Author Topic: book recommendations (Read 241641 times)

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #1375 on:** May 12, 2016, 04:39:54 PM »

Any of you folks use the goodreads app?

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #1376 on:** May 12, 2016, 04:43:48 PM »

Quote from: pmshead on May 12, 2016, 04:39:54 PM

Any of you folks use the goodreads app?

I use the Goodreads website. Didn't realize there was an app.

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #1377 on:** May 12, 2016, 05:25:08 PM »

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on May 12, 2016, 04:43:48 PM

Quote from: pmshead on May 12, 2016, 04:39:54 PM
Any of you folks use the goodreads app?

I use the Goodreads website. Didn't realize there was an app.

I imagine that it is just a mobile version of the website. I haven't been using it for very long, but the few recommendations that I've picked up and read have been quite enjoyable.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #1378 on:** May 12, 2016, 05:27:33 PM »

I like to use it to keep track of what I've read and then a list of what I want to read. Also I like that they send me anan email about books that are coming out by authors I have read before.

KCFDcat · « **Reply #1379 on:** May 12, 2016, 05:46:26 PM »

Read "The Revenant" on our trip through Europe. Pretty good, hard to put down.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #1380 on:** May 12, 2016, 06:06:39 PM »

So I never did read that girl on the train book I bought but they made a movie of it with Emily blunt (

) so now I get to know what happens without reading

michigancat · « **Reply #1381 on:** May 12, 2016, 06:19:25 PM »

I use goodreads

Pete · « **Reply #1382 on:** May 14, 2016, 06:12:54 PM »

Finished the currently published "Lightbringer" series by Brent Weeks. Very solid fantasy series. Last book isn't complete yet, but Weeks is a fast writer, so should be this year. It's a very unique concept. I recommend it.

Starting the Lies of Locke Lamora, in the Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch. The reviews of this series are great and a 4th book is out later this year, but the author suffers from depressions takes long periods of time off. That kept me away. Rothfuss and George RR Burned me on that.

ben ji · « **Reply #1383 on:** May 15, 2016, 09:36:39 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on May 12, 2016, 06:06:39 PM

So I never did read that girl on the train book I bought but they made a movie of it with Emily blunt ( ) so now I get to know what happens without reading

I read it right after gone girl, really just got my fill of #UnhappyGirlsTurnToMurder fiction. It was a decent read but the ending was subpar, gone girl was better if we are comparing the 2.

Cire · « **Reply #1384 on:** May 16, 2016, 08:48:39 AM »

Lions of the West

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Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #1385 on:** May 16, 2016, 08:54:39 AM »

I just read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn the other day. It was pretty good. Not as good as Gone Girl, but still very good.

Cire · « **Reply #1386 on:** May 16, 2016, 09:21:13 AM »

going on vacation Saturday to friday. The Mrs. wants us both to read a book.

Any suggesstions

michigancat · « **Reply #1387 on:** May 16, 2016, 09:24:04 AM »

Quote from: Cire on May 16, 2016, 09:21:13 AM

going on vacation Saturday to friday. The Mrs. wants us both to read a book.

Any suggesstions

A George Saunders short story collection. Any of them should work.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #1388 on:** May 16, 2016, 09:32:37 AM »

Quote from: Cire on May 16, 2016, 09:21:13 AM

going on vacation Saturday to friday. The Mrs. wants us both to read a book.

Any suggesstions

Gone Girl

Stupid Fitz · « **Reply #1389 on:** May 16, 2016, 06:53:35 PM »

Just finished "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson. Pretty good, but slow in the beginning. Its about the people that invented the computer, internet, chips, processors, etc. Getting ready to start "The Arm", but looking for something else. I like non-fiction only for the most part although I have enjoyed a few comic graphic novels recently. Sports, tech, money, doesn't really matter if its good.

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #1390 on:** May 16, 2016, 06:58:53 PM »

Quote from: Cire on May 16, 2016, 09:21:13 AM

going on vacation Saturday to friday. The Mrs. wants us both to read a book.

Any suggesstions

Do you want to read a book?

Cire · « **Reply #1391 on:** May 16, 2016, 07:06:57 PM »

Meh, I'm too add to sit and read by the pool etc

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pvegs · « **Reply #1392 on:** May 16, 2016, 07:46:57 PM »

Books you should read: Maggie Nelson, "The Argonauts." Viet Thanh Nguyen, "The Sympathizer." Adam Johnson, "Fortune Smiles." Ocean Vuong, "Night Sky With Exit Wounds." Source: me, all MFA ppl, colleagues, a million writers.

BTW, that list goes 2015 NBCCA award, 2016 Pulitzer winner, 2015 National Book Award, and probably the poetry collection that will win the NBA for poetry in 2016 and has already won a Whiting.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #1393 on:** May 16, 2016, 08:29:54 PM »

which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

pvegs · « **Reply #1394 on:** May 17, 2016, 02:53:07 AM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on May 16, 2016, 08:29:54 PM

which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

Probably none of those. "Fortune Smiles" is the most "feel comfortable in public while reading" of those books, though it will still make you mildly uncomfortable.

pvegs · « **Reply #1395 on:** May 17, 2016, 02:56:29 AM »

Quote from: pvegs on May 17, 2016, 02:53:07 AM

Quote from: Kat Kid on May 16, 2016, 08:29:54 PM
which two would be best for reading on the way to hawaii and in hawaii on a beach?

Probably none of those. "Fortune Smiles" is the most "feel comfortable in public while reading" of those books, though it will still make you mildly uncomfortable.

Ocean Vuong is poetry, so you can just pick up and read when you want. No presh type situation. Nice guy, irl. Not a humble brag. Just actually a nice guy, and buying his book you can feel good morally in terms of who your money is contributing to. And Copper Canyon is his press. They publish most big deal poets. Ed Skoog, for instance, who is a K-State grad and has his name on Hale, is a Copper Canyon poet. Ed is from Topeka, so you know he's Kansas OG. Drank Pabst and watched the K-State/Miami game w/me in Missoula when Sams was killing it circa 2012. eff, just read Skoog, too. He's great.

Pete · « **Reply #1396 on:** May 17, 2016, 06:33:10 AM »

Is there anyone left on this blog who reads fun brain candy fiction anymore? God I miss bread.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #1397 on:** May 17, 2016, 08:27:49 AM »

I'm reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett right now. It's the first non-Rincewind DiscWorld book I've read so far.

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #1398 on:** May 17, 2016, 09:38:00 AM »

Just finished Drinking: A Love Story last night. Pretty damn good memoir. Definitely called attention to some troubling personality traits of mine.

ChiComCat · « **Reply #1399 on:** May 17, 2016, 10:54:13 AM »

I got back from vacation not long ago. Books read in order from best to worst

The Adventures of Cavalier and Klay
Lovecraft Country
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Census Taker

None were bad. Cavalier and Klay was relatively long and I enjoyed that it wasn't just a linear 3 act story. Getting ready to read The Only Rule is it Has to Work, which KK might enjoy as a baseball fan.