What is on your reading list for 2012?

Every December I try to reflect on the year and see what I did well and what I can improve on in the coming year. Although I likely did not see a consumption of 10,000 pages of reading, I still think it was a successful year. So what is on your reading agenda for 2012? Here is my short list. I haven't gotten any further with planning it out. Maybe ya'll will provide me with some ideas

Fun:

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the sea

IT Related:

File System Forensic Analysis
Windows Forensic Analysis

I'm also going to read the Bible in a year.

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jamesp1983

All IT related...I imagine Routing TCP/IP, Vol II. Internet Routing Architectures, BCMSN again, MPLS Fundamentals, CCIE Exam Guide again, and a ton of Cisco docs.

down77

Work:
INE Vol I - IV
Routing TCP/IP Vol I-II (for the second time)
Developing IP Multicast Networks
Deploying IPv6 Networks
Endless amounts of time in the Cisco DocCDs
Other various CCIE Prep materials...

Fun:
Photography Magazines
Men's Health
Reading Childrens Stories to my son!

Bl8ckr0uter

Work:

Most of the stuff off of this:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/security/book_list.html

A lot of the stuff of this:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4601

RFCs

And many security and linux books and tutorials.

Home:
Bible
Web dubois
booker t washington
Some books on poetry and political science

chrisone

IT
1. CCNP Security Library (Secure, FW, VPN, IPS)
2. Pentesting (Backtrack 4 book, CEH All in one, Gray Hat hacking 3rd ed.)

Fun
1. Steve Jobs Biography (I enjoy this book, its big so i need to finish it. Motivates me every time i read it. )

To much stuff for 2012 already.

Psoasman

IT Related: MS 642, 646, java books, humanities reading.

Fun: Bible, maybe Left Behind series again.

N2IT

PMP study guide and the abridge audio version when I work out.

Also due to my job Excel and Access, but I am using the traning materials at work.

the_Grinch

Career:

Linux stuff, plus whatever is required if accepted to my Master's program

Fun:

Stoic Serenity: A Practical Course on Finding Inner Peace
The Stoic Life: Emotions, Duties, and Fate
Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life

Figure if I can't go to school for Philosophy, I can at least read it

SteveO86

Fun.. Not sure I'm looking into the John Standford Prey series, the USA movie was pretty interesting.

Work:

CCNP: Security books. ARCH Books, re-read Top Down Network Design.... Whatever else I need to read work for... along with various RFC's and other Cisco documentation..

jahsoul

For Work/Progression

CCNP ROUTE
CCNP SWITCH
Routing TCP/IP Vol 1
ICOMM Official Exam Guide
Something regarding CCDA
A whole lot of Juniper crap..lol

Home:
Can't really say the Bible because that's all day, every day..lol

The Wealth of Nations
The Souls of Black Folk
The Future of the American Negro
The Prince

Bl8ckr0uter

jahsoul wrote: »

Home:
Can't really say the Bible because that's all day, every day..lol

The Wealth of Nations
The Souls of Black Folk
The Future of the American Negro
The Prince

I have the souls of black folk and the prince sitting on my desk right now lol. I also have the Crisis of the negro intellectual. Check it out.

jahsoul

Bl8ckr0uter wrote: »

I have the souls of black folk and the prince sitting on my desk right now lol. I also have the Crisis of the negro intellectual. Check it out.

I'm about to check and see if there is a free Kindle download now...good looking out.

*just looked*
Welp, I'll be picking up the paperback...lol

ptilsen

Probably all IT related.

For sure:
MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Administrator (2nd Edition)
Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
ICND1 & ICND2 Official Cert Guide

Maybe:
Official (ISC)^2 Guide to the SSCP CBK Second Edition
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-662): Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Study Guide

mark_s0

Definately:

The CCNP foundation guides
Finish Network Warrior
Many Cisco docs and RFCs

Maybe:

CCDA foundation guide

heliuminside

Work:
CCNP T-SHOOT Foundation Learning Guide
Routing TCP/IP Volume 1/2

Fun:
The Firm
Dragon Age Asunder
The Song of Ice and Fire

Those are the ones that I have planned on reading them for the next year, depending on the situation I might add a few more on the list.

alan2308

Bl8ckr0uter wrote: »

Work:

Most of the stuff off of this:
Book List - CCIE - Cisco Systems

A lot of the stuff of this:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4601

RFCs

And many security and linux books and tutorials.

Home:
Bible
Web dubois
booker t washington
Some books on poetry and political science

Don't forget to check this out if you already haven't. Post #3 has a great breakdown of the books.

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccie/36057-ccie-sec-lab-diary-how-make-ahriakins-brain-implode.html

dave330i

Work:

SQL Server 2008R2
SQL 2008R2 Unleashed
VMware vSphere design
VCAP-DCA exam blueprint

Fun:

What's that?

jibbajabba

My plan is to attack NOTHING IT related but some of my James Patterson / Stephen King books I haven't touched in months since buying

Zartanasaurus

Work AND fun.

CVOICE, CIPT1, CIPT2 Foundation Learning Guides.
Whatever books are available for CAPPS and TVOICE.

