Nokra Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 11 hours ago, gamer.tv said: and I have a Richard Dawkins book as well. Which one? Besides "The God Delusion", I really enjoyed "Unweaving the Rainbow" and I've purchased but have not yet read "The Greatest Show on Earth". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Nokra said: Which one? Besides "The God Delusion", I really enjoyed "Unweaving the Rainbow" and I've purchased but have not yet read "The Greatest Show on Earth". The Ancestor’s tale - I think 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 8/25/2023 at 9:26 AM, thewhyteboar said: Forgot to update. This was the first in a series, pretty good mystery. I got the second one but instead I decided to read a Western, The Shopkeeper by James D. Best. That was also the first in a series, but it was nothing special so I doubt I’ll track them down. The main character was too much like a superhero—rich, clever, and an amazing shot? Lame. Started The Diary of a Country Priest, by Georges Bernanos. I forgot to update (again). I wasn't clicking with that book, so I dropped it and started The Virginian, by Owen Wister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 20 hours ago, gamer.tv said: The Ancestor’s tale - I think Ah nice, I own that one too but haven't read it yet. It's a beast of a book! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Finished up The Deadlands: Trapped the second book in the series. It's about a dinosaur series, think more serious/mature Land Before Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Now onto Saving Emma by Allen Eskens. I've read all this guy's books in the last year and this one released yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 didn't end up starting Holly and instead started The Dead Take the A Train, quite twisted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 finished up Jo Nesbo's upcoming The Night House and have to say it's quite trippy. Of course when a book starts with a kid getting eaten by a phone you're pretty much guaranteed it's a crazy story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: finished up Jo Nesbo's upcoming The Night House and have to say it's quite trippy. Of course when a book starts with a kid getting eaten by a phone you're pretty much guaranteed it's a crazy story. I got that preordered for Kindle. Was thinking about reading it on vacation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 12 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I got that preordered for Kindle. Was thinking about reading it on vacation. Where are you going on vacation? Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 1 minute ago, best3444 said: Where are you going on vacation? Reveal hidden contents she's headed to Japan if I am not mistaken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Just now, EternallDarkness said: she's headed to Japan if I am not mistaken Lol I know I was being sarcastic hence the emoji. She's mentioned it several times and I'm just teasing her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Just now, EternallDarkness said: she's headed to Japan if I am not mistaken He knows, he's just making fun of me for being super excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Just now, best3444 said: Lol I know I was being sarcastic hence the emoji. She's mentioned it several times and I'm just teasing her. I'm going to the FOOKIN' KIRBY CAFE, BITCH. Oh yeah, his friend also made us reservations for the FF14 cafe. I might be more excited if there's other FF merch there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Yeah I know. We all know you're headed for Japan....and many of us are jealous (at least I am ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 31 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: Yeah I know. We all know you're headed for Japan....and many of us are jealous (at least I am ) I'm definitely jealous. 😩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Started Lone Women by Victor Lavelle. I think I just have 2 more stories to go in Just After Sunset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 So, I’ve (finally) finished Wuthering Heights. It’ll go in that list of books where I can’t quite understand why anyone likes any of the characters as my impression of the various Heathcliff’s and Cathy’s was a cycle of emotional/physical abuse. Maybe that was the point but as a book for leisure, I could do without it. I’m now reading the Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading for work and The World According to Garp for pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Got my copy of The Armor of Light by Ken Follett today and I started on it at work tonight. Kingsbridge series is probably my favorite of all time and I was really hyped for this. Hoping I can finish it before we fly next Saturday because I really don’t wanna take this data’s book in my carry-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Got my copy of The Armor of Light by Ken Follett today and I started on it at work tonight. Kingsbridge series is probably my favorite of all time and I was really hyped for this. Hoping I can finish it before we fly next Saturday because I really don’t wanna take this data’s book in my carry-on. I think I've read two in that series. I enjoyed both of them, just never caught up with the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 9 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: I think I've read two in that series. I enjoyed both of them, just never caught up with the others. I love huge, historical epics like this. Follett has plucky heroes you want to root for and the worst villains you love to hate. My favorite so far has been the first, Pillars of the Earth, but I've loved them all and this one is shaping it to be great. I also discovered an older book called Trinity: A Novel of Ireland by Leon Uris and I look forward to starting it in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 11:20 AM, thewhyteboar said: I forgot to update (again). I wasn't clicking with that book, so I dropped it and started The Virginian, by Owen Wister. That was rather beautifully written. You can see how many Western tropes originated with this book. Now reading If They Move…Kill ‘Em! A biography on Sam Peckinpah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I finished the Follett book in 4 days. Enjoyed it. Probably my least favorite of the series, but it was still quite good, considering how much a love the others. Read The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa Matlin in one shift, it