Rate the last book you read

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand = A-

I'm a war buff and have read pretty much everything I can get my hands on involving WW II and Vietnam. This book would be toward the top of my best list. The only reason I give it an A- is because of how slow the begining is while chronicling the main character's early years as a delinquent and olympic runner. Once you get through that, you can't put down this guys survival story.
 
-A cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child

The third book of the series and IMO the best one so far. It has good, smart plot development with some twists and great dialogue. I really like the main character, Pendergast. I have read a couple of books by Douglas Preston (Impact and Blasphemy) and i thought they were both weak. I picked up a book or two by Lincoln Child thinking he might be the driving force for this series.

-Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

I picked this book about 6 months ago for my wife, as it seemed more of her type of book. When i noticed they have made a movie about it recently i decided to go ahead and read the book before we watch the movie. I am very glad i did. I really enjoyed reading this book more than i thought. The book is presented in the first person but at different eras of the main character's life time. But the transition back and forth was done really well and the story was very engaging and enjoyable to read. I particularly like the ending.
 
ethiostar;3972965 said:
-A cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child

The third book of the series and IMO the best one so far. It has good, smart plot development with some twists and great dialogue. I really like the main character, Pendergast. I have read a couple of books by Douglas Preston (Impact and Blasphemy) and i thought they were both weak. I picked up a book or two by Lincoln Child thinking he might be the driving force for this series.

-Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

I picked this book about 6 months ago for my wife, as it seemed more of her type of book. When i noticed they have made a movie about it recently i decided to go ahead and read the book before we watch the movie. I am very glad i did. I really enjoyed reading this book more than i thought. The book is presented in the first person but at different eras of the main character's life time. But the transition back and forth was done really well and the story was very engaging and enjoyable to read. I particularly like the ending.
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I read the Pendergast series and enjoyed the first 3. Don't bother going past The Cabinet though, they really drop off after that.
 
JIMMYBUFFETT;3972968 said:
I read the Pendergast series and enjoyed the first 3. Don't bother going past The Cabinet though, they really drop off after that.
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Thank you for the heads up. Although I already have The Book of the Dead and Cemetery Dance which i picked up at a used bookstore so i will eventually read those. But i will hold off getting anymore of the books.

In your opinion, are any of the books after The Cabinet worth reading or are they all equally bad?
 
JIMMYBUFFETT;3972932 said:
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand = A-

I'm a war buff and have read pretty much everything I can get my hands on involving WW II and Vietnam. This book would be toward the top of my best list. The only reason I give it an A- is because of how slow the begining is while chronicling the main character's early years as a delinquent and olympic runner. Once you get through that, you can't put down this guys survival story.
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By the way, this book was highly recommended to me by someone i work with also.
 
ethiostar;3973028 said:
Thank you for the heads up. Although I already have The Book of the Dead and Cemetery Dance which i picked up at a used bookstore so i will eventually read those. But i will hold off getting anymore of the books.

In your opinion, are any of the books after The Cabinet worth reading or are they all equally bad?
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I don't know...I get bored with long series books like these, then again I always finish them. I guess they're worth reading to finish out the series, but none are as good as the first three. Brimstone or book five was probably the best out of the remaining books. I undersatnd that there is a book eleven scheduled to come out this year.
 
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - Pretty solid.

It's a three book series and I'm reading the second now (The Wise Man's Fear). So far, it's definitely kept my attention.
 
Devil - 6.5/10 M. Night Story and production with someone else directing. Never even heard of it, just caught it on cable last night. Pretty interesting flick, interesting enough to keep up to watch it.
 
vta;3974050 said:
Devil - 6.5/10 M. Night Story and production with someone else directing. Never even heard of it, just caught it on cable last night. Pretty interesting flick, interesting enough to keep up to watch it.
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Posted this in the wrong place. Saw 'Rate' and hit reply, thinking it was the other thread..
 
-Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Wow.......... I started reading this book Wednesday night and two nights later i was finished with it. I literally found it almost impossible to put it down. I really loved Ender's Game and I had prepared myself to be let down some but it didn't happen. IMO, Speaker might even be a better book for a different reason and with a different narrative style. The story addresses more complex issues, its not fast paced and action packed compared to Ender's Game and for those reasons some may find it boring and hard to read but i was totally engrossed by this book.

I didn't know this until i finished reading the book but this was the story the author envisioned to tell originally and he wrote Ender's game as an introduction to the Speaker. All in all, incredible piece of writing on both counts.
 
Game of Thones: Do I actually need to review this book with all the other talk about it here? :D
 
ethiostar;3975535 said:
-Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Wow.......... I started reading this book Wednesday night and two nights later i was finished with it. I literally found it almost impossible to put it down. I really loved Ender's Game and I had prepared myself to be let down some but it didn't happen. IMO, Speaker might even be a better book for a different reason and with a different narrative style. The story addresses more complex issues, its not fast paced and action packed compared to Ender's Game and for those reasons some may find it boring and hard to read but i was totally engrossed by this book.

I didn't know this until i finished reading the book but this was the story the author envisioned to tell originally and he wrote Ender's game as an introduction to the Speaker. All in all, incredible piece of writing on both counts.
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Thanks, I just found my next Card book! :)
 
Tropical Depression by Laurence Shames.

I finished this book a couple of days ago and it some one of a let down. He was recommended to me as an author that is similar to Carl Hiaasen in writing style and sense of humor. However, this book had some parts that made me smile but overall there is nothing special about his book. I've read that this book is not one of his better ones and i hope that is true.

I just started The Talisman by King and Straub.
 
ethiostar;3982042 said:
Tropical Depression by Laurence Shames.

I finished this book a couple of days ago and it some one of a let down. He was recommended to me as an author that is similar to Carl Hiaasen in writing style and sense of humor. However, this book had some parts that made me smile but overall there is nothing special about his book. I've read that this book is not one of his better ones and i hope that is true.

I just started The Talisman by King and Straub.
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What the hell? What was i trying to say there?:confused:
 
Talisman by King and Straub

Holly ****, what a ****ing journey!!!! I completely lost myself in this book. I think Jack Sawyer might have become one of my favorite novel characters. There are very few books that i reread but this one might be one of the few i will pick up every few years. Fantastic read. I hope the sequel, The Black House, is not too much of a let down.
 
ethiostar;3988649 said:
Talisman by King and Straub

Holly ****, what a ****ing journey!!!! I completely lost myself in this book. I think Jack Sawyer might have become one of my favorite novel characters. There are very few books that i reread but this one might be one of the few i will pick up every few years. Fantastic read. I hope the sequel, The Black House, is not too much of a let down.
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I thought it was a great book, so hopefully you will too!
 
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