Anybody read a good book lately?

[Sgt PSN]

I just re-read the August 1998 issue of Playboy while I was on the throne.  

[satoshi]

I am trying to find time to finish the Catcher in the Rye. That is really interesting to me.

[General_Failure]

I read that in high school, but I didn't get it until I reread it.

[mussa]

I'm reading Stephen King's Dreamcatcher. I'm not a huge fan of him, but this book is really awesome. hehe. SSDD.

SSDD Satoshi, I am too reading this now and it is good.  Although I enjoy alot of Stephen Kings books.  My fav. being the gunslinger series, which is excellant.  

[satoshi]

Mussa, that book is great but the movie sucks. You will be dissapointed if you see it.

[mussa]

i actully saw the movie before the book and yes it did suck.  

[Philly_Crew]

Read the two-income trap.  Good book for couples with children.  It advocates the theory that the reason couples with children have increasing bankruptcy rate is that they get straddled with mortgage payments that require two incomes and if one parent gets sick or laid off..... poof.  They suggest it is directly related to relative quality of schooling and how parents leverage themselves to get a "good" house in a "good" school area.  A way out is to improve schooling everywhere or the voucher system.  Another problem is the growing cost of college education.  Why does every school think it has to have the highest rankings in all categories?  Keep state schools affordable and screw the latest and greatest technology and professors that are more into research than teaching.

[Wingspan]

right now i am in the middle of Stephen Ambrose's "Band of Brothers"...the one that spawned the HBO mini-series of the same name. it's very good.

next on my list is the latest by Harlan Coben, which the title eludes me right now. but if i were to recommend something by him i would tell you to read "Gone for Good" and "Tell No One" very good mystery/suspense novels.

[Zanshin]

right now i am in the middle of Stephen Ambrose's "Band of Brothers"...the one that spawned the HBO mini-series of the same name. it's very good.

next on my list is the latest by Harlan Coben, which the title eludes me right now. but if i were to recommend something by him i would tell you to read "Gone for Good" and "Tell No One" very good mystery/suspense novels.

That's funny.  I run into Harlan Coben on occasion.  Had a pretty good conversation with him at the shop-and-stop not too long ago.  His stuff is toss-away readible, but that's not at all a bad thing.  Nice guy, too.

[Greenfeather]

Anything by Ray Bradbury I highly recommend.

"whatever you do...don't step off the path....

A Sound of Thunder

[RomeyRome]

Dean Koontz

[MURP]

Dean Koontz

i figured you would have shredded through all of his by now!

[Wingspan]

Dean Koontz

i've read one of his books, Demon Seed. which i liked. but never bothered to read anything else by him.

[hbionic]

I just read 'Animal Farm' last night. Very interesting read.

I went out and bought a few books...they were havinga  sale at Barnes. Walden, Adventures of Huckelberry Finn, The Jungle and 1984. Those are on my list...when I finish them...nobody knows.

[RomeyRome]

Dean Koontz

i've read one of his books, Demon Seed. which i liked. but never bothered to read anything else by him.

Honestly that is one of his worst books, IMO.  He has written many books much better than that one.  His other writings are filled with much more imagination, creativity, and suspense then an evil computer-run house that takes over and tries to kill people.  Just so you know and ever consider reading anything else of Koontz works, that one is by far one of his worst, and considering you liked it you would more than likely enjoy other works of his.

i figured you would have shredded through all of his by now!

I'm up around 30 now, just read a book called "The House of Thunder", which may sound like a cheezy name, but was a decent read.  Wasn't one of his best, but was definately one of his more unpredictable books.

I'm about to read a Koontz book called Strangers, which is almost 700 pages long  His books are usually in the 250-400 range, but this one will take awhile.

Hey MURP, have you read anything since that one Koontz book "Dark Rivers of the Heart" you said you read and liked?