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Well, the title of the thread itself will probably keep some people from even opening this!  :D

I would love to read and discuss any books you may be interested in. I am currently reading "Unbreakable". The story of a WWII bomber who survived a crash into the ocean followed by 47 days at sea then 30 plus months in a Japanese POW camp. Phenomenal book.

Allie throw your review in here too once you're done!  ;)

What are these "books" you speak of.  :-\

Sorry, only read things with LOTS of pictures (no, not THOSE kind of things. Get y'alls minds out of the gutter  ;))

I am reading George Bush's book "Decision Points".

It is very good. The book explains the key issues while he was president and why he made the decisions he did. I really enjoyed his point of view when explaining the election with Al "I invented the internet" Gore and the Florida recount.

That one is on my list.

All kidding aside, I do want to pick this up at some point, when I have a break from reading all the books I have for my classes (which will probably be mid-May).

Even though I voted for him both times....I didn't always agree with Bush's politics; however I have been most impressed with how he has handled himself in regards to Obama since he left office.  He has been very respectful as even Oprah pointed out when she interviewed him during his book tour.  Rather refreshing from a politician.

AND I want to read his book...but I will be honest...I want someone to read it TO me.  Books that can border on dull are always better on tape.

I read light stuff all the time. 

For my "serious" reading, I'm reading The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch. 

I asked someone about it that is reading that book too , awesome , can't put it down was the reply .
must be pretty good ...

I just finished reading Frank Kriegel's Namath.  I recommend for anyone who is a Joe Namath fan.  Shows  the Joe off the field, not just on.  Actually went back and re-read parts because I wanted to absorb it more.

Just started Daniel Silva's The Rembrandt Affair.  The latest in a series about Gariel Allon, Israel assassin for the government and masterful art restorer.  I read all the books Siva has written about him.  Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em.  

Downloaded Johathan Kellerman's Mystery and Harlen Coben's Live Wire.  I already have downloaded Decision Points but haven't started it yet.  I need to be able to concentrate when I read it.  Laura Bush also has a book coming out April 5, Spoken from the Heart, which I will download when it comes out.

I love to read - as should be obvious! - and prefer to read books written by men rather than women.  Hedduk and I have very similar tastes in reading.

The list of writers I download whenever they publish a new book goes on and on!

I found this to be a curios statement.  Would you care to elaborate?

I love books. As a matter of fact, I know everything in every book in the world...

"whats that?"

words... ;)

The Holy Bible is a page turner. "Atlas Shrugged" has kept me busy for longer than I care to admit.

# for the Bible BAMAWV. I have read it, all the way through a couple of times. I still don't understand it. My Father says the same thing...he's read it dozens of times. I don't think we are really meant to understand the whole concept, but then, what do I know.

At this point in my ancient life, I prefer to read nothing that's of literary "value".  Just mainly junk.

Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child novels, Grisham, etc.  Mysteries, and about anything involving legal thrillers.

Oh...and I'm a huge fan of Dan Brown.  Just re-read "Angels and Demons" for the third time.  (I tend to forget books quickly - each re-reading is pretty much like the first time!).

Nothing dull about this book GBG. It's a great read.

Catching up on your reading lately? Let it go!

Reading Lover UnLeashed.
It's book #9 (I think) of the Black Dagger BrotherHood series.

THE BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD SERIES
Six Warrior Vampires. Lovers, Fighters, Brothers. Lethal, not Evil, they're coming for you.

.....Love it.... 

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Dza6CaReV4/0.jpg)

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout W....................?

I'm currently reading "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larrsen. It is the third book in the series that includes "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played With Fire". Absolutely great books! Unfortunately, Stieg Larrsen died at age 43 so this is the last of the books unless another author continues the series.

REALLY good so far..  I started it yesterday so I should be able to pass it to you Monday..  

I can't wait for you to read it so we can talk about it...

Did you remember that Wrath is the one who broke Payne's back at the end of the last book?  I had forgotten that.

Vishous is back to the old V...  (rememberthe apartment he kept with all of his toys? .....  )
There are some great lines between he and Butch.  ""She's just a pimp away from being a prostitute, true?"  

Dr. Manello has lots of potential.   Getting to know him has been fun so far.

So far there hasn't been much about the Lessers.  

KupKake....do you have a Kindle?  I need to get one.  What do you and Hedduk use?

Sure!  Most of the fiction written by men just is written crisper, defines characters better, handles dialogue well  and has a good action story line:  Examples:  Jonathan Kellerman; Daniel Silva, Dennis LeHane, James Lee Burke, Lee Child, John Lescroart, Michael Connelly, Nelson DeMille, T. Jefferson  arker, John Sandford, Stieg Larsson and Ken Follett.  I like action rather than emoting.

When I was younger I read more books written by women.  But they were more the mushy, bosom rippers!  

