Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

I just finished Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, which was a great beginning to a post-apocalyptic series. I really hope it maintains the level she set in Oryx.

Before moving on in that series, I'm thinking of finally tackling Albert Camus's classic The Fall. My goal is to read its English translation, and that can set me up to re-read it sometime in the future in the original French. (I'm not perfect at French, but re-reading books I've already read in English always helps me improve my skills.)

Anyway, what's your book(s) of the moment?

Take care,
-J

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Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

Currently about 2/3 done with John Grisham's "The Reckoning". Better
than some of his other recent works.

Also recently finished Stephen King's "The Outsider" which was
excellent.


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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Josh Ramsey to All on Tue Dec 04 2018 10:52:46

Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

I just finished Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, which was a great beginning to a post-apocalyptic series. I really hope it maintains the level she set in Oryx.

Before moving on in that series, I'm thinking of finally tackling Albert Camus's classic The Fall. My goal is to read its English translation, and that can set me up to re-read it sometime in the future in the original French. (I'm not perfect at French, but re-reading books I've already read in English always helps me improve my skills.)

Anyway, what's your book(s) of the moment?

Take care,
-J

I just finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke. It was thoroughly fascinating and the world-building was right up my alley. It took me a year to finish it due to several false starts, but in the end it was well worth the time if the type of genre is something that appeals to you. It was very refreshing to read a fantasy novel with such a period-appropriate take on an alternate fantastical history.

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Josh Ramsey to All on Tue Dec 04 2018 10:52 am

Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

I'm currently reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Without giving spoilers, the book is set at some unspecified date in the near future, an unknown agent causes the Moon to shatter into seven pieces.

I love the references to ham radio. He even brings up Q codes.

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Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

This year I read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series (the books which inspired the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and they were fantastic. After that, I still wanted to read something naval, so I tried "Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy." That was an absolutely fantastic history book.

Finally, I read "The Woman Who Smashed Codes", another fantastic history book. This one will definitely become a movie sometime soon.

--Josh

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Kirkman to Josh Ramsey on Fri Dec 07 2018 09:52 pm

Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

This year I read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series (the books which inspired the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and they were fantastic. After that, I still wanted to read something naval, so I tried "Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy." That was an absolutely fantastic history book.

Finally, I read "The Woman Who Smashed Codes", another fantastic history book. This one will definitely become a movie sometime soon.

So all non-fiction I take it?

digital man

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Digital Man to Kirkman on Fri Dec 07 2018 09:15 pm

Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Kirkman to Josh Ramsey on Fri Dec 07 2018 09:52 pm

Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

This year I read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series (the books which inspired the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and they were fantastic. After that, I still wanted to read something naval, so I tried "Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy." That was an absolutely fantastic history book.

Finally, I read "The Woman Who Smashed Codes", another fantastic history book. This one will definitely become a movie sometime soon.

So all non-fiction I take it?

someone is into some obscure movies and books!
i wish i had TIME to read. i'm too busy with life to stop to read. i'd be better off using that time for sleeping.
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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Digital Man to Kirkman on Fri Dec 07 2018 09:15 pm

This year I read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series (the books which
inspired the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
and they were fantastic. After that, I still wanted to read something
naval, so I tried "Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of
the U. S. Navy." That was an absolutely fantastic history book.

Finally, I read "The Woman Who Smashed Codes", another fantastic
history book. This one will definitely become a movie sometime soon.

So all non-fiction I take it?

No, the Aubrey-Maturin series is fiction. It's sort of like Jane Austen meets the British Navy with battles and stuff. Pretty good.

--Josh

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Dec 08 2018 11:50 am

someone is into some obscure movies and books!

Obscure? "Master and Commander" was a major movie with Russell Crowe. It did $212 million in 2003. The movie is fantastic, but the books are even better. The movie doesn't get into the doctor's role as an intelligence agent, which is a huge part of the books.

"The Woman Who Smashed Codes" is a national bestseller, and was named NPR's "best book of 2017". I really enjoyed it. It is truly a "life is stranger than fiction" tale.

