10-19-2010, 01:11 PM | #1 |
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Most fun/interesting books you have read.
Ok, I'll start this off...
My favorites: Angles & Demons - Dan Brown Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown - actually, I enjoyed all of Dan Brown's books Dragon Lance (The Chronicles Trilogy) - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman |
10-20-2010, 08:48 PM | #2 |
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In the Da Vinci code vein, sort of, I like The Club Dumas.
In the mystery-thriller vein, Dean Koontz's Whispers I've recently finished The Shadow of the Wind, very neat book. |
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10-20-2010, 09:01 PM | #5 |
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South by Ernest Shackleton, first published 1919.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5199 It is interesting (besides being a good read) because I have heard that South sometimes makes it onto the reading lists for various MBA courses in management. |
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10-20-2010, 09:03 PM | #6 |
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I'm pretty taken with Rick Yancey's Monstrumologist series--"The Monstrumologist" and the recently released "The Curse of the Wendigo." What fun they were! Good old fashioned gothic horror adventures with seriously compelling characters.
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10-21-2010, 08:50 AM | #7 |
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Undaunted Courage -Stephen Ambrose
One of the best historical books I've ever read |
10-21-2010, 08:55 AM | #8 |
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10-21-2010, 10:43 AM | #9 |
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Anything by Brandon Sanderson, I found him last year and can't get enough.
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10-21-2010, 10:46 AM | #10 |
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The Dark Tower Trilogy by Stephen King is by far the best series I've ever read. I'm going to reread all 7 books (again) during my Christmas holiday
Also anything written by Robin Hobb. An author I've recently discovered is Brent Weeks. His new book (The Black Prism) is absolutely amazing !! |
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10-21-2010, 10:51 AM | #12 |
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The most fun book I've ever read is the Norwegian book "Madonna-gåten" (The Madonna Riddle). It is a spoof of "The da Vinci Code". In order to understand and enjoy the "Madonna-gåten" one must have read "The da Vinci Code" first.
"The da Vinci Code", I found interesting as well. Authors that interest me are Dean Koontz and Clive Cussler. When it comes to the "all-time-high", it must be "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide" by Douglas Adams. |
10-21-2010, 11:02 AM | #13 |
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This is certainly worth a read or re-read under the heading of "fun/interesting" books:
Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad. |
10-21-2010, 01:05 PM | #14 |
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The most interesting book I ever read was Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter.
The most fun books I ever read was the Diskworld novels of Terry Pratchett |
10-21-2010, 01:34 PM | #15 |
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The most funny - any Carl Hiaasen books… in audiobook, even more hilarious!
The most interesting - Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein I can not forget the two final paragraphs (and one of the most beautiful love phrases I have ever read): «Samuel Clemens phrased it: `Where she was, there was Eden.’ Omar phrased it: `thou beside me in the wilderness, ah wilderness were paradise enow.’ Brrowning termed it: `Summum Bonum’. All were asserting the same great truth, wish is for me: Heaven is where Margrethe is.» Best regards, |
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