Book Recommendation

[drewboy12]

Anything by Hunter S. Thompson

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

If Ms. Santa tosses a kindle under the tree for me I will definitely take a look at your brothers book, sounds like an interesting premise.

Last month a friend introduced me to the Sword of Truth series, I can't believe I had never heard of it before b/c it was incredible. I think I finished each book in the series in about a day and a half it was that good (all 12 books.....). I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Goodkind had written another book in the series that is now in hardcover. Will have to pick that one up.

Anyone else have any good suggestions? A few good books would be great over the non denominational holiday season.

Kindle is a pretty amazing device for cheap, mindless, space opera science fiction. Nice to have the opportunity to start at the beginning of a series as well.

Currently lounging through "The Lost Fleet" series - on book seven right now. http://www.johnghemry.com/c/255/the-lost-fleet-series Written by Jack Campbell under a different name.

"The Doom Star" series by Vaughn Heppner was quite readable and the first book cost 99 cents.

If you're into that kind of thing . . . . .

Cowperson

[Bigtime]

Upon recommendation of it in the Game of Thrones thread I started reading the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, almost finished book one and I am enjoying it. Looking forward to seeing where the next two books in the series take things.

[FLAMESRULE]

Invisible Monster - Chuck Palanhiuk

Any book by Christopher Moore, currently reading the Lust Lizard of Melancoly Cove...highly recommend Fluke + Lamb

[missdpuck]

Just started Neuromancer for 2nd time.

Would you believe there are Hunger Games cookbooks, but fortunately no recipes for dog yet. But the poor squirrels are no longer safe. Apparently the cookbooks are incredibly popular.

[troutman]

Will be starting Ben Bova's "Grand Tour" series soon.

http://www.benbova.net/gradtourlist.html

Which books can't be missed, and which could be skipped?

[Discoste]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I just picked up and read "Wearing the Green Beret" by Jake Olafsen.

The book is an autobiography that follows Jake Olafsen a young B.C. native who decides to go overseas and joins the Royal Marine Commando's.

For any kind of Military junkie this is the rare book written by a soldier on the ground at his rating.

I was planning to pick up a copy of "The Patrol" by Ryan Flavelle.

Sounds like a similar on-the-ground account, probably more of a Canadian operations focus since he was at the Canadian Forward Operating Base.

Might have to look up "Wearing the Green Beret"as well.

Thanks

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by troutman

Will be starting Ben Bova's "Grand Tour" series soon.

http://www.benbova.net/gradtourlist.html

Which books can't be missed, and which could be skipped?

I liked Saturn and Titan and definitely didn't like Powersat. Haven't read them all.

Cowperson

[karl262]

Great read, finished it a couple months ago and frequently go back to read more. I think what the author is trying to communicate is that you just can't trust a Greek person with money.

[Free Ben Hur!]

Two books in the historical fiction genre that should be considered mandatory reading are Exodus and Trinity both by Leon Uris.

[MoneyGuy]

I recommend Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, but it's about 63 hours of heavy reading. Hey, I enjoyed it enough to want to do it again.

[GreenLantern]

Good timing for this thread, maxed out my fantasy series and been reading some different stuff lately. Read a few by Bear Grylls, Facing Up (detailed account of climbing everest) and Facing The Frozen Ocean (expedition across the arctic in an open RIB), both great reads. He is a very humble guy who loves to pump the tires of everyone around him. Positive people spread positive feelings.

Currently reading The Naked Pint, book about Craft beer written by two women. Pretty cool read so far.

I will have to snag a few of the books in this thread next.

Also, the latest book in the Wheel of Time series was just plain awesome. For so long you wonder how the heck it is all going to be brought together, but so far it looks like things are lineing up just fine.

[Dion]

A must read for all hockey fans..



“Midnight Hockey is a lovely book, which is to say bawdy, beautifully written, fresh, coarse, hilarious, smart, vulgar, joyful and as rank with the realities of putrid hockey bags, diminishing motor skills and impending death as . . . well, let’s just say it’s a lot like the hockey most of us play, those of us who are willing and able past the age of 35. Sidney Crosby wouldn’t get most of it, but I think his dad would.” —The Globe and Mail

“A wonderful homage to beer-leaguers and old-timers . . . who keep lacing them up long after youth has faded. Gaston . . . brings his artist’s eye to this tender, ribald and very funny memoir about grown men chasing pucks with beers at midnight. . . . Seasoned with reflections on beer, road trip sex, hockey in France and China, old guys dropping gloves, the sublimes tolerance of his wife and team names, both good . . . and bad. . . . This is a glorious book, a superlative valentine to the game for anyone who ever played, plays or wanted to play–and for those who love them.” —Vancouver Sun

[Sainters7]

I've mentioned this before in another thread, but I read this last summer, the most gripping book I've read in a long time:



It's non-fiction, but written in narrative so it flows well. All first hand accounts (from both sides, but mostly Spanish) of Hernan Cortes' conquest of the Aztec Empire. Fascinating reading, pretty much the closest you'll ever get to an alien encounter in human history. I had no idea the Aztec conquest had been so meticulously documented, Spanish history is incredible.

[Flamesguy_SJ]

Originally Posted by Finny61

I just finished the Steve Jobs biography. Now reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King which is supposed to be quite good.

It really, really is a great book. I am not a Stephen King fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I found 11/22/63 an incredibly compelling read. It's an interesting twist on time travel, and never really strikes you as very science-fictiony...it's just kind of accepted that the characters can do this, and it very quickly settles into a rhythym of almost historical fiction. A really great read.

I just finished The Forest of Hands and Teeth, which I actually didn't mind. It was quite a short read, and it's about the zombie apocalypse and this small village that has protected itself by fencing out what they call the "Unconsecrated". It was one of the few teen books lately that was able to grab my attention right off the bat.

Ready Player One and Robopocalypse are awesome books if you're at all into science fiction. The first one is about a video game platform that introduced virtual reality to the masses, and eventually became the communcation medium for humanity. And Robopocalypse is SkyNet meets World War Z; it's a multiple-perspective narrative of the Robot War, and uses satellite imagery, telephone recording, air traffic control transcripts, police interviews etc. to patch together the war's history. Very gritty and very realistic, I found.

[Flabbibulin]

Thought I would revive this thread-

anyone read the Night Angel Trilogy? Thinking of giving it a try

[normtwofinger]

Just finished The Templar Legacy. Good read.