Also, maybe part of it is that I enjoy being around men more than women.  I grew up with 3 brothers, have 14 male cousins, worked in a world where I was the only woman supervisor among men and all in all I just feel more comfortable with them.  Call me weird!

CP -
We both have a Sony Daily Edition Readers.  We bought them because we liked the bigger screen size.  I will admit my main frustration is with Sony which does not have the number of books that Amazon or B&N have and you cannot download books from Amazon or B&N because of some DRM thingy.  I have ordered an IPad 2 and although I don't plan to use it for a lot of reading (because of weight) I will be able to load from Amazon and B&N.  

As for you, I would suggest that you look at the Kindles.  Find the one that you think best meets your needs.  I think they make a good reader and you will have a great variety of books.  I do suggest that you buy a cover.  I have dropped my ereader at least twice with no ill effects!  Good luck - let me know what you get!  

As for us, we currently have about 58 books downloaded.  We bought ours Dec, 2010.  That's 58 books that aren't sitting around the great room stacked everywhere and cluttering a space already full of books!

You're weird.  :-)

I understand what youre saying.
Is it weird that I like the Nora Roberts books written under the JD Robb pseudonym more than the normal romances she writes.

I am not a romance reader.

She did have a couple of series that I really likes but they were sci-fy/suspense... 

KupKake - Do you like the Harlen Coben books?
I was looking at them in B&N last week and almost bought a cpl but wanted to investigate a little more first.

Thanks KupKake.  I think a Kindle seems best for me too.

I also read more books by male authors than female authors.  But I still like light mysteries by Mary Higgins Clark, and rarely miss one.  This probably goes back to my Childhood years (9 and 10) when I read all 26 Nancy Drew mysteries.  ;D  I didn't see Stuart Woods on your list.  Palindrome got me started with his books.  

I like the Harlen Coben books and it helps to read them somewhat in order.  My favorite of his involve the character of Marvin Bolitar.  He is a real character and is surrounded by some really funny characters!  They are just a light, really fun read.

I used to read the Mary Higgins Clark books but somehow got away from them.  I did read ALL the Nancy Drew mysteries as a child! 

I do read a few books by women.  One of my favorites was Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts.  And one I read and passed on to my college roommate was The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards.  I just liked the look of the cover and bought the paperback at Costco.  It really is a beautifully written and poignant book.

This is more like me.  :D My reading material ranges from light art magazines and Birds and Blooms magazines to mostly nonfiction. I get around to reading fiction during the winter months.

Right now, I am re-reading an old book of mine....Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast: Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South by John Walthall.  I sent in my dues to the Alabama Archaeological Society and AAS Cullman Chapter yesterday.  I used to be really involved but haven’t been a member or kept up with research the past few years (such as there is a lot going on now in South Alabama with excavations of a very old town.  
 
“The town of Old St. Stephens was an important settlement on the frontier of a new nation; the site of a Spanish Fort, an American Fort, the Choctaw Trading Post, a Federal Land Office, Alabama’s Territorial Capital, and the first capital of the state of Alabama. The first American flag was raised over the region in 1799 at the fort.  Old St. Stephens is one of the most important historical and archaeological sites in Alabama.”
http://www.alabamaarchaeology.org/  

I've read a lot of Michael Connelly's books in the past year, both the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller series.  Anyone else read these?

The Lincoln Lawyer - recently released at the theater - is based on one of his Mickey Haller books.

I've read Connelly but I can't remember what it was.

I'm always looking for new stuff to read.

I got the book on CD for Christmas. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't listened to it yet.  There are several CD's which is one reason I haven't. I think it's going to be too large for my ITouch.

Yes, we read these.  I think we have read all of the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller although I prefer Harry Bosch.  I've downloaded The Reversal but haven't read it yet.  

I got back logged when my doctor told me about Peter Robinson and I started downloading his books!  I love the whole English countryside thing - geography, food, language - but Hedduk won't go near it. I've read 10 of his starting with In a Dry Season  Fortunately he hasn't released anything else recently so I'm caught up.  He wrote some before that but so far I haven't ventured further back!

Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series is another one that I've read a few of in the past year.

Someone mentioned Lee Childs.  He writes the type of fiction than I enjoy, but I cannot get past his writing.  His style bores me for whatever reason.

You mean you don't love that dashing figure, blue eyes, world class drop-out, Jack Reacher?  Maybe he's more Allie's type! ;D

Another writer I enjoy is Nelson DeMille.  The Lion's Game and it's sequel  The Lion are both good reads.  I found Nightfall to be fascinating - an alternate view of the crash of TWA's Flight 800. 

Does anyone other than Heduk and me read his books?

I haven't yet, but he's been on my list for some time.

I might like Reacher too.  He sounds like an interesting character. I have never read a Lee Child book, but he sounds similar to Stuart Woods and think I'll enjoy his books.


