yes! was transall saga the one where a guy goes for a hike, passes out and believes he was abducted into some alien world for a while? it was by the author anywayOh shit. Transall Saga and Hatchet were my jam. RIP.
yes! was transall saga the one where a guy goes for a hike, passes out and believes he was abducted into some alien world for a while? it was by the author anyway
I read this over vacation (VT lake house rental!) and enjoyed it.Good one. I thought it got a little weak towards the end but overall really like it. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is another Pulitzer winner I really enjoyed.
Lol I downloaded that one to read and when I opened it I was like whooaaaaaa. I don;t have the time for this one right now hah.I read this over vacation (VT lake house rental!) and enjoyed it.
I also read Neal Stephenson's Seven Eve's. It was good but I wish the ending wasn't so abrupt. He has gotten into real long books and this one would have been better (imho) as two 600 page books rather than one 900 page. I was about 7/8's through it and enjoying it when I started thinking it was going to say "to be continued...." I hadn't liked on of his books for a while but this was good. Hard SF with some thought provoking concepts
I read this over vacation (VT lake house rental!) and enjoyed it.
I also read Neal Stephenson's Seven Eve's. It was good but I wish the ending wasn't so abrupt. He has gotten into real long books and this one would have been better (imho) as two 600 page books rather than one 900 page. I was about 7/8's through it and enjoying it when I started thinking it was going to say "to be continued...." I hadn't liked on of his books for a while but this was good. Hard SF with some thought provoking concepts
Just finished Recursion. It wasn't as much of a surprise as the whole Dark Matter thing, but I enjoyed it more overall. Really good book. I'm sure it's nothing like the books, but now I want to watch Wayward Pines to save myself the time of reading those.Did you like Station Eleven? it has been on my list but I keep passing it up.
Also, did you read Blake Crouch's Recursion? If you like Dark Matter you would like this one too. But I'm not sure it was AS good....
Never watched the show but it has always been on my list.Just finished Recursion. It wasn't as much of a surprise as the whole Dark Matter thing, but I enjoyed it more overall. Really good book. I'm sure it's nothing like the books, but now I want to watch Wayward Pines to save myself the time of reading those.
I will also at least try watching Station Eleven next week, it could be good, or it could just be really boring and dark.
I bought a copy of In Cold Blood from an antique store this past weekend. Can't wait to get into it once I finish what I'm reading now. I just started Dan Carlin's book, The End is Always Near.Didn’t want to start a separate thread just for automotive books. Currently reading ‘Ran When Parked’. I don’t recall how I stumbled across this book but so far so good.
I enjoy reading mostly non-fiction. Anything maritime related, military, history and outdoors are my go to topics.
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3 book recommendations off the top of my head:
-Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
-The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
I’ve read kitchen confidential 2 times. I can hear Bourdain talking as I read it. Fantastic book.I finally have got around to reading Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential after owning the book for nearly 3 years. Also finally got myself an eReader and reading more often has gotten so easy. I will still probably read physical copies of mass market paperbacks since they're a good size and I like flipping pages. My eReader will be more for huge hardcover cooks that I don't wanna lug around, or for books I borrow from the library.