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Looking for Suggestions...Last 2 books I read were "The Martian" & "11/22/63"
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:53 am
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:53 am
Really enjoyed both of them...
Looking for something else to get into...I've heard good things about "Ready Player One", but I'm not sure it's really up my alley...I've also been told to read "Devil in a White City"...
All suggestions welcomed
Looking for something else to get into...I've heard good things about "Ready Player One", but I'm not sure it's really up my alley...I've also been told to read "Devil in a White City"...
All suggestions welcomed
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Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:55 am to Jizzamo311
Read Devil in the White City. I cannot recommend that book highly enough. It's history, but it reads like a novel.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:06 am to Jizzamo311
Inferno by Dan Brown
and
Lies of Locke Lamora
are the ones I read this month and both were really good.
and
Lies of Locke Lamora
are the ones I read this month and both were really good.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:06 am to Jizzamo311
Devil In the White City is great.
Much better than 11/22/63, which I thought was just okay. It had potential, but just too many plot holes for me. But I guess that's typical of King.
Much better than 11/22/63, which I thought was just okay. It had potential, but just too many plot holes for me. But I guess that's typical of King.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:07 am to Napoleon
All 4 books of the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. It's the fantasy series about Eragon.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:19 am to TigerFanatic99
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All 4 books of the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. It's the fantasy series about Eragon.
As much as i like the series as a whole, it started off great and then dove off a cliff near the end (specifically the last book). I can't help but wonder if he changed the way some of those plot lines ended because fans guessed where he was going with it. There were some real head scratching moments in the last 100 pages of the final book.
This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 10:20 am
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:26 am to Napoleon
quote:
Lies of Locke Lamora
Read this and the rest of the Gentlemen Bastards series.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:27 am to Jizzamo311
quote:
"The Martian"
I don't normally like reading fiction, but I started that one within the last week. It's great so far, and so easy to read since it's mostly log entries so far. Normally I find reading to be a chore, but I am really enjoying this one and actually look forward to taking shits (that's when I read).
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:33 am to Jizzamo311
Highly recommend Devil in the White City.
I'm currently dipping into Natchez Burning right now and it's solid as well.
I'm currently dipping into Natchez Burning right now and it's solid as well.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:36 am to CocomoLSU
quote:Don't get a hemorrhoid...
taking shits (that's when I read).
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:49 am to Jizzamo311
City of Thieves
David Benioff is the co-creator and showrunner for Game of Thrones
The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living by Martin Clark
quote:
City of Thieves is a 2008 historical fiction novel by David Benioff. Both a coming of age story and a black comedy, City of Thieves recounts World War II adventures of two young men in the Leningrad area as they desperately search for a carton of eggs for a Soviet NKVD officer during the German siege of the city.
David Benioff is the co-creator and showrunner for Game of Thrones
The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living by Martin Clark
quote:
“Martin Clark is not only the thinking man’s John Grisham but, maybe better, the drinking man’s John Grisham.”
– The New York Times Magazine
Posted on 9/25/15 at 11:56 am to Jizzamo311
The Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley.
What? It's technically a book.
On a more serious note, if you are from Louisiana and haven't yet, check out All The King's Men by Robert Warren. It is an old book but I find a lot of people haven't heard of it before, which is shocking as hell. I really wish it could get on the required reading list for Louisiana history courses.
What? It's technically a book.
On a more serious note, if you are from Louisiana and haven't yet, check out All The King's Men by Robert Warren. It is an old book but I find a lot of people haven't heard of it before, which is shocking as hell. I really wish it could get on the required reading list for Louisiana history courses.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:12 pm to Wolf
quote:
As much as i like the series as a whole, it started off great and then dove off a cliff near the end (specifically the last book). I can't help but wonder if he changed the way some of those plot lines ended because fans guessed where he was going with it. There were some real head scratching moments in the last 100 pages of the final book.
I can agree with all of that. I felt Galbortix's demise was a real wtf moment and not how I wanted to see that storyline end. I also felt like the post Galbortix part of the book was a real blur. Like "Ok, let's just tidy this up and finish this mother fricker". I really wish we could get another series following Eragon into the unknown lands, but he's already said that isn't happening.
At least we will get to read what happens next in Alagasia though. It's a start I guess.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:17 pm to Jizzamo311
I've been blowing through Jack Reachrr novels lately. Easy to read, fun, exciting.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:27 pm to Jizzamo311
The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson
Crazy yarn involving North Korea and why you don't want to live there. It won the coveted Pulitzer...so you know it's good.
Ready Player One is a great read, too.
Adam Johnson
Crazy yarn involving North Korea and why you don't want to live there. It won the coveted Pulitzer...so you know it's good.
Ready Player One is a great read, too.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:38 pm to Jizzamo311
quote:
I've also been told to read "Devil in a White City"
Do it! I'd recommend Erik Larson's other works as well
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:47 pm to SW2SCLA
Definitely read Devil in the White City. Ready Player One is a tough one to recommend. I enjoyed the book and the premise is fun, but the book is terribly awkward and the conflict resolutions come way too easy.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:48 pm to Jizzamo311
C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:53 pm to MangoChutney
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The Orphan Master's Son
Another excellent book.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:57 pm to Jizzamo311
Devil in the White City is very good.
A few I'll throw out (all over the map for genre):
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America
December 6 - Martin Cruz Smith (think Casablanca set in Japan the day before Pearl Harbor)
Population 451 - Michael Perry
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
Fields of Fire - Jim Webb
A few I'll throw out (all over the map for genre):
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America
December 6 - Martin Cruz Smith (think Casablanca set in Japan the day before Pearl Harbor)
Population 451 - Michael Perry
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
Fields of Fire - Jim Webb
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