What are you reading?

[Steve]

I got done with Surface Detail, then finished Matter, and now I'm about 60% of the way through Hydrogen Sonata.
That'll be the end of the Culture Series by Iain Banks. I'll be a sad panda.

On Prime Day I bought Kindle Unlimited, so I'll be rooting through all that stuff to find nuggets for the next year. I hope it was worthwhile, it looks like it is.

Not really reading but listening to Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship. Loving it!

[shilala]

I bet I'd like Pirate Hunters, Steve. :tu

I finished Hydrogen Sonata, read a few shorts by Hugh Howey, Beacon 23, I believe.
Now I'm reading Death World by BV Larson. It's another sci-fi series that I've enjoyed.
It's not the greatest, but it's an easy read. Larson's vocabulary is about a 2 compared to Banks, if that.
He does write a nice picture, but the series is getting a bit soap-opery with this book.
I hope it straightens out shortly. :tu

[Steve]

I bet I'd like Pirate Hunters, Steve. :tu

I don't get much time these days to read, so I have really been tearing up the audio books. I think this was one of the best books I've read/listened to in quite a while.

[timj219]

Just finished "Catching Fire: How Cooking made us Human" by Richard Wrangham.

The book presents the theory that it was cooking, more than speech or tool making, that accounts for the transition from homo habilus and erectus to human. As a corollary it makes hash of the current paleo or raw diet claims and cites evidence that our bodies have in fact evolved in specific ways to reap the benefits of a cooked diet. Generously footnoted if you"re academically minded and a pleasurable read even if you're not. A great book for anyone interested in evolution or anthropolgy.

[hotreds]

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[CigarNut]

Tripwire by Lee Child

[pnoon]

Just finished The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen. :tu :tu

Started The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais

[CoffeeWaterBeer]

Stranger in a Strange Land. Kicking myself for not picking this up sooner.

[shilala]

I read Battle Cruiser and I'm working on Rebellion, both by BV Larson.
I have a mess of books to catch up on this series, so I'll be busy awhile.

[heyferg]

"Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House" written by Steve Stoliar.
He was a student at UCLA and he finagled himself a job as Groucho Marx's secretary. This was near the end of Groucho's life, so most of the anecdotes are bittersweet.

Here is one of my favorites: A newspaper reporter interviewed Groucho on Groucho's 85th birthday. He asked Groucho, "How does 85 feel?" Groucho replied, "69 felt better!"

[CRIMPS]

The First Commandment by Brad Thor. This is the sixth Scot Harvath novel, I believe. Kinda flying through these books. Great suspense novels.

The most recent in the series is Code of Conduct and it on the NYT Best Sellers list, I believe.

[jledou]

Fate of the Jedi: Allies by Christie Golden and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself

[Moose6026]

I am rereading A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire

[RelaxingSmoke]

Started the 7 habits of highly effective people. Looks good so far.

[pnoon]

Started the 7 habits of highly effective people. Looks good so far.

Welcome to Cigar Asylum.

Most new members start a thread in the New Inmate forum introducing themselves and telling a bit about their cigar interests and/or journey. I encourage you to do the same.

[RJrocker]

Plunder and Deceit

[tsolomon]

Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

[hotreds]

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[shilala]

So, I went back to #1 in the Star Force Series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/69279-star-force).
I read all 12 of them. All good, except maybe 9. It was a bit slow.
For wasting space's sake...
Swarm
Extinction
Rebellion
Conquest
Army of One
Battle Station
Empire
Annihilation
Storm Assault
The Dead Sun
Outcast
Exhile
Demon Star.
And thus ends the series.

I just started Assault Troopers, Extinction Wars Book 1.
New author, I forget his name. So far, not bad.

[Porch Dweller]

Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Take your time, the third book isn't out yet. So along with ASOIAF that makes two series I'm waiting on books for. :D

[Partagaspete]

Just finished Sleep Doctor the sequel to The Shining. Just started book 1 of The WoT series.

[Rmufb71]

The God Stone (Mage Born Series) its a pretty good series!:2

[jledou]

Finished up Alert by Patterson and Ledwidge. Now on to This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That are Blocking Progress.

[irratebass]

Couldn't get into 11/22/63 ( I liked it, but i'm a slow reader unless it's autobiographies, biographies or true crime)

So, I just started

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And I'm digging it.

[The Poet]

I finally finished all 7 volumes of Proust, much to the gratification of Scott I am sure. :D

So now I've begun lighter fare, from an author more akin to Scott's liking . . . The Rat, by Nobel-winning former Nazi Gunther Grass. :r

[CigarNut]

Running Blind by Lee Child

[CigarNut]

Echo Burning by Lee Child

[TXRebel]

Last Stand: Surviving America's Collapse by William H. Weber.

