What are you reading? November 12, 2014

In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading.  Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.

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Just finished

(started and finished) Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett. The third in the Tiffany Aching series and just as wonderful as the others.

Now reading

The Recursive Universe by William Poundstone.  About recursion; quite a bit about the Game of Life that was invented by Conway.

The Age of Atheists: How we have sought to live since the death of God by Peter Watson. Faith and atheism in the modern world.

The Past through Tomorrow by Robert Heinlein. A collection of short stories in Heinlein's future history.

Struck by Genius by Jason Padgett.  Jason was an ordinary guy; he held blue collar jobs, liked to hang out in clubs and sang karaoke. He wasn't great at school and certainly not at math. Then he got mugged and beaten up, got a brain injury and became a mathematical wizard.

Rain on the Dead by Jack Higgins. Sean Dillon is back in this thriller about assassinations, Al Qaeda, loyalty and so on.

Just started
Dark Lightning by John Varley. The continuation of the "Thunder and Lightning" series, set on a asteroid sized spaceship traveling at 3/4 the speed of light. Varley is always a good read.

Readers and Book lovers schedule

Readers & Book Lovers Series Schedule

DAY	TIME (EST/EDT)	Series Name	Editor(s)
SUN	6:00 PM	Young Reader's Pavilion	The Book Bear
Sun	2:00 PM	What's on Your E-Reader?	Caedy
Sun	9:30 PM	SciFi/Fantasy Book Club	quarkstomper
Bi-Monthly Sun	Midnight	Reading Ramblings	don mikulecky
MON alternate Mondays	2:00 PM	Political Books	Susan from 29
Mon	8:00 PM	Monday Murder Mystery	michelewln, Susan from 29
Mon	11:00 PM	My Favorite Books/Authors	edrie, MichiganChet
TUES	5:00 PM	Indigo Kalliope: Poems from the Left	bigjacbigjacbigjac
alternate Tuesdays	8:00 AM	LGBT Literature	Texdude50, Dave in Northridge
alternate Tuesdays	8:00 AM	All Things Bookstore	Dave in Northridge
Tue	8:00 PM	Contemporary Fiction Views	bookgirl
WED	7:30 AM	WAYR?	plf515
Wed	2:00 PM	e-books	Susan from 29
Wed	8:00 PM	Bookflurries Bookchat	cfk
THU	8:00 PM	Write On!	SensibleShoes
Thu (first each month)	11:00 AM	Monthly Bookpost	AdmiralNaismith
alternate Thursdays	11:00 PM	Audiobooks Club	SoCaliana
FRI	8:00 AM	Books That Changed My Life	Diana in NoVa
Fri	8:00 PM	Books Go Boom!	Brecht; first one each month by ArkDem14
Fri	10:00 PM	Slightly Foxed -- but Still Desirable	shortfinals
SAT (fourth each month)	11:00 AM	Windy City Bookworm	Chitown Kev
Sat	12:00 PM	You Can't Read That! Paul's Book Reviews	pwoodford
Sat	9:00 PM	Books So Bad They're Good	Ellid