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I'm about to start reading the new Dan Brown. I enjoyed his previous books, with The Davinci Code being the least enjoyable.
I just finished Grishams "The Associate" last week and it's the first Grisham book I truly did not enjoy reading. 🙁 Completely boring with no true conclusion.
Before that was Stephen Colberts book "I Am America And So Can You!" which was funny.
I am working on finishing "The Ultimate Lego Builders Guide" as well. My three year old just got a ton of LEGOs and I'm rediscovering them. 🙂
I mostly read hand me downs from my parents who are big readers.
 
This past month, I've finished:
"Crime and Punishment" - okay, kind of dense and thus took me a while to read - never really got into it
"A Briefer History of Time" (Hawking) - basic, told me stuff I already know because astronomy is an interest of mine and I'm a chemistry student, so I've touched on all those topics in physics/chem classes
"Up Country" (DeMille) - Quick, enjoyable read, kind of absurd story though.
"Fahrenheit 451" (Bradbury) - Good, very short, very enjoyable

Currently Reading:
Pynchon's "Crying Lot of 49"
 
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
This past month, I've finished:
"Crime and Punishment" - okay, kind of dense and thus took me a while to read - never really got into it
"A Briefer History of Time" (Hawking) - basic, told me stuff I already know because astronomy is an interest of mine and I'm a chemistry student, so I've touched on all those topics in physics/chem classes
"Up Country" (DeMille) - Quick, enjoyable read, kind of absurd story though.
"Fahrenheit 451" (Bradbury) - Good, very short, very enjoyable

Currently Reading:
Pynchon's "Crying Lot of 49"
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I thought Crime and Punishment was fantastic, though it has been a while since I've read it.

If you liked Ray Bradbury, check out "The Illustrated Man" by him. Collection of short stories. Some good ones in there.
 
Originally posted by: Onita
Wheel of Time series.
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the first 6 of the WOT series were great. then it seemed like he decided to milk the franchise to make as much as he could. The books got insane.


"she smoothed her skirt and looked annoyed at the men" can only be said so many damn times before you get bored.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Onita
Wheel of Time series.
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the first 6 of the WOT series were great. then it seemed like he decided to milk the franchise to make as much as he could. The books got insane.


"she smoothed her skirt and looked annoyed at the men" can only be said so many damn times before you get bored.
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I don't know if it was milking the franchise so much as he created too many story lines to follow, which seemed to create an overall stagnation in the series.
 
Originally posted by: Maleficus
I'm too picky 🙁 hard for me to find books I enjoy. currently reading nothing.
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Fiction or non-fiction? I read a couple of fiction books last summer that should be accessible to most people, one called Life of Pi and another titled Water for Elephants. Regarding non-fiction, well I don't know much about you but some of my all-time favourites include Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Hawking's Brief History of Time. All four of the books I've mentioned are easy reads that should entertain most people (except maybe the Hawking book if you're not into science at all).

Edit - forgot to mention the best non-fiction I've read this year, Masters of Doom (think I've recommended it on this forum before). I would recommend this book to anyone who has even a passing interest in either video games or entrepreneurship.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Maleficus
I'm too picky 🙁 hard for me to find books I enjoy. currently reading nothing.
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Fiction or non-fiction? I read a couple of fiction books last summer that should be accessible to most people, one called Life of Pi and another titled Water for Elephants. Regarding non-fiction, well I don't know much about you but some of my all-time favourites include Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Hawking's Brief History of Time. All four of the books I've mentioned are easy reads that should entertain most people (except maybe the Hawking book if you're not into science at all).
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I've read Life of Pi quite a few times. I really like it.

But as far as most books go, I have a hard time really enjoying single books. I prefer a series and a longer story, something I can follow and read for a while. Maybe that's why I liked Harry Potter so much.
 
Just read the new Dan Brown book, "The Lost Symbol". Pretty good, the guy still has it.

Just cracked open "Stylepedia" by Steven Heller and "The Elements of Typographic Style" by Robert Bringhurst for school. Both are pretty good so far, but they're not for everyone. 😛
 
a few chapters into "the collectors" by david baldacci. last 3 books i've read were written by him.

however, i'll consider putting aside "the collectors" if i happen to get a hold of "level 26". 😀
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Onita
Wheel of Time series.
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the first 6 of the WOT series were great. then it seemed like he decided to milk the franchise to make as much as he could. The books got insane.


"she smoothed her skirt and looked annoyed at the men" can only be said so many damn times before you get bored.
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I hate you. I'm on the 6th book now 🙁

EDIT: ANyone know a good book on Tesla?
 
Originally posted by: Onita
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Onita
Wheel of Time series.
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the first 6 of the WOT series were great. then it seemed like he decided to milk the franchise to make as much as he could. The books got insane.


"she smoothed her skirt and looked annoyed at the men" can only be said so many damn times before you get bored.
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I hate you. I'm on the 6th book now 🙁

EDIT: ANyone know a good book on Tesla?
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Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes ?
 
Originally posted by: Darthvoy
recently finished reading The Fountainhead and will start Atlas Shrugged soon.
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Interesting books. I can't say I agree much with the capitalist/objectivist notions Rand promotes but as a matter of storytelling, she writes anything but boring stories ^^

currently reading Daniel Silva's "The Defector".
 
Originally posted by: ModerateRepZero
Originally posted by: Darthvoy
recently finished reading The Fountainhead and will start Atlas Shrugged soon.
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Interesting books. I can't say I agree much with the capitalist/objectivist notions Rand promotes but as a matter of storytelling, she writes anything but boring stories ^^

currently reading Daniel Silva's "The Defector".
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The scariest thing I could possibly imagine is someone of voting age who takes Rand even a little bit seriously. *shudder*
 
I've loved almost every single book in the Sword of Truth series, though Naked Empire seemed very draaawwwnnnnn out. So when I heard TG was going to write another novel that's going to be a departure from the SoT world, I jumped on it. I just started it, but it has me hooked from the beginning. The book is called The Law of Nines. Look up the first chapter on Amazon.
 
I go to my local Deseret thrift store and buy paperbacks for reading at 3/1.00. Of the 15 or so I have recently read the two I liked the most were Dr. Snow--Carol Saline: The true story of Larry Lavin and his Pennsylvania dental school cocaine ring and Skin Tight --Carl Hiassen
a fun read.
 
Originally posted by: ModerateRepZero
Originally posted by: Darthvoy
recently finished reading The Fountainhead and will start Atlas Shrugged soon.
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Interesting books. I can't say I agree much with the capitalist/objectivist notions Rand promotes but as a matter of storytelling, she writes anything but boring stories ^^

currently reading Daniel Silva's "The Defector".
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Yes, her writing is amongst the best I've ever read. I don't agree with everything she writes about, but the whole notion of having a self-sufficient ego appealed to me because that's the point of view I already had.
 
Last Book I read for Leisure was 'Atlas Shrugged'.

In my Russian Lit class we just finished Camus' 'The Rebel' and are moving onto Dostoevsky's 'Notes from the Underground'. I mainly took this class because I need something to force me to suck it up and read 'The Brothers Karamazov' once and for all.

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The scariest thing I could possibly imagine is someone of voting age who takes Rand even a little bit seriously. *shudder*
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Interesting, the scariest thing I could imagine is someone of voting age who reads nothing but Harry Potter and Harlequin Romance Novels... oh, wait.
 
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