[irratebass]

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[tsolomon]

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles series.

[CigarNut]

Without Fail by Lee Child

[CigarNut]

Persuader
One Shot
The Hard Way
Bad Luck And Trouble

-- by Lee Child

[jledou]

The Martian by Andy Weir and This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That are Blocking Progress edited by John Brockman.

Looking forward to seeing the Martian after reading the book. Also if anyone would like to read the Martian I have Weir's copy he distributed. This copy may be legally sent to anyone so send me a PM with your email and I will pass along.

[CigarNut]

The Martian by Andy Weir and This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That are Blocking Progress edited by John Brockman.

Looking forward to seeing the Martian after reading the book. Also if anyone would like to read the Martian I have Weir's copy he distributed. This copy may be legally sent to anyone so send me a PM with your email and I will pass along.

I really liked the book -- and they did a good job adapting the book to the screen. I saw the movie yesterday and it is pretty good.

[tsolomon]

Back to classic Sci fi with 2001: a Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. After reading The Martian, I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.

[CigarNut]

Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

[CigarNut]

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

[AdamJoshua]

An oldy but goody (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=944&page=140)

[pnoon]

An oldy but goody (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=944&page=140)

So what are you reading, Numbnuts? :sl

A page reference means nothing since users have different number of posts per page. Now a link to a specific post would work.

Me? I'm reading Gathering Prey by John Sandford.

[Porch Dweller]

Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson.

[AdamJoshua]

So what are you reading, Numbnuts? :sl

A page reference means nothing since users have different number of posts per page. Now a link to a specific post would work.

Me? I'm reading Gathering Prey by John Sandford.

HAHA was suppose to be a link to Ender's Game as that is what I am reading / read today. It was a good day :tu

[CigarNut]

61 Hours by Lee Child

[tsolomon]

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

[CigarNut]

Worth Dying For by Lee Child

[CigarNut]

A Wanted Man by Lee Child

[CigarNut]

High Heat a short story by Lee Child

[mmblz]

The Martian

[Porch Dweller]

I'm sensing a trend in CigarNut's reading, I just can't quite put my finger on it...

:D

[CigarNut]

I'm sensing a trend in CigarNut's reading, I just can't quite put my finger on it...

:D

:r :r

[tsolomon]

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

[pnoon]

The Enemy Within by Steve Martini

[shilala]

I'm reading a Jasper T. Scott series.
I'm just about done with #5. The series has been pretty good, the author has pulled a lot of decent ideas out of his ass to keep it going, but he's worn out the characters and has way too many in play.
He desperately needs to kill off a bunch of them. At this point it's obvious they're just dragging along in case he needs them for a later book.
I don't mind being set up for the umpteenth book in a series, but at least be opaque about it, I figure. :)

Dark Space
The Invisible War
Origin
Revenge
Avilon
Armageddon

[CigarNut]

Make Me by Lee Child
Small Wars a short story by Lee Child
(I think that's the last of the Lee Child novels :))

[Weelok]

I finished the Paratwa trilogy over Summer and wrapping up another Sci Fi classicc called The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven.

[CigarNut]

Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

[CigarNut]

Cold Days (The Dresden Files, Book 14) by Jim Butcher

[CigarNut]

Skin Game: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

[CigarNut]

After the Coup
An Election
How I Proposed To My Wife: An Alien Sex Story
Judge Sn Goes Golfing
The Presidents Brain Is Missing
The Tale Of The Wicked
Questions For A Soldier (Old Man's War)

Short Stories by John Scalzi

[SteveA]

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

[Apoco]

The Stand by Stephen King
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[CigarNut]

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

[CigarNut]

The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War) by John Scalzi

[Moose6026]

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

[CigarNut]

The Last Colony (Old Man's War) by John Scalzi

[CigarNut]

Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War Book 4)
The Human Division (Old Man's War Book 5)

By John Scalzi

[CigarNut]

The End of All Things (Old Man's War Book 6) by John Scalzi

[CigarNut]

The Sagan Diary (Old Man's War) by John Scalzi (this is the last of this series so I am moving on to something new :))

[shilala]

Michael, you have to read Fuzzy Nation and Redshirts before you quit Scalzi.
Lockout isn't bad, either. Not all that original, but I really like Scalzi.

I just read:
The Lost Starship
The Lost Command
The Lost Destroyer
all by Vaughn Hepner.

