The Husbands' Club > What Are You Reading
I'm reading The Stand, by Stephen King, right now. King is a great storyteller. No matter what his detractors might say.
Before this I read The Soul of a New Machine, by Tracy Kidder, a nonfiction book about the creation of a new computer (in 1979). It's a classic narrative about the computer biz, if you're interested.
Thomas Litchford
Man, I read "The Soul of a New Machine" a couple times in high school after getting it as a gift - yep, that geeky. I was just thinking of that book the other day and that it would be an even more interesting read today.
John Avelis
My last read was "Six Frigates," by Ian W. Toll, a history of the early Navy from its inception through the war of 1812. Granted, it's a subject and a time period that I'm especially interested in, but he made it spellbinding. By coincidence, I was reading about ADM Bainbridge during the Barbary wars at the same time that the USS Bainbridge was staring down pirates off the Horn of Africa.
Specifically, I learned that Bainbridge ran the USS Philadelphia aground and spent the war as a "guest" in Tripoli -- the ship that bears his name had a much better time of things.
John Avelis
In honor of our first reply in the forum from Bryan B., a professor who enjoys reading (I don't know how you could be a prof and not enjoy it), we thought a books thread would be a good idea.
So, what are you reading? Got any recommendations? Favorite authors? Read something that was truly horrible and want to warn off the rest of us?