Quote:King is hit or miss. IT still sticks with me decades later. The first half of the dark tower series was really good, then it dragged down. Pet Cemetary is junk. The Stand was good, not great for me. We'll see about Revival.
Funny. I couldn't slog through It and I'm a big King fan. Pet Sematary is far and away my fav King novel.
One thing I wished I enjoyed doing more is reading. Since my wife hates horror movies and I love them, I have decided to start reading horror novels (rarely get to watch horror movies). First up is The Terror by Dan Simmons. About 86 pages in.
Hitchhiker's Guide has been a favorite.
In college, standouts I read were Confederacy of Dunces, and Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady.
Rogue Warrior and Red Cell were fantastic! If you are (or become) a hard core Marcinko fan, the sequels are fun, too.
Shakespeare can be tedious but rewarding. I enjoy some of his poems as much as his larger works.
Call me a nerd, but when I was young I enjoyed randomly looking through the dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedias.
I also enjoy reading maps. I can burn so many hours on google maps, it's not funny.
I'm admittedly pretty shallow when it comes to reading. I'm certainly no lit major. I love Stephen King books (read over 20 of his novels) and biographies. I really enjoyed Fredrick Exley's books. I tried reading a couple of James Patterson novels and hated both of them.
Quote:Hitchhiker's Guide has been a favorite.
In college, standouts I read were Confederacy of Dunces, and Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady.
Rogue Warrior and Red Cell were fantastic! If you are (or become) a hard core Marcinko fan, the sequels are fun, too.
Shakespeare can be tedious but rewarding. I enjoy some of his poems as much as his larger works.
Call me a nerd, but when I was young I enjoyed randomly looking through the dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedias.
I also enjoy reading maps. I can burn so many hours on google maps, it's not funny.
I loved Confederacy of Dunces. Good stuff.
Quote:One thing I wished I enjoyed doing more is reading. Since my wife hates horror movies and I love them, I have decided to start reading horror novels (rarely get to watch horror movies). First up is The Terror by Dan Simmons. About 86 pages in.
So I just read The Terror. What did you think?
Working my way through the The Walking Dead novels right now. They're just back story filler to the comic storyline.
Quote:Late to the thread here so I'm going to end up echoing a lot of others. As opposed to what some others have said on here, I probably spend too much time reading.
Rothfuss is incredible. Kingkiller is not just compelling, but beautifully written and features one of the deepest fictional worlds I've ever come across.
Dune is another of my favorites. I need to give the prequels a try, but never seem to have the time.
Also a big fan of Brandon Sanderson. He does big epic fantasy with incredibly rich ecologies, cultures, magic in the background. Highly recommended for any Tolkien lovers. If not for Rothfuss, The Way of Kings series would be my favorite book in the past 20 years.
Recently, I got a lot of pulpy stuff for Christmas which was fun. A couple of Gotrek and Felix novels from my brother (good slasher fun I found in college), the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card was interesting sci-fi from my parents, if anticlimactic because the protagonists were a little overpowered, and next up is Revival by Stephen King from my sister and a book on medieval warfare and siegecraft from my parents. Before Christmas was "A Complete History of Japan" which for only about 300 pages had a lot of good stuff and was really interesting.
Will have to add the new Hawking book to my list because I've enjoyed all the stuff I've read from him.
Quote:No problem.
I'm glad someone made this thread. I want to check out The Way of Kings based on TBGH's recommendation.
So I finished The Way of Kings and I'm now on Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive). This is another really good series / story but I will say that I think Rothfuss' universe is a bit more smooth than Sanderson's. That being said, I have absolutely zero complaints about Stormlight. This is a really good read with some unique and poignant characters.
Quote:So I finished The Way of Kings and I'm now on Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive). This is another really good series / story but I will say that I think Rothfuss' universe is a bit more smooth than Sanderson's. That being said, I have absolutely zero complaints about Stormlight. This is a really good read with some unique and poignant characters.
Yeah both are really good series. I want to thank you guys for the recommendations. Is the 3rd book available in the Stormlight series for nook yet? I could not find it.
I saw the movie End of the Tour about David Foster Wallace. I haven't read much of his stuff but just started A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Not quite ready to commit to Infinite Jest yet.
Quote:I saw the movie End of the Tour about David Foster Wallace. I haven't read much of his stuff but just started A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Not quite ready to commit to Infinite Jest yet.
I want to see that movie, I have heard good things about it.. I have a read
Infinite Jest and it is great, but really challenging. I recently finished
Consider the Lobster and other Essays (his other collection of essays) and absolutely loved it. When you finish
Supposedly Fun Thing please post if you enjoyed it. I find his work a challenge, but satisfying.
I am about to wrap up
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. I am not typically into character studies, but I have (oddly) really enjoyed this one.
Quote:Yeah both are really good series. I want to thank you guys for the recommendations. Is the 3rd book available in the Stormlight series for nook yet? I could not find it.
According to his website, he's 21% done with the third book.
How in God's name you can tell that you're 21% writing a book is beyond me though.
Quote:I want to see that movie, I have heard good things about it.. I have a read Infinite Jest and it is great, but really challenging. I recently finished Consider the Lobster and other Essays (his other collection of essays) and absolutely loved it. When you finish Supposedly Fun Thing please post if you enjoyed it. I find his work a challenge, but satisfying.
I am about to wrap up Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. I am not typically into character studies, but I have (oddly) really enjoyed this one.
The movie was better than I expected, especially Jason Segel. I like the essay format. I am interested in going back and reading some of his other stuff when I finish.
I've been reading 1776 by David McCullough. It's a very enjoyable read, and it really dis-spells a lot of the myths and propaganda surrounding the American Revolution.
Quote:Working my way through the The Walking Dead novels right now. They're just back story filler to the comic storyline.
If anyone is late to the game reading the Walking Dead graphic series, I would recommend the Compediums.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-C...1607060760
Compendium three is due early October. They combine 48 issues into one large volume with "chapters." Purists of the genre will miss the covers/back covers of the originals, but it includes all the storyboards of the story itself.
I'm currently working on One Nation by Dr. Ben Carson.
I'm not ashamed to say...I love this man.
Quote:I've been reading 1776 by David McCullough. It's a very enjoyable read, and it really dis-spells a lot of the myths and propaganda surrounding the American Revolution.
Read his book about the Wright brothers. Fascinating.
Quote:Read his book about the Wright brothers. Fascinating.
His work on Truman and John Adams were also both very good.
Quote:If anyone is late to the game reading the Walking Dead graphic series, I would recommend the Compediums.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-C...1607060760
Compendium three is due early October. They combine 48 issues into one large volume with "chapters." Purists of the genre will miss the covers/back covers of the originals, but it includes all the storyboards of the story itself.
Man, if they had put this story line of TV they'd have about 3 seasons worth of riveting story. The whole Michonne/Governor angle didn't play well on TV because there was an underlying hate from her that didn't make sense. This story really, really personalizes it and once you see where it comes from it makes much more sense.