Killing Floor
1st JACK REACHER BOOK

"The electrifying debut novel which introduces Jack Reacher, a drifter and ex-military policeman; a man of action unafraid to take justice into his own hands; a man of intelligence and cunning. Shortly after Reacher arrives in the sleepy town of Margrave, Georgia he's arrested for murder. The next three days' events leave everyone stunned. Unable to walk away from the situation, Reacher must unravel the mystery before a team of killers make him the next victim." http://www.leechild.com/books.php

I have read only one Nelson DeMille book...The General's Daughter.  It was very good...I couldn't put it down.  I have a couple more on the shelf....but have not gotten around to reading them.

I might have to check that out...  8)
I have a thing for blue eyes. 

Kupkake...you may very much like your iPad for reading. I love reading on mine and there is a free Kindle app. I recommend that over iBooks because of the price...iBooks are sometimes more expensive and the library they have to select from isn't as expansive.

Thanks GBG!  I've found that Amazon and Barnes and Noble both have apps for the IPad and that's part of what I am looking forward to using.  I download books now using my Sony Daily Edition Reader but it does not have an app for the other sites.  It was developing one for the IPad and Sony and Apple got into something and now Apple will not let them use it.  That's okay since I have my Sony.  I have compared costs among Sony, Amazon and B&N and found them to be pretty comparable.  Some of the publishers have now upped their prices and apparently the ereader folk have no control over that.  

I really am lookng forward to my IPad 2 for all kinds of reasons, but alas, since I ordered it online I have to wait until almost the end of April for it. :(

I have read all the Michael Connolly books, both Harry Bosch & Mickey Haller. Some of his others like "The Poet" are really good also.

Harlan Coben is usually good but one of his recent releases was just awful. If I had read it first I probably not have bought another. I can't remember the name right now but it was his first novel but never published until last year.

Give the JR Ward series a shot.
Try something different.  :-)

Black Dagger Brotherhood series...
Book #1 is Dark Lover

It's not a sleazy smut book, as my mom would say.
(cross my heart)

http://www.jrward.com/bdb/index-books.html

Yes, it's vampires- but theyre the good guys and the aren't sissy's..
very macho..   

I'm going to agree with Hannibal on the writing style of Lee Child.  The Jack Reacher character is interesting, but Child's writing structure is just strange at times.  One chapter he uses all the literary skills of a Hemingway.  The next chapter it's almost as if his grandkid wrote it as an afterthought.

That disrupts the flow of the "suspension of disbelief" in being "in the novel". 

I struggled through two Reacher novels.  That's enough.

Someone also mentioned Daniel Silva (KupKake I believe).  He's also getting my attention.  Excellent writer and consummate story teller.

Thanks.  After reading your critiques, I probably won't try any of Lee Child's novels.  I've never noticed any of his books on the best seller lists either.

CP, please try Daniel Silva.  He's unique, and really draws you into the story line.  I believe the first book of his I read was "The Confessor".  Very captivating lead character. 

And no, even though I read it, it won't be too simple for you.   :P

I will look for one of Silva's novels.   :D  

I am fairly simple.  It looks like KupKake is the most advanced here with reading.

Simple my rear end.  And I'm giving you an e-cred for yet another of your patented "post edits".    ;)

For those of you who are interested, here is the list of Daniel Silva's books in chronological order.  Although the books are great to read as stand-alone books, Gabriel Allon's history and those of the officials and characters in the books are a secondary thread that runs through all of them.  If you start at the beginning you will understand Gabriel best - and his life, loves and motivation.

The Unlikely Spy
The Mark of the Assassin
The Marching Season
The Kill Artist
The English Assassin
The Confessor
A Death in Vienna
Prince of Fire
The Messenger
The Secret Servant
Moscow Rules
The Defector
and his latest - The Rembrandt Affair!

That ought to keep ya busy for awhile! :)

KupKake, you are a cupcake!  That's exactly what I needed/wanted.  # for you!

I also read a type of similar "series" books co-written by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Childs featuring the infamous FBI Special Agent Aloyisous Pendergast.  As with Allon, they are stand-alone books, but it's much better to read from the beginning to see his character form and develop.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.   :-*

Thanks m' dear!  And one for you too!

And for those of you who are about to skip a Lee Child book - don't!  Start with an early one (here I go again!).  Here's a site that lists them all http://www.leechild.com/books.php (http://www.leechild.com/books.php)

sssmithhhh - we have something else in common!  I forget the details of a book when I have finished it too!  I could almost pick each one up and reread them at some time but when I do that I remember that I read that line but not necessarily what else happens.

Thank you, back!

I'm re-reading one of my Preston/Childs books (with the Pendergast character).  Haven't read it in at least 18 months.  Have no clue how the thing ends, but here and there, I'll remember (perhaps) what's "around the next corner", but that's about it.

