What are you reading right now?

**Nick** · 11th November 06, 07:34 AM

This is a large community, and though we're connected by our love of the kilt, we all have widely ranging tastes and interests. I thought it would be neat to see what people are reading right now. Fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, classic, whatever. Maybe in the process learn about something you've never read, and find a new favorite.

I'll start off. Curenntly I'm reading two books, Armour from the Battle of Wisby, by Bengt Thordeman, and The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The Wisby book is a great resource for not only medieval armour, but medieval wound pathology. I've never read the Decameron cover to cover before, only sections, and I'm really enjoying it!

Cheers,
Nick

**Tattoo Bradley** · 11th November 06, 07:49 AM

"My Life" -Bill Clinton

**turpin** · 11th November 06, 07:54 AM

The 100 days, by Patrick O'Brian. The adventures of "Lucky Jack" Aubrey and the crew of HMS Surprise during the period between Napoleon's escape from Elba and Waterloo.

**bubba** · 11th November 06, 08:21 AM

I'm in an Anne McCaffrey mood right now. I'm in the middle of the Rowan series. I just finished reading the Rowan and Damia and I'm almost finished with Damia's Children. Next up is Lyon's Pride and the Tower and the Hive.

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 11th November 06, 08:26 AM

Been trying to read Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin for months. Not a bad book, good actually but I just can't read at the moment.

**Riverkilt** · 11th November 06, 08:58 AM

Just finished "Into the Canyon, Seven Years in Navajo Country" by Lucy Moore. Must reading for anyone moving to Navajoland, or even visiting.

Ron

**Woodsheal** · 11th November 06, 09:01 AM

Just started "Gettysburg" by Steven W. Sears, one of my favorite Civil War historians. Recently re-read "Robinson Crusoe", which I hadn't visited since I was a kid. That was quite rewarding!
I alternate between history and fiction - usually historic fiction or sci-fi/fantasy....

**starbkjrus** · 11th November 06, 09:03 AM

I'm reading two books at the moment. One is Barrel Fever by David Sedaris. It is humor of a style that I can only call Post Modern Sarcastic Weird. Good though.

The other one I just picked up is Battle of Corrin from the Legends of Dune series. I loved the original Dune but by the time it got to God Emperor of Dune it was WAY to involved in philosophy and theology. Interesting topics but not exactly escapist reading.

I've found that the er...historical Dune texts are much more enjoyable and they paint a vivid picture of what brought the human race to the state it was in in Frank Herbert's original novel.

Fantasic books if that is your genre.

**LoftGuy** · 11th November 06, 09:04 AM

Hi,

I am currently reading two books: "Catastrophe", by David Keys, which details the dual impact of the climatic and the pandemic of Bubonic Plague on the sixth century world, and which influence still shapes our world today; and, "The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture", by Timothy Rieman and Jean Burks.

My hobby is making reproductions of Shaker furniture and I am doing research in order to develop a measured drawing of my next project, from which the piece can be built. The original is in the Hancock Shaker Village in MA but museems do not give out dimensions of items in their collections, so lots of extrapolation is involved.

Bob

**Cawdorian** · 11th November 06, 08:23 AM

My current read is "The Lamont Clan, 1235 - 1935 by Hector McKecknie. It is a very informative book. Although it was written some 75 years ago it is loaded with historical information and genealogy from the records of Clan Lamont and Clan Campbell.