was short and quick. Now reading All Hallows by Christopher Golden. Spooky season and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I finished the Follett book in 4 days. Enjoyed it. Probably my least favorite of the series, but it was still quite good, considering how much a love the others. Read The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa Matlin in one shift, it was short and quick. Now reading All Hallows by Christopher Golden. Spooky season and all. Read The Stranger Upstairs over the summer, definitely wasn't what I expected. I seem to remember liking All Hallows, though I thought it getting released last year in Jan or Feb was so dang odd for a book centered around Halloween Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: Read The Stranger Upstairs over the summer, definitely wasn't what I expected. I seem to remember liking All Hallows, though I thought it getting released last year in Jan or Feb was so dang odd for a book centered around Halloween Yeah, that ending was wild. I hated the MC, but it was engaging for a day. Had All Hallows for a while, but I’ve been saving it for October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Yeah, that ending was wild. I hated the MC, but it was engaging for a day. yeah it was odd. I think we were supposed to dislike her. Heck, no one in the book was all that likable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 got around to reading the second book in the Creature Feature short stories series Amazon put out the other week. Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix, very cool and creepy tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 So after Wuthering Heights, I rad the Art and Science of Reading which was cracking (if you’re a person that teaches children). Now reading The World According to Garp which has been good so far, along with a Cognitive Science book called Initium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/2/2023 at 7:59 PM, thewhyteboar said: That was rather beautifully written. You can see how many Western tropes originated with this book. Now reading If They Move…Kill ‘Em! A biography on Sam Peckinpah. Quite enjoyed that bio. It put a lot of things on my watchlist, gotta see if so can find a copy of Noon Wine. I really have no idea how Peckinpah managed to make any movies with how he treated studios and how they treated him (not to mention his own addiction issues). I know The Wild Bunch is his masterpiece, but I still maintain that Pat Garret and Billy the Kid is truly his best. It is a perfect eulogy and coda to the West, not just the West as a time and place, but also an elegy to the genre. I started The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, by Michael Ondaatje. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I started Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub, but that was on the flight and I haven’t read a word since. No time. We’re out all day and when we get back to the Airbnb we’re all just exhausted and shower and fall asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 11:29 AM, thewhyteboar said: Quite enjoyed that bio. It put a lot of things on my watchlist, gotta see if so can find a copy of Noon Wine. I really have no idea how Peckinpah managed to make any movies with how he treated studios and how they treated him (not to mention his own addiction issues). I know The Wild Bunch is his masterpiece, but I still maintain that Pat Garret and Billy the Kid is truly his best. It is a perfect eulogy and coda to the West, not just the West as a time and place, but also an elegy to the genre. I started The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, by Michael Ondaatje. That is something that’s gonna stay in my guts for awhile. The book is a mix of prose and poetry, telling the story of Billy from his point of view. The violence is deeply visceral—some of the most disturbing passages I’ve ever read—while the moments of calm can be just as neatly serene. I read a Kindle version but I think I’ll need to get a print version someday that I can mark up. I started Ride the Pink Horse, by Dorothy B. Hughes. It’s supposed to be a classic crime/noir story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 On 10/15/2023 at 1:58 PM, thewhyteboar said: That is something that’s gonna stay in my guts for awhile. The book is a mix of prose and poetry, telling the story of Billy from his point of view. The violence is deeply visceral—some of the most disturbing passages I’ve ever read—while the moments of calm can be just as neatly serene. I read a Kindle version but I think I’ll need to get a print version someday that I can mark up. I started Ride the Pink Horse, by Dorothy B. Hughes. It’s supposed to be a classic crime/noir story. I enjoyed that noir. Had a lively theme of Catholicism running through, which I always enjoy. I’ll track down something else by the other if I want to go back to the genre. Time for another Western, Valdez is Coming, by Elmore Leonard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 On 10/25/2023 at 10:15 PM, thewhyteboar said: I enjoyed that noir. Had a lively theme of Catholicism running through, which I always enjoy. I’ll track down something else by the other if I want to go back to the genre. Time for another Western, Valdez is Coming, by Elmore Leonard. Fantastic Western. I need to see the movie someday. I also read Stoner by John Williams, which definitely lived up to the hype--"The best book you've never read" is the blurb on the cover. I now have read 3 of John Williams' 4 novels. Each of them are wonderful and so different from the other. I haven't settle on a new novel yet, but I'm going back and forth between Elmore Leonard short stories, a few chapters of Moby Dick, and a new book on the directing team of Powell and Pressburger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Getting hyped for the movie Napoleon in a few weeks and curious what the best reads are on his life? I’m sure @Commissar SFLUFAN has one or two recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, rc0101 said: Getting hyped for the movie Napoleon in a few weeks and curious what the best reads are on his life? I’m sure @Commissar SFLUFAN has one or two recommendations? This one is widely-regarded as the definitive biography for Napoleon: Napoleon by Andrew Roberts: 9780143127857 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books WWW.PENGUINRANDOMHOUSE.COM The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize,... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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