read any good books lately...

I'm currently on Book 3 of the five book Mallorean saga by David Eddings.  This is my second time reading this, but it's been a good 15 years since the last time I read this.

stonebeard wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: Arsillus wrote: Dune is one of the greatest books. I just started Atlas Shrugged.   I could never get into Ayn Rand,god knows I tried.I wish you luck.I just finished reading an extremely violent book that is like Lord of the Flies but wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more violent and bloody.It's a Japanese novel called Battle Royale,has anyone read that? I read it once awhile ago, I know they made a film  of it, too. Never seen the film, though. the film is supposed to be excellent. i can't find it anywhere though. i'm gonna check ebay.

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami is a really good book,the manga comics for BR SUCK,and the film is pretty good(if you like Japanese cinema).I have the English subtitled version.My father was a 30 year Navy man and spent all of it in the 7th Fleet(Pacific),and I was born in Subic Bay,Phillipines and spent years on Okinawa,Guam and Japan and really like Japanese culture,food,movies,comics and ANIME.

I read "Sleepers" by Lorenzo Carcaterra and "The Animal Hour" by Andrew Klavan lately. The first is an excellent book on the themes of friendship and revenge (4 boys who have been abused in a penitentiary for boys avenge themselves on their tormentors years later), the second starts out like some weird Hitchcock movie (how would you react if no-one recognized you anymore and, what's more, they even say you are not the person you claim to be?)Recommended reading.

I just finished Hunter S. Thompson's "The Rum Diary". It's about his drunken romp in Puerto Rico in the late 1950s. A good way to look at his writing before his "Gonzo" journalism in the mid to late 60s. Reccommended, if you like twisted reading.

I just started "Ghost Rider" by Neil Peart. So far, so good.

As for as sci-fi/fantasy, I've read a lot of books by Robert Jordan and David Eddings. Also reccommended.

 

I have finished The River God and am now about halfway through a book called Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield.A very thoroughly researched,detailed account of the battle of Thermopylae,where 300 Spartan warriors fought to the death against Persian King Xerxes invading army and in the process killed 20,000 Persians.It offers a fascinating look at the Spartan way of life.Being a military history and ancient cultures buff this is right up my alley.After this I want to read Pressfield's newest book,which deals with Alexander the Great.

James Lee wrote: ^ did you know the film version of "The Rum Diary" is in development (supposed to come out sometime next year)? For better or worse, it's a Johnny Depp pet project. I just hope it'll be more Gilliam-influenced and less Burton-influenced.

Ahh, thanks for letting me know. I'll be sure to see it when it comes out. Depp (most of the time) does a pretty good job, and knew Hunter well.

Just started reading the Dark Tower Book 7:The Dark Tower.I am going to relish this book,read slowly and soak it all in because I have waited a long time for the climax of this series.Is anyone else here into The Dark Tower series?And if you have read this book please NO SPOILERS!!!!!

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.

felixxx wrote: Empathy wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: felixxx wrote: Clive Barker's  Books of blood II  Barker is really good.Have you ever read The Great and Secret Show and it's sequel Everville?If you haven't you should.Imajica is good too. Imajica is brilliant. I loved Weaveworld and the Damnation Game as well. The last thing Barker wrote that I semi-liked was Coldheart Canyon. Weaveworld is my best from Barker! I heard that they are gonna make a movie  based on that book!

Weaveworld is one superbly written book! If they do make a film of it, though, who would play Immacolata?
Speaking of Barker, though, what ever happened to the second book in the 'Galilee' series? I was looking forward to the sequel!

TheProgtologist wrote: Just started reading the Dark Tower Book 7:The Dark Tower.I am going to relish this book,read slowly and soak it all in because I have waited a long time for the climax of this series.Is anyone else here into The Dark Tower series?And if you have read this book please NO SPOILERS!!!!!

Read that one a little while ago - you won't be disappointed; even when it turns out that Roland is in fact a woman!

Damnn - sorry!

TheProgtologist, who appears to have an identical book habit/collection to me wrote: ]I think they have gotten better with each book.Starting with The Prisoner of Azkaban the story started to get very dark.I think with that book HP pretty much stopped being a "kids book".Have you read up to The Order of the Phoenix?If you have you have too keep on,don't you want to see how it all comes out in the end?Only one more book to go.

I've been hooked on HP since book 1 (no kids to blame it on, though ), my wife's just finished the latest book, but I'm currently engrossed in Robin Hobb's 'Liveship' trilogy (well and truly worth a read), so I've got one & a half books of those to go before I can get my yearly hit of Harry Potter - all Vicky will tell me is somebody dies!!!!





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