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I really liked the wheel of time and terry good kind. I was reading them at the same time and was amazed at how similar they are. I've found myself recently going back to weis and the dragon lance series especially the new one with all the author comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueshade
I have been told not to expect the 6th book in the series anytime soon. Might have to stage out series to avoid waiting too long for the follow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by nelsonccc
Calico Joe by Grisham
Reading an older one. "The Last Frontier" by Howard Fast. About the flight of a band of Northern Cheyenne from Oklahoma to the Powder River area in 1878. So far it is quite interesting.
Did anyone else see the author of "World War Z", Max Brooks, on "Sons of Guns" last night? He wanted the team to build the best civilian Zombie defense rifle. Classic! The dude can actually shoot, too!
American Sniper
Game of Thrones, the HBO series follows the books surprisingly well.
Best Damn Garage in Town
Smokey Yunick
This is a must read for all gear heads.
How did you like it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
It's a good book. I did like Marine Sniper better, mostly because it went more into the science of the hide and shot, which I found interesting,
I'm reading The Real Romney by Michael Kranish, and also, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
Just picked up Grant Palmer's An Insiders View of Mormon Origins. I'm excited to get into it.
I am trying to get my 10 year old a little more interested in reading so I am reading a early teen favorite of mine to my kids this summer... "Deathwatch" by Robb White
I just finished "Ghost in the Wires" which was pretty great.
Before that I finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" which was just okay.
I am looking for a great book series and haven't read one since Fablehaven.
Just started "Unbroken"
Deathwatch was among my favorite books as a 6th or 7th grader. At that time I also loved Louis L'Amour's "Last of the Breed" and Hatchet by Gary Paulson. Great survival books and easy reads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Card
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Just started Ann Rice's new novel, The Wolf Gift. Before that I got on a graphic novel kick and re-read all my hellboy and batman books. Felt like a kid again! Got King's new kennedy novel on my dresser next.
My son, 23, is an avid reader and has read almost everything I have heard of. He knocks out a book a week, and has for years. He was the Stirling Scholar for Literature as a senior in high school. As a freshman at the UoU his Honors English teacher gave out a 2 page (four column) reading list for them to choose from, he had read all but 2 or 3 of them. She called bullshit on him... He knew more about the books than she did!
Anyway,.. he started something interesting a year ago - for gifts (b'day, graduation,etc...) he buys the recipient a book that they have wanted or talked about enjoying in the past. He gets himself a copy and reads it during the same period that they do so that they can discuss and enjoy it together... Like a private one onone book club! It's interesting that he is reading such diverse materials at the same time in an effort to gain a better understanding of what makes us tick, what we read in our younger days, what may have helped shape our lives and philosophies.
For Father's Day he gave me a couple of Hienlien books remembering that I had read them all in my youth. Hence I am now re-reading "Stranger in a Strange Land" thirty plus years after reading it the first time. "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" is next.
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Its the story of what happened to SEAL Team 10 in Afganistan.
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I think I read all of Robb White's books when I was a young teenager. "Deathwatch" was one of the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Card