Iceheart Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 I think I might have the same omnibus as KFJ. I'm reading World Without End by Ken Follett... you know, in case you missed my fangirl gushing in the other thread Edit: d00ds, this is the third page topper post I've made tonight. I'm on a roll or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 So as long as I glue all mybest books together, I get to call it The Best. Sweet, dude ! Han Solo, prepare for your new co-pilot, Crowley. His last vehicle crashed in a flaming ball but that can't happen twice. Can it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfinYoda Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I read Gil's All Fright Diner and laughed through it!! There is another book by same author if am not mistaken. I will have to look at mine list to see what the other title is. If you liked Gil's, you'll probably like the other title too. Found 'em... there are actually two more books: By A. Lee Martinez: (3)A nameless WitchGills All Fright DinerIn the company of ogres I just finished reading The Swing Voter of Staten Island... it was quite the interesting story. Basically its about a place here on earth that was created as a refugee type place when NYC gets blown up. The names of places are changed around some and there are historical icons like Ronald Reagan and Nixon, but the actual historical facts are skewed and played around with. Anyway, it was interesting like I said and a pretty fast read. I am also half way through What Dreams May Come. Its freaking me out a little bit actually. Am only able to read one chapter at a time due to the need to absorb. Its a story about a man who gets a manuscript from a psychic who supposedly got the contents of the manuscript from the man's dead brother. This story deals with the supposed afterlife and what this one particular person went through after he died and how he tries to console his wife from the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts. ... shut up My grandma just started this, she's about 1/4 of the way through! I guess she got it for Christmas from my mom. I may give it a go when she's done, if I have the time between classwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 haha I'm just joking. it goes against my book snob grain. It's pretty good; nothing special, but entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung Fu Jawa Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I am also half way through What Dreams May Come. Its freaking me out a little bit actually. Am only able to read one chapter at a time due to the need to absorb. Its a story about a man who gets a manuscript from a psychic who supposedly got the contents of the manuscript from the man's dead brother. This story deals with the supposed afterlife and what this one particular person went through after he died and how he tries to console his wife from the other side.It was a fantastically depressing movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I enjoyed it a lot, perhaps because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I haven't even heard of it. Which should I do- read the book, or watch the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I think the movie was better. It has Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. in it. But you would like the book too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 haha I'm just joking. it goes against my book snob grain. It's pretty good; nothing special, but entertaining. Grandma gave it up, she just doesn't like the genre. I'll bring it back to school with me and give it a go. I can use some mindless entertainment between research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfinYoda Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I think the movie was better. It has Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. in it. But you would like the book too. At first, when Kung Fu said the movie was fantastically depressing, I was like, "Movie, it was made into a movie?!" But then when Sonny mentioned who was in the flick, I remembered I did see it a long time ago. Obviously the movie did not make an impression on me, but the book sure is. Maybe I will rent the movie and see if a second viewing gives me a different feeling. And am still reading the book, lol. I think I might buy the book so I can make some notes; a lot to absorb if your into such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 That was a good movie though it got largely panned by critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfinYoda Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Ok, so I finished What Dreams May Come last night... good book! And, tonight I went to BJ's warehouse to get the box dvd set of the Indy flicks and wandered into the book section. I found Pillars of the World by Follet so I bought it (first book I have spent money on in a looooong time, lol)! Of course, I had gone to the library at lunch time and took out three books, plus am in the middle of reading two others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo-Kun Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Just cracked into The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Just cracked into The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Wow dude. You should start a thread about that ****. I want to watch this as it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo-Kun Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I'm not far in. But I will. Joedark0 got it for me. Enjoying it so far. And watch what as it happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 It's just a really deep novel. I'd love to hear your thoughts as you move along rather than a summary at the end. But it's all good either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo-Kun Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Ok. I'll make it. I'm on page 18 right now...so not much to think, i'm kinda reading it as I do other things. I'll do a daily post with what I think at the end of each day's read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung Fu Jawa Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I'm reading the Tao Te CHing. No more than one passage a day. It's not exactly written to be read straight through. I read a chapter sometime in the first half of the day, again in the afternoon, and then once more before bed. Keeps it on my mind and allows me a better chance to, "get it." I'm also doing something similar with the Bible. Part of my "Resolution 33," in which I realign my life. I've also started Hocus Pocus by Vonnegut. I love the opening quote:"While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it. While there is a soul in prison, I am not free."~Eugene Victor Debs. Why don't any of our presidential want-to-be's talk like this? Where is the passion? Where is the need to make right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I have Hocus Pocus sitting on my To Read shelf. I love me some Vonnegut. Right now I'm reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. It's fantastic, depressing, sad, intense, inovative and above all damn good reading. I'll probably do a review when I'm finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Just bought Excession from Iain M. Banks. (Amazon reviews) But man I've owned Gene Callahan's Puck since it first came out and I still haven't cracked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creamtuff Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I am reading The Alienist by Caleb Carr, which is a fictional account of, essentially, the birth of forensic psychology in America, set in the early 1900's. The author is a history professor, so on top of getting a lot of interesting information about early psychology, there's a ton of historically accurate info about New York City, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 let's hope Caleb Carr's historical novels are better than his futuristic ones!! (also, welcome!) I'm reading Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher. I've been waiting for this book forever because Sir Butcher takes forever to write books. But I finally got it as a Christmas present from the ever-absent Dave Dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechWarrior Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I am reading The Alienist by Caleb Carr, which is a fictional account of, essentially, the birth of forensic psychology in America, set in the early 1900's. The author is a history professor, so on top of getting a lot of interesting information about early psychology, there's a ton of historically accurate info about New York City, as well. I should look into that one. Crime and history are two of my most favorite things. I'm reading The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder. It's about the lives of those killed by a falling bridge in Peru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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