yea i literally read about 75 pages of Patriot Games and I can see how people could find it entertaining...just not my cup of tea...the writing is just cheesy and not very good. Bout halfway through Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy now and I'm surprisingly impressed with Le Carre's writing , no bells and whistles(i.e. shitty Clancy descriptions)
Speaking of Clancy, it appears Tom Hardy is going to play Clark in the Without Remorse movie. Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner also likely to join the cast.
Reading a long Novel called "Pillar of the Earth" by Ken Follett... Has anyone read it? I'm liking it so far.
i've heard its really good...let us know...my mom has read a bunch of ken follett and apparently thats his best
Brother finished it a couple weeks ago and said it was really good. I'll get around to it eventually.
Finished the first game of thrones book the other week and have been taking a break before school. Been really tempting to pick up book two or ready player one though.
Both are great, but Ready Player One is half as big but such a fun read. I wanna read it again and I read it for the first time a few months ago.
Im in the same boat. I took a break and am reading America Sniper to break it up. All i really wanted to do is get ahead of the TV show, which I am, so I may read a few others before I start a Feast for Crows
ASOIAF does get a bit cumbersome around book 4. I think they may be some of the best books ever written, at least in their genre, but it is almost impossible to hold interests through 4000+ pages all the time. Plus, new characters are always being introduced and at some point, your brain just says, "Fuck it, dude. Slow down."
Read the first two in The Myron Bolitar Series by Harlan Coben. Good quick reads...sports themed murder mysteries
Definitely the hardest to get through. I was humming right along in the series when I got to it. Took more than twice as much time to read it compared to ASOS, even though it's shorter. But the last 25% is good and I've loved ADWD thus far. Just gotta power through.
funny - I just finished Deal Breaker - my wife has been trying to get me to read the Bolitar series for years about to read the first three Michael Connelly books - I've never read them - I started with The Poet - which by the way is the single best thriller book I've ever read - and went from there - years later now I'm circling back to read The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde and The Black Echo
damn i just saw that gary oldman was sirius black...never put that together...he's a god damned chameleon
Yes it is, man. I'm LOVING this book so far. I'm over halfway finished, and haven't been reading it all that long -- it's that good. Amazing.
Anyone familiar with Containment by Christian Cantrell? My Kindle keeps on reccomending it. Looks like an interesting premise: My rating: add to my books Containment by Christian Cantrell (Goodreads Author) 3.67 · rating details · 1,083 ratings · 201 reviewsAs the Earth's ability to support human life begins to diminish at an alarming rate, the Global Space Agency is formed with a single mandate: protect humanity from extinction by colonizing the solar system as quickly as possible. Venus, being almost the same mass as Earth, is chosen over Mars as humanity’s first permanent steppingstone into the universe. Arik Ockley is part of the first generation to be born and raised off-Earth. After a puzzling accident, Arik wakes up to find that his wife is almost three months pregnant. Since the colony’s environmental systems cannot safely support any increases in population, Arik immediately resumes his work on AP, or artificial photosynthesis, in order to save the life of his unborn child. Arik’s new and frantic research uncovers startling truths about the planet, and about the distorted reality the founders of the colony have constructed for Arik’s entire generation. Everything Arik has ever known is called into question, and he must figure out the right path for himself, his wife, and his unborn daughter.(less)
Not familiar, but intrigued. Post a review if you read it. In the same vein, currently reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson about the colonization of Mars.
Man... I'm going to struggle finding a book good enough to read after "Pillars of the Earth" Should I follow it up with the Poet?
Oh thank God. That's what I'm reading next then. Followed by "The Wool: Omnibus Edition" by Hugh Howey per reccomendation of this board. Seems like a good one!
Benefit of that board is you can sort books by topics, or what you're in the mood to read... This thread has everything, and it's harder to find exactly what you want, because we tend to all have different preferences. Like if someone wanted to read "Historical Non-Fiction" I personally would have no interest, but if there was a thread on it they could see some good reccos right away. Flip side is maybe one day you are, and you know it's been discussed in this thread at some point, but it'll take you forever to find. Just my
true, but there's just not enough interest over the wide range of topics...theres probably less than 5 posts on that board a week
I scan this thread all the time and pick up ideas for books I might well not have come across otherwise. Also get a different slant on posters I might have come across in some sports-related thread. Well, except for the TMB Buckeyes. Is there a remedial reading thread?
I am purposefully waiting until after Labor Day. Once that has passed, hopefully we (the readers) will fall into some kind of normalcy and get back in the groove again. My work is starting to level out, so hopefully everything will come together.
Is the movie "Flowers of War" with Christian Bale made off of this book? Pretty solid movie btw, would recommend.
Either way, reading that book - and Unbroken - will make you happy we laid a smack down on them. They were some cruel MFers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre
Just finished Damned by Chuck Palahniuk Now starting Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, saw the trailer for this and was all over Tom Hanks + Wachowski "siblings" working together.