Read any good books lately?

Jeremy1982 said:
Check out Terry Goodkind. The Sword of Truth Series. I don't read much, but I read the first book about a year ago, and loved it.
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I read the entire series. It's starts great!! big books, hope you like big books, I like a big book myself. But later in the series you might find yourself skipping a lot, I did. He gets very preachy, meaning he gets really repetitive, and goes on and on and on at times. He's very anti/communism/socialism, and that is threaded into the story and boy will he go on about it, without actually using those words. Me? I will stick with a series til the bitter bitter end. Laurell K Hamilton has a series, the Anita Blake Vampire Series I have stuck with for years. The first 9 or so books are seriously awesome and then the author lost her mind and was eaten by her own ego. She majorly sucks now but think's she's the bestest author ever and thinks she invented vampires. She's whacked, but I still read all her rubbish. I just have to know what happens.

Have you ever read any Harlan Coben? He writes mystery's and thriller. He's the boss. He has a series as well, about a guy named Myron Bolitar. I've only read a couple of the series, and not in order, hadn't realized they were part of a series until I read the second and recognized the character. But I've read a few of his that aren't part of that series, he is a great character writer, tight plot, and funny as hell.

Greg Isles is pretty good too, he doesn't stick to any one genre he's all over the place.

If you were a girl I could recommend some other stuff but you probably don't have enough estrogen to enjoy them :D
 
ambrosia said:
I read the entire series. It's starts great!! big books, hope you like big books, I like a big book myself. But later in the series you might find yourself skipping a lot, I did. He gets very preachy, meaning he gets really repetitive, and goes on and on and on at times. He's very anti/communism/socialism, and that is threaded into the story and boy will he go on about it, without actually using those words. Me? I will stick with a series til the bitter bitter end. Laurell K Hamilton has a series, the Anita Blake Vampire Series I have stuck with for years. The first 9 or so books are seriously awesome and then the author lost her mind and was eaten by her own ego. She majorly sucks now but think's she's the bestest author ever and thinks she invented vampires. She's whacked, but I still read all her rubbish. I just have to know what happens.

Have you ever read any Harlan Coben? He writes mystery's and thriller. He's the boss. He has a series as well, about a guy named Myron Bolitar. I've only read a couple of the series, and not in order, hadn't realized they were part of a series until I read the second and recognized the character. But I've read a few of his that aren't part of that series, he is a great character writer, tight plot, and funny as hell.

Greg Isles is pretty good too, he doesn't stick to any one genre he's all over the place.

If you were a girl I could recommend some other stuff but you probably don't have enough estrogen to enjoy them :D
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No I haven't read any of those. I hate it when I get a good book and then find out it was part of a series and it was from the middle or something. I liked Perfume. Despite the name, it didn't require estrogen! Maybe I'll cut off Goodkind when they start going down hill.:lol:
 
While I was working today I thought of another series, I really like series, The Game of Thrones Fire and Ice series. Have you read that? A lot of people disliked the 3rd and 4th...I liked them. There's a 5th one, that's on my kindle. Too bad you don't live closer, I'd let you raid my book case :)
 
ambrosia said:
While I was working today I thought of another series, I really like series, The Game of Thrones Fire and Ice series. Have you read that? A lot of people disliked the 3rd and 4th...I liked them. There's a 5th one, that's on my kindle. Too bad you don't live closer, I'd let you raid my book case :)
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No, haven't read those. I'm considering getting a kindle. :wave: I think the beach is 4 hours from here. haha. My friend just came back from there. He'd never been before and totally missed out on south of the border.
 
If you read only one book in the next two months make sure it is

Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
 
rolling7 said:
If you read only one book in the next two months make sure it is

Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
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I think I'd rather give myself papercuts between all my fingers and toes with the pages of that book than read any of them :rofl:
 
James Alan Gardner's League of Peoples Series. (Sci-fi)

Seven books so far, each one a story in its own right, but it helps a little to have read previous ones.

Each one told in first person perspective of 7 different people.

Humanity has been introduced to interstellar travel by a group of hyper evolved races collectively known as the League of Peoples. They rule over the galaxy and they have only ONE law.
No dangerous non-sentient creatures can cross between star systems.
A dangerous non-sentient is defined by the league as any being which kills a sentient being or through willful negligence allows a sentient being to die. Any dangerous non-sentient that attempts to circumvent this law, or any being who knowingly aids in the attempt, is instantaneously but painlessly executed by the League. They always know, and they never explain. (We are to them what what a marmoset is to humanity, extremely lower evolved, barely sentient and not worth explaining things to.)

This effectively makes interstellar war completely impossible.


My favorite in the series was Commitment Hour. Every summer a village sends all children under 21 away for a short while, and when those children come back, they are the opposite gender. boys to girls, girls to boys. At 21, they have to commit to a single gender. or... become both.

I also loved Ascending from the same series.
 
I've maxed out my book budget for the year. :( So, I had to download free apps for books. Right now i'm trying to find anymore free book apps. Any suggestions?
 
Calibre is a very nice, free and versatile Ebook reader/library organizer.

Here's a site that has a list of of places you can download ebooks for free.

However, you can also pirate free books from torrent sites like The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents, and Demonoid(free but a pain to get membership, you have to try to sign up the first of every month)
 
Yes I have read 24 books over the summer. 50 Shades of Grey, BLack Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward, Covet series by J.R. Ward, and A Kiss of Shadows series by Laurell K. Hamilton. Loved J.R. Ward's books.
 
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