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dccraft 03-02-2010 02:00 PM

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Without Remorse....Tom Clancy

Rabidsquirrel 03-02-2010 02:36 PM

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Just finished Dust of Dreams. Definitely going to have to reread.

4WheelVFR 03-03-2010 11:38 PM

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Just finished The Empty Land by Louis L'Amour. Another excellent book.

baldanders 03-04-2010 12:21 AM

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NOTHING TO LOSE the 12th JACK REACHER BOOK by Lee Child.

Walt 03-04-2010 04:07 AM

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I just finished up the last book in the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb (Assassin's Quest) and am currently waiting as patiently as possible for my next Amazon shipment to come in. Can't wait to dive into the next Trilogy by Robin Hobb, which is Liveship Traders.

RevSmoke 03-04-2010 06:14 AM

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The Silver Chair - CS Lewis
At Home in the House or My Fathers - Harrison

4WheelVFR 03-05-2010 06:07 PM

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Vampire World III: Bloodwars by Brian Lumley.

4WheelVFR 03-10-2010 11:25 PM

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Necroscope: The Lost Years by Brian Lumley. Looks to be another good one.

Fumes 03-11-2010 09:59 PM

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Just finished Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow
Started Middlemarch by George Eliot (not sure if I can finish this one) and Redbreast by Jo Nesbo.

kelmac07 03-12-2010 10:22 AM

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Thumbing through Baseball Americas 2010 Prospect Handbook

BeerAdvocate 03-12-2010 12:01 PM

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My goal this summer is to read the entire Left Behind series.
I hope I atleast finish it before the world ends in 2012 :D

pennjones 03-13-2010 07:58 AM

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Last night I bought and started to read The First Cruisade: A New History by Thomas Asbridge. Looks to be a good read!

feathersforever 03-13-2010 08:28 AM

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Just finished re-reading Larry Sabato's A More Perfect Constitution. Once I get done reading my students' research papers, on to Walker Elliott Rowe's A History of Virginia Wines: From Grapes To Glass.

Razorhog 03-13-2010 08:33 AM

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Just finished Stephen King - Under The Dome. Now reading The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

hotreds 03-13-2010 08:48 AM

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The Truth Behind the New Atheism: Responding to the Emerging Challenges to God and Christianity by David Marshall

Cigargal 03-17-2010 01:39 PM

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Finished Connie Willis Blackout. I love her time travel novels. But dang, this is a two parter. I wont know how it ends until Fall.

jledou 03-17-2010 02:22 PM

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Finally finished Anathem at the end of February and I blazed through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on my trip to Moscow last week.
Currently I am about about 2/3 into the first Wheel of Time book.

jcruse64 03-17-2010 04:28 PM

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Just got into With The Old Breed this week.

BlackDog 03-17-2010 06:57 PM

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John Adams by David McCullough. It's an excellent biography of a vastly undervalued man in the founding of our country.

Salvelinus 03-17-2010 07:22 PM

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Just finished The River Why by David James Duncan. Great read regardless of if you fish.

kelmac07 03-17-2010 08:10 PM

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April issue of Cigar Aficionado

qwerty1500 03-17-2010 09:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackDog (Post 797484)
John Adams by David McCullough. It's an excellent biography of a vastly undervalued man in the founding of our country.

That one is on my short list. The wife liked it, and it's good to hear that you liked it too.

Rabidsquirrel 03-18-2010 04:06 PM

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The Chaos Balance.

quantim0 03-18-2010 04:43 PM

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I just finished The Survivors Club and am starting on F.A. Hayeks The Road to Serfdom

BrokenSkeg 03-18-2010 08:15 PM

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Just finished Star Wars Fate of the Jedi: Abyss. What can I say. Just an old kid.
Now working on The New Penguin History of the World. The abridged version. I guess there won't be a final version in my lifetime.

Walt 03-19-2010 04:11 AM

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Finished up the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb about two weeks ago and am working my way through her Liveship Traders Trilogy.

4WheelVFR 03-22-2010 07:51 PM

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Just finished two more L'Amour books. Now I'm on Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn.

MedicCook 03-22-2010 09:49 PM

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I started reading 'December' by Phil Rickman. Made it through 78 pages and had to stop. Just could not get into the flow of the writer.

After putting 'December' down I read 'Mad As Hell' by Mike Lupica. Book was published in early 1996 but is still revolent with the complaining of how sports are screwing the average fan over.

Started reading 'The Passenger' by Patrick A. Davis the other day. After the first page I was into the book. :tu Will probbaly finish it by this time next week.

Mayor 03-23-2010 07:47 AM

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South of Broad by Pat Conroy.
Good book. Takes place here in Charleston, it's a novel but there are real places/events/and some people!

shooter21489 03-23-2010 07:58 AM

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Just starting the Percy Jackson series.

CigarNut 03-23-2010 09:44 AM

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Need some recommendations... I am going on a 15 day cruise and want to take some books with me. Right now I have Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.

I like epic fantasy (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, etc.), science fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Card, Brin) fantasy (McAffery, Card, Butcher). (Basically, I read for escape and entertainment, not education.)

The catch is that any recommendations need to be available on the Kindle.

Thanks!