--Josh

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Kirkman to MRO on Sat Dec 08 2018 12:51 pm

Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Dec 08 2018 11:50 am

someone is into some obscure movies and books!

Obscure? "Master and Commander" was a major movie with Russell Crowe. It did $212 million in 2003. The movie is fantastic, but the books are even better. The movie doesn't get into the doctor's role as an intelligence agent, which is a huge part of the books.

A movie I really enjoyed. The fog scenes definitely test the grey-scale depth of those Plasma/LCD TVs!

digital man

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Kirkman to MRO on Sat Dec 08 2018 12:51 pm

By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Dec 08 2018 11:50 am

someone is into some obscure movies and books!

Obscure? "Master and Commander" was a major movie with Russell Crowe. It did $212 million in 2003. The movie is fantastic, but the books are even better. The movie doesn't get into the doctor's role as an intelligence agent, which is a huge part of the books.

are we still considering russell crowe a celebrity because he did that gladiator movie?

"The Woman Who Smashed Codes" is a national bestseller, and was named NPR's "best book of 2017". I really enjoyed it. It is truly a "life is stranger than fiction" tale.

okay i will check it out
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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Dan Clough to JOSH RAMSEY on Tue Dec 04 2018 09:18 pm

Also recently finished Stephen King's "The Outsider" which was
excellent.

I really need to get back to Stephen King. Up to the book "11/22/63," I could still say I'd read all of Stephen King's novels. "The Outsider" is the first novel I've bought since, though I haven't started it, yet.

I really think it's down to no longer going to book stores regularly. I used to buy many of the latest books by massive-selling authors on a whim when I'd see store displays of their latest releases. I don't do the same while on Amazon or Audible. It probably has something to do with Internet advertising leaving such a nasty taste in my mouth after years trying to avoid intrusive or malicious ads.

Take care,
-J

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Vorpal to Josh Ramsey on Thu Dec 06 2018 10:32 pm

I just finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke. It was thoroughly fascinating and the world-building was right up my alley. It took me a year to finish it due to several false starts, but in the end it was well worth the time if the type of genre is something that appeals to you. It was very refreshing to read a fantasy novel with such a period-appropriate take on an alternate fantastical history.

Ah, I caught the BBC's mini-series when it aired a few years ago. It made me want to check out the book. I think I'll go pick it up, now that I've been reminded again. It's been too long.

Take care,
-J

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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Kirkman to Josh Ramsey on Fri Dec 07 2018 09:52 pm

Finally, I read "The Woman Who Smashed Codes", another fantastic history book. This one will definitely become a movie sometime soon.

This definitely sounds right up my alley. I love well-written narratives about the early history of code-breaking. I think Britain's Bletchley Park gets the lion's share of the glory from that period (not that it's undeserved), so a good work focusing on American efforts sounds nice.

Take care,
-J

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i wish i had TIME to read. i'm too busy with life to stop to read. i'd
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Some people would also be better off sleeping instead of posting on message boards, myself included.



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Re: Reading Anything Good?
By: Josh Ramsey to All on Tue Dec 04 2018 10:52 am

Anybody reading, about to read, or have just read a good book?

I just finished Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, which was a great beginnin to a post-apocalyptic series. I really hope it maintains the level she set Oryx.

Before moving on in that series, I'm thinking of finally tackling Albert Camus's classic The Fall. My goal is to read its English translation, and th can set me up to re-read it sometime in the future in the original French. ( not perfect at French, but re-reading books I've already read in English alw helps me improve my skills.)

Anyway, what's your book(s) of the moment?

Take care,
-J

Currently reading a horror novel called 'Snowblind' by Christopher Golden. It's the first novel I've read in some time since for a few years before that I was mostly reading historical stuff or technical books.

So far it seems ok, but I'm about half way through. He's a local author and he's weaved a lot of our city into the story (under a different name), so it piqued my interest.

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