Which book are you currently reading?

[Caz]

There is I think 10 books in the Bourne series. I enjoyed them all.

Agree on the movies, I never understood all the hype, but the novels are page turners.

I've put off reading it for quite awhile as I never was a fan of the films. However after reading about how different the book was and the lack of anything else really catching my eye at the library I decided to give it a spin. I must say the book is way better than the film and I will be reading the other two books in the coming months (I'm not sure if I will bother with the non-Ludlum books).

Spoiler

Really the only thing I didn't like was the way Carlos escaped, it seemed like the usual case of deciding to make a sequel only after the story is 90% done.

 

[Luminis]

The English title is "Season of Storms", the polish original "Sezon burz". Getting a bit carried away with all things Witcher these days Translation seems a bit rough, from what I can tell after reading the first two chapters last night. Seems to go well with the author's style of writing, though. So far, at least.

 

[Brett]

I started reading this last week or the week before:

 

[35mm]

Haruki Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running​

 

[Dotini]

I'm currently reading Moon Lander, by Thomas J Kelly. It's the inside story of the development of the Apollo lunar module by the guy in charge of designing and building it at Grumman.

 

[Northstar]

I picked up Jurassic Park at the library today, hopefully it's as good as the movie.

There is I think 10 books in the Bourne series. I enjoyed them all.

The reviews seem decent for the non-Ludlum books so I may give them a read someday. I just get hesitant when new authors take up an existing series as they usually don't know what the original author intended to do with the series.

 

[TB]

I picked up Jurassic Park at the library today, hopefully it's as good as the movie.

My 9 year old just finished Jurassic Park and Jurassic World. Then he stole my Hitchhiker's Guide.

 

[Caz]

I picked up Jurassic Park at the library today, hopefully it's as good as the movie.



The reviews seem decent for the non-Ludlum books so I may give them a read someday. I just get hesitant when new authors take up an existing series as they usually don't know what the original author intended to do with the series.

I honestly think the first couple Van Lustbader books are right on part with ludlums, if not better.

The jurassic books were good too.

My 9 year old just finished Jurassic Park and Jurassic World. Then he stole my Hitchhiker's Guide.

That's awesome.

 

[TB]

That's awesome.

I'm not sure what I'm more impressed with - that or my 11 year old burning through Lord of the Rings in three weeks. I'm just glad they're better readers than I am. 👍

 

[fatman_5050]

I picked up Jurassic Park at the library today, hopefully it's as good as the movie.

It seems that you are on the same path I was, reading the novel after having watched the movie. Like many other adaptations, there are quite a few differences between the book and movie. I thought the differences made reading the book more enjoyable, since you aren't sure exactly where it's going once parts of the story start changing from the events in the film.

 

[Northstar]

It seems that you are on the same path I was, reading the novel after having watched the movie.

I've been doing that alot, mainly because I only started to enjoy reading a few years ago when I was broke and the only thing free was the library.

 

[35mm]

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything​

 

[Northstar]

I picked up Jurassic Park at the library today, hopefully it's as good as the movie.

I finished this tonight, you can tell it was good by the fact it only took me a week to get through it (I'm not a very fast reader).

My next book I'm going to read is the next Jack Ryan novel on my list, Debt of Honor.

 

[photonrider]

Halfway through The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Naomi Klein, Knopf Canada.

Disgusting. And quite disquieting.

 

[Valkyr1313]

Luna by Julie Anne Peters. Maybe one if the best books I've ever read. There is a large part of it were I can go "that's just like me"

 

[Northstar]

I couldn't get into Debt of Honor so I read Mr. Mercedes instead.

Overall it was a very good murder mystery book that I would recommend to anyone that likes thriller style novels even if they don't like King's other books (see spoiler for the reason). I don't think there was a single moment in the book where I was bored and King does a great job developing the main characters.

Spoiler

It's not really a spoiler, but I was surprised about how "normal" this book is. There are no paranormal (other than Brady's mind), alien or horror angles in this book which is rather surprising considering the author.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I've been reading every night for the past week or so. I've read the Divergent series, 13 Reasons Why (saddest book I've ever read, on the verge of tears), Let It Snow, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns. Yes, I like John Green's books.

 

[photonrider]

naked - david sedaris

By page 10 I was choking with laughter.

Had to stop. Will get back to it after I can breathe again.

 

[35mm]

Started #2 of this trilogy yesterday:

Ken Follett - Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy, book #2)​

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I've finished reading Looking for Alaska and the Fault in our Stars. I then tried to pace myself reading Perks of being a Wallflower because I've been reading all the other books in one sitting. I finished that a couple days ago. I'm starting to really enjoy this kind of genre of books.

 

[Shaun]

Mrs Shaun bought me this for no particular reason.

Just started it and so far so good.

 

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[Fangin4Pinks]

Revolution - Japanese Performance Car Culture In New Zealand.

 

[35mm]

Jeff Lindsay - Dexter is Dead​

About time Lindsay decided to bury Dexter. It should have been three or four books ago.

Still, I can't leave this book unread.

 

[Daniel]

Finished reading Self-Made Man: My Year Disguised as a Man, written by Norah Vincent. She goes 18 months disguised as a man in several different masculinised and patriarchal situations such as a men's bowling club, strip clubs, jobs in competitive sales, a men's rights group and a monastery.

Very interesting book on gender issues.

Here's a video ABC did near the book's release.

 

[Submerged]

Woah, that certainly looks like an interesting book!

Verdict?

 

[Daniel]

Very good. Read it in two days. What's interesting is that when Norah (a typically masculine woman) performed as Ned, she was thought to be quite an effeminate man.

Quite tempted to get her second book where she admits herself to several mental wards after being emotionally drained and severely depressed after her eighteen months as Ned.

 

[Kent]

Just finished The Way of Kings and it was awesome.

 

[Bo]