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Richie:
One of the things I love about working at the library is the daily exposure to books.  I see and shelve books that I've been wanting to read for some time, and for the first time in a while, I actually feel encouraged to read them.  I used the Search feature to see if a topic like this had been posted before, and I couldn't find one.  So here it is - the book topic!

What are you currently reading?  Please include links to Wikipedia, if possible.  Are you enjoying what you are reading, and would you recommend it/them to others?

I'm currently reading:
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_Christianity

I'm thoroughly enjoying both books.  Fahrenheit 451 has made me realize that I might need glasses, because I read it in sittings so long, I get nauseated (never had the attention span to sit and read for more than 20 minutes).  It's incredible, and VERY thought provoking.  Mere Christianity is what I read before bed.  Reading in bed puts me out like a light, and this book perfectly sized chapters.  Not to mention it is full of humor, and thought provoking.

ChexMaster2109:
Have any of you read The Wheel of Time series? I would definitely recommend it. The books are kind of long, and its kind of drag to get through the first one, but if you keep reading through the second or third, you really get pulled into it. Of course, it does depend on whether you like Fantasy or not, since this series is Tolkien-esque.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time

Allen Walker:
@Riche: Working at a library must be nice. That's awesome that you get to read more thanks to it. I enjoyed Fahrenheit 451. I haven't read Mere Christianity though, but I recognize the author.

@CM: I have not read that series either. I might just have to look into it.

Recently because I was working on a paper on the Japanese language, I've recently read sections of:

A History of East Asia (Holcombe)
A Dialect Grammar of Japanese (Fujiwara)
Language Change in East Asia (McAuley)
Language Contact in Japan (Loveday) [What a funny last name]
New Wine (Reid)
The Languages of Japan (Shibatani)
The Accentual History of the Japanese and Ryukyuan Languages (Shimabukuro)
Japan's Built-in Lexicon of English-based Loanwords (Daulton)

And some associated online database scholarly journals. 

Anonymous (ChexGuy331):
Pigtopia was a really good book. I read it quite a while back, might even have been in 6th grade.  Sad ending, though.

ChexCommander:
Finished the Hitchhiker's Trilogy again recently, rereading the Lord of the Rings series, finished the Hunger Games, etc.

As for literature, my recommendations:

Jude the Obscure
Hamlet
Midsummer's Night Dream
1984
Northanger Abbey
The Great Gatsby
Walden
On the Road
50 Shades of Grey (JUST KIDDING)

In science:
Anything that Brian Greene has written on quantum physics
Fuzzy Logic by McNeill and Freiberger

I hear John Green is good too. Also there's a new Artemis Fowl book that came out this month. I've been meaning to get to Paradise Lost and Brave New World.

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