Books... What are you reading? And what do you recommend?
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Hotwired
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Wait till you get to book 5, which isn't too bad, but bad. Especially after the masterpiece that was book 4. Then book 6 will make you cry it's so bad and book 7 went so far off the path I really didn't pay any attention while reading it. I soon stopped reading his books after that and he was my favorite author.
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Blue Wizard
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I have all of those somewhere. I bought them back when I was a teenager from an ad in the back of a hunting magazine or something.with the current state of affairs in Washington may i suggest one of the following....
too larry
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He was not the same writer after he got run over by the Mainer on the way to "get me some of them Mars Bars down at the store."
Roger A. Shrubber
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the last couple of books got a little strange, but he had already written enough of an epic story that i've read them twice and listened to the audiobooks once.
he's always been strange....the build up is always better than the apex....he writes terrible, short, fight scenes, that skip most of the details that should be included, and include a lot of details that should have been skipped...but the path leading up to those short terrible fights more than make up for it....most of the time
too larry
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You are right. Years of good writing. Then a slump at the end.
One of the scenes that stands out to me is the sound of newspaper being ripped in Tommy Knockers. Like the fabric of the world being ripped. He could tell a story.
lokie
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I sometimes get this feeling when reading Tom Clancy's work.
I like his writings but still think he can often consume several chapters with mundane and
sideline details that lead nowhere and would not have been missed if left out.
420God
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with the current state of affairs in Washington may i suggest one of the following....
too larry
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The Lee Child books cut the prose to the bone. No fluff at all.
BarnBuster
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I liked his original works with John Clark in his more operational role. The later ones (after Clancy died in 2013 and just before that) had other authors and were not the same.
BarnBuster
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Here's my recent read list over the summer
Influenza : the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history / Jeremy Brown, MD, MHS.
Pandemic 1918 : eyewitness accounts from the greatest medical holocaust in modern history / Catharine Arnold.
(Almost makes me want to get a flue shot..almost)
Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / Gerri Chanel.
The money shot / Stuart Woods, Parnell Hall.
Holy ghost / John Sandford.
The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II / Iris Chang.
Pandemic / Robin Cook.
The enemy of my enemy / W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV.
Shotguns and stagecoaches : the brave men who rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West / John Boessenecker.
Target Alex Cross / James Patterson.
17 carnations : the royals, the Nazis and the biggest cover-up in history / Andrew Morton.
Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII / Deborah Cadbury.
Rampage : MacArthur, Yamashita, and the battle of Manila / James M. Scott.
Killing the SS : the hunt for the worst war criminals in history / Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
Halsey's typhoon : the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue / Bob Drury & Tom Clavin.
The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942/1944 / Ian W. Toll.
Pacific crucible : war at sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 / Ian W. Toll.
(last two are great histories of naval battles in the Pacific.)
Influenza : the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history / Jeremy Brown, MD, MHS.
Pandemic 1918 : eyewitness accounts from the greatest medical holocaust in modern history / Catharine Arnold.
(Almost makes me want to get a flue shot..almost)
Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis / Gerri Chanel.
The money shot / Stuart Woods, Parnell Hall.
Holy ghost / John Sandford.
The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II / Iris Chang.
Pandemic / Robin Cook.
The enemy of my enemy / W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV.
Shotguns and stagecoaches : the brave men who rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West / John Boessenecker.
Target Alex Cross / James Patterson.
17 carnations : the royals, the Nazis and the biggest cover-up in history / Andrew Morton.
Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII / Deborah Cadbury.
Rampage : MacArthur, Yamashita, and the battle of Manila / James M. Scott.
Killing the SS : the hunt for the worst war criminals in history / Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
Halsey's typhoon : the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue / Bob Drury & Tom Clavin.
The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942/1944 / Ian W. Toll.
Pacific crucible : war at sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 / Ian W. Toll.
(last two are great histories of naval battles in the Pacific.)
jeepster1993
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I got an Audible subscription for Christmas...
We are Bob. By Dennis Taylor...Wonderful book.
We are Bob. By Dennis Taylor...Wonderful book.
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Dr.Amber Trichome
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I am currently reading another Janet Evanovich novel.
I passed by a section of books in the library the other day that had some interesting titles. I liked the cute covers and some of the book sizes . They looked adorable and I was wondering if anyone has read any of these books by Joanne Fluke and if you might have a recommendation. The titles are fantastic like the Chocolate Chip Murders, the Devil Foods Cake Murder, the Cinnamon Roll Murder and the Carrot Cake Murder to name just a few!
I passed by a section of books in the library the other day that had some interesting titles. I liked the cute covers and some of the book sizes . They looked adorable and I was wondering if anyone has read any of these books by Joanne Fluke and if you might have a recommendation. The titles are fantastic like the Chocolate Chip Murders, the Devil Foods Cake Murder, the Cinnamon Roll Murder and the Carrot Cake Murder to name just a few!
The Outdoorsman
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Redoing another excursion of White Fang (hard cover). Been a minute, probably read the other ones later
jeepster1993
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I am also a Lee Child reader. Jack Reacher. I do find myself...cringing at times, though.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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Nice
BarnBuster
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BarnBuster
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a few I've read over the Spring
Redemption / David Baldacci
Bottle of lies : the inside story of the generic drug boom / Katherine Eban
Brothers down : Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the USS Arizona / Walter R. Borneman.
Dragon's Jaw : an epic story of courage and tenacity in Vietnam / Stephen Coonts & Barrett Tillman.
The never game / Jeffery Deaver.
The night window : a Jane Hawk novel / Dean Koontz.
The ghost ships of Archangel : the Arctic voyage that defied the Nazis / William Geroux.
The big Kahuna / Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich
Collusion : a novel / Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley.
Robert B. Parker's Buckskin / Robert Knott.
Inside the black vault : the government's UFO secrets revealed / John Greenewald, Jr.
The longevity paradox : how to die young at a ripe old age / Steven R. Gundry, MD, with Jodi Lipper.
The lost Gutenberg : the astounding story of one book's five-hundred-year odyssey / Margaret Leslie Davis.
American cipher : Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. tragedy in Afghanistan / Matt Farwell and Michael Ames.
The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain / Steven R. Gundry, MD ; with Olivia Bell Buehl.
Redemption / David Baldacci
Bottle of lies : the inside story of the generic drug boom / Katherine Eban
Brothers down : Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the USS Arizona / Walter R. Borneman.
Dragon's Jaw : an epic story of courage and tenacity in Vietnam / Stephen Coonts & Barrett Tillman.
The never game / Jeffery Deaver.
The night window : a Jane Hawk novel / Dean Koontz.
The ghost ships of Archangel : the Arctic voyage that defied the Nazis / William Geroux.
The big Kahuna / Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich
Collusion : a novel / Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley.
Robert B. Parker's Buckskin / Robert Knott.
Inside the black vault : the government's UFO secrets revealed / John Greenewald, Jr.
The longevity paradox : how to die young at a ripe old age / Steven R. Gundry, MD, with Jodi Lipper.
The lost Gutenberg : the astounding story of one book's five-hundred-year odyssey / Margaret Leslie Davis.
American cipher : Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. tragedy in Afghanistan / Matt Farwell and Michael Ames.
The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain / Steven R. Gundry, MD ; with Olivia Bell Buehl.
too larry
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It's the 50th anniversary of Slaughter House Five. Heard Kurt on NPR this morning. Only two novels that I know of that didn't lie about war is this one and The Naked and the Dead.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/03/why-slaughterhouse-five-resonates-50-years-later/586180/