Name the last three books you have read...

Sir Nose said:
My teenagers are reading these and passing them back and forth the way I used to read and swap comics. I had to shush them at the dinner table last night because they were talking and acting out characters...getting loud and annoying their Pop!

Mrs. Nose reminded me that I should be happy they are spending at least a part of their summertime reading. :cool:

Oh, and they didn't like the movie at all.
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I love the movie, but the book is so much better. Sadly, I would have joined your teenagers in the conversation...
 
Just started a new read:

Moment of Truth in Iraq, Michael Yon.

and purchased at the request of Mrs Nose the Robert Jordan series in paperback.
 
Bump.

I'm reading "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr. I'm about 1/2 way through. It's a very good book so far. It's very well written and has excellent character development. The story is interesting. It speaks to my interest in psychology and history. It's interesting to read a story like this, set in 1896, before the advent of finger printing and other criminology tools we take for granted today.

I tried to read "The Bone Vault" by Linda Fairstein. Horrible book. The subject matter interested me (thanks to my anthropological background), which is why I picked it up. I'm happy it's only the paperback. I read about 100 pages and realized that I didn't know any of the characters. She didn't bother giving any history or depth to the characters and 100 pages in, I couldn't distinguish one character from another. There were also way too many characters introduced. The premise sounded really interesting, but the execution is very poor.
 
Sir Nose said:
Be honest, don't front.
I'll bet this will tell us something about you.

Me:

Not a Good Day to Die, Sean Naylor
The Mission, The Men and Me, Pete Blaber
The First Global Village, How Portugal Changed the World, Martin Page
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South Park Conservatives

Liberty and Tyranny byMark Levin

Going Rogue by Sarah Palin

A Slobbering Affair with Barrak Hussein Obama Bernard Goldberg
 
As I devote *heaps* of time to being behind an animation light desk and/or a still and/or motion picture camera...I have little time to sit and read....as I did when I lived & worked in Cleveland (Guess WHY? In a swingin' hip 24/7 city like *that!* [That's sarcasm])..so there are some personal favourites that I've been perusing once over lightly:

"Not By The Sword" - Kathryn Watterson

"Brain Droppings" - George Carlin (The bloke left us all too soon, eh?)

"Future Shock" - Alvin Toffler (The latter here not so much "new', as a re-read of some finer topics that, albeit this book came out in 1974, has topics that are *very* much in the news as I write this! And *all* of my childhood chums back in Chi-town luaghed at and mocked my observations on those topics back then. Wonder if the surviving ones are laughing now???)



















OpinionsCartoonStudios@Yahoo.Co.UK
 
Group Think for Dummies
How to Avoid Thinking Critically
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Agreeing with Everything They Say, at Least to their Faces

And other ridiculous assumptions made by people when a few like-minded folks agree with one another. Works for democracy but apparently not forums.

Oooops my bad. Wrong thread. Where is my handler? Bammit!
 
Bookworm616 said:
Bump.

I'm reading "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr. I'm about 1/2 way through. It's a very good book so far. It's very well written and has excellent character development. The story is interesting. It speaks to my interest in psychology and history. It's interesting to read a story like this, set in 1896, before the advent of finger printing and other criminology tools we take for granted today.
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I really enjoyed "The Alienist." Now that you've reminded me of it, I may have to pick it up again.

Recently, I've been trying to read "The Lost Symbol" (Dan Brown) but haven't gotten very far. Thought it would be entertaining but I'm not finding it as enjoyable as I thought I would.
 
veema said:
I really enjoyed "The Alienist." Now that you've reminded me of it, I may have to pick it up again.

Recently, I've been trying to read "The Lost Symbol" (Dan Brown) but haven't gotten very far. Thought it would be entertaining but I'm not finding it as enjoyable as I thought I would.
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Oh, awesome, I don't know anyone who has read that book. Glad to know there are others who have liked it. I'm enjoying it so far.

"The Lost Symbol" is next on my list! Though now I guess I'll lower my expecations of that book. Hmmm...
 
Just finished "In Fed we trust" (David Wessel) very good read for those looking for insights in to how the fed works, the power they have over our economy, and the last couple of years of fiscal and monetary policies.
 
The Metamorphoses by Ovid is what I'm reading now. Previously I've just been re-reading the Harry Potter books yet again. >.< I can't afford to buy new ones, and I always forget to return library books.


But! My friend from back home is sending me World War Z by Max Brooks. I'm super excited! I had his other one, The Zombie Survival Guide, before, and WWZ is supposed to be ten times better.

Zombies ftw!
 
The good guy by Dean Koontz

Velocity by Dean Koontz

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by JK Rowling

Currently reading "Beneath the bleeding" by Val McDermid. And next up are all the Dexter books (except the first one, I've already read that one). :smt023
 
Been ages since I added to this thread.

Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
The Host, all by Stephanie Meyer
Re Read
From A Buick 8-Stephen King and Rosemarys Baby- Ira Levin

Crystal Singer - Ann McCaffrey

Does My Bum Look Big In This? - Arrabella Weir

Under The Dome - Stephen King, his latest, pretty good well worth the read.
 
100 Years of Solitude/Marquez
The Power of Non-violence:Writings by Advocated of Peace/Howard Zinn
Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets/Mental Floss
 
JordanC said:
100 Years of Solitude/Marquez
The Power of Non-violence:Writings by Advocated of Peace/Howard Zinn
Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets/Mental Floss
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OH! 100 years is one of my top three favorite books! read it about 10 times over the last 20 years.

Have you read Dona Flor's Husbands?

I fail to remember the author now. You'd LOVE it!
 
Flyingeek said:
OH! 100 years is one of my top three favorite books! read it about 10 times over the last 20 years.

Have you read Dona Flor's Husbands?

I fail to remember the author now. You'd LOVE it!
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No sounds like I should put it on my library list though. Thank you for the suggestion. :D I am always looking for good reads.

I enjoy this thread. I have found lots of books off of what others are reading.
 
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