What are you Reading now ..... other than comics ? 7 7

[batmiesta]

Usually this. 

 

6/29/22

10

2,000

FAST TRACK ECONOMY

Scheduled for Grading

 

 

2/23/22

12

3,300

MAGAZINE ECONOMY

Scheduled for Grading

[Miket123]

On 7/31/2022 at 12:30 PM, conan09279 said:

I breezed through this one - really enjoyed it.  

that's been in my Amazon cart for about 2 years now

[Number 6]

I’ve been aware of Silverberg for a long time, he seems to be a fairly prolific writer. 
 

But I’ve never read any of his stuff and I never hear anyone mention it either.  But recently a booktuber mentioned this as being probably his best work. 
 

So far I’m enjoying it. 
 

[ganni]

May finally finish this book since the day it came out.

[jimjum12]

On 8/1/2022 at 4:03 PM, MattTheDuck said:

I just finished "Lord of the Rings" for the upty-umpth time, hard cover books I've had for almost 50 years.  Managed to get through the last chapters with no tears or sobbing for the first time in probably 40 years. 

I'm trying to do less re-reading and pick up some new stuff.  I have read a couple of the "Robert Galbraith" (JK Rowling) books about Cormoran Strike and am now on "Lethal White."  It's a good series, sprinkled with interesting British-isms in language and behavior and good mysteries/crime solving action.

These are not S&S or Fantasy, but if you want some real page turners that are loaded with suspense and adventure with a touch of the bizarre, I like the output of James Rollins and also the team of Lincoln and Childs .... highly recommended.... also Clive Cussler.  GOD BLESS... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Edited August 3, 2022 by jimjum12

[Scrooge]

On 8/3/2022 at 3:26 AM, jimjum12 said:

also the team of Lincoln and Childs

And since you've been touting them regularly, I followed your advice and picked back the Pendergast series where I left off years ago and am currently reading Still life with crows and am over half done with it, hoping to finish by the end of the week. So far, I can vouch that it reads quickly, don't think I like it as much as Cabinet of Curiosities (but maybe that one was a superior example) but a lot is going to hinge on how the story is resolved. The action takes place near Garden City, KS where I spent several days a decade ago so I love the descriptions.

Edited August 4, 2022 by Scrooge

[jimjum12]

On 8/3/2022 at 11:25 PM, Scrooge said:

And since you've been touting them regularly, I followed your advice and picked back the Pendergast series where I left off years ago and am currently reading Still life with crows and am over half done with it, hoping to finish by the end of the week. So far, I can vouch that it reads quickly, don't think I like it as much as Cabinet of Curiosities (but maybe that one was a superior example) but a lot is going to hinge on how the story is resolved. The action takes place near Garden City, KS where I spent several days a decade ago so I love the descriptions.

Cabinet Of Curiosities is likely my favorite, but Relic was good and was even given the Silver Screen treatment. I'm glad some people benefited from my recommendation. GOD BLESS... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[ganni]

Switching to a less thicker book to read...

 

 

 

[conan09279]

On 8/3/2022 at 11:30 PM, jimjum12 said:

Cabinet Of Curiosities is likely my favorite, but Relic was good and was even given the Silver Screen treatment. I'm glad some people benefited from my recommendation. GOD BLESS... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

I started reading the series based on your recommendation in another thread.  The books are great.  I'm up through Crimson Shore now.  

[Gaard]

You know how the author will quote someone(s) at the beginning of a chapter? (no idea why this is done, btw) Anyway, I'm reading the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz. I just finished the first one last night, so I plug in the 2nd audiobook this morning and the very first line of the book is him quoting Swamp Thing ... "How deep do you need to bury the past before it will stay dead?"

[Ares]

[Dick Pontoon]

[Scrooge]

Just finished this last night. On to Volume 2 next.

[conan09279]

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge - I really enjoyed this as it was very reminiscent of the Lottery and the Long Walk.  Every year, in a small Midwestern town, the October Boy, a jack lantern atop a scarecrow’s body, rises from the cornfield to run a gauntlet of teenage boys.  There can be only one winner.  Either a boy kills the October Boy, or the October Boy kills them.  Cool premise and could have been better with a more skilled writer, but this is a great read for the Halloween season.  I think this is being made into a movie in the near future. Definitely check it out.    

[kav]

Reading Cockpit By Jerzy Kosinski again-really twisted and shows how much chaos one guy can cause anonymously.  All of Kosinski's books are twisted.  The only survivor of the Manson murders because his flight was delayed so he wasnt there.

[asteroid-comix]

Handful of books so far in September, couple for dissertation research (Herzberg, Work and the Nature of Man; Edmondson, Fearless Organization) but...

Anyone that is into dystopia futures should check out the Forstchen series that starts with 1 second after. Just finished the three books and I found them to be really great reads (other two are one year after and the final day). 

[NormanEdwards]

Hello, I'm new and reading "Lord of the Flies". The novel by William Golding makes me think about the rules of a civilized society that don't exist anymore and the human behavior in it. https://paperap.com/free-papers/lord-of-the-flies/ is the source that offers more information about the book's symbols. I trust the source's free papers since the essay examples have well-explained data.

Edited October 11, 2022 by NormanEdwards

[conan09279]

Just finished Hex. This is probably my favorite book of the year. Such an original concept. The premise is basically how would a modern town react and adapt to a 16th century witch that haunts the town. 
 

[THE_BEYONDER]

I’m going to jump back into this book and see how Peekay is doing.  

[jimjum12]

"Warrior Woman" by James Alexander Thom. His historical fiction is riveting if you can handle man's inhumanity to man. GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)