Whatcha reading? - Book thread

[Sandcut]

Since we've got some pretty diverse tastes here at PAFOA, I thought it might be kinda cool to compare notes about different books that we're currently reading (or ones that really made a difference in our lives, made us think, made us laught 'til we pee, etc.)

I'll start. I picked up a book called Prisoners of the Mahdi by Byron Farwell. I got it at Carroll and Carroll Booksellers in Stroudsburg, great place by the way, not to plug them too hard.

All I can say is, for a book written in 1967 that is essentially historical non-fiction, it is one of the coolest, most entertaining books I've ever read.

Brief synopsis. The Sudan in mid-late 1800s. Poor muslim named Mohammed Ahmed rises to power as the Mahdi (successor to the muslim prophet Mohammed) and proceeds to stomp a mudhold in the backside of the British and Egyptians. That's as far as I got so far. Don't want to spoil the ending for everyone!

Too bad Farwell wasn't my high school history teacher. I might have paid better attention.

[Philbert]

Currently reading

Only a theory - Kenneth Miller

Next up

House to House - David Bellavia

[Robert Kayland]

Rereading Atlas Shrugged for about the fourth time... still seeing new things in it.

Also some miscellany on Wagner's Ring.

[Lycanthrope]

Reading God's Demon.

I like apocalyptic novels.

Lycanandfictionthrope

[1911shooter]

just finished and original version in german of Hitlers Mein kampf, that was given to me by my grandfather. very interesting, and i really enjoyed it.
And just started Leroy Thompson's Dead clients dont pay.

[FNG19]

Presently reading Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet , by Katie Hafner. Also, in the On Deck Circle, we have, in no particular order:

Liberal Facism, by Jonah Goldberg. I've started this three times and never completed, unfortunately.
Walden, by Henry David Thoreau
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand

There may be something else on the list that I don't remember, too.

[enfieldshooter303]

the only book i really really want to read is called Fallen angels but can't find it anywhere. i read it 3 times as a kid. great book

[rady8um]

Left to Tell


It's the story of a survivor of the Rwandan Holocaust. Required for school, but a good book.

[riverpirate]

currently reading
Clive Barker " Mister B. Gone"
and
SAS Survival guide

next up

Laurel K. Hamilton's new one.

[chrisjames_71]

Lee Child - Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel (few more pages)

and then Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain (well its actually an audio book)