My copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke from Folio Society came in today. Man, I love these things! They look so nice. I'm still trying to decide whether I want to use this copy to read or to buy a cheaper edition that I care less about.
I've never actually read this book but it's been on my list for awhile. Probably gonna start on it after I finish The Girl Who Played with Fire.
2001 is a fast read. You can probably finish it in an evening if you are a reasonably fast reader.
Pretty much have golf on my brain, so I couldn't help but gravitate towards a golf book. Bought this a while ago with Christmas gift cards. Funny read so far.
An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course by Oliver Horovitz
The Bryson book is hilarious, just don't sit and think once it's over that you should watch the movie. VERY bad idea. Ugh.This was a really fun read, easy to recommend to the golfers here.
Started this last night, was in a bit of a funk not sure what to read, but settled on this. Debated reading his Summer 1927 book, but figured I'd go with this first since it's a bit more up my alley.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
The Bryson book is hilarious, just don't sit and think once it's over that you should watch the movie. VERY bad idea. Ugh.
For what it's worth Mumei, you do make me want to try harder to step out of my comfort zone. I will keep your suggestions in my mental backlist.
All that talk of Book of the New Sun has determined me to start my re-read. Well, I've pulled it off the bookshelf and stuck a bookmark in it. So here's hoping.
I've been slowly progressing through The Count of Monte Cristo, up to the part where he's. It's been enjoyable so far but Fire Emblem has been taking up whatever little free time I have so I'll probably be stuck with this book for a while.in prison and just met with the other guy through the whole in the wall
It's pretty but they update too much to make it seem like it's set in 2015. Really dumb decision.I had no idea a movie was coming out until I saw the first trailer, and it was indeed then I figured I should get around to reading the book someday because I never intended to watch the movie and have it ruin the book. I may just browse through it on Netflix for any scenic shots.
Finished Jurassic Park last night. Despite my slow reading speed I blew through it in 5 days. I was surprised to see just how much the movie and the book deviated from one and other and I really enjoyed some of the differences. Overall though, I would say the movie is better than the book. The movie has a far better pacing and flow and the ending was more satisfactory. Especially near the end the book seems to lose some pacing and focus.. Still a great book though. Curious to hear if The Lost World (the book) is worth a read and if it also has significant deviations from the film.After all was said and done, Grant wanting to visit the raptor nest to count the hatched animals felt like such unlikely scenario. It felt totally purposeless.
Started Alice by Christina Henry this morning. It’s slowly gaining my interest and I’ve heard good things about it, so I’m hopeful.
Now on to this epic:
40 hours audiobook. Yay!
Is there any way to subscribe to a list on GR? I wanted to pick up some shorter books but most of those I gravitate towards are much longer so I found this list which seems like it might have interesting options for me.
Would be great if I could sub for updates but I don't see an option on the page.
Thanks. Didn't even see the like button when I looked earlier, it's buried at the bottom of the page of the list which isn't easy to see when scrolling because there's virtually no gap to the comments section.You can like that list and others and then go to "Lists I've Liked" to see which ones you have added. Not super intuitive but it works. I finished Parasite Eve guys, it was allright i guess but the ending kinda fell flat for me. I bought Alas, Babylon and Locke Lamora because there were on sale so i'm probably gonna read one of those next, probably babylon.
Finding most of the essays to be pretty bland and not very well written, honestly. Was expecting more considering the contributors.
Great book. Has a sort of sequel too. Also a mini series!
LotR is really, really hard to read.
The book kind of picks up after the hobbits got to Rivendell, then goes slow again after Moria. Don't think I would start Two Towers any time soon.its not that bad once you get out of the shire and past tom bombadil
the beginning drags
and skip the songs lol.. I've never ever liked songs in books.. they always read awkwardly to me
It's a setup, and a book I enjoyed more reading it a second time (after knowing what follows). When I read it initially I remember being in awe of the prologue as well but the recent version I read had a changed companion article that didn't give it quite the same gravitas.Thought the first was one of the dullest fantasy debuts I'd ever read. I've been told it gets better, I'm gonna read this one and decide.
LotR is really, really hard to read.
its not that bad once you get out of the shire and past tom bombadil
the beginning drags
and skip the songs lol.. I've never ever liked songs in books.. they always read awkwardly to me
The book kind of picks up after the hobbits got to Rivendell, then goes slow again after Moria. Don't think I would start Two Towers any time soon.
I usually enjoy reading posts and wiki entries of LotR lore, it's the very descriptive trek that gets me I think.I think that The Lord of the Rings, moreso than a lot of other books, requires you to be a in a particular frame of mind when you read it; you have to be in the mood for the sort of discursions into history, geography, history, culture it presents, and think of it as closer to a national or religious myth than the modern fantasy genre it helped inspire. I think it does what it does very well, but if you aren't looking for what it's selling, it's especially tedious.
I usually enjoy reading posts and wiki entries of LotR lore, it's the very descriptive trek that gets me I think.
I had an aborted attempt to finish LOTR when I was 14, but loved it upon a second try at 18. I haven't read the book in over 15 years now, so I wouldn't be able to tell you my thoughts on it as an actual (and not just legal) adult.
Finished Jurassic Park last night. Despite my slow reading speed I blew through it in 5 days. I was surprised to see just how much the movie and the book deviated from one and other and I really enjoyed some of the differences. Overall though, I would say the movie is better than the book. The movie has a far better pacing and flow and the ending was more satisfactory. Especially near the end the book seems to lose some pacing and focus.. Still a great book though. Curious to hear if The Lost World (the book) is worth a read and if it also has significant deviations from the film.After all was said and done, Grant wanting to visit the raptor nest to count the hatched animals felt like such unlikely scenario. It felt totally purposeless.
Started Alice by Christina Henry this morning. It’s slowly gaining my interest and I’ve heard good things about it, so I’m hopeful.
To say I am Legend got it wrong is a massive understatement. It's like the polar opposite of the message of the book. Was hugely disappointed with that movie.
Read The Silmarillion!
Independence Day is great god damnit.Adaptations of classic Sci fi starring Will Smith don't have the best track record.
I'm pretty sure I own that. I should try digging it up.
I love that series as well, sci-fi should be more than just fancy gadgets!I'm about to finish The foundation series (the original trilogy) by ‎Isaac Asimov. Definitely one of the best sci fi series I have ever read.
I didn't want to start it until I finished my science fiction novel but I am starting the final Avery Cates novel by Jeff Somers, called The Final Evolution.
I fucking love his titles, and the books are fucking awesome even though The Eternal Prison(Spoiler:)wasn't what I was expecting and had in my mind, it's a fantastic book.You were locked away in a digital prison while your Replicant self was free running around in the world
I need more good history books like The White City by Erick Larson. Any reccomendations? I am open to WWI, and WWII,Vietnam books as well and would love to read them.
I love that series as well, sci-fi should be more than just fancy gadgets!
I love that series as well, sci-fi should be more than just fancy gadgets!
I haven't read very much on those subjects, but those four books are all excellent. That said, they aren't very much like The Devil in the White City. Larson tends to write what I think of as history that reads like fiction; it reads like he's telling you a pretty consistent, chronological story, even if it is split between two different major concerns (The White City / The Devil), and in the case of The Devil in the White City that sense of being told a story is particularly strong because that is precisely what he does in the sections where he imagines the last moments of various victims of H.H. Holmes.
I wouldn't say that there aren't stories in those books, of course (what else is history?), but they're decidedly less... breezy? Though actually now that I've written all this out, I just remembered something:
World War I and pre-World War II History by the same author; maybe that's a good place to start!