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Post by majorglory on Aug 11, 2009 22:52:42 GMT -5
Thought it would be cool to start a thread to post any books we may be reading now. It could be useful to help others find good books to read.
Anyways right now I am reading The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. So far I really like it and I am about half way done.
What book or books are you in the process of reading now?
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Post by J_Bourne{QAW} on Aug 13, 2009 11:49:13 GMT -5
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2009 22:31:50 GMT -5
None at the moment, any good ones that u guys might know?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2009 22:51:08 GMT -5
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn is pretty good, and so is anything by Alexandre Dumas.
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Post by majorglory on Aug 14, 2009 10:10:10 GMT -5
None at the moment, any good ones that u guys might know? What kind of books do you like?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2009 10:32:44 GMT -5
Im about to start Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark Hunter series
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Post by Corvus{QAW} on Aug 14, 2009 11:04:48 GMT -5
Just finished 'Mohammed' from Karen Armstrong, a better readable book then 'Jeruzalem' also from her, which is historically very complex.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2009 11:43:11 GMT -5
mmm i like action/adventure, or mystery books, anything to get me thinking.
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Post by BichKilla{QAW} on Jul 20, 2010 7:13:55 GMT -5
Three Cups of Tea, Not the best writing around but a very cool story about a guy named Greg Mortenson building schools in Northern Pakistan. This book has gotten me interested in Middle Eastern/Central Asian issues, anyone know a good read on this subject? I have thought about picking up one of the Robert Baer books.
I also just finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close about a young man figuratively searching for his father after he was killed in one of the WTC Towers on 9/11.
On my honeymoon I read Average American Male, a very short, vulgar, and absolutely hilarious look at what guys are thinking on a daily basis. My wife even liked it.
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Post by JiMinY{QAW} on Jul 20, 2010 8:00:44 GMT -5
Last: Bruger, Bill and David Kelly Chinese Marxism in the Post-Mao Era
Current: Chen, Jianguo, The Aesthetics of the "Beyond" : Phantasm, Nostalgia, and the Literary Practice in Contemporary China
Next up: Gramsci, Antonio Selections from the Prison Notebooks
PhDs are a barrel of laughs, as you can see.
In terms of non-academic reading, I read multiple books at the same time for some reason: Saramago, Jose Blindness (reread that when he died recently) Bourdain, Anthony Medium Raw King, Stephen Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on Jul 20, 2010 8:48:13 GMT -5
This something I can join in to. I've been reading a book called World War 1 by S.L.A. Marshall. I'm a history buff, especially with the second world war. I got this book deciding it was time to expand my knowledge. I've also read some books by Stephen King a few months back. It was the Gunslinger series. I've read it up to the point that the characters get on to the evil train. Good books so far.
P.S. And Jiminy, aren't you sort of a history buff yourself? I thought I saw that on your profile at the main website.
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Post by Dire.Wolf{QAW} on Jul 20, 2010 9:21:18 GMT -5
interested in Middle Eastern/Central Asian issues, anyone know a good read on this subject? check out 'the kite runner', i think it's based on a true story. they made it into a movie (havn't seen it yet) book is really good though i love fantasy, sci-fi and historical fiction, and like history so: i'm not reading anything right now, but will soon get: the 3rd chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, by Stephen R Donaldson I recommend/also by him - Mordant's Need, The Gap Series Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell www.bernardcornwell.net/index2.cfm?page=1I recommend/also by him - the saxon stories Magister series, by CS Friedman check out 'Coldfire Trilogy' good mix of fantasy, horror and even a little sci-fi www.csfriedman.com/frames.htm
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on Jul 20, 2010 9:37:26 GMT -5
Historical fiction is good too. I remember reading a book called Rifles for Watie. It's based on the American Civil War and is about a young man who joins the Union army, goes undercover, and then he meets this southern rebel women. He falls in love and now he doesn't know what side to choose. Pretty good book.
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Post by TomFury{QAW} on Jul 21, 2010 0:10:03 GMT -5
Rereading The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune by Stuart Galbraith IV. It's an exhaustive, 800+ page work but thoroughly fascinating. Also reading Never Let Me Go but Kazuo Ishiguro. Finally got around to reading Rermains of the Day last month and really enjoyed it so thought I'd give another of his books a go.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2010 4:49:31 GMT -5
I just recently finished reading all of the Hannibal novels by Thomas Harris[Red Dragon,Silence of the Lambs,HannibalHannibal Rising]. All were really great reads but I would have to say Red Dragon is my favorite. Other than that I'm reading chapters of a friends novel as he finishes them and sends em my way. Also thinking about rereading Year of the Black Rainbow by Claudio Sanchez and Peter David since I absolutely loved it.
