OT: what are you reading now?

sumoconnell

onward_2_victory said:

I'm about 50 pages in on I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes.  It's completely captivating so far.  If you haven't heard of it, it's about a series of gruesome murders in different locations around the world and I'm guessing they're linked together.  It's supposedly a "flawless plot to commit a appalling crime against humanity and only one man can solve it."

I was sold on it after I heard it advertised as a mix of Homeland, The Wire, and The Bourne Ultimatum.

Anyway, thanks for posting your current books.  I've been able to add a few to my reading list as a result.

@jaydub58 I've read Pillars of the Earth and about 70% so far of The World Without End by Ken Follett.  Both were some of the best books I've ever read.  They're big, but they make for a great stories and characters.

I liked 'I am Pilgrim', superhero military spy genre.  If you like that, look into the Mitch Rapp series.  Good easy reads for long flights.

I really enjoyed the Olen Steinhauer Rethunia series.  Cool historical fiction behind the iron curtain over time. 

Jeepster47

If you like Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series, you might be interested in William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor series.  Krueger's stories are centered around Aurora, Minnesota and the boundary water area. 

gdenby

I have to be honest. The label of a bottle Dr. Bronner's soap.

Takes me back. The moral ABC's. All One.

"let me rinse that out just once more..." she said.

Cookbook_Chip

Re-reading Salem's Lot (probably been 20 years).  Good ol' scary story!

Darby_Crenshaw

Atkinson's 'Day of Battle', 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' (late to the party), 'Every Love Story is a Ghost Story' (bio re DFW), and a couple more.  always seem to have a few going at one time rather than in serial

luckyboy

The ROGUE LAWYER by John Grishman

GuitarEC

Shōgun by James Clavell.  It is one of 3 books that I make a point of reading every year.

Cookbook_Chip

GuitarEC said:

Shōgun by James Clavell.  It is one of 3 books that I make a point of reading every year.

really?  every year?  Must be great.  What are the other two?

GuitarEC

@Cookbook_Chip "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card and "The Martian" by Andy Weir.  All three books grab a hold of me and create visuals so vivid that they end up presenting their own worlds that I could get lost in.  If a book can do that, it deserves to be read that often.

Also ever few years I will sit down and read all 4 of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 series.

Cookbook_Chip

Cool. Read Ender a couple years ago, loved it. Martian back in July, ditto. 

Steve753

Re-reading Jack McDevitt'sThe Ancient Shores as the sequel will be coming out soon.  I got to see Andy Weir (author of The Martian) at Comic-Con in July. He said that he had many conversations with Ridley Scott, who wanted his movie to be as close to the book as possible. After seeing the movie, I would say that this was achieved.

SciAggie

Just read The Martian. Great story. 

Legume

RRP's beaver post.

bo31210

Just finished Atlas Shrugged (for the 3rd time)   Exceptional book and you learn each time you read it.     The similarity to our modern day times is similar (almost in a spooky way)

UncleFred

bo31210 said:

Just finished Atlas Shrugged (for the 3rd time)   Exceptional book and you learn each time you read it.     The similarity to our modern day times is similar (almost in a spooky way)

Every time I find a used copy of Atlas Shrugged I buy it, and then give it away... preferably to someone under the age of 25. 

Legume

I gave copies of Atlas Shrugged to several of my management team years ago, not to kick them in the ass, but to encourage them.  Not sure how many of them read it.  I went back to giving wine after that.

nolaegghead

Whenever I'm low on toilet paper, I'll pick up a copy of Atlas Shrugged to wipe my ***, although I must say it's pretty rough.

YukonRon

Richard III

SGH

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Albert Pike. For about the 10th time.

theyolksonyou

Baseball Dads by Matthew Hiley. The most dark, depraved, funny awesome thing I've read in a while. If you have kids in sports, you can relate. 

Mosca

Darby_Crenshaw said:

Atkinson's 'Day of Battle', 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' (late to the party), 'Every Love Story is a Ghost Story' (bio re DFW), and a couple more.  always seem to have a few going at one time rather than in serial

What do you think of The Day of Battle? I thought An Army at Dawn is one of the best of its kind, but I found The Day of Battle plodding (much like the war in Italy I suppose) and overall not as interesting, and I never picked up The Guns at Last Light.

Mosca

I just finished Fortunate Son, John Fogerty's autobiography. It was kind of like Creedence's music; lots of fun, very direct, sometimes deep and sometimes not so deep.

Cookbook_Chip

Reading Berry Gordy's "To Be Loved" bio, Motown story.  Really funny guy, the way he writes.  Learning a lot about those great groups.  Who knew he and Diana Ross were an item for years?  Not me...

noregard

Anything by Bryce Courtenay!!!  I just finished The Persimmon Tree and it was great.  He has quickly moved up to the top of my favourite author list.

YukonRon

Richard V

Davec433

Brahma Stokers Dracula on my Kindle also read The Book Thief earlier this month. Not sure what I'll read next.

Cookbook_Chip

O'Reilly's Killing Kennedy. Learning a lot about the short presidency. Man, talk about f'ing up right away with the Bay of Pigs. Stupid. Then kicking ass on the missle crisis. Makes today with Trump sound like a simple soap opera. It was life or death by nuke annihilation back then with a 40 something in the Whitehouse. 

GATraveller

The Hobbit. 

Cookbook_Chip

Love Tolkien. Hobbit every 10 years or so. 

yljkt

Cooler threads. They are everywhere.