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Elektra Luxx
06-21-2018, 01:26 PM
I'll just say it, I did not like Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I'm not even interested in the movie now. It won the Nebula Award for 2015, I think. I've read a couple a books that won a Nebula Award and I didn't like them. I'm thinking Nebula, must be a good book? Not for me.
ScarletKitten
06-23-2018, 09:13 AM
"Rebel Hell: Disabled Vegan Goes to Prison" by Jan Smitowicz. It's a true story written by the author of what he experienced in prison. It's very eye-opening in regards to the U.S. prison system. I love his writing style. Despite all the excruciating hell he went through, he still manages to have a wicked sense of humour about the whole thing. Wonderful book!
https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Hell-Disabled-Vegan-Prison/dp/1541024494
lynn2009
06-29-2018, 07:49 AM
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
siouxie
06-30-2018, 01:42 PM
The Gate to Women's Country by by Sheri S. Tepper, written in 1988. It's a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel told through a feminist lens. Probably one of the best novels I have read in years.
SnuffleUffleGrass
07-02-2018, 06:34 AM
"Rebel Hell: Disabled Vegan Goes to Prison" by Jan Smitowicz. It's a true story written by the author of what he experienced in prison. It's very eye-opening in regards to the U.S. prison system. I love his writing style. Despite all the excruciating hell he went through, he still manages to have a wicked sense of humour about the whole thing. Wonderful book!
https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Hell-Disabled-Vegan-Prison/dp/1541024494
This sounds like a good read. Also one of my exes served time & I got to experience all the DERP of the US justice system via his sentence/experience. It's true the more money you have the less likely serving time will screw you up.
Elektra Luxx
07-02-2018, 06:59 AM
Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke is a really good book and I'm reading the second in the series Sunstorm, with is pretty so far too. Then I'll be reading Firstborn, last in the series.
Has anyone read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch?
DonaDiabla
07-02-2018, 09:36 PM
I'm reading "Alraune"(1911) by Hanns Heinz Ewers. So, this novel is kind of a hard read if you are not into sensual horror and hardcore sci-fi molding together. It's about a girl created from artificial insemination trying to understand the Edwardian culture of Germany. :)
danep
07-03-2018, 12:56 AM
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré is an excellent book, I highly recommend it. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy also by John le Carré is a really good book too. The Honourable Schoolboy again by John le Carré is the second book in the Karla series after Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. I'm still reading it and it was a little slow to begin so I put it aside for now. I just started Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I just read a couple of chapters so I will update later. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I heard it's nothing like the book.
BTW, Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds turned out okay.
Also, I've been using a app called Overdrive. With it you can borrow e-books, audiobooks, the latest magazines from your local library using just your mobile number as your library card. It's saved me a tons of money so far.
I absolutely love Le Carre. The Richard Burton role in the movie adaptation of the Spy Who Came in from The Cold is also peerless, despite the fact that movie is old.
I am not an espionage expert, however I also recommend Graham Greene's Human Factor, and The quiet American.
silk55
07-03-2018, 05:07 AM
Long read but fantastic book
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison flees to India. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in Bombay.
The novel is reportedly influenced by real events in the life of the author, though some claims made by Roberts are contested by others involved in the story.
Nyla19
07-08-2018, 02:20 AM
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolfe a couple of months ago. My first Faulkner I just finished last night. It was , As I lay dying. I highly recommend it. I started Faulkner's, The Sound and the Fury tonight. In the near future, I think I would like to read, A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolfe. And A Moveable Feast by Hemmingway. Also, The Good Earth by Pearl Buck. I'm taking a bit of a break from JCO. Her books make me so depressed.
WendiStarr
07-09-2018, 02:43 PM
I'm currently reading Camino Island by John Grisham
Elektra Luxx
07-10-2018, 06:47 PM
Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke is a really good book and I'm reading the second in the series Sunstorm, with is pretty so far too. Then I'll be reading Firstborn, last in the series.
I finished the series and I highly recommend it.
