Books you are reading right now

[KLD1019]

I finished the 1st book in Sylvia Nobel's Murder Mystery Series lastnight. i just finished downloading the rest of the series to my Kindle. on to the 2nd book!!

Deadly Sanctuary
The Devil's Cradle
Dark Moon Crossing
Seeds of Vengeance

 

[ATKU2]

"The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

 

[boombala]

American Fantastic Tales - Terror and the uncanny from 1940s to now - editted by Peter Straub

Harlan Ellison
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"

Have you read that one yet? If so, what do you make of it? Ellison is one of my favs. And

Thomas Ligotti
The Last Feast of Harlequin

I have Ligotti's "Nightmare Factory." Another fav or mine.

Good stuff :thumbup:thumbup

 

[GracefulIvory]

I'm reading 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult

 

[GracefulIvory]

"The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

This is my favorite book....have fun reading it!!

 

[porterjack]

Harlan Ellison
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"

Have you read that one yet? If so, what do you make of it? Ellison is one of my favs. And

Thomas Ligotti
The Last Feast of Harlequin

I have Ligotti's "Nightmare Factory." Another fav or mine.

Good stuff :thumbup:thumbup

neither yet but will check them out:thumbup

 

[KLD1019]

I'm reading 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult

oh i love Jodi Picoult! Let me know how the book turns out!

 

[Abcinthia]

Currently reading Elizabeth The Queen by Alision Weir.

Since I've been away i've also read The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Stand and Lolita.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Javascripts, the missing manual

 

[Ryder]

Roses are Red by James Patterson

 

[boombala]

neither yet but will check them out:thumbup

Both stories are in the American Fantastic Tales book you are reading. Don't skip um. <g>

 

[Minor Axis]

Eragon- a boy and his dragon. Am liking it so much I just ordered two more from Amazon.


Here is a short reading list of mine. I tend to gravitate towards action, fantasy, adventure, but can read many genres. Feel free to post your lists.

1. The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings Trilogy- outstanding if you like fantasy. Start with the Hobbit to test the waters.
2. Shibumi + The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian- excellent adventure.
3. Lonesome Dove- Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Possibly the best western you'll ever read.
4. Killer Angels- Another Pulitzer Prize winning novel amazing narrative of the Battle of Gettysburg. It reads like a novel. A series of 3 books the last two were written by Shara's son.
5. Dead Until Dark Series by Charlain Harris. True Blood on HBO is based on this series, but this is 20X better. Not Pulitzer prize material, but highly enjoyable vampire reading.
6. The Borne Identity- outstanding thriller, better than the movie imo.
7. Dracula- the original, an outstanding Victorian vampire adventure. Hard to believe how old this book is.
8. The Martian Chronicles- by Ray Bradbury. Science fiction at it's best. A story framework tied together as short stories. Incredible and emotional.
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls- outstanding Hemingway set in the Spanish Civil War.
10. Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Outstanding Thomas Hardy, heavy in irony. Not everyone will dig this.
11. The Three Muskateers and The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexander Dumas. Great adventure reads.
12. The Right Stuff- Outstanding reading on the early 1960's U.S. space program.
13. Salem's Lot and The Shining- yes I love vampires and Stephen King.
14.To Kill a Mockingbird- great Pulitzer prize story set in the early 20th century South.
15. Gone With the Wind- the best Civil War story every told.
16. Skeleton Crew and Night Shift- some of Stephen King's best short stories.
17.Red Storm Rising The best WWIII story by Tom Clancy. Non stop action and explosions too!
18.Winds of War + War and Remeberance- Herman Wouk outstanding WWII.
19. The Caine Mutiny- outstanding military courtroom drama.
20. Harry Potter Series- it's pretty good and gets darker and better as it goes, but you all have read it all ready.

 

[jose1248]

Finished reading "The Road" and might read "The art of war next"

 

[Meirionnydd]

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon.