I just started "On Distant Shores" (Earth Exiles Book 1) by some truck driver.
Mark Harritt, that's his name. I really like it so far, but it's taking it's good time getting wound up and there's way too much info so far. About 50 characters in 50 pages. I have no idea who anyone is. :)

[mariogolbee]

Working through the HP series right now. On the Goblet of Fire, but it's taking a bit longer than the previous books. I wish it were in two parts, so I can take it with me everywhere, but the books just keep getting thicker.

[CigarNut]

Revenant: A Greywalker Novel by Kat Richardson

[pnoon]

Stolen Prey - John Sandford

[YankeeMan]

Make Me - Lee Child

[tsolomon]

Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

[Porch Dweller]

I just started Beacon 23 by Hugh Howley

[pnoon]

Cujo by Stephen King.

[Porch Dweller]

Just finished The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons.

[Skywalker]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster

[Skywalker]

Star Wars: Darth Bane - Dynasty of Evil

[Skywalker]

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

[hotreds]

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[markem]

I'm reading several things on the kindle but thought that some here might be interested in my latest e-book selection. It is by one of my colleagues here at Portland State, Melanie Mitchell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Mitchell, http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mm/). If any of you have read Godell, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid, know that her PhD advisor authored that book.

Complexity: a Guided Tour (http://www.amazon.com/Complexity-Guided-Tour-Melanie-Mitchell/dp/0199798109) is very well written (at least so far) and targeted at the non-technical audience. I've always been impressed with Melanie's clear communications style and am anxious to see it in action in a setting for the non-technical. And in this area, I am definitely the non-technical.

If you are interested in artificial life, machine learning, and such, this is likely a very good book. I'm just starting in so will have more to say in a week or so.

[Remo]

13 Hours

[hotreds]

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[Gabe215]

Gonna start getting back into reading, especially the classics!
Right now:
Treasure Island- Robert Louis Stevenson

[Preacher]

Splinter Cell: Checkmate by Tom Clancy. Been a fan of his since I read Hunt for Red October back in the day.

[hotreds]

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[timj219]

I'm reading several things on the kindle but thought that some here might be interested in my latest e-book selection. It is by one of my colleagues here at Portland State, Melanie Mitchell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Mitchell, http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mm/). If any of you have read Godell, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid, know that her PhD advisor authored that book.

Complexity: a Guided Tour (http://www.amazon.com/Complexity-Guided-Tour-Melanie-Mitchell/dp/0199798109) is very well written (at least so far) and targeted at the non-technical audience. I've always been impressed with Melanie's clear communications style and am anxious to see it in action in a setting for the non-technical. And in this area, I am definitely the non-technical.

If you are interested in artificial life, machine learning, and such, this is likely a very good book. I'm just starting in so will have more to say in a week or so.
Looks good I'm going to pick that up for my nook. I wonder what it's like to spend that much time with Hofstadter? I don't know if I'd get smarter by osmosis or if I'd burn out what little brain I do have trying to keep up with him!
Your colleague and Hofstadter must think along the same lines I see she wrote a book called "Analogy-Making as Perception" in '93 and that's pretty close to the subject matter of Hofstatder's latest.

[RelaxingSmoke]

Power vs. Force by David Hawkins...very very interesting

[irratebass]

Just finished 11/22/63 - Man that was a long, great book

Now reading

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[hotreds]

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[Gabe215]

5 weeks in a balloon- Jules Verne

[sikk50]

Johannes Cabal the Fear Institute - Jonathan L howard

[Twotacotuesday]

To kill a mockingbird

[YankeeMan]

"The Last Mile" by Baldacci.

[IlmProcess]

An Intellectual History of Liberalism by Pierre Manent

[YankeeMan]

End of Watch by King. It's the last of the Mercedes series. I think.

[sikk50]

Practical Demon Keeping - Christopher Moore

[Cerfer]

i hate the internet, jared kobek

Terrible.

So people just list books on this thread, no reviews? That's kind of odd. Reviews would be helpful, even if they're pithy.

[YankeeMan]

End of Watch by King was indeed the last of the Mercedes series. What a great book!

[pnoon]

Why Do Men Have Nipples? (And other questions to ask your doctor after your third martini)

[sikk50]

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - Christopher Moore


Can't seem to get enough of Christopher Moore novels right now. Love his dark humor

[jrw]

King Maybe, in the Junior Bender series by Timothy Hallinan. Reminiscent of Donald Westlake, about a burglar who's always stepping in it. Comical. Hallinan also writes another interesting series about an ex-pat in Bangkok: corruption, street scenes, beautiful Thai girlfriend, how can you go wrong?

