BFM trademark thread: books

[bluntforcemama]

Recommend a non-bestselling book. Recent read is Human Sister, by Jim Bainbridge. The singularity is staring right back at you.

4/5 stars: the ending wasn't apparent until at least 3/4 of the way through.

 

[bluntforcemama]

Okay then. How about that Fifty Shades of Grey? Yeah.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I started reading the series that Game of Thrones is based on, but I decided to stop because, having followed the HBO series, I already know what's going to happen.

I got an iPad for xmas and have read 24 1/2 books since then.

 

[lovetoread]

Okay then. How about that Fifty Shades of Grey? Yeah.

That book was horrible.

I just finished Beyond Heaving Bosoms by the women who run smart bitches. It was really good with explaining the whys of reading romance.

I also finished Babysitting the Baumgartners, by Selena Kitt. The story flowed well enough, and the menage sex was written nicely.

I am now reading The Wind through the Keyhole by Steven King and I am already back in love with Roland.

 

[bluntforcemama]

I love to hear that! I haven't watched the series all the way through (only the first three episodes, then I became bored), but I have read five of the books. However, the author hasn't even started the sixth book, so everything is hanging loose. When I found that out, I stopped reading and threw the book at my bedroom wall out of irritation. He's a great conjurer of literary worlds, much akin to Frank Herbert.

I have a kindle... well, two kindles. The first I broke on the very same day I got it because I accidentally closed it in a car door. The second has lasted much longer, thankfully. Also, if one is an Amazon Prime member, one can loan books instead of buying them, though the selection can be limiting. This is how I happened across Human Sister.

What else have you read this year?

 

[bluntforcemama]

That book was horrible.

I just finished Beyond Heaving Bosoms by the women who run smart bitches. It was really good with explaining the whys of reading romance.

I also finished Babysitting the Baumgartners, by Selena Kitt. The story flowed well enough, and the menage sex was written nicely.

I am now reading The Wind through the Keyhole by Steven King and I am already back in love with Roland.

I liked it. It wasn't realistic in any sense, of course. It was nice brain candy. I read Stephen King's 11/22/63 recently and surprisingly enjoyed it. I'm not a huge King fan, but this was something very out of his element: much along the path of The Green Mile. Usually, I try to avoid romance novels.

 

[IndieSnob]

It's been three plus years since I've read any fiction books.

Lately I've been on a huge political philosophy kick again. Just about ready to read Nozick's Anarchy, State & Utopia again.

Man I'm such a geek.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I love to hear that! I haven't watched the series all the way through (only the first three episodes, then I became bored), but I have read five of the books. However, the author hasn't even started the sixth book, so everything is hanging loose. When I found that out, I stopped reading and threw the book at my bedroom wall out of irritation. He's a great conjurer of literary worlds, much akin to Frank Herbert.

I have a kindle... well, two kindles. The first I broke on the very same day I got it because I accidentally closed it in a car door. The second has lasted much longer, thankfully. Also, if one is an Amazon Prime member, one can loan books instead of buying them, though the selection can be limiting. This is how I happened across Human Sister.

What else have you read this year?

I have/had a kindle but the battery stopped holding a charge all the sudden.

I read the first of Ken Follietts new series, but he writes so slow I'll have lost the plot before he finishes the second one.

I have been going to the Barnes & Nobel "staff recommends" section and buying the ones for $2 - and haven't been disappointed yet. I don't have the iPad with me so I can't remember the titles, but I like mostly adventure/spy novels. I'd marry Clive Cussler if he'd write for me. He's no literary giant, but his books are always entertaining.

 

[bluntforcemama]

Yes. Yes, you are. I've also been picking my way through Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization, probably catalyzed by a recent death. I've always been rather fascinated with the human spirit to persevere, even in the face of absolute and total death.

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's been three plus years since I've read any fiction books.

Lately I've been on a huge political philosophy kick again. Just about ready to read Nozick's Anarchy, State & Utopia again.

Man I'm such a geek.

May I recommend, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"

 

[zipman]

For fantasy fans:

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I can't say enough good things about this book. It's the first in a series (book two was equally as good but there is a 3rd not written yet) but his imagination and story telling abilities are simply amazing.

