What are you reading currently?

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Originally Posted by DogtorEvil

just finished Foreign Influence (Brad Thor). About to start American Assassin (Vince Flynn).

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both are excellent. I still like Flynn a little better than Thor. They flow a little bit better to me. I'm waiting on Full Black from the library. If you like them, check out The Gray Man by Mark Greaney. Similar stuff.

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Originally Posted by solo1001

both are excellent. I still like Flynn a little better than Thor. They flow a little bit better to me. I'm waiting on Full Black from the library. If you like them, check out The Gray Man by Mark Greaney. Similar stuff.

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Thanks. I also like Flynn a tad better then Orr. After AA, I'm going to read the Athena Project by Orr and was then trying to figure what series I was going to go to next.

I just ordered The Gray Man and On Target. Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

You ever get around to reading The Man Who was Thursday? I think you'd like it, if you haven't already read it. Not nearly as strong a recommendation as the Hitchhiker's Guide (which I knew you would love) but still seems like something you'd enjoy.

I started the Hunger Games. Not bad so far. Premise kind of reminds me of The Long Walk.

Picked up The Great Gatsby off the bookshelf the other day on my way to the, um, "reading room." I probably liked it better than when I had to read it in high school and I can probably appreciate the writing more now, but it's never going to be one of my favorites.

Still working on the Fort Worth Cats history. The general stuff about how the minor leagues worked back in the old days and the Texas League and all that are pretty interesting. Cool picture of the Cats and Travs before a Dixie Series in 1920 in there. But all the details about who was the manager in a given year or how many RBIs the best player had or even the team's record get a little boring.

I also picked up a book I've had for a while about starting schools in Pakistan called Three Cups of Tea.

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i read the man who was thursday a while back. it was pretty good. well worth reading.

the hunger games is a much faster read than melville, obviously, but it's not bad for a YA novel, so far. the story is good and the style is tolerable. it's no harry potter, but it's at least three infinities better than twilight.

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Originally Posted by Ktulu7

Are there any bookworms on here? I've recently got on a reading kick, and am currently reading the "Sword of Shannara" trilogy hardcover (all 3 books in 1), by Terry Brooks. I'm hoping to blast through this easy reading before I go to Minneapolis for a couple weeks of work, where I can start on some other book series, since I'll be bored in the evenings.

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I read that trilogy when I was like, 13, I believe. It was a good series. If I'm not mistaken, as least one more trilogy was added, The Elfstones of Shannara, unless they were included in the Sword. I don't think so, though. There might have been a third trilogy as well. It's been so long I can't remember. If you really like Sci Fi Fantasy novels, you should read all of the Eternal Champion series of books by Michael Moorcock. Basically it's a large volume of different book series about different "Champions" who are incarnations of each other in different times and places. The Elric of Melnibone series was the most prolific of all the Eternal Champion series. He was the first "anti-hero" in Sci Fi Fantasy that I know. Haven't read much earlier of the genre than that. In fact, I read all of the Menzoberanzen (sp?) books about Drizzt Do'Urden, a dark elf, who was an very close imitation to Elric except that Elric isn't an elf and is an albino. Anyway, just going on a memory trip. I do highly recommend those series, though.

Gonna start reading Mere Christianity by Lewis tonight. I read The Great Divorce a few years ago and liked it so I will probably read that again next.

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Originally Posted by Bigdog13

Gonna start reading Mere Christianity by Lewis tonight. I read The Great Divorce a few years ago and liked it so I will probably read that again next.

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mere christianity is excellent. i never finished the great divorce -- i need to read that next.

If you like mystery/thrillers, check out Linwood Barclay. I got one off the drug store rack and read it in two days and just started a second one today and read almost half in one sitting. Good stuff. Also reading one of Dave Barry's collections. Always a gem

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Originally Posted by arkansasbob

the hunger games is a much faster read than melville, obviously, but it's not bad for a YA novel, so far. the story is good and the style is tolerable. it's no harry potter, but it's at least three infinities better than twilight.

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yikes! i might have spoken too soon. the second book of the series is all love-triangle-twilight-y so far (about 1/4 of the way through). yuck. never trust a female author with a female protagonist. they will always trend toward romance no matter how hard they try to avoid it.

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Originally Posted by arkansasbob

yikes! i might have spoken too soon. the second book of the series is all love-triangle-twilight-y so far (about 1/4 of the way through). yuck. never trust a female author with a female protagonist. they will always trend toward romance no matter how hard they try to avoid it.

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I was just going to comment about how I enjoyed the first one (finished it yesterday) and planned to order the second from the library today. I wasn't crazy about all that "feelings" junk in the first book (and was worried that we were headed down that path).

Disappointing.

I'll still read it though.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

:angry:

I was just going to comment about how I enjoyed the first one (finished it yesterday) and planned to order the second from the library today. I wasn't crazy about all that "feelings" junk in the first book (and was worried that we were headed down that path).

Disappointing.

I'll still read it though.

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When I searched for it on the Fort Worth Library website the Spanish version came up as well. In English the title is "Catching Fire" but in Spanish it's En Llamas. Are there going to be llamas in this book? Because that might make it awesome.

Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva currently.

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Originally Posted by Bigdog13

Gonna start reading Mere Christianity by Lewis tonight. I read The Great Divorce a few years ago and liked it so I will probably read that again next.

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Originally Posted by arkansasbob

mere christianity is excellent. i never finished the great divorce -- i need to read that next.

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I actually liked the great divorce better than mere christianity. I really liked the screwtape letters.

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Originally Posted by johnnylightnin

I actually liked the great divorce better than mere christianity. I really liked the screwtape letters.

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Mere Christianity is my favorite of those. I love Screwtape, too. Great Divorce was good, but not on the same level.

I'm currently almost halfway through volume one of David Eddings' "The Belgariad." The first volume has the first 3 books combined, and the second volume has the last 2 books in it.

Has anyone read any Orson Scott Card or Kurt Vonnegut that can comment on either one? I've read "Cat's Cradle," by Kurt Vonnegut and it was decent.

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Originally Posted by Ktulu7

I'm currently almost halfway through volume one of David Eddings' "The Belgariad." The first volume has the first 3 books combined, and the second volume has the last 2 books in it.

Has anyone read any Orson Scott Card or Kurt Vonnegut that can comment on either one? I've read "Cat's Cradle," by Kurt Vonnegut and it was decent.

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ender's game by orson scott card was pretty good. i haven't read any vonnegut.