Best books you have read in the last 12 months?

[irratebass]

Wow, this is quite some heavy metal reading! Love it and copied into my amazon wish list.

Maybe another interesting one: Anthony Keadis' Scar Tissue


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I have Scar Tissue, but haven't read it yet.....so couldn't put it on the list, I've heard good things though.

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[irratebass]

 

Read this over the Easter break, a little heart wrenching but if you're a mans man it's a good read to give you perspective on life.

I heard really good things about this book.

Just finished

The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower book #3)

Just finished book 3

Didn't enjoy it as much as book 2, 2nd part of book about I didn't care for, it was interesting, I just didn't care about the character I wanted to keep reading about Roland, Eddie and Susanna.

Once that part was over though it became interesting again and man what a cliffhanger!!!

Onto book 4

I have a neat idea, let's all add our Goodreads names, so we can follow/recommend/encourage each other....What'd say?

Mine is

Mickey Tompkins

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[irratebass]

Finished book #4, and I think I'm finished with this series,it really upset me.

Now reading A Confederacy Of Dunces

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[playindirty]

Under and alone was a decent read 

Started read the Prey series by John Sanford made it to the 7th book and it started dragging on maybe one day I will pick up again 

Now looking for a copy of A Murder in Paradise By RicharGehman that is not ridiculously overpriced 

[Guest gorob23]

as  a few others have said, "Chickenhawk"  I friend I met in Cuba recommended it and it was amazing and I would also say "Flags of Our Fathers" both should be on all bookshelves IMHO. Those that fight for their country are real men and women.

 

Those that fight for mine Thank you all 

Rob 

[Colt45]

Roughly two thirds of the way through Caveat Emptor - The Secret Life of an American Art Forger.

Thoroughly engrossing. Love this quote: "Auction houses are notoriously devious institutions and should never be trusted"

P.S. Author - Ken Perenyi

[irratebass]

Finished A Confederacy Of Dunces, enjoyed it, didn't love it.

Just started



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[Ken Gargett]

7 hours ago, irratebass said:

Finished A Confederacy Of Dunces, enjoyed it, didn't love it.
 

i'm a huge fan of confederacy. loved it. go back to it every so often.

[irratebass]

i'm a huge fan of confederacy. loved it. go back to it every so often.

I felt cheated Ken, no closure.

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[Ken Gargett]

30 minutes ago, irratebass said:

I felt cheated Ken, no closure.

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been a few years so time i gave it another go.

 

 

[Colt45]

Nearly half way through Tom Holland's Rubicon.

[helix]

The Cry of the Halidon  an old Robert Ludlum thriller 1974 I believe , good to get back into that genre .

[Rhino]

Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (mostly due to the series) I read this many years ago.


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[Ken Gargett]

7 hours ago, helix said:

The Cry of the Halidon  an old Robert Ludlum thriller 1974 I believe , good to get back into that genre .

i think my first ludlum was 'the scarlatti inheritence'? not sure if i have the title exact. we did it as a book review when i was about grade 9 or 10, i think. not the usual book for school. i read every ludlum i could find, the moment they hit the shelves. for many years. him and wilbur smith.

[irratebass]

Really enjoyed Lisey's Story, and have now started


Seen the film when it came out in the theaters, and still watch it periodically.... Hoping the book is as good.

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[Ken Gargett]

7 hours ago, irratebass said:

Really enjoyed Lisey's Story, and have now started


Seen the film when it came out in the theaters, and still watch it periodically.... Hoping the book is as good.

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an absolute classic. could not count the number of times i have read this. i'm sure we have all seen people who can quote large chunks of monty python or derek and clyde - most of my mates could quote large chunks of this. we still do (isn't that embarrassing). i think i read everything hunter thompson ever wrote. he did go off the boil in later years after he'd fried his mind but in the early days, brilliant.

i have a copy of fear and loathing signed by ralph steadman (the illustrator). met him at a signing in london (a signing for something else but i'd brought my tattered old copy of F&L). he signed it with a big flourish and told me it was on behalf of the good doctor. we chatted for a bit, i asked him a couple of questions, which he apparently didn't like,  and he turned into one of the greatest tossers i have ever met, told me to F off and had me thrown out. who the hell gets thrown out of a book signing? worse, who throws someone out for simply asking questions about the book?

[Winchester21]

The Game

[CatchNRelease]

Really enjoyed Lisey's Story, and have now started


Seen the film when it came out in the theaters, and still watch it periodically.... Hoping the book is as good.

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I've read that book countless times, it never ceases to make me go "wow, I've been f'd up before, but I've never been that f'd up"

I read it every time I fly to Vegas. For the first time after 25-30 trips to Vegas I ran up to Circus Circus just because of this book. I had to see it in person.

[irratebass]

I've read that book countless times, it never ceases to make me go "wow, I've been f'd up before, but I've never been that f'd up"

I read it every time I fly to Vegas. For the first time after 25-30 trips to Vegas I ran up to Circus Circus just because of this book. I had to see it in person.

Ha ha, now thats a great review

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[El Presidente]

The Conqueror series by conn iggulden

How in hell does a likely sheep herder build a nation from Moscow to Beijing and beyond.The story of Genghis Khan +

Ruthless, ever-changing dynamic. Not for the squeamish of hearts. 

Up to book 4 but highly recommended thus far. 

 

 

 

[Fuzz]

On 18/04/2017 at 10:03 PM, SirVantes said:

 

Of Tom Holland's works, I think his best is Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic. He really brought Caesar, Cicero and the power politics of the era to life.

For a broader tour of ancient Rome, Mary Beard's SPQR is thoroughly enjoyable.

 

On 18/04/2017 at 10:09 PM, David88 said:

I can second Mary Beard's SPQR. I thought it was very well done and was detailed enough despite being a more general history. 

SPQR? Sono Pazzi Questi Romani?

[Colt45]

1 hour ago, Fuzz said:

 

SPQR? Sono Pazzi Questi Romani?

After reading Rubicon and Dynasty, I think those Romans were crazy....

[SirVantes]

2 hours ago, Fuzz said:

 

SPQR? Sono Pazzi Questi Romani?

 Ave!

[MaxG]

16 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

i have a copy of fear and loathing signed by ralph steadman (the illustrator). met him at a signing in london (a signing for something else but i'd brought my tattered old copy of F&L). he signed it with a big flourish and told me it was on behalf of the good doctor. we chatted for a bit, i asked him a couple of questions, which he apparently didn't like,  and he turned into one of the greatest tossers i have ever met, told me to F off and had me thrown out. who the hell gets thrown out of a book signing? worse, who throws someone out for simply asking questions about the book?

 

Sorry to hear this.   I love Steadman's work.  We always hope people we admire in one facet of life are truly good (or at least OK) people in general.

- MG

 

[garbandz]

Vince Flynn "Term Limits"

 

"Who's On First"  Wm. F Buckley