Which books are you reading right now?

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Just ordered:
Code Complete by Steve McConnell;
Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners by Ilan Goldstein;
The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt & David Thomas;
Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley & Patrick Chan;
Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham;
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne;
Design Patterns by Erich G, Ralph J, Richard H & John V;
Ca$hvertising by Drew Whitman;
4HWW by Tim Ferriss;
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield & Shawn Coyne;
Permission Marketing by Seth Godin;
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho;
and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.

Should keep me occupied for a little while.
 
Current
Non-fiction
Every Day is game day - Mark Verstegen - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMCPI1Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DMCPI1Y&linkCode=as2&tag=codeschmiede-20&linkId=2O5II2UOYPZA25B6"]Amazon.com: Every Day Is Game Day: The Proven System of Elite Performance to Win All Day, Every Day eBook: Mark Verstegen, Peter Williams: Kindle Store[/ame]

Fiction
The glass god - Kate griffin - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316187275/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316187275&linkCode=as2&tag=codeschmiede-20&linkId=OOVAOU3IRENC2JFY"]The Glass God (Magicals Anonymous): Kate Griffin: 9780316187275: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

Easy and enjoyable read, altho kinda meh - as anything in the series after the midnight mayor
(I do recommend reading "A madness of angels" and "The midnight mayor" - I got hooked on the world, that's all - the writing turned shite, tho

Lined up
Non-fiction
The innovator's tool kit - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LGARZK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001LGARZK&linkCode=as2&tag=codeschmiede-20&linkId=EBQ6Y333SW7O6E2K"]Amazon.com: The Innovator's Toolkit: 50+ Techniques for Predictable and Sustainable Organic Growth eBook: David Silverstein, Philip Samuel, Neil DeCarlo: Kindle Store[/ame]

Fiction
The magician's land - Lev Grossman - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G3L19CI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00G3L19CI&linkCode=as2&tag=codeschmiede-20&linkId=4IZXJQULFA6MY2OJ"]The Magician's Land: A Novel (Magicians Trilogy) - Kindle edition by Lev Grossman. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.[/ame]
The first two books "The magicians" and "The magician king" in this series were HIGHLY enjoyable, so looking forward to this

Ha - Looks like I am on a magic spree right now, which is highly unusual for me.

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taktikz said:
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While I love GTD, I highly recommend his new book

"Making It All Work: Winning At The Game Of Work And The Business Of Life" - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143116622/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0143116622&linkCode=as2&tag=codeschmiede-20&linkId=BDVUTOZMCNGREBY5"]Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life: David Allen: 9780143116622: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

instead. It is basically GTD 2.0 - a lot of fluff is cut, and some clarity brought in.

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In search of something geeky to read. Anyone read anything good lately?
 
dmnEPC said:
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In search of something geeky to read. Anyone read anything good lately?
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Roman ceasar / stoic writing down his thoughts about life.

The Tiger by John Vailant
A Russian tiger eat a hunter in 1997. Starts stalking people for food. You get to see the Russian mindset, how it affects people and the mind of a predator.
 
Got a few on the go right now.

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Then The Plague by Camus before I go to bed, been busy as hell with all this alone lately.
 
microphone head said:
Depends what sort of 'geeky' you want, but a quick good read (fiction / sci-fi ish) is Michael Marshall Smith - Only Forward.
(and some of his other books too)
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That looks like an interesting read. I guess I should have mentioned I typically only read nonfiction. Thanks for the share.
Phear said:
Got a few on the go right now.

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Then The Plague by Camus before I go to bed, been busy as hell with all this alone lately.
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Have "experimented with Violent Python. It's def right up my alley.
 
Nice to see Violent Python here... I've been eyeing that for a while now.

Current:

Fiction
Fear the Survivors - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N53ITJ8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00N53ITJ8&linkCode=as2&tag=blindapeseo-20&linkId=PB2ENCR5POMM2SYR"]amazon[/ame]

This is part 2 of a series called the Fear Saga, part one is this:

Fear the sky - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JYMJQ78/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00JYMJQ78&linkCode=as2&tag=blindapeseo-20&linkId=LWKCKSPT47IDT3LI"]amazon[/ame]


Non-Fiction
Web-Analytics 2.0 - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032ZD0IE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0032ZD0IE&linkCode=as2&tag=blindapeseo-20&linkId=ZKCQ6L7FHID62IJQ"]amazon[/ame]

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Highly recommended to me as a great book on strategy, but I have yet to read it. Arguably the most important firm to understand in our lifetime regarding the global economy.

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[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Novel-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0312330537"]Shantaram: A Novel: Gregory David Roberts: 9780312330538: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

and

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/By-Michael-Jang-Certification-Edition/dp/B00HTK0VHG"]By Michael Jang - RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide (Exams EX200 & EX300), 6th Edition (Certification Press) (6th Edition) (5/18/11): Michael Jang: 8601404317132: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

until I can find a better RHEL 7 book
 
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