MortonMilo 03-23-2010 09:53 AM

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The Big Short. Just a so-so read, but worth it if you're looking to pass some time.

shooter21489 03-23-2010 10:54 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CigarNut (Post 803406)
Need some recommendations... I am going on a 15 day cruise and want to take some books with me. Right now I have Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.

I like epic fantasy (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, etc.), science fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Card, Brin) fantasy (McAffery, Card, Butcher). (Basically, I read for escape and entertainment, not education.)

The catch is that any recommendations need to be available on the Kindle.

Thanks!

Ender's Game. Not sure if you've read it, or if it's on the Kindle, but I absolutely loved it, and I'm into about the same genres as you.

Emjaysmash 03-23-2010 11:42 AM

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Written on The Body - Jeanette Winterson

CigarNut 03-23-2010 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by shooter21489 (Post 803497)
Ender's Game. Not sure if you've read it, or if it's on the Kindle, but I absolutely loved it, and I'm into about the same genres as you.

Thanks for the response!

I have read all of the Ender books (Ender's Game was the best). I loved the series and have read most everything that Card has written.

Mugen910 03-23-2010 01:09 PM

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Water for Elephants.
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Neuromancer 03-23-2010 03:05 PM

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The Sword Of Honor Trilogy by Evelyn Waugh

4WheelVFR 03-23-2010 06:57 PM

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Reading Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn. Yet another great book so far.

Skywalker 03-23-2010 08:26 PM

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I just now finished Star Wars Darth Bane Rule of Two!!!

Very good series!!!

jaydub13 03-23-2010 08:32 PM

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Just finished The Stranger, by Camus.

For lighter reading, I love anything by Ludlum for a trip, or anything by Lawrence Block. Interesting, easy reads.

jledou 03-24-2010 06:27 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CigarNut (Post 803406)
Need some recommendations... I am going on a 15 day cruise and want to take some books with me. Right now I have Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.

I like epic fantasy (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, etc.), science fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Card, Brin) fantasy (McAffery, Card, Butcher). (Basically, I read for escape and entertainment, not education.)

The catch is that any recommendations need to be available on the Kindle.

Thanks!

I would suggest Peter F Hamilton's Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. Both are good scifi IMO there are two more that jump time ahead in the series and they are the Dreaming Void and the Temporal Void with a new one coming in August.

CigarNut 03-24-2010 07:42 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jledou (Post 804268)
I would suggest Peter F Hamilton's Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. Both are good scifi IMO there are two more that jump time ahead in the series and they are the Dreaming Void and the Temporal Void with a new one coming in August.

Thanks for the suggestion!

4WheelVFR 03-24-2010 05:01 PM

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Just started Necroscope:Resurgence by Brian Lumley. Only 50 pages in or so and already getting good.

Poronico 03-24-2010 11:05 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CigarNut (Post 803406)
Need some recommendations... I am going on a 15 day cruise and want to take some books with me. Right now I have Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.

I like epic fantasy (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, etc.), science fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Card, Brin) fantasy (McAffery, Card, Butcher). (Basically, I read for escape and entertainment, not education.)

The catch is that any recommendations need to be available on the Kindle.

Thanks!

R.A Salvatore Drizzt Do'Urden series is fantastic if you like fantasy.

kelmac07 03-24-2010 11:18 PM

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The morning newspaper. :D

BeerAdvocate 03-25-2010 05:45 AM

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Finished the 1st book in the Left Behind series.
It was the fastest that I have ever read a book = 3 days!
Great read!!!!

Walt 03-25-2010 07:30 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CigarNut (Post 803406)
Need some recommendations... I am going on a 15 day cruise and want to take some books with me. Right now I have Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.

I like epic fantasy (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, etc.), science fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Card, Brin) fantasy (McAffery, Card, Butcher). (Basically, I read for escape and entertainment, not education.)

The catch is that any recommendations need to be available on the Kindle.

Thanks!

I read Mistborn recently and thought it was good. I struggled a little with the second book but the third more than made up for it. If you haven't read it yet, I'd suggest Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest). I thought it was fantastic, my favorite series to date. I'm not sure that it meets your epic requirement because the danger is the destruction on one land, not the entire world (at least not in this series anyway).

Emjaysmash 03-25-2010 08:27 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CigarNut (Post 803406)
Need some recommendations... I am going on a 15 day cruise and want to take some books with me. Right now I have Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.

I like epic fantasy (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, etc.), science fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Card, Brin) fantasy (McAffery, Card, Butcher). (Basically, I read for escape and entertainment, not education.)

The catch is that any recommendations need to be available on the Kindle.

Thanks!

I know some people hate this series, but I went from R.A. Salvatore to Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I would recommend it. Sadly, I haven;t read much fantasy since I got to college. I'd second the Drizzt series like The Dark Elf Trilogy, or The Icewind Dale Trilogy.

CigarNut 03-25-2010 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Walt (Post 805456)
I read Mistborn recently and thought it was good. I struggled a little with the second book but the third more than made up for it. If you haven't read it yet, I'd suggest Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest). I thought it was fantastic, my favorite series to date. I'm not sure that it meets your epic requirement because the danger is the destruction on one land, not the entire world (at least not in this series anyway).

Maybe I used the wrong word when I said "epic" -- what I meant to say is a complex tale usually taking more than one book to complete.

Anyway, I checked out the Farseer Trilogy and have downloaded it to my Kindle. Thanks for the tip!

Darrell 03-25-2010 10:13 AM

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln


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