Okay, so it's an abridged edition, but it's very enjoyable. Although his writing style was a little hard to understand at first, I think I've got the hang of it now...

 

[boombala]

Here is a short reading list of mine. I tend to gravitate towards action, fantasy, adventure, but can read many genres. Feel free to post your lists.

3. Lonesome Dove- Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Possibly the best western you'll ever read.
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I totally agree. I read the entire series:

Dead Man's Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo

All excellent.

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I'm reading Grimscribe: This Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti

I've often wondered what kind of a mind the horror story writer possesses. Someone who can take something that appears to be very safe and fun (like a town festivale) and turn it into a nightmare. Ligotti is a master at it.

 

[Minor Axis]

Here is a short reading list of mine. I tend to gravitate towards action, fantasy, adventure, but can read many genres. Feel free to post your lists.

3. Lonesome Dove- Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Possibly the best western you'll ever read.
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I totally agree. I read the entire series:

Dead Man's Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo

All excellent.

I also read Streets of Laredo and Comanche Moons. They were enjoyable but honestly I don't remember that much about them. A massacre in town. A guy stuck in a cage up on a cliff.

 

[retro]

Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy

 

[Kyle B]

Eragon- a boy and his dragon. Am liking it so much I just ordered two more from Amazon.


Here is a short reading list of mine. I tend to gravitate towards action, fantasy, adventure, but can read many genres. Feel free to post your lists.

1. The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings Trilogy- outstanding if you like fantasy. Start with the Hobbit to test the waters.
2. Shibumi + The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian- excellent adventure.
3. Lonesome Dove- Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Possibly the best western you'll ever read.
4. Killer Angels- Another Pulitzer Prize winning novel amazing narrative of the Battle of Gettysburg. It reads like a novel. A series of 3 books the last two were written by Shara's son.
5. Dead Until Dark Series by Charlain Harris. True Blood on HBO is based on this series, but this is 20X better. Not Pulitzer prize material, but highly enjoyable vampire reading.
6. The Borne Identity- outstanding thriller, better than the movie imo.
7. Dracula- the original, an outstanding Victorian vampire adventure. Hard to believe how old this book is.
8. The Martian Chronicles- by Ray Bradbury. Science fiction at it's best. A story framework tied together as short stories. Incredible and emotional.
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls- outstanding Hemingway set in the Spanish Civil War.
10. Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Outstanding Thomas Hardy, heavy in irony. Not everyone will dig this.
11. The Three Muskateers and The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexander Dumas. Great adventure reads.
12. The Right Stuff- Outstanding reading on the early 1960's U.S. space program.
13. Salem's Lot and The Shining- yes I love vampires and Stephen King.
14.To Kill a Mockingbird- great Pulitzer prize story set in the early 20th century South.
15. Gone With the Wind- the best Civil War story every told.
16. Skeleton Crew and Night Shift- some of Stephen King's best short stories.
17.Red Storm Rising The best WWIII story by Tom Clancy. Non stop action and explosions too!
18.Winds of War + War and Remeberance- Herman Wouk outstanding WWII.
19. The Caine Mutiny- outstanding military courtroom drama.
20. Harry Potter Series- it's pretty good and gets darker and better as it goes, but you all have read it all ready.

If you like Hemingway, be sure to read The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. I found them both to be excellent.

I can never finish To Kill a Mockingbird, something always interrupts me.

I just finished Jane Eyre and Freakonomics.

 

[Kyle B]

Currently reading Elizabeth The Queen by Alision Weir.

Since I've been away i've also read The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Stand and Lolita.

I just started reading Lolita yesterday. I'm about a quarter the way through.

My Kindle is being put to good use. :thumbup

 

[Carn]

5. Dead Until Dark Series by Charlain Harris. True Blood on HBO is based on this series, but this is 20X better. Not Pulitzer prize material, but highly enjoyable vampire reading.

If you haven't read it before the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice are way better !