05-31-2018, 10:24 AM | #1 |
Gold Star Baby! Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Las Vegas
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What are y’all reading? I stick largely to fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian novels. When I read I like it to be an escape, so I tend to stick to fiction. Most recently I finished Ready Player One. That was an excellent read, given my generation and growing up alongside video games this book really captured my interests. Ended a little abruptly, but perhaps there will be a sequel. Other books I’ve read recently and enjoyed would include the Enders Game series, from the Ender timeline/perspective. I loved all of these. Of course I’ve read Harry Potter, and some of the other young adult stuff that followed like the Hunger Games, Divergent (only the 1st book) and twilight (shh). Also really like the classic “beat” writers. On the Road is an all time favorite, and I’ve enjoyed reading Hunter S Thompson as well. I’ve read some Dan Brown too but found those to get old, Deception Point was my favorite of his. Next I’m considering World War Z or The Bone Clocks, open to suggestions. Last edited by Topher Builds; 05-31-2018 at 10:38 AM. |
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05-31-2018, 10:30 AM | #2 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: GR, MI
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Check out Armada by Ernest Cline. It has a great Last Starfighter feel to it. Also take a look at Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I'm reading it right now.
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05-31-2018, 10:39 AM | #3 |
Gold Star Baby! Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Las Vegas
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05-31-2018, 10:59 AM | #4 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Manchester, NH
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I'm currently working my way through Lee Child's "Jack Reacher" books. Someone turned me onto "The Hard Way" a long time ago and I just got back to revisiting this author. I am on book #4: "Running Blind".
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05-31-2018, 11:36 AM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NW Indiana
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Star chase by brian james royal....one of my favorites..
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05-31-2018, 11:43 AM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st. louis
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Off the top of my head Book series sword of shannara The Stormlight Archive Dragonlance Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones books) Lord or the rings Stand-alone The Martian The Hobbit Princess Bride Hitchhikers Guide Enders Game Dune |
05-31-2018, 12:22 PM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Manchester, NH
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I read a chunk of David Eddings' stuff way back when until I felt he was really out of fresh ideas. I felt "The Belgariad" was LotR with a sense of humor. Terry Brooks lost me after the second series and I can't remember if I got through it or not. |
05-31-2018, 03:24 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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I like John Sandford's books, all of them - humorous yet twisted thrillers. Also, there's an interesting author by the name of Madison Smartt Bell - he's written some great stuff, both fiction and non-fiction - I was blown away by his books on the Haitian slave uprising. Len Deighton books with Bernard Samson as the main character are excellent - Cold War spy novels. If you've never read a Carl Hiaasen book, you really should try one out - side-splittingly funny, all set in Florida and dealing with them crazy Floridians - especially if you enjoyed Hunter S. Thompson! And I of course can't forget John Le Carre, more espionage stories. |
05-31-2018, 07:02 PM | #9 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Detroit
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pages of pain. don't remember who it was by. I don't like to read much. but that book right there had me hooked. good luck finding a hardcopy.
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06-01-2018, 12:12 PM | #10 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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I have so many...your interests are my forte. Red Rising- Pierce Brown. The best book series out there. Finish the Divergent series, it was great. Maze Runner & The Eye of Minds- James Dashner Sleeping Giants- Sylvaun Neuvel H2O- Virginia Bergin The Seven- Peter Newman Three- Jay Posey The 5th Wave- Rick Yancey The Testing- Joelle Charbonneau Carve the Mark- Veronica Roth(haven’t read the second but the first was good) Summer Dragon- Todd Lockwood Dark Matter- Blake Crouch I love to read now, if that wasn’t obvious my lost post. My teachers throughout my schooling wouldn’t believe me if I showed them my shelves. |
06-02-2018, 11:13 PM | #11 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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Way back in my retail years, I worked at a couple large bookstores - built up a large collection of books, some signed by my favorite authors from in-store appearances. Then I had an apartment complex fire that ruined them all... So these days, I ask for my favorite authors new releases in hardback as Xmas or birthday gifts, and get the rest on Kindle. Slowly building another collection! |
06-02-2018, 11:33 PM | #12 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2018 Location: USA
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Robert Anton Wilson - Illuminatus Trilogy and Shroedingers Cat Trilogy
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06-03-2018, 02:48 PM | #13 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Princeton, North Carolina, USA
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Having worked through a myriad of unrelated writer's collections Stephen King Tom Clancy John Grisham Michael Crichton Jim Butcher George R. R. Martin Dan K. Brown I'm reading through the "100 books to read before you die" classics. Recently Of Mice and Men Lord of the Flies Robinson Crusoe Treasure Island The Old Man and the Sea Fahrenheit 451 1984 Animal Farm A Farewell to Arms right now. All worth the read. If you want to try something really weird but embarrassingly entertaining, read Diana Rowland's demon series. |
06-03-2018, 03:56 PM | #14 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Douglassville, PA
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06-03-2018, 04:38 PM | #15 | |
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06-03-2018, 10:25 PM | #16 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Delta B.C.
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Reading Maynard James Keenan's(Tool, A Perfect Circle) autobiography ..A Perfect Union of Contrary Things. Interesting read, on an interesting guy |
06-04-2018, 02:07 PM | #17 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Frog Lake AB, Canada
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I’ve got only a few books, but I don’t like to read, or spell, or use proper grammar. I’ve got the dark tower collection, cause it was a Christmas gift...gifts! A few Anne Rice novels, cause some girl though she could change me. I’ve got Congo, not sure where I picked it up...yard sale maybe. I tried to read the Jenna Jameson autobiography, but I never finished it, it makes me sad! The old man and the sea, cause it was required reading in junior high. I’ve been the recipient of boxes, upon boxes of Marvel Comics, some water damaged, and some in really good condition, all hand me downs from an older cousin that was thinning his collection, due to getting married. Last edited by Alexander_0_1; 06-04-2018 at 02:16 PM. |
05-18-2021, 04:55 PM | #18 |
Newbie Join Date: May 2021 Location: USA
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‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ and ‘The Necklace’. At the same time, I also recommend you a useful source https://supremestudy.com/a-good-man-is-hard-to-find where at any convenient time you can read various materials that reveal the most important and interesting points from the proposed books, it is very informative and will help you quickly understand these books.
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05-18-2021, 07:38 PM | #19 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Santa Barbara
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The Last Book on the Left
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05-18-2021, 07:50 PM | #20 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand Extreme Ownership-Jocko Willink About Face-David Hackworth James Patterson books Jack Carr books Jason Bourne books (much better than the movies) Victory-Joseph Conrad Don Quixote The Sisters Brothers-Patrick DeWitt War and Peace-Leo Tolstoy The Secret-Joseph Conrad The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck-Mark Manson My reading list goes into the thousands. I could go on forever. Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk |
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