CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Work was really calm last night and I started and finished The Pearl by John Steinbeck. It’s really short, only 97 pages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 The Holy Bible. It litteraly has an answer for everything. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Black Ice. One of the recent Brad Thor books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I've been reading through some of the books in the Expanse series, while also re-watching some of the show. I very much enjoyed the show, but I'm finding some of the changes to be questionable. Enjoyed the first few books quite a lot. Book four is fine, but I'm not enjoying it quite as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Hit my goal of 75 for the year today but reading a couple short ones. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and If You Ask Me(And of Course You Won’t) by Betty White. Didn’t care for the former, but Betty’s book was something light and refreshing. Now back to Four Past Midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Finished The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. Amazing book, I can see why many call it the best fantasy of the past decade. Its use of second person POV for some of the chapters was jarring, at first, but I quickly adapted and loved it. I highly recommend it, it creates a really strange and fascinating world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 59 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Finished The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. Amazing book, I can see why many call it the best fantasy of the past decade. Its use of second person POV for some of the chapters was jarring, at first, but I quickly adapted and loved it. I highly recommend it, it creates a really strange and fascinating world. It's an incredible series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I finished The Man Who Died Twice (fun) and picked up the Lincoln Lawyer for £1 so reading that. So far, it seems like a decent summer book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Just added the upcoming Jack Reacher book, No Plan B, into my reading rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Reading has been slow by my standards, but I did finished Four Past Midnight last night. Great novella collection. I think my favorite was Secret Window Secret Garden, but they were are really good. Also been reading and finished up Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth. Historical fiction, but I've never really read up much on Australian history and this seems to have sparked an interest. Think my next fiction is gonna be The Hacienda by Isabel Canas. I'm way behind on my BOTM pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Another BOTM selection, When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Kinda bouncing around with different books right now. Christine by Stephen King Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson And still working on No Ordinary Time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Finally got around to just now finishing up the "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ..." novella which was a hell of a fun read (more so if you're a big fan of the film!) Next up is to finish Tom Segura's "I Like to Play Alone Please" & then crack open Danny Trejo's autobiography that recently released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Finding it hard to settle on a book. My father in law has let me borrow a book called Ancestors which is great - but I can’t seem to get into it properly. I have an autobiography as well, but despite it being about a person I’m very interested in, it’s classic ghost writing (dry, occasionally dull). So, I grabbed a cool book on the History of Hobbits which is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Added a couple more into my reading rotation: James Patterson's upcoming Doc Savage book (damn is it going to trigger some people) and Justin Cronin's upcoming release The Ferryman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Started The Crown Tower, we’ll half way through now. I have a trip to Chicago coming up so I’ll probably knock out most of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Have to say Patterson';s Doc Savage book is damn good for what it is, a crazy men's adventure. Even though Savage is the title character, the female lead seems like the true main character and she is a female assassin that underwent training that makes the Black Widow's looks like a day in the park. I know Patterson only writes the outline for his collaborations these days but I never expected something so brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just finished One Tough Bastard by Adam Howe and holy crap was this book a riot. A washed up action star with severe delusions of grandeur and a super smart chimp team up to track down the killer of the chimp's wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I’m currently reading ‘The Twilight World’ by Werner Herzog, which is magnificent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I should finish Christine today. It's been really good. Also started Ninteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult on my Kindle. It's not my usual sort of read, but I was in the mood for a dramatic, emotional story. Sadly still relevant today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I should finish Christine today. It's been really good. I actually like the film version quite a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/24/2022 at 5:32 PM, EternallDarkness said: I actually like the film version quite a bit Book was great. Probably in my top 10 SK so far(out of roughly 42, I think?) I’ll watch the movie sometime soon. They’re doing a remake, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 It’s never great to start a book during the middle of a work week. I’ve started both The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon and Bag of Bones by Stephen King. I think I’m going to enjoy them when I actually have time to relax and get absorbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: It’s never great to start a book during the middle of a work week. I’ve started both The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon and Bag of Bones by Stephen King. I think I’m going to enjoy them when I actually have time to relax and get absorbed. I'm not sure why but I had so much trouble getting into Bag of Bones, was either the 3rd or 4th time I started it when I must have finally been in the right mindset and totally got lost in it and it's become one of my favorites and I have read it at least four or five times since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 7/19/2022 at 9:50 PM, thewhyteboar said: Forgot to update this: reading The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago, my first ever by him. That took me awhile to get into, but I really enjoyed it. Next is Clockers by Richard Price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I joined a book club and we're reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Nokra said: I joined a book club and we're reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. That's a fun one. I really like reading Southern Gothic style stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 10:07 PM, rc0101 said: Started The Crown Tower, we’ll half way through now. I have a trip to Chicago coming up so I’ll probably knock out most of the series. On to book #2. The Rose and the Thorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 21 hours ago, rc0101 said: On to book #2. The Rose and the Thorn Oh I read a series by him! Riyria Revelations. I don't remember any details, but I remember enjoying it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 6 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: Oh I read a series by him! Riyria Revelations. I don't remember any details, but I remember enjoying it! Yeah there is Ryiria Chronicles and Ryiria Revelations series. I believe he is starting a third series based in her same universe but at a different time period as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 9:31 PM, gamer.tv said: Finding it hard to settle on a book. My father in law has let me borrow a book called Ancestors which is great - but I can’t seem to get into it properly. I have an autobiography as well, but despite it being about a person I’m very interested in, it’s classic ghost writing (dry, occasionally dull). So, I grabbed a cool book on the History of Hobbits which is interesting. With all that, also doing something I never do, I’ve wound up with 3 books on the go (not even the ones listed). An autobiography on the rugby coach Eddie Jones, another autobiography about Billy Connelly, and then a book called Sweet Sorrow - which I’ve only read a few chapters of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Stephen King’s New Book Will Remind You How Much Fun Reading Can Be SLATE.COM Fairy Tale is the best kind of page-turner. Quote I hear more and more people lately complaining of reading slumps, an inability to concentrate and really sink into a book caused by—who knows? The lingering pandemic? TikTok? Climate dread? “I will read,” thinks the title character in Elizabeth Strout’s new novel, Lucy by the Sea, as she comes in from a walk. “But there was nothing I wanted to read. I could not read.” I can recommend a cure for that, though it might be a bit strong for Lucy’s taste: A good old-fashioned Stephen King fantasy-horror epic. Happily, there’s a new specimen: Fairy Tale. Like its predecessors in the King canon—especially The Eyes of the Dragon, the Dark Tower series, and The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub)—it’s sometimes grisly, sometimes tense, and sometimes a bit goofy. You’ll inhale Fairy Tale in big 100-page swathes without the slightest effort or strain, and you’ll be grateful that there are 600-plus pages of it to remind you several times over how much fun that kind of reading experience is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 23 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Stephen King’s New Book Will Remind You How Much Fun Reading Can Be SLATE.COM Fairy Tale is the best kind of page-turner. Sadly this isn't one I was able to get a chance to read early so I'm patiently waiting for it's release next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Have my copy from Amazon arriving Tuesday next week. Debating on taking that on vacation or finally getting around to The Talisman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Started the Talisman last night. For nonfiction, I've been reading Five Days at Memorial by Sherri Fink. I've wanted to read it for years, but the Apple TV show finally pushed me to start it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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