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Quote:That book is haunting. The judge is a crazy character. They are all crazy

The judge is such a classic villain. Top to bottom, one of the good ones.

I recently finished The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao.


I really enjoyed it, particularly the history of the Dominican Republic that is woven into the narrative. Trujillo was an awful leader.


Getting ready to start Mao II by Delillo after I wrap up The Snow Leopard by Matthiessen.

I'm reading my way through the Honorverse series.  Not overly complicated, just a good old fashioned space opera with quite a few larger than life characters.  Entertaining.

Just finished "The Art of Fielding" by Harbach


Good read about a college baseball team. It's fiction and has a heavy dose of Melville embedded.


Oh, and come on people. No one posted in the book thread since February?

I finished re-reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Most of my comments would have to be in the Political forum, as it is basically a Socialist manifesto. Still, a powerful message.

I'm going to give some authors. Anything from them I'd say is good. 

 

David Baldacci

Lee Child

James Rollins

Preston & Child

Christopher Paolini

 

You're welcome. 

Rereading all of Hunter S Thompson's work lately. Even though its short the Rum Diaries is one of my favourite pieces of literary.

I read an article about Stephen Crane, who led an interesting life and died at the age of 28.  So then in the last few days I read "The Red Badge of Courage," which is a classic.   It's set  in the Civil War, and is basically the thoughts and actions of a lowly Union private for a few days during a battle.  The book was considered revolutionary at the time, since most war novels dealt with the big issues, and this one dealt with the inner thoughts of an individual soldier.  

 

Before that, I read "Caesar: Life of a Colossus," by Adrian Goldsworthy.   Julius Caesar is remembered as a general, but really, he was a politician.   In Rome, the politicians led the armies in the field.  The Roman republic was set up to encourage great men to do great things, but if a man became too great and too popular, the inevitable jealousy followed and his rivals would attempt to bring him down.  Which is what happened with Caesar. 

About to read "take your eyes off the ball" by pat kirwan. Also currently working on a book about neural plasticity. I'm one of those people who reads multiple books at one time.

I'm on two books right now:

 

Chasing Perfection by Bob Ladouceur and Neil Hayes which deals with how Ladouceur developed and maintained the De LaSalle football program. Very good, down to earth story about how a guy learned how to demand high standards from players. Very inspirational read.

 

The Vagrant by Peter Newman. It's a Sci-Fi story with a strong macabre presence to it. Newman is very economical with his words and the effect is an incredible story that really ignited my imagination.

 

I recommend both.

I finished reading Fight Club about 2 months ago, had already seen the movie but the book was really easy to read and I enjoyed it a lot.

 

Now I'm reading another book by the author(Chuck Palahniuk) called Choke, and so far its a pretty interesting book to say the least...

The Last Policeman trilogy by Ben H. Winters is pretty good. I discovered the first book on Kindle and signed up to receive notice when the subsequent books were published and available.

Bumping this because I need some fresh reading material.

(02-05-2015, 10:43 AM)Deacon Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:How disappointing that the entire series is not available for my e-reader (in english that is).  I know it is only a matter of time but I was ready to storm through the series.  Great book.  Thank you again for the recommendation.

 

As far as I know, only two books out of three have been published. I'm going to want to go back through those two before I dig into #3, I can already tell.

Deacon, have you read the novella "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" yet?

All Quiet on the Western Front is a good WWI novel.

(10-24-2017, 05:57 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]All Quiet on the Western Front is a good WWI novel.

Yes it was.  BTW, do you recall whom started this thread?  Seems they did not make the transfer as now they are a guest.

Every two or three years I re-read Armor by John Steakley. Entertaining read without requiring too much mental exertion. I would also put Good Omens by Neil Gaimon and Terry Pratchett in the same category.

In general I enjoy fantasy, history (particularly military history), and science, but will read almost any genre.

I agree with several of the posters that have said that the first few books of King's Dark Tower series are great, but the end fell flat.

I remember reading IT when it first came out. I was in high school, and it was the first time my parents left me alone in the house for a week. A large, creaky house. I would read until two in the morning or so. I was scared out of my mind.

(10-24-2017, 02:53 PM)copycat Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-05-2015, 10:43 AM)Deacon Wrote: [ -> ] 

As far as I know, only two books out of three have been published. I'm going to want to go back through those two before I dig into #3, I can already tell.

Deacon, have you read the novella "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" yet?

I have not. But! I did hear that Showtime is going to take over the story and turn it into a TV series!

(11-06-2017, 05:44 PM)Gettin\ Jaggy with it Wrote: [ -> ]Every two or three years I re-read Armor by John Steakley. Entertaining read without requiring too much mental exertion. I would also put Good Omens by Neil Gaimon and Terry Pratchett in the same category.

In general I enjoy fantasy, history (particularly military history), and science, but will read almost any genre.

I agree with several of the posters that have said that the first few books of King's Dark Tower series are great, but the end fell flat.

I remember reading IT when it first came out. I was in high school, and it was the first time my parents left me alone in the house for a week. A large, creaky house. I would read until two in the morning or so. I was scared out of my mind.

I had a similar experience when reading my first King novel, Salem's Lot. Upstairs in my grandmother's 19th century farm house, reading about a vampire boy hovering outside another boy's upstairs window, afraid to look out my own window and unable to stop reading because I didn't want to turn off the light. And I was 16, for crissakes.

Read "Ready Player One" before the movie comes out.

It's a quick read but you will not be disappointed.