What's the last good book you've read?

[Cyclonepride]

Just bought The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson after a little review reading. Hoping it lives up to the great reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2WO5E/ref=pe_385040_188959210_TE_M1T1DP

 

[mapnerd]

I read Sword of Shannara not too long ago and am now on Elfstones of Shannara. Pretty good stuff, but a lot of Lord of the Rings influence sometimes. Still a good read.

I might try Ready Player One next. I've heard it's good.

 

[Cybyassociation]

I read Sword of Shannara not too long ago and am now on Elfstones of Shannara. Pretty good stuff, but a lot of Lord of the Rings influence sometimes. Still a good read.

I might try Ready Player One next. I've heard it's good.

It reads like a YA novel with swear words. It was a fun read though.

 

[Colorado]

I'm nearly finished with the first installment of the Penn Cage series by Greg Iles. Book one is The Quiet Game. Fantastic mystery so far. The author does a very good job of keeping you guessing and not ******* you off when a plot twist comes along. As of now, there are six in the series.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

R in Action

 

[coolerifyoudid]

My 8 year old daughter brought home "Words With Wings" by Nikki Grimes last week. It's a really well written children's book about a child's perspective of her parents' divorce. It's told through a collection of poems.

 

[mfelske]

Just bought The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson after a little review reading. Hoping it lives up to the great reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2WO5E/ref=pe_385040_188959210_TE_M1T1DP

I really like everything I've read from Sanderson. However, I'm gonna wait a while before starting in on a series that's on book 2 out of 10.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I really like everything I've read from Sanderson. However, I'm gonna wait a while before starting in on a series that's on book 2 out of 10.

Yeah, I wondered about that too, as I'm sure I'll catch up quickly and then wait forever.

 

[demoncore1031]

It Gave Everybody Something to Do by Louise Thoresen. Amazing book about her life with her psychopath husband, who I think murdered two people (the daughter of a man who was about to become a US Senator, and a hitman who he had paid to kill his brother) and possibly several more.

 

[pourcyne]

Just finished two great ones: The Bees by Laline Paull, classified as sci-fi because it's all about the life of a hive, but the bees are personified to the point where the book reads as if they were all nuns in a medieval convent and also The Story of Anna P, as told by herself, by Penny Busetto, which is the story of a mysterious woman teaching English on an island in Italy who doesn't know much more about herself than the islanders do. In the second part, her past is revealed to readers as if we were the psychiatrist assigned to help her, and in the third section, we learn what will happen to her after she knows what her past is as well. Both of these are brilliant work, and such a nice change from most of the watered-down junk that passes for contemporary fiction.

 

[intrepid27]

Just finished the 3 part series Atilla by William Napier. Historical fiction. Story of Atilla the Hun starting from a young boy through death. Easy reading and very well woven story. Amazing how he united hundreds of warlords into a single army.

 

[Bret44]

Currently reading "Hank Williams" by Collin Escott. It is a very good read.

 

[ThatllDoCy]

I have been in the lurch waiting for the new Song of Ice and Fire book, and recently found Bernard Cornwell. I've read a couple of the Last Kingdom series and am starting his Warlord Chronicles about Arthur. Good substitute.

 

[kevdiv48]

Just finished Andromeda Strain. Mildly surprised it took me that long to read it, as I remember reading some of Chricton's other classics back in middle school.
Got the whole A Song of Fire and Ice series for Xmas, gonna start that this weekend.

 

[enisthemenace]

I'm a bit of a history/WWII nut. Goes back to when I was really young. I think I was always interested in geography/cartography, which made the subject that much more interesting to me.

Anyway, there are thousands of books related to WWII, with the majority being centered on Europe. I have grown more interested in the events leading up to WWI/WWII in the last few years, and have read a lot about Germany/Europe. I am trying to find more about those leading events in Asia. I am currently reading "Japan: 1941". I literally just started it late last night, and only read the prologue, but it's my understanding the book explains how/why Japan, from the Japanese point of view, started a war with the West the majority within Japan knew they couldn't win.

I have read books that talk about economic issues, linked specifically to the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty in 1854, that led to extremely strained relationships, but only briefly. I am familiar with imperialism pressures in that time, which led to conflicts between Japan and China, etc. I haven't found much, though, that speaks to this stuff specifically and in detail (probably 1854-1941). Any suggestions? I would prefer either a Japanese or wholly unbiased perspective.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I'm a bit of a history/WWII nut. Goes back to when I was really young. I think I was always interested in geography/cartography, which made the subject that much more interesting to me.

Anyway, there are thousands of books related to WWII, with the majority being centered on Europe. I have grown more interested in the events leading up to WWI/WWII in the last few years, and have read a lot about Germany/Europe. I am trying to find more about those leading events in Asia. I am currently reading "Japan: 1941". I literally just started it late last night, and only read the prologue, but it's my understanding the book explains how/why Japan, from the Japanese point of view, started a war with the West the majority within Japan knew they couldn't win.

I have read books that talk about economic issues, linked specifically to the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty in 1854, that led to extremely strained relationships, but only briefly. I am familiar with imperialism pressures in that time, which led to conflicts between Japan and China, etc. I haven't found much, though, that speaks to this stuff specifically and in detail (probably 1854-1941). Any suggestions? I would prefer either a Japanese or wholly unbiased perspective.

This doesn't specifically go into detail on the pre-war period, but is written from the Japanese perspective. I read it recently and enjoyed it.

https://play.google.com/store/books...US&gclid=CMmBzpizjMwCFYVCMgodAQ8BMw&gclsrc=ds

 

[urb1]

I recently read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Very good read by a Swedish author.

 

[Tedcyclone]

The Asylum three book series is fantastic. Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events is fantastic.
Lemony Snickets: All The Wrong Questions is fantastic.

 

[Bret44]

I am just finishing up "To End all Wars" by Adam Hochschild. It is about WWI and looks at both the side of those for war, and the pacifist/socialist against it.

It gets in to the socialist unrest and upheaval in Britain during the war. Pretty good read and a look in to some things that I had no idea about.

 

[Dopey]

The Asylum three book series is fantastic. Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events is fantastic.
Lemony Snickets: All The Wrong Questions is fantastic.

Fantastic. Thanks for the recommendations.