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[Scarecrow_King]

Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke. a great Vietnam war book.

 

[ChickenScratch]

I didn't like it at first but I got used to it and now I like it. The trick is finding the ones read by people that can tell the story and do voices well. The Star Wars ones are good and the one I just listened to for the Stand was good. I've heard some real crappy ones though.

If it works for you then great. I'm not gonna at all.

Besides, I'm a speed reader, anyone reading to me is automatically much slower than several magnitudes how fast I can read it myself.

 

[TDK Joker]

I just finished "The End Specialist" or "The Postmortal" (UK and USA Titles) by Drew Magary and I absolutely LOVED it. I don't think I've ever finished a book that quickly before. I'm definitely going to recommend it to everyone I know.

Now, I'm about to start "The Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Dime Museum Murders" by Daniel Stashower. It's a thriller/mystery starring Harry Houdini! I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[Victarion]

Dragons of a Fallen Sun by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It had a few touching moments, like Tasslehoff realizing that all his old friends had "vanished" and the world he remembered was under the Nazi-like rule of the Knights of Neraka and the Dragon Overlords.

I'd say the War of Souls is looking to be as good as Dragonlance Legends, at least.

 

[Wyrminarrd]

Finished reading "Stealing Light" by Gary Gibson. Good sci-fi book, next up is the second book of the trilogy.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Utopia by Thomas More

 

[Yodaman]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

 

[JewishHobbit]

If anyone's interested I just published two ebooks and I'd love to get some hypster's thoughts on them. One's a contemporary romance and the other's a children's fantasy novel. They're cheap and you can find them at my smashwords page HERE. If you like what you read I'd be appreciative for a positive rating, comment, and helping to spread the word to help a long time hypster.

I'm self taught so if you have criticisms I'd love to hear those as well (though I'd prefer that over a PM). That's how I learn to improve.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas - edited by Norman Kretzmann and Eleonore Stump

 

[uniqueweasel]

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson

 

[childeroland]

The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins.
Little, Big, by John Crowley.

 

[Victarion]

Dragons of a Lost Star by Weis and Hickman.

 

[childeroland]

The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright

 

[Max J Power]

Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski

It was OK. Swierczynski's fast-paced, pulpy style is good and the over-the-top violence is entertaining, but it runs out of steam toward the end, as it becomes even more unrealistic. The ending was a little unsatisfying too, though at least it wasn't trite.

 

[CrypticOne]

A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting by Sam Sheridan

Amazing book.

 

[POWdER-man]

Harry Potter: TGOF
Harry Potter: TOOTP
Harry Potter: TDH
Eragon (on CD)

 

[HisMagicTrick]

God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

 

[childeroland]

Loved that book, and his Portable Atheist, which I'm reading now.

Just finished Sam Harris's Letter to a Christian Nation.

 

[Yodaman]

Poverty in America by John Iceland

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Just finished re-reading Life of Pi. I was greatly impressed the first time I read it, and the second time is no different. Also, I'm very excited to finally see Life of Pi on its way to the silver screen.

 

[Max J Power]

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

I think reading this one after About a Boy, A Long Way Down, and Slam made it harder to care about the protagonist's plight (the characters in the other books had much more serious problems). I didn't expect to think that because I love the High Fidelity movie. Nevertheless, Hornby still made great characters, an excellent voice for the narrator, and some profound moments in this book.

 

[ChickenScratch]

I loved High Fidelity. Oddly enough, I discovered and read it before going through a break up with my college gf. Really helped.

 

[ComicChick]

about a quarter through the girl with the dragon tattoo

 

[TomServo]

Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut, not his best book but a great piece by my favorite author

 

[ChickenScratch]

Lee Child - 61 Hours - A Reacher Novel.

It was a pretty good read. As always the Reacher novels brings the action. There was one thing with the plot that niggled at me, a piece of information that they just seemed to have out of nowhere all of a sudden.