[sikk50]

Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore

[sikk50]

Coyote Blue - Christopher Moore

*long day sitting at the hospital at "work"

[BlackDog]

I'm rereading "The Old Man and the Boy," by Robert Ruark. An excellent book about the outdoor adventures of a boy and his grandfather.

[irratebass]

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Just started:

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[sikk50]

Hell's Super - Mark Cain

[Steve]

Just finished The Final Frontiersman and working on the Billion Dollar Spy now.

[cthulnado]

Just started on "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

[jsnake]

Gray Man series

[Porch Dweller]

Never Go Back by Lee Child.

[CigarNut]

Never Go Back by Lee Child.

Rereading before the movie comes out? :)

[jledou]

I am just starting in on the Lee Child novels and I am liking the first two.

[Porch Dweller]

Rereading before the movie comes out? :)

Reading for the first time before the movie comes out. :) I've only read the first three Jack Reacher books. Now I've got this one and Personal to read. Then I'll need to look at going back and picking up at book 4.

[CigarNut]

I am just starting in on the Lee Child novels and I am liking the first two.

Reading for the first time before the movie comes out. :) I've only read the first three Jack Reacher books. Now I've got this one and Personal to read. Then I'll need to look at going back and picking up at book 4.

It's very good series! I've read them all and am looking forward to both the movie and the next book -- both due out about the same time :D

[jrw]

Sheet, Jack Reacher ain't all dat, I too am 6'5", minus 6", and I have a black belt in making excuses so don't mess with me. Yeah, I've read them all, I love Jack, like a man would. No, not like that, what's wrong with you people?

[Porch Dweller]

Personal by Lee Child

[Porch Dweller]

Make Me by Lee Child

[tsolomon]

Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen

[jrw]

Wicked Girls, Alex Marwood. Childhood murder + maybe innocent + 20 years later + carnies + new murders. What's not to like? Did I say carnies?

[dijit]

Men in Black; How the Supreme court is destroying America.

[Porch Dweller]

One Second After by William R. Forstchen

[Porch Dweller]

Without Fail by Lee Child

[rharris]

Have read all the Reacher series. Loved them all. I thought the movie was OK as well.

[Porch Dweller]

Have read all the Reacher series. Loved them all. I thought the movie was OK as well.

I'm working my way through them a couple at a time. I'm enjoying them. I liked the first movie, the second was okay but could and should have been better.

[jrw]

Precious and Grace, from The Ladies' No. 1 Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. 100% the opposite pole from Jack Reacher. -(P

[Chainsaw13]

The Atlantis Gene - AG Riddle.

It was an ok book, but the plot felt like a rehash of other books I"ve read.

[RelaxingSmoke]

Purpose Driven Life. The first sentence blew me away. Makes sense. It's not about you.

[Chainsaw13]

Cyberstorm. Cool concept. Makes me wanna be a bit of a prepper.

[Porch Dweller]

61 Hours by Lee Child

[elderboy02]

1984 by George Orwell

[Porch Dweller]

Night School by Lee Child.

[heyferg]

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591846358/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

Loosely based on Stoic Philosophy. Interesting.

[Nazgul]

Brushing up on my jazz theory with Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry

[pnoon]

Home by Harlan Coben

[Chainsaw13]

AWOL on the Appalachian Trial.

[massphatness]

"The Backyard Beekeeper" by Kim Flottum

[BigAsh]

"The Backyard Beekeeper" by Kim Flottum

Yeah, this isn't gonna end well...May I suggest:

"The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook"
by American Red Cross and Kathleen A. Handal

:tu

;s

[pnoon]

Yeah, this isn't gonna end well...May I suggest:

"The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook"
by American Red Cross and Kathleen A. Handal

:tu

;s

:lr :lr :lr

[AdamJoshua]

Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Clearly I have been praying wrong for a great many years.

[RUNYYFan]

Fertile Fields: Recollections and Reflections a Busy Life by Abraham Dobin.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=Fertile+Fields%3A+Recollections+a nd+Reflections+of+a+Busy+Life&sts=t

[tsolomon]

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

[Porch Dweller]

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

[BlackDog]

I recently bought a Kindle and am so happy with it. Wish I had bought it sooner. I'm currently reading The Habit of Rivers by Ted Leeson. It's a narrative on why many of us find trout fishing so intertwined in our lives. Most enjoyable.

[Chainsaw13]

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Worth picking up? I've almost pulled the trigger on that one.

Finished "Becoming Odyssa" and now onto Jack Kerouac's "Into the Wild."

