What book(s) are you reading?

[ACamp1900]

About a third of the way through New York. Think my next two books will the The Godfather and The Witches... both already sitting on my bedside table. Since my father's passing I have quite a collection of unread books and I still like to buy here and there, both GF and tW were recent purchases.

 

[OhioIrish31]

Killing Reagan Love all of the "Killing" books by O'Reilly.

 

[ACamp1900]

Killing Reagan Love all of the "Killing" books by O'Reilly.

Ha, and playing off my last post I got a handful of these when my dad passed... haven't read any yet...

 

[OhioIrish31]

Ha, and playing off my last post I got a handful of these when my dad passed... haven't read any yet...

I struggled with 'Patton', but 'Jesus', 'Kennedy', and 'Lincoln' were great. Your dad is still giving you gifts even after his passing. sorry to hear about that.

 

[ACamp1900]

I struggled with 'Patton', but 'Jesus', 'Kennedy', and 'Lincoln' were great. Your dad is still giving you gifts even after his passing. sorry to hear about that.

It's okay, he was a UCLA fan....

 

[IrishLion]

Just finished 11/22/63 on my lunch break.

Really good and a bit different than most Stephen King, though he lets his true self shine through in parts of the conclusion.

And honestly, the end was kind of a let down after so much good buildup, and after so much potential for colossal ramifications was established.

Not disappointed I read the book at all, and I'll probably give it 4 out of 5 stars on GoodReads because of how well King mixed his own style with historical fiction, but I'd like to know what his original ending was, because the published version has an ending that was essentially written by his son, and wasn't at all what I thought it would be.

 

[Black Irish]

"To Have and Have Not" by Hemingway. You can see the influence on crime writers like Elmore Leonard and Richard Stark (Donald Westlake). You get pulled into a story that's all about the grubby little details of people's grubby little lives. Not much happens but you can't put it down, and the next thing you know, you're at the end. Now I want to go to the library and pick up more by Hemingway.

 

[ACamp1900]

Finished New York last week... good stuff. It wasn’t Pillars of the Earth level historical fiction but it was still quite good.

Wanted some horror for October and picked up a collection of Ray Russell, never read his works before. Reading Sardonicus first, very good thus far.

 

[gkIrish]

Just started "Dune". Not sure why I have never read this before. Really enjoying it so far.

 

[ACamp1900]

I think I'll get through Russell fairly quickly... any suggestions on a good Fall/Halloween read that isn't so obvious (King, Rice, Poe etc...)??

 

[greyhammer90]

Just started "Dune". Not sure why I have never read this before. Really enjoying it so far.

I read that earlier this year for the first time. It's a great read for sure.

 

[ACamp1900]

My wife and Sister in law LOVE the 80s film... which I rate as one of the single worst movies I've ever been forced to sit through. It would be hard to pick that book up after that experience... freaking Lynch.

Anyway, I'm stopping by Barnes and Noble for lunch. Thinking of picking up "The Witch's Daughter" and/or "A Discovery of Witches". I always get in a scary/supernatural mode this time of year and kind of exhausted most all of the more well known options over the years.

 

[greyhammer90]

My wife and Sister in law LOVE the 80s film... which I rate as one of the single worst movies I've ever been forced to sit through. It would be hard to pick that book up after that experience... freaking Lynch.

Anyway, I'm stopping by Barnes and Noble for lunch. Thinking of picking up "The Witch's Daughter" and/or "A Discovery of Witches". I always get in a scary/supernatural mode this time of year and kind of exhausted most all of the more well known options over the years.

Have you read The Haunting of Hill House? It's my favorite spooky read for Halloween.

 

[ACamp1900]

Have you read The Haunting of Hill House? It's my favorite spooky read for Halloween.

I actually haven't... I think the film adaptations kind of impacted my reluctance just like with Dune. I'll look for it today, maybe pick one of the two witch books and that. Thanks.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Just started "Dune". Not sure why I have never read this before. Really enjoying it so far.

This is bizarre.

I never post in this thread (but read books often). Came in here to say, finally finished my first sci-fi book, Dune...

Absolutely great story!

 

[Irish YJ]

Dune was awesome. Read it in college and loved it. I even really enjoyed the movie.

 

[ACamp1900]

. I even really enjoyed the movie.

haha, my wife forcing my sister and I to watch that with her was pretty much like a real life version of the Clockwork Orange indoctrination scene.... just a mention of Dune, makes me cringe today.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Dune was awesome. Read it in college and loved it. I even really enjoyed the movie.

I'm a huge David Lynch fan. Dune is the last thing I haven't touched. I recentely decided to "try out" a sci-fi novel. Remember I have put the movie off until I read the book first.

Excited to check it out! (also, I love Kyle MacLachlan)

 

[Irish YJ]

I'm a huge David Lynch fan. Dune is the last thing I haven't touched. I recentely decided to "try out" a sci-fi novel. Remember I have put the movie off until I read the book first.

Excited to check it out! (also, I love Kyle MacLachlan)

Love KM and Lynch too. A little disappointed in the Twin Peaks reboot, but loved his earlier stuff. Lots of good performances in Dune. Even enjoyed Sting lol.

 

[ACamp1900]

We need another Civil War....

 

[Irish YJ]

haha, my wife forcing my sister and I to watch that with her was pretty much like a real life version of the Clockwork Orange indoctrination scene.... just a mention of Dune, makes me cringe today.

I think you have to like Lynch, and be an old school science fiction fan to like it. Ebert, IIRC, tore it up something fierce. Had a lot of good actors in it too.

 

[Irish YJ]

We need another Civil War....

because of Dune?
Are you in the wrong thread again Acamp?

 

[ACamp1900]

because of Dune?

Yes

Are you in the wrong thread again Acamp?

You're no countryman of mine... fucking commie.

 

[Irish YJ]

Yes



You're no countryman of mine... fucking commie.

Dune would have been your favorite move had Connery played Gurney instead of Stewart.

Why ya gotta call me a commie?

 

[ACamp1900]

Dune would have been your favorite move had Connery played Gurney instead of Stewart.

Why ya gotta call me a commie?

I'll see you on the battlefield.... 'friend'

 

[Irish YJ]

I'll see you on the battlefield.... 'friend'

I'm mostly Irish. You owe me for saving your ass lol...

This is a good read if you time.

https://www.historyireland.com/medieval-history-pre-1500/medieval-scotland-ireland-overcoming-the-amnesia/

 

[ACamp1900]

Have you read The Haunting of Hill House? It's my favorite spooky read for Halloween.

Picked up this and The Witch’s Daughter... looking forward to it. Thanks again

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Cheers to the late Dune readers.

You may like 'Stranger in a Strange Land' as well. Both are very approachable, enjoyable reads that permeate culture in various ways.

 

[irish2018]

"Reflections on the French Revolution" by Edmund Burke

 

[Irish YJ]

"Reflections on the French Revolution" by Edmund Burke

I bet you're fun at parties.