Book jam - what you all reading?
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Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
Right now I am rereading the entire Harry Potter series (I'm on 'Cauldron Of Fire'), and 'Counterfeit Gods' by Tim Keller.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
and it's FUCKING AWESOME.
Devil is Dill
Doubleplusgood
Joe Abercrombie Red Country
Punchy
Slacker Supreme
Ve haf vays of making you talk.
So. . . the mysterious book I was reading finally got published. The Eternal Footman by Kurt Godwin. I really like his writing style, and the pace, and the story itself - it's an interesting take on an old theme.
In the meantime I just finished Wool again and am half-heartedly working through one called Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf by L. G. Estrella. The style is a little too YA, even for me
Punchy
Slacker Supreme
Weird, I would have guessed it was a mystery about who Dong may be hiding.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I've been thumbing through this.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I just re-read that. Great book!
“I need to ask myself, 'What would an Apollo astronaut do?' He'd drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool.”
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
This was a guilty pleasure to read. Spielberg is doing the movie too. Quick, fun read.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
I'm now on the second book in this series, "Judas Unchained." Man these books rock! You got your evil aliens, you got your secret aliens, you got your good aliens. There's plenty of hot chicks screwing everybody in sight. There's super cops and space battles and the very existence of mankind hanging in the balance!
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I am currently re-reading an e-book series called: Spinward Fringe. It is a sci-fi series that is, IMO, very well written.
This is Book 0 of the Broadcast series.
I got into e-books a few years ago when I got my first smartphone. I am a voracious reader and my closet was full of books. So much so that my wife would sneak books out and toss them to make room for more books. When I realized that I could use my phone to read with I stopped buying paper books. With a $20 Amazon card and a willingness to read unknown authors you can get between 10-20 e-books downloaded, many for free.
I have 150 e-books on my phone and I like to re-read so I have a lot to keep me occupied.
This is Book 0 of the Broadcast series.
I got into e-books a few years ago when I got my first smartphone. I am a voracious reader and my closet was full of books. So much so that my wife would sneak books out and toss them to make room for more books. When I realized that I could use my phone to read with I stopped buying paper books. With a $20 Amazon card and a willingness to read unknown authors you can get between 10-20 e-books downloaded, many for free.
I have 150 e-books on my phone and I like to re-read so I have a lot to keep me occupied.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
I am now reading Never Broken: Songs are Only Half the Story by Jewel. The stories of her family's early life in Alaska were interesting; it is hard to imagine what life there must be like. Her life experiences have been strange, and there is a New Age bent to some of it, but so far I'm glad I read it. I found it interesting that Who Will Save YOur Soul is the first song she wrote; she only knew 4 chords and used them in the order she learned them. For the whole song. 
instantsteve
Glowing Cloud
I just finished a massive novel by Neal Stephenson, Anathem. Ideas, ideas, ideas! I've read at least 4 of his novels. Just found my 4th Culture novel by Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas. Kind of different science fiction.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
I'm now reading these again. Pure scifi bliss. :rawk:
Punchy
Slacker Supreme
I've got "The Complete Conan Saga" loaded on my phone, "First Shift" loaded on the Kindle, and a real live paper book on the headboard - "The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean." I'm having a hard time getting finished with that one 'cause I read a review on it, and realized it was true - it's a Laird fan biography with a little bit of wave science thrown in. Laird is an interesting dude, but I don't need to read a whole book on him.
Just finished Watership Down. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Halfway through Carrying the Fire. Good stuff!
Just started Pamela Des Barres I'm With the Band. Not my usual cup of tea, but I found it for 50 cents at a thrift store.
On deck: The Road - another thrift store find.
Halfway through Carrying the Fire. Good stuff!
Just started Pamela Des Barres I'm With the Band. Not my usual cup of tea, but I found it for 50 cents at a thrift store.
On deck: The Road - another thrift store find.