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How many books have you read this year? What are some new must reads?

Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:03 pm
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:03 pm
I feel like I've been reading a lot. But I have no idea how much the average m/tv boarder reads.

Also, I've been reading most classic literature or fantasy/sci Fi. I need some new stuff. If its TLDR, just scroll through and look at the titles.

This year I knocked out:

A Song of Ice and Fire (5) *Did the new season on HBO start in April? If so, I read them all this year.

Lord of the Rings (3) for the 3rd or 4th time

The Return and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (2) That was my first time reading the Memoirs.

The Lost World. Finally read some of Doyles other character Proffesor Challenger. It was ok, nothing special. I'll pass on the rest of the Challenger story lines. He was incredibly annoying. Sherlock is cocky, sure, but good lord Challenger was even more cocky but with no redeeming qualities.

*Why did Crichton use the title The Lost World for the Jurrasic Park sequel? Are you that unoriginal. You basically steal the idea/principle of the original and then you actually name your second book the name of the book you took the idea from. That guy had to have been a douche.

I read Jurassic Park but didn't read Chrictons The Lost World bc I was pissed at him

Agatha Christies The Secret Adversary. I loved it. Don't hate.

The Road. I think that was this year

Watchmen for the second time

Silence of the Lambs

I read a few Aesophs Fable periodically.

I quit reading At the Earth Core. It just got crappier and Crappier with every page.

Currently 1/3 of the way through Dune. Not that big of a fan. But I feel like its getting better.

I'm forgetting one or two I know. So what you got? Anything new that is a must read?





Posted by Tigerfan56
Member since May 2010
10521 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:04 pm to
Gone Girl was great. Enjoyed it much more than the movie
Posted by Jay Quest
Once removed from Massachusetts
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:13 pm to
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a must read.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 2:14 pm
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
52918 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:15 pm to
I read incredibly slow. I get about 10 pages in a night, before i start to fall asleep, no matter the book. But this year i've read.


















and i'm currently reading

Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66468 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:17 pm to
Just finished my reread of Atlas Shrugged

it's the GOAT. no question
Posted by SwaggerCopter
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Member since Dec 2012
27232 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:21 pm to
I read Gone Girl after the movie. It was awesome, and I liked it about equally to the movie. After that, I read Flynn's two other books, and they were not worth it in my opinion. Flynn has pretty cool stories in both books, but she doesn't know how to tell them. It's a chore to read her stuff. The sentences don't flow at all.

I also read Unbroken. It's awesome. The other stuff I read wouldn't interest the people on this board, so I won't even bother.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:21 pm to
Probably around 20 or 25. I'm always reading.

Best book I read all year was The Orphan Master's Son. One of the best books I've read in several years actually.
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
36444 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:26 pm to
Just finished the Black Dahlia. Great true crime fiction. Apparently they made a crappy movie out of it.

Currently reading Rising Tide by John Barry. I don't read enough history, but this may change that. Absolutely terrific. I can't recommend it enough.

Read one of Faulkner's earlier books this summer- Mosquitoes. Wasn't very good.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 2:30 pm
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
9957 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:56 pm to
Just finished City of Thieves. Really enjoyed it. The author, David Benioff, is one of the creators/producer/writers of GOT for HBO.

Plan to read The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman next. The Magician books are being turned into a SyFy series.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51915 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:11 pm to
It isn't a mental heavyweight like some of the titles on your list, but I would recommend the Dresden files.


Nice fantasy setting but based in the "real world," with a certain snarkiness that would make smartasses every where laugh out loud at times while reading it.
Posted by thatguy1892
That place you wish you were.
Member since Aug 2011
4628 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:12 pm to
16 since April.
Gardens of the Moon
The Iron King
The Deerslayer
The Blood Gospel
The Vampire Lestat
A Murder of Quality
The Last Templar
Angels and Demons
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Great Expectations
The Strain Trilogy
Call for the Dead
World War Z
Catch 22


Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76552 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:30 pm to
I Reread the Saxon Chronicals by Bernard Cornwell. If you like bloody, gritty Medieval English history then they're perfect.

I also started reading the Bible. In 2 Kings. It's fascinating to actually sit down and read the book that everyone claims to adore.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34514 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:45 pm to
Reading GoT. Currently on book 3. Pretty sure I read the latest Dan Brown book earlier in the year.

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
22064 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:28 pm to
Maybe a hundred books this year. I'm not sure. None have really stood out as truly exceptional.
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:11 pm to
If you haven't read Stephen Kng's "11/22/63," it is the most I've enjoyed a book in years. It sat on my shelf for a while because it's long, but once I read it I was begging for more pages.
I don't think I've ever read a bad Crichton book. Probably my favorite author.
And Eric Flint's "1632" series is my favorite series (if you like alternate history with a touch of sci-fi).
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 9:13 pm
Posted by Prominentwon
LSU, McNeese St. Fan
Member since Jan 2005
93773 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:19 pm to
Any suggestions on non-fiction books? I'm about to start shift work and I will need something to read.


I'm into Top secret, classified, military type stuff. CIA etc etc

Last book I read was 12 years a slave and before that, Escape from Camp 14
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:24 pm to
Just picked up American Sniper. Not bad right now, will let you know when finished
Posted by bencoleman
RIP 7/19
Member since Feb 2009
37887 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:25 pm to
Memoirs of a service afloat by Raphael Semmes was my last book.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19440 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:31 pm to
I pretty much only read sci-fi and classics. Here are my two lists from the past year-ish

Sci-fi:

Dune
Dune Messiah
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
American Gods
Neuromancer
Snowcrash
Rendezvous with Rama

Classics:

The Picture of Dorian Grey
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Madame Bovary
Great Expectations (I like Victorian stuff if you can't tell)
a bunch of Hemingway and Poe short stories

That's actually more like a year and a half but close enough

Anybody got any more good sci-fi books to read I'm all ears.
Posted by Clockwatcher68
Youngsville
Member since May 2006
6914 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:34 pm to
I've listened to more than 70 books this year. Before I started with the audible books, I would probably average only 9-10 per year.

Jussi Adler-Olsen's "Department Q" series is very good. I'm currently on the fifth book in that series... "The Marco Effect". They are similar to Jo Nesbo's "Harry Hole" series.




Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, by Hilary Mantel are very good.



I also highly recommend The Martian, by Andy Weir.

This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 9:59 pm
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