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re: How many books have you read this year? What are some new must reads?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:31 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:31 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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.
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.
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:32 pm to danman6336
Oh and must reads from that list?
The Foundation trilogy was probably my favorite
Wuthering Heights was really good too
The Foundation trilogy was probably my favorite
Wuthering Heights was really good too
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:34 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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.
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
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:50 pm to Prominentwon
I don't read much non-fiction, but right now I'm reading "The Last Days of the Incas," which is the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. 168 guys took down 10 million and raped them of their immense treasures. Incredible story, and it's very accurate historically. There are multiple accounts taken from writers during that time period interspersed throughout. I would LOVE to see a movie or series made about the Spanish conquest of South America.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:52 pm to iwyLSUiwy
That was from when we were still settling in. Not everything is in the pic. There's 3 more bookshelves you can't see, plus one more I built later. Additionally we have purchased another 100 books or so since then, at the minimum.
Most valuable is probably a series called My Book House. It's 12 volumes in which every cultures great pieces of lore, legend, fiction, poem, and some history is accumulated into one set. Was printed in 1937, I am missing one book I destroyed as a child, I mean my grandparents gave them to me when I was 5 or 6. Amazing really that I have the set as complete as I do, and in as good a condition, considering they were 49 years old when I was born.
Also have a set of history books from the 50s that would be worth a lot if my stupid dog hadn't chewed on one.
I have a few first editions, none from a well known author though. Have several from the 1800s but they are mostly theological in nature. I think my oldest is around 1868 or so. I'll have to go through and look. All of my really old books are on the ladder on the wall.
Oh, and here is a pic of one from the my book house set.
Giant picture Batman! Should have resized that....
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 9:59 pm to heatom2
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Patrick O'Briens Aubrey Maturin series
Really good and an outstanding series on audio.
Not sure how many this year - maybe 40 as a wag.
Must reads:
Neal Stephenson - Reamde (not a top Stephenson book but just fun)
Neil Gaiman - American Gods. Wow. Just outstanding. I used to really enjoy Roger Zelazny. This is Zelazny all over again but better.
Richard Feynman - Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman. Autobiographical stories from one of the most independent and brilliant humans to ever live.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 10:00 pm to Prominentwon
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suggestions on non-fiction books
Flyboys by James Bradley.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 10:08 pm to TexasTiger1185
quote:good man.
With my son: 3-4 Goosebumps
Charlotte's Web
Shiloh
reading the hobbit with my boy was a great time.
haven't read much this year. ones i remember are
The Lies of Loche Lamora
Horns
Gone Girl
Where is God When it Hurts
Ready Player One
Tried to read a book called the Goldfinch but i quit about 150 pages in. author was way too long winded. If you want me to commit to an 800 page book and haven't hooked me by then then i'm out.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 11:07 pm to danman6336
The Enders Game books if you haven't read them.
Sphere by Michael Crichton was incredible but not sure if it's scifi.
Sphere by Michael Crichton was incredible but not sure if it's scifi.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 11:38 pm to iwyLSUiwy
I just finished this, easy read, but entertaining. A tone similar to The Hurt Locker. It was written by an LSU grad that joined the Marines, and did a couple of tours in Iraq.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 7:38 am to iwyLSUiwy
quote:
How was The Yard?
Sorry for the late response. It is really good. A lot of mystery set in a post jack the ripper stage. Pretty gruesome at some parts. Very well done.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 9:14 am to biglego
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Sphere by Michael Crichton was incredible
His best book, IMO. I've read just about all of them. Finishing Pirates Latitude now, the ending is dragging out.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 11:33 am to VaBamaMan
Nice. I looked for an old beat up ladder to do the same thing for a while but could never find one.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:01 pm to iwyLSUiwy
I've read 27 this year.
Favorites that came out this year:
Shotgun Lovesongs – Nickolas Butler
All Our Names – Dinaw Mengestu
Team Seven – Marcus Burke
The Possibilities – Kaui Hart Hemmings
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami
Birdbox – Josh Malerman
Wolf in White Van - John Darnielle
Florence Gordon – Brian Morton
Straight White Male – John Niven
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man - W. Bruce Cameron
Favorites that came out this year:
Shotgun Lovesongs – Nickolas Butler
All Our Names – Dinaw Mengestu
Team Seven – Marcus Burke
The Possibilities – Kaui Hart Hemmings
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami
Birdbox – Josh Malerman
Wolf in White Van - John Darnielle
Florence Gordon – Brian Morton
Straight White Male – John Niven
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man - W. Bruce Cameron
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:33 pm to biglego
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Saxon Chronicals by Bernard Cornwell.
Going to have to start this.
quote:
Bible
The old testament is full of interesting history. To me, and I am a youth pastor, I think of the OT as the history, a foundation if you will for the NT. The NT to me is what is really important, but without the OT one can lose some perspective.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:34 pm to Antonio Moss
I didn't like Pirates Latitude. Not sure if it was really finished before he died. Sphere is his best but Congo and Timeline are also great
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:37 pm to VaBamaMan
The OT is fascinating indeed. I got a bit bogged down with all the laws in Leviticus etc but otherwise I'm loving it. Will probably skip a lot of the Psalms.
For historical fiction Cornwell is my favorite. Saxon series, Agincourt, 1356, and his King Arthur series was genius.
For historical fiction Cornwell is my favorite. Saxon series, Agincourt, 1356, and his King Arthur series was genius.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:46 pm to biglego
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Will probably skip a lot of the Psalms.
Psalms and Proverbs are light years easier to read than Leviticus.
I highly advise reading them both. Especially Proverbs.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 1:10 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Well I wouldn't conside myself a mental heavyweight for sure. Just reading about them on wiki, are they graphic novels? I'm cautious of reading up on books on Wikipedia bc they can give away a story line in a hurry.
They are graphic novels for it.....but it's more of a cash grab due to the popularity.
The base series is a traditional novel. The first one is Storm Front.
Forgive certain styles in it however....it is the author's first published work so it is a little rough around the edges and written as a standalone more than anything.
It tightens up fast though.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 2:49 pm to VaBamaMan
I'll try but I hate poetry
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