Rate the last book you read

[Maikeru-sama]

Have you read The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss? Three book series and only the first two are out so far, but I enjoyed them.

They made the NPRs top 100 sci fi and fantasy list.

Speaking of which, plenty of good books on here:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

junk, thanks for the link.

Have you read "The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series"? I was looking through my notes I keep of good books to read (I haven't looked at the list in about a year) and this one was on there.

Tomorrow I will spend some time at work looking at some of the books on the list. I think I need a break from Robin Hobb.

 

[Khartun]

junk, thanks for the link.

Have you read "The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series"? I was looking through my notes I keep of good books to read (I haven't looked at the list in about a year) and this one was on there.

Tomorrow I will spend some time at work looking at some of the books on the list. I think I need a break from Robin Hobb.

I have Malazan to read after I finish Dance. It is only 81 on this list every other list I've seen it is top 5-10. A friend of mine says it is one of the best series out.

 

[junk]

junk, thanks for the link.

Have you read "The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series"? I was looking through my notes I keep of good books to read (I haven't looked at the list in about a year) and this one was on there.

Tomorrow I will spend some time at work looking at some of the books on the list. I think I need a break from Robin Hobb.

Thanks.

I haven't read that series yet. Looks like a 10 book series......I'll have to take a long vacation.

I was also recently recommended Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis. I think they are sci fi, not fantasy and I believe they won the Hugo award. I'll be reading those next.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I'm pretty impatient and don't like to be in between books, so I am going to start the The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series. Looks like the reviews on Amazon are pretty good. I am a little worried that this is focused a little too much on war and that there will be way too much detail. I will rate the first book, once I finish it.

 

[ethiostar]

-The Long Dark Tea-Time of The Soul---------Douglas Adams

One of my favorite authors and a huge fan of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I enjoyed this book and its a good read if you like the author or his style. However, the ending was a bit of a let down.

-Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 1)----Orson Scott Card

I thought this was a great book. Alternate U.S. history which includes famous historical figures with supernatural abilities. I loved reading this book and finished it in two days. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes the fantasy genre.

-Red Prophet (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 2)----Orson Scott Card

Not as good as the first book but still worth reading.

-The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears-----Dinaw Mengestu

A story about an Ethiopian immigrant who owns a small shop in a Washington, DC, neighborhood that is going through gentrification. There is a lot to the story and the dialogue between the character and his two friends, a Kenyan and a Congolese, is absolutely hilarious at times. I enjoyed this book because it is well written but also because I can relate to the character and his experiences in so many ways.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

I'm reading For the Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is a great writer and I never got around to finishing this unfinished book. He dies of a heart attack in the middle of it, but it's a great story about Hollywood. I should be done in a few hours, so I'll fill you in. But so far, it's great.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Very smooth read. Refreshing style for the 20s. Fitzgerald was before his time. It's a pity he didn't finish the book. It began interesting, whereas many great novels take a while to get into.

 

[reddyuta]

Red mars by Kim stanely robinson,a great sci-fi book about mars colonization. plan to finish the trilogy but it may take me more than 3 months.

 

[ethiostar]

Anansi Boys------Neil Gaiman

First book i've read by Gaiman and it won't be the last. It is a very well written book and great read. Gaiman develops his characters methodologically and the story is paced just right. I hightly recommend this book.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Probably have brought this up but I don't remember and don't feel like going back through the whole thread.

Right now I am reading A dance of dragons.

When I finish it I am thinking about getting World War Z.

Has anyone read it and if so how did you like it?

Thanks

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Probably have brought this up but I don't remember and don't feel like going back through the whole thread.

Right now I am reading A dance of dragons.

When I finish it I am thinking about getting World War Z.

Has anyone read it and if so how did you like it?

