|
Users viewing this topic: none
|
|
Login  | |
|
Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 3:34:10 PM
|
|
|
LewesDE
Posts: 2658
Joined: 8/30/2005
From: Lewes, Delaware
Status: offline
|
with the hurricanes coming these past few weeks, it reminded me of a book I read last year, Are You Afraid of the Dark, by Sidney Sheldon
pretty interesting, it's a conspiracy theory. I was reminded of it because I just heard on the news that Japan is creating the hurricanes in retaliation for Hiroshima. No kidding the radio announcer said, it's in USA Today. now that's a bunch of bloooohy but it reminded me of the book, so...whatcha readin' these days?
_____________________________
"Half of this game is 90% mental" -Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies Manager
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 3:38:44 PM
|
|
|
Iguana Mama
Posts: 34647
Joined: 10/1/2004
From: St. Charles, MO
Status: offline
|
"The Princes of Ireland."
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 3:45:42 PM
|
|
|
Steve in Texas
Posts: 1355
Joined: 6/4/2005
From: Texas
Status: offline
|
Yeah - my favorite of all time... "The Hole n the Mattress" by Mister Completely...
_____________________________
Sonofa... THATS gonna leave a mark!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 4:52:45 PM
|
|
|
pb2131
Posts: 1257
Joined: 8/29/2005
From: Chicago
Status: offline
|
Currently working on "The Jane Austen Book Club," which is okay....
Just finished the 6th Harry Potter. I tried to not read the Harry Potter series - I usually try to avoid things that everyone else on the planet seems to be doing - but the truth is, I was looking for a fun book to read w/ my hubby at night and it seemed like a good candidate. We read the LOTR trilogy together when the movies were out which was GREAT and I was looking for something that would keep that tradition going. So I got sucked in! And once I got sucked in, well, then I went through those books like crazy. 
I also just picked up the Chronicles of Narnia, to take over from Harry Potter.... I remember reading "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" a LLOOOOOOONNNNGGGG time ago, so I thought it might be fun!
And I'll need to bring some good books to the Roo in.... oh yeah, 43 days!!! WOOHOOO!
_____________________________
Tulum 11/05, 11/06......
http://homepage.mac.com/threegoblins/PhotoAlbum1.html
"Doom is around the corner." --Jim Cantore, 8/20/2007
Let's Go Red Sox!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 4:57:42 PM
|
|
|
pokey stipple
Posts: 403
Joined: 6/3/2005
From: Canada
Status: offline
|
Read the Da Vinci Code and couldn't put it down until it was finished.
_____________________________
Pokey in Canada
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 4:57:46 PM
|
|
|
pb2131
Posts: 1257
Joined: 8/29/2005
From: Chicago
Status: offline
|
A couple of recent faves: The Life of Pi, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night.
A couple other recent reads: Kite Runner -- quite possibly the hardest book I've ever read (emotionally that is), and Running With Scissors, which was just WIERD.
_____________________________
Tulum 11/05, 11/06......
http://homepage.mac.com/threegoblins/PhotoAlbum1.html
"Doom is around the corner." --Jim Cantore, 8/20/2007
Let's Go Red Sox!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 6:06:47 PM
|
|
|
Rose
Posts: 12755
Joined: 9/28/2004
From: Toronto
Status: offline
|
PB - I read and loved Numbers 1 # 3 on your list and am about to start Number 2. I am also taking a Kathy Reichs books with me to Greece, I think that and the Curious Incident will be good holiday reading. It's also next month's book for our book group. Love my book group. We read Jane Austen Book Club last year - my Montreal Book Group was crazy about JA, so it seemed an appropriate read.
Pokey - Da Vinci Code was very good, but, for the life of me, I have NO IDEA why it's been at the top of the best seller list for approx 100 years!!!! It's not exactly a masterpiece!
_____________________________
I left my heart in Buenos Aires AGAIN.
