Books - What Are You Reading / What Do You Recommend?

[buffalobo]

Looking forward to the fourth as well. Also finished the 5th A. American book "Resurecting Home". I enjoyed it a little more predictable than the others.

Finished Resurrecting Home last nite. It was good, author ended it set up for more in the series.

[blacklabel]

Finished Resurrecting Home last nite. It was good, author ended it set up for more in the series.

There will definitely be more in the series. I've enjoyed it so far.

[buffalobo]

There will definitely be more in the series. I've enjoyed it so far.

Been hooked on post apocalyptic stories for about 6 months now and this one has been my favorite.

[Irving]

Have less than 50 pages of Thomas Covenant left and can't muster up the desire to finish.

[mcantar18c]

Shantaram. Aussie breaks out of prison and ends up in Bombay.
It's written as a novel, not an autobiography... but if you look at his life, that's essentially what it is.

Link to book:
http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Nove.../dp/0312330537

Watered down life story of the author:

Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne, Australia. A gifted writer and student, he became addicted to heroin when his marriage collapsed and he lost the custody of his daughter. When he committed a series of robberies with an imitation pistol, he was described as the Gentleman Bandit. Sentenced to nineteen years in prison, he escaped and journeyed to New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and Europe. For ten of those fugitive years he lived in Bombay-where he established a free medical clinic for slum-dwellers, and worked as a counterfeiter, smuggler, gunrunner, and street soldier for a branch of the Bombay mafia. Recaptured in Germany, he served out his sentence there and in Australian prisons. Upon his release, he established a successful multimedia company, and since the international publication of Shantaram, he is a full-time writer, at home in several countries.

I usually don't enjoy books that aren't military or SHTF themed, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this one.

[blacklabel]

Been hooked on post apocalyptic stories for about 6 months now and this one has been my favorite.

This is a great series.

http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Sherry/...ne_cont_book_1

[cstone]

Have less than 50 pages of Thomas Covenant left and can't muster up the desire to finish.

White Gold Wielder

I read those books while I was in high school. They got tedious by the end.

Going back to The Giver quartet, I finished the fourth book Son today. I'm not overly keen on Lowry's allegorical battle of good and evil. Such a simplistic and brief battle with an unrealistic and unsatisfying ending. I understand that she was coaxed into writing the fourth book by her many young adult readers who just wanted some closure on the characters introduced in The Giver. Gathering Blue, and Messenger. She gives them that closure but does it in a way that reminds me this is literature for children. If you have kids, the books are worth reading and sharing with your kids (10 and up would be my guess).

I still haven't seen the movie. Waiting till it is on Netflix. I'm sure I won't like the movie, so why pay more for it?

[cstone]

Just out of curiosity, anyone else here like Terry Pratchett and/or Neil Gaiman?

[buffalobo]

Just out of curiosity, anyone else here like Terry Pratchett and/or Neil Gaiman?

I have Discworld series as part of my library, definite Pratchett fan.

Edit - I am Fan of his books, don't know squat about the man.

[buffalobo]

Read Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series over the last few weeks. Easy, entertaining, fun reading. Will check out some of his other stuff.