That's why I never get rid of the books I like.  I'll wait for senility to present itself after a few months, then they're like brand new.   :-[

I like Lee Child and the Jack Reacher character is great. How do you not like someone who doesn't work, owns one set of clothes, and travels around saving young maidens?

Probably for the same, exact reasons you stated.  That, and jealousy.   :D

if you are in a world war II mood, laura hillenbrand's "unbroken" is supposed to be phenomenal.  (hillenbrand wrote "seabiscuit"...the biography of the triple crown winning horse that was made into a movie).  i have not read it yet.....but it is supposed to live up to the quality of her previous book===a true story of a man who was supposed to be an olympic athelete, but winded up in a japanese prisoner of war camp instead....the story of how she found this man is amazing.

This series has been recommended to me several times.  I haven't read it yet because I'm so tired of vampire books. 

ssmith - I downloaded a Preston/Childs book yesterday to give it a try.  The Cabinet of Curiosities - it sounded interesting.  If I like it I will go back and start with the first one and read on through.

Amazing.   That's actually the first book of theirs I read.  Be careful - it hooked me for life.  I just got their latest yesterday in the Pendergast series, and despite my wanting to savor it for at least two weeks, I ended up 3/4 finished by last night.  Rats.

You'll love "Cabinet".

sssmithhhh -  I broke down and downloaded relic also.  I read a couple of pages in it but quit because I am in the midst of The Rembrandt Affair and don't want to put it down to read something else!

When you resume "Relic".....leave a light on.   :afraid:   ;)

I have read 4 books since Friday.  I've got 2 ready to download at midnight central time.   

Why do new releases happen on Tuesdays??

You get the Reader of the Week Award!!! #+  What 2 books are you waiting to download?

It's Spring Break for me this week.  I can indulge in reading as much as I want.

Two romances will be mine in 72 minutes --- Navarro's Promise by Lora Leigh (I probably won't go to bed until I've read this one) and Sweet Possession by Maya Banks.  They're both part of series and I've read all the others. 

4 books since Friday?  da#@, I couldn't read 4 Hardy Boys' mysteries that fast.   :P

"Fever Dream" by Preston/Child kept me up way past my bedtime last night.  This may be their best "Pendergast" novel yet.

A couple of other guys who are really good are Jonathon Kellerman (Alex Delaware series) and T. Jefferson Parker. Parker currently has an ongoing series that began with "LA Outlaws", then "Iron River" and the latest is "Border Lords". I think they are very good, kind of violent but good.

I read fast. 

New books wouldn't download at midnight, so I got up and downloaded them this morning.  Started one of them at 3 and finished it a few minutes ago. 

Just noticed your gender symbol.  That explains why you're faster and smarter than I am.  Or, most men in general.   ;D

LOL

Reading fast is just practice.  I read something everyday.  I have all the books by my favorite authors on my iPhone, so I can read if I get stuck waiting somewhere.

I always have my nose in a book. Right now I am reading The Wolf At the Door by Jack Higgins. I started reading him with The Eagle Has Landed and have been hooked ever since. Most of what I know about the IRA came from reading Higgins and researching on my own. If you like historical fiction you have to read Bernard Cornwell. He is the master of historical fiction and he really puts you in the action. I also finished a book called On Wings With Eagles, an excellent account of the Battle of Britain, written by a British author who knew Churchhill personally. I plan on reading Bush's book as soon as I can get it away from my father.

I just finished another Stuart Woods book Mounting Fears  . I love Stuart Woods mysteries/thrillers. 

I am also struggling along with the fiction classic The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway.  I am trying to read 50 pages a day.  I'm glad it's only 200 pages. It was written in 1926 and the setting is Paris, France and some towns in Spain.  I have seen the film but never got around to reading much Hemingway.  I like the simple, direct writing and descriptions of Paris.  I knew Hemingway killed himself, but didn't know that he was bi-polar (manic-depression in those days).

I'll be looking for a Lee Childs book since some of y'all have recommended him.   

I hate it that I said I was "struggling" with Hemingway.  Makes me sound illiterate.  ;)

But it is hard to relate to a fiction book written 85 years ago. Even if the writing is excellent.  Next, I am going to work in The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham.

I'm proud of you!  I gave up those writers when I graduated from college!  Probably wouldn't kill me to read them again - but then I don't want to take any chances! :D

Thanks Kupkake... :D.  I'm trying to catch up with important fiction I SHOULD have read long ago.  

I was a social science major and have been mostly a non-fiction reader since then. I always thought that made-up stuff was a waste of time...just an escape....but I find that I learn new things from every fiction book I read because of the research that goes into the writing.

I am enjoying reading fiction very much now....and discovering new authors is so much fun.

DON"T RISK IT!!!! You never know.  :D

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