Moose Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 ^I have read it 3 or 4 times. I love distopian novels, though I haven't found a good new-to-me one in a while. I am currently reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao it's good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeled999 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I've started Timeline by Michael Crichton. He is one of my favorite authors of all time, with Jurassic Park being one of my favorite books ever. The book is really slow right now, as the actual time-travel (Not a spoiler! C'mon, it's on the freakin' cover!) hasn't begun yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverstreak Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I read anything from: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, James Rollins, Lee Child also Vince Flynn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerd.muller Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily>piers Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 ^ I read that, it was quite good. I'm reading 'Dear Fatty' by Dawn French. I love her, she makes me laugh until my sides hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Nicky Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm reading the Shining right now. I like the book a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesMC Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Anything by Frederick Forsyth: I've read a LOT of different books/genres/authors but I just discovered him this last year (fall 2008) and his stuff is GREAT. His books tend to involve a LOT of backstory, but by the time you get to the endings you wished he'd written even more. Absolutely brilliant and captivating. I'm not even joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerd.muller Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: and Two Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. IMO 4 times better than the movie! A must-read-book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 ^Here's an amusing commentary on the "Button" movie: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d76506803/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump-from-fgump44. I recently finished Serena, by Ron Rash, an excellently written, suspenseful tale set in western North Carolina in the early years of the Great Depression. The title character makes Lady MacBeth seems like Mary Poppins (the whole book is structured like a Shakespearean play, complete with an amusing chorus of lumberjacks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anfronee Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 ^haha. That sounds like an amusing book. I just finished reading a book called Papertowns. It was really good. I can't remember the author's name. Its John Green I think. It had alot of buzz on Youtube, so I thought I would give it a shot. Surprisingly it was really good for a Young Adult book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franc Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I just finished Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and Shuck By Daniel Allen Cox. I started reading Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and Le Grand Secret (translated as The Immortals) by René Barjavel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Currently in the middle of The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi, which is an awesome book about how effed up America is. I started When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris but I'm putting that on hold for a little while. I'll probably read Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman on my plane flight to HK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fry Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I just read The Catcher in the Rye this past weekend, and LOVED it. I thought it was witty, observant and had the most wonderful ending where everything just came together. I cried What I loved the most was the style of it, it was so brilliantly written, you could really believe this was a real 16 year old writing. It has gone on my "OMG MUST READ AGAIN" list. I'm also struggling through the novel of Les Misérables, but at 1300 pages, it's taking me a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Right now I'm reading Raven - The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintballer Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm reading "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'brian. Great, Great book so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerd.muller Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 ^Here's an amusing commentary on the "Button" movie: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d76506803/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump-from-fgump44. thanks for posting that great link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I just finished Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and Shuck By Daniel Allen Cox. I started reading Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and Le Grand Secret (translated as The Immortals) by René Barjavel. The first chapter of Gulliver's Travels is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franc Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I just finished Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and Shuck By Daniel Allen Cox. I started reading Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and Le Grand Secret (translated as The Immortals) by René Barjavel. The first chapter of Gulliver's Travels is awesome. Probably one of the best satires ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerd.muller Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London. my kids love that book! the only way we can bring them to bed is the promise, that we`ll have a good-night-froggy-story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeled999 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 My church's junior high service is doing a group reading of Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. We've only read the first part, but so far it's pretty great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I just read The Catcher in the Rye this past weekend, and LOVED it. I thought it was witty, observant and had the most wonderful ending where everything just came together. I cried What I loved the most was the style of it, it was so brilliantly written, you could really believe this was a real 16 year old writing. It has gone on my "OMG MUST READ AGAIN" list. I'm also struggling through the novel of Les Misérables, but at 1300 pages, it's taking me a while... We read that in english class during my senior year. It was a great book, and you're right about the end. I even bought myself a copy. Right now though, I'm reading a book called "How to hunt ghosts." Ok, so the title may be a bit bland, but I'm hooked on shows such as Ghost Hunters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Chapterhouse by Frank Herbert The 5th and last book he wrote in the Dune series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm reading the 'Things They Carried' by Tim O' Brien in english class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 "Wyrd Sisters" by Terry Pratchett... the sixth book in the Discworld series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Call me a Rush fanatic (which is the truth), but I'm reading Neil Peart's "Roadshow" currently. It's fantastic. Really gives a good look at the life of a musician on the road. Very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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