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scottsma said:
I always feel a wee bit sad when I finish a book I've really enjoyed.

It's like saying goodbye to a friend.
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I know what you mean. Sometimes I re-read favorites just to be with the characters again. They can be like old friends.
 
Working through the Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad again. It's a metafictional novel about the fascism inherent to pulp science fiction and fantasy. It's one of my favorite books and I read it at least once a year.
 
I'm reading the Lumatere Chronicles. They're fantasy books, and considered YA, but I'm not sure why.
 
Just finished John Connolly s The Wolf in Winter.I've read all of his books to date.
Just starting Stephen Kings Mr. Mercedes.I've read MOST of his books.
 
I liked O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln quite a bit. I just couldn't get through Killing Jesus. When you finish I would be curious what you think.
I am currently reading Probability Moon by Nancy Kress.
 
I've been reading a book by R. Barker Bausell. He's a biostatistition.
Title: Snake Oil Science.
 
For the first half of my hospital stay i didnt have the mental strength to focus on reading. But when i was feeling better i enjoyed reading my fair share of fiction.

I read
Frankenstein for like the 4th time

Choke by Chuck Palanhuik

Ship Breakers by Paolo Bacigalupi

and Micro by Michael Crichton
 
I'm obsessed with Patricia Cornwell and follow her on Twitter & Facebook! saddo.
I'm reading all her Dr.
Kay Scarpetta books again, about 16 of them, whilst recovering from my op.
If anyone knows of Kay Scarpetta, then like me, are you pissed off that Fox have cast Angelina Jolie as Scarpetta in the new movie Red Mist?
 
El-ahrairah said:
Doctor Sleep - Stephen King. Also 11.22.63 by King.
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Did you enjoy Dr.Sleep Stu ? And what's 11.22.63 like ?

I know what it's about but didn't fancy it.

I'm half way through Mr. Mercedes which I'm really enjoying. For some unknown reason the villain reminds me of someone not a million miles away.
 
Just finished re-reading Lord of the Rings Trilogy, am currently reading Voices from the Holocaust and No Birds Sang
 
scottsma said:
Did you enjoy Dr.Sleep Stu ? And what's 11.22.63 like ?

I know what it's about but didn't fancy it.

I'm half way through Mr. Mercedes which I'm really enjoying. For some unknown reason the villain reminds me of someone not a million miles away.
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I find that his books after his accident are not as good. I had such high hopes for "cell" but it really failed. I was never even nervous or anxious while reading it, never mind scared. There were the most civilized bunch of Zombies ever!
 
I've fallen in love with Ken Follett.
The Pillars of the Earth and all books after that.

Currently reading "the last stand" by Peter K. it is a true, behind the legends, story about Custer and Sitting Bull leading up to the Battle at Little Big Horn.

Interesting.
 
mish2575 said:
I've fallen in love with Ken Follett.
The Pillars of the Earth and all books after that.

Currently reading "the last stand" by Peter K. it is a true, behind the legends, story about Custer and Sitting Bull leading up to the Battle at Little Big Horn.

Interesting.
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It "the last stand" good? Have you ever read "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown - excellent book if you like history.
 
Ken Follett got me into history. I tend to like novels that have true history in them, like his books but since I'm listening to audio books I am trying to pick things I normally would not have read.

"The Last Stand" is very good. I am surprised at how good it is for the type of history and for what little documentation must be available. It almost reads like a fiction novel.

In the book they suggest "the Oregon trail" by Francis Packman. He says it is VERY good. Packman knew at a young age that he would right an epic book about the history of French and English expansion in NA so he went to live with the Chipawa for a number of years because they had not had any contact with the whiteman and he wanted to see what their untainted way of life was before continuing on with his research.

I might order that next.

The Pillars trilogy by Ken Follett is a historical Novel starting in Medieval times through WW2. VERY good and very enlightening. It made me want to go watch Robin HOod movies now that I know what it meant to be an "outlaw" living in the woods.
 
"One Second After" by William R forstchen was extremely enlightening.

I'm not one to doomsday prep and all that but this book really makes you think about the trail of events that would happen AFTER an EMP strike over the US.
 
