Post the last book you read and rate it out of 10!

[-J-]

The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum - 7/10. A good read, but a tad too long, and I kept picturing the Bourne character because it's almost the same storyline. Not bad for a Goodwill $1.50 buy!

Concurrently reading the E.C. CrimeSuspense Stories Archives hardback. 10/10 easy! Great stories, greater art. Instant ständer!

The Ambler Warning - Robert Ludlum 10/10

fucking amazing.

holy crap, I just paged up and saw you read it too, haha! small world. you're not reading Stranger in a Strange Land right now, are you? I dunno about you, but Ludlum really impressed me with his word choice. I meant to write down a bunch I needed to look up in a dictionary but never did; he's a smart dude, that's for sure.

 

[vespiz]

Last read: Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters - 9/10. Read this for the Nth time.

Now: Pratchett: Witches Abroad. Can't stop once you start these!

Waiting for some interesting releases to come up in paperback.. Robin Hobb, Daniel Abraham, David Weber, Raymond E. Feist and George R.R. Martin (A DANCE WITH DRAGONS when???? Fucking love A Song of Ice and Fire.. so brutal for the main characters! Ooh! Just looked, there's a tv series coming up!)

 

[TheDriller]

Last Read : "House Of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski 10000000/10

absolutely fucking astonishing book. read it or kill yourself.

Currently Reading : "Lessons Of The Spanish Revolution" by Vernon Richards.

 

[plague_rider]

Unfortunately my attention span for reading a book is minimal... audio books for me!!!

All halo books:
Fall of Reach 10/10 Epic!!
The Flood 8/10 Brutal, but not as epic
First Strike 9/10
Ghosts of Onyx 9/10
Contact Harvest 10/10
The Cole Protocol 10/10

Next on the list is the Art of War

 

[JeffTD]

I was told it could be seen in a modern life sort of way, like business aplication, but yeah after reading it I guess it would only work on war haha

While I can see how some of his tactics would work in business applications, what you're looking for is the Robert Greene series of books. He writes very much like Sun Tzau, but it's obviously applicable to real life. Check out (in this order):

The 48 Laws of Power
The Art of Seduction
The 33 Strategies of War

Otherwise known as the 'amoral' series... it's a bit brutal, but you have to realize it's written without taking morals into account, kind of like The Prince or something like that.

 

[STINNETT]

"Stuff of Thought" by Steven Pinker.

7/10.

I'm not a linguistics buff, that it kept me interested says a lot.

 

[corellia_guitar]

the blind watchmaker

7.5/10

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

"Inferno" by Dante Alighieri (translation by John Ciardi) - 9/10. Among the best I've ever read.

 

[Jind]

I'm digging the Pratchett appreciation in this thread - I've read everything by him and all I can say is the man is brilliant!!!!

All I can say is we are all just riding around upon the backs of Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen who are in turn riding upon the back of the Great A'Tuin - and it's a wild ride!

 

[Metaltastic]

Can't remember the last book I read that wasn't either a textbook or a manual!

 

[P-E]

1984 - 10/10
I've got to read Brave New World now though.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

brave new world is an excellent book, I remember reading it in like 7th grade. not hard to understand and very detailed.

 

[James Murphy]

as soon as you read the book you'll realise the movie is a disgusting, putrid, vile abomination that couldn't have missed the point any harder
the book's a work of genius, you'll love it

who were you replying to?


that's what the quote button is for, and i'm curious which book/movie you are talking aboutl.

 

[Eddy]

who were you replying to?


that's what the quote button is for, and i'm curious which book/movie you are talking aboutl.

I think he was replying to DanLights about V for Vendetta.

Speaking of which, I've seen the movie and liked it very much. The book seems interesting, I'll probably have to hunt it down after I finish all the books I have in line at the moment (two Pratchetts and the first four of King's Dark Tower series).

 

[James Murphy]

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens.

second time i read it actually.. it's brilliant. a 9 or 10, easily.

 

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Frank Schätzing "The Swarm"

8/10

 

[Mancha]

"The Island" by Aldous Huxley

Absolute 10
Deep, full of philosophy and amazing ideas and beautifully written.
While Brave New World was an awesome book, The Island is just so much more.
Very inspiring too, it made me write lyrics (and that`s not something I do very often)

 

[Fabbio]

Bill Bryson's

The lost continent (9/10)

and
A short history of nearly everything (10/10)

Plus, I'm reading an italian translation of Bret Easton Ellis'
Lunar park (8/10 so far)

 

[Joematthews]

I'd strongly recomend Shantram by Gregory David Roberts to anyone on here, superb book. 9/10 because it gets a bit long winded in the end.

 

[DanLights]

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens.

second time i read it actually.. it's brilliant. a 9 or 10, easily.

this looks interesting, I´ll look into it