Who's Reading What?

[ness]

Reading Truman is like eating good ice cream, effortless. What an interesting man, the last accessible president. In his retirement he worked at his presidential library, a person could probably have walked right in and passed the time of day with him.

I guess I’ll plug my way through the Quanah Parker book. That period in American history fascinates me. A little while back I read The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story by Elliott West, I enjoyed that immensely.

Growing up in Independence there were a lot of stories of folks running into Truman. He was a big walker, and strolled around the neighborhood and 'the Square' daily while he could. And this wasn't with a Secret Service detail either.

I'll check out that Elliot West book -- I'm interested in the era too.

BTW -- the Empire book's not bad, just not great. I came out of it knowing a lot more than I did before I went in. I got used to the hyperbole and just shrugged it off after a while. The book's more about Commanche and plains Indians history, life and culture, and their struggles with the whites. Lotsa bad stuff done on both sides, and it adds a little balance to the story. It's not a Quanah or Cynthia Parker biography.

[DaddyO]

Currently not reading anything other than technical manuals. (Boring) When I read for pleasure, I generally like Sci-Fi and Fantasy stuff. I've read most of R.A. Salvatore's stuff, All of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and waiting on the last book, which Brandon Sanderson is writing since Jordan died. I've read almost all of David Dalglish's books and most of George R. R. Martin's books. I'm also waiting on Martin's next book in his series.

I picked up "The River Why" to read while I wait on the next WOT and Martin books.

[ness]

I liked the River Why

[Justin Spencer]

Just finished Hunger Games, now reading the 2nd one. Good stuff!

[jah]

I read the Steig Larrson trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest). The first 50 or so pages of the Dragon Tatoo are BRUTAL, but if you can trudge through it, it picks up steam and becomes a page-turner. The other two are awesome as well. I highly recommend.

[rfd515]

I read the Steig Larrson trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest). The first 50 or so pages of the Dragon Tatoo are BRUTAL, but if you can trudge through it, it picks up steam and becomes a page-turner. The other two are awesome as well. I highly recommend.

I think 'BRUTAL' is almost an understatement.

Maybe I'm just being a stick in the mud but even though it gets better, it's still highly overrated.

[FishinCricket]

Currently not reading anything other than technical manuals. (Boring) When I read for pleasure, I generally like Sci-Fi and Fantasy stuff. I've read most of R.A. Salvatore's stuff, All of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and waiting on the last book, which Brandon Sanderson is writing since Jordan died. I've read almost all of David Dalglish's books and most of George R. R. Martin's books. I'm also waiting on Martin's next book in his series.

I picked up "The River Why" to read while I wait on the next WOT and Martin books.

I think I've said this before, but your taste in books is second to none..

[DaddyO]

I think I've said this before, but your taste in books is second to none..

I've noticed that you have similar tastes. If you haven't read Dalglish's stuff, you should check it out. I've got an Android phone with the Kindle app on it. I was able to pick up some of Dalglish's books for 99 cents. All of the Martin books that I read were on the Android via the Kindle app, also.

[Al Agnew]

Currently not reading anything other than technical manuals. (Boring) When I read for pleasure, I generally like Sci-Fi and Fantasy stuff. I've read most of R.A. Salvatore's stuff, All of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and waiting on the last book, which Brandon Sanderson is writing since Jordan died. I've read almost all of David Dalglish's books and most of George R. R. Martin's books. I'm also waiting on Martin's next book in his series.

I picked up "The River Why" to read while I wait on the next WOT and Martin books.

"The River Why" was excellent.

Have you read the Terry Goodkind "Sword of Truth" books? I found the "Wheel of Time" series to be pretty slow reading. Finally gave up on it about eight books in. The Terry Goodkind series was far better in my opinion. I like Martin's series.

Another great author in the genre, and very different...Guy Gavriel Kay. He's not very prolific, but his books have been well worth waiting for.

[DaddyO]

"The River Why" was excellent.

Have you read the Terry Goodkind "Sword of Truth" books? I found the "Wheel of Time" series to be pretty slow reading. Finally gave up on it about eight books in. The Terry Goodkind series was far better in my opinion. I like Martin's series.

Another great author in the genre, and very different...Guy Gavriel Kay. He's not very prolific, but his books have been well worth waiting for.

Al, Robert Jordan had the habit of going into fine detail describing the surroundings of his WOT world. If found that if I skimmed over that and kept to the storyline that it made for good reading and the telling of a good tale.

I'll have to checkout Guy's work.