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What books are you reading? (Non-comics)

Started by irishmoxie, April 02, 2016, 11:10:58 PM

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rusty

At the moment I'm reading Shattered Spear by Jack Campbell, Mutineer's Moon by David Weber (both in audiobook) and plan to start a print book as well.  I've finished 8 books so far this month, including The Martian, Dracula and others.

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irishmoxie

I read Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed about a Pakistani arranged marriage gone bad.

60sBettyandReggie

I just started reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

rusty

I recently finished Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, the latest book in their Liaden series.  It was pretty good.

I should finish Flinx in Flux by Alan Dean Foster tomorrow.  It is a book in the middle of his Pip & Flinx series.  It also happens to be the last one I read in the series back in the 1980s.  The next book didn't come out until 1995 and I never got back into the series until this year.

I'm also reading Crucible, a short story collection set in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar world.

steveinthecity

An older book from around 1990, Stephen Coonts "Under Seige".  Lots of criminal murder and mayhem, political revisionism(Quayle makes good judgement calls for example), very fast paced with multiple subplots occurring simultaneously.  Not my normal type of read, but I really enjoyed this.
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60sBettyandReggie

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on August 05, 2016, 08:00:54 PM
I just started reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain


It was boring, not at all what I was expecting, didn't finish it. I just returned it. Too bad, I was looking forward to reading it.

60sBettyandReggie

Last night I began reading for the very first time To Kill A Mockingbird. I'm liking it so far.

rusty

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on September 30, 2016, 10:06:52 AM
Last night I began reading for the very first time To Kill A Mockingbird. I'm liking it so far.

I read that back in junior high or high school and enjoyed it.  I don't think I'll ever reread it, but it was good.  The movie was also pretty good.   My mom read the 'sequel' which came out during the summer and thought it was okay.

I'm reading The Prince and the Pauper and The Time Machine right now.   I've read comic book adaptations for both, but have never actually read the original books so I thought it was time  to rectify that.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is probably my next classic read.

Jingles

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on September 30, 2016, 10:06:52 AM
Last night I began reading for the very first time To Kill A Mockingbird. I'm liking it so far.
An absolute classic.

60sBettyandReggie

Quote from: rusty on September 30, 2016, 06:35:50 PM
Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on September 30, 2016, 10:06:52 AM
Last night I began reading for the very first time To Kill A Mockingbird. I'm liking it so far.

I read that back in junior high or high school and enjoyed it.  I don't think I'll ever reread it, but it was good.  The movie was also pretty good.   My mom read the 'sequel' which came out during the summer and thought it was okay.

I'm reading The Prince and the Pauper and The Time Machine right now.   I've read comic book adaptations for both, but have never actually read the original books so I thought it was time  to rectify that.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is probably my next classic read.


I also checked out from the library the movie, but I'm waiting until I finish the book to watch the movie.
I have been meaning to read The Prince and the Pauper, can you let me know if it's a good book, please?

rusty

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on October 02, 2016, 10:33:37 PM
I also checked out from the library the movie, but I'm waiting until I finish the book to watch the movie.
I have been meaning to read The Prince and the Pauper, can you let me know if it's a good book, please?

I'm about 2/3 of the way through it and am enjoying it a lot so far.  So far there has been a bit more of a focus on the prince and his problems, but there have also been good parts with the pauper and the troubles he has had at court.

I'll probably finish it later this week some time.

steveinthecity

Finished "Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs.  It's a memoir of the author's teen years that is simultaneously horrifying and hilarious, showing his coping and resilience to the dysfunction he was surrounded by. If you have an appreciation for dark humor you should check this book out.
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60sBettyandReggie

Went to the library and I wanted to check out some "classic" novels. I was thinking maybe Moby Dick, The Grapes of Wrath, David Copperfield, The Prince and the Pauper, Little Women or Peter Pan.
I found The Annotated Peter Pan- cute book, lots of info and pictures as well as the story but it was very heavy
They didn't have Little Women
Then I looked for David Copperfield--Thick book with small print. The story sounds like it might be interesting but I was hesitant because the only other Charles Dickens book I have read (or tried to read, rather) was The Old Curiosity Shop. It was tedious and boring, so I thought what if Copperfield is also boring?
Then I found Moby Dick--again, very small print, what if it's boring? It's just about being on a boat.
I completely forgot to look The Grapes of Wrath, because I found the Prince and the Pauper and it looked decent, so yeah, that's the one I checked out from the library (as well as a couple Uncle Scrooge books  :D ).



60sBettyandReggie


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