Finished reading it yesterday for second time. The first was when I was 15 and I didn’t like it, but now I certainly did.
Also, some of the R.A. Salvatore novels where his Mary and Andy Stu are not around.
Beach Road
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Lord of the Rings: read 7-8 times
[/quote]
Respect. I found Tolkien to be long winded. Sorry man.
[quote]ucallthatbass wrote:
- The Hobbit - Way better than The Lord of the Rings, [/quote]
Agreed. Hobbit is seamless.
Read more non-fiction than fiction. I seriously can’t remember my last fiction book.
For fiction books I liked I need to go back to my childhood and school so:
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
Fantasy books by Raymond E Feist, Terry Brooks and RA Salvatore
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephan King
All rank up there.
For those of you who read a book more than once. Why is that? You know the story, are you reading it to re-live it? How much time apart from each reading?
Can’t pick just one. Too many have moved me in some way.
To Kill A Mockingbird
A Wrinkle In Time
Milk In My Coffee
Midnight
Lord Of The Flies
Critical Space
Anita Blake Series
I Am Not A Serial Killer series by Dan Wells
Dexter series
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
Infinite Jest.
Yes. Really.[/quote]
Haven’t read it, but am reading ‘The Broom of the System now’. It’s crackin’. He’s a smart chap.
[quote]Edgy wrote:
I have read thousands of books.
novels, biographies, autobiographies, history, fantasy, and everything else inbetween.
and believe it or not.
the best book I have ever read.
ever.
is ‘Lonesome Dove’, by Larry McMurtry.
[/quote]
Hell yeah!
I have Comanche Moon and Streets of Laredo on my shelf waiting for me.
[quote]zenontheterrible wrote:
The first book to make me really say “FUCK YEA (this book was awesome)” was |Dune. (didn’t really like the sequels.)
Since then my fav, is the stormlight archive (way of kings), and the mistborn series, by brandon sanderson. [/quote]
I just picked up Way of Kings and am page 150 or so and it is indeed a good read and easy to get into and easy to follow. I’m enjoying it immensely.
Have you ever tried Malazan: Book of the Fallen? I wouldn’t recommend it as I found it just too damn complicated and it felt like I was studying for an exam in University.
[quote]gregron wrote:
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell- completely hilarious, made me laugh out loud, the writer comes across as a total douche piece of shit that I would like to beat up in real life lol
It actually made me LOL[/quote]
excellent series too, check out “Assholes Finish First”
Shouldn’t Dicks finish first?? Unless you’re running backwards, then I guess Assholes will finish just before Dicks.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Lord of the Rings: read 7-8 times
The Stand: read 7-8 times
Swan Song: read 2-3 times
Gunslinger series: read only once but shit took 20 years from first to last
then way to many to put down[/quote]
stop copying me[/quote]
Lol then I could go with most Stephen Hunter Swagger series, Reacher series by Lee Childs (thanks Nards), Robert Ludlum read most of his books way before the Bourne movies, Clancy books, Stephen Erikson Mazalan series rocks, WEB Griffen CORP series, David Weber Honor Harrington series, okay I will stop
[quote]XanderBuilt wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Lord of the Rings: read 7-8 times
[/quote]
Respect. I found Tolkien to be long winded. Sorry man.[/quote]
I read really fast, so I tend to try to find books that are long and detailed.
I read the last Lee Childs Reacher book in 4 hours. I love the Hobbit and cant wait to see the movie actually. Whenever I re-read the LOR I always start with the Hobbit, to me that is a 4 book series.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]zenontheterrible wrote:
The first book to make me really say “FUCK YEA (this book was awesome)” was |Dune. (didn’t really like the sequels.)
Since then my fav, is the stormlight archive (way of kings), and the mistborn series, by brandon sanderson. [/quote]
I just picked up Way of Kings and am page 150 or so and it is indeed a good read and easy to get into and easy to follow. I’m enjoying it immensely.
Have you ever tried Malazan: Book of the Fallen? I wouldn’t recommend it as I found it just too damn complicated and it felt like I was studying for an exam in University.[/quote]
I loved the Malazan series Nards, yes it is a difficult read to start however he created a whole world so it takes a bit to get the lingo.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. By Philip Gourevitch.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. By Philip Gourevitch.
I’ve read and agree with almost all the selections here so far - so I thought my taste must be fairly mainstream.
I have seen that recommendation for the Prince of nothing series in a few places, so picked it up a few weeks ago. I’m stubborn so I don’t want to give up, but it is easily the hardest read since Ulysess.
I find the characters dull and unempathetic. The pace of the story glacial. The writing style weak at best.
Please tell me why this reminds anyone of Joe Abercrombie or GRR Martin?