+ Reply to Thread
Page 30 of 42 FirstFirst ... 20282930313240 ... LastLast
Results 436 to 450 of 626

Thread: What are you reading currently?

  1. #436
    2003 BB&B Basketball Pick 'Em Champion inudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond repute inudesu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Posts
    13,681

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by DawgyNWindow View Post
    That's an awesome list. I might replace a couple with stuff like "Tess of the D'ubervilles" by Thomas Hardy and "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Heinlein, but I have read and enjoyed most on your list except Brodkey... and your Dostoevsky stuff (I did try The Idiot and grew bored). I might put Billy Budd in the place of Moby Dick as well.
    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    i must confess i have never read hardy or heinlein (except maybe a couple of hardy's short stories). i'll have to add them both to my list.
    I read The Mayor of Casterbridge in high school and while there is something to say about its value, it's not really my jam. Coincidentally, a high school classmate starred in a fairly loose adaptation.

    The trailer oversells the movie in my opinion.



    I've also read Stranger in a Strange Land, and while it's also worth reading I didn't love it either.

    The Idiot is really boring. It's not in the same class as Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karamazov.

  2. #437
    2003 BB&B Basketball Pick 'Em Champion inudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond repute inudesu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Posts
    13,681

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    my 10 every man should read -- 1st draft for consideration/discussion among the committee (in no particular order):
    1) mere christianity (even if you're not a christian)
    2) huckleberry finn (or just about any mark twain)
    3) lord of the rings (a single novel in 6 books, three volumes)
    4) hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (a trilogy in 5 novels)
    5) moby dick
    6) crime and punishment (or the brothers karamazov)
    7) asimov's foundation novels (or any sufficiently long collection of his short stories)
    8) animal farm (or 1984, but you really don't have to torture yourself by finishing it -- all the meat is in the first 1/3)
    9) brodkey and hershey's transport phenomena: a unified approach (only mostly kidding)
    9 for real) alice in wonderland and through the looking glass (can't read one and not the other)
    10) c.s. lewis's fiction -- all of it (i know i'm cheating here, but lewis is just so good)

    okay, this is really hard to get down to just 10, but i'll leave it here for now (i'll probably come up with 10 more for consideration...)
    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    the next few:
    1) lord of the flies
    2) harry potter series (you can probably buy it all in a single volume)
    3) sherlock holmes -- entire collection (the one i read was in a single volume electronically)
    4) tale of two cities
    5) three musketeers
    6) ender's game
    I would have lost my bet that Ray Bradbury would appear on this list somewhere in the top 15.

  3. #438
    2003 BB&B Basketball Pick 'Em Champion inudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond repute inudesu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Posts
    13,681

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by TechDawgMc View Post
    You'll think he was watching your family get ready for church
    I'm not sure I'd want to read someone's take on watching my family get ready for church.

    I read the original Fletch in 2020. Some of it was good, but the relationship with the underage drug addict (while it does somewhat drive the story) was a little too much to make him very sympathetic.

  4. #439
    Champ TechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud ofTechDawgMc has much to be proud of
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Temple, TX
    Posts
    2,046

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by inudesu View Post
    I'm not sure I'd want to read someone's take on watching my family get ready for church.

    I read the original Fletch in 2020. Some of it was good, but the relationship with the underage drug addict (while it does somewhat drive the story) was a little too much to make him very sympathetic.
    Fletch, especially, is not always a great person. Flynn is actually a bit of a saint. They come together in the book Confess Fletch (which is probably my favorite Fletch book) -- which is actually where he introduced Flynn before he started writing separate books.

  5. #440
    2003 BB&B Basketball Pick 'Em Champion inudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond repute inudesu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Posts
    13,681

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by TechDawgMc View Post
    Fletch, especially, is not always a great person. Flynn is actually a bit of a saint. They come together in the book Confess Fletch (which is probably my favorite Fletch book) -- which is actually where he introduced Flynn before he started writing separate books.
    It was pretty funny in parts. Maybe I'll give him another chance with a Flynn book.

  6. #441
    Champ arkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond repute arkansasbob's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    state of incredulity
    Posts
    8,625

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    the next few:
    1) lord of the flies
    2) harry potter series (you can probably buy it all in a single volume)
    3) sherlock holmes -- entire collection (the one i read was in a single volume electronically)
    4) tale of two cities
    5) three musketeers
    6) ender's game
    7) farenheit 451 (there you go, austin)
    8) slaughterhouse five

    (these are still in no particular order, by the way)

    i started to add the godfather, but then i decided no book should be on this list if the movie is better. as inudesu already pointed out, the movies are works of art (the first two, anyway).

