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  • NastasjaNastasja Posts: 9,668
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  • Just finished Walden and I think I'm going to go with Kerouac's On the Road next
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Nick Danziger - Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers

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    'This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey "beyond forbidden frontiers" in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked through southern Turkey, and the Iran of the Ayatollahs, entering Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and then spent months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with the rebel guerillas. He was the first foreigner to cross from Pakistan into the closed western province of China since the revolution in 1949.'
  • RFTCRFTC Posts: 723
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Nick Danziger - Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers

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    'This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey "beyond forbidden frontiers" in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked through southern Turkey, and the Iran of the Ayatollahs, entering Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and then spent months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with the rebel guerillas. He was the first foreigner to cross from Pakistan into the closed western province of China since the revolution in 1949.'

    this one looks interesting, i am a sucker for travel books, have read most of theroux's stuff and found the 'come back alive' books intoxicating.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    RFTC wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Nick Danziger - Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers

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    'This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey "beyond forbidden frontiers" in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked through southern Turkey, and the Iran of the Ayatollahs, entering Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and then spent months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with the rebel guerillas. He was the first foreigner to cross from Pakistan into the closed western province of China since the revolution in 1949.'

    this one looks interesting, i am a sucker for travel books, have read most of theroux's stuff and found the 'come back alive' books intoxicating.


    it does doesnt it? plus itll come in handy seeings how im planning a trip from istanbul to at least tehran. but somehow i dont think ill be sneaking across any borders nor do i expect to be confronted by russian gunships(tho with putin you never can tell whats gonna happen)
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  • hgpjam11hgpjam11 Posts: 1,328
    coop wrote:

    If you like Ian Rankin, you might also like Stuart McBride. His books are still in my forever growing to read pile, but I have been told by numerous people that they are excellent. Plus the fact that most of them are set in my home town.

    Currently reading 'Nemesis' by Jo Nesbo, it's good so far and I'm about half way through. The decective Harry Hole is so messed up, he's awesome.

    I got a bunch of books for gifts... I got the first in the Henning Mankell series Faceless Killers... Three of Brian McGilloway's books (Gallows Lane, Borderlands, and Bleed A River Deep) as well as some Michael Connelly Books, almost caught up on his books.

    I am looking at adding Jo Nesbo to my reading list, I've read some good reviews of his books. Thanks for the recommendation on McBride, I'll have to check his works out.


    I absolutely love the entire Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo -anxiously awaiting the next one. Henning Mankell is newer for me, I'm on my third one.
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  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,117
    Keeping with my habit of reading authors or topics in threes, and having just finished 11/22/63 and Under The Dome by Stephen King (with the latter being far better in my opinion), I'm now reading...

    The Green Mile

    Always loved the movie, so I'm sure I'm in for a treat with the book.
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  • I'm halfway through 'The Master and Margarita'. Great read so far but I feel i'm only just getting to the main 'meat' of the book as it were.

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1178 ... _Margarita
  • I'm halfway through 'The Master and Margarita'. Great read so far but I feel i'm only just getting to the main 'meat' of the book as it were.

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1178 ... _Margarita

    Started this book a couple of times, but got stuck not too far in everytime. This is Literature with a capital "L". I stand in awe of the choice and use of language, but failed to work up the stamina to get through it up until now. I will someday though. ..
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  • Just started this.
    George R R Martin fans, if you have not heard of him Daniel Abraham is one GRRM's frequent recommendations for reading. That is enough to give it a try for me!

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  • Just finished Mo Hayder's "Birdman" last night. If you liked Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter series you will like her writing. She takes Noir to another level, there were parts of the story that I just glanced over, sometimes she got a little too graphic for my tastes. I think I will continue with her series, but I am gonna take a break from the noir with a splash of grotesque side of mysteries....

    So I started Louise Penny's "The Cruelest Month", a little Agatha Christie style mystery with some great character development through the series so far.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,454
    just finished For One More Day by Mitch Albom.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    I'm always reading several things at once. One nonfiction and one fiction. :)

    (I've found the treadmill with a bookstand makes the exercise time more fun.)
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    justam wrote:
    I'm always reading several things at once. One nonfiction and one fiction. :)

    (I've found the treadmill with a bookstand makes the exercise time more fun.)


    ooh no walking(even on a treadmill) and reading for me... that would give me a headache, not to mention all the words would get bouncy.


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  • Demian - Hermann Hesse
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  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    RFTC wrote:
    EmBleve wrote:
    Just started 'Life', Keith Richards. Huge book, will take awhile.

    good book, love that first story about the early 70's tour...

    surprised so little stuff on wyman and taylor.
    yes, good stuff with that story. I'm about halfway through it and I am really enjoying it, very interesting. ..if only he would mention a few more names. (in addition to the 5 million I've already encountered). :lol:
  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,117
    Demian - Hermann Hesse

    I read Siddhartha (as I'm sure many of us have) and thought it was great. How's his other stuff?
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  • Just (finally) finished the Wolf Gift by Anne Rice...my favorite author, but I had to trudge through this one. It had some good points, but was overall kinda flat.

