The Official Book Thread

[Stevenson]

has anybody read into the wild? the movie was based on it. i didn't watch the movie but im practically obsessed with nature/camping/surving etc

def going to read it after christmas

That was a great book, and typically, the book was better than the movie (though I liked the movie too.)

In other book news, Steve Martin, the comedian, is a great writer. I read his first two novels and am just starting his latest.

 

[ehizzy3]

That was a great book, and typically, the book was better than the movie (though I liked the movie too.)

In other book news, Steve Martin, the comedian, is a great writer. I read his first two novels and am just starting his latest.

nice. i just got it for christmas, probably break it open tomorrow!

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Just got a book on Arsenal's history and Syd Barrett's (Pink Floyd's original frontman) rise and demise.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I'm reading a book entitled Shogun currently. Like 1200 tiny print pages, but it is really good. About a quarter of the way through since I got in on Christmas.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I'm reading a book entitled Shogun currently. Like 1200 tiny print pages, but it is really good. About a quarter of the way through since I got in on Christmas.

I read that last year! Wow, I had forgotten about it but I loved it! Thanks lol

 

[PapaG]

Just finished up Steinbrenner and Game Change within the past week.

I started the new Willie Mays biography today.

I'm a big non-fiction reader, but I do enjoy the occasional work of fiction.

 

[PapaG]

Ball Four by Jim Bouton is probably my favorite book to read of all time. Not much there in terms of learning about the inner depths of life, but it is laugh out loud funny, and I've probably read it 5 times since I first read it for fun at age 12. It's a look inside of a dysfunctional Seattle Pilot organization and their expansion season, and it is a diary.

 

[Stevenson]

I'm reading a book entitled Shogun currently. Like 1200 tiny print pages, but it is really good. About a quarter of the way through since I got in on Christmas.

Shogun? One of my Top 5 books of all time. TaiPan is equally great.

 

[barfo]

Ball Four by Jim Bouton is probably my favorite book to read of all time. Not much there in terms of learning about the inner depths of life, but it is laugh out loud funny, and I've probably read it 5 times since I first read it for fun at age 12. It's a look inside of a dysfunctional Seattle Pilot organization and their expansion season, and it is a diary.

I need to go back and read Ball Four, I haven't read it since I was a kid.
Another baseball book that had a big effect on me at the time was Bill Veeck's book, "Veeck as in Wreck".

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

Anything by Michael Lewis is usually great. He's a real master of narrative, extremely engaging and entertaining writer.

I think the Dark Tower series by Stephen King was pretty amazing (it's not horror, it's his foray into fantasy, and it's really spectacular).

Dune and Neuromancer are far and away the best sci-fi books I've ever read.

I also recommend The Prince by Machiavelli and The Art Of War by Sun Tzu.

Nick Hornby books are generally winners, too. High Fidelity is both one of my favourite books and movies.

 

[barfo]

I also recommend The Prince by Machiavelli and The Art Of War by Sun Tzu.

Suddenly I am worried about what you are up to.

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

Suddenly I am worried about what you are up to.

*smiles thinly* Maneuver until you have the force to crush your enemy. I think I'll just keep my goals to myself, thanks.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Shogun? One of my Top 5 books of all time. TaiPan is equally great.

Yeah it is going in my top 5 books as well, right up there with Shutter Island.

I got Tai Pan as well, I will read it next.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I'm currently reading Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. Great so far.

I recently read The Lathe of Heaven by Ursala K. Le Guin. She lives in Portland and the book was based in a future Portland. Great short science fiction book.

 

[RR7]

Not sure how I missed this thread before, but am getting lots of great suggestions to throw on my library hold list, thanks.

Just finished reading Born To Run. Not sure if there are any other runners here, but if so, i definitely recommend it. Recently read the Hunger Games series. Alright. First one I liked the most, for sure.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I also recently read the Hunger Games series. I can easily see how people who only view books as art wouldn't like it because of it's unoriginality, but it was pretty entertaining to me and I think would be to most pleasure readers.

 

[PapaG]

Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo over the past week, and I am starting the second one in the series tomorrow night.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I'm been on a massive Stephen King binge. I haven't read very much, because in between reading about boring academic blah, my only spare time to read for fun is on the bus/can.

I finished the Dark Tower series, and now I'm about 2/3rds of the way through the unabridged version of The Stand. Oh man. So good.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Also, I would recommend everyone read these books:

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
Neverwhere and American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The House on the Borderland William Hope Hodgson (like Lovecraft, by way way way better)
Anything by Harlan Ellison (fantastic psychedelic sci-fi short stories)

 

[Stevenson]

I'm reading a book entitled Shogun currently. Like 1200 tiny print pages, but it is really good. About a quarter of the way through since I got in on Christmas.

Shogun?! One of my Top 2 or 3 books of all time. Incredible story, interesting, characters, and high adventure. The only thing htat comes close is Clavell's Tai Pan which I actually liked better, and it was a tad shorter.

 

[Stevenson]

I am re-reading The Cider House Rules. Stil great. Does anyone else here like John Irving?

 

[Stevenson]

If any of you are in business, you should check out my latest book, coming out in June, called Get Your Business Funded, Creative Methods for Finding he Money Yo Need.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Shameless self promotion!!!!

 

[Minstrel]

Neverwhere and American Gods by Neil Gaiman

I'm reading that right now, actually. It's pretty good.

 

[Minstrel]

Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson is pretty fantastic. A pretty poppy cyberpunk book. By which I mean that it's not self-serious sci-fi. It's very entertaining and has an amusing style in addition to being a gripping story.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Currently reading the "Dune" series. On book 2, "Dune Messiah".

 

[MrJayremmie]

Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson is pretty fantastic. A pretty poppy cyberpunk book. By which I mean that it's not self-serious sci-fi. It's very entertaining and has an amusing style in addition to being a gripping story.

Currently checking it out from the Library. Read the first 15 or 20 pages and couldn't get really into it, though I enjoy cyberpunk. Maybe I'll give it another try because it seems to be well liked by everyone.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Shogun?! One of my Top 2 or 3 books of all time. Incredible story, interesting, characters, and high adventure. The only thing htat comes close is Clavell's Tai Pan which I actually liked better, and it was a tad shorter.

It was amazing, better than Tai Pan, even though that was probably his second best.

I wasn't too thrilled with the ending though. I think that book could have gone on for at least another 500 pages.

 

[Ed O]

I just got Stonewielder today. The third in a series that's a companion to a ten tome epic fantasy series by another author.

If anyone like George RR Martin-like super-complicated worlds, you should check out a The Malazan Book of the Fallen series.

Ed O.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

My wife downloaded a bunch of Sherlock Holmes books on her Kindle. Granted, not classics, but something to read in the evening.