Cat-a-Tonic said:
I've got a kindle, and there's a large selection of free classics available for kindle. So I've decided to save some money and to read a bunch of classic books that I hadn't read before - they're free, and surely they're classics for a reason, right? Some of them are awful - I did not like Wuthering Heights (not one likeable character in the whole thing), and I'm currently plodding through Little Women. It's not terrible, but it's unnecessarily long - for example, the book will talk about how the girls wrote a newsletter, and then it has the entire transcript of the newsletter as part of the book. Or they'll all sit around telling stories, and the book will then make you read through (or skip over) every single story. If all that unnecessary stuff was cut out then it'd be a better book.

There are some good classics though. Of the free classics I've read so far, Robin Hood was probably my favorite. It's kind of hilarious, because Robin and his men insult each other constantly! And they come up with some clever, funny insults too. (Apparently guys have always been the same, even back then, ha ha.) I think my favorite insult was, Little John called someone "thou great purse of fat!" :p The stories are good and the insults are hilarious. I also liked reading The Wizard of Oz - it was interesting to see how different the story was from the movie, but it was still a good story. If you are interested in classics, those are the two I liked best so far.
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I tried reading Little Women Twice and just couldn't do it. I also hated The Secret Garden.

Treasure Island was pretty good once you got used to the language.
Animal Farm was boring but the ending was an "aha" kind of moment. You are not missing anything if you don't read it.
Farenheit 451 was good.
 
"the Devil comes on horseback" is a true story about a UN workers time in Darfur. Very enlightening and horrible. The book was awesome.
 
The Oregon Trail was very good, if you get it you could also try "Hear me my Chiefs" the story of the Nez Perce and Chief Joseph.
 
I,m reading some pulp science fiction just now the Lost Fleet series and bought a really old sci-fi book called Come Hunt an Earthman,I,d read it 25years ago and bought it off Amazon
for £1
 
I'm reading a fantasy novel, the first in a series, called The Iron Butterfly. It sucked me right in, and now I think I'll want to read the rest of the series.
 
DJW I find some of the protocol very interesting and I'm desperate for energy. He is world renowned on chronic fatigue so yes I recommend trying it or atleast hearing him out.
 
'The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip-A Fans Guide to Major League Stadiums'

Josh Pahigian and Kevin O'Connell
 
I came across a children's series recently called "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place". On the second book now and am finding them highly entertaining!
 
Reading the first in a time travel triology. The series is called City of God and the book is called Transgression
 
'The Dog Who Knew Too Much' Spencer Quinn

Book four in the Chet and Bernie Mystery Series
 
I must have read a dozen books whilst spending the last month in hospital - all I did was read! I read a few by Charlotte Smith (they're hard work but great for taking up a lot of time!), and read The Picture of Dorian Gray, which I wasn't overly impressed by, and a couple of others. Now I'm re-reading one of Daphne Du Maurier's (my favourite author) short story collections, and another Charlotte Smith novel.
 
Finished Doctor Sleep. It was excellent. Seems there's going to be a film, with Chloe Grace Moretz playing Abra, John Cusack as Dan Torrance, and either Helena Bonham Carter or Rachael Weisz playing Rose the Hat.

Over halfway through 11.22.63. It's OK, but not great.
 
Finished Mr. Mercedes. Just about to sort through 20+ books for my next fix.

I hate finishing a book I've enjoyed.
 
ronroush7 said:
I just put on hold the e book version of The Giver. Saw the movie yesterday and it was excellent.

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I haven't seen the movie, but I saw the previews for it. From what I saw, the movie and the book don't have much in common except for being in a completely controlled society. I'd be interested if you like the book after seeing the movie. I read the book about 2 months ago and didn't care for it at all.
 
I find that if I read the book first ,the movie NEVER lives up to my expectations.

Maybe it's because the characters and scenarios are different to what I imagined in my head.
 
scottsma said:
I find that if I read the book first ,the movie NEVER lives up to my expectations.

Maybe it's because the characters and scenarios are different to what I imagined in my head.
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I agree,I always like the book better.I never understood how key information to a plot or a character is omitted in a movie to make room for something that never happened in the book.
 
Does anyone have more than one book going at a time? My wife and I tend to do this.Not to mention the assorted material in the 'library'.:poo:
 
I am reading a fictional book set in Ancient Greek and another fictional book revolving around people affected by 9/11.
 