Cape Cod in August & Captiva in November
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 6:35:21 PM
|
|
|
pam
Posts: 122
Joined: 5/1/2005
From: marlton,nj
Status: offline
|
I read "The Mermaid Chair" good summer reading I also liked the "Angels and Demons " by Dan brown even better than "Da Vinci Code". All the Adrianna Trigiani books are great too.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 8:02:17 PM
|
|
|
Txaggie
Posts: 5411
Joined: 2/18/2005
Status: offline
|
I'm reading "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver. Jusy read her other book "Pigs in Heaven" which was pretty good. Beautiful, descriptive writer.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 8:15:19 PM
|
|
|
pinky
Posts: 4022
Joined: 3/9/2005
From: aROOzona
Status: offline
|
Are we going to start a Locogringo bookclub or something?
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 8:31:45 PM
|
|
|
Txaggie
Posts: 5411
Joined: 2/18/2005
Status: offline
|
But that would mean less time spent on LG! As it is, I usually only read at bedtime, so it takes me forever to get through a book!
quote:
ORIGINAL: pinky
Are we going to start a Locogringo bookclub or something?
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/22/2005 11:35:14 PM
|
|
|
Rose
Posts: 12755
Joined: 9/28/2004
From: Toronto
Status: offline
|
Christy, have you read "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver? Now, that's a masterpiece. I also have "Prodigal Summer" in the house, but haven't read it yet.
Pam - I agree that Angels and Demons is much better than the vastly overrated Da Vinci Code.
An LG Bookgroup - now, that would be a challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
_____________________________
I left my heart in Buenos Aires AGAIN.
Cape Cod in August & Captiva in November
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 12:26:54 AM
|
|
|
GO4
Posts: 738
Joined: 9/3/2005
From: Suburban Seattle
Status: offline
|
"Thunder Run" a non-fictional account of the 3rd Armoured Division's attack into Baghdad.
And Steve in Texas...you are a bad boy!
_____________________________
"Knowledge is good." -- Emil Faber
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 7:10:19 AM
|
|
|
LewesDE
Posts: 2658
Joined: 8/30/2005
From: Lewes, Delaware
Status: offline
|
I started the DaVinci Code last year, couldn't get into it; then picked it up last month and flew through it. I thought it was good, but didn't like how it ended. I wanna get Angels and Demons now. I read The Purpose Driven Life this summer with friends.
I have to say my favorite author is Anne Rivers Siddons. I have read everything she has written over the years, and am going to buy her new one this weekend.
_____________________________
"Half of this game is 90% mental" -Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies Manager
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 7:50:11 AM
|
|
|
Wanwell
Posts: 703
Joined: 5/17/2005
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: pam
I read "The Mermaid Chair" good summer reading I also liked the "Angels and Demons " by Dan brown even better than "Da Vinci Code". All the Adrianna Trigiani books are great too.
Pam, I agree about Angels and Demons. Much better
< Message edited by Wanwell -- 9/23/2005 7:52:21 AM >
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 9:52:49 AM
|
|
|
nico3049
Posts: 97
Joined: 8/8/2005
From: Birmingham, UK
Status: offline
|
Pokeystipple and Lewesde, I have also read the Da Vinci code and left a copy at The Copacabana in RA in March. Bought it again a read it. Try Demons and Angels which is quite entertaining also (Robert Langdon strikes again)
Still trying to find a copy of the Kon Tiki Expedition, which I read 6 times, lent it out but it never came back.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 9:57:57 AM
|
|
|
OK
Posts: 2839
Joined: 7/30/2004
Status: offline
|
I agree with everyone else about Angels & Demons. It was written before the Da Vinci Code, so I read it first. The Da Vinci Code was then a little bit of a let down.
Good book I am currently reading is "Crusader's Cross" by James Lee Burke. Excellent follow up to the rest of the Robicheaux novels.
Other good books I have read in the last 2 weeks are "Straits of Power" by Joe Buff, excellent techno submarine warfare stuff, and "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton, which questions the "thruths" we are being spoon-fed in regards to global warming.
