Books you have enjoyed reading

ooooo, that looks good. I'm going to go pick it up today.

This is kind of like the Oprah book club.
 
comsnark said:
I read Pillars this summer. . .an excellent book. Have the reviews for "World" been good?
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Reviews stink. I rarely read reviews. Get the book, it's very good. I won't try ranking it in comparison to Pillars of the Earth, mostly because it was a long time since I read the first one.

sebagoman007 said:
I also read the LOTR series multiple time when I was younger. I still have them somewhere, along with all the other Tolkein stuff. THAT was a man with imagination!!
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Could never get my head around Tolkein when I was in high school, so never got into the series. Oh well.

I read to be entertained, and my taste runs to military stories, espionage and mysteries. I've read everything I could get my hands on by W.E.B.Griffin, Steven Coonts, Tom Clancy, Ken Follet, Jack Higgins and Robert Ludlum. I have also consumed a number of James Mischner's (sp?) epics. It's a sorry commentary on the state of my brain, but I read so much that the titles all seem to blend together after a while!!
One book that stands out is Leon Uris' "Exodus". As a guy who wasn't much into history when in school, reading that really opened my eyes as to the complexities and background of the Israeli/Palestinian situation, and because it was written like a novel it didn't hurt a bit!
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I like entertainment, but I also read a lot of history and technical stuff. Based on the authors you listed, you might also want to try Michael Crichton, too. Uris's Armageddon, and Trinity were also pretty good. There were others of his I read, but can't remember the titles. Oh well. I forgot to bring some books with me to the boat last weekend. While rummaging around, I found Joe Petro's Standing Next to History. I'm enjoying it the second time around.

Now, If I could only break the 1st mate of her DVD habit..........
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Gave up on that one. I'll settle for her to stop throwing my books out. I don't toss her DVDs, so leave me books alone. On the other hand, really bad ones get torn up for the fireplace. :) I have a few stacked up waiting for the cold weather.

Best regards,
Frank
 
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Murder writers like John Sanford, Vince Flynn's stuff are good; I've read all theirs. If you like historical fiction and the sea, try the Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure series by Dewey Lambdin -- 14 books so far, about a rakehell in the Royal Navy set in the 1781-1805 time frame. Plenty of nautical detail, boozing, sex, and commentary on the politics of the day.
 
5sman said:
I've been reading: Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz. This book explores the genius of Cooks navigation and charting skills and the impact his discoveries had on native societies. The author visits many of Cooks ports. An excellent, intelligent and yet humorous read.
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bought the book today. So far it's a good read, just started it. I love adventure books. thanks
 
BTW, it's preferred to put titles, such as the title of books in italics. Underlining is acceptable as a second choice when italics cannot be easily generated, as, for example, when using an olde fashioned typewriter. On a web page, underlines are considered bad style since an underline often indicates a clickable link.

Best regards,
Frank C
 
i dont read many books but my wife has her nose in one all the time
she read this book and told me i might give it try.
well i'm pretty much a louis l'amour kind of guy and at first glance didnt look like something i would read or relate to
i was wrong. i started reading it and couldnt put it down.
the great derangement a terrifying true story of war,politics,& religion at the twilight of the american empire by matt taibbi
 
garryowen said:
well i'm pretty much a louis l'amour kind of guy
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Have you read "Last of the Breed" by Mr. L'Amour? That's a terrific read, about a Native American USAF test pilot who gets shot down over the old USSR. I won't spoil the story, but I've read it a couple of times and I highly recommend it.

On 5sman's recommendation, I'll be ordering the Captain Cook book today.

(just curious, with that screen name you must be a Lean Enterprise kind of guy???)

Cheers,

Bill
 
yes i'v read that. quite a story. i think the thing i like about l'amour the good guy always wins but there is still a lot of old west lore in his wrighting
i took the name garryowen from the song. lived and raised in wyo. and there is a small town on I-90 in montana named garryowen
 
fc3 said:
On a web page, underlines are considered bad style since an underline often indicates a clickable link.
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How many times did you click it before you realized?
 
Ditto....but I also enjoy the book "How I took 1 million dollars and turned it into nine dollars and eighty-three cents in a week."
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you must own Lucent stock!

i was wandering around the town library and picked up Under Fire - An American Story by Oliver North and have enjoyed it immensely. i was a dopey college kid when the hearings were going on - i even remember watching them at the time - but didnt pay much attention to it. this book was written back in 1991 and, despite the near score of years that have passed, it is amazing to me how the threats posed by the middle east have NOT changed one bit. saddam hussein (isnt that someone's middle name? i forget who?) was a confirmed threat at THAT time, and his use of chemical and biological weapons was commonplace, as was his support for terrorists and their activities.

this is a great read for anyone who was a bit too young to understand politics in the mid-80s but is interested and concerned and wants to learn more about what goes on in the minds of our persian "friends."
 
TurtleTone said:
How many times did you click it before you realized?
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thats ok; i guess you got a freebee

another guy i realy like to read, and have read all i could find, is tony hillerman.
 
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On a web page, underlines are considered bad style since an underline often indicates a clickable link.
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Hmm, good point. Although usually a hyperlink is not only underlined but (at least in IE) the mouse pointer changes to the select pointer and the link changes color when selected. If that doesn't happen then it not a link, underlined or not. Grammatically speaking I think it's still considered proper to underline book titles and italicize periodical titles.

Don't get me wrong, my grammar are nothing to great so you won't find me dictating it to others! :grin:
 
James Patteson (any and all of his books) Stephen White (he's an author from Boulder and throws stuff in that reminds me of home.) Stephen King (scary and weird) Dean Koontz (just weird) As mentioned before Harry Potter, my girls and I are big big fans. Catherine Coulter (her FBI series) Some non-fiction Into Thin Air, that is a great read.Alex Kava, Jeffrey Archer great mystery writers. I could go on and on..........

I love this thread, I have been taking notes since the first post. I am always looking for something good to read. Since I read so much it's hard to find things I haven't read.
 
5sman said:
Not really, it's just a play on my name....
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I see. Well, at the risk of letting my inner Quality geekdom show I should explain myself. In Lean Manufacturing terminology "5S" stands for Straighten, Sort, Standardize, Sweep and Sustain. It's part of a manufacturing methodology that seeks to minimize waste by standardizing the way things are done by driving out variability in all manufacturing processes. I just thought you might be one of those gurus, sorry.

(Man, talk about a thread hijacking!!!! Wes, don't beat me too hard, please!!!)

Cheers,

Bill
 
bought the book today. So far it's a good read, just started it. I love adventure books. thanks
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Anytime! It's a great book, laugh out loud funny at times yet still serious and informative.
 
I have always read a lot, but now I travel by air for work about 40 weeks a year and read constantly while traveling. I can only do so much work on a plane so I read a varied group of authors but mostly the same genre.

Anything by:
  • Vince Flynn
  • David Baldacci
  • Nelson DeMille
  • Stephen Coonts
  • Lee Child
  • Brad Thor
Lee Child's Jack Reacher series is fun as Reacher is a character that takes absolutely no BS from anyone.

Two all time favorites are Replay by Ken Grimwood and The Shipkiller by Justin Scott. The Shipkiller is a great boating novel about a guy who single-hands a 42' Nautor Swan sail boat on a voyage of revenge. This book is out of print but available used from Amazon.
 
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