[jrw]

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. A Russian fairy tale set in around the year 1100. Russia officially has become Christian but the old pagan spirits still exist. A young girl, daughter of an exiled noblewoman who died giving birth to her, has inherited powers that allow her to contend with forces set against her family. Even has an evil stepmother, what more can you ask?

[tsolomon]

Worth picking up? I've almost pulled the trigger on that one.

Finished "Becoming Odyssa" and now onto Jack Kerouac's "Into the Wild."It's pretty good, but the style he used is different from the way he usually writes. It reads more like a children's book in that he is telling the stories in a very simple, but funny way. It took me a couple of stories to start enjoying the style. If you have been reading the Iron Druid books by Kevin Hearne, then it is good background for that series. It's a good quick read that was hard to put down. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't what I expected.

[Chainsaw13]

Worth picking up? I've almost pulled the trigger on that one.

Finished "Becoming Odyssa" and now onto Jack Kerouac's "Into the Wild."

Man my mind is going as I get older. It's Jack Krakauer, not Kerouac.

[Porch Dweller]

Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

[elderboy02]

Just finished The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey. I love zombie and dystopian books and this didn't disappoint.

Now I am reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

[elderboy02]

Kill Screen by Benjamin Reeves

[tsolomon]

1984

[jrw]

Darktown by Thomas Mullen. A novel about the first eight black ("Negro" in the parlance of the era) police officers to be hired by the city of Atlanta in 1948. Times certainly have changed, thankfully for all of us, but this is a good read.

[pnoon]

206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

[elderboy02]

Perish From The Earth by Jonathan Putnam (https://smile.amazon.com/Perish-Earth-Lincoln-Speed-Mystery/dp/1683311396/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490321216&sr=8-1&keywords=perish+from+the+earth)

[Skywalker]

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[elderboy02]

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman AKA Stephen King

[Chainsaw13]

Just finished the Einstein Prophecy. 3.5 outta 5.

[jrw]

Six Four, Hideo Yokoyama. Smoothly translated from the Japanese. Cold case missing girl from 16 years ago and now the lead detective's own daughter has gone missing. I'm only a few pages in but enjoying it so far.

[elderboy02]

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

[GrouchoM]

The War of Art.

[cthulnado]

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn...if you are a fan of the original Thrawn trilogy, or just Star Wars in general, I highly recommend it.

[jrw]

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Lisa See. While I know none of you manly types are sissy tea drinkers, j/k, this novel's backstory treats with pu'er tea from the wild mountains of China where it may be plucked from a 400-year-old tree by Chinese minority tribespeople and sold for $hundreds or $thousands an ounce. The story itself follows a minority girl who has to give up her child for adoption to an American couple due to her tribes mores and traditions. Lisa See is that good a writer that a couple of times the guy next door must have been chopping onions, dang him all to heck.

[M1903A1]

A 1964 softcover copy of "The Rise of the West".

[jrw]

Daughter of the Sword, Steve Bein. Tokyo police detective discovers her destiny as a swordswoman. Lop lop, bad guys are gonna lose body parts.

[elderboy02]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

[Porch Dweller]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Great book. I need to re-read it; it's been a while.

[nutcracker]

Otis Rice - Hatfields and McCoys.

[tsolomon]

American Gods by Neil GaimanI really like Neil Gaiman and I think this is probably his best book. :2

[elderboy02]

Great book. I need to re-read it; it's been a while.

I really like Neil Gaiman and I think this is probably his best book. :2

I read 4 chapters so far. I don't understand what the short mythology stories at the end of the chapters have to do with anything :confused:

[jrw]

The Burial Hour, Jeffery Deaver, part of the Lincoln Rhyme series about a quadriplegic forensics investigator.

[MarkinAZ]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

That's an excellent read Dan:tu

[RevSmoke]

Brotherhood Chronicles: The Hunters, by John Flanagan.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

[cthulnado]

Finished up "Thrawn", which was fantastic and have started on "Ring" which was the basis for Ringu/The Ring horror films.

[jrw]

Beartown by Fredrick Blackman who wrote A Man Called Ove that someone (do t make me scroll back haha) recently read. Hockey and crime. Dark but enjoyable.

[elderboy02]

Beartown by Fredrick Blackman who wrote A Man Called Ove that someone (do t make me scroll back haha) recently read. Hockey and crime. Dark but enjoyable.

That was me.

Now reading Thunderbird by my favorite author Chuck Wendig

[RelaxingSmoke]

Transcendence. It's about transcendental meditation which I thought was BS but there's a lot of science here that makes things interesting. One thing for sure - TONS of celebrities are into this and attribute this to helping them which is interesting and makes me wary at the same time.