OK
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 10:04:06 AM
|
|
|
OK
Posts: 2839
Joined: 7/30/2004
Status: offline
|
Rose,
I concur with your analysis of the Da Vinci Code.
I think some has to do with the heavy marketing of the book, but I believe most of it is related to the fascination North Americans have with Europe and European History. We probably take it for granted ourselves, but Dan Browns has a good story, it is well documented, and relies a lot on local lore and touristic sites.
While quite successful in Europe, the novel did not do nearly as well as it did here.
OK
< Message edited by OK -- 9/23/2005 10:06:24 AM >
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 10:06:50 AM
|
|
|
nico3049
Posts: 97
Joined: 8/8/2005
From: Birmingham, UK
Status: offline
|
For info...the Da Vinci code is being filmed at Lincoln Cathedral in the UK, Tom Hanks as Lngdon and the bloke who was in happy days is the director.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 10:17:53 AM
|
|
|
OK
Posts: 2839
Joined: 7/30/2004
Status: offline
|
Yes, Ron Howard.
And Audrey Tautou will play Sophie Neveu.
OK
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 10:25:30 AM
|
|
|
GO4
Posts: 738
Joined: 9/3/2005
From: Suburban Seattle
Status: offline
|
Sorry, but I've got to agree with OK and Rose about the Da Vinci Code. It had a couple interesting, and probably valid, ideas about The Catholic Church and their treatment of women, but he practically beat you to death with them. (I'm not Catholic, BTW.) It DID force me to take a long look at "The Last Supper."
The author tied the whole thing together with a pretty cheesy mystery. Did ANYONE not know who the bad guy was like 200 pages from the end? After a while I was wondering just how smart are the main characters?
Overall, a pretty quick read...but I was left wondering what all the hoopla was about.
_____________________________
"Knowledge is good." -- Emil Faber
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 11:06:37 AM
|
|
|
Billiam
Posts: 2356
Joined: 8/12/2004
Status: offline
|
Latest book read:
The History of the World in Six Glasses. It is a brief history of civilization through the development of beer, wine, distilled spirits, coffee, tea and Coca-Cola.
Currently I am reading Guns, Steel and Germs by Jared Diamond. His latest book, Collapse, why civilizations choose to fail, has a very interesting chapter of the decline and collapse of the Maya Empire.
Oh and for mind candy I read Carl Hiassen.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 11:17:24 AM
|
|
|
shaestone
Posts: 132
Joined: 8/27/2005
From: Alberta, Canada
Status: offline
|
Some of my favourites include:
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
House of Sand and Fog - Andre Dubus III
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Read any good books lately? - 9/23/2005 12:27:33 PM
|
|
|
pb2131
Posts: 1257
Joined: 8/29/2005
From: Chicago
Status: offline
|
Rose, depending on how long you're in Greece, you may need to bring along a 3rd book! The Curious Incident will go *very fast*. I think it took me two days, maybe three. It was great though - I absolutely loved it, and was sad when I finished it. I also loved the Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver) but haven't really tried her other books....
Another favorite was We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carole Oates. Very different from the rest of her books (no murder mystery or anything). I read it before Oprah picked it and proceeded to give it to everyone the following Christmas. For people who like family/relationship themes (not a romance, but family dynamics), it's fantastic.
I'll have to check out some of these other authors! I know Kingsolver has written a lot of others. Are there any particular favorites out there besides the Poisonwood Bible?
pb
_____________________________
Tulum 11/05, 11/06......
http://homepage.mac.com/threegoblins/PhotoAlbum1.html
"Doom is around the corner." --Jim Cantore, 8/20/2007
Let's Go Red Sox!
|
|
|
|
 New Messages |
 No New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
 Locked w/ New Messages |
 Locked w/o New Messages |
|
Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts
|
|
0.234
| |
Printable Version
