cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2196 times:
We have a what are you listening to message, so how about one for those who also read books?
I'm currently reading Porsche: Excellence was Expected Volume 1, by Karl Ludvigsen. (It's a three volume set with more than 1600 pages).
I'm up to the "Overhead cams for the 901" part of Chapter 16, New Direction: 911 and 912, 1959-1966. I can't say I've come across any books more thoroughly researched than those by Karl Ludvigsen.
bookishaviator From Australia, joined Jun 2009, 233 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2190 times:
Currently reading 'War & Peace' by Leo Tolstoy - have been meaning to do so for quite some time, but its sheer size intimated me. 50 pages down, 1,150 to go.
When I die, when I die, I'll rot. But when I live, when I live, I'll give it all I've got.
Larshjort From Denmark, joined Dec 2007, 1221 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2181 times:
Just finished reading: Development of piston aero engines" by Bill Gunston.
I''m trying to figure out what to read next. I've bid on a few books on Ebay which I'll hopefully win. So it's just old copies of AIR International at the moment.
gemuser From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 5240 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2179 times:
Constantinople - The Forgotten Empire by Isaac Asimov. Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1970.
Every body knows the Good Dr as a SF write, but he wrote some very, very good history books too.
RobertNL070 From Netherlands, joined Sep 2003, 4507 posts, RR: 10 Reply 4, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2176 times:
Years ago, many years ago I read Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Last August I was in the US and for old times' sake I bought a copy on departure at IAD, which I am now reading.
Besides that I regularly leaf through back copies of Airliner World, gardening magazines, weekly news publications.
SAHSA From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 60 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2176 times:
The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson
A continuation from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. On Chapter 5, so far so good. The first book was very slow, but picked up quickly after chapter 10.
Quokka From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2161 times:
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
It tells of Kemal, who though engaged, enters into a relationship with a distant cousin. He develops an obsession with her that sees his normal life fall apart. He starts collecting small items that remind him of his former lover and these become the basis of his museum.
The narrative is a vivid portrayal of Istanbul in the mid seventies to mid eighties, a time of transition, and provides a kaleidoscope of personalities and events. What emerges is the shallowness and triviality of many westernised inhabitants' lives.
SepulTALLICA From Zimbabwe, joined Sep 2009, 188 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2133 times:
After reading the 2 excellent autobiographies of Albert Speer (Hitler's architect and Reich's Minister who was sent to Spandau Prison to serve 20 years, and was the only one of the Inner Circle to ever show remorse for his actions), i was amazed at the clarity and perspicacity of thought that he showed, which he attributed to many years of going through classics and philosophical texts.
So, I made a promise to myself to read as many classics as i could by the end of the year, and as of late, i have started The Confessions of St Augustine of Hippo. Its a very tough read; i find i need a lot of thought and concentration to get the most out of it. Not your average bed side read, but quite rewarding i must say.
flybaurlax From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 636 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 2097 times:
Tim Allen's Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man. It's a complete riot. I can't read a few sentences without laughing out loud.
ShyFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2075 times:
I wish I had the time to sit down and enjoy a book. Last one I read was about a year ago, Saving Cascadia by John Nance. Good aviation themed read, nice twist at the end.
I read that a few months ago. Fascinating stuff. I bought it for my Dad, when he passed away I got it back.
Anyway, what I've just read in the last couple of weeks:
As already mentioned, brilliant series of books. Had me hooked from start to finish.
Also good, fascinating insight into following the England football team, and how fans have shunned the hooligan element.
Just finished this today. Hilarious (fictional) account of 3 guys hiking the West Highland Way in Scotland, looking for the mythical Swedish tourist girls.
Before I get to my next book, I'm reading this magazine:
However, it was the latest issue
aerdingus From Ireland, joined Dec 2006, 2495 posts, RR: 18 Reply 15, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2064 times:
I just finished "House Rules" by Jodie Picoult.
It was due to abject boredom that I read this book. It seems to me that Mrs Picoult merely picks a subject from a hat full of social issues & taboos, Wikipedia's it, looks up a few random bits of knowledge to throw in for the "crazy" charcaters; "subtly" throws everything (clunkily) into your face, seeks to "educate" you, & then ends up concluding with what you gathered in around the fifth chapter of the book.
God she really grinds my gears. But this is the second book of hers I've read.
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comorin From United States of America, joined May 2005, 4724 posts, RR: 17 Reply 17, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2041 times:
Quoting AirPacific747 (Reply 16): Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practice by John Child.
Sounds really thrilling, don't stay up too late
I just finished "The Man from Beijing" by Henning Mankell. Fun and fast paced, and surprisingly, not full of Scandinavians sighing and drinking endless cups of coffee...
I also just finished "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins - great book! It's in the young adults section, so I had to sneak in unnoticed at Borders to pick up a copy. It's set in the dystopian future and had me on the edge of my bed...
1stfl94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 1455 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2039 times:
At the moment I'm about three quarters of the way through Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History'. Not sure what I'm going to go onto next but I have meaning to read Trainspotting when I can find a copy.
Quoting SAHSA (Reply 5): The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson
Not wanting to give anything away but make sure you have The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest close by for when your done with The Girl Who Played With Fire!