At least one of:
Troubleshooting Campus Networks
Network Analysis & Troubleshooting
TCP/IP Analysis & Troubleshooting Toolkit
Network Maintenance & Troubleshooting

TCP IP Illustrated, 2nd ed

Maybe list:
Essential SNMP (this one always seems to be a "I'll get to it later" book)
PKI Uncovered
Information Storage & Management
TCL Scripting for IOS
Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide

I want to read a good book on Bash & Python as well. Taking suggestions.
Also would like a good follow up book to IS&M.
I probably should get a good book on the ASA.

RobertKaucher

Bl8ckr0uter wrote: »

I have the souls of black folk and the prince sitting on my desk right now lol. I also have the Crisis of the negro intellectual. Check it out.

This should be required reading for every single American HS child in their American History course.

Since this was published in the Atlantic, have either of you seen the Civil War edition of the Atlantic that just came out? There are reprints of works from Stowe, Du Bois, Douglas, et. al. Some of the most influential thinkers of the time and their writings from just before when The Souls of Black Folk was written.

Bl8ckr0uter

RobertKaucher wrote: »

This should be required reading for every single American HS child in their American History course.

Oh come now Robert. Surely you must know that could never happen. Then we would have to spend more than 6 pages on slavery in the history books. Then we couldn't pretend that the effects of 400+ years of slavery doesn't effect people today. Lol. Sigh....

I do agree with you though. We had to read it in one of my English classes (well part of it). Honestly I think that in high school, you are either to busy trying to screw anything that moves or SAT scores for introspective reading and thinking. I think you have to live a little longer (or just be very mature) to deal with topics such as those in the Souls.

RobertKaucher wrote: »

Since this was published in the Atlantic, have either of you seen the Civil War edition of the Atlantic that just came out? There are reprints of works from Stowe, Du Bois, Douglas, et. al. Some of the most influential thinkers of the time and their writings from just before when The Souls of Black Folk was written.

This?

http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Battles-Discoveries-Titanic-Million/dp/0061702625/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1323959056&sr=8-3

If so, I will pick it up. To often as adults we neglect to develop our personal selves and focus on developing our professional selves.

rogue2shadow

Technical Books (some re-reading; some starting; some finishing)
BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing
BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide
Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Coding for Penetration Testers: Building Better Tools
Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery
Grep Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture
Learning Perl
Network Warrior (Ver2)
Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD: Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide
Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 (2nd Edition)
Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler
The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes
The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws (Ver2)
Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit
Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide

Leisure:
Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network, Revised Edition
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
Stealing the Network: The Complete Series Collector's Edition and Final Chapter
The Prince
Wing Chun Kung Fu: Traditional Chinese King Fu for Self-Defense and Health

Will I finish them all? That is yet to be seen lol.

jamesp1983

"Kingpin" was an excellent book. I read it while on vacation in England. I couldn't put it down.

RobertKaucher

Bl8ckr0uter wrote: »

Oh come now Robert. Surely you must know that could never happen. Then we would have to spend more than 6 pages on slavery in the history books. Then we couldn't pretend that the effects of 400+ years of slavery doesn't effect people today. Lol. Sigh....

I do agree with you though. We had to read it in one of my English classes (well part of it). Honestly I think that in high school, you are either to busy trying to screw anything that moves or SAT scores for introspective reading and thinking. I think you have to live a little longer (or just be very mature) to deal with topics such as those in the Souls.

Well, I was busy chasing girls but I was also quite introspective and I was never fooled by the idea that the legacy of slavery no longer existed nor did I fall for the crap that we should not judge people in the past for their failings. The idea that we can only celebrate the Founding Fathers for the great things they did and we have to ignore their failings because they lived in another time was always stupid to me.

Bl8ckr0uter wrote: »

This?

http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Battles-Discoveries-Titanic-Million/dp/0061702625/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1323959056&sr=8-3

If so, I will pick it up. To often as adults we neglect to develop our personal selves and focus on developing our professional selves.

No, this
Amazon.com: The Civil War - Special Commemorative Issue from The Atlantic eBook: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jeffrey

N2IT

Training material for work [Excel 2010, Access 2010, JMP, Lean-Six Sigma] ***Funny how I spend all this time on the PMP and the shop I am in uses Six Sigma practices and doesn't recognize the PMP for project management. Crazy world!
Corporate finance books, magazine, articles
Project Management exam books and learning materials.

Bokeh

Dreary day here in MN. Good day to crack open the books. What are you reading/labbing today?

For me -
CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Official Study Guide: Exam PW0-105: David D. Coleman, David A. Westcott: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
and Amazon.com: 802.11n: A Survival Guide eBook: Matthew Gast: Kindle Store

Happy Studying!

ptilsen

I'm reading a Spanish text book today. Too much school work to study for certifications right now.

Psoasman

I am reading through using open-source tools for web development, then it's onto Flash.

Patel128

I am going to read CompTIA A+ 220-701 and 220-702 Exam Cram (Amazon.com: CompTIA A+ 220-701 and 220-702 Exam Cram (5th Edition) (9780789747921): David L. Prowse: Books) today

jamesleecoleman

Russian grammar....

crashdump

I am reading "OCA Oracle Database SQL Expert Exam Guide: Exam 1Z0-047 (Oracle Press)" for the 3 time

But only for 2 hours, the rest I relaxed today