Recommend me a good book
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[quote name='trytej']Just finished reading Angels and Demons. Magnificent book.[/QUOTE]
IMO, better than The Da Vinci Code (although they are almost exactly the same story). I don't understand why Angels and Demons didn't catch on like The Da Vinci Code did when it is like twice as anti-catholic...
IMO, better than The Da Vinci Code (although they are almost exactly the same story). I don't understand why Angels and Demons didn't catch on like The Da Vinci Code did when it is like twice as anti-catholic...
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Whatever you do, don't read Christopher Moore's Lamb. Excellent premise (humor novel about Christ's adolescent and teenage years), poor execution (little time spent on character development in the second half of the book, too much focus on men wanting to 
, and pretty disappointing in general).
I just started David McCullough's 1776. I'll let you know.
, and pretty disappointing in general).I just started David McCullough's 1776. I'll let you know.
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Just finished Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I thought it was pretty good.
-A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Really good sci fi novel.
-I'm currently reading Journey to the Center of the Earth. It's a classic for a reason, good stuff.
-Breakfast of Champions
-Lots of stuff by Vonnegut. Cat's Cradle is one of my favorites. (It's the one with Ice-9 right?)
-Adventures of Huck Finn
Some of the ones already mentioned that I would also highly reccomend to anyone:
-Hitchhiker's Guide series
-I, Robot
-Dune
-Andromeda Strain and The Great Train Robbery (I'm not as in to Chrichton currently, but I have read every novel he's authored outside of maybe his most recent or two.) I'd imagine moxio mentioned them as being complex because Chrichton tends to really lay down a lot of technospeak.
-For King stuff The Long Walk and Running Man are both on the short side and fun reads.
-For an extremely guilty pleasure check the Rogue Warrior series. Basically Rambo-esque action stuff. (Okay this wasn't already mentioned
)
-Another guilty pleasure of mine are Salvatore books (fantasy stuff) although I haven't read anything by him in several years.
-And if you do like fantasy at all definitely read the LOTR books (Hobbit, plus the 3 made into movies.) The Harry Potter novels are also fun light reads. Some of them are very long, but they go very quickly.
-I'm currently reading Journey to the Center of the Earth. It's a classic for a reason, good stuff.
-Breakfast of Champions
-Lots of stuff by Vonnegut. Cat's Cradle is one of my favorites. (It's the one with Ice-9 right?)
-Adventures of Huck Finn
Some of the ones already mentioned that I would also highly reccomend to anyone:
-Hitchhiker's Guide series
-I, Robot
-Dune
-Andromeda Strain and The Great Train Robbery (I'm not as in to Chrichton currently, but I have read every novel he's authored outside of maybe his most recent or two.) I'd imagine moxio mentioned them as being complex because Chrichton tends to really lay down a lot of technospeak.
-For King stuff The Long Walk and Running Man are both on the short side and fun reads.
-For an extremely guilty pleasure check the Rogue Warrior series. Basically Rambo-esque action stuff. (Okay this wasn't already mentioned
)-Another guilty pleasure of mine are Salvatore books (fantasy stuff) although I haven't read anything by him in several years.
-And if you do like fantasy at all definitely read the LOTR books (Hobbit, plus the 3 made into movies.) The Harry Potter novels are also fun light reads. Some of them are very long, but they go very quickly.
browneyedgal68
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Pest Control, by (I think Bill) Fitzhugh. Action comedy, very quick read, should be available at the library. Men and women I've loaned it to laughed and liked the action.
browneyedgal68
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[quote name='JSweeney']But what about Yertle the Turtle?
Horton hears a who?[/QUOTE]
No, no, no, it must be I've Got a Wocket in My Pocket for me!
I almost forgot, if you like pretty gory detective novels, GM Ford is a great writer. He has two character series: Leo Waterman and Frank Corso. Leo Waterman is the son of a now deceased mover and shaker in Seattle, which alternately helps and hurts Waterman's p.i. endeavors. Comic and gruesome. I think there are four in the series, very easy to pick up mid series and understand. His other character is Frank Corso, who's a journalist now writing true crime novels, so he gets roped into figuring things out. Has a vast legion of nefarious contacts who help him out of sticky situations with the law. Again, comic, slightly less gruesome and sarcastic.
Horton hears a who?[/QUOTE]
No, no, no, it must be I've Got a Wocket in My Pocket for me!
I almost forgot, if you like pretty gory detective novels, GM Ford is a great writer. He has two character series: Leo Waterman and Frank Corso. Leo Waterman is the son of a now deceased mover and shaker in Seattle, which alternately helps and hurts Waterman's p.i. endeavors. Comic and gruesome. I think there are four in the series, very easy to pick up mid series and understand. His other character is Frank Corso, who's a journalist now writing true crime novels, so he gets roped into figuring things out. Has a vast legion of nefarious contacts who help him out of sticky situations with the law. Again, comic, slightly less gruesome and sarcastic.
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