June 5, 201213 yr QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 1, 2012 -> 10:11 PM) A Prayer for Owen Meany A great book. Everyone I've ever recommended it to has thanked me.
June 14, 201213 yr Ahead of today's start of The U.S. Open, I just finished "The Big Miss" by Tiger Woods' former coach Hank Haney. It was ok. It gave a little insight into Tiger, but mostly to the extent that no one really has any. It certainly wasn't salacious or gossipy, which I didn't expect it to be.
June 14, 201213 yr Halfway through A Feast for Crows, its not as slow as it started and I really like that it focuses on the rest of the realm at times.
June 14, 201213 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 1, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) Perhaps it's time for a "Game of Thrones" book thread... I started last week. I'm about 6 chapters in...I've been a bit frustrated trying to keep all the weird names and places straight, but now it's starting to pick up a bit.
June 14, 201213 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 02:54 PM) I started last week. I'm about 6 chapters in...I've been a bit frustrated trying to keep all the weird names and places straight, but now it's starting to pick up a bit. Theres a glossary in the back of each book to give you a structure. It gets even more confusing at times but then guys get killed off. Just wait until they change the names of characters.
June 26, 201213 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 10:55 AM) AFFC DONE!!! Now I need a Dance with Dragons. Where are you Steve I forgot your email address. Shoot me a PM.
June 26, 201213 yr I finished a Dance with Dragons about 3 weeks ago, actually a bit disappointed with the book. I just felt that the storyline wasn't as good as I expected, it took forever to build up to events, and even then it didn't go into them that much. However, I do love the two Targaryeans and the different paths they are taking now. However, I do love the two Targaryeans and the different paths they are taking now.
June 26, 201213 yr I will say I LOVE AFFC. I thought it started a touch slow but I love where it went. Alot of things happened just around the main plot, enough to make me interested in what was going to happen next. When I finish Dragons I am going to be so restless.
June 26, 201213 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 12:14 PM) I will say I LOVE AFFC. I thought it started a touch slow but I love where it went. Alot of things happened just around the main plot, enough to make me interested in what was going to happen next. When I finish Dragons I am going to be so restless. Yeah I finished it about a month ago now and am already the same way
June 26, 201213 yr QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:36 AM) Yeah I finished it about a month ago now and am already the same way Dammit, thats what Im worried about.
July 2, 201213 yr Can someone summarize maybe the 3-5 best books they've read since August/September of last year? I'm trying to catch up with every book that I can't read while I'm in China, and I just refuse to use kindle/e-readers, just have to have the feeling of an actual, physical book in my hand. I read the latest Grisham (Litigators) and Paterson/Alex Cross books on the plane, so my interests go from David Foster Wallace/Ulysses level of difficulty to summer beach reading. One of the books I read about here that I really enjoyed was 11/22/63, the Stephen King one on the JFK assassination "re-do." Fifty Shades of Grey, couldn't make it through. Read all the Hunger Games books in one week, though. Edited July 2, 201213 yr by caulfield12
July 2, 201213 yr Here's my list for the next five weeks.... War by Junger, Sebastian. The measure of the magic by Brooks, Terry. The submission by Waldman, Amy, 1969- Prophet''s prey : my seven-year investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints by Brower, Sam. Aleph by Coelho, Paulo. 1Q84 by Murakami, Haruki, 1949- Ozzie''s school of management : lessons from the dugout, the clubhouse, and the doghouse by Morrissey, Rick. Bossypants by Fey, Tina, 1970- Stone Arabia : a novel by Spiotta, Dana, 1966- The sense of an ending by Barnes, Julian. Battle hymn of the tiger mother by Chua, Amy. The tiger''s wife by Obreht, Téa. Say her name by Goldman, Francisco. Ready player one by Cline, Ernest. Once upon a river : a novel by Campbell, Bonnie Jo, 1962- State of wonder by Patchett, Ann.
July 2, 201213 yr QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 2, 2012 -> 04:25 PM) I'm reading the President's Club right now. Not too shabby. I've been tempted to pick that up. It's been well reviewed, and seems timely.
July 2, 201213 yr QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 2, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) I've been tempted to pick that up. It's been well reviewed, and seems timely. It's been a jaunt so far. Full of great information, but it's not a quick read by any means. I'm only up to the JFK administration.
July 3, 201213 yr About 280 pages or so into Game of Thrones...definitely has picked up in the last 150 pages or so.
July 3, 201213 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 3, 2012 -> 08:15 AM) About 280 pages or so into Game of Thrones...definitely has picked up in the last 150 pages or so. Just wait for books 2 and 3.
July 7, 201213 yr The Submission was simply excellent. Now on ALEPH by Paulo Coelho, the Tiger Mother book (Amy Chua) and just finished the Guillen/Morrissey tome. Then a HUGE book, IQ84 by Haruki Murakami. Does anyone else here like David Foster Wallace?
July 7, 201213 yr So after the Hatfields and McCoy's miniseries, I am looking for a good book on the feud. Any recommendations?
July 7, 201213 yr Finished In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson of Devil in the White City fame. Pretty neat, compelling information and accounts in the book, just didn't like how 70 percent of it took place in 1933 Nazi Germany and then BAM relatively fast forwarded to when the family left Berlin.
July 8, 201213 yr Alright, I've got to go on a Song of Ice and Fire rant. Just finished up the first 5. The first 3 were awesome, FFC and DoD pissed me off. Nothing is happening. 1800 pages over two books and there is virtually no advancement of the main plot lines. Daenerys is still on the eastern side of the narrow sea and isn't showing any inclination to invade Westeros. The Others haven't made an appearance in quite some time. Cersei is still f***ing up the realm while ruling for one of her sons. Stannis is still basically irrelevant and no one else has really stepped up yet to make trouble for the Lannisters since Robb was killed. Everyone is just planning or wandering the realm, often aimlessly. The side plots aren't any better. Bran's sections are still incredibly boring and have yet to show any relevance to the main plot. I don't know what the hell the point of Arya, Davos and Brienne chapters are, they didn't really go anywhere or doing anything of major significance. The same is mostly true of Sansa and Sam, at least they seem like they will matter. Even the more interesting characters like Jaime and Tyrion are losing steam, though at least those have a point (Tyrion was how Aegon was introduced and Jaime figuring out what to do with out his sword hand makes sense). John's chapters are highly repetitive between preparing for battle and figuring out how to help the wildlings, at least until he gets stabbed. If not for Cersei's plotting, the arrival of Aegon and some decent parts with Theon/Reek, it'd have been even worse. I can't imagine the feeling if you were reading these when they actually came out, it's been 12 years and counting since the awesomeness of Storm of Swords. At least it sounds like things will pick up again in Winds of Winter, though who knows when that will actually come out. Edited July 8, 201213 yr by ZoomSlowik
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