NUance Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Finished re-reading Pitching Around Fidel by S.l. Price a couple weeks ago. Finished The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews last week. Both good reads. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I'm about to finish Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Simple book, one of the classics, and a very quick and easy read. Since finishing this I've read: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (& Other stories) by Stevenson The Arabian Nights War of the Worlds By Wells The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde The Time Machine & The Invisible Man by Wells And I'm about halfway through Grimm's Fairy Tales, which could have been WAY condensed down by eliminating the duplicate stories with alternate characters/endings/etc. Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I just started on it, my Dad recommended it, and so far it hasn't disappointed. Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I just started on it, my Dad recommended it, and so far it hasn't disappointed. Excellent decision. All of Stephen King's short stories are phenomenal. The Stand is probably in my top ten! Maybe I just like King. Quote Link to comment
808Husker in KCMO Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Getting ready to begin my annual reading of The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson. Love sitting by the beach, reading this book while on vacation. Will also be reading the Hunger Games. Quote Link to comment
Nebula Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I just started on it, my Dad recommended it, and so far it hasn't disappointed. Excellent decision. All of Stephen King's short stories are phenomenal. The Stand is probably in my top ten! Maybe I just like King. Did you guys ever read The Long Walk? He wrote it under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, and it is a wicked, gritty book. I absolutely loved it. Quote Link to comment
HUSKER 37 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Any recomendations for my 10 year old Son? He has to do a book report in a week from something in Historical Fiction. (Barely)Over 100 pages I believe.. I never heard of Historical Fiction and personally think most History Books are works of fiction. I'm thinking of suggesting/looking for something on the Mayan culture. Quote Link to comment
bobleeswagger Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Since I finished Black Light by Stephen Hunter, I've picked upTime to Hunt, the third of the Bob Lee Swagger books. I think Dirty White Boys might be next in line for me (as it ties into some of the smaller characters from earlier books, from what I've heard. Anybody looking for suggestions on what to read, I can't think of a book I would recommend more highly than Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Quote Link to comment
wildman Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 The last series I read was Twilight. Since they scared me so bad I now have a night light and back to the safer reads like Cat in the Hat. I'm currently working on Green Eggs and Ham. The last book I read was Heaven is for real. It's a true story about a family here in Nebraska. I'm not a religious person but this was really good and read it cover to cover in 1 day. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Any recomendations for my 10 year old Son? He has to do a book report in a week from something in Historical Fiction. (Barely)Over 100 pages I believe.. I never heard of Historical Fiction and personally think most History Books are works of fiction. I'm thinking of suggesting/looking for something on the Mayan culture. Maybe try "Crispin, The Cross of Lead" Historical fiction set in 14th century England. I read it to my daughter as bedtime stories. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/bookreviews/reviewcrispin.htm Quote Link to comment
Husker_x Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 One of the best classics I've read (well, reread) recently was The Great Gatsby. There aren't too many writers with Fitzgerald's gift around. I really need to read more of his stuff as soon as I can squeeze it in. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Reading "Among Schoolchildren" by Tracy Kidder. Finished "Stalin's Ghost" by Martin Cruz Smith a while back. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I'm almost done with "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" It's good. Starts off real slow, then gets kinda strange. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 One of the best classics I've read (well, reread) recently was The Great Gatsby. There aren't too many writers with Fitzgerald's gift around. I really need to read more of his stuff as soon as I can squeeze it in. I have 'This Side of Paradise' queued up. I'm reading 'Frankenstein' right now, so maybe I'll read that next. I liked 'The Great Gatsby.' Read it in one night, the night after I moved back to Nebraska from California, with no furniture in the apartment, no wife, nothing to do. It was swell. Quote Link to comment
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