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12-11-2005, 08:47 PM
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| books what are your favorites and what have you read lately that rocked? yep, football is over until the bowls...getting desparate. I read old classics and really fluffy fiction (dessert) like Crichton, Brown and the likes. I can't get into a lot of the new writers that attempt feebily at the "great american novel". But always on the look out.  |
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12-12-2005, 02:18 PM
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| A couple years ago I was really into reading Michael Crichton novels. I read Congo, The Andromeda Strain, Sphere, Timeline, The Lost World and Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park has been my favorite novel ever since. Read it in like 1 1/2 days. I've read a bunch of books for school. Star Wars novels are really cool. Read Star Wars Shadows of the Empire (HIGHLY recommended if you are a big Star Wars fan. Takes place in-between Ep. 5 and Ep. 6. Also read Star Wars Revenge of the Sith). I have also read a few military novels: The Last Mission (NONF), Windtalkers (FIC), Saving Private Ryan (FIC), and my favorite military novel Band of Brothers (NONF).
__________________ "Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory" -Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon |
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12-12-2005, 04:47 PM
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| oh yeah, I went through my Crichton phase, too. Sphere was my favorite - in fact, I skipped the first day of one of my college terms to finish reading it...oops! I pick up his new ones when they come on paperback. I've seen windtalkers and saving private ryan - would you still recommend them to read? Also, what are they having you read in school these days? Anything good? |
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12-12-2005, 10:15 PM
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| Anything by Bob Woodward or John Grisham |
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12-13-2005, 04:29 PM
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| Up to today I have read for school: The Bean Trees Mythology A Lesson Before Dying The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon There Eyes Were Watching God Bless Me, Ultima Great Expectations Where the Heart Is And Then There Were None Dracula A Raisin in the Sun Ivanhoe Much Ado About Nothing A Tale of Two Cities A Farewell to Arms The Glass Menagerie The Good Earth Murder On the Orient Express In Country Uncle Tom's Cabin <----------MUST READ Read Saving Private Ryan. Windtalkers is mediocre.
__________________ "Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory" -Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon |
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12-13-2005, 07:56 PM
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| did you like a farwell to arms? that's been on my list for awhile. Will check out uncle tom's cabin, too. |
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12-13-2005, 08:48 PM
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| Currently struggling through Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. British humor, wow. For every funny paragraph I have to trudge my way through 6 or 7 pages of off the wall wacky stuff that might be humorous if I were stoned, drunk, and inchoerent. |
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12-13-2005, 09:44 PM
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| Didn't enjoy A Farewell to Arms. Do read Uncle Tom's Cabin.
__________________ "Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory" -Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon |
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12-13-2005, 10:14 PM
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| i read hitchhickers guide in high school....thought it was hilarious...tried a re-read recently and just couldn't do it. feel your pain go-pac. will ditch farewell to arms...tried the sun also rises, and couldn't get through it. I guess I'm not a Hemmingway fan. |
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12-14-2005, 08:42 PM
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| Is Roots what the series was based on? if so, how long is the book and did the series follow it closely? |
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