What Books Are on Your Reading List?

[G01]

What about C.S. Lewis? Anybody like his writings? I've read the Narnia books and the Space Trilogy. I got to say, I really enjoyed them.

 

[Vagrant]

Lord of the rings is definitely much better than all the potter books put together. I think J.K. Rowling is losing her touch, the 5th and 6th books were sub-standard compared to the earlier ones.

 

[G01]

Lord of the rings is definitely much better than all the potter books put together. I think J.K. Rowling is losing her touch, the 5th and 6th books were sub-standard compared to the earlier ones.

I wouldn't know since, as I have said, I have only read one of them, but I'd guess this may be because the series was stretched out too far. I've seen it happen in other series as well. Sometimes, there just shouldn't be a 5th book. Again, this is only a guess.

 

[moe darklight]

the 5th and 6th books were sub-standard compared to the earlier ones.

what! ok, the 5th was kind of crap-ola, but the 6th was one of my favorites! and there have to be at least 7, you can't end the series before harry graduates.

 

[Vagrant]

The 4th one was my favourite, there was a lot more action in that one.

 

[Integral]

What about C.S. Lewis? Anybody like his writings? I've read the Narnia books and the Space Trilogy. I got to say, I really enjoyed them.

The Witch, the Lion, and the Wardrobe was good each after that degraded to the point that the last was only good for toliet paper.

I am not sure why the Harry Potter books are always being held up to Tolkien. They are just different, I think both should be on the required reading list.

 

[siddharth]

The Witch, the Lion, and the Wardrobe was good each after that degraded to the point that the last was only good for toliet paper.

I am not sure why the Harry Potter books are always being held up to Tolkien. They are just different, I think both should be on the required reading list.

I agree with both points. I also think that the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud should also be a part of the required reading list.

 

[arunbg]

blasphemer!

Fool of a Took rather!
Tolkien rules.

 

[G01]

I agree with both points. I also think that the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud should also be a part of the required reading list.

I have never heard of this trilogy, I'm sorry to say! What is it about?

Fool of a Took rather!
Tolkien rules.

Amen Brother!

 

[neutrino]

I've neither read Tolkien nor Rowling.

Does that make me a double-blasphemer?

 

[moe darklight]

it makes you a poor, lost soul, forever to roam in some sort of neither hellish (tolkien) nor heavenly (rowling) limbo.

 

[neutrino]

it makes you a poor, lost soul forever to roam in some sort of neither hellish (tolkien) nor heavenly (rowling) limbo.

Yeah, it's called Earth.

 

[moe darklight]

Yeah, it's called Earth.

uh oh

 

[Smurf]

I've read both Tolkien and Rowling, and didn't like either. Can I be a double-Heretic?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

A Brief History of Progress. I'm 3/4 done and think it's fantastic!

 

[ank_gl]

i m reading PF. hehe

 

[G01]

I've read both Tolkien and Rowling, and didn't like either. Can I be a double-Heretic?

Why not! BLASPHEMER!

 

[daniel_i_l]

Grishom - The last one I read was "a painted house" , Crichton - The last one I read was "prey"

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The God Delusion
A Short History of Progress
Ever Wonder Why


I recommend them all, very good!

 

[Math Is Hard]

What about C.S. Lewis? Anybody like his writings? I've read the Narnia books and the Space Trilogy. I got to say, I really enjoyed them.

I like C.S. Lewis. The Screwtape Letters is an especially good book.

 

[Moridin]

The God Dellusion
A Short History of Progress
Ever Wonder Why


I recommend them all, very good!

I concur on the first.

I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and still reading the one by Garrett >_>

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I like C.S. Lewis. The Screwtape Letters is an especially good book.

Looks like a nice pickup read for a long flight.

 

[chemisttree]

Gates of Fire (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553580531/?tag=pfamazon01-20)
I read in one of Michael Yon's online dispatches (http://www.michaelyon-online.com/) that a young Marine commander bought a copy for each of the new Lieutenants he was tasked to train. I wondered, "What does he see in this novel?" Plenty...

 

[turbo]

I have "the Emperor's New Mind" and have not yet started it. I like Penrose's take on things, though.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Looks like a nice pickup read for a long flight.

It would definitely serve well for that. It's a pretty entertaining read with some food for thought mixed in.

 

[G01]

I just bought a volume of all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories. Anyone ever read any of them? I definitely recommend them for good, shorter reads.

 

[neutrino]

I picked up a volume containing four of Wells' novels from the library...my foray into SF.

 

[JasonRox]

I'm reading...

The China Fantasy by some guy that's coming off as really bias.

 

[Smurf]

Tipping point by Malcolm Gladwell
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
On War by Carl Von Clausewitz
A book of five rings by Miyamoto Musashi

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb: Gar Alperovitz

The revisionists bible, so awe inspiringly detailed: with accounts from the men who made the decisions, so achingly well researched that it's impossible to doubt it's credibility in what was the US's darkest hour.

Why they really did it, not why you think they did. If you believe, like I did, that it was to save lives then prepare for a real shock.

And Shield of Thunder: David Gemmel, the story of Troy in 3 books.

Totally gripping, and for a fantasy impressively researched, plus it was his last work before he died.