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What is the What by Dave Eggers. Outstanding read. Fictionalized true story of a Sudan refugee who now resides in the USA. It will definitely make you rethink what you consider to be a daily hardship.

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Fool Moon (The Dresden Files Book 2)-----Jim Butcher

I had bought the first three books in this series maybe about a year ago because some people had recommended the series, including some on this board. I read the first one (Storm Front) soon after I had bought it and was disappointing with it. I actually planned on trading all three books back at a used book store without reading the other two but i never did. Well, i decided to read the second book last week and read it in three or four days and i was actually pleasantly surprised. I thought it was much better than the first one and a bit more engaging. It's still not one I would hold on to so i can read again but it was definitely fun to read. I'm glad i read it and I'm reading the third book (Grave Peril) right now.
 
SA_Gunslinger;4364535 said:
What is the What by Dave Eggers. Outstanding read. Fictionalized true story of a Sudan refugee who now resides in the USA. It will definitely make you rethink what you consider to be a daily hardship.

:starspin

That book has been sitting on my bookshelf for over a year now and I have yet to read it. It keeps getting buried behind and under books I have purchased since I bought it. Maybe that will be my next read, thanks for the review and reminder:)
 
All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

Great book, if you like the writing styles of Faulkner and Melville. Once you get into his writing pattern, this is a great story about two young men who set out to make a new life for themselves in 1949 Mexico. However, you have to get used to no punctuation around dialogue, which took a while for my brain to adjust to. Once you get clear of that, the book is great. McCarthy tells a good story, but for me the imagery that he captures in his words is what makes this book special.
 
Just finished the last book in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. Loved all of them. The movie was great as well. Started Stephen King's 11/22/63 a few days ago. So far, it's wonderful. I'm teaching Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird right now in my English classes. I've read them both a million times, and they just get better with every read. Love introducing them to my students.
 
ethiostar;4370241 said:
That book has been sitting on my bookshelf for over a year now and I have yet to read it. It keeps getting buried behind and under books I have purchased since I bought it. Maybe that will be my next read, thanks for the review and reminder:)

I'm a slow reader, and I tore through it in 3 weeks. That's like record time for me, btw. You won't regret it. Truly excellent.
 
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3)-------------Jim Butcher

I enjoyed this one the best out of the three books. It is definitely better than the first and slightly better than the second. The most "R" rated version so far in the series. It looks like i might keep reading the series after all.
 
Tourist Season----------Carl Hiaasen

I liked this book better a lot. A lot more than some folks who reviewed it on amazon.com. I was totally engrossed by it and i couldn't put it down. This might be one of my favorite books by Hiaasen.

I'm gonna start The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins tonight and i can't wait. It was recommended to me by a friend and I have read a lot of good reviews on it.
 
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I finished the book last night. It took me two days to get through it. It was engaging and i really wanted to know how the story was going to end. I also liked the world the author created (apocalyptic and not entirely original but still). However, It seemed a bit one dimensional and shallow, not at all thought provoking as i expected it to be. The entire time i was reading the book, I kept thinking that the book is really for young adults. It's not because the main characters are teenagers but because of the writing style. Maybe young adults are the intended audience but I'm not sure. I'll probably still read the next one in the series because i want to see where the story goes.
 
Big Trouble------Dave Barry


First real novel by Barry and as expected it was funny, with some laugh out loud moments. Characters are wild and quirky and so was the plot, so don't expect plausible scenarios. Just suspend reality and enjoy the ride. Reads much like Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiassen novels, although not in the same league.
 
ethiostar;4397184 said:
Big Trouble------Dave Barry


First real novel by Barry and as expected it was funny, with some laugh out loud moments. Characters are wild and quirky and so was the plot, so don't expect plausible scenarios. Just suspend reality and enjoy the ride. Reads much like Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiassen novels, although not in the same league.

So, for those of you that don't like the Avatar movie. Skip it. :laugh2:
 
Body-----------Harry Crews

I didn't know anything about this book (or author) when I picked it up at a used bookstore sometime ago. The excerpt looked interesting and there were a lot of good reviews on the back cover. It's is about a female bodybuilder from a small rural town in Georgia. It's an interesting glimpse into the world of bodybuilding that I know nothing about. The writing is great and the author has a wonderful sense of humor. A lot of the characters (the trainer, other bodybuilders and the family of the main character) are more caricature like and their description and the dialogue made me laugh out loud a number of times. The ending is very unexpected, which I like but it was also very abrupt, which I didn't care for.

I will definitely read another book by Harry Crews.
 
The Fires of Heaven, Book V in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

4 out of 5 stars.

Very LOTR-ish. Very good but very long.
 
Unbroken, true story about a WW2 pilot stranded in the pacific.

I can't recomend it enough.
 
ragman;4401732 said:
The Fires of Heaven, Book V in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

4 out of 5 stars.

Very LOTR-ish. Very good but very long.

Well, you only have about 10 more books to go. LOL
 
tecolote;4401915 said:
Unbroken, true story about a WW2 pilot stranded in the pacific.

I can't recomend it enough.

Read it earlier last Fall. I can't agree with you more.
 
AmarilloCowboyFan;4402127 said:
Well, you only have about 10 more books to go. LOL

Almost. I'm on #5 and it goes to 14, which will be out sometime this year. Robert Jordan died in 2007, so Brandon Sanderson had to finish the series.
 
Freedom------Daniel Suarez

I finished this book a couple of days ago. It is the sequel to Daemon, which I read a number of months back. It did a decent job of wrapping up the story but I found the ending a little weak. Some of the plot is also a bit far fetched but entertaining nonetheless.



I finally got a copy of "A Dance with Dragons" and I can't wait to get started. Good grief, the book feels like it weighs a ton.
 
I didn't read this book, but I went with a friend to a reading of Allan Gurganus on Campus here at Texas. Man, that guy is a brilliant, southern author.
 

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