Thread: What are you reading?

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Big fan. Be sure to read Blood Meridian.

Read it.
Great book.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

I should read that. I loved The Road, it's one of my favorite books of all time.

the road by Cormac McCarthy? I really liked the Counselor the movie and was wondering if it might be a neat read.

I just finished this book called Tattoos on the Heart. It's about a Catholic priest who has been running what is essentially a youth rehabilitation service in the inner cities of LA called Homeboy Industries since the 1990s, where he tries to get gang members on the right path. In the book he tells some excellent anecdotes about the gangsters he deals with on a daily basis, including how they got to be in the gangs, and how they were able to change their lives by realizing that they are worthy of living in this world ("We see in the homies what they don't see in themselves, until they do"). It's heartwarming, heartbreaking, hilarious, and inspiring. I've never cried while reading a book before, but this one broke me. There is stuff about religion, since the premise is essentially "God is Love", but I would not describe it as a book that requires you to be religious. It's less about religion and more about how to treat people. I would recommend it to anybody.



Here's a Ted Talk with the dude.

"Ghost Fleet: A Novel Of The Next World War" by P. W. Singer and August Cole.

GREAT book. Think "Hunt For Red October" and every Tom Clancy book ever but in the next world war. This is a great read and some awesome thoughts on where warfare is headed and a lot of the threats that currently face our nation.

Originally Posted by Davii

"Ghost Fleet: A Novel Of The Next World War" by P. W. Singer and August Cole.

GREAT book. Think "Hunt For Red October" and every Tom Clancy book ever but in the next world war. This is a great read and some awesome thoughts on where warfare is headed and a lot of the threats that currently face our nation.

I started reading it a little over a week ago, but then got busy with a work trip and didn't get back. Only read a handful of pages. It seemed interesting, but was wierd being full of footnotes.

So, are they doing it as a novel/fiction, but using the footnotes to show the "basis" in fact/real events?

Originally Posted by Tned

I started reading it a little over a week ago, but then got busy with a work trip and didn't get back. Only read a handful of pages. It seemed interesting, but was wierd being full of footnotes.

So, are they doing it as a novel/fiction, but using the footnotes to show the "basis" in fact/real events?

Correct. Most of the footnotes are real events, places, people, etc. Most that I read into further were explanations of weapons technology, etc. Every single piece of technology mentioned is real or is planned, none of it is the author's dream.

I have taken up a book I had to abandon last year due to my eyesight not being up to the task. It turns out that at the grand old age of 45 that I need my first pair of reading glasses. I am now enjoying Barbara Kingsolver's "The Lacuna", not as good as Poisonwood Bible but still very readable.

Lord of the Rings....Again.

I love this thread and not only do I have a library card, I use the Overdrive app to check out books from my library to my phone.

Currently reading A Simple Plan. Older book turned movie, but intriguing.

I stared American gods by author Neil Gaiman but only made it through about 20%. Anyone else read it??

I have a book on hold called The woman in cabin 10. Anyone read or heard of that? Read gone girl and girl on a train. Both good. I'm thinking woman in cabin 10 might have the same feel.

Originally Posted by Watchthemiddle

I love this thread and not only do I have a library card, I use the Overdrive app to check out books from my library to my phone.

Currently reading A Simple Plan. Older book turned movie, but intriguing.

I stared American gods by author Neil Gaiman but only made it through about 20%. Anyone else read it??

I have a book on hold called The woman in cabin 10. Anyone read or heard of that? Read gone girl and girl on a train. Both good. I'm thinking woman in cabin 10 might have the same feel.

I enjoyed Simple Plan. Good book.

American Gods--I bought it. I read the first chapter, and thought, one day I'll have to give this book a real go. One day.

*just* finished The Border by Robert MacCammon. Swan Song, one of his early books, was a real experience in my life, I read it when I was 11 or 12, and that was in the 80's when nukes and nuclear holocaust were big and powerful ideas for a kid. This book reminded me of Swan Song, and I enjoyed it very much.

I just finished reading the newest book in Brent Weeks Lightbringer series, right now I'm re-reading Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle (The Eragon books) while I wait on Brandon Sanderson to hurry the heck up and release a new book for me to enjoy

Reading The Lies of Locke Lamora.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

I enjoyed Simple Plan. Good book.

American Gods--I bought it. I read the first chapter, and thought, one day I'll have to give this book a real go. One day.

*just* finished The Border by Robert MacCammon. Swan Song, one of his early books, was a real experience in my life, I read it when I was 11 or 12, and that was in the 80's when nukes and nuclear holocaust were big and powerful ideas for a kid. This book reminded me of Swan Song, and I enjoyed it very much.

I love American God, great book! They are actually making it into a TV series I believe. I don't think I've ever gone though a Neil Gaiman book I didn't like. Some of his best are Coraline, Neverwhere, Stardust, Ocean at The End of the Lane and Anansi Boys

recently finished "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch. It's the first of the trilogy or some such. Would appeal to fans of Game of Thrones. Not as good as the Rothfuss or Abercrombie books, but it's highly rated.

Dug back into The Inheritance of Rome the last couple of days.