What's everybody reading?

[Mrs. Crappie Stalker]

If you like that one, check out The Name of the Rose, also by U. Eco.

I had forgotten about that book. I read it years ago and then saw the movie when it came out. It's been so long, I may have to read it again.

[Hanr3]

Im reading two books at the moment.
Repair manual for my '57 Johnson 18hp, and
Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey.

[deathb4disco]

Have you read Pirate Latitudes?

Not yet. It's on my "to read" list. I just finished "Next". I've got a few more after that one before I finish all of his books.

[deathb4disco]

I had forgotten about that book. I read it years ago and then saw the movie when it came out. It's been so long, I may have to read it again.

It's good, but I liked Foucault better. For a change of pace, here are some more favorites:

The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Silmarillon by JRR Tolkien - just plain awesome

Death in the Long Grass by Peter Hathaway Capstick - classic collection of stories about Africa's most dangerous big game animals

The Iliad by Homer - Greece vs. Troy and Achilles vs. Hector. More action than "Die Hard".

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - my favorite Mark Twain book

[rockmike]

James Lee Burke. Pat Conroy, WEB Griffin, Clancy, Crais, Baldaci, Childs, Cusler, some nonfiction--working on Twains Autobiograpy now. Conroy and Burke are my favorite working authors. Liked Mitchner, Ludlum, Uris, Hemmingway---

[SteveJ]

I like John Sandford's "Prey" novels. Lee Child's "Jack Reacher" novels, and James Lee Burke's " Dave Robicheaux". Each series has over a dozen stories with these characters and they are very entertaining. I have read them all, should keep you busy for a while.

Not such a Sandford fan but the other two are great to me, in fact I'm in the middle of Lee Child's "Worth Dying For" as I type this, the only one of his books that I thought was not up to par was the one, forgot the name, where he had a bunch of old Army buddies helping him. Have read all the Robicheaux books in the library. Had the "Worth Dying For" on reserve. Also like the David Baldacci "Camel Club" books a lot. My two favorite books are Thomas Perry's "The Butcher's Boy" and "Sleeping Dogs", they have the same hero/anti-hero, a hit man, may be out of print but think you can get them from Amazon.
Got Kindle for Mac for my mini and my daughter has me on her Kindle account but I have found out I don't like reading at my mini desk so am thinking of getting an iPad.

[PIGINTHEPIGPEN]

Just finished "The Dummy Line" It's about a father who takes his daughter on a weekend Turkey hunt in Alabama. Things go terribly wrong. If I had one book to recomend it would be "KINDRED" by TJ MacGregor

[hunter7711]

The Dummy Line. Best outdoor novel since Deliverence. Father and daughter on a turkey hunt + druggies in the woods.

[Ranger R61]

Im reading two books at the moment.
Repair manual for my '57 Johnson 18hp, and
Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey.

My church has seminars using Financial Peace. To bad you do not live closer.

[crappiewisdom]

Pinheads and Patriots by Bill O'Reilly and Decision Points by George Bush.