Mr Bad Example Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 On 12/12/2017 at 9:51 PM, JLambert58 said: Just finished The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson about the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and America's first serial killer that was there, H.H. Holmes. Good story and slice of life in America in the 1890s. I went on a Larson tear earlier this year (read THUNDERSTRUCK and DEAD WAKE) and all of his stuff is excellent pop-history. One thing about DitWC and THUNDERSTRUCK is the pulpy murder-stuff ends up far less compelling than the technology half of the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Ducks Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 On 1/3/2019 at 5:38 AM, MikeT14 said: I liked The Name of the Wind. I thought the Wise Man's Fear was much different. Be curious to see your thoughts after. Just finished it. It's definitely different but I enjoyed them. Found a lot of the bandits part pretty annoying and it seemed like a lot happened in this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 5 hours ago, Oregon Ducks said: Just finished it. It's definitely different but I enjoyed them. Found a lot of the bandits part pretty annoying and it seemed like a lot happened in this book. Exactly. Book 1 was almost like a Harry Potter Year 1 in school thing going on. Book 2 was like 47 different things happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: Exactly. Book 1 was almost like a Harry Potter Year 1 in school thing going on. Book 2 was like 47 different things happening. Book 2 is like Harry Potter if he took a semester off to commit mass murder and credit card fraud I still really like the first half of the book a lot. The whole thing with Devi and Ambrose was so good. The second half is good too, but it drags a lot. Could have easily been two books itself. Edited January 11, 2019 by skywindO2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 @skywindO2 you nailed my sentiments exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Ducks Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Yeah, I think he should have expanded the series an extra book. Even now it seems like there's a lot to cover in one more book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 just bought a bunch of books Haunting of hill house by Shirley Jackson Norm MacDonalds Based on a True Story the Accursed Kings 1-4 Bird Box Flight or Fright (Steven King short stories) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titansNvolsR#1 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Finished Annihilation. Didn't love it. Figured I'd give the movie a try. Hated that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Starting War & Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Almost done with my latest series, Night Angel by Brent Weeks. Haven't loved it but it's okay. I really struggle with calling a super deadly assassin a 'wet boy.' I've been told Weeks' Lightbringer series is better so considering that in the future but probably not next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saosin Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'm finishing up Words of Radiance which is part of the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson. I haven't been this into a fantasy series since reading Lord of the Rings for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Has anyone read Tim Severin "Vikings" 3 book series? I have a stack of others I want to get through, but looking over what its about and how its laid out. Makes me want to shoot it to top of my list to read. Tim also wrote the Hector Lynch series. Any input on his writing style with either would be helpful in decision making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 19 hours ago, titansNvolsR#1 said: Finished Annihilation. Didn't love it. Figured I'd give the movie a try. Hated that. Has anyone that doesn’t hate everything read this and enjoyed it? Genuinely curious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I'm reading 1776 by David McCullough right now. I really like it, but I don't like how it's so centered on minuscule details and minutiae of the armies and people. I was hoping it was more of an all-inclusive book on the American Revolution. Can anybody please recommend the best all-inclusive book on the American Revolution that reads like 1776, not like a textbook? Right now the leading candidate for my next read is Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War for Independence. Ideally, I'd like more on the actual Founding Fathers in their efforts to write the Declaration as well as battles and other significant points in the whole thing. Would also like similar recommendations on other points in American / World History. Would also be interested in engaging biographies on important historical figures, especially United States Presidents (particularly George Washington). @vike daddy, I think you like this sort of book. Also, I think @incognito_man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Outpost31 said: I'm reading 1776 by David McCullough right now. I really like it, but I don't like how it's so centered on minuscule details and minutiae of the armies and people. I was hoping it was more of an all-inclusive book on the American Revolution. Can anybody please recommend the best all-inclusive book on the American Revolution that reads like 1776, not like a textbook? Right now the leading candidate for my next read is Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War for Independence. Ideally, I'd like more on the actual Founding Fathers in their efforts to write the Declaration as well as battles and other significant points in the whole thing. Would also like similar recommendations on other points in American / World History. Would also be interested in engaging biographies on important historical figures, especially United States Presidents (particularly George Washington). @vike daddy, I think you like this sort of book. Also, I think @incognito_man. I've read Chernow's Washington biography. Loved it. It gets into other American Revolution players as well, so it expands beyond Washington into the war generally. Would highly recommend it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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