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Book recommendation
Just finished "The Girl on the Train", and liked it a lot. Described as a psychological thriller, interesting characters, all flawed.
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Reading "Bad Monkey" by Carl Hiassen. Love his books for pure entertainment...based on the seamy side of life in S. FLA. Talk about flawed...
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"The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter"
This is the fictional story of a gifted boxer who blew two chances at a title fight; told through the story of his best friend, the newspaper reporter who covered his career. Exceptionally well written. |
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S. C. Gwynne.
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I'm trying to binge read all the Jack Reacher books. damn entertaining.
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All the books in Craig Johnson's Sheriff Walt Longmire series. Just about as good as it gets.
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The Big Burn - Teddy Roosevelt by Timothy Egan about the beginning of the national park system
Sanibel Flats, Doc Ford Novels by Randy Wayne White great read |
I just ordered Stuff Matters after hearing the author interviewed on Science Friday (NPR).
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Awesome! Filed away under "next". |
Sorry, I have already eaten all the L.Childs, C Johnson books and the Robert B Parker set. NEXT?
HUMM.....RW White.....never been there. |
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I've read a lot of books over the past few years, but was not prepared for J. A. Konrath's (or Jack Kilborn's) books. I read "Origin" and "The List" and found them both entertaining and disturbing at the same time. I started to read "Trapped" but actually didn't. It comes with this warning on amazon.com (and it's not a publicity stunt):
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mindless reading. damn fine entertainment..especially at a boring airport. |
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I've been pushing "The American Rifle"...non fiction.....if you like history, jump on it, you won't be sorry.....It's good for multiple reads. NEXT?:D |
Anything by Cormac McCarthy
- Border Trilogy (helps to have a working knowledge of conversational Spanish - but not necessary) - No Country for Old Men Both of Laura Hillenbrand's books Anything by Hampton Sides. |
Lamb, The gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal by Christopher Moore, and all his other books as well.
Lamb is a very humurous look at Christ's lost years...educational and funny as hell. |
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden is also a very good read.
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http://www.amazon.com/Reamde-A-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062191497
currently reading gibson's ''distrust that particular flavor'' a collection of short bits [talks or reports] not fiction while on a waiting list for his new novel have but have not read yet ''bad monkey'' carl H is a hoot |
Just finished William Gibson's "The Peripheral." At first I had a little trouble following the extensive and varied list of characters, and was ready to put it down with the Blue Ant books (not my favorite). After a while, though, it came together. I found it a really enjoyable read. Its no Neuromancer by any means, but a good read.
For those of you into military stuff, check out "Redeployed" by Phil Klay. National Book Award winner, and as good as it gets. Gary |
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