  7. #442
    Hunter Lee's Hero HogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond repute HogDawg's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    McKinney, TX & Franklin, TN
    Posts
    36,725

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
    Our 10th grade English lit teacher had us read Hardy's "Return of the Native". The lead female character, Eustacia, was the firs time I found a girl in a novel (without any corresponding comic or movie) indescribably hot.

    A few years later Catherine Zeta played her in a hallmark special -- which I found totally fitting.
    ....you watch the Hallmark channel?

  8. #443
    Champ Champ967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond repute Champ967's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Dogtown, AR
    Posts
    13,483

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    ....you watch the Hallmark channel?
    There wasnt Hallmark channel back then. (Long ago ... in the 1990s)

    I remember we had the movie on a home VCR tape with a handwritten label. Which means mom probably recorded it off TV.

    I dont know what channel(s) Hallmark movies used to air on. Maybe some our "too many bowl games" crowd would remember.

  9. #444
    Hunter Lee's Hero HogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond reputeHogDawg has a reputation beyond repute HogDawg's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    McKinney, TX & Franklin, TN
    Posts
    36,725

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by Champ967 View Post
    There wasnt Hallmark channel back then. (Long ago ... in the 1990s)

    I remember we had the movie on a home VCR tape with a handwritten label. Which means mom probably recorded it off TV.

    I dont know what channel(s) Hallmark movies used to air on. Maybe some our "too many bowl games" crowd would remember.
    I just asked because D80 and I were chatting not long ago about how cheesy the Hallmark movies are. Especially the Christmas movies. Our wives seem to love 'em, but they are very, very predictable.

    Of course, I'm happy to watch Catherine Zeta Jones in just about anything.

  10. #445
    Champ JuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond reputeJuBru has a reputation beyond repute JuBru's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Boston
    Posts
    20,131

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by inudesu View Post
    I haven't read Dune or the Stig Larrson
    Should add them to your reading list.

  11. #446
    Champ techman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond reputetechman05 has a reputation beyond repute
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Ruston
    Posts
    17,525

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    We never read 1984 or Animal Farm in high school. Those are next for me.

    As to a list, I don’t have many because most of what I have read is by Dan Brown, John Grisham, and David Baldacci. Great authors for sure, but I am trying to branch out.

    What I have read that I really enjoyed...

    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Fahrenheit 451
    Louis L’Amour Sackett Series
    Leather Stocking Series from James Fenimore Cooper
    Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    The Call of the Wild
    White Fang

  12. #447
    Champ arkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond reputearkansasbob has a reputation beyond repute arkansasbob's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    state of incredulity
    Posts
    8,625

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by techman05 View Post
    We never read 1984 or Animal Farm in high school. Those are next for me.

    As to a list, I don’t have many because most of what I have read is by Dan Brown, John Grisham, and David Baldacci. Great authors for sure, but I am trying to branch out.

    What I have read that I really enjoyed...

    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Fahrenheit 451
    Louis L’Amour Sackett Series
    Leather Stocking Series from James Fenimore Cooper
    Bran Stoker’s Dracula
    The Call of the Wild
    White Fang
    jack london can really tell a story. i got physically cold reading to build a fire.

  13. #448
    Champ Champ967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond reputeChamp967 has a reputation beyond repute Champ967's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Dogtown, AR
    Posts
    13,483

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    jack london can really tell a story. i got physically cold reading to build a fire.
    This. I remember craving a rare hamburger after the first couple chapters of White Fang.

  14. #449
    2003 BB&B Basketball Pick 'Em Champion inudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond repute inudesu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Posts
    13,681

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    jack london can really tell a story. i got physically cold reading to build a fire.
    Same.

    You gotta save that one for like July when you need it.

  15. #450
    2003 BB&B Basketball Pick 'Em Champion inudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond reputeinudesu has a reputation beyond repute inudesu's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Posts
    13,681

    Re: What are you reading currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by techman05 View Post
    We never read 1984 or Animal Farm in high school. Those are next for me.

    As to a list, I don’t have many because most of what I have read is by Dan Brown, John Grisham, and David Baldacci. Great authors for sure, but I am trying to branch out.

    What I have read that I really enjoyed...

    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Fahrenheit 451
    Louis L’Amour Sackett Series
    Leather Stocking Series from James Fenimore Cooper
    Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    The Call of the Wild
    White Fang
    I like most of those (and love some) but with Cooper I only ever made it through Last of the Mohicans. Whew. One of the very few times I'd say the movie is better than the book. Not my favorite.


    1984 and Animal Farm are very much worth reading.

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts