[homevintner]

The Nazi Rocketeers-Dreams of Space and Crimes of War" by Dennis Piszkiewics. The German rocket program from start to finish with Wernher von Braun and crew.

[Ladon]

The Belgariad by David Eddings
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Lioness Quartet and the Wild Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce

[MaxBigfoot]

I still have to get the Wild Magic books.  I've got all Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels up to the present time.  Right now I'm re-reading her "Protector Of The Small" series.

[Ladon]

For the longest time, I remembered reading the first three books of Lioness in elementary school, but couldn't remember much more than a few fleeting scenes and the name Alanna (which, interestingly enough, is a perfect cross between my name and my sister's)

My sister-in-law moved out and left her library-borrowed copy of Squire, so I decided to read it before returning it to the library.  About halfway through, it hit me...this was the same world I remembered from grade school.  I laughed for at least fifteen minutes, then checked with the library for the rest of the books.

Need to get the Protector series books, I've only finished Squire.  By the way, I meant the Immortals War rather than Wild Magic.  You're probably thinking of the Circle of Magic by the same author.

[MaxBigfoot]

You're right, I was thinking of Circle of Magic.  I saw you use a title that was unfamiliar to me from Tamora Pierce, and since I had all of the one line, I automatically assumed you meant the other.

[homevintner]

Badass by Ben Thompsom. Forty of the greatest ass-kickers from history. I just found out about the site for this, and I'm working my way through it now.

[MaxBigfoot]

Badass by Ben Thompsom. Forty of the greatest ass-kickers from history. I just found out about the site for this, and I'm working my way through it now.

That is a badass site, homevintner.   
Now, I'M going thru it, too.  I love this guy's writing style.

[homevintner]

It is highly addictive.

[Shara]

You, too, Shara? I tried five or six times; finally, I decided that Finnegan's Wake would be more accessible. There's a couple of years I'll never get back!

Finne's is worse... I was in a focus group trying to decipher it... we didn't decipher a single page

[rtpoe]

Q: How did the Russians bear living under the Tsar?
A: They thought about what it would be like afterwards, and then it didn't seem so bad...

Hammer and Tickle: The Story of Communism, A Political System Almost Laughed Out of Existence by Ben Lewis

Essentially the history of the Soviet Union, as told through "anekdoty" (its humor).

Three men found themselves in the same shack in the Gulag, and got to talking about how they got there. "I was always five minutes late for work," said the first. "So I was arrested for sabotage." The second one said, "I was always five minutes early, so I was arrested for spying." The third man said, "I was always on time. So I was arrested for having a Western watch..."

[Ladon]

I'm on the last The Circle Opens story, after reading all the Circle stories.  I'm just wishing she'd give us some info on their adulthood, maybe save the world or something.  I've noticed, some authors like "individual saves entire world" stories, while others prefer "individual saves his/her world" but doesn't really touch the world as a greater whole.  I suppose the latter is more realistic, but it seems like the four Circle kids could grow up to have a very interesting purpose.

Anyway, tonight it's on to Belgariad book four, though I can't remember the title.

[homevintner]

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. D-Day
Boy Scouts of Ameica-A Centenial History by Chuck Wills
Stuka Pilot by Hans Ulrich Rudel
Sage by Col. Jerry Sage "Dagger" of the O.S.S. The Cooler King of Stalag Luft III. The man who Steve McQueen's character in "The Great Escape" was (loosely) based on.
And a re-read of the five "Lost Fleet" books by Jack Campbell-see page 10 of this thread.

[MaxBigfoot]

I'm on the last The Circle Opens story, after reading all the Circle stories.  I'm just wishing she'd give us some info on their adulthood, maybe save the world or something.  I've noticed, some authors like "individual saves entire world" stories, while others prefer "individual saves his/her world" but doesn't really touch the world as a greater whole.  I suppose the latter is more realistic, but it seems like the four Circle kids could grow up to have a very interesting purpose.

Anyway, tonight it's on to Belgariad book four, though I can't remember the title.

Well, she's on the sequel to "The Circle Opens", called "The Circle Reforged".  She's done the first 2 books in it so far.  I haven't read any of the Circle books so far, as when I went to the bookstore I was only able to obtain volumes 2-4 of "Circle Of Magic" and volumes 1, 3-4 of "The Circle Opens".  I have the remaining volumes on order.

I've just read the latest in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, "Unseen Academicals".  A really funny neat exploration into how football (soccer to us North Americans) evolves very quickly in Ankh-Morpork.

[MunchWolf]

Finished the Thursday Next series ... it's about a cop who travels through books.  5 books in the series (and two in the Nursery Crimes series), makes these 7 books by Fforde a must read for English linguistical fans.

-Munch "plus the Cheshire cat is in em as a librarian .... woot" Wolf

[Shara]

catcher in the rye
huckleberry finn (again)
incredibly loud and extremely close
the romance reader (don't!!!)