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    Book ideas - what are you reading right now?

    Posts: 98 Member
    edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
    I go through about 50 books per year because of all the time I spend flying. Right now I am finishing up Tony James Slater's third book Kamikaze Kangaroos!: 20,000 Miles Around Australia. One Van,Two Girls... And An Idiot. You definitely need to check him.

    Looking for new ideas for books to read. Ideas?

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    • Posts: 1,291 Member
      I'm reading The Bell Jar for the umpteenth time- but it's not for everyone! What genres are you interested in?
    • Posts: 91 Member
      And the Mountains Echoed, is what I've just started. Same author who wrote The Kite Runner. One of the best books I've ever read.
    • Posts: 54 Member
      edited February 2015
      My problem is I start too many books and get around to finishing a couple lol but here's what I have bookmarked all over my room:

      Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
      Interview with the Vampire
      Paper Towns
      Mindy Kaling's "Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me?"
      Sarah's Key
      White Oleander
      Drop Dead Healthy - A.J Jacobs

      I think you might enjoy the last one - it's an interesting read on how A.J Jacobs attempts to become the "healthiest person alive" by challenging every study and health advice one organ at a time.
    • Posts: 89 Member
      Invisible Monsters
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      Super Immunity by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
    • Posts: 8,171 Member
      Fiction:
      "The Orchardist" (one of the best books I have read in a long time)
      "Gods of Gotham" and its sequel "Seven for a Secret"
      "The Museum of Extraordinary Things"

      Non-Fiction
      "The Lost Tribe of Coney Island"
      "Shadow Divers"
    • Posts: 62 Member
      I'm currently reading "American Sniper" (autobiography of Chris Kyle) - very difficult to put down!
    • Posts: 98 Member
      amberstarrcogle wrote: »
      I'm reading The Bell Jar for the umpteenth time- but it's not for everyone! What genres are you interested in?

      Any and all...if it's good I read it from beginning to end.
    • Posts: 195,832 Member
      50 Shade of Grey! :open_mouth:

      Hahahaha! Just kidding... I would be blushing all day! :flushed:
    • Posts: 36 Member
      northlandmum wrote: »
      And the Mountains Echoed, is what I've just started. Same author who wrote The Kite Runner. One of the best books I've ever read.
      Loved kite runner, definitively will try this one!
    • Posts: 1,194 Member
      Body Double by Tess Gerritsen. It's really good so far.

      I'm about to start the first Game of Thrones book.
    • Posts: 40 Member
      I'm currently reading "Wild". A fantastic book on finding ones self.
    • Posts: 154 Member
      edited February 2015
      QED by Richard Feynman - (the complete idiots guide to quantum physics)
      The Sixth Extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert - (we're all gonna die)
      Os Lusíadas - Luís Vaz de Camões (16th century epic poem of the history of Portugal)
      La muerte de Artemio Cruz - Carlos Fuentes (the corruption of the Mexican Revolution)

      This thread reminded me that I wanted to buy "The Black Box Society - The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information" by Frank Pasquale

      So I just downloaded it onto my Kindle. Now I've got enough for the next month.
    • Posts: 791 Member
      I just finished The Maze Runner series and loved it. I also like The Giver quartet. Im very much into dystopian books!
    • Posts: 289 Member
      I really liked Carol Goodman's Seduction of Water on audio. Really sweet and adorable, esp if you are into enchanted legends and characters you ship to death.
    • Posts: 3,415 Member
      edited February 2015
      I last read Dan Simmons, "The Terror"
      Wonderful historical fiction with a bit of scare, took place during the Arctic Explorations in the 1800's, my teeth were chattering!
    • Posts: 1,204 Member
      Check out "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominique Bauby. It's older, but really unique and interesting.
    • Posts: 76 Member
      Cursor's Fury, the third book in Jim Butcher's epic fantasy series, Codex Alera. After that I am going to read the fourth book in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. I am a fantasy freak!
    • Posts: 98 Member
      Thanks for the ideas! That's what I love about forums...some I've read, some I've heard of, most I didn't know existed. I hope people keep adding to this!
    • Posts: 3,415 Member
      Every book by Preston & Child
    • Posts: 71 Member
      I just finished Descent today (forgot the author). Are you on Goodreads?
    • Posts: 736 Member
      Son of the shadows...
    • Posts: 8,171 Member
      javafate wrote: »
      Thanks for the ideas! That's what I love about forums...some I've read, some I've heard of, most I didn't know existed. I hope people keep adding to this!

      Yes, I have already put a couple of holds with my Public Library Consortium's digital library so I can download to my Nook. Heading off to the physical library this morning for something else so I will be checking out a couple of the titles. I typically read about 2 books a week.

    • Posts: 2,064 Member
      maeld51 wrote: »
      I last read Dan Simmons, "The Terror"
      Wonderful historical fiction with a bit of scare, took place during the Arctic Explorations in the 1800's, my teeth were chattering!

      I love historical fiction. I am definitely going to look into this! Thanks :)
    • Posts: 987 Member
      Just finished The Paying Guests - very good
    • Posts: 8,171 Member
      LouisaM162 wrote: »
      Just finished The Paying Guests - very good

      That looks good. I just put a hold on the audiobook since I need something new to listen to while I swim my laps. Thanks for the suggestion.

    • Posts: 1,819 Member
      I gotta have pictures brah...

      the-rainbow-fish.jpg

    • Posts: 1,107 Member
      jillshadow wrote: »
      Cursor's Fury, the third book in Jim Butcher's epic fantasy series, Codex Alera. After that I am going to read the fourth book in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. I am a fantasy freak!

      I've read all the Dresden books, but never tried and of Jim's fantasy stuff. Might need to give it a go...

    • Posts: 98 Member
      northlandmum wrote: »
      And the Mountains Echoed, is what I've just started. Same author who wrote The Kite Runner. One of the best books I've ever read.

      How are you enjoying it? I also loved The Kite Runner but haven't yet read And the Mountains Echoed.
    • Posts: 98 Member
      FabulousFantasticFifty wrote: »
      50 Shade of Grey! :open_mouth:

      Hahahaha! Just kidding... I would be blushing all day! :flushed:

      I sat across from someone in the airport as they were reading this. Let's just say she was also blushing.
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