What book(s) are you reading???

[suchanoo]

I read this when it first came out twenty odd years ago. Re-reading it now, and it's as good as I remember.
Essentially a Clive Cussler style, fictional adventure based on the Oak Island Money Pit mystery. If you like watching the Lagina Bros, then I reckon you'll like this one. Makes you wonder how many of their ideas were inspired by this book...

[suchanoo]

Is there a chance anyone has a copy of this they wouldn't mind passing on? I used to love this book, and really want to give it another read.
Out of print and not easy to come by a half decent copy (US & UK covers shown)...

[Grateful69Phish]

thanks for bumping - didn't remember

The Greatest Generation

Tom Brokaw

the creative act: A Way of Living

Rick Rubin

perfect for my upcoming San fran TRIP

[papaver]

Is there a chance anyone has a copy of this they wouldn't mind passing on? I used to love this book, and really want to give it another read.
Out of print and not easy to come by a half decent copy (US & UK covers shown)...

still remember reading swan song a couple decades ago... so drymounting good.

[jjbehren]

I recently finished Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow




And Station Eleven (good book, but the show is way better).

[suchanoo]

Is there a chance anyone has a copy of this they wouldn't mind passing on? I used to love this book, and really want to give it another read.
Out of print and not easy to come by a half decent copy (US & UK covers shown)...

still remember reading swan song a couple decades ago... so drymounting good.

Yep, he is (was?) a great writer. I think he's retired now? Not sure any of his books are still in print...other than via kindle, which is the devil's work

[earlgreytoast]

I recently finished Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow




And Station Eleven (good book, but the show is way better).

I read Station Eleven and loved it. Then I watched the show, and loved it. Now i'm re-reading the book...and loving it. lol Both are great but I would agree that the show is better. I'd also highly recommend Sea of Tranquility by her. Way better than Station Eleven IMO.

[fredo]

Short, riveting and not at all what I expected based on what little I remember of the film. Needs a back to roots reboot!

[guryter]

Love that this thread disappears and then resurfaces and all the bookrats jump back on. Recent new reads:
The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway
Under the Whispering Door - Klune
Things Fall Apart - Achebe
The Cuckoo's Egg - Stoll
The Shawshank Redemption - King
Stormlight Archive - Sanderson (haven't read book 4 yet)

Re-reads:
Farenheit 451
1984
Catch-22
The Old Man and the Sea
To Kill a Mockingbird

Currently reading:
Warbreaker - Sanderson

Next up:
The Three Body Problem - Liu

[meskell]

Adding Station 11 to the list! I really liked the series. I've also come to realize that I kinda like reading a book after I've seen the movie or what have you since I can put a face to the characters. When in done in reverse, the characters always seem to take on a miaz brothers effect.

Here's my favorites over the past few years...

Deacon King Kong - James McBride. The Good Lord Bird from McBride was good as well. Been meaning to watch the miniseries.
One in a Million Boy - Monica Wood. Probably one of a few I've read over the years that I plan on rereading.
Where the Crawdads Lie - Delia Owens. They've made a movie of this one that I'd like to get around to one day.
Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn. Another I'd probably reread again. So good.
The Anomaly - Herve Le Tellier. Has a Manifest vibe (not necessarily a good thing) but a much better twist.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing. Maybe the best true adventure story I've ever read.

Investigative reporting books...
Death in Mudlick: A Coal CountryFight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid Epidemic - Eric Eyre
Under a White Sky - Elizabeth Kolbert. Have the Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History on board to read very soon.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town - Jon Krakauer
Outlaw Ocean - Ian Urbina

Book Series...
The Expanse - James S. A. Corey. Nine books
Haley Chill - Chris Haughty. Four books
Cormoran Strike - Robert Galbraith (aka J.K Rowling). I'm currently reading the fourth of six books.

[jjbehren]

I recently finished Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow




And Station Eleven (good book, but the show is way better).

I read Station Eleven and loved it. Then I watched the show, and loved it. Now i'm re-reading the book...and loving it. lol Both are great but I would agree that the show is better. I'd also highly recommend Sea of Tranquility by her. Way better than Station Eleven IMO.

Flew through Sea of Tranquility. Great book. Thanks for the recommendation

[sidewaysscott]

Flew through Sea of Tranquility. Great book. Thanks for the recommendation

This is in my queue, glad to hear. I'll move it up.

[earlgreytoast]

Nice!

Also kinda funny cause I just finished Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow! I loved the first half or so, then started to kinda hate it after one of the events in the book. The whole time it felt like a YA novel and as it went on that feeling increased. It was definitely a page-turner though.

Reading Splinter of the Minds Eye rn, started it in honor of May the 4th Star Wars day. Fantastic. Read it 30 years ago and it’s funny to go back and read it now that it’s no longer canon. Then a couple days ago I stumbled across a new article where Alan Dean Foster talked about some of the direction Lucas gave him while he was writing it. Good stuff.

[earlgreytoast]

Just read Charles Frazier's new one The Trackers. It seemed like a regression from Cold Mountain...started off interesting but then devolved and again, felt like I was reading a YA novel.

100 pages into Hernan Diaz's first book In The Distance from 2017. So good. It's like night and day from The Trackers - so much better. Never read anything by Diaz but he just won the Pulitzer and this one is his only other book and it was also a Pulitzer finalist. He's great.

[jjbehren]

Flew through The Passage, based on numerous recommendations in this thread. Loved it. Just started The Twelve. Hopefully not disappointed. Seems like many seem to say it's good, but lacks the magic of the first one.