Official Book Thread - What You're Reading & Everything Book Related (merged)

#251
#251
I really enjoyed "The Bourne Identity" and I am starting "The Bourne Supremacy" today.
 
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#252
#254
#254
vader said:
Have you read them? Are they worth the effort?
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I havent, but after reading the Bourne Identity.... no way am I missing the rest of them. I liked the movies and like everything else... the books are always better.
 
#256
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vader said:
It has been a while since I watched the movies. I am going to have to revisit them.
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The story is basically the same... and I do mean basically. I dont think I've ever seen a movie differ from the book that much.
 
#257
#257
I'm reading Deception Point by Dan Brown. I just got done reading Digital Fortress by him and I liked it a lot. Keeps you on your toes.
 
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jcolli30 said:
I'm reading Deception Point by Dan Brown. I just got done reading Digital Fortress by him and I liked it a lot. Keeps you on your toes.
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"Digital Fortress" was pretty entertaining. I may have to check out "Deception Point". I really enjoyed "Angels and Demons". It was probably my favorite book by Brown. I would recommend it if you haven't read it.
 
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rexvol said:
Purpose Driven Life is part of our curriculum. very good, but I think "The Life You've Always Wanted." by John Ortberg is better.
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Thanks! Will check it out. Is it intended to be read in small, daily segments, as well?
 
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vader said:
"Digital Fortress" was pretty entertaining. I may have to check out "Deception Point". I really enjoyed "Angels and Demons". It was probably my favorite book by Brown. I would recommend it if you haven't read it.
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I have read Angels and Demons and have to say that it's my favorite of his 4 as well. They are actually making a movie out of it. We'll see how that goes. I don't really like Tom Hanks in that role.
 
#261
#261
I just read a great book by a Vol fan called "Dixeland Delight".Clay Travis goes to every SEC stadium to see a game in '06. A very very good read.

And also just read "The Hobbit", it is very good too. It is more like a children's book than The Rings but still very good. It ties up alot of things from the other books. I am gonna reread The Rings now.
 
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checkerboard_charly said:

And also just read "The Hobbit", it is very good too. It is more like a children's book than The Rings but still very good. It ties up alot of things from the other books. I am gonna reread The Rings now.
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I have been meaning to do that myself.
 
#264
#264
I just finished Greenspan's new book. He isn't the most exciting guy to ever put pen to paper, and he does a lot better when leaving politics out of his economics, but overall it was very interesting.
 
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#265
I'd have to say The Hobbit is the most well-written and entertaining book of the four. The others that I read were slow and a task to get through.

Right now, I am reading As I Lay Dying.
 
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#266
I read the Hobbit after reading LOTR. It felt like Dr. Seuss trying to write fantasy.

Fell asleep reading Tolkien's the Silmarillion.
 
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#267
I've done alot of reading the past couple of months and here is some of what I've read and thoughts...

Edward Lee - I've read about 3 of his books now and some of the names are escaping me at the moment. I think House Infernal or City Infernal or something like that. The most interesting of the 3 was that Infernal book where a girl has a twin sister that kills herself and then the surviving twin eventually goes to hell and finds her from the world of the living. I won't say more than that to spoil things but I enjoyed the book even thought it was fairly macabre.

Racing books:

Darrell Waltrip - he was my favorite driver of all time so I rather enjoyed his book. Alot of good stories about the old days and his struggles before retirement when he was driving junk equipment.

Tim Richmond - this was one very entertaining read IMO. Richmond could have been "the" guy in NASCAR in the late 80s-early 90s if he didn't have AIDS take his life. Loved the stories in this one.

Wrestling books:

One of my favorite things is wrestling but I'm just not as much into it now as I used to be. I loved the old territories in the mid 80s and those are my best memories. I followed it religiously all the way through the time WCW folded in 01. Now I still watch it some but don't break my neck to see it anymore - just not as fun as it used to be. Really like reading the books and stories though.

Mick Foley's first book set the standard and had so many good stories in it that it made me more of a Foley fan than before.

Ric Flair's "To be the Man" - my favorite all time wrestler so I am partial to his book as well. Again, many great stories though and he really lets his feelings be known about some guys in the business.

Chris Jericho's "Lion's Tale" - Jericho broke in at a time that made this a very interesting read. From his stories about his days training in Canada to how he went to Mexico, Japan, Europe, and finally America this was an excellent read and kept my attention the entire book. It ends when he debuts in the WWF for the first time to leave room for a second book which I would pickup in a heartbeat.

Ole Anderson's "Inside Out" - this book I wasn't sure about when I got it but I try to read most anything wrestling that I get my hands on so I thought why not. Glad I got this as it has turned out to be my favorite wrestling book I've ever read. He is so detailed and gives a great look of things from the wrestling end, the owner end, and the booking end. His stories about Stu Hart, run ins with fans, and Jim Barnett are hilarious. Pick this up if you are a fan of wrestling and I promise you won't be disappointed.
 
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#268
defaultusername said:
I'd have to say The Hobbit is the most well-written and entertaining book of the four. The others that I read were slow and a task to get through.

Right now, I am reading As I Lay Dying.
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I'm sorry, but I could never read another Faulkner book. It's too slow and monotonous to me.
 
#271
#271
got a little behind in the HP series. just recently finished the Half Blood Prince and it was awesome. should finish reading the final installment in the next week or so.
 
#272
#272
Finished "The Talisman" by King and Straub. Excellent.

Now reading "Fellowship of the Ring". Amazing how much stuff they left out in the movie. Those movies could have been 9 hours each.
 
#273
#273
Just read Bangkok 8 by John Burdett. I'll likely start on Bangkok Haunts next.

Pretty entertaining detective story.
 
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