Really enjoyed both of the Gillian Flynn's books, but both had endings that seemed rushed and to me, unsatisfactory. Regardless, I'd recommend them both.
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Just to start off the month
lopper
06-04-10, 05:10 PM
Just finished:
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Will finish this weekend:
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Will start next week:
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The Bus
06-05-10, 01:27 PM
Just finished:
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Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger
Now reading:
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Michael Chabon's The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Dr Mabuse
06-05-10, 05:17 PM
I've been re-reading probably the greatest sci-fi compendium ever:
'Famous Science-Fiction Stories' edited by Raymond J. Healy. This is stories from the classic era and it has the best of the best in authors and stories. I had forgotten how good stuff like 'Black Destroyer', 'He Who Shrank', 'Who Goes There', and 'Requiem' were. What a blast.
List of stories below.
Introduction '46 Healy & McComas essay
Requiem '40 Robert A. Heinlein story
Forgetfulness '37 John W. Campbell [as Don A. Stuart] story
Nerves '42 Lester del Rey novella
The Sands of Time '37 P. Schuyler Miller novella
The Proud Robot '43 Henry Kuttner [as Lewis Padgett] story
Seeds of the Dusk '38 Raymond Z. Gallun story
Black Destroyer [Space Beagle] '39 A.E. van Vogt story
Symbiotica [Jay Score/Marathon] '43 Eric Frank Russell story
Heavy Planet '39 Milton A. Rothman [as Lee Gregor] story
Time Locker '43 Henry Kuttner [as Lewis Padgett] story
The Link '42 Cleve Cartmill story
Mechanical Mice '41 Eric F. Russell [as Maurice G. Hugi] story
V-2: Rocket Cargo Ship '45 Willy Ley essay
Adam & No Eve '41 Alfred Bester story
Nightfall '41 Isaac Asimov story
A Matter of Size '34 Harry Bates novella
As Never Was '44 P. Schuyler Miller story
Q.U.R. '43 Anthony Boucher story
Who Goes There? '38 John W. Campbell [as Don A. Stuart] novella
The Roads Must Roll '40 Robert A. Heinlein story
Asylum '42 A.E. van Vogt story
Quietus '40 Ross Rocklynne story
The Twonky '42 Henry Kuttner/C.L. Moore [as Lewis Padgett] story
Time-Travel Happens! '39 A.M. Phillips essay
Robot's Return '38 Robert Moore Williams story
The Blue Giraffe '39 L. Sprague de Camp story
Flight into Darkness '43 J.F. McComas [as Webb Marlowe] story
The Weapons Shop '42 A.E. van Vogt story
Farewell to the Master '40 Harry Bates story
Within the Pyramid '37 R. DeWitt Miller story
He Who Shrank '36 Henry Hasse novella
By His Bootstraps '41 Rbt Heinlein [as Anson MacDonald] novella
The Star Mouse '42 Fredric Brown story
Correspondence Course '45 Raymond F. Jones story
Brain '32 S. Fowler Wright story
The Making of Star Wars
Just started this last night and the book is fucking packed. I think it will take a year to read it cover to cover. :lol: Looks like the Making of Empire is scheduled for release in the fall. I best get busy.
The spin on this 'Making of' book is that 90% of it is comprised of archived interviews and notes pulled from before the film's release giving a fresh perspective on the film before it became a juggernaut. I'm only 15 pages in and it's already super fascinating.
I also picked up American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson. I think I'll start that this weekend.
Tommy Ceez
06-08-10, 09:31 AM
For My Goodreads Book Clubs
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And For the DVDTALK BOOK CLUB (!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Still reading Roger Zelazny's The Great Book Of Amber (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Amber-Complete-Chronicles/dp/0380809060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276011327&sr=1-1).....long book, and I don't have as much time to read as I used to. -kd5-
Dont know about Blackade Billy but alot of people feel UNDER THE DOME was a return to form
I've heard similar rumblings about UNDER THE DOME. I haven't read King in a very long time, but I've always loved his voice. The last thing I read that he wrote was the Green Mile when it was coming out in the monthly novellas.
I think I'll take a trip to the bookstore (aka amazon) and pick these up.
Yeah, a lot of people loved it. Not me, I thought it really dragged, but here at least I was clearly in the minority.
While the final reveal left a lot to be desired, the book as a whole was definitely King's best work in quite some time. Big Jim Rennie was was the most evil & sadistic bastard this side of Pennywise and Randal Flagg.
