Anybody read a good book lately?

[rjs246]

I have no idea if I've posted in this thread in the past but anyone who likes fiction and unique writing style should check out Satanic Verses by Rushdie. Absolutely unlike anything I've ever read.

[SD_Eagle5]

[Star Wars Geek]
I bought Star Wars:'Revenge of the Sith' lastnight and finished it today. It's over 400 pages long and is really well written. Obviously if you don't want to know the plot and details of the next film I recommend not buying it. Of course, if you know anything at all about Star Wars what's revealed in the book is not much of a surprise.

I'm going to start Star Wars: 'Labyrinth of Evil' next. It takes place right before ROTS and deals a lot with General Grievous and the Clone Wars.
[/Star Wars Geek]

[General_Failure]

Just finished Pattern Recognition. A nice change from Dan Brown's stuff. Obnoxious, flawed characters, slow moving plot, and the story wasn't half bad either. I'll probably have to read it again to catch everything, but it was worth reading the first time.

[henchmanUK]

I am going to start reading Friday Night Lights today. Any good? The movie doesn't come out over here until next month, so I thought I'd better read the book first.

[Diomedes]

I am going to start reading Friday Night Lights today. Any good? The movie doesn't come out over here until next month, so I thought I'd better read the book first.

Very good book.  I think you'll enjoy it.

[General_Failure]

But you have to read it slowly, and with a Texas drawl.

[henchmanUK]

But you have to read it slowly, and with a Texas drawl.

No way. I read everything with a fleshpop Van Dyke comedy Cockney accent.

[Father Demon]

I just finished "Under and Alone" by Billy Queen last week.  The true story of an undercover ATF agent who infiltrated the Mongols motorcycle gang.  He was patched in, and even was elected into an officer position all while gathering information for the largest and most damaging investigation into the world of bikers.

A good, entertaining read.  Knowing what this guy had to go through for 2 1/2 years, and how it affected him emotionally was very interesting.

[General_Failure]

Didn't Charlie Sheen do a movie about that?

[Father Demon]

Good call



That movie was about another undercover guy, but still based on a true story.  I'll have to look into it....

[mussa]

I bought slaughter-house 5 by vonnegut last night.

also bought a book called Ghost Wars.  The secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden from soviet invasion to sept. 10 2001. written by steve coll.  looks like a very interesting book.

anybody read these two?

[rjs246]

Slaughterhouse 5 is great. But it's exactly the same sort of story as his other books. If you've read one, you've sort of read them all. Good stuff though.

[SD_Eagle5]

Slaughterhouse 5 is great. But it's exactly the same sort of story as his other books. If you've read one, you've sort of read them all. Good stuff though.

Vonnegut's my favorite writer. Aside from his writing style, characters names, and the political/social/religous undertone in all of his books, they're completely different.

[RomeyRome]

No it's not the same old story, it is a new version.  For the Koontz fans, there is also a book called Velocity coming out in May.

Has anyone read this, or read "The Taking" by Koontz?

[rjs246]

Slaughterhouse 5 is great. But it's exactly the same sort of story as his other books. If you've read one, you've sort of read them all. Good stuff though.

Vonnegut's my favorite writer. Aside from his writing style, characters names, and the political/social/religous undertone in all of his books, they're completely different.

No way dude. Completely the same.  In every single way. Seriously, I'm never wrong.