Thanks

I read it and liked it. It's the one and only zombie book I've ever read, but it was good and a quick read. I recently completed A Dance Of Dragons, and the entire Song of Fire and Ice series, and I'm really struggling to find a book I'm interested in. There's just not much that compares to them. I just started The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and it looks like it's going to be pretty cool.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I read it and liked it. It's the one and only zombie book I've ever read, but it was good and a quick read. I recently completed A Dance Of Dragons, and the entire Song of Fire and Ice series, and I'm really struggling to find a book I'm interested in. There's just not much that compares to them. I just started The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and it looks like it's going to be pretty cool.

I am a big zombie movie fan but never read any of the genre.

As far as Song of Fire and ice...it is the only series of this genre I have read other than the Tolkien stuff. Just normally not my cup of team but I have enjoyed this series minus a feast of crows.

 

[EGTuna]

World War Z is very good.

Just read "The Postmortal" by ******** writer Drew Magary. It was an easy read and a very cool story.

 

[TheCount]

Anansi Boys------Neil Gaiman

First book i've read by Gaiman and it won't be the last. It is a very well written book and great read. Gaiman develops his characters methodologically and the story is paced just right. I hightly recommend this book.

You should check out American Gods next, I liked it.

 

[Wimbo]

"Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett. I give it 3 out of 4 stars.

From the author:

In Fall of Giants, I follow the destinies of five interrelated families – one American, one Russian, one German, one English and one Welsh – through the earth-shaking events of the First World War and the Russian Revolution.
These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as, in a saga of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, Fall of Giants moves seamlessly from Washington to St. Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.

This is a historical fiction book... meaning that many of the characters are real people (Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, etc) and many of the places and events are real. However, the principal characters are fictional people who are living through the events leading up to World War 1 & the war itself. The bulk of the story is told through a labour class family in rural England and the family of the Earl who owns the land on which they live and work. The other major characters are 2 orphaned Russian brothers trying to leave and/or change Tsarist Russia, an American junior consultant to President Wilson, and a German spy at the German embassy in London.

The author does a magnificant job of painting the landscape of the times, as experienced by different classes of people. The historical aspects of the novel seem to be well researched and accurate. Overall, I recommend this book to anyone interested in history, as well as anyone who enjoys books that have strong character development & war-time action.

http://www.amazon.com/Folletts-Gian...C06Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316103958&sr=8-2

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

"Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett. I give it 3 out of 4 stars.

From the author:


This is a historical fiction book... meaning that many of the characters are real people (Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, etc) and many of the places and events are real. However, the principal characters are fictional people who are living through the events leading up to World War 1 & the war itself. The bulk of the story is told through a labour class family in rural England and the family of the Earl who owns the land on which they live and work. The other major characters are 2 orphaned Russian brothers trying to leave and/or change Tsarist Russia, an American junior consultant to President Wilson, and a German spy at the German embassy in London.

The author does a magnificant job of painting the landscape of the times, as experienced by different classes of people. The historical aspects of the novel seem to be well researched and accurate. Overall, I recommend this book to anyone interested in history, as well as anyone who enjoys books that have strong character development & war-time action.

http://www.amazon.com/Folletts-Gian...C06Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316103958&sr=8-2

Some years ago I read Jack Daws by him. Pretty decent story.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Ugh, I've hardly had any time to read lately, but finally yesterday I finished "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene. 5 of 5 stars.

Awesome book if you are interested in the physics of Superstring Theory / M-Theory without having to know the heavy math behind them. He puts Relativity and Quantum Mechanics into layman's terms and shows how String Theory works and can tie them together.

Next up: Moneyball.

 

[ethiostar]

Prentice Alvin------Orson Scott Card

The third book in the Alvin Maker series and so far i think the third best. Not bad mind you but it seems that the quality of the books in this series diminishes a little with each successive book.

-I'm almost done with Childhood's End by Arthur Clarke and i have enjoyed it a lot so far.

 

[ethiostar]

I finished Childhood's End by Arthur Clarke. Excellent book.

 

[golfergirl]

Anansi Boys------Neil Gaiman

First book i've read by Gaiman and it won't be the last. It is a very well written book and great read. Gaiman develops his characters methodologically and the story is paced just right. I hightly recommend this book.

If you like that one, you will like his style, Stardust is my Fav by him, check it out!