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| Topic Started: Mar 7 2011, 01:34 PM (2,264 Views) | |
| tink | Mar 7 2011, 01:34 PM Post #1 |
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I'm reading some old Star Trek: TNG novels right now. I started with Imzadi (thanks, serenity!) and so far the others have paled by comparison. What are you reading? |
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| Disgracing | Mar 7 2011, 01:46 PM Post #2 |
Speaks the language of flowers
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Right now I'm reading The Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer. It's a look into the psychology behind Right Wing Authoritarianism. It's really neat, plus the PDF of the book is a free download from Altemeyer's site. |
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| Susanne | Mar 7 2011, 02:00 PM Post #3 |
Tulips would be simply smashing for half-term.
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In my attempt to reconnect with Lutheranism, and Christianity in general, I've got two books going: Luther's Small Catechism, and CS Lewis' Mere Christianity. |
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| HoneyBadger | Mar 7 2011, 02:37 PM Post #4 |
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I waiting on Side Jobs a book from The Dresden Files to come in the mail. I'm very excited for it. |
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| Wsquared | Mar 7 2011, 03:46 PM Post #5 |
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I am working my way through all the mystery novels written by Michael Innes that include his character, John Appleby. I haven't been able to find all of them yet but, so far, it seems the ones he wrote in the 30s were uniformly awesome and the rest are hit or miss. However, if you like mysteries, I can not recommend "Hamlet, Revenge!" and "Lament for a Maker" highly enough. The one I am reading right now is The Gay Phoenix and it is okay but not wow. Mostly because it started ala Columbo where you already know whodunit and you are reading to see if Appleby catches on. I'm not a fan of that. |
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| Minerva | Mar 9 2011, 11:04 PM Post #6 |
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I'm getting ready to reading The Life and Death of the Great American School System. I ordered it after I watched a special that The Daily Show had on education featuring the author of the book. Why yes. I do just feel like reading about someone who agrees with me. Why do you ask? :lalala: |
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| serenity | Mar 17 2011, 11:55 AM Post #7 |
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I just finished Water For Elephants and enjoyed it. I'm thinking maybe a fantasy series next. |
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| Disgracing | Mar 17 2011, 12:23 PM Post #8 |
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer. Also rereading Beyond This Horizon by Heinlein. |
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| Reese | Mar 24 2011, 07:17 PM Post #9 |
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Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain. It's fairly entertaining. |
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| Disgracing | Mar 24 2011, 08:33 PM Post #10 |
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Jupiter's Hammer, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is considered to be one of the greatest end-of-the-world books ever written and it's by two of my favourite authors, so I have no idea why it's taken me this long to pick it up. |
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| tink | Mar 24 2011, 09:54 PM Post #11 |
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Finished up the ST:TNG ones I was reading and started Hunger Games today. 
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| HootyHoot | Mar 24 2011, 10:36 PM Post #12 |
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I am reading my way through Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, again. |
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| serenity | Mar 24 2011, 10:45 PM Post #13 |
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| Athena | Mar 25 2011, 08:12 PM Post #14 |
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Holy Blood Holy Grail. |
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| MouseEars | Mar 26 2011, 07:34 PM Post #15 |
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I need to find a book (preferably series) to get in to. The last book I read was Triumph by Carolyn Jessop. I did pick up a historical fiction about Henry the 8th, but the book just didn't grab me and the (admittedly inconsequential) historical inaccuracies were driving me crazy. |
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| Wsquared | Mar 26 2011, 08:03 PM Post #16 |
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What flavor of series are you looking for? |
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| MouseEars | Mar 26 2011, 08:19 PM Post #17 |
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I'm really not sure. It's hard for me to peg what I like. I do like historical fiction, but am not limited to it, and I'm not a big fan of sci-fi. Other than that it's hard to say. I feel embarrassed saying it, but I like books I don't have to think a lot about lately. I try and read to relax and rest and don't want to over tax my brain at the end of the day. Does that make sense? |
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| Disgracing | Mar 26 2011, 08:55 PM Post #18 |
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Holy hell, what sort of pregnancy-induced stupidity convinced me to type "Jupiter"? I'm reading the bloody book. I know damn well it's "Lucifer". I hereby declare my brain officially broken. |
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| CheekyBegonia | Mar 26 2011, 09:44 PM Post #19 |
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Don't be embarrassed. I pretty much only read books like that. I read for fun, not for some deeper meaning or life-changing philosophy. Entertain me, baby.  I'm currently reading a book called Virals by Katherine Reich (I think). I just finished Angel by James Patterson and Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop. Not sure what's up next. |
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| Wsquared | Mar 26 2011, 10:15 PM Post #20 |
