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Bookworms
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hunter0922 wrote: »
Thank you good sir! What's your favorite?
Good lady
Hard to pic a favorite from these. Maybe The Wasp Factory. I haven't even finished reading it yet (a few pages left) but the writing is brilliant. Also American Psycho just for the sick and twisted factor. 2 -
Definite bookworm, for as long as I can remember: actual books and I like electronic versions because I can carry an entire library with me and look things up in a matter of minutes.
I like biographies and histories, though I'm picky about them. Right now, I'm enjoying a book by Nancy Goldstone: "Four Queens", about four sisters who lived in the fourteenth century, became queens by marriage, and influenced lots of policy. Before that, I read another Goldstone book, "Rival Queens", about Catherine de Medici and her daughter Marguerite of Navarre. Goldstone has a nice, easy flow of writing; she has a sense of humor; she treats her historical subjects like people, and she tries to understand and convey everyone's character and motives fairly. I like that.2 -
Definitely following this thread for more reading suggestions!3
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TehLaughingDog wrote: »Definitely following this thread for more reading suggestions!
Me too!1 -
nothing better then being curled up in a comfy chair / couch with one of my dogs, my kindle ... and maybe a snack
(much better at controlling the portion of that snack now). I travel for work a fair amount so the kindle is the way to go for me ... I don't have to worry about bringing an extra book or two in case I finish what I'm reading, and I can always shop for a new one lol 2 -
A coworker brought the book Me Before You into work for me today. I love getting a new book to read!3
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BUMP1
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Recommend to me a long series I can sink my teeth into. Here's some ones I've enjoyed/re-read multiple times (with the more favorite ones on top).
Hobbit/Lord of the Rings
Song of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
The first ~5 of the Wheel of Time
The first 2 Dune
Incarnations of Immortality
Hunger Games
Vampire Chronicles
Well World
Chronicles of Narnia3 -
Recommend to me a long series I can sink my teeth into. Here's some ones I've enjoyed/re-read multiple times (with the more favorite ones on top).
Hobbit/Lord of the Rings
Song of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
The first ~5 of the Wheel of Time
The first 2 Dune
Incarnations of Immortality
Hunger Games
Vampire Chronicles
Well World
Chronicles of Narnia
The Magician series by Lev Grossman is sort of grown up Harry Potter. I'm only on the first one but liking it. Bearing in mind I read with my kids so these are more teen/young adult, I liked Suzanne Collins Gregor the Overlander series more than her Hunger Games one. The new Rick Riordan book Trials of Apollo had me snickering out loud.1 -
Medieval and Renaissance enthusiast here recommending two series by Dorothy Dunnet:
The Lymond Chronicles
The House of Niccolo
Dense, rich stuff.
And for some heavy-duty entertainment: The Forsyte Saga, by John Galsworthy.
I resisted this one for years, courtesy of a movie adaptation made in 1949, and which, despite Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon and Errol Flynn, I didn't like. I downloaded the first volume a couple of years ago out of grudging curiosity, gobbled it up, and went after the other volumes as quick as I could. And I'm sorry there aren't more!1 -
another bookworm here. I started reading when I was 4. We were living above a library at that time. What more can you wish for?
I read pretty much everything - crime, Jane Austen, survival stories, biographies, whatever my mood tells me to read. I currently re-read The Godfather.
Those who like something haunting - try "The Road" (you might know the movie with the same title).1 -
Recommend to me a long series I can sink my teeth into. Here's some ones I've enjoyed/re-read multiple times (with the more favorite ones on top).
Hobbit/Lord of the Rings
Song of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
The first ~5 of the Wheel of Time
The first 2 Dune
Incarnations of Immortality
Hunger Games
Vampire Chronicles
Well World
Chronicles of Narnia
The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Best. Series. Evar.3 -
denversillygoose wrote: »
The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Best. Series. Evar.
I couldn't get past the one where they were in the train.1 -
joolie1234 wrote: »I was up till 2am finishing Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. I'm normally a historical fiction buff tho.
