Some Good Fiction Books

[snickerd3]

mr snick put the audio book of first book of the Wheel of Time series on my sandisk player.  Overall it was a good story, but one of the main characters is such a sniveling, annoying character it has really made me not to want to read or listen to the rest of the books.  I looked up the plot to the next book and he is still a major player, blah

 

[MA_PE]

reading is for fags.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

mr snick put the audio book of first book of the Wheel of Time series on my sandisk player.  Overall it was a good story, but one of the main characters is such a sniveling, annoying character it has really made me not to want to read or listen to the rest of the books.  I looked up the plot to the next book and he is still a major player, blah

WoT is a bit hard to get into for a lot of folks.  I have a friend who's a HUGE fantasy fan and he has struggled to get through half the series (if that).  He finds Jordan's style of writing a bit too informative.  I loved the entire series and highly recommend it.

 

[snickerd3]

WoT is a bit hard to get into for a lot of folks.  I have a friend who's a HUGE fantasy fan and he has struggled to get through half the series (if that).  He finds Jordan's style of writing a bit too informative.  I loved the entire series and highly recommend it.

I can't stand Mat!!!!  

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

I can't stand Mat!!!!  

He becomes much more bearable as the series progresses.  I'm surprised it wasn't Nynaeve and her constant hair tugging that drove you crazy.

 

[SE_FL]

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett was really good. It's a novel spanning several generations so it's rather thick. But I really enjoyed the architectural history and structural discussions about the cathedral builders.

 

[snickerd3]

just started listening to the GOT on audio book.  good golly there are a lot of characters

 

[Supe]

just started listening to the GOT on audio book.  good golly there are a lot of characters

I finally finished reading through the first book.  Took me nearly a year, since I only read it on airplanes when I couldn't sleep.  It was hard to keep track of, even after having seen the show.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Re-reading The Hobbit since there was a TV marathon of the movies...

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Re-reading The Hobbit since there was a TV marathon of the movies...

I just read all three LOTR books, but skipped the Hobbit since I've read it more times than the others.

As for science-y type stuff that engineers might like: a friend of mine wrote The God Particle.  I have been meaning to, but I hear it's decent.

 

[frazil]

I just finished Split Second by Douglas Richards. Its a fiction drama adventure about a scientist who discovers time travel and is then kidnapped by powerful shady people and the race to figure out who took him and why. It was a quick read and i really liked it. Especially the discussions on time travel which are a different way of looking at it. Also its available on amazon prime for kindle

 

[leggo PE]

Moving what I said over in the thread I mistakenly created not having found this one before. Please note that my other thread, entitled "Whatcha Reading?", shall now be devoted to bringing the :bananapowerslide: emoticon back.

I'm really trying to get back into reading (I fell into a multi-year period where I wasn't really reading any books, just blogs, newspapers, and online news) as of late.

I joined a new book club a few months ago, and right now, we're reading Murder on the Orient Express. I don't think I'd ever really read any Agatha Christy novels before, though I remember my brother reading them when I was a kid. I'm a little surprised to say that I am really enjoying it! That book gave me goosebumps as I was reading it last night.

My favorite book is probably a tie between The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. The latter was a book I chose for summer reading in high school, and I still really like it. I haven't reread it in a while, though perhaps I should soon.

 

[Supe]

Not sure I've read a book that I liked more than Cat's Cradle when I first read it in high school.

 

[frazil]

My favorite book is probably a tie between The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. The latter was a book I chose for summer reading in high school, and I still really like it. I haven't reread it in a while, though perhaps I should soon.

Oh, I really liked Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.  I'll have to try The Secret History.

 

[leggo PE]

Oh, I really liked Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.  I'll have to try The Secret History.

Interesting! I didn't like Goldfinch nearly as much as I liked The Secret History. I thought Goldfinch was much slower in pace, whereas The Secret History was a page-turner for me. Definitely check it out!