The Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition by Ed Regis. It was about future technology/science/medicine in regards to cryogenics, nanotechnology, etc. It was a very interesting read and opened up some interesting thinking and discussions (chapter on downloading a persons entire memories into a computer data bank)
If you like to read a lot and get bored with the regular day to day type of reads I would suggest, otherwise its a little heavy at times with jargon and required some deep thought and re-reads due to the technical nature.

The Seceret Life of Bees, almost finished.
And Le livre du voyage by Bernard Weber. Love it! He is one of my favorite authors with Amelie Nothomb.

5 O'clock lightning - Harvey Frommer

About the 1927 New York Yankees.

Just finished The Pillars of the the Earth, which Oprah announced was her newest Book Club book. 900+pages in paperback.
Exciting story about a 12th century stonemason in rural England, his desire to construct a cathedral, and the monks around him.

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Originally posted by irwin:
Just finished The Pillars of the the Earth, which Oprah announced was her newest Book Club book. 900+pages in paperback.
Exciting story about a 12th century stonemason in rural England, his desire to construct a cathedral, and the monks around him.

Irwin, thumbs up or down?

Also, I do not see the Oprah sheep having the attention span for a 900 page book.

Still with LOTR, a few pages every few days. About halfway through Two Towers. Good stuff, just too busy to read much, except on airplanes.

wine+art
Two thumbs up.
Actually an exciting book.

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield, a historical novel about the Battle of Thermopylae.

The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver this book I think was an attempt at a computer based sci-fi thriller of sorts. When i started reading I thought I was going to be let down but it took a very good turn, I wound up enjoying it and was pleasantly caught off guard.

Just finished "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. An Oprah bookclub book that my sister-in-law lent to me.

Now starting "Rewriting History" by Dick Morris. The first chapter provided information for not wanting to vote for Hillary in '08.

Become a Better You - Joel Osteen

Tough read considering I'm near perfect as is

But it is an enjoyable and very positive book. Not for atheists though.

The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway.

Let us know how you like it, Lizard... I've had that on my short list to read for a while.

Lentini, lovin' it so far, it's a very short book, in one sitting I'm half-way through. If I a person had the time they could easily finish it in one sitting, so you might as well pick it up and read it, there's a low probability of it being a waste of time.

The Israel Lobby - John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

Everything I can find on the wines of Sardinia.

Board-O,

Two great Sardinian restaurants in Dallas with wonderful food and wine from Sardinia.

Our favorite restaurant in Dallas for 20 years is owned by friends from Sardinia.

I'd be interested in any tasting notes on Sardinian wines. We'll be in Sardinia this summer and may have the chance to visit a winery or two. Any recommendations of favorites will be appreciated.

Just finished Port Mungo by Patrick McGrath. Next up, something a little lighter

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin.

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I'd be interested in any tasting notes on Sardinian wines. We'll be in Sardinia this summer and may have the chance to visit a winery or two. Any recommendations of favorites will be appreciated.

Will do. The two better wines I had this summer were...

2001 Argiolas Turriga & 2005 Argiolas Vermentino Costamolino.

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Originally posted by Lentini:
Let us know how you like it, Lizard... I've had that on my short list to read for a while.

great book, great writing, easily recommended.

Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates.

Wow.

I read at work all day and I have two young children at home, so I cannot concentrate on reading if I wanted to (which I don't, because I read all day). But I do listen to about a dozen or more audio books per year in my car.

Right now is a western, "Rio Hondo" by Matt Braun and Read by George Guidall. I would listen to the obituaries from an unknown location if they were read by that man. He also read many of the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King, my all time favorite collection of stories.

Age of Louis XIV by William Durant.

The Man Who Changed China - Robert Lawrence Kuhn