Good Books

[Snapping Turtle]

Everyone needs to read The Blind Side if you haven't! The movie looks like it is going to be really good, but it is only telling half of the story. The book focuses a lot on the emergence of the left tackle as a key position. Very interesting. I learned a lot.

[floridabroncos]

Don't know if you are into Fantasy at all, but check out The Wheel of Time series. It does tend to drag a bit in the middle, and it's not done yet (first book post Robert Jordan's death has been released and it is fantastic considering it was put together from a bunch of outlines and dictations made by Jordan before his death) but it is an excellent series. It's not for everyone, but IMO it's definitely as worth a read as any other major fantasy series in print. The first 4-5 books are great and will keep you reading late into the night, books 6-9 you'll probably have to force yourself to finish, and then it gets good again and the newest book was probably one of the top 3 of the entire series (just finished it a week ago).

[JimmyJm]

Salem's Lot Steven King, James Patterson is good too...

[Thors Hammer]

The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx

I've never really been into biographies, but this was a pretty intense read.

[licence_to_kill]

Not really a book, but I've been reading a lot of Lovecraft lately.

[Charlie Brown]

Not really a book, but I've been reading a lot of Lovecraft lately.

Good choice.

I love H.P. Lovecraft

[soosobbitty]

Good Books

It is similar to it.

[licence_to_kill]

Good choice.

I love H.P. Lovecraft

Is there like a collection of all his works I can pick up?

[Charlie Brown]

Is there like a collection of all his works I can pick up?

Yep

I have his complete collection (except for his Necronomicon).

There are a bunch of different collections out there. I bought a few to complete the collection. I have 4 different collections and I think it's everything.

[VenomousDB]

The last book I read was A Few Seconds of Panic. It was a really good book!

[Mount-n-Groan]

Don't know if you are into Fantasy at all, but check out The Wheel of Time series. It does tend to drag a bit in the middle, and it's not done yet (first book post Robert Jordan's death has been released and it is fantastic considering it was put together from a bunch of outlines and dictations made by Jordan before his death) but it is an excellent series. It's not for everyone, but IMO it's definitely as worth a read as any other major fantasy series in print. The first 4-5 books are great and will keep you reading late into the night, books 6-9 you'll probably have to force yourself to finish, and then it gets good again and the newest book was probably one of the top 3 of the entire series (just finished it a week ago).

I've heard so much good and bad about this series that that alone has kept me from starting it. The dull middle you mentioned seems to be the consensus so I'm a little skeptical, but I'll probably end up reading it someday...

But, speaking of unfinished fantasy epics... I can't let a thread like this go by without mentioning...

George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice & Fire" series. You've probably read it, florida, but for anyone else, don't let the fantasy genre tag fool you - this is gritty, real-feel stuff. HBO's currently filming the pilot to the first book (A Game of Thrones) and will likely continue on with it making that first book in to a season series.

Another I'm planning on reading soon is Patrick Rothfuss' "The Name of the Wind". Heard some great things about it.



Winter Is Coming!

[RealBronco]

Finally finished The Reality Dysfunction the first in The Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton.

I'm eager to start The Neutronium Alchemist, book two of the series. So far it is absolutely amazing and astounding. Hamilton paints a masterpiece with each chapter in his descriptiveness and attention to detail, not to mention his character depth.

and also, just as i finished that novel, i picked up, with bittersweet anticipation, the final complete novel we will be graced with by the greatest author of our time: the late Dr. Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes.

i literally just finished Latitudes about 4 minutes ago. it was quite fun and entertaining. my thoughts are that he was writing it, possibly even as a weekend writing exercise to get himself back in the spirit of writing, and then Pirates of the Caribbean came out and maybe he decided to "archive" his manuscript.

no i really don't know why he never decided to publish it, or if he was just waiting but his family discovered it after his death. they are also working on another novel that he was actually working on before his death. unfortunately he never finished it, but i guess his family is going to attempt to finish it based on his notes and get that out as well as one final homage and farewell for the fans.

anyhow, P.L. was a quick read about some good ole Pirate adventures and I found it rather entertaining. it was definitely set away from his normal type of writing. i guess it can be put in line with The Great Train Robbery and Eaters of the Dead... both break off of his more well-known genre-bending style of writing.