This thread is for those of us that like to read thing. Fiction, non fiction, mags, whatever.
Post up some good reads, post reviews and recommendations, and whatever else.
The Bookworm thread aka whatcha reading
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i tend to try and read a fiction and nonfiction book in alternating fashion, but right now i'm kinda going two at a time.
Working my way through the Star Trek: Stargazer series that chronicles the first command of
They are entertaining and easy reads.
Just finished a book called Tribe
https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming ... 1455566381
It was very good, pretty short easy read as well. Very informative and offers great insight in human culture.
Up next is The Case Against Sugar from Gary Taubes.
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sug ... inst+sugar
Working my way through the Star Trek: Stargazer series that chronicles the first command of
They are entertaining and easy reads.
Just finished a book called Tribe
https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming ... 1455566381
It was very good, pretty short easy read as well. Very informative and offers great insight in human culture.
Up next is The Case Against Sugar from Gary Taubes.
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sug ... inst+sugar
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If you like intelligent, detail-filled sci-fi, this is pretty
https://www.amazon.com/Honor-You-Call-M ... B00DQUKZMY
https://www.amazon.com/Honor-You-Call-M ... B00DQUKZMY
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I'm also reading this, an easy and quite interesting read on the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. I'm surprisingly hooked.
https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman ... dictionary
https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman ... dictionary
I just got done with Handmaid's Tale. Wanted to read it after watching the Hulu series. I was impressed at how authentic the show was to the book and appreciated the additional plot meat.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:58 pm At the risk of being sucked into your wedding planner decorative vortex, that is kind of cute.
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I enjoy reading, mainly fiction/fantasy type books.
Some of my favorites are:
The Chronicles of Narnia books
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Harry Potter
The Mists of Avalon
The Redwall series
Those are the ones that I can go back and re-read over and over, and never get bored with them.
Some of my favorites are:
The Chronicles of Narnia books
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Harry Potter
The Mists of Avalon
The Redwall series
Those are the ones that I can go back and re-read over and over, and never get bored with them.
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I can count the amount of books I've read from start to finish on one hand, and I think this is the 5th. My A.D.D. doesn't really allow me to read much other than technical info/articles as I just can't make it through much without my mind drifting off and losing track of what's on the page.
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might have to check it out. i do have like 150 star trek books to work through though...wap wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:03 am If you like intelligent, detail-filled sci-fi, this is pretty
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that guy had a good website back in the day.Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:10 am
I can count the amount of books I've read from start to finish on one hand, and I think this is the 5th. My A.D.D. doesn't really allow me to read much other than technical info/articles as I just can't make it through much without my mind drifting off and losing track of what's on the page.
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This one is pretty much all character development and interesting tech detail all within the the overall storyline of a desperate war between a human-lead inter-galactic alliance and an invading species. Really well done. It's the first of a 3 part series, iirc.Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:12 ammight have to check it out. i do have like 150 star trek books to work through though...wap wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:03 am If you like intelligent, detail-filled sci-fi, this is pretty
https://www.amazon.com/Honor-You-Call-M ... B00DQUKZMY
I think you'd like it, from what I know about you.
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I remember reading Eragon back in middle school and falling in love with it. I got the entire Inherticance series for $32 on Amazon and I'm beginning to read it again.
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I'm right here too, but I haven't heard fo the last two you posted. I'll check them out for sure!Devilchrono wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:08 am I enjoy reading, mainly fiction/fantasy type books.
Some of my favorites are:
The Chronicles of Narnia books
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Harry Potter
The Mists of Avalon
The Redwall series
Those are the ones that I can go back and re-read over and over, and never get bored with them.
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Eragon was decent, but the dude definitely borrows very heavily from Tolkein. Not a bad thing, I enjoyed the books as well, although I never finished the last one. I got kinda annoyed that what was supposed to be a trilogy got a 4th book added.
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If you like historical fiction, one of the best in the business is Bernard Cornwell. He wrote the Last Kingdom series about the Viking invasions of England that the Last Kindom series (now on Netflix) is based on. But he has series that take place during the 100 Years War, The Peninnsular Wars (The Sharp series), King Arthur times, the American Civil War (Starbuck series), and others. He writes awesome battle scenes. George RR Martin himself, a friend of Cornwell's, says Cornwell writes the best battle scenes.
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Another good historical fiction book is Devil in the White City, also coming to a movie screen near you with Leo as Holmes.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:05 pm Another good historical fiction book is Devil in the White City, also coming to a movie screen near you with Leo as Holmes.
Yeah that was a great book.
Been looking forward to that movie for a while.
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but I did enjoy it. At some point post of the sci-fi/fantasy fiction stuff all has roots in something that came before it.
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It is genuinely 4/7
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The Mists of Avalon is a very interesting take on the whole King Arthur story, and his told from the perspective of the women in his life. Found it in high school, and have read the damn thing 10 times since then. It's one of series from Marion Zimmer Bradley, all told from the woman's perspective IIRC. And they're fascinating.SAWCE wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:44 pmI'm right here too, but I haven't heard fo the last two you posted. I'll check them out for sure!Devilchrono wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:08 am I enjoy reading, mainly fiction/fantasy type books.
Some of my favorites are:
The Chronicles of Narnia books
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Harry Potter
The Mists of Avalon
The Redwall series
Those are the ones that I can go back and re-read over and over, and never get bored with them.
The Redwall series is a series about forest creatures that live in a Midevil-ish type society, and they have human characteristics.
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Have you read The Reality Dysfunction?wap wrote:If you like intelligent, detail-filled sci-fi, this is pretty
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Negative. Should I?Calvinball wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:56 pmHave you read The Reality Dysfunction?wap wrote:If you like intelligent, detail-filled sci-fi, this is pretty
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Yes. Based on that post.wap wrote:Negative. Should I?Calvinball wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:56 pm Have you read The Reality Dysfunction?
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Seconding this.Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:05 pm Another good historical fiction book is Devil in the White City, also coming to a movie screen near you with Leo as Holmes.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:58 pm At the risk of being sucked into your wedding planner decorative vortex, that is kind of cute.