What are you reading?

[sophist]

i just started "The things they Carried" by tim o'brien.  never read any of his stuff, but so far i like the writing style a whole lot.  Its about Vietnam, which ususally does nothing for me, but again, the style of storytelling is really solid.

that's one of my favorite books.  He's a brilliant writer.  Let me know what you think once you finish it. 

[AntelopeFreeway]

This one:

[thechad]

awesome and really easy read.  and better than the movie

I love how it is written "by the author of "Fight Club"

Noticed that, that is pretty funny.

Started reading "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy again. Saw that another author has written a sixth book in the series and it is going to be released in October, don't really know how I feel about that, even if he was given the blessing of Douglas Adam's widow.

Blasphemy.

It was apparently written by Eoin Colfer who wrote the Artemis Fowl series of children's books.  I think this information makes it even more unsettling.  I have not read the Artemis Fowl books so I am not basing it on that, it just doesn't sit right with me, but I will probably still read it eventually, if for the only reason I can bitch about it thoroughly and correctly.

[mbw]

just finished:



sadly, this completes my reading of robbins' bibliography
get to writing tom!

[Mr Minor]

just finished:



sadly, this completes my reading of robbins' bibliography
get to writing tom!

That's my favorite of his.  Plucky...what a great character.  So many things to like about that book!

[mbw]

it is definitely great. top three for me, inclulding villa incognito and fierce invalids.

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

just finished:



sadly, this completes my reading of robbins' bibliography
get to writing tom!

That's my favorite of his.  Plucky...what a great character.  So many things to like about that book!

Yup.  This book and _Even Cowgirls Get the Blues_ far and away surpass all of his other works, imo.  _Skinny Legs and All_ is a distant third.

[gah]

Dan Browns new book, The Lost Symbol drops tomorrow. I'll probably wait for the paperback to come out since I have a whole stack of other stuff I'm working on, but just thought I'd mention it.

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

There's a special circle in Literary Hell reserved for Dan Brown readers.  It's adjacent to the section reserved for Daniel Steele readers and right down the hall from those who prefer Nelson Demille.

[cactusfan]

There's a special circle in Literary Hell reserved for Dan Brown readers.  It's adjacent to the section reserved for Daniel Steele readers and right down the hall from those who prefer Nelson Demille.

i tried to read the da vinci code but couldn't get past the first page. not that i was trying to be snobbish about it, i wanted to see what all the hubbub was about, figured i'd whip through it in a couple days, but i just kept re-reading the first sentence with growing disbelief that it had been written like that. it really may be the worst first sentence of any book, ever. so i gave up.

[rowjimmy]

Launch The Intruders

Documenting VA-65's 1972 stint in Vietnam. My father flew in that squadron on that cruise, gave an oral history to the author, and is mentioned numerous times in the book.
He handed me my copy and said, "If you want to know what I did in Vietnam... read this."

So I'm reading it.

[Bobafett]

^ Thats pretty freakin cool RJ.  Kudos to your dad!

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

That is pretty cool.  How does it compare to Flags of our Fathers?

[kellerb]

There's a special circle in Literary Hell reserved for Dan Brown readers.  It's adjacent to the section reserved for Daniel Steele readers and right down the hall from those who prefer Nelson Demille.

i tried to read the da vinci code but couldn't get past the first page. not that i was trying to be snobbish about it, i wanted to see what all the hubbub was about, figured i'd whip through it in a couple days, but i just kept re-reading the first sentence with growing disbelief that it had been written like that. it really may be the worst first sentence of any book, ever. so i gave up.

That is a terrible first sentence.

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

Special circle of literary hell.  Told ya.