Speaking of books

[MomOnBike]

I'm reading "Around the World on a Bicycle" by Thomas Stevens on my Kindle. I think he was probably the first person to go around the world on a bike. His cultural attitudes are annoying, and he's not the best writer, but he had the grit to get it done.

A lot of his trip was on foot, pushing the penny-farthing when the road conditions were too bad to ride. This gives me permission to get off and push every now and again.

He also spent some time dangling over railroad bridge trestles while the train was chugging along on the same bridge. Yeah, it is an adventure story.

[Owlie]

I regressed back to childhood last night and read one of the Redwall books (one of the ones that came out while I was in high school) cover-to-cover. And I enjoyed it immensely. I still have two more to read!

I'm also reading a Terry Pratchett book (Making Money)

[ny biker]

I bought Steve Matchett's "The Mechanic's Tale -- Life in the Pit Lanes of Formula One" to give to my father for father's day. I'm thinking of reading it first.

Also when I was in an about-to-close Border's recently I found a book that has info about every player in Mets history, ordered by their numbers. I need to read it before I start passing it around to my brother, sister, nephews, etc.

[indysteel]

I regressed back to childhood last night and read one of the Redwall books (one of the ones that came out while I was in high school) cover-to-cover. And I enjoyed it immensely. I still have two more to read!

I've read a couple of recent Newberry Award winners lately. While certainly not challenging reading as a general rule, they are enjoyable.

[KnottedYet]

I'm re-reading "The Golden Ratio; the story of Phi, the world's most astonishing number" by Mario Livio.

Seeing threads about math phobia and giggling over math references in Phd Comics ( www.phdcomics.com ) and XKCD ( www.xkcd.com ) made me hungry for "ooh, ahhh" math again.

Also going over my notes from the course I took last weekend ("The Female Athlete") so I don't forget everything.

ETA: for book ideas and reviews and other very cool stuff, check out "Unshelved" (library comic) www.unshelved.com

[DebSP]

"Died in the Wool" by Ngaio Marsh from my collection of classic mystery books.
"Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Eveanovich is my lunch break at work book.
And I just now this minute downloaded "The Book Thief" by Marcus Zusak on to my e-reader. I have been on the waiting list at my library for this book.

[roadie gal]

I just read "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand", by Helen Simonson. It's a wonderful, gentle British comedy of manors about a retired major and a Pakistani woman.

The one before that was Nick Harkaway's "The Gone Away World". I LOVED it. How many books can put together the Apocalpse, ninjas, mimes and have a love story? The best way to describe it is Catch-22 meets Kurt Vonegut. It's very bizarre, but well written, and it has an ending that you don't expect, but it fits perfectly with the rest of the book.

[withm]

I just read "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand", by Helen Simonson. It's a wonderful, gentle British comedy of manors about a retired major and a Pakistani woman..

I really enjoyed Major Pettigrew...

[indysteel]

I just read "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand", by Helen Simonson. It's a wonderful, gentle British comedy of manors about a retired major and a Pakistani woman.

The one before that was Nick Harkaway's "The Gone Away World". I LOVED it. How many books can put together the Apocalpse, ninjas, mimes and have a love story? The best way to describe it is Catch-22 meets Kurt Vonegut. It's very bizarre, but well written, and it has an ending that you don't expect, but it fits perfectly with the rest of the book.

Thanks for the suggestions. I just ordered both--the former for me and the latter for DH for his birthday. I also ordered a relatively new book by Dave Eggers about Hurricane Katrina. Now, I have no business buying more books right now; I have an addiction.