can expect when beginning a resto (a 70 Charger in the book's example). I read it a couple of times, digested things, helped my understanding with the vast knowledge through searches on this site that help answer any lingering questions, then read it again.

  However, there is nothing like experiencing first hand a car taken down then rebuilt better than new - your own or one belonging to someone else. I'm fortunate to be able to see this happen presently on a 1970 Six Barrel Road Runner owned by a friend with the resources to make that happen. It's an education in itself that gives me an appreciaton of just what it takes.

Russ