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 Not everything has to be Gravity's Rainbow (not that I don't love that book too) -- and the first function of a good book should be to tell a well written story with characters and a plot that captures your imagination with or without any other nifty little literary tricks. Sometimes, you need to take a mental break and you don't need to be embarrassed by that. :biggrin: At least that is what I tell myself when I realize that I've left the latest Booker Prize award winner languishing on the floor so I can tear through something by Marion Keyes or Jennifer Crusie (both writers I love whose books are generally categorized as romances but I think are more than that. No one is idealized and the men and women all have real problems but the books remain charming and funny as they deal with all that. And, yes, they do have a happy ending but that is half of why I am reading them.)You didn't say how you felt about mystery books so I am going to go ahead and recommend one == The Richard Jury novels by Martha Grimes. For a long time, I was not what I would call a mystery reader and the first book of this series is pretty much the first mystery I ever read that I truly loved...certainly that I loved enough to be excited that there were a bunch more to read. These books are all quite good and I think they fit your criteria. In a different vein, I also recommend anything written by Michael Lee West or Ellen Gilchrist. Both are magical writers and while neither of them have written what I would term a series, per se, they have at times written novels that have interconnected character or that have two or three novels that are part of a small series. Oh, and if you like historical, you might like the books by Lauren Willig. The first is The Pink Carnation. They are also really kinda romance novels but they are really funny and well written by someone who has a masters degree in history from Harvard. So, the history is quite accurate. |
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| tink | Mar 26 2011, 11:49 PM Post #21 |
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Halfway through Catching Fire, and damn! The Hunger Games is very addictive. But stressful. |
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| MouseEars | Mar 27 2011, 01:18 AM Post #22 |
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Thanks for the ideas you guys! I'm going to have to start looking in to those. I want to say I'm not in to mysteries, but I can't remember reading one since, maybe, Middle School and now I can't even remember what it was. I think it might have been an Agatha Christie, but really not sure. I was kind of looking for a series just because so often I find a book I like, read it, go to find something else by the same author only to find that I really can't find anything else by the same author (which may not be as much of an issue now that I have an e reader), or the other book(s) by that author are a theme or time period I really don't have any interest in and just can't get in to it. I figure if I get in to a series I'll have more of a chance of having several books right in a row that I like. |
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| Zephyr | Mar 27 2011, 09:06 AM Post #23 |
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I'm reading the latest Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight. So far enjoying it. I'm with you all on the light stuff only bandwagon. I've tried some heavier stuff lately and it's just too hard when reading it in little chunks. I also can't really stand any violence at all. (Fleegle violence doesn't count.) |
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| Reese | Apr 13 2011, 12:31 AM Post #24 |
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I just started Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman; it's not bad so far. |
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| LadyofSherwood | Apr 13 2011, 01:22 AM Post #25 |
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If you like true crime and non-fiction (obvious I guess if you like "true" crime), I really liked reading the The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum. The writer weaves a fairly good narrative and I was inspired to write detective fiction based on what I read, although I doubt that I will have the time to do that in the 10 years. I have to be honest and say that I didn't read the whole book; I only read chapters. I read about 1,000 pages a week for school so I get very little "fun" reading in, but this one was so good that I might buy it for additional chapter reading. (I got it for the library originally.) |
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| tink | Apr 13 2011, 10:27 AM Post #26 |
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I've been reading Pendragon (YA fantasy). It wouldn't be nearly as boring had I not just finished The Hunger Games. Oh well. I'd checked out the first two Pendragon books but returned the second one and am going to start A Discovery of Witches when I finish this one. |
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| LadyofSherwood | Apr 13 2011, 10:32 PM Post #27 |
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If anyone likes YA Fiction and fantasy, I highly recommend the Sabriel trilogy by Garth Nix. I adored it in high school. |
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| tink | Apr 16 2011, 01:01 AM Post #28 |
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Oh, thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to check those out.  Finally started ADoW and so far it's not awful. |
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| Zephyr | Apr 16 2011, 10:25 AM Post #29 |
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The Sabriel trilogy is great, though quite dark. I just finished reading all the Cornelia Funke books. (the Inkheart Trilogy and the Thief Lord) and Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys and am currently in the middle of the latest Jasper Fforde. |
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| Petunia | Apr 16 2011, 12:13 PM Post #30 |
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I have gone back to re-read "Shelters of Stone" in preparation for "The Land of the Painted Caves". It's the final book in the Earth Children's series by Jean M. Auel. I've been waiting over 20 years for this series to finish and it's finally, finally here. :-) |
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