Current book being read/just finished

[canaan]

I finished the 1st book of Hunger Games. Pretty pumped to start reading the 2nd.

I LOVED The Hunger Games! Wasn't sure it would be my cup of tea based on the synopsis, but I was VERY pleasantly surprised!

Just started the second book as well.

its a young adult, updated play on "the lottery" ...i dont mind it at all.

[shafnutz05]

The Lottery is a classic from my grade school days

[LeopardLetang]

When I was young I used to read the Redwall series, which was cool.

i'm reading Logicomix. graphic novel following bertrand russell around about the search for truth through logic, math, philosophy - with a theme of logic -> madness or madness -> logic

it's easy-going and a simple read (being a graphic novel)

[Shyster]

Finished up Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal by James D. Hornfischer. If you have any interest in military history (and particularly U.S. naval history), Hornfischer's books are all must-reads. This book covers the desperate work of the U.S. Navy in 1942-43 to defend its precarious position on Guadalcanal against repeated Japanese counterattacks. At this point in the war, the U.S. was already down a couple of its vital aircraft carriers, and it lost two more during the overall Guadalcanal campaign. With new carriers still some time away from completion, the Navy defended Guadalcanal in good-old ship-on-ship gun engagements, many of them night battles. So many ships were sunk in the repeated battles that the waters north of Guadalcanal were quickly nicknamed "Ironbottom Sound." Hornfischer does a great job of covering the action, and the result is a gripping read. Strongly recommended.

Now reading The Left, The Right and The State by Lew Rockwell.

[60sixx]

Just finished "Catching Fire" (second book of Hunger Games series)....Enjoyed both, though I liked the first one better. Eager to start Mockingjay tonight.

[Admin]

Just finished "Catching Fire" (second book of Hunger Games series)....Enjoyed both, though I liked the first one better. Eager to start Mockingjay tonight.

The first two were really good but I definitely enjoyed the first one better, too. Not a fan of the third.

[Admin]

Got a Kindle for Christmas and have read seven books in January (being sick for most of the month has given me plenty of reading time...)

Water for Elephants
Treasure Island
Moneyball
Unbroken
11/22/63
The Rogue
Skin Tight

11/22/63, Unbroken, and Moneyball were the best of the lot.

[Gaucho]

It's amazing how much stuff is available for free for the Kindle. More than you will ever be able to read.

Anyway, McCarthy's Border Trilogy is awesome and made me want to reread the complete Faulkner again. However, next up for me are Richard Stark's Parker novels.

[MWB]

Got a Kindle for Christmas and have read seven books in January (being sick for most of the month has given me plenty of reading time...)

Water for Elephants
Treasure Island
Moneyball
Unbroken
11/22/63
The Rogue
Skin Tight

11/22/63, Unbroken, and Moneyball were the best of the lot.

Have you seen the movie Moneyball? Wasn't sure how well the book would translate, but it was quite good.

[Chefpatrick871]

Im late to this thread but any johnathan kellerman fans on the board?? I really enjoy the alex Delaware novels. Good reads.

[60sixx]

Im late to this thread but any johnathan kellerman fans on the board?? I really enjoy the alex Delaware novels. Good reads.

I am! I love those books. Always reliably entertaining. I think a new one is due out in Feb/Mar? I pre-ordered it on my Kindle.

[MWB]

Yes, I've read several of the Kellerman books. Good reads, for the most part.

[Point Breeze Penguins]

Spoiler:

[shafnutz05]

Just finished Stephen King's The Long Walk

Spoiler:

One of my favorite King books to be sure...pretty crazy concept.

Started Needful Things yesterday.

[bh]

Almost done with - Blue Highways: A Journey into America

Didn't expect to like it so much, but what a fun book to read. Gives a nice slice of pure Americana.
I need to read it before I go on any trip or vacation.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

always wondered about that blue highways book. is that the one about the guy who avoided interstates altogether and only drove on the little blue roads that show up on maps?

kenny the kangaroo took a trip to the book shoppes and bougght the following books last night:

Barbarians at the gates
Nothing Else like it in the world-about the transcontinental railroad
and that book about the relief pitcher guy that is trying to make it into the big leagues.

[jaysmiter]

Just finished the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. It was awesome.

The magic system was different and interesting...It's not a terribly complicated read, but it does provide a bit of mystery and intrigue. Definitely would recommend.

Starting on Glen Cook's The Black Company now.

[Hockeynut!]

Today I finished reading A River Runs Through It and I started 11/22/63.

[mac5155]

Today I finished reading A River Runs Through It and I started 11/22/63.

Wow, it took you almost 50 years?! must be a long book!

[canaan]

Today I finished reading A River Runs Through It and I started 11/22/63.

JFK assassination really turned you off of that book, eh?

[the wicked child]

Reading Angels In Irons

[Troy Loney]

I have about 150 more pages of Tom Jones, this is the fastest i've ever gone through a 900 page book before (started 2 saturdays ago). This book makes me want to read Barry Lyndon next.

[pittsoccer33]

re-reading for the 3rd time

[the wicked child]

Finished Angels In Irons. Good book. Extremely violent. Makes most of the other books I've read look like Disney.

[eddysnake]

Read the hunger games yesterday. Really liked it, been a while since I read a book in one day. Going to try and finish off Blood Meridian. Started out real good, then I had a hard time with it. For some reason, I can't sit down and read this at big intervals.