Best fantasy book I've read since Lord of the Rings as a kid.

 

[bluntforcemama]

I have/had a kindle but the battery stopped holding a charge all the sudden.

I read the first of Ken Follietts new series, but he writes so slow I'll have lost the plot before he finishes the second one.

I have been going to the Barnes & Nobel "staff recommends" section and buying the ones for $2 - and haven't been disappointed yet. I don't have the iPad with me so I can't remember the titles, but I like mostly adventure/spy novels. I'd marry Clive Cussler if he'd write for me. He's no literary giant, but his books are always entertaining.

Ken Follet is slow, but his books are richly written. I haven't even heard of his new series. I'll have to check out Amazon, now.

I've never read any Cussler novels, though I often see their covers on the shelves. And honestly, the last time I was in a bookstore, it was B&N, and only to get a slice of cheesecake from the Starbucks inside of it. Sad, isn't it? I used to frequent Borders much more often before my kindle and their downfall. The staff recommendations were always iffy. Some were very good. Some, I couldn't believe had made it to print.... which is another beef I have with the kindle. Anyone can publish now, and I find myself wading through shit as a rule.

 

[bluntforcemama]

For fantasy fans:

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I can't say enough good things about this book. It's the first in a series (book two was equally as good but there is a 3rd not written yet) but his imagination and story telling abilities are simply amazing.

Best fantasy book I've read since Lord of the Rings as a kid.

YES! I loved those books. I pre-ordered the second and could hardly contain myself until it arrived. They are long and detailed, though, so when the third comes out, I might have to do some rereading.

 

[Lorilei]

I liked it. It wasn't realistic in any sense, of course. It was nice brain candy. I read Stephen King's 11/22/63 recently and surprisingly enjoyed it. I'm not a huge King fan, but this was something very out of his element: much along the path of The Green Mile. Usually, I try to avoid romance novels.

^^^^ You were totally right about 11/22/63. I owe you one!

 

[oggbashan]

The Kai Lung books by Ernest Bramah.

The cod-Chinese morality tales either make you laugh or leave you cold (as with most humour).

The Night Life of The Gods by Thorne Smith.

The hero can bring statues of ancient Gods to life. They cause chaos in prohibition-era America.

 

[brunette1989]

Does this include old books as well? Because Agatha Christie in my opinion is addictive!

 

[oggbashan]

Don Quixote USA by Richard Powell.

Don't be put off just because one of his books, Pioneer Go Home, was made into an Elvis movie, and Woody Allen used some of Don Quixote for his movie Bananas.

 

[bluntforcemama]

^^^^ You were totally right about 11/22/63. I owe you one!

Hey, I owed you. I was stalking your Goodreads list and found Darkfever. I was hooked after that. What a strange, gory, wonderful, sexy series.

 

[Peregrinator]

May I recommend, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"

I got that for Christmas a few years ago. Eye opening.

 

[bluntforcemama]

Does this include old books as well? Because Agatha Christie in my opinion is addictive!

Any book you like! I've only read one Agatha Christie novel, and sadly it was in high school. I can't even remember if I liked it, because I'm sure I read it out of desperation for some project I had procrastinated.

 

[IndieSnob]

I'm also reading Beyond Good & Evil for the 12th or so time. In ways I find it more difficult than Zarathustra.

 

[Lorilei]

Hey, I owed you. I was stalking your Goodreads list and found Darkfever. I was hooked after that. What a strange, gory, wonderful, sexy series.

Isn't it? I kind of want to go back and read the whole thing again, since I tore through it so quickly the first time. She's got a new series coming that features the Dani character!

 

[bluntforcemama]

Isn't it? I kind of want to go back and read the whole thing again, since I tore through it so quickly the first time. She's got a new series coming that features the Dani character!

I had to look up that character. My brain is a sieve. I hope she's pushing the plot line out a few years. Wasn't Dani a teenager? And a really weird one at that?

 

[Lorilei]

I had to look up that character. My brain is a sieve. I hope she's pushing the plot line out a few years. Wasn't Dani a teenager? And a really weird one at that?

Yeah, she was a young 'un. Fierce, though.

 

[bluntforcemama]

Yeah, she was a young 'un. Fierce, though.

What other books are on your radar these days?