What book are you reading?

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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,481
    Love Stephen King! He’s got a new one out this spring!

    I think Later is my favorite of the 3 he wrote for  Hardcase Crime books.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,996
    CarryTheZero said:
    Love Stephen King! He’s got a new one out this spring!

    I think Later is my favorite of the 3 he wrote for  Hardcase Crime books.
    Love him too!!.. what's your favourite??..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,481
    Oh, that’s a tough one. Hmm.

    Skeleton Crew and Night Shift are amazing for short stories.

    As for novels, I just loved reading The Stand and It when I was younger. Also, the Dark Tower series. It didn’t have the best ending, but I loved those.

    Latter day King, I love Desperation/The Regulators and Under the Dome and 11.22.63.

    This is kind of like asking which is your favorite child? 😂 
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,996
    The Dark Tower series i think its his magnum opus..i love Misery, Apt Pupil and It..but you're right, it's hard to choose..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    I'm reading The Man in the High Castle. Frankly, I think it kinda sucks, which surprises me. It's a bit of a slog. Barely anything happens for most of it. It could have been so much better, with the amazing concept.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    edited April 2024
    I also love Stephen King so much! Huge fan. His books are never a slog, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,481
    I grew up on comics, Choose Your Own Adventure, and books in dinosaurs. 😂 

    Once someone handed me Pet Sematary in 6th grade, it was all over. Love reading now. King is still my favorite.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,996
    PJ_Soul said:
    I'm reading The Man in the High Castle. Frankly, I think it kinda sucks, which surprises me. It's a bit of a slog. Barely anything happens for most of it. It could have been so much better, with the amazing concept.
     :o 
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,122
    PJ_Soul said:
    I'm reading The Man in the High Castle. Frankly, I think it kinda sucks, which surprises me. It's a bit of a slog. Barely anything happens for most of it. It could have been so much better, with the amazing concept.
    I haven’t read the book, but loved the TV show. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited April 2024
    Sorry to repeat here, but this book is flat out amazing.  I read it a little at a time, savoring every page, paragraph, sentence.  The book being only 100 pages, you can tell by my notes that I really got into this one, lol.
      
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,440
    through page 44 on team of rivals which I picked up at one of those book sales in a library where you fill up a bag for a few bucks.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
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    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
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    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Second time around for this classic Edward Abbey.  And what's really great is that this is the first Abbey book I ever read, some 50 years ago.  So long ago in fact, it's like reading it for the first time.  One of his best!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    ^^^great one.

    Reading Out of Africa now.
    Random library pick.

    Fantastic picture of a woman coffee farmer.

    Great imagery in her writing skills and oddball characters i certainly relate to. A part of them in all of us.
  • EL91640
    EL91640 Posts: 337
    Finally finished this last night. I started reading it two years ago on a long flight to Hawaii and had about 50 pages left at the end of the trip that I finally finished. Really enjoyed it overall. 


    "For when the music hits, I feel no pain at all"

    Denver (2022)
    Fort Worth 2 (2023)
    Las Vegas 2 (2024)
    Atlanta 1 (2025)
    Atlanta 2 (2025) 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Loujoe said:
    ^^^great one.

    Reading Out of Africa now.
    Random library pick.

    Fantastic picture of a woman coffee farmer.

    Great imagery in her writing skills and oddball characters i certainly relate to. A part of them in all of us.

    Good choice! 
    My wife recently read an historic novel that intertwines the lives of Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham.  If I recall correctly, it was Circling the Sun by Paula McLain.  She really liked it.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,970
    📚 Happy World Book Day 📖
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,996
    The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By by Georges Simenon Sin Reynolds Waterstones
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • PJ1973
    PJ1973 Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 421
    PJ_Soul said:
    I'm reading The Man in the High Castle. Frankly, I think it kinda sucks, which surprises me. It's a bit of a slog. Barely anything happens for most of it. It could have been so much better, with the amazing concept.
    I remember when the series was out, hearing that the book it was based on was not great. Meanwhile 90% of that series was great!

    I finally started this and am about halfway through. 

    Road by Cormac McCarthy 2007 Vintage International trade paperback - Picture 1 of 6
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    GlowGirl said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I'm reading The Man in the High Castle. Frankly, I think it kinda sucks, which surprises me. It's a bit of a slog. Barely anything happens for most of it. It could have been so much better, with the amazing concept.
    I haven’t read the book, but loved the TV show. 

    Yeah, the show really isn't much like the book. I read it because i likes the show, and ended up being disappointed. I mean, the book has some things about it that a reader might appreciate, but mostly it's blurg for me.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,970

    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025

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