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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Dec 14, 2007 - 09:42pm PT
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I haven't read a book w/ words on paper for a while, but the last audiobook was called "When Madeline Was Young." It was just OK.
I got an e-mail from the library that I'm finally getting my turn w/ Shantaram on CD...recommended to me here. :-)
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samg
climber
SLC
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:02pm PT
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I also juggle three or four books at a time.
Currently
Dreamtigers -Borges
Big Wall Climbing - Doug Scott
The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil
Capitalism and Schizophrenia vol. 2, A thousand Plateaus - Deleuze and Guattari
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TheDullEnd
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:11pm PT
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Ugh, you're reading thousand plateau's voluntarily? I'm impressed.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 14, 2007 - 11:54pm PT
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TM Jesse,
Massie first started writing the russian tomes because his son, who I went to school with, was a hemophiliac which prompted his study of Nicholas and Alexandra (whose son was too).
The book did really well and so he was able to afford the expensive treatment for his boy, but with the onset of HIV hemophiliacs were something like 10,000 times more likely to test positive than a person who took one transfusion.
Don't want to ask if he's still around.
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Dec 15, 2007 - 01:36am PT
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Either Sedaris' Naked or Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut. Both are good but not the best works of either author.
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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Dec 15, 2007 - 10:48am PT
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another juggler here...
Just finished The Kite runner, A Thousand Sacred Suns, Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
In the wings to read as soon as the holiday rush settles would be a whole stack of historical fiction... YEAH!!!
BB
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Risk
Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
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Dec 15, 2007 - 11:30am PT
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Piton Ron, Massie's book, Nicholas and Alexandra, was the first one on Russia I read. I didn't seek the book out, but just happened upon it at home while moving. It was a fantastic read and I have been hooked ever since. Massie is great.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Dec 15, 2007 - 12:04pm PT
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"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein.
Finally got to check it out at the library for the kids. Realmojede read it to them, and it was the first time that she had seen the book. Tears on the adult cheeks, smiles for the offspring.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Dec 15, 2007 - 12:08pm PT
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I have Dick Dorworths Night Driving on order from our Library- which is where I go to get my books.
I am starting Brokaws "Boom"
I always have a couple of Louis L'Amours by the toilet- case I runout of TP
I just finished let my people go Surfing by Chouinard for the second time- I mostly read everything two times or more- I enjoyed it the second time better than the first.
My favorite climbing books are:
In the shadow Denali- Waterman
One mans Mountains-Patey
Breaking Point-Randall
History of Climbing in N.A. Jones
Read On
Murf
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Carolyn C
Trad climber
the long, long trailer
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Dec 15, 2007 - 12:20pm PT
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"The Third Chimpanzee" by Jared Diamond, and "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" by Peter Matthiessen.
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jbaker
Trad climber
Redwood City, CA
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Dec 15, 2007 - 01:19pm PT
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I've been juggling too many books. I just finished "The Conscience of a Liberal," by Paul Krugman, which is excellent. I also just finished "Will in the World" by Stephen Greenblatt, a great look at Shakespeare's life. I'm also reading Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger, On the Ridge... by David Roberts. I got bogged down in The Echo Makers by Richard Powers,a nd I'm not sure I'll pick it up again. I'm enjoying The Control of Nature by John McPhee, which is an interesting read post-Katrina.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Dec 15, 2007 - 02:06pm PT
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TM Jesse: Peter The Great blew me away too! Inspired me to buy a boat! Then I read Dr. Zhivago also, to balance out the history with great art. Recommend it.
Bruno
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Dec 15, 2007 - 02:13pm PT
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And Yea Jody: The Bible!!! You better believe it!
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atchafalaya
climber
Babylon
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Dec 15, 2007 - 02:14pm PT
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The I Chong by Tommy Chong. Chong does nine months in federal prison for sending bongs across state lines, as a result of the war on terror. Entertaining.
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nutjob
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Dec 15, 2007 - 03:32pm PT
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Tom Clancey novel, "Cardinal and the Kremlin". I got caught on this one... OK I'll admit it. I enjoyed every minute of it. That was the last book I finished.
The most recent book I was reading was "Yosemite Climbs (Meyers/Reid 1987)". Of course you can't go wrong there.
"The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage"
Great tools for the workplace!
If I dig back a bit deeper, I'm in progress or finished the following:
Shantaram
(stuck ~700 pages because a book collation error lost ~40 pages... cheap copy from India. But I absolutely love how the book let me relive my first experiences in India minus some of the baggage I had at the time)
Life of Pi
I guess I'm less jaded than other folks here... or maybe it's just that I read the book with no expectations and knew nothing about it other than a cover that attracted me at an airport bookstore a few years ago. I quite enjoyed it.
Moby Dick
A great book, but "all time best"? I thought the symbolism was nice but not world-rocking.
Tom Jones
I spent several years where I would read the first 5 pages, mark about 20-30 vocabulary words to memorize, then put it down again if the text wasn't flowing for me and sinking in. At some point I got enough momentum and got through it - turns out that the use of vocabulary up front was part of his humorous introduction... the rest of the book went smoothly and I really enjoyed the plot and the author's sense of humor.
Short Stories of Saki (H.H. Munroe)
Pretty funny in an anti-social and dysfunctional way. Classic irony.
Most geek stuff I just google to learn these days, but some things are nicer to have in a book. Here're some recent reference books that have helped me a lot:
Linux Administration Handbook (2nd Edition)
Managing RAID on Linux
SQL Clearly Explained, Second Edition
Relational Database Design Clearly Explained
High Performance MySQL
Books that I'd like to get into "some day" when I find myself with more time than activities or responsibilities:
My System & Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch)
Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamics (Peitgens, Jurgens, and Saupe)
I told myself I would just reply with the most recent cheese-ball library discard spy novel.... But I couldn't help trying to act all intellectual and important with a more respectable list.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 15, 2007 - 03:43pm PT
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hey there... say, i just saw someone mention moby dick... it made me think... back when i had more time, i used to try to read the book that certain movies were based on---if it was one i was interested in of course---as the books obviously, were the blue print... this always proves to be VERY interesting...
could be a good at-home project for some of you, this winter...
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Dec 15, 2007 - 03:50pm PT
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I think the last book I actually finished is Krishna Das - Flow of Grace (it's a short one on how to chant the Hanuman Chlisa).
I have like 12 books partially started. They include, The Bhagavad Gita, The Prophet, Desert Solitude, The Places that Scare You, Acid & Alkaline, Peace is Every Step, Alkalize or Die, Typo3, Create an Oasis with Greywater, Strawbale Home Plans, colon health, "gods, goddesses & religious symbols of Hinduism", Buddhism & Tantrism, PHP5.
Sadly, the one getting the most attention is Typo3 (though I am getting paid to read it).
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 15, 2007 - 04:01pm PT
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Brunosafari,
so after the Pasternak did you buy a balalaika?
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Tahoe climber
Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
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Dec 15, 2007 - 04:19pm PT
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Sword of God - author? (fiction)
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rands (re-read)
Confessor - Terry Goodkind
New Bishop bouldering guidebook - Wills Young
Automatic Millionare - author?
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Dec 15, 2007 - 04:28pm PT
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Atlas Shrugged. Dave Bloom and Matt Childers both read that book and right after named a climb at Winslow Wall after it. It's an odd sort of name for a climb unless you understand that book exists.
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