Good books to check out

Wanted to get some "life affirmation" and just read The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom (of Tuesdays With Morrie fame).

Naaaah. Maybe getting a bit too cynical. The "feel good" aspect of it never really had an effect with me.
 
I've read Mitch's books. Not too difficult. I could read any of his tomes during a football timeout. "Tuesdays" was impressive, the five people book had an influence. He's a has been as an author. If you want to read a good book pick up a copy of "The Bread Givers" author I can't remember. I think it is out of print so you may have to track down a copy. ;)
 
^ Thanks for the tip. Interesting. I'll try to keep an eye out for it at 2nd hand bookstores.
 
I just finished re-reading The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Gonna do From the Earth to the Moon again next. Ya can't go wrong with Jules Verne.

Edit. For those that aren't big into literature or authors, Jules Verne has written : 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in 80 Days.

Paris in the 20th Century is another good one by him.
 
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Sorry the book is "Bread Givers", not 'THE Bread Givers'. The author was Anzia Yezierska. It was a book I had to read for a history class a long time ago. It is widely available. I liked it. I'm still working through 'Atlas Shrugged'. I can read a hundred pages in a couple of hours and then I get bogged down on five pages for a day or two. It has been a labor. More difficult a read then I am used to. I like it, though. Jules Verne is someone who I have not read. I like the movies.
 
I have been reading the Walt Longmire Mystery series by Craig Johnson. The series are about a Wyoming sheriff and the situations that he gets into.
Right now I'm reading his newest book, Hell Is Empty. If you like cop stuff, try these. I recommend that you read them in order.

Unlike a lot of authors, Craig Johnson's first book was a winner.
 
I put down 'Atlas' for a moment and picked up a sports psychology book called "Golf's Sacred Journey". It's actually a fictional storybook work by a Phd by the name of David Cook. A must read for the serious golfer. The first few pages had me in tears I was laughing so hard as he described,shot by shot, a tour pro making a 15 on one hole. I'm halfway through in just a couple of hours.
 
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The Relic was a great book, I loved the campiness of the movie, it could have been better if it followed the book.

I also saw a Barnes and Noble collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator/author of Tarzan) John Carter of Mars series I want to pick up.
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Don't forget its sequels reliquary and The Cabinet of Curiosities.

what i recommend, if you like star wars read the Thrawn trilogy; Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command
 
I gave up on the Star Wars books after I read about Chewbacca buying the farm about ten years ago in a book (c'mon, it's not the movies). I took a technical writing course taught by the author's sister BTW.

I picked up Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, and Queen Victoria Daemon Hunter. Was going to pick up Henry VIII Werewolf, but didn't want to go overboard with books.

I've hit a roadblock with Tolkien's biography, and have taken a break from the Barnes and Noble HP Lovecraft collection. Just started the ReAnimator.
 
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Looking for other"mashup" type books, saw that there is a prequel of sorts out to the Star Wars Deathtroopers. It's called Red Harvest. Deathtroopers was the last interesting Star Wars book I've read. Corny, especially when Han Solo and Chewbacca show up. The new one, which is not supposed to be that scary, will have Sith zombies. I know, I know, how corny can you get. I am reading about Abe Lincoln as a vampire hunter though.
 
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I've read Mitch's books. Not too difficult. I could read any of his tomes during a football timeout. "Tuesdays" was impressive, the five people book had an influence. He's a has been as an author.
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Mitch is a sportscaster here in the Detroit area. After listening to his "Me, me, me, I, I, I, me, me" crap for years I can't bring myself to read any of his "look how awesome I am" books. Just my 2¢.
 
Next for me is Harry Turtledove and some of his alternate history/scifi/fantasy books. I liked the Videssos and Southern Victory series. I'm going to try the Worldwar series now.
 
I think this weekend will be a Barnes & Noble trip, Hopefully I can find a good series that's already complete (I hate waiting for books to be released) I'll be picking up a book on using a clicker to train my beagle, and maybe find a book that my soon to be 5 and 4 year-olds will enjoy for their birthdays.
 
Been doing a lot of historical fiction lately, Conn Iggulden's series on Julius Caeser and Ghengis Khan take some beating and very well researched, he even points out where he's taken liberties with fact to help the plot flow better. Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell is another excellent book.
Trying to get hold of more Frank Yerby. His Garfield Honour first got me into knives as a radical departure from the usual cowboy novel. Very prolific (33 novels) & underrated (African) American author, well ahead of his time. Probably didn't get the credit he deserved because he was "coloured", although you'd never know from reading the majority of his works, he was criticised by both sides of the racial divide and exiled himself to Spain in 1955 as a protest against racial discrimination. He died in Madrid in 1991 and it took another 15 years before he was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
 
Just finished Stephen King's new novel, 11/22/63. What a great book. Stevo still has the touch. It's his best work since book seven of the DT series. He said it took a lot of research and he even hired a researcher, and I believe him. Just wow. He puts the reader into another world. Highly recommended reading.
 
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