Anybody read a good book lately?

General_Failure · April 11, 2008, 07:50:45 AM

Don't reread the books you read as a kid. You'll regret it. No matter what it was, they didn't age well.

Phanatic · April 11, 2008, 10:55:53 AM

Your probably right... I should just leave it as a positive impression and move on...

Diomedes · April 12, 2008, 08:00:06 AM

That's probably half my issue with Gibson. Last time I read his writing I was in high school.

General_Failure · April 17, 2008, 05:17:41 PM

Finished up all the short stories in I Am Legend. I'm going to start a petition to have a warning label put on this book. It will say:

Warning: 1950's ham-fisted pulp.

PhillyPhreak54 · May 11, 2008, 12:30:46 AM

So I'm on Amazon looking at the reviews for the latest Sandford book and this is the first one that pops up...

QuoteHey . . . where's the Kindle version? Minnesota may be the land of 10,000 lakes but how about caring about some trees as well?

Sandford and pub -

Look at the newly released works by your contemporaries - Kellerman, Coben, Baldacci . . . all available in ecologically (and economically) sound Kindle format.

I've read every Sandford work to date . . . but my eco-terrorist days are over. No more hardbacks. Make Phantom Prey available in a $9.99 Kindle version and I'll download it immediately. Otherwise, I'll take the same route I do with overpriced, first run movies . . . wait for Netflix . . . or in this case, wait for a second or third run book version also available in Kindle format for about $7.49 - like previous Sandford publications now available for Kindles.

Cerevant · May 11, 2008, 08:25:20 AM

Hmmm...I wonder if the Kindle is RoHS compliant? (Hazardous materials free). It is easier to grow a new tree than to clean up lead and cadmium...

rjs246 · May 12, 2008, 01:15:34 PM

I re-read World War Z last week. It was amazing. Again. There's something wrong with me.

Wingspan · May 12, 2008, 01:16:46 PM

I just read world war z about 2 months ago.

Pretty good. Some of the chapters made me think a little more than i expected to.

mussa · May 12, 2008, 03:30:41 PM

you guys do know they are making a movie from that book right?

rjs246 · May 12, 2008, 03:41:50 PM

Yes.

NGM · May 14, 2008, 05:33:15 PM

I was looking for a good Mystery/Suspense or Whodunit book to pick up. Does anyone have any suggestions.

PhillyPhreak54 · May 14, 2008, 06:41:37 PM

The Appeal - John Grisham

Wild Fire - Nelson DeMille

The Prey Series (about 20 books) - John Sandford

Jack Reacher series - Lee Child

Diomedes · May 14, 2008, 07:08:05 PM

Quote from: NGM on May 14, 2008, 05:33:15 PM
I was looking for a good Mystery/Suspense or Whodunit book to pick up. Does anyone have any suggestions.

You've read Raymond Chandler I presume? Dashiell Hammett? Eric Ambler?

Seabiscuit36 · May 15, 2008, 07:45:33 AM

Charlottes Web

Zanshin · May 15, 2008, 10:39:24 AM

Quote from: Diomedes on May 14, 2008, 07:08:05 PM
Quote from: NGM on May 14, 2008, 05:33:15 PM
I was looking for a good Mystery/Suspense or Whodunit book to pick up. Does anyone have any suggestions.

You've read Raymond Chandler I presume? Dashiell Hammett? Eric Ambler?

There are a few MacDonalds worth reading, too:

Ross MacDonald (Lew Archer), Gregory McDonald (Fletch), John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee)

You might also want to check out older Robert B. Parker (Spenser) stuff, or some Dennis Lehane-- you might like Shutter Island, in particular. James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux) is an excellent writer, too.