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on Jul 21, 2010 8:50:12 GMT -5
Rereading The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune by Stuart Galbraith IV. It's an exhaustive, 800+ page work but thoroughly fascinating. Also reading Never Let Me Go but Kazuo Ishiguro. Finally got around to reading Rermains of the Day last month and really enjoyed it so thought I'd give another of his books a go. LOL! I just realized I posted inside the quote! To all who read this my add on is at the bottom. Oh well, that's how you learn! (Fixed! - TF)A few months back I tried to read a book called The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. It is the largest book I've ever tried to read. It got so heavy for me that I didn't even get to page 100. It started out interesting for me(for example did you know that Hitler only got drunk 1 time in his life?) But then it got into where Hitler got his ideas and stuff and it just got too heavy for me. I imagine if I would have kept reading it it would have taken a while to finish.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2010 17:03:48 GMT -5
I just got done with, The Girl With the Dragon tattoo, and The Girl who played with Fire by Steig Larsson. I didnt read the 3rd one yet, Im waiting for it to come out in paperback
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Post by Dire.Wolf{QAW} on Jul 23, 2010 9:09:33 GMT -5
I just got done with, The Girl With the Dragon tattoo, and The Girl who played with Fire by Steig Larsson. I didnt read the 3rd one yet, Im waiting for it to come out in paperback i just downloaded the movie, girl with the dragon tattoo. as soon as i figure out how to make a dvd with the subtitles hardcoded, i'll watch it there's been a lot of buzz about this movie/book, making me real curious to see it
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Post by G@rE{QAW} on Jul 25, 2010 8:31:38 GMT -5
the lost symbol ...DAn Brown ;D
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Post by Magi on Jul 27, 2010 0:45:42 GMT -5
the devine comedy: the book of dante
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Post by TomFury{QAW} on Aug 10, 2010 3:12:06 GMT -5
Making my second attempt at The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. This book won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. And I can't ... I just don't like it. I keep trying because I think I'm missing something, but I just don't know. I think I expected it to be similar to David Wroblewski's amazing The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. And perhaps am disappointed that it isn't. Wroblewski's writing is so rich and absorbing that I found myself purposely reading slower to savor the words and lose myself in the imagery. For me, the Diaz book is a chore. I just hate to give up on it.
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Post by YeKoMs{QAW} on Aug 10, 2010 14:26:35 GMT -5
Wheel of Time: The Fires of Heaven, book 5 in the series...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2010 10:42:49 GMT -5
Agatha Cristie books are really good murder mystery books It keeps you on the edge of your seat and makes you want to keep reading!
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Post by TomFury{QAW} on Aug 16, 2010 18:35:04 GMT -5
StarFox, if you like mysteries (especially British ones) you should check out Peter Robinson. His Inspector Banks series is a favorite of mine and I have read them all multiple times.
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Post by I3lessed on Aug 16, 2010 19:41:16 GMT -5
House by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti (AMAZING) Thr3e by Ted Dekker (also AMAZING) Their like suspense/action/Idon'tevenknow/AMAZING (IMO) books also almost anything by Ted Dekker = intense/mindtwister/AMAZING XD
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2010 16:50:12 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Hostage by Robert Crais loved the movie and while cleaning the apartment out saw my mom had the book so figured I'd give it a go. Pretty good so far.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2010 15:12:30 GMT -5
Just finished The Art of War by Sun Tzu Starting Mein Kampf by Hitler
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on Oct 16, 2010 17:26:56 GMT -5
I am now reading the 4th book in the Dark Tower series: Wizard and Glass. After reading these books, they have become some of my favorites.
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Post by CountZer0{QAW} on Oct 19, 2010 16:13:53 GMT -5
I mostly read horror / Scifi. (yeah i know surprise surprise CZ reads SF.)
I just picked up Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogans The Fall. This is the sequel to The Strain. I love how much like a movie script it reads.
I also picked up William Gibson's new book Zero History. This is the third in a loosely related series that contains: Pattern Recognition and Spook Country (both i would strongly recommend)
I just finished a odd series (if you consider two a series lol) by Gordon Dahlquist consisting of: The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters The Dark Volume Both are very unique and awesome reads.
And as always i have a Lovecraft paperback on my person. Kinda a comfort blanket for my soul.... which says ALOT about my soul.!!!
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Post by H0neY {QAW} on Oct 20, 2010 13:08:47 GMT -5
Trying to catch up on Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's 'St Germain' series, I'm reading "A Dangerous Climate." It's set in St Petersburg in the early 1700's The series is centered around a vampire, but they are nothing like the Anne Rice books or <heaven forbid> Stephanie Meyer. Richly narrated and historically dense, they are as enjoyable for the events and insights as they are for the sex and violence. Some of them are not for younger readers, but the majority are acceptable for all ages.
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