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I just finished Shit My Dads Says and really enjoyed it. Quick read but really enjoyable.
movieking
06-13-10, 05:24 AM
I just finished Shit My Dads Says and really enjoyed it. Quick read but really enjoyable.
Just finished it, and really enjoyed it as well. Some of the stuff was laugh out loud funny. I had the expectation that the Dad would be some neanderthal with no education, but he was actually quite the opposite. Definitely recommended.
darkside
06-14-10, 12:09 AM
Just finished it, and really enjoyed it as well. Some of the stuff was laugh out loud funny. I had the expectation that the Dad would be some neanderthal with no education, but he was actually quite the opposite. Definitely recommended.
At first I thought it would just be a list of his dad's quotes from the Twitter feed, but it turned out to be a really touching and laugh out loud story of his dad and how his dad had impacted his life. It has some great dad quotes as well, but was a great all around book.
For me I just finished another stack of Nero Wolfe novels I won't bother listing. Rex Stout's work was incredibly consistent throughout his writing career and no matter what decade you decide to grab a book from you are in for an enjoyable read.
Currently I'm also working on these:
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Street Gang sounded like a book I would love, but Michael Davis is an extremely long winded and dry writer. I'm 6 chapters in and really haven't read much of interest. He spends too much time on back story of little interest and even when he hits on something good his writing style still makes it boring. I'll try and finish it, but I'm just not clicking with this author.
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Ginwen
06-14-10, 01:01 AM
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I usually don't like fantasy but I did like the other books in this series a lot, so hopefully this one's good too.
Currently I'm also working on these:
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Street Gang sounded like a book I would love, but Michael Davis is an extremely long winded and dry writer. I'm 6 chapters in and really haven't read much of interest. He spends too much time on back story of little interest and even when he hits on something good his writing style still makes it boring. I'll try and finish it, but I'm just not clicking with this author.
Let me know if it gets better, if so, I'd be interested in reading it.
Only about 200 pages in but this one seems to flow better than The Girl who Played with Fire. I like how all 3 books seem to deal with different issues within Swedish society. You do have to read the second book as this one is a continuation of that book.
My wife has taken over my ereader to read a couple of my recommendations, so I have to put a hold on Greatest Trade Ever. I am about halfway through number 4 in the Elvis Cole series:
Only about 200 pages in but this one seems to flow better than The Girl who Played with Fire. I like how all 3 books seem to deal with different issues within Swedish society. You do have to read the second book as this one is a continuation of that book.
read that last week and loved it. I think it's easily the best book of the trilogy - you can really see how Larsson was maturing as a writer and storyteller. the way he weaves it all together is really enthralling. Made me all the sadder that he died so young and we won't get any more of them :(
Before that I finished this one...excellent retelling of the Battle of Moscow - the winter before Stalingrad.
Just finished Operation Mincemeat which was a very good history of WWII espionage.
Just started the Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent and it is a surprisingly well researched and very well written book. The crappy Prima cover makes it look cheap, but Steven Kent did an excellent job.
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Cory02
06-23-10, 12:37 PM
how was this book?
Sorry...didn't see this until now. It was good..not great but not awful either. A good, thorough history of the company and the author didn't seem to shy away from some of the bad things, either.
This book is a true romantic and I'm sure you will enjoy it. Noah & Allie have a great love that no one can break nor can see. :) I love the movie also.
I started The Supergirls by Mike Madrid on 16 June. I've got about a quarter of it to go. Fairly interesting for a comics reader like myself, but I've got some nitpicks. Firstly, I wish Madrid would have done a better job of naming the editors and creators responsible for the specific story elements he cites throughout. Secondly, I think he relied a bit too much on a working familiarity of comics continuity--or misjudged how much needed to be clear up front. He's referenced events affected by Crisis on Infinite Earths a few times, and I think it would have helped the average reader if he'd explained how that worked the first time he mentioned it instead of postponing it.
I checked this out from the library a week ago and just now took the time to read it. I prefer Jeff Smith's artwork for the Bone world, but Charles Vess's looks alright. It's chock full of spoilers, so I wouldn't advise new readers to start here--even though chronologically it precedes the series proper. And there's the rub; having already seen what happens and why, I wasn't as wowed by seeing the beginning of Smith's epic as I might otherwise have been.