UltimateDelta From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2002 posts, RR: 6 Reply 19, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2034 times:
Right now it's Semper Fi by W.E.B. Griffin. I'm sort of reading the The Corps series backwards; I started with Under Fire and Retreat, Hell! and read backwards until Counterattack based on availability at my library.
waterpolodan From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1649 posts, RR: 5 Reply 20, posted (2 years 8 months 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2034 times:
I just finished David Eggers' "Zeitoun", a non-fiction account of a Syrian man's post-Katrina hell in New Orleans and the absolute breakdown and failure of our criminal justice system. It's an infuriating read, especially considering how close to home the book is (I was there for the hurricane, lived there for 3 years after, and know some of the people mentioned in the story), but it's a story that hopefully will never be repeated. It also makes you realize how fragile our structured and orderly society really is when a curveball is thrown our way like several weeks without basic necessities. Absolute chaos.
Just started Niall Ferguson's "The Ascent of Money". Much less enthralling than Zeitoun, it's obviously much less personal a subject as it charts the history of banking and markets and how they led us to the 2008 collapse, but it is eye opening all the same.
bookishaviator From Australia, joined Jun 2009, 233 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2014 times:
Quoting ShyFlyer (Reply 13): I wish I had the time to sit down and enjoy a book.
I cannot compute this statement in my brain! No matter what, I always find the time, even if it's (literally) 5 minutes before bed to calm myself with a page or two from the latest novel I'm reading. Reading, to me, is one of life's greatest and simplest pleasures - these things are deserving of your time.
When I die, when I die, I'll rot. But when I live, when I live, I'll give it all I've got.
mickster From Austria, joined Feb 2009, 165 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1990 times:
I'm seriously thinking of doing an MBA but I want a good one so a need a high result. The last time I took the GMAT Princeton Review helped me a lot - scored 690 but I have to do even better now!
Flyingfox27 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2007, 406 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (2 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1981 times:
This Thread............... LOL couldnt resist that! :P
I just finished reading Jeremy's Airport and thought it was very interesting, i heard hes left LHR now but came back to work with BA?
25 GST: Currently reading two very different books. Dying to Fly - Alistair Goodrum. It basically charts the stories behind hundreds of fatal and nonfatal cra
26 cpd: I do my reading on the train each day. It's a great way to escape from everything else. In my set of books mentioned earlier, I got up to the bit abo
27 ShyFlyer: It's very simple. Life gets in the way. What time I normally would use for a book gets taken up by looking for a better job and/or sleeping.
28 waterpolodan: Looks like my kind of book. I have a nice little library of F1-related books, both volumes of photos and technical analysis books plus some interesti
29 4holer: Can't believe it took to post 24 to get that. You beat me to it, except I was gonna say that I'd just finished reading this thread on A.net, and am c
30 cpd: And the funniest bit is when they put the Porsche 2623 Tag Turbo V6 engine into the spare Porsche 956C for testing (apparently without Ron Dennis' kn
31 texan: Reading a few books on Medieval Iberia for research, and just picked up Douglas Adams's A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Never read it, figured it
33 oly720man: Just finished the "extended version" of Stranger in a Strange Land that was the original manuscript before having lots of bits removed to make it more
34 ps76: Hello(!), I'm reading a James Bond written by John Gardner in the 1908's/1990s. He wrote quite a lot of pretty good James Bond novels but nowone has e
35 bookishaviator: I'm also reading 'Ask the Pilot' by Patrick Smith, essentially a collection of some of his articles/columns from Salon.com - an entertaining read, eve
36 Luftfahrer: A selection of colonial and postcolonial short stories...
37 comorin: As an English Lit buff, I must say that Patrick is an amazing writer, evocative with a light touch. I do hope he'll write a travel book someday, he h
38 KaiGywer: I am currently reading this. Picked it up in paperback at MSP since I was facing a 3hr scheduled flight to JFK, followed by a TATL 757 ride. Nice to h
39 waterpolodan: I use the Nostalgia Forum at Autosport.com frequently, there are plenty of automotive historians/drivers/team members that post there and make it one
40 tz757300: This: and this: Both are thrilling, I know.
41 cpd: The user on that forum "KarlsCars" is Karl Ludvigsen, the author of the books if I remember right. Exactly right. The TAG turbo in the early days suf
42 Ken777: W.E.B. Griffin's "The Vigilantes" is the current read - I'll always stand in line for his new books. Same with, Child, Dale Brown and even the POM Arc
43 4holer: And only one of you is on his respected users list? He is a good writer. You can tell you are reading one of his posts on here without even seeing hi
44 bookishaviator: Indeed. The introductory chapter of the book very poignantly captured why I love aviation, but at the same time was a diplomatic little dig at the le
45 comorin: As in Wayne's World - We're Not Worthy !
46 ScarletHarlot: It's been a really great read so far. I'm saddened to be reminded of how many guys died in F1 in the early years of me watching it. And it's also sad
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I read Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Last August I was in the US and for old times' sake I bought a copy on departure at IAD, which I am now reading.
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No matter what, I always find the time, even if it's (literally) 5 minutes before bed to calm myself with a page or two from the latest novel I'm reading. Reading, to me, is one of life's greatest and simplest pleasures - these things are deserving of your time. 
It's not something I really desire to read, but I have to, so not much to do about it :P
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