xmiyux

I am probably going to put Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest aside for a week or two and try to read Decision Points as well.

Canis Firebrand

Set aside the book I was reading and started on this thanks to a thread in Other.



I'm about a good halfway through it, pretty interesting so far.

Sessa17

Cory02

Just finished:

tarfrimmer

Finished Impact by Douglas Preston



Started Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

mlemmond

How was this? I've been thinking about picking it up.

scarface983

Started:

Travis McClain

Late last night, I finished Devil May Care. The literary James Bond is recognizable in the book, which was nice. Faulks also did a good job infusing a lot of travelogue-type settings and information, a la Fleming and I liked Scarlett. The villain's plot was so-so; it was fairly recycled, but placed in a sort of Da Vinci Code-type conspiracy trying to connect events from Vietnam to 9/11 (while staying entirely in the 1960s). Some of it was interesting and felt like a Bond novel and some of it felt entirely contrived like a Bond imitation.

On the whole, I'm placing it in the "Average" list for the year, but I'd nudge readers of Fleming's novels to take a gander. It's a decent enough coda to his series.

movieking

A book that Stephen King called the best mystery of the decade:

josh4040

Nearly finished with

Cory02

Just finished:



and

Lucalias

How are these? I've been wanting to pick up some more books on medicine. So far I've only read Atul Gawande's books and Frank Vertosick Jr's When The Air Hits Your Brain. I'd love some good recommendations

Lateralus

Cory02

They were both pretty good. Both are focused on the author's story first (a Notre Dame grad who worked construction for a while before deciding to go to med school then supporting his growing family while doing his residency at the Mayo clinic) and medicine second.

My favorite book on medicine is:



You can't go wrong with anything Ruhlman writes, regardless of the subject.

Lucalias

Thanks, I'll check it out!

Mr. Salty

Just started:

Nick Danger

Just finished The Martian Chronicles. I still enjoy it as an adult.

Thanks, Supermallet!

kd5

Just finished:




And subsequently started:






-kd5-

Drop

I really want to read this too, and I plan on getting it for my Kindle, but anyone that wants to read the whole thing or sample Twain unfiltered, The Mark Twain Project has posted it online for free: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1

It includes this wonderful "Web-only textual apparatus", which is a nifty system that gives further insight into what Twain is talking about, as well as a look at his writing process.

As for what I'm reading, I'm towards the end of The Illuminatus Trilogy, really enjoying it, just taking my time, started it back in September.

Sessa17

Just finished the first Mistborn book.

Now I'm starting (since goodreads sent me a free copy) . . . .

xmiyux

Why did Goodreads send you a copy?

Also, let us know what you think of the book - it looks like something I would at least pick up and flip over for the blurb on the back.

Travis McClain

Found this at Half Price Books last Wednesday. Have wanted to read it since seeing the movie years ago, and thought it would be a nice thing to tide me over until my winter reading schedule.

conscience

Please tell us how you liked it. I enjoyed reading it and seeing what was changed for the film. Hilarious, cringe-worthy (in a completely positive way) book.

Reading:

Cory02

Now reading:

Travis McClain

For me, the greatest appeal of finishing the novel will be going to the Blu-ray and listening to the commentary track by the author. It's rare that the author of the source material gets his or her own commentary track on a movie, and that rather excited me. I expect him to reference his novel throughout, though, so I figured I ought to read it first.

I made it 70-71 pages into it by the time I went to bed last night and laughed aloud several times at the strange phrasing. One thing I never thought I'd say is, "Thank God I've sat through a ton of Sex & the City" so I have some sense of recognition about all the fashion designers whose names are dropped in every sentence.

I understand it's reflective of Bateman's obsession with detail, but it was a chore to get through a couple of dinner scenes with page-long paragraphs detailing every article of clothing worn by each person. It's a very smart writing choice, and well done, but it's a bit like when I trudged through Bill Clinton's My Life, having to wade through the names of everyone whose hand he ever shook to get to the actual narrative.

One more thing: I enjoy keeping up with the music referenced in books, and then later working on a sort of soundtrack playlist. American Psycho is great for this!