What are you currently reading?

by **rabb** » May 1st, 2012, 10:51 am

I may have to, the fire and ice series while great, is a grind

by **Clem** » May 1st, 2012, 11:04 am

My current "read while on the shitter" book:

My current "broaden my mind" book:

by **Phogasm** » May 1st, 2012, 3:27 pm

Am Re-reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Love all the symbols and information Brown provides in his books. Have been looking for new authors like him but with no luck.

by **miketheknife** » May 1st, 2012, 3:36 pm

Oh there are authors like him but better. Try Steve Berry. Or if you're ok with authors that aren't 'new' try Umberto Eco (Foucault's Pendulum, one of my favorite books ever) and Arturo Perez Reverte.

by **miketheknife** » May 1st, 2012, 3:40 pm

I should be more specific, with Reverte-Perez I have only read The Flanders Panel and The Club Dumas. Since then he's gone over to writing stuff with less cool mystery in it and more swashbuckling and romance. I haven't read any of the newer stuff, one of these days I will though.

by **miketheknife** » May 1st, 2012, 3:53 pm

Oh I also recently read a series of books I saw Baine had listed on Shelfari, by Matthew Reilly. Seven Deadly wonders, Six Sacred Stones and 5 Greatest Warriors. It's kind of a mystery/action series with a slightly supernatural feel to it.

by **rabb** » May 1st, 2012, 3:58 pm

I really need to get back into a regular reading schedule again

by **Phogasm** » May 1st, 2012, 4:57 pm

Steve Berry is great too! I really enjoyed his books. In regards to Umberto Eco, either his books suck or I'm really dumb cause I didn't get the allure at all. I'll try those other ones!

by **miketheknife** » May 1st, 2012, 5:00 pm

Focault's Pendulum is the only Eco book I've read but man I loved it. Talk about intrigue. Kind of dry though so I can see why you would be disappointed. But if you like Da Vinci Code I think you'd like the Flanders Panel and Club Dumas.

by **miketheknife** » May 1st, 2012, 5:08 pm

OK now you've got me thinking about this. I punched in Dan Brown at Shelfari just to find some similar books. Here's some of what I came up with, I don't know if they're any good but now I want to read some of them. The last one sounds really interesting.

The Seventh Stone
by Pamela P. Hegarty (Author)

THE FOUR HORSEMEN
by Ben Sussman

The Torah Codes
by Ezra Barany (Author)

Forgotten Crown: The Father (Forgotten Crown Trilogy)
by James Miller

Ancient Laws
by Jim Michael Hansen (Author)

The Judas Chronicles: Book 1
Plague of Coins
by Aiden James (Author), J. R. Rain (Creator)
William Barrow carries a dark secret. A very dark secret. An archivist for the Smithsonian Institute and also a part-time operative for the CIA, no one would ever suspect the handsome 'thirty-ish' William is in fact the most reviled human being to ever walk the earth. His infectious warmth and sense of humor make such an assertion especially hard to believe. But long ago, William Barrow had another name...one that is synonymous with shame and betrayal: Judas Iscariot. Forced to walk the earth as a cursed immortal, William/Judas is on a quest to reclaim the thirty silver shekels paid to him in exchange for Jesus Christ. Twenty-one coins have now been recovered-thanks in large part to the help from his latest son, the esteemed Georgetown University history professor, Alistair Barrow. Ever hopeful the complete coin collection will buy him a full pardon from God and end his banishment from heaven, William plans a visit to a remote village deep within Iran's Alborz Mountains to retrieve 'silver coin number twenty-two'. But the CIA has a different objective for this trip, one that pits both father and son against an unscrupulous Russian billionaire searching for something else that's just as precious within the ancient mountains of Iran...something that threatens peace in the modern world if William and Alistair fail to reach it first.

by **RayRay** » May 1st, 2012, 6:38 pm

rabb wrote:I really need to get back into a regular blogging schedule again

Yes

by **Lambshot23** » May 1st, 2012, 9:44 pm

I have the box set of The Games of Thrones books, made it halfway through the first and quit. I was enjoying it then I just lost interest.

I am halfway through the second Hunger Games book and it is good but nothing like the first one, at least not yet. At lunch, I am reading the Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter and I can't put it down, loving it. Has anyone read the authors (Seth Grahame-Smith) other books? They sound interesting.

by **miketheknife** » May 2nd, 2012, 8:56 am

DaddyFatSack wrote:I started reading Unholy Night. Its by the same guy that did Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and I loved that book(thanks MTK). Basically it a twist on the 3 wise men who brought gifts to baby Jesus with a twist. Seth Grahame-Smith has a wonderful imagination and his writing style matches up perfectly. If you havent read that Abe Lincoln book then shame on you.

I just started this one last night and it's great so far

by **YEM** » May 6th, 2012, 9:39 am

Lambshot23 wrote:I am halfway through the second Hunger Games book and it is good but nothing like the first one, at least not yet. .

Just wait, once they get back to the games, it's just as good.

Finished up all 3 books in the Hunger Games trilogy this week. Pretty good series. Third book has some pretty good action in it, but not as much as books 1 &2

by **Falling Man** » May 6th, 2012, 6:07 pm

Just started reading the first Hunger Games book.

Recently finished Duff McKagan's 'It's So Easy and Other Lies" (an excellent account any Gn'R fan would love) and Zakk Wylde's 'Bringing Metal To The Children'.