The Books/Reading Thread

[rms]

After reading 5 books in 5 weeks, i'm not sure there's anything else to learn about modern China and India. College is ridiculous

 

[Draehl]

Started a litte dry, but as the book goes on and we have better accounts of the history it's getting more interesting.

 

[TageRyche]

I finished the Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills thriller The Survivor a while back, but my official review of it just went online yesterday. You can check it out via this Pop-topia.com link.

 

[The Ozzman]

Finished The Eye of the World this morning. Jesus Christ dem last 200 pages like unknown said. Didn't want to put it down.

 

[Cronopio]

I don't read much non-fiction, but I've been interest in this man for a time now.

 

[CiG]

You should check out the audiobook.

 

[Cronopio]

Is it narrated by Hitchens himself?

 

[CiG]

Indeed it is.

It's uploaded to youtube but the editing is faulty, it's missing great chunks.

 

[CiG]

The first book of a trilogy about a very interesting antagonist in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

This was a thrift store find too, it was a buck fifty iirc.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Hitchens rules.

 

[tagradh]

I've been meaning to read something 40k related for a while but there's so much and the last stuff I tried, when I was about 12, kinda sucked.

 

[CiG]

I genuinely miss the man.

 

[The Ozzman]

I received the Wheel of Time prequel and 'The Hunt' in the mail along with the first compendium for the series. Gonna be fun times once I get started on those again.

 

[Dak]

I've been meaning to read something 40k related for a while but there's so much and the last stuff I tried, when I was about 12, kinda sucked.

Yeah, so many different authors, I've heard it can be hit and miss. Probably a good idea to look up some reviews.

 

[CiG]

Am I missing something?

 

[Dak]

Yeah, page must have jumped when I quoted.

 

[CiG]

Ah, that makes sense now, haha.

I was like, am I tripping?

A safe bet for quality writing within Warhammer 40,000 is the Horus Heresy series.

 

[Cronopio]

Currently reading the new Stephen King collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Only five stories in, but it's clear King's abilities to tell a good story haven't left him.

 

[EspaDa]

I'm currently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez. I got into it quickly, but after half of the book it bored me a bit. Now I'm expecting a nice ending to a great book. Then I'll go with Ulisses as I got it as my birthday gift from my friend.

 

[CF87]

I picked up a book at the library earlier called 'The Servants of Twilight' by Dean Koontz, hopefully it is good. I guess I will find out.