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OwenM

OwenM

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Always interested to see what other people are reading.
Dry spell between books from favorite authors, so I'm checking out some an ex-girlfriend likes. Janet Evanovich and Greg Iles were on her list, and I had not read anything by either of them before.

Recently read "Wicked Appetite" by Janet Evanovich, which had just come out. It was a little girly for me, and kind of corny, but entertaining. Can't see collecting those, and sent it to her, since she didn't have it, yet.

Am currently reading "The The Devil's Punchbowl" by Greg Iles, and really enjoying it. Read the first 270 pages last night, and had better finish the remaining 310 today or tonight, or there may be a hardback book in my backpack for the next couple of days, which would be a first.
It's not at all predictable...well, pretty sure I know how it ends, but haven't a clue what will happen next, and am into it.
My dad had this one, and loaned it to me. He refused to tell me anything about it, but must have liked it, because he has 5 or 6 more Iles books on the way. I'm sure I'll borrow all of them. I have GOT to get one of those Kindle things before getting into a new author, though...

Next will be "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy. I have no idea what to expect from that one. Don't know if Dad gave it to me because he thought I'd like it, or just to get rid of it:rolleyes:
Author of "Prince of Tides" it says on the cover, but I never read that, or saw the movie.

Kind of burned out on Vince Flynn, but he's got "American Assassin", a prequel to his Mitch Rapp books coming out tomorrow. I suppose I'll get it to go with the rest.

That's about it for the moment. You?
 
I'm kind of like you. I've read pretty much everything (including new) by my favorites (James Lee Burke, John Connolly, Michael Connolly, etc.) and Robert Parker has died so no new Spenser books.

I read two Stephan Solomita books over the weekend. Kind of short, "noir" type books. They were pretty good but poorly edited.

I actually like Evanovich, but only on books on cd. Its weird, but there are some books that I love on cd (Evanovitch, Jonathon Kellerman) but I can't get into reading them.
 
Just finished "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" a few days ago and now trying to finish up "A Confederacy of Dunces" (so far not so good). Hopefully, I will be able to start on "V." by Thomas Pynchon in a few weeks.
 
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I'm kind of like you. I've read pretty much everything (including new) by my favorites (James Lee Burke, John Connolly, Michael Connolly, etc.) and Robert Parker has died so no new Spenser books.

I read two Stephan Solomita books over the weekend. Kind of short, "noir" type books. They were pretty good but poorly edited.

I actually like Evanovich, but only on books on cd. Its weird, but there are some books that I love on cd (Evanovitch, Jonathon Kellerman) but I can't get into reading them.
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Huge James Lee Burke fan. I got kinfolks down in south Louisiana. No one writes about that area, and its weirdos, quite like he does.
 
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Just finished "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" a few days ago and now trying to finish up "A Confederacy of Dunces" (so far not so good). Hopefully, I will be able to start on "V." by Thomas Pynchon in a few weeks.
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Sorry to hear that you don't like "confederacy of dunces". In all honesty though it took me four times pickin that book up before I got into it. Once I finished it though I really loved it. "V" is an awesome book, but if you haven't read any pynchon before, I would suggest that you start with "the crying of lot 49". "V" can be a daunting read. Definitely stay away from "Mason Dixon" that book is only suitable for people whose intellects make them absurd social outcasts ;).
 
Shann said:
Robert Parker has died so no new Spenser books.
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Sucks, doesn't it? I've got several of the Spenser novels, but got in way too late to collect them. I do have all the Jesse Stone books(and movies), the Sunny Randall/Jesse Stone crossover one, and the four Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch books.

Keep 'em coming. I like looking at the authors people list in these threads, and giving some of them a try:thumbup:
 
Right now I'm reading Harry Turtledove's "Worldwar" series. My Cyn's reading one of Carl Hiaasen's books. Can't remember which one right off. Doesn't matter. They're all awesome.
 
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson. It's about the adventures of an old sheriff in WY.

I got hooked on the Joe Picket series by C. J. Box. When I read all of that series, Craig Johnson was recommended.

They are not intellectual books, but they are entertaining.
 
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Grant wrote this while dying of cancer, to pay his debts; he finished it in eleven months and died a week later on July 23, 1885. It ends with Lee's surrender twenty years before. Grant was a gifted writer, and he never leaves you in doubt as to what he remembered and what he thought.

The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.
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Hopefully, I will be able to start on "V." by Thomas Pynchon in a few weeks.
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I just started reading "V". :thumbup:

I actually bought it a couple years ago and never got around to it. I'm not traveling for work anymore. I don't have the three or four hour flights so I fell behind on my reading.
 
I'm a bit over halfway through King's "Under The Dome" and listening to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Caspak triology (currently on the last book, "Out of Time’s Abyss").
 
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William Gibson's new one, Zero History. About a third of the way through, reading it on my iPod.
 
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg. I was raised in an Alabama family of cotton mill hands, but I don't remember life being nearly as bleak as he portrays. But then my dad was a great guy, the kind that every boy needs, whereas his was apparently a sorry piece of humanity. Still a great read, very accurate in portraying the place and time.
 
I just finished "The Book of Swords" (Hank Reinhardt) -and before that, read "The Archaeology of Weapons", by R. Ewart Oakeshot-. Very educational books, both of the
(specially for someone like me, who knows next to nothing about swords)
 
I like the classics. Recently I have only picked up a book to put myself to sleep. No offense to the authors, reading relaxes me. I read a few pages of "The Grapes of Wrath" the other night. It's funny but ole' Tom Joad hasn't changed much. I also have a copy of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" at hand. I strongly recommend Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny" for those political types.
 
Last book I read was for my cultural anthropology class, "The Peoples of the Tundra" by my professor, John Ziker. Awesome look at primative Siberian cultures who thrive in a region where most people would consider it extreme survival. Very detailed, about the tools and methods they use for hunting, how they live off of fish, caribou/reindeer, etc etc.
 
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