Originally Posted By WDWdreamin Yay for the first couple on this page. I don't know any of the others, but enjoy your reading. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot #1
Originally Posted By Labuda Ok, so shortly after I made that post, it hit me - LPer Mr X is the author of the book which I'm reading. Up next: the final Sookie Stackhouse novel.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I finished book 5 of the Game of Thrones series. Now my life is an empty pit of despair until the next one comes out and that won't even be until next year at the earliest, I think. Oh what to read next?
Originally Posted By ecdc I'm reading Fateful Lightning by Allen Guelzo, a broad history of the Civil War. It's just fantastic--exceptionally well written and insightful. And I keep plugging away at Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson...currently about 2/3 through volume three of four. I make it sound like a chore, but despite their massive length, they are eminently readable. One comes away, not just with an understanding of Johnson, but of American government and politics for a large portion of the 20th century.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I'm reading a Dave Barry book right now, to try and laugh my way out of sadness until the next Game of Thrones book comes out. I believe the book I am reading is "Dave Barry's Bad Habits". I accidentally got the large print edition at the library. Man that print is big!
Originally Posted By tiggertoo I don't pop into the Community section much anymore. I'm reading 'Cadillac Desert' by Marc Reisner...again. It's my third time, but the book is packed with great history on the use and engineering of water in the American West. I get more out with each reading. I'm also reading 'Return to Bull Run' by John Hennessy. It was one of the strangest campaigns of the Civil War. You have two Federal armies in Virginia trying to work together to defeat Lee's force, yet with two commanders (John Pope and George McClellan) secretly hoping the other would be fail to ensure their own aspirations. Talk about FUBAR.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>yet with two commanders (John Pope and George McClellan) secretly hoping the other would be fail to ensure their own aspirations.<< Well McClellan was the greatest soldier in the war...just ask him
Originally Posted By MissCandice I just finished Too Much Information by David Haskell (Mr X!). I enjoyed it and recommend it to read.
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ I'm still working on it. But, I just moved AND have a 14-year-old visiting, so I think I can maybe be excused for taking this long.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Slowpoke! I just finished Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas W. Cathcart and Daniel M. Klein and now I am reading Ghost Story by Peter Straub.
Originally Posted By Labuda Ooo, lemme know what you think of the book, Candice - I read it YEARS ago... perhaps 15 or more? Anyhow, I really like Peter Straub, and that book is one of the reasons why.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut Just finished Escape from Camp 14 about a North Korean who escaped a political prison camp. Specifically he was born in the camp and never went through the Kim family indoctrination. A very good look and how environment can play a big role in how people run their lives. Currently on Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson & Neil Strauss. Finished the first half just now and am working on the 2nd half. First half written by Manson, 2nd half written by Strauss. Another good look into how people develop based upon their environment.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I finished Ghost Story. It took me forever because I had to keep stopping reading it because I would get too scared, lol. A very good book. I am now reading Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, number 3 in the series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. I am also reading The Force is Middling in This One by Robert Kroese. It was a free Kindle download. It's mildly funny.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I'll wait for November to do it, ST! I just finished Peter and the Sword of Mercy, the last book in the series. It ended well. I'm not sure what I will read next.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin Reading: The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F Hamilton - a little too dark for me, and I think I'll stick to fantasy rather than SciFi in the future. Still reading: The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding - but not much lately. Stopped reading: A Confederacy of Dunces by john Kennedy Toole because I was hating it. Finished: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - excellent and now I want to go see the movie. Mousejunkies: More - I really liked reading a lot of this book, like how it looks like Mickey Mouse vomited in his living room, and about their Drinking Around the World experience. Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie - good. The Snark Handbook - lol funny! The Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - EXCELLENT fantasy, can't wait for the last book. Little Lord Fauntleroy - meh, it was an easy read over July 4th. Murder on the Orient Express and the Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie were very good. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was well written and moving.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin Btw, Miss Candice, looking at dates you posted, you read incredibly fast! I can't believe you made it through Game of thrones so quickly! Wow! I think I will not read Hunger Games again until after I see all the movies. I find that if I read them right before seeing the movies, I am disappointed. *spoiler* For the first movie, I had just read the books, and I was super worried about the scene where Cato dies slowly, but then in the movie it wasn't as difficult to see as I anticipated at all.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I could not stop reading the Game of Thrones books! I really enjoyed them and was actually a bit depressed when I finished because they next one isn't due until sometime next year. I still walk around saying "Hoder" Today I read "Fat Vampire" by Johnny Truant. It was a free Kindle download and was a good read, funny in spots. I liked it so much I downloaded another book of his which called "Unicorn Western" so I'll start that. Also reading "Skylight Confessions" by Alice Hoffman. I love her books.
