The Book Thread

[Who Del]

I Am Bill W.

[CoolUsernameHere]

Right now I am just reading a couple of David Sedaris books I have never gotten around to reading. They are the perfect commuter books. Hilarious little 10 page stories.

My Intro to Creative Writing professor loves Sedaris. She had us read one of his stories for class. It was pretty good. Does he have a collection of his short fiction available?

[deejaydana]

I picked up last week the Keith Richards autobiography "Life"
I'm not done reading it yet, it's a huge book but the guy is really well spoken and just a complete rebel from day one apparently. Will add it to the other thread about book collections with a more thorough review in the coming weeks.

[Duckus]

My Intro to Creative Writing professor loves Sedaris. She had us read one of his stories for class. It was pretty good. Does he have a collection of his short fiction available?

He has 8 books - all I think were best sellers at some point. Right now I am reading Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.

Holidays on Ice is probably my favorite.

Barrel Fever (1994)
Naked (1997)
Holidays on Ice (1997)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (editor, 2005)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008)
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (2010)

[nycskinsfan]

Where Men Win Glory - Jon Krakauer Interesting read, I wish Pat Tillman's brother had provided more details
American Conspiracies - Jesse Ventura ....
Ghost Wars - Steve Coll

[SnyderShrugged]

search the threads here more too. I've gotten tons of great suggestions from ES (I read at least one book a week).

[Zazzaro703]

Just finished the penultimate novel Towers of Midnight in the Wheel of Time series. It's by Robert Jordan and sadly he died after Knife of Dreams. He knew he was going to die before finishing the series so he left detailed notes on his vision of how the story concludes and even tape recorded and had close friends in the room as he told the ending so someone could finish. Brandon Sanderson is finishing the series and has done a fantastic job. The final book would have been around 2500 pages so they broke the final volume into three novels. The final book Memories of Light comes out next November. Towers of Midnight just released last week November 2nd. The series sort of started to drag but book 11 knife of dreams picked back up the pace and #12 and #13 by Sanderson have been fantastic.

[thebluefood]

I've been re reading one of my all time favorites:

[frostyj]

The Frankinstein series by D Koontz is a good read. It's not a typical Frankenstein story.

[GoSkins0721]

Anyone interested in the US food chain should read the following. It will change your eating habits forever.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma - A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Currently reading - In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

Also worth mentioning:

With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa by EB Sledge - a fantastic account of the struggles of a Marine in two horrific WWII battles. The book (and author) were the basis for the HBO series "The Pacific"
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel - an excellent story of day-to-day life of an Army unit deployed in Iraq. If it doesn't bring tears to your eyes (many times) you don't have a soul.

[DRSmith]

I'm in the middle of the Millenium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc.), and the first book was really good. The second one is getting really good about a quarter of the way into it. I'd recommend the first at this point, at least.

REad all three thought they were good and am hoping someone will pick up the series after the fighting over the money gets done

[DRSmith]

The Frankinstein series by D Koontz is a good read. It's not a typical Frankenstein story.

Looking forward to the next one thought how they continues it was interesting

[rocazares]

My fav series until this day.

The teacings of Don Juan.
Carlos Castaneda.

Right now I'm reading Drangon's Lance series : D. Cool stuff.

[Ryman of the North]

Just finished the penultimate novel Towers of Midnight in the Wheel of Time series. It's by Robert Jordan and sadly he died after Knife of Dreams. He knew he was going to die before finishing the series so he left detailed notes on his vision of how the story concludes and even tape recorded and had close friends in the room as he told the ending so someone could finish. Brandon Sanderson is finishing the series and has done a fantastic job. The final book would have been around 2500 pages so they broke the final volume into three novels. The final book Memories of Light comes out next November. Towers of Midnight just released last week November 2nd. The series sort of started to drag but book 11 knife of dreams picked back up the pace and #12 and #13 by Sanderson have been fantastic.

reading it now and I agree.

also read anythingb by Steven erickson but especially the second book which is the best fantasy/military book ever written.

the anabasis by xenophon is a must for anyone interested in military history funny how little has changed.

[Ryman of the North]

oh and lightning by dean koontz.