Nyla19
08-09-2018, 12:40 PM
I'm close to finishing, the other side of paradise by F Scott Fitzgerald. His first novel. It won the heart of Zelda Fitzgerald again who had broken up with him. Then last week, I read Marya a life by JCO. A good read. She is not your typical heroine. She's a feminist and it's an empowering book for women. But it's not too intense in its ideology like other feminist books. And Faulkners, As I lay dying and the sound and the fury. Both great books. I'm so into reading the classic books lately. I can't do any junk reading lately. But in the way of junk, I've been wanting to read Esther Williams biography for a couple of years now.
NitaBaby
08-09-2018, 01:59 PM
“Ho Tactics” by G. L Lambert. A member here mentioned it on an old, old thread (I’ll spend a week reading through a 100 pg. thread just for info, I promise you) and it’s the best thing I’ve read in a long time. Completely surprised.
lynn2009
08-15-2018, 09:14 PM
“Ho Tactics” by G. L Lambert. A member here mentioned it on an old, old thread (I’ll spend a week reading through a 100 pg. thread just for info, I promise you) and it’s the best thing I’ve read in a long time. Completely surprised.
I threw that thing in the garbage.
Nyla19
08-16-2018, 10:21 AM
I threw that thing in the garbage.
Why? You thought it was that awful? Or, were you making a joke?
lynn2009
08-16-2018, 03:56 PM
Why? You thought it was that awful? Or, were you making a joke?
I thought it was awful. But that was rude, sorry. It of course does not matter what I thought of it.
R-209
08-16-2018, 07:45 PM
Reading "The Jungle." Fun.
Elektra Luxx
08-16-2018, 11:20 PM
Reading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. It's funny.
NitaBaby
08-17-2018, 06:25 AM
I thought it was awful. But that was rude, sorry. It of course does not matter what I thought of it.
I’m sorry you had that experience. I’ve read it 4 times now lol. Spoke to the author who was really nice and I’m about to turn a sugar daddy into this guy from Miami (or the one from New York, I can’t really decide). It’s not for the faint of heart that’s for sure.
JessaJade
08-17-2018, 07:18 AM
Reading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. It's funny.
I've had that on the shelf for ages but haven't read it yet... One of those books on my 'must-read' list.
I just started reading Clockers by Richard Price; seems like it's gonna be good!
R-209
08-17-2018, 08:18 PM
I've had that on the shelf for ages but haven't read it yet... One of those books on my 'must-read' list.
Same here, since high school probably. I think I'll read it next.
R-209
08-30-2018, 04:16 PM
Odd... I went to get my copy of "Catch 22" and it wasn't there. I'm certain I had it. I know if I buy another copy, the original will turn up.
Or maybe I never had it at all...
sbk99
09-06-2018, 05:31 AM
'Stillwell and the American Experience in China' by Barbara Tuchman. Everything she wrote is good, btw.
Elektra Luxx
09-06-2018, 07:30 AM
The Shining by Stephen King
I liked it, but I think I liked the movie better. Plus, it's mostly different from the movie.
JessaJade
09-06-2018, 10:32 AM
^I had the audio book but just couldn't get into it. I was surprised because the film is possibly my favourite horror movie ever.
Nyla19
09-06-2018, 10:37 AM
I read the snows of Kilimanjaro by Hemmingway. It's only 29 pages. A nice, short read.
Nyla19
09-17-2018, 01:57 PM
Reading Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk. I'm loving it!
DarkPassion305
09-17-2018, 03:43 PM
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
carmen_b
09-17-2018, 05:52 PM
Transformation Soup by Sark.
DonaDiabla
09-17-2018, 09:26 PM
Wow, that's an actual novel! I did not know that at all. :) I remember watching that movie with Natalie Wood and I thought it was an good film :)
Reading Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk. I'm loving it!
Elektra Luxx
09-18-2018, 02:16 AM
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
It's good. Kind of a old timey detective noir story in a futuristic setting with some interesting twists and turns.
