What are you reading? (31 Viewers)

[town123]

About 6 books in to the John Rain series by Barry Eisler. Really fun so far if you're into the spy, assassin genre. Highly recommend.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

Has anyone read all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series?

Discworld - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bleu Raeder]

I am starting Becky Chambers Wayfarer series. The Long Way to a Smal, Angry Planet is the first book.

Wow. I have not read a sci-fi adventure as page-turning and fun as this one in a long time. I am on to the second book, A Closed and Common Orbit.

 

[Consigliere]

The only books I've read over and over again are the Hitchhiker's Guide series.

Similarly, a book must be both fun and complex for me to re-read (so that you enjoy learning new things the second time) which is pretty much just LOTR and ASOIAF.

Or very uniquely funny - like Hitchhiker, Flashman, and Confederacy of Dunces.

 

[sfidc3]

Do you re-read or once and done?
I've read several books many times over, my husband refuses to.

I've read the Hobbit (probably my favorite book of all time), LOTR, Confederacy of Dunces and a few King/Koontz novels multiple times....I guess all could be considered in my short list of favorites....

Currently reading Lenny Kravitz's bio, always liked the guys music, he has a timeless style, would have been huge in the 70's as well....it's a great read, he had an interesting childhood, his mom Roxie Roker was an absolutely amazing woman (old folks would remember her on the Jeffersons).....I was very happy to learn he hung out with some of the original Dogtown and Z-boy skaters back in the day.....highly recommend it, great read....

 

[Zack Lee]

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historical fiction written by a Vietnamese woman who was born during the Vn war. But it is written in a Wally Lamb style bouncing back and forth between a grandmothers story from the 1940s and 50s and the grand daughters story from the 70s on. It is a very dark read - the parts before the Vn war seem to be even darker than those parts from the war.

 

[Tapxe]

Just finished Single on Purpose by john Kim. Enjoyed the style of not allowing for BS. Would recommend even to those in relationships. Likely will read more of his stuff. Couldn't get into the podcast tho.

Just started Drama of the Gifted Child so far, it's resonating.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

Just finished Lies My Teacher Told Me. Like any other history book, it can be a bit dry but it is very revealing about what most of us do not know about American history.

I am now reading Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (read it when I was a teen, so this is a re-read).

 

[Thunderchild]

Final Confessions of NFL Assassin Jack Tatum by Jack Tatum

It is a very hard to find tome that I thankfully found in a box of Dad's old books that never got unpacked after his last move. I also found an old book of the early days of the Saints by. Wayne Mack (Saga of the Saints). Looking forward to reading that one, too.

 

[Tapxe]

Found my next read.

Books We Love

Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

apps.npr.org

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are the tool used to convince people to pick up the sticks and stones.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

Just finished Lies My Teacher Told Me. Like any other history book, it can be a bit dry but it is very revealing about what most of us do not know about American history.

I am now reading Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (read it when I was a teen, so this is a re-read).

Finished up Cat's Cradle and The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece and have moved on to the Star Trek Coda trilogy and I am now mostly through book one.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Kinda’ random, but I’ve been getting back into TTRPGs (tabletop role playing games) so I’m reading “ The Monsters Know What They’re Doing” (by Keith Amman). Also still slogging through John Lyndon’s autobiography “Anger is an Energy”

Tough read as it is in need of serious editing.

 

[Bayouboy]

Just finished Watergate - A New History by Garrett Graff. Recommended by Superchuck. It was great. I learned a lot about a scandal that happened before my time. It runs such parallels to the Trump Presidency.

Looking for a recommendation of a J. Edgar Hoover book. Something tells me that's also a fascinating read. I'm sure there are a tons of them, so wondering what's your favorite?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Recent books on tape
The prequel to His Dark Materials

Before that was the inside Marvel book

Before that was the second of the First Law series- I’d read the trilogy years before and I heard the narrator was good (he is). Enjoyed revisiting the first one, but for some reason I got meh halfway through the second- won’t be finishing the trilogy

Before that was Inverting the Pyramid- a history of soccer formations - pretty fascinating

Before that was Memory’s Legion - it’s a collection of ancillary short stories from The Expanse 9 book series (great books great narrator)
Before that were books 7-9 of that series
I’d watched the six seasons of the show and read the first book- went to the books on tape when Amazon decided they weren’t going to finish the series

 

[swampdawg1969]

Mystery by Peter Straub now moving on to The Throat