It's akin to why fans who grew up with the Prequel Trilogy can never appreciate the significance of The Empire Strikes Back, and fans who grew up with the Original Trilogy find so little of interest in the prequels. I'm just glad this was 1) finally put back into print and 2) available from my local library because the original printing was outrageously expensive on the secondary market by the time I finally got myself to read Bone a couple years ago.
Pixie Song
06-27-10, 02:30 PM
I'm reading something called Numb3rs by Rachel Ward. I'm not too invested in it, though. I'm just getting through so I can figure out what next to read.
Ginwen
06-27-10, 03:37 PM
I read these over the last couple of days:
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It's funny, I think this falls under the "sexy urban fantasy" genre but it's taken 2.5 books to get to an actual sex scene. I'm enjoying the series so far but I'll probably take a break around book 5 or so.
It's funny, I think this falls under the "sexy urban fantasy" genre but it's taken 2.5 books to get to an actual sex scene. I'm enjoying the series so far but I'll probably take a break around book 5 or so.
I have read at least 3 or 4 of these books and have enjoyed them all. I didn't find them to have much sex at all. Nothing like the Anita Blake series.
movieking
06-28-10, 07:40 AM
Still waiting on getting my e-reader back from my wife to get back into Greatest Trade Ever, but until then, I've been picking at some paperbacks that I've had kicking around forever. Next up:
I read these over the last couple of days:
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I just read all three of those as well (plus the first Scott Sigler book, Infected) Highly enjoyable. I want another Mayberry book from that series.
I'm currently reading The Passage, which I'm not totally in love with but it's ok. I recently started the Jack Reacher series from Lee Child. I know they are like 15 books in the series but they are decent reads. Except people shrug too much. I read a review that mentioned this, and now I can't stop seeing it. Many times, it's completely unnecessary too...the characters shrug and say something when they could just say something. It's weird.
Geofferson
06-28-10, 10:55 AM
I recently started the Jack Reacher series from Lee Child. I know they are like 15 books in the series but they are decent reads. Except people shrug too much. I read a review that mentioned this, and now I can't stop seeing it. Many times, it's completely unnecessary too...the characters shrug and say something when they could just say something. It's weird.
That's a good observation. I am currently finishing book 3 (Tripwire) and have noticed that. Child's prose is often purely functional. Despite the length of his books, the style sometimes reminds me of Richard Stark's Parker series.
Ginwen
06-28-10, 11:00 PM
I just read all three of those as well (plus the first Scott Sigler book, Infected) Highly enjoyable. I want another Mayberry book from that series.
I will definitely read more if Maberry writes more of those--I really enjoyed both of them. As far as Contagious, it was ok, but Infected was better due to the incredibly high cringe factor in Infected.
Edit: Looks like the next one in the Joe Ledger series is King of Plagues in 2011. I'll probably read the Zombie book he has coming out in September (Rot and Ruin) too, I read the short story it's based on and it was quite good.
I will definitely read more if Maberry writes more of those--I really enjoyed both of them. As far as Contagious, it was ok, but Infected was better due to the incredibly high cringe factor in Infected.
Never been a big "horror" book fan, besides reading most of Stephen King's stuff...and "Infected" was easily the most uncomfortable book I've ever read. It was so descriptive I could feel it.
movieking
06-30-10, 01:46 PM
Great book. Already have the second one coming. Going to try and get my hands on the first film from Sweden.
The movies are not anywhere close to the books in terms of quality, especially the third movie (which was a complete mess).
Sessa17
06-30-10, 01:57 PM
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Great book. Already have the second one coming.
I highly suggest reading another book & taking a break before starting the next book. Only because they are so good & such quick reads, once you read all three, you know there will be nothing more by the author.
Nefarious
06-30-10, 03:20 PM
I highly suggest reading another book & taking a break before starting the next book. Only because they are so good & such quick reads, once you read all three, you know there will be nothing more by the author.
There was an article on the series in Entertainment Weekly and that indicated there might be a 4th, unfinished, novel on the laptop in the possession of his longtime girlfriend. There's a big war over Larsson's estate between her and his father & brother.
I highly suggest reading another book & taking a break before starting the next book. Only because they are so good & such quick reads, once you read all three, you know there will be nothing more by the author.
I did just that. Partly for the reasons you stated and partly because it wasn't here from Amazon yet :p (arrived today).
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