Nyla19
09-18-2018, 05:26 PM
Wow, that's an actual novel! I did not know that at all. :) I remember watching that movie with Natalie Wood and I thought it was an good film :)
Thanks Dona for telling me about it. Yes! It's one and the same :)!
R-209
09-23-2018, 09:45 AM
"Hannibal" by Thomas Harris.
whirlerz
09-23-2018, 10:19 AM
Healing from Hidden Abuse, Shannon Thomas, LCSW
NatalieCentro
09-28-2018, 08:03 AM
I just finished Existence by David Brin. It's an interesting read for sci-fi geeks like me because there are no super-engines and everything must still travel at real speeds, and it talks about a contact with extraterrestrial life... a very unusual one. A lot of interesting questions raised, and much to think about. My only complaint was that they seem to suddenly skip way into the future on what seems like a near-climax of the book, so - I'd really like to know what happened in the middle there.
Just started his Kiln People. Overall good author, will probably keep reading and dive into one of his series.
danep
09-28-2018, 09:25 AM
Yo Natalie, one day, you will have to take off that Centro thing away from the avatar....
SnuffleUffleGrass
09-28-2018, 05:34 PM
The Shining by Stephen King
I liked it, but I think I liked the movie better. Plus, it's mostly different from the movie.
I liked the movie. I would like to read the book.
sovereignv
09-30-2018, 12:02 AM
The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
I really loved this book. You know when you read a really good book and you feel like it was written just for you? Just like that. It felt weird and obscene to go back to my normal life after finishing it, I was so affected, almost in a trance. Apparently a lot of people feel that way about this book which I guess is understandable.
Nyla19
10-02-2018, 03:37 PM
The Gravedigger's Daughter by JCO (Joyce Carol Oates)! I need to read at least an hour a day. It's a fun addiction.
danep
10-03-2018, 12:50 AM
Gangster Warlords by Ioan Grillo. He's one of the only journalists who analyze the global drug traffic as a multi layered phenomenon, and doesn't fall into a Netflix cliche. Non fiction, but highly recommended.
Elektra Luxx
10-03-2018, 05:22 AM
^^^
What do you mean "multi-layered"?
danep
10-03-2018, 07:01 AM
I meant that it doesn't represent the white collar War on Drugs narrative, or US vs traffic (not our kind of traffic) from Mexico. It gives a look into the complex picture. Most news reports are either a shock value, or a closed narrative of a seizure, a shooting, or an arrest. Even the use of the word "Cartel" is a misnomer on many levels. It really challenges how we think about globalization, crime, and the structures of power we live in, even if we don't see it.
Nyla19
10-13-2018, 10:39 AM
I'm reading the group by Mary McCarthy. I've been sticking with reading older books. This one was written in the 1950's. I find the writing terrible or the books chaotic that are contemporary. Although I kinda like Roxanne Gay.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and 3 storys by Truman Capote
AChildOfBoredom
10-16-2018, 11:25 AM
Could've used some proofreading and better composition, but still a good read
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514vZF6es5L._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_.jpg
NatalieCentro
11-01-2018, 09:25 AM
Yo Natalie, one day, you will have to take off that Centro thing away from the avatar....
I did change the avatar, but I was told I can't change my nickname. Not for vanity reasons but not to confuse people was why I requested it, but per the admins it can't be changed.
On-topic, I started reading the Uplift series by David Brin. Nearly done with the first book - Sundiver. So far so good but not enough to give a good review. Brin's works are pretty deep and I like that.
NatalieCentro
11-01-2018, 09:26 AM
The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
I really loved this book. You know when you read a really good book and you feel like it was written just for you? Just like that. It felt weird and obscene to go back to my normal life after finishing it, I was so affected, almost in a trance. Apparently a lot of people feel that way about this book which I guess is understandable.
putting this on my to-read list :)
White Oleander - Janet Fitch
Raziel
11-01-2018, 05:35 PM
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward. It was a definite Horror Story.