What books are you reading?

[Bushpig]

Notes on European History 1815-1939.

 

[Tone C]

Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp Series

Good books. Gets a little silly after Vince Flynn dies and another writer takes over though.

 

[Tone C]

After all of C.S. Forester's Hornblower books, Patrick O'Brien's Jack Aubrey books, and Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series, I needed more British military men from (made up) history. See also authors Alexander Kent and Allan Mallinson. I'd say Cornwell's my favorite, followed by, Forester, O'Brien, Kent then Mallinson for this genre.

Some of my favourites there too.

You read any of the Pope novels yet ? Good stuff .

Favourite naval writer is probably Forester and the Hornblower novels. Enjoy how you get to see his worries and doubts about himself and his eventual success .

Love the Ramage books although I rather doubt that the crew would have been able to stay together through 20 or so books....

Cornwell I also enjoyed reading but he isn't an author I revisit like Forester or Pope.

The Alexander Kent novels I loved when I was in my 20s and 30s but eventually got fed up with them towards the end of the series and gave them away...

 

[MDoza]

The Pale King, the final posthumously released book from David Foster Wallace.

The subject matter isn’t as entertaining as in his magnum opus Infinite Jest, but his observations, humor, and prose are captivating nonetheless.

 

[Lubaolong]

I also didn't care for The Gunslinger. Hail Mary is good though.

Did you read the rest of the series or stop after the first book?

 

[mb23100]

Did you read the rest of the series or stop after the first book?

Stopped after the first book

 

[Larzon]

Stopped after the first book

The first is very different from what follows. The second book might be my favourite in the series

 

[gentlemanjack]

Currently reading through Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Interesting stuff so far, and next up I'm gonna tackle my 4 volume set of Dogen's Shobogenzo after my typical pallet cleanser of a Discworld novel between heavy books.

 

[Meatspin]

Currently reading through Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Interesting stuff so far, and next up I'm gonna tackle my 4 volume set of Dogen's Shobogenzo after my typical pallet cleanser of a Discworld novel between heavy books.

Yeah I re read Mediations once a year as a reality and perspective check. Works well.
Been ages since I read any Pratchett.

 

[updowniri]

Just finished A Dream of Red Mansions, I am now reading The Song of The Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

 

[EndlessCritic]

Just finished A Dream of Red Mansions, I am now reading The Song of The Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

The Emperor of All Maladies is seriously fantastic. Will have to check this one out.

 

[bandicoot]

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I just finally got around to reading this.
The original movie adaptation scared the heck out of me as a kid.
Neither movie does the book justice.

The book has much more depth in the characters and the idea of grief as the main motivation for all the bad things that go down just adds to the buildup to the story finale.

Such a great book.

 

[bandicoot]

Firestarter by Stephen King. I'm 300 pages in. It's a nice suspenseful thriller about a daughter and father on the run from a secret branch of the US government. As of right now both are caged in US custody.

Having read this far in this one book makes me understand why some Americans are paranoid about the COVID vaccine.

Great choice.

 

[bandicoot]

∆∆∆∆∆ glad to see other SK fans here .

Same.

 

[bandicoot]

I'm reading the Dark Tower series and most of the closely related books.

Finished:
Little Sister's of Eluria (0.5)
Gunslinger (1)
Drawing of the Three (2)
Waste Lands (3)
Wizard and Glass (4)
Wind Through the Keyhole (4.5)
Wolves of the Calla (5)

Closely related books:
The Stand
Eyes of the Dragon
The Talisman (mostly for the sequel)
Salem's Lot
Low Men in Yellow Coats

Still to go, probably in this order:
Insomnia
Everything's Eventual
Song of Susannah (6)
Black House (Talisman sequel)
The Dark Tower (7)

It's been a wild ride so far. I will be sad when it's over.

Black House is phenomenal.

 

[bandicoot]

Stopped after the first book

I'd recommend at least trying the following books. He wrote The Gunslinger when he was very young and it shows, but the later entries are much more polished and entertaining, from what I've heard.

 

[kjg1672]

The French Revolution by Ian Davidson

 

[bandicoot]

Currently reading Duma Key and Dreamcatcher by Stephen King.

 

[Excelsior]

Currently reading through Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Interesting stuff so far, and next up I'm gonna tackle my 4 volume set of Dogen's Shobogenzo after my typical pallet cleanser of a Discworld novel between heavy books.

I was daunted by the sheer number of books in the Discworld series. I read a couple in the Watch series, then went back and started from the beginning. I'm on "Sourcery" now.

 

[mb23100]

I'd recommend at least trying the following books. He wrote The Gunslinger when he was very young and it shows, but the later entries are much more polished and entertaining, from what I've heard.

I've thought about trying the series again. I keep hearing so much about it. It was probably 10 years ago I read The Gunslinger and I barely remember it.