What was the last non IT book you read?

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Last book I read was "Stirred But Not Shaken" by the late, great, Keith Floyd.

 

Have you read the rest of the series? I tried to but round out of steam somewhere along the line.....

Most recently I've just been rereading the Black Magician trilogy (Trudi Canavan) and Unseen Academicals. Probably going to pick up some more Iain M Banks to read now, but that'll have to wait until after I move so I know whether I need to rationalise my book collection or not :P

 

Viz christmas annual

and an old copy of the beano I found in a skip last week

 

Reading Key Out of Time by Andre Norton (real name Alice North).

 

... Non IT book?

... Sorry I don't think I understand the question.

 

I am a fan of Stephen Donaldson... I read the unbeliever series and am now waiting (on tenter hooks) for his next one in this series to be released!

I also seriously enjoyed (dare I say it) the Garth Nix Abhorsen trilogy I know he is a teen writer but that series was absolutely fantastic!

Also loved Michael Moorcocks The Eternal Champion Series and Donaldsons GAP series.

Must haves!!

~Ati~

 

I love Stephen R. Donaldson's work. I read both original Unbeliever Chronicles years ago (twice!), so I'm purposely putting off the final Chronicles until the final book is released. For years I thought he would never release a third set! Am glad he did.

I would recommend his Gap series and his Mordant's Need series... let me know if they're unavailable and I'll see what I can do. His short stories in Daughter of Regals and Reave the Just are also worth a look.

 

Last books I read were '10 day MBA' and Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.

 

I read EON by Greg Bear- Apparently at the time, around the mid 80s........it was "the greatest sci-fi novel of our time"

I found it had great potential, but ultimately it was pretty boring for around 80% of the book..........but hey it had big words, and some nice theories thrown in, so maybe thats why it was credited the above statement, by the Guardian or whatever it was

 

I've just finished Jamie Trecker's Love and Blood about his experiences at the 2006 world cup. I'm not a fan of his columns at foxsoccer.com but the book was a good read. Before that it was http://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Sun-Sh...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274189053&sr=8-1 soccer in sun and shadow by Eduardo Galeano. I'm getting ready for the world cup!

I think the last one before that was probably Dan Brown's The lost symbol or When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.

 

Currently reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, and Sagitarrius is Bleeding, a Battlestar Galactica novel.

 

Red Sonja versus Thulsa doom

A good graphic novel/comic.

 

This!

One of my favourite series and I reread them about once a year or so. I do find the first book somewhat throw away compared with the other ones.

I just finished Changes which is the latest book in the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and all I can say is WOW As a super natural Thriller it was superb but when put with the previous books it raises it to a whole new level. Cut off from his friends and pressed on all sides its a story of a desperate man. Really really good book.

Also I have just started reading Freakonomics which is really interesting as well.

 

Last non-IT book I read was 'Consumer Kids' by Mayo & Nairn. Discusses the disgraceful methods and consequences of advertising to kids.

Currently reading 'The Richness Of Life' by Stephen Jay Gould (my favourite non-fiction writer) - a collection of essays loosely based around evolution (have read most of them before, but nice to get them all in one place and read them together)

 

Does it have to be fiction?
I don't read 'stories' per se
but I have read a few non IT books,

Light: Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Decompression Matrix
PADI Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
Slidelogy

 

In the last few weeks I have finished reading the following.

Princeps' Fury
First Lord's Fury
The Dragons Factory
Meg
Nimitz Class
Slash and Burn

I have recently started reading the following.

The Strain
Death Force
and Zero Option

I have a very eclectic taste in books.

 

Am not fiction books' fan. Am reading The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand very interesting book and saw divided views about it and Communication Secrets by Carolyn Boyes - pretty basic so far but will give it a try.
And by the way when do you find time to read?