What book are you reading now

[hjmick]

I read a lot of books. Different authors, different genres, fiction, nonfiction. I love to read. One of my favorite books is The Stand by Stephen King. I've read it three times. The original 1978 publication, the 1990 uncut version, then the 1978 version again. It stood, for me, as an unparallelled epic novel, perhaps King's best work and a modern American classic. While I've enjoyed to no end a great many books since, it has stood the test of time in my mind, with nothing in fiction coming close to it's level of story telling.

Until now...

I just finished The Passage by Justin Cronin. An author I had never heard of with just two other books to his name. This book may very well have usurped The Stand as my favorite. I'll know for sure after I sleep on it, but it doesn't look good for King.

Viral vampires, post apocalyptic America, perilous journey, great story telling...

This is definitely the best book I've read this year.

And the best thing? It's the first book of a trilogy.

Amazon: The Passage

Enter the Passage

[SassyLady]

I read a lot of books. Different authors, different genres, fiction, nonfiction. I love to read. One of my favorite books is The Stand by Stephen King. I've read it three times. The original 1978 publication, the 1990 uncut version, then the 1978 version again. It stood, for me, as an unparallelled epic novel, perhaps King's best work and a modern American classic. While I've enjoyed to no end a great many books since, it has stood the test of time in my mind, with nothing in fiction coming close to it's level of story telling.

Until now...

I just finished The Passage by Justin Cronin. An author I had never heard of with just two other books to his name. This book may very well have usurped The Stand as my favorite. I'll know for sure after I sleep on it, but it doesn't look good for King.

Viral vampires, post apocalyptic America, perilous journey, great story telling...

This is definitely the best book I've read this year.

And the best thing? It's the first book of a trilogy.

Amazon: The Passage

Enter the Passage

Loved The Stand .... did you see the movie?

Will look into The Passage.

Did you read Eragon? Wonderful trilogy and written by a very young author.....along the lines of Lord of the Rings

[Agnapostate]

Along those lines because he lifted ideas and not very cleverly disguised names from the series, as well as from Star Wars. Still a good trilogy, though the film was awful.

[Trigg]

Loved The Stand .... did you see the movie?

Will look into The Passage.

Did you read Eragon? Wonderful trilogy and written by a very young author.....along the lines of Lord of the Rings

I liked The Stand until the very end, when it seemed King had no idea how to end the story so he just blew up the bad guys. Personally it was disappointing.

I enjoyed The Red Tent. It's about the Women in the bible, a group mostly ignored. It's about their hardships and what they endured, I had a hard time putting it down.

[Gaffer]

I liked The Stand until the very end, when it seemed King had no idea how to end the story so he just blew up the bad guys. Personally it was disappointing.

I enjoyed The Red Tent. It's about the Women in the bible, a group mostly ignored. It's about their hardships and what they endured, I had a hard time putting it down.

I liked the Stand and feel the same way you do. He rushed the ending. And his hero's appeared to be religious liberals.

I have read the first two Eragon books but haven't found the third yet. The movie sucked.

[SassyLady]

I liked the Stand and feel the same way you do. He rushed the ending. And his hero's appeared to be religious liberals.

I have read the first two Eragon books but haven't found the third yet. The movie sucked.

I've read the third, and in it he said there was too many threads to close, so there would be a 4th.

[SassyLady]

Reading Andy Andrews "The Traveler's Gift". Saw him speak at an event and wanted to read some of his stuff. I'll let you know if I like it or not.

Also reading Trump and Kiyoski's "Why We Want You To Be Rich".

and

some trashy romantic suspense novels in between!!!

[Agnapostate]

I took the profile pic of me with Guns, Germs, and Steel to piss off some white supremacists, but then I actually started reading it.

[Trigg]

Reading Andy Andrews "The Traveler's Gift". Saw him speak at an event and wanted to read some of his stuff. I'll let you know if I like it or not.

Also reading Trump and Kiyoski's "Why We Want You To Be Rich".

and

some trashy romantic suspense novels in between!!!

hey if you can't enjoy a trashy romance novel every now and then what's the point in reading??

[pete311]

Loved The Stand .... did you see the movie?

Will look into The Passage.

Did you read Eragon? Wonderful trilogy and written by a very young author.....along the lines of Lord of the Rings

If you liked the Stand, look into Swan Song

[Abbey Marie]

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes.

Novel by a highly-decorated vet that describes the Viet Nam war in gritty and realistic detail. It's a great read.

[Nukeman]

Just finished "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell"

ACtaully pretty funny, if you like sophomore humor!!!!!

[hjmick]

Just finished Heat Lightning by John Sandford. I beginning to like his Virgil Flowers character more than Lucas Davenport, who is the primary character in his other series of books.

Prior to that, it was The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury, before that it was The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry, and before that it was American Assassin by Vince Flynn.

All very good books.

Currently I am reading Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

Normally I stay away from co-authored books, but Preston and Child, accomplished authors both, write very well together. Their co-authored books are seamless. Many authors who attempt to write together do not pull this off. I also stay away from books "written" by authors that include "with so-and-so" on the cover. After reading a few, I have determined that the book is usually written by "so-and-so" and the big name author slaps his or her name on the cover for sales.

[SassyLady]

Tips for a Military Divorce.

Very helpful...has already given me information that wasn't forthcoming before.

[Trigg]

Trashy romance novels, with a little mystery thrown in.

I can't help myself