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 ?

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UnixGuy

drainey wrote:

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

Favorite Stephen King iis the Dark Tower series.

The Dark tower series is on my to-read list..soon

JDMurray

jbaello wrote:

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"

It was either that or the "Codex of Infinite InfoSec." That sounds like something protected by a dragon in a cave filled with treasure in a Harry Potter book.

Vassago68

UnixGuy wrote:

drainey wrote:

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

Favorite Stephen King iis the Dark Tower series.

The Dark tower series is on my to-read list..soon

One of my all-time favorite series. King did an outstanding job on that series. Just sad that it took getting hit by a van to realize he might want to finish it off. He did an awesome job with it though.

UnixGuy

Vassago68 wrote:

UnixGuy wrote:

drainey wrote:

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

Favorite Stephen King iis the Dark Tower series.

The Dark tower series is on my to-read list..soon

One of my all-time favorite series. King did an outstanding job on that series. Just sad that it took getting hit by a van to realize he might want to finish it off. He did an awesome job with it though.

noooo spoilers :P I want to read it

Dreamcatcher is almost 700 pages...i think it'll take time to finish..im in page 170

ULWiz

Currently reading the art of intrusion and the art of deception.
This is followed by MS Press 70-290.
Followed by Switching Basics and intermediate routing. CCNA 3 Companion Guide

So these are my current readings at the moment.

networker050184

Dreamcather was a rather long book. It took me about two days to get through that one when I was in Iraq. At the time I was reading most shorter books in about half a day since I didn't have much else to do as long as the network was running fine.

My current technical read is a mix of Asterisk: the future of telephony (O'Rilley)and the ISCW exam cert guide.

Non technical read is Blood and Gold by Ann Rice (for the second time). I'm a big fan of the Vampire Chronicles.

dynamik

networker050184 wrote:

Non technical read is Blood and Gold by Ann Rice (for the second time). I'm a big fan of the Vampire Chronicles.

+1000

shadown7

I'm currenty reading both pleasure and study books.

MS Press - 70-290
MS Press - 70-291

A Tale of Two Sons - John MacArthur

UnixGuy

networker050184 wrote:

Dreamcather was a rather long book. It took me about two days to get through that one when I was in Iraq. At the time I was reading most shorter books in about half a day since I didn't have much else to do as long as the network was running fine.

My current technical read is a mix of Asterisk: the future of telephony (O'Rilley)and the ISCW exam cert guide.

Non technical read is Blood and Gold by Ann Rice (for the second time). I'm a big fan of the Vampire Chronicles.

yeah Dreamcatcher is long...and I don't have much time to read, so im sluggish

Interesting, I never any of Ann Rice, maybe in the future

dynamik

UnixGuy wrote:

Interesting, I never any of Ann Rice, maybe in the future

IMHO, Interview with the Vampire (the one everyone knows because of the movie) was one of the weakest books in the series. Be sure to read a couple beyond that.

UnixGuy

dynamik wrote:

UnixGuy wrote:

Interesting, I never any of Ann Rice, maybe in the future

IMHO, Interview with the Vampire (the one everyone knows because of the movie) was one of the weakest books in the series. Be sure to read a couple beyond that.

mmm, I am not big on vampires stories, that's why I didn't watch the movie. I'll take a look at amazon reviews before purchasing any book

today I started reading:

using SANs and NAS - O'Reilly.

after being inspired by you, I used to only read one book at a time

learningtofly22

The World is Flat looks like very good reading, thanks for the heads up, I'm on my way to go get it now.

UnixGuy

I saw The world is flat at the bookshop yesterday, and I couldn't resist! I bought it ..thanks for your recommendation (and it's better be good :P

cacharo

Me: The Art of Intrusion

The Wife: The Art of Deception

vCole

I just picked up

Dragon Lance: Dragon's of Autumn Twilight.

gojericho0

UnixGuy wrote:

I saw The world is flat at the bookshop yesterday, and I couldn't resist! I bought it ..thanks for your recommendation (and it's better be good :P

Its a good read...little bit tough in some areas, but very interesting

drthtater

I'm currently reading Syzygy by Frederick Pohl

Mishra

Does anyone just straight dislike any reading other than study/educational reading?

I've read some books that I did like but very very few. I just have 0 interest anymore and most of the time can't get past page 15 or so.

undomiel

I've gotten pretty fed up with most fantasy and lots of sci-fi. I used to be a very avid reader of both but after a while the quality turned into milk scum and everything became a trilogy or longer. You just can't really find anything that is just a stand alone book these days. The stories and writing are just coming out terrible too. Like anything that Terry Goodkind has touched for instance. I could do a huge rant on that guy. So I don't really bring myself to read much sci-fi or fantasy these days. It takes some good searching to find anything good so there are only a few authors I trust these days.

dynamik

Like I said, I just get burned out on reading in general, so I do something else when I get some leisure time. It's hard to answer.

Has anyone read Fallen Dragon? They raved about it on TWiT and Security Now. I bought it but never opened it.

gojericho0

i'm really starting to like "books on tape" now. You can download them right into the mp3 player which is real convenient

dynamik

gojericho0 wrote:

i'm really starting to like "books on tape" now. You can download them right into the mp3 player which is real convenient

Do you use http://www.audible.com

Or do you just rip them off a CD?

I wanted to start a membership there, but I can't even keep up with my podcasts.

drainey

Tom Clancy also did a Ops Center series. Each book is part of the series but also a great stand alone book. Good reading. Action/Adventure/Spy type.

I also like to read a lot of westerns. Louis L'Amour and J T Edson are at the top of that list. Homer's Odyssey is a good read. Tony Hillerman puts out some good books. One part action, one part cop/detective, one part native american and just all around good.

But then again I really enjoy reading.

The Dark Tower series is definitely worth the time to read. 7 books over all and the last 4 are each long but they draw you in and keep you reading. Not your typical "scary" story from King either - borders on the sci-fi.

Don't forget your local library. It's a great place to get a book your not sure about, then if you don't like it (or the genre) you can always return it.

undomiel

I loved books on tape. Back in art school I went through several books in the painting room that way. It was great. My work is so close now (5 minute drive) that I don't have a use for them and at home just want to put music on. Plus we have only one vehicle so I usually talk with the wife instead. But they were really good back then.

UnixGuy

Mishra wrote:

Does anyone just straight dislike any reading other than study/educational reading?

I've read some books that I did like but very very few. I just have 0 interest anymore and most of the time can't get past page 15 or so.

Reading is a habit. I think you should get some recommendations. Reading is very important.

UnixGuy

undomiel wrote:

I've gotten pretty fed up with most fantasy and lots of sci-fi. I used to be a very avid reader of both but after a while the quality turned into milk scum and everything became a trilogy or longer. You just can't really find anything that is just a stand alone book these days. The stories and writing are just coming out terrible too. Like anything that Terry Goodkind has touched for instance. I could do a huge rant on that guy. So I don't really bring myself to read much sci-fi or fantasy these days. It takes some good searching to find anything good so there are only a few authors I trust these days.

Mmmm, have you read anything for Ayn Rand ?? it's a philosophy, but one of the best things I ever read. I recommend you read a book called "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Best book I ever read in my life. You don't have to agree with the author on every thing, but nevertheless, it's an amazing piece of literature and philosophy.

dynamik

No way, just play Bioshock instead. That's close enough