What are you reading now ?

UnixGuy

I'm too bored to study anything at home!! enough done at work


at home, I am reading "Dreamcatcher" by Stephen king.



what books are you reading guys ?

astorrs

The latest PMBOK - just as exhilarating as previous editions.

Oh and tonight I read "Oh the Thinks You Can Think", "Curious George Goes Camping" and "Angela's Airplane".

whistler

This thread

After that I will be reading more of the Wireless# study guide and at work the Syngress study guide for 70-640.

goforthbmerry

I used to do a lot of pleasure reading. It has been a while since I have. The book I have currently ordered (I should recieve it in the next couple of days) is the Microsoft Press book for the 70-620 Vista Configuration certification. I keep my library card busy but normally I just keep the books long enough to accrue late chanrges and then turn them in later unread.

Ed

Sie

goforthbmerry wrote:

I used to do a lot of pleasure reading. It has been a while since I have. The book I have currently ordered (I should recieve it in the next couple of days) is the Microsoft Press book for the 70-620 Vista Configuration certification. I keep my library card busy but normally I just keep the books long enough to accrue late chanrges and then turn them in later unread.

Ed

If you want to save yourself the hassle of fetching the books and returning them but still keeping the 'pleasure' of the late charges I would gladly collect the Late Fees from you.

As for what I am reading I havent read for pleasure for a while now, all seems to be IT related material at present.

Think the last thing I read for pleasure was Art of Deception.

gojericho0

The World is Flat 3rd Edition

undomiel

I'm currently reading through the Bible again with my wife (we finished it for the first time together a month or so ago) and while I have been pretty much just reading study books lately two books I have queued up are The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay and also Escape to God by Jim Hohnberger. I usually like to have a few things going at once so that I can switch back and forth. We'll probably be hitting the library again soon as well so who knows what gems we'll delve out of there. My wife is a voracious reader.

dynamik

gojericho0 wrote:

The World is Flat 3rd Edition

That's a great book. I'm only a little ways into it, but it's been really interesting so far. I'd encourage everyone else to check it out.

For better or worse, most of my reading time is spent with IT-related materials. I'm currently taking a distance-learning introductory law class, which fulfills one of my undergrad requirements, and I'm also studying Japanese in order to fulfill my language requirement. Whenever I get any leisure time, I really don't feel like spending any more time in a book.

ally_uk

The God delusion - Richard Dawkins
The Book of Webmin - No starch press
I.T - Stephen King

Although my reading has been distracted recently since Metal Gear 4 came out

LBC90805

No time for reading for pleasure. If I have time to read for pleasure I have time to read for certs. Just like I don't play any video games. I just watch my girl friend play Super Mario Galaxy while I read and study for the CCNA.

Current book is Odom's ICND2 book.

UnixGuy

So IT is really eating us up !!!

there's more in life than studying, setting up labs, troubleshooting...sometimes I just leave everything and watch movie or read something.

I used to be a very fast reader (pleasure reading as you called it)...but with certification and all this junk, it's really hard to do anything else in your life !

UnixGuy

ally_uk wrote:

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I.T - Stephen King

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interesting! I bought it but it is still on my shelf

Dreamcatcher is also in Derry

gojericho0

ally_uk wrote:

I.T - Stephen King

I'm very disappointed, i began reading this and it has nothing to do with Information Technology

sir_creamy_

The Machine Stops

Claymoore

Windows Group Policy Resource Kit: Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Infrastructure Design: A Service-Oriented Approach

I share an Amazon Prime account with my gf and we definitely buy enough books from Amazon that the free 2-day shipping makes it worthwhile.

pwjohnston

I tend to have two or thee I flip through.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan

Nolo's Guide to Buying your first House.

Plato's Republic (Rereading)


My future Shortlist

Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day-and What You Can Do About It by Bob Sullivan

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman

The Philosophy Gym by Stephen Law

pwjohnston

I tend to have two or thee I flip through.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan

Nolo's Guide to Buying your first House.

Plato's Republic (Rereading)


My future Shortlist

Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day-and What You Can Do About It by Bob Sullivan

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman

The Philosophy Gym by Stephen Law

pwjohnston

gojericho0 wrote:

ally_uk wrote:

I.T - Stephen King

I'm very disappointed, i began reading this and it has nothing to do with Information Technology

Nice.

mengo17

Title: E-Commerce: Business, Technology, Society 2008
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon & Carol G.Traver
ISBN: 9780136006459
Edition: 4th
Pub. Year: 2008
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall


Title: Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design
Author: Coulouris, George et al
ISBN: 9780321263544
Edition: 4th
Pub. Year: 2005
Publisher: Addison Wesley


Those are the 2 classes I am almost done with...

Rikku

Nice Thread...you know it's healthy for someone to do something outside of his work/study (or his/her passion?)


The problems with my books is I never seem to finish nor do I always start in the first chapter...feh...

IT Books

Windows Server 2003 (The big blue book)
VMWARE ESX Server
MCSE Core Requirements Guide 3rd edition
Windows IT Pro Magazine (monthly)
Storage Magazine (monthly)
Wired Magazine (monthly)
Play Magazine (Monthly)
Active Directory Cookbook 3rd edition

Spiritual Growth Books

The Power of Now
A New Earth
Ask and it is Given
The Way to a Meaningful Life: The Dalai Lama

Time Management/Time Management Books

Getting things Done! (By David Allen) I started reading this book and laughed..find time to apply these concepts...hah!

Japanese Manga
Sword of the Bezerk Series
Battle Angel Alita Series

Japanese Language
Hirugana/Katakana Practice writting books
Various Japanese Language Study Materials Listen on CD and read/repeat etc.
Your first 1000 Japanese words (picture book..don't laugh..it actually works)
"The Japanese have a word for it."

Remember..I said I never seem to finish any of the books I start..this includes some books I have had for years...(sigh)

-Rikku

sys_teck

Hi,

Currently, I'm reading: Lois McMaster Bujold "Komarra", "Cetaganda". <all about adventures of Miles Vorkosigan>

Megadeth4168

Right now.....
The following thread
http://techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35264

Ok, seriously, the only thing I'm reading in spare time right now is a Sybex CCENT book.

TechStriker

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams as bed time reading

Ahriakin

Swapping between :

Host Intrusion Monitoring with Osiris and Samhain
OSSEC HIDS Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide
Pro Nagios 2.0

I can't wait to see how they end!....er.....

Vassago68

Right now, I am reading CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate : Study Guide

drainey

MS Press - training kit for 70-620 Vista config.
Latest Splinter Cell by Tom Clancy.

Favorite Stephen King iis the Dark Tower series.

jamesp1983

I miss pleasure reading soo much!! I've read nothing but Cisco and MS books for about the last 2 years. The last book I read for pleasure was DaVinci Code...

JDMurray

I still haven't read the last Harry Potter book.


Well, back to the CISSP tomes...

astorrs

JDMurray wrote:

I still haven't read the last Harry Potter book.

I still haven't read a Harry Potter book.

jbaello

Look at my signature... This Exchange 2007 is a very long topic with a tedious configuration... I hope to be done "one day"

jbaello

JDMurray wrote:

I still haven't read the last Harry Potter book.


Well, back to the CISSP tomes...

I love how you call it "tomes"