[jrw]

Oops, I missed the evil autocorrect on my post above--the author of Beartown is Fredrick Backman, not Blackman. Read it, it's deservedly on the bestseller list.

[pnoon]

Edge by Jeffery Deaver.
His most notable novel is The Bone Collector. Made into a movie starring Denzel Washington.

[jonumberone]

Recently finished Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. After the Black Sails finale I thought I should reread it considering the last time I read it was grade school.

Working on The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and have The Great Bridge by David McCullough on deck.

[jrw]

The Track of Sand, Andrea Camilleri. (Andrea is a man's name in Italian, btw). Inspector Montalbano series is set in a small town in Sicily, there are about a dozen of these. Montalbano is a sharp dresser and a lover of fine foods, who has to deal with Italian bureaucracy and culture to solve his cases. There are smugglers, mafia, swindlers, and a recurring cast of quirky supporting characters including his girlfriend who lives hours away in another city and who he is always arguing with over the phone due to misunderstandings. These are very witty and amusing books and great fun.

[jrw]

Song of the Lion, Anne Hillerman. Continuing the series begun by her father Tony about Navajo police on the reservation. Insight into the Navajo Way is always a big part of the story.

[elderboy02]

B.S. Incorporated (https://www.amazon.com/B-S-Incorporated-Jennifer-Rock/dp/1634899059/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494524149&sr=1-1&keywords=b.s.+incorporated)

It is supposed to be like The Office and Office Space.

[jrw]

The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie. I think it was Porchdweller who posted this before. Thanks, good read.

[Porch Dweller]

The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie. I think it was Porchdweller who posted this before. Thanks, good read.

I'm glad you like it! To be honest, I only picked it up on the recommendation of some friends who - like me - are not-so-patiently waiting for GRRM to get off his rear and finish The Winds of Winter. It didn't take long to draw me in and I finished it plus the two sequels quite quickly. Abercrombie does "gray" characters extremely well.

[jrw]

I ordered the sequel Before They Are Hanged from the library today.

[Weelok]

Preacher animated graphic novel. Finished Vol 1 and now onto 2. Basically these are just the comic books collected into a graphic novel with 12 comics per book.

I'm a comic geek as well although been out of them for many years and while away, they went up to $3.99 a book!

[elderboy02]

Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign (https://smile.amazon.com/Shattered-Inside-Hillary-Clintons-Campaign/dp/0553447084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495048126&sr=1-1&keywords=shattered+inside+hillary+clinton%27s+doom ed+campaign)

I am about 75% finished and I am really enjoying the book.

[Porch Dweller]

Infinity Born by Douglas E. Richards

[elderboy02]

Plrknib by Alex Bernstein (https://www.amazon.com/Plrknib-Alex-Bernstein/dp/0991313542/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495062270&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=Plkrnib).

This takes place in the comedy clubs of Cincinnati in the 80's

[pnoon]

So Dan, do you get paid for all your links to Amazon?
Just wondering.

[elderboy02]

So Dan, do you get paid for all your links to Amazon?
Just wondering.

I wish. I'm just trying to make it easier for people to read about the book if they are interested.

I wish other people would post links so that I can more easily add the books to my Amazon wish list

[TXRebel]

G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger Series) by Stephen Hunter (https://www.amazon.com/G-Man-Bob-Swagger-Stephen-Hunter/dp/0399574603/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495124443&sr=8-1&keywords=G++man)

[elderboy02]

G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger Series) by Stephen Hunter (https://www.amazon.com/G-Man-Bob-Swagger-Stephen-Hunter/dp/0399574603/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495124443&sr=8-1&keywords=G++man)

Please let me know how it is. I have it on my Amazon wish list.

[TXRebel]

Please let me know how it is. I have it on my Amazon wish list.

Will do. Have you read the other books in the Bob Lee Swagger Series?

[jrw]

I've read the whole Swagger series and have enjoyed them. I'm impressed that the author either is a shooter or at least has done the research to get the details on the weaponry correct, which is more rare than it should be.

[jrw]

I'm halfway through Into The Water, the second novel by Paula Hawkins who wrote the majorly popular The Girl On The Train. The premise is the "difficult women" who have drowned in the river running beside a small English town over the last couple hundred years; now two women recently have drowned, one a suicide and then the next perhaps a murder. The story is intruiging and the writing is excellent but stylistically it's a bit tiring: every chapter is one of the ten characters' inner thoughts and point of view that may clash with another's, and I have to keep thinking, who's this person, how do they relate? Overall very good though, and I haven't yet figured out "who dunnit" or even if anything actually was "dun".

