Anybody read a good book lately?

[Wingspan]

I'm reading a pretty cool book right now called "Lovely Bones". Its a story told through the eyes of a 14 year old girl who was murdered and is now in "her heaven". She sees her family grieve and fall apart, friends move on and grow up without her and the murderer try to cover his tracks. Some pretty gory shtein, but a really great perspective.

Kind of reminds me of the Showtime series, "Dead Like Me" only in the show, there is no murderer...just a toilet seat. LOL

i've actually read that book. the author of that book (who's name i cant remember) is from the main line (malvern, pa).

she has another book called lucky, in which she is not so...

i thought both of her books kind of lose a little steam after about 3/4 of the way though it. she does provide very interesting perspectives on events.

[NGM]

Angels and Demons is 10x better than the Da Vinci code.  Also The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.

[Drunkmasterflex]

I recently read a book called the Bedford Boys.   It is about a small town in Virginia and the price that it paid on June 6, 1944.  It is truly a heart wrenching story, I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in WWII history.

[Yeti]

Just finished Wolves of Calla, book five in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series.  Some of his books tie into the series, Salems Lot, Black House, Hearts of Atlantis which is pretty cool.  I like Stephen King's style of writing and I like the way he uses a name or a detail from another story as sort of a "private joke" between him and his "constant reader".  Don't let the movies put you off, they do the books no justice.  If you want a good Stephen King book to start off with, The Stand is great.  Best book I read by Dean Koontz was The Watcher.  That was one smart dog!  Just finished Henry James Turn of the Screw from the 1800's.  Lost something in the antiquity of the language.

[General_Failure]

I tried reading King before, but couldn't get into it. I didn't get very far into Misery. I'm pretty sure that's which one it was.

[MURP]

Misery was actually a good Stephen King movie.  Nothing like Kathy Bates to get your balls shrinkin.

[Yeti]

Just for you Murp.

[MURP]

lol.   I almost blew chunks when i saw that in About Schmidt.

[Spackle]

lol.   I almost blew chunks when i saw that in About Schmidt.

i almost blew chunks when i saw that movie period
absolutely terrible
i've had more excitement watching grass grow

[MURP]

good point, it blew chunks all around.

[RomeyRome]

Strangers -- Dean Koontz
Almost 700 pages long, does a novel writer's version of Quenten Tarantino, jumping all over the place, different stories/characters, and then weaves them in towards the last third of the book and ends up in a crazy azz place.

[PhillyGirl]

Reading a book called "Blue Blood". Author is a Harvard-educated NYPD officer who wrote the "Cop Diary" columns in the "New Yorker" magazine.

Pretty good so far. About 600 pages of a big hardback book and I'm about 150 into it.

[Philly_Crew]

I'm in the middle of Rizzo by Sal Paolantonio. Very good look at not only former Mayor Frank Rizzo's life, but also the modern history of Philadelphia.

Saw your recommendation and I started the book.  Excellent!

[Philly_Crew]

I just got done with my two week annual training with the PA Army National Guard. Not to be outdone by their active counter part, the NG knows how to play the "hurry up and wait" game just as well. Anyways, I had alot of time to read. I read the "People history of the United States. I am a very patriotic, conservative person, but this book really changed how I view some things. Actually it did not changed my views as much as giving it another perspective. Another good book I read was"They dare to speak out" It was written by ex senator, Paul Findley. The book is about how powerful the Pro-Israel lobby is here in the US, and how much they control our Congress.

Both books were eye openers.

I would recommend every American read "They dare to speak out".  I would argue that our aid to Israel is 100% more to do with Arab terrorism against the United States than because of their hatred of democracy and freedom.  In light of current situation in Israel, this book is a must read for understanding historical response of the US towards Israel and the rest of the middle east.

[Diomedes]

I would argue that our aid to Israel is 100% more to do with Arab terrorism against the United States than because of their hatred of democracy and freedom.

And the evidence which speaks to their goals (i.e. their videotaped statements, press releases, official testimony in detention, etc.) would support your argument.  Al Queda has been clear, consistent and resolved from the beginning:  U.S. out of Israel and Saudi Arabia.  That's their goal.  All this hoo-ha about freedom hating is a bunch of nationalist propaganda.  Read their press releases, listen to their statements.  They want the occupiers out.

I'm reading Graham Greene's Heart of the Matter.  He's one of my favorites.  I've also read The Power and The Glory, The Comedians, Our Man in Havana, and The Quiet American.