Official Book Thread - What You're Reading & Everything Book Related (merged)

[bigeasy]

Finished book 4 of the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. It's like Hunger Games...in space...but better. I believe the finale will be released next year.

Great series. I have read the original trilogy a few times.

I am on book 4 now of Michael Scott's "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel" Two months ago I had never heard of the series. It is really good!!

 

[UnkieVol]

I read from the Bible every day. Just started an Old Testament reading plan a couple of weeks ago. Three chapters a day will get you through it in a year. It starts with a chapter in Genesis, Psalms, and Joshua. Doing the New Testament the same way only takes 90 days.

I'm also currently working on the Harry Potter series. Somehow I missed that one as a kid. Saw the movies a few years ago, and during COVID quarantine got the wife into them too. Just started "Order of the Phoenix."

I also find myself reading Rick Bragg here lately. I'm a big fan of "Where I Come From" and "My Southern Journey", as well as his column in Southern Living. He's like Lewis Grizzard, but more serious. Big fan of both, for sure.

 

[hog88]

I recently read my first fiction in several years: "Project Hail Mary." Really enjoyed it.

Not as good as the Martian but still a good book. Left the ending open for a 2nd book.

 

[pismonque]

Read Steve Martin's autobiography Born Standing Up. Great quick read.

Reading The Sportswriter by Richard Ford

Loved those Frank Bascombe books. He’s one of those literary characters that live in your mind as a real person, I guess both because of how well they’re written and because you’ve spent so much time with them over multiple books. Updike’s Rabbit Angstrom is similar in that regard.

 

[utchs81]

Have been reading some classics over past several years since retirement. Presently reading Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and hope to follow up with Atlas Shrugged. Hoping, because I am old and they both are pretty long reads.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Not as good as the Martian but still a good book. Left the ending open for a 2nd book.

Never read the Martian or Project Hail Mary, but I read Artemis a month or so ago which is also by Andy Weir. It had its flaws, but I still found it enjoyable.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Been wanting to read the Dark Tower series for a while now, so I finally started The Gunslinger about a week ago. Almost done and am definitely looking forward to book two.

 

[utchs81]

Been wanting to read the Dark Tower series for a while now, so I finally started The Gunslinger about a week ago. Almost done and am definitely looking forward to book two.

Was a good series, I started them as they came out and it took many years to read them all. Now that they are all available should be quite a bit quicker.

 

[tbh]

On the back third of "Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle". It is a firsthand account of three US citizens and their kidnapping by the FARC back in the early 2000s...a very interesting read for sure.

Seeing some familiar names of places that my wife (who is from Colombia) and I have traveled through down there was...an "interesting" feeling, especially with how the reactivation of some of the FARC columns in those areas was playing out during the time of our travels.

 

[hog88]

Never read the Martian or Project Hail Mary, but I read Artemis a month or so ago which is also by Andy Weir. It had its flaws, but I still found it enjoyable.

Artemis is a distant 3rd behind The Martian and PHM.

 

[GroverCleveland]

Just finished "Panzer - A Revolution in Warfare, 1939-1945."

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Artemis is a distant 3rd behind The Martian and PHM.

I'll have to check them both out

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Been wanting to read the Dark Tower series for a while now, so I finally started The Gunslinger about a week ago. Almost done and am definitely looking forward to book two.

Book II: The Drawing of the Three is arguably the best, but I am partial to Book IV: Wizard and Glass.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Book II: The Drawing of the Three is arguably the best, but I am partial to Book IV: Wizard and Glass.

Yeah, I've heard the second one is the best one from a couple of people I know who've read it. I'm definitely excited about this series.

 

[CAVPUT]

I've been consuming The Gray Man by Mark Greaney. Very good series(10 books to date). Netflix is going to release the Gray Man movie spring/summer of 2022. Stars are Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Very enjoyable.

 

[utchs81]

Book II: The Drawing of the Three is arguably the best, but I am partial to Book IV: Wizard and Glass.

I liked them all, Really different genre than King's usual which was fine by me.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I’m returning to a detective series I read years ago.
At random I picked this one off the shelf. I figure it’s been 20 years so it will almost be like reading a new book what is everyone else into?

 

[Orangeslice13]

@VolNExile
Just because

 

[Orangeslice13]

@NorCalVol67
Also because

 

[VolNExile]

@VolNExile
Just because

Reading four at once, and my brain hurts:


Because you are re-reading an old favorite. I figured it’s time to start Tony Hillerman for the umpteenth time, because he was so wonderful and I want a break. Just put on reserve:

 

[Orangeslice13]

Reading four at once, and my brain hurts:
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Because you are re-reading an old favorite. I figured it’s time to start Tony Hillerman for the umpteenth time, because he was so wonderful and I want a break. Just put on reserve:
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I do good to read one at a time.

 

[Danl]

Just finished re-reading "the Adventures of Huck Finn" again.

Now reading " Lake Wobegone Days", an oldie by Garrison Keillor.

Need a couple of new-ish book recommendations.

 

[VolNExile]

I do good to read one at a time.

I have the attention span of a cockroach, except when reading mysteries, so whenever I overdo the Serious Stuff, I can only dip in and out.

 

[tbh]

Just finished "Panzer - A Revolution in Warfare, 1939-1945."

If you like WWII (tank-related) nonfiction, check out "Order in Chaos" by Hermann Balck. It's an interesting read.

 

[VolNExile]

I see that the mergedozer has been at work.