[elderboy02]

Will do. Have you read the other books in the Bob Lee Swagger Series?

I haven't. I have Point of Impact, but haven't started it yet

[TXRebel]

I haven't. I have Point of Impact, but haven't started it yet

If you like the character, I highly recommend reading all in the series. There is also a three book series about his father, Earl Swagger (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=earl+swagger+). One is set in 1953 Havana.

[elderboy02]

No Angel by Jay Dobyns (https://smile.amazon.com/No-Angel-Harrowing-Undercover-Journey/dp/0307405869/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495196930&sr=8-1&keywords=no+angel+by+jay+dobyns)

This is the story of the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang.

[dman4505]

Reading two books at this time

The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Knots & Ropework - Geoffrey Budworth

The New Rules of Running - Vijay Vad, MD

Don

[jaymz]

So far this year:

Just Started: Red Rising Trilogy - Pierce Brown
Red Rising (Red Rising #1) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34873380-red-rising)

Finished: Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
Ghost Story (The Dresden Files #13) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10360293-ghost-story)
Cold Days (The Dresden Files #14) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16047557-cold-days)
Skin Game (The Dresden Files #15) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20572455-skin-game)

Finished: Bill Hodges Trilogy - Stephen King
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18920446-mr-mercedes)
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy #2) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23492589-finders-keepers)
End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy #3) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26879131-end-of-watch)

Finished: Gary Noesner
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8388351-stalling-for-time)

[jonumberone]

Getting ready to start the Lou Piniella memoir.

Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KT18498/ref=pe_385040_118058080_TE_M1DP)

[jrw]

Prussian Blue, Philip Kerr. This is in the Bernie Gunther series of a German police detective in WW2. He hates the Nazis but has to work amongst them. This is a deeply researched series with recognizable names and a great read both as detective stories and for the history.

[elderboy02]

The Hatching. (https://www.amazon.com/Hatching-Novel-Ezekiel-Boone/dp/1501125052/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495761287&sr=8-1&keywords=the+hatching+by+ezekiel+boone)

Pretty creepy so far

[elderboy02]

Memory Man by David Baldacci (https://smile.amazon.com/Memory-Amos-Decker-David-Baldacci/dp/1455559822/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1496240228&sr=8-1)

[jrw]

Before They Are Hanged, Joe Abercrombie. Book 2 of The First Law trilogy.

[Porch Dweller]

Before They Are Hanged, Joe Abercrombie. Book 2 of The First Law trilogy.

:tu

[hotreds]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NYADWACKL._SX317_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[heyferg]

http://cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1067&pictureid=9098

Recommended by GoRob

[AdamJoshua]

Reaching for the Moon (https://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Moon-Buzz-Aldrin/dp/0060554479) by Buzz Aldrin

[CigarNut]

American Gods (https://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Tenth-Anniversary-Novel-ebook/dp/B004YW4L5K/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1496368365&sr=1-1&keywords=american+gods) by Neil Gaiman

:tu :tu

[elderboy02]

American Gods (https://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Tenth-Anniversary-Novel-ebook/dp/B004YW4L5K/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1496368365&sr=1-1&keywords=american+gods) by Neil Gaiman

:tu :tu

I really liked this book. It takes a while to read, but totally worth it :tu

[CigarNut]

I really liked this book. It takes a while to read, but totally worth it :tu

Have you read the short story about Shadow visiting England? -- is part of an anthology called Legends II (https://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B000FC0Y0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496413270&sr=8-1&keywords=Legends+II)

It takes place a year or so after American Gods.

[elderboy02]

Have you read the short story about Shadow visiting England? -- is part of an anthology called Legends II (https://www.amazon.com/Legends-II-Novels-Masters-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B000FC0Y0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496413270&sr=8-1&keywords=Legends+II)

It takes place a year or so after American Gods.

I have not. I guess I will have to check it out. Thanks! :tu

[jrw]

Little White Lies, Robert Parker written by Ace Atkins. All the good characters and in the style of the originals but missing the full sense of Parker's writing.

[jrw]

Since We Fell, Dennis Lehane. By the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone.