    I just started Damascus by Josh Mohr...Starts off really good. I like his writing style.
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  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,117
    Finished The Green Mile (easily one of the best King books I've ever read...so fucking good).

    Just started No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Great so far!
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  • vant0037 wrote:
    Finished The Green Mile (easily one of the best King books I've ever read...so fucking good).

    Just started No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Great so far!

    TGM was fantastic and a good movie adaptation, which is rare.
    Same for No Country. McCarthy is a master with the pen.

    King lovers...have you read any of his son's books?

    Just started this one last night and it grabbed me from 'go' -- looks to be a good one!

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  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,117
    vant0037 wrote:
    Finished The Green Mile (easily one of the best King books I've ever read...so fucking good).

    Just started No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Great so far!

    TGM was fantastic and a good movie adaptation, which is rare.
    Same for No Country. McCarthy is a master with the pen.

    King lovers...have you read any of his son's books?

    Just started this one last night and it grabbed me from 'go' -- looks to be a good one!

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    I haven't read any other King family member books (his wife or sons...isn't there a daughter novelist in there too?). I agree on McCarthy, next to King and Dave Eggers, he's getting up there in terms of favorite authors.

    That one you picked up looks good. I'll have to check it out.
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    vant0037 wrote:
    Finished The Green Mile (easily one of the best King books I've ever read...so fucking good).

    Just started No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Great so far!

    TGM was fantastic and a good movie adaptation, which is rare.
    Same for No Country. McCarthy is a master with the pen.

    King lovers...have you read any of his son's books?

    Just started this one last night and it grabbed me from 'go' -- looks to be a good one!

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    I read "Heart-Shaped Box" and "20th Century Ghosts" by his son Joe Hill. "20th Century" is a group of short stories and really good. I enjoyed it more than "Heart-Shaped".
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  • rrivers wrote:

    I read "Heart-Shaped Box" and "20th Century Ghosts" by his son Joe Hill. "20th Century" is a group of short stories and really good. I enjoyed it more than "Heart-Shaped".

    Almost done 'Heart Shaped Box' and I like it quite a bit. Will order '20th Century Ghosts', thanks for the tip!
    I do have 'Horns' already in the pile by Joe Hill -- it also looks pretty cool.
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    rrivers wrote:

    I read "Heart-Shaped Box" and "20th Century Ghosts" by his son Joe Hill. "20th Century" is a group of short stories and really good. I enjoyed it more than "Heart-Shaped".

    Almost done 'Heart Shaped Box' and I like it quite a bit. Will order '20th Century Ghosts', thanks for the tip!
    I do have 'Horns' already in the pile by Joe Hill -- it also looks pretty cool.

    I've thought of buying Horns a few times but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm sure I will sometime. King and his son wrote a short story "In the Tall Grass" that was in a couple of issues of Esquire over the summer. I'm still not finished it, but it's a fun read.
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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    has anyone who is really into Game of Thrones into or read Tad Williams? If not, I would suggest some of his book if you're into fantasy. This is the fourth and final book of this story and it's intense

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    Thousands of years ago the gods fought and fell in the deeps beneath what is now Southmarch Castle, then were banished into eternal sleep. Now at least one of them is stirring again, dreaming of vengeance against humankind. Southmarch haunts the dreams of men as well as gods. Royal twins Barrick and Briony Eddon, the heirs of Southmarch’s ruling family, are hurrying back home as well: Barrick now carries the heritage of the immortal Qar inside him, and Briony has a small army at her back and a fiery determination to recover her father’s throne and revenge herself on the usurpers. The cruel and powerful southern ruler known as the Autarch of Xis wants the power of the gods for his own, a power he can only gain if he conquers Southmarch. And nobody knows what the Qar want, only that the mysterious fairy - folk are prepared to die for it — or to kill every living thing in Southmarch Castle and in all the lands around. It will come to an apocalyptic conclusion on Midsummer Night, when the spirits of the haunted past and the desperate struggles of the present come together in one great final battle. Many will die. Many more will be transformed out of all recognition, and the world will be forever changed.
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  • smarchee wrote:
    has anyone who is really into Game of Thrones into or read Tad Williams? If not, I would suggest some of his book if you're into fantasy. This is the fourth and final book of this story and it's intense

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    Hi -- love GRRM and got into some Tad Williams a number of years ago. Read the 'Memory, Sorrow & Thorn' books and really liked them.
    Purchased Shawdowmarch and could not get into it.
    Also was intrigued by his Otherland series and purchased them. Couldn't get into the 2nd one.
    Really liked that first series though, maybe will resurrect these others and try them again. Thanks!
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    my list of to read books is very long, but I'll have to make a spot for Tad Williams!

    Thanks!
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,179
    just got done with this....kind of a chick book, but not bad

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    100 pages into this:

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    If I had known then what I know now...

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