What book are you reading now

[mrg666]

just finished james herbert others
just starting shaun huttson relics

[diuretic]

"After London" Richard Jefferies.

[Said1]

Gulliver's Travels (again).


It was the only book on the suggested reading list that I not only read, but involved only one section for the essay.

[Cheyenne]

The Truth about Love by Pat Love, Ed. D (research)

[Cheyenne]

2007 California Building Code

Can't point you [again].

[hjmick]

Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History by Douglas Preston.

From Library Journal:

"New York's American Museum of Natural History, one of the outstanding science museums in the world, contains an extraordinary collection of objects: dinosaur skeletons, human mummies, tiny beetles, birds of paradise, and massive totem poles. Only a tiny fraction of the millions of catalogued specimens is on public view, and Douglas, with a series of judicious choices, takes us on a tour of the great labyrinth of storerooms and vaults that houses the bulk of the collection. Of equal interest are the people who built up and continue to maintain this extraordinary collection. This is a delightful book filled with fascinating stories, anecdotes, and personalities. Highly recommended."

[Abbey Marie]

Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History by Douglas Preston.

From Library Journal:

"New York's American Museum of Natural History, one of the outstanding science museums in the world, contains an extraordinary collection of objects: dinosaur skeletons, human mummies, tiny beetles, birds of paradise, and massive totem poles. Only a tiny fraction of the millions of catalogued specimens is on public view, and Douglas, with a series of judicious choices, takes us on a tour of the great labyrinth of storerooms and vaults that houses the bulk of the collection. Of equal interest are the people who built up and continue to maintain this extraordinary collection. This is a delightful book filled with fascinating stories, anecdotes, and personalities. Highly recommended."

That sounds interesting!

[Nienna]

Mansfield Park

[darin]

Road and Track, October 2008

[hjmick]

That sounds interesting!

It really is. I have read all of Preston's fiction and enjoyed it but I expected this to be dry. To the contrary it is quite interesting, some of the appeal may be my love of museums.

Douglas Preston's brother is Richard Preston, also an author. His works are mostly non-fiction. He wrote The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees, both of which I would recommend.

[Abbey Marie]

It really is. I have read all of Preston's fiction and enjoyed it but I expected this to be dry. To the contrary it is quite interesting, some of the appeal may be my love of museums.

Douglas Preston's brother is Richard Preston, also an author. His works are mostly non-fiction. He wrote The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees, both of which I would recommend.

Have you read The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein? Much of the murder mystery takes place in museums in NYC.

[hjmick]

I haven't read it, but it is now on my list.

[Roadrunner]

Unholy Alliance by David Horowitz. Should be read especially by Democrats since it deals with how the radical left pays right into the hands of the Islamofacists. Horowitz was once a leader of the radical left so he has knowledge and experience whereof he speaks.

[Abbey Marie]

Unholy Alliance by David Horowitz. Should be read especially by Democrats since it deals with how the radical left pays right into the hands of the Islamofacists. Horowitz was once a leader of the radical left so he has knowledge and experience whereof he speaks.

Also interesting! This thread is becoming a good source of info for books I will be reading.

[Guernicaa]

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Its taking me forever!!