Sometimes the book is too good to put down!
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_A_Real_Mouthful wrote: »
i actually quit reading him after the way the last Frankenstein story kind of flopped. i loved the first two but the last ones were just a slog to get through. plus he's never finished up the third christopher snow novel yet and he was my favorite.
Agree! The first few Frankenstein books were better than the latter. But he's still my favorite!
Have you read "From the corner of his eye" by Dean Koontz
That was a very good one1 -
jammer1963 wrote: »Great book. The series they produced for Hulu staring James Franco was excellent. I am a huge Stephen King fan. The Dark Tower series is a must read for all his fans. He's the reason I wrote a book
Yeah I have the series and hopefully will get to it soon "after I finish East of Eden, which is awesome"
What's the title of your book? Perhaps we can check it out "btw, this is so cool!"
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BioShocked89 wrote: »Stephen King is where I make my home. Most recently I just finished Mr. Mercedes. I also picked up his last volume of the Mr. Mercedes series End of Watch and got to see him speak in Louisville. (It was everything I hoped it would be and more)I also love Agatha Christie, autobiographies, and some of the old stuff like Beowulf, The Illiad, The Oddessy, ect. My favorite book is to Kill a Mockingbird.
High five!! Poirot with his egg shaped head has been close to my heart since middle school And the first novel I ever read for Stephen King was Mr Mercedes, was epic and since then I have been devouring his books like a starved!
Will read the oddessy and how to kill a mockingbird soon!
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The Magician series by Lev Grossman is sort of grown up Harry Potter. I'm only on the first one but liking it. Bearing in mind I read with my kids so these are more teen/young adult, I liked Suzanne Collins Gregor the Overlander series more than her Hunger Games one. The new Rick Riordan book Trials of Apollo had me snickering out loud.
I have been planning to read the Trials of Apollo "I'm a Rick Riordan fan" can you share your thoughts on it?
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SleeplessinBerlin wrote: »another bookworm here. I started reading when I was 4. We were living above a library at that time. What more can you wish for?
I read pretty much everything - crime, Jane Austen, survival stories, biographies, whatever my mood tells me to read. I currently re-read The Godfather.
Those who like something haunting - try "The Road" (you might know the movie with the same title).
Living near a library is a blessing We had one across the street 0 -
mayoosh_primrose, loving Trials of Apollo. Did you like Magnus Chase? He's found his humour in the last few books. Trials has Apollo lose his godly status (and looks, he's pimply and flabby and can't cope) and indentured to a young demi-god.1
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Yes, I'm really into thrillers. Gone Girl, Girl on a Train, Sharp Objects, Pretty Girls as well as young adults2
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I'm currently reading The Wheel Of Time Series..on book 5. Amazing Story!!!!!1
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mayoosh_primrose, loving Trials of Apollo. Did you like Magnus Chase? He's found his humour in the last few books. Trials has Apollo lose his godly status (and looks, he's pimply and flabby and can't cope) and indentured to a young demi-god.
Yeah I read the Sword of Summer and it was pretty good!
Thanks Will definitely read it soon
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Finally a whole thread about books! Lol I can't wait to read some of the books you guys mentioned. ☺️2
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I need to start reading again but don't know where to start2
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Anyone a VC Andrews fan? Those are what got me hooked. I used to read 2 or 3 books a week before I had kids1
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JessicaJS23 wrote: »Anyone a VC Andrews fan? Those are what got me hooked. I used to read 2 or 3 books a week before I had kids
What's that0 -
Love reading!!! Anything from Paula Hawkins, Liane Moriarty, John Grisham at the moment.1
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What's that
Her biggest seller was Flowers in The attic.. Her books were all kind of Dark/Gothic fiction. Someone else writes under the name now and they kinda went down hill but the books written by her were great.
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JessicaJS23 wrote: »
Her biggest seller was Flowers in The attic.. Her books were all kind of Dark/Gothic fiction. Someone else writes under the name now and they kinda went down hill but the books written by her were great.
Oh
You're so me, when are we hanging1
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