[elderboy02]

The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Dark Tower 1 (https://smile.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-I-Gunslinger/dp/1501143514/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496629109&sr=1-1&keywords=the+gunslinger)

[jonumberone]

The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Dark Tower 1 (https://smile.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-I-Gunslinger/dp/1501143514/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496629109&sr=1-1&keywords=the+gunslinger)

Getting ready to start that next. :tu

Currently reading the first book in the Richard J. Evans Third Reich Trilogy: The Coming of the Third Reich (https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Third-Reich-Richard-Evans/dp/0143034693)

[YankeeMan]

Revenge of the Emperor by Clive Cussler

[CigarNut]

The Forever Man (https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Man-Gordon-R-Dickson-ebook/dp/B00GXN7MU4/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1496678142&sr=8-9&keywords=Forever+man) by Gordon R. Dickson

Pretty good read, but I did not care for the ending.

[elderboy02]

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Shaped-Box-Novel-Joe-Hill/dp/0061147931/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1496926001&sr=1-1) Joe Hill is Stephen King's son

[Pilon]

Flyboys by James Bradley

[Greentud]

Reading the Virgil Flowers books by John Sandford.

[elderboy02]

Just finished The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson.

Now reading The Shining by Stephen King

[jrw]

Reading the Virgil Flowers books by John Sandford.

Oft-repeated description: "That ****in' Flowers" :tu

[pnoon]

Reading the Virgil Flowers books by John Sandford.

Oft-repeated description: "That ****in' Flowers" :tu

I'm a big John Sandford fan. Love the Prey series. I've read all but two or three of the 27.

[paris1129]

Just finished The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson.

Now reading The Shining by Stephen King

Fantastic book by Mark Manson! Finished that one myself a few months ago!

[Porch Dweller]

Reading the Virgil Flowers books by John Sandford.

I've read all of them, the "Prey" novels, and the "Kidd" ones, too. I don't think there was a single one I didn't enjoy.

[Greentud]

I've read all of them, the "Prey" novels, and the "Kidd" ones, too. I don't think there was a single one I didn't enjoy.

I will read them all eventually.

[hotreds]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/415kkaFjOwL._SX373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[jrw]

The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson. Very good, but at 1000 pages I should get credit for three books, right? Plus it's only book one of a trilogy? Mama Mia!

[tsolomon]

Just finished Hounded by Kevin Hearne and started in on book 2 of the series Hexed. I'm re-reading the Iron Druid series while waiting for the newest book in the series to be released on July 11.

[elderboy02]

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (https://smile.amazon.com/Stephen-King-Doctor-Sleep-25/dp/B00HTK0Y9Q/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1498479989&sr=8-2) This is the sequel to The Shining

[pnoon]

No Middle Name by Lee Child.
(A collection of Jack Reacher short stories)

[CigarNut]

The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson. Very good, but at 1000 pages I should get credit for three books, right? Plus it's only book one of a trilogy? Mama Mia!

Sanderson went to the Jordon school of writing... :)

[jrw]

Year of the Demon, Steve Bein.

[elderboy02]

Drone Warrior (https://smile.amazon.com/Drone-Warrior-Soldiers-Americas-Dangerous/dp/0062693913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499265199&sr=8-1&keywords=drone+warrior)

[jrw]

Tilted World, Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly. A novel of the 1927 Mississippi flood, the greatest natural disaster in US history. Bootleggers, revenuers, murderers, it's got it all.

[elderboy02]

Armed Robbers In Action (https://www.amazon.com/Armed-Robbers-Action-Stickups-Northeastern/dp/155553323X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499436380&sr=1-1&keywords=armed+robbers+in+action) I really enjoyed this book. It is a bit dated, but gives you insight into the mind of an armed robber

Now reading: Joyland by Stephen King (https://www.amazon.com/Joyland-Hard-Case-Crime-Stephen/dp/1781162646/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499436506&sr=1-1&keywords=joyland+stephen+king)

[pnoon]

Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs

[jrw]

Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie. Book 3. I enjoyed the series but thought the ending was a bit abrupt and unresolved.

[TXRebel]

The Last Full Measure by Trent Reedy (https://www.amazon.com/Last-Full-Measure-Divided-Fall/dp/0545548772) (book 3 of the Divided We Fall trilogy)

[YankeeMan]

Chaos by Patricia Cornwell

[jrw]

Do Not Become Alarmed, Maile Meloy.

[sikk50]

Just finished "Zane Grey: Outdoorsman Zane Greys Best Hunting and Fishing Tales" highly recommend

[jrw]

Testimony, Scott Turow.

[Steve]

The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

[YankeeMan]

Night School by Lee Child

[elderboy02]

The Regulators by Richard Bachman AKA Stephen King (https://www.amazon.com/Regulators-Richard-Bachman/dp/0525941908/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499890522&sr=1-1&keywords=the+regulators+stephen+king)