I just started Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie, one of the men featured in the HBO series The Pacific.
 
dave13 said:
Does anyone have more than one book going at a time? My wife and I tend to do this.Not to mention the assorted material in the 'library'.:poo:
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I currently have three on the go, which is pretty typical for me. I always have at least one on my Kindle and one actual book. At the moment one of the books I'm reading is very heavy going (Emmeline by Charlotte Smith), so I don't always feel like reading it as it involves a lot of concentration. So I'm also reading Daphne Du Maurier's The Doll. Plus The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte on my Kindle - this is non-fiction, which is another reason I'll have more than one going on at a time - I do like non-fiction, but I like to have at least one fictional option on the go. I'm almost finished with The Doll, so I'll be starting another new one shortly!

I never read on the loo though. For one thing there's no need now I have an ileostomy, but before that I always thought it was unhygienic!
 
dave13 said:
Does anyone have more than one book going at a time? My wife and I tend to do this.Not to mention the assorted material in the 'library'.:poo:
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Sometimes I'll do this. Often if I want to re-read a favorite while reading something new. Right now, though, I'm only reading one book, As Red as Blood. It is some sort of Snow White retelling in modern Finland, because the main character is named Snow White (in Finnish) Lumikki. I think I'd like it better if I read it in Finnish rather than the translation I'm currently reading, as the prose doesn't flow all that great.
 
belleshun08 said:
I've been reading Purpose of Driven Life and Our Daily Bread every day! It's good to read most especially when you just wake up in the morning. The verses will let your spirit alive. Attracting positive in life and just keep the faith.
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I read Sputgeon$s Morning and Evening.

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I've read those but I didn't realise there were seven.I think I've read the first four or five.

I'm enjoying Dean Koontz Innocence now. He seems to be churning them out lately.
 
scottsma said:
I've read those but I didn't realise there were seven.I think I've read the first four or five.

I'm enjoying Dean Koontz Innocence now. He seems to be churning them out lately.
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The copyright is 2013 on Bantam Books.'Odd Thomas','Forever Odd','Brother Odd','Odd Hours','Odd Interlude','Odd Apocalypse' and 'Deeply Odd'. Odd is one of my favorite characters in literature.

I never thought I would like Koontz and was surprised I do.'Intensity' was a little too much for me,no pun intended.He is prolific.Koontz is a big dog lover and a dog is in a lot of his novels.He has a great sense of humor and satire.
 
dave13 said:
Have you read 'Tick-Tock'? Koontz has a great sense of humor and satire.
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Yes,I've read most of Koontz and King.I'm also an avid John Connolly fan.

I often buy some of the earlier ones from charity (thrift ? ) shops,to read again.
 
scottsma said:
Yes,I've read most of Koontz and King.I'm also an avid John Connolly fan.

I often buy some of the earlier ones from charity (thrift ? ) shops,to read again.
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I'm not a fan of everything from either authors.King is from Maine,where I live.He use to give public readings way back when.He uses local landmarks in his novels,which is cool.

I like Koontz a lot.I was surprised I enjoy his novels.Satire and suspense with a bit of humor...most of the time.If good fights with all it has...it may just win.Nothing is for sure...so keep fighting!! Don't give up!
 
I've really enjoyed Innocence by Dean Koontz.
I've read most of his books over the last 20 or so years.He is recognised as a writer of Horror fiction,but this book was not one of those.I had tears in my eyes more than once and I had no idea how it would end.It was very thought provoking.
 
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I just started "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. It's like candy if you were a kid (particularly of the somewhat geeky variety) in the early 80's.
 
syzygy said:
I just started "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. It's like candy if you were a kid (particularly of the somewhat geeky variety) in the early 80's.
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Good book,did you read 'Little Brother' by Cory Doctorow?
 
Similar,yes.Four modern day high school friends who are geeks.Wiki it,you probably would like it.Made me feel leery of technology...or more leery. :shifty:
 
syzygy said:
I just started "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. It's like candy if you were a kid (particularly of the somewhat geeky variety) in the early 80's.
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I really liked Ready Player One. I played a lot of the games mentioned in the book. We actually had a Commodore 64 and played some of those text based games on it!
 
LindaS said:
I really liked Ready Player One. I played a lot of the games mentioned in the book. We actually had a Commodore 64 and played some of those text based games on it!
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Turns out there was a real-life Easter egg hunt hidden in the book that led to someone winning a deLorean. They even commissioned a new Atari 2600 game as part of it.
 

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