I am almost finished with another Buddy Levy book : "River of Darkness"
I agree, I really enjoy his writing. It feels like a great adventure. He picks some fantastic topics to research.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
What book are you reading?
Collapse
X
-
I finished Labyrinth of Ice, The triumphant and tragic Greely polar exposition by Buddy Levy. Excellent book that I’d recommend. I really enjoy Levy’s writing style.
-
Just started the audiobook for Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff and Hall. Its excellent thus far.
Reading Our Lady of the Artilects by Andrew Gilsmith. Pretty enjoyable so far.
- Likes 1
Leave a comment:
-
Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God by Greg Graffin and Steve Olson
Leave a comment:
-
I’m reading First Things First by Stephen Covey. It’s about living life for the things that really matter. Excellent read so far, and I’ve already found ways to improve quality of life.
Not long ago I finished Steelheart by Brian Sanderson. It’s the first in a trilogy for young adults. My daughter gave it to me as a mandatory reading assignment. Had fun with it - some good surprises and decent character development. Not quite in the level of the Hunger Games series, but still very enjoyable.
Leave a comment:
-
I just finished Pirate Hunters: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...pirate-hunters
It was a very interesting book and directly in my wheel house (see what I did there) in regards to interests. Loved the book. The ending (literally the last page) was abrupt and not what I had hoped for but didn't detract from a true story book. Well worth the read.
Leave a comment:
-
Just finished In a Dry Season and re-read Charles McDonald's Company Commander. Both very good.
Current read is Gun Parts Corporation Catalog #21. An oldie but goodie.
Leave a comment:
-
Just started re-reading "The Book of the New Sun."
Also working through 7 more "Legend of Drizzt" books. Decided to take in some fast food fantasy.
Leave a comment:
-
I ended up reading the entire series many years ago along with several of the Brian Herbert novels. Once you get into it, the series is engrossing.
-
autococker04 Yeah it's still slow, but I'm getting into it more and more. There's just a lot to absorb so I think you really just have to take your time with it.
-
I quit in the first chunk because I thought it was a slog. Maybe I should give it another shot.
-
I'm just about to start Dune for the first time. Unfortunately the person who loaned it to me warned me that the first chunk is a bit of a slog so I'm procrastinating starting it.
Leave a comment:
-
I've been on a kick of very old books. I wrapped up The Castle of Otranto back over winter. Decent, but very dramatic. The traditional use of the word "ejaculate" made me giggle.
Then I read Frankenstein. Just finished that a few weeks ago. VERY good book. It takes you all over Europe, and will have you feeling pity for Frankenstein, his monster, and all parties involved. Rather good ending as well (or, maybe not "good", but interesting and well done). Not what I had expected. I honestly loved the book.
Now I'm reading The Iron Heel by Jack London. It's about a failed socialist revolution (I think? So far, that's what I can tell) in the US, but has all of these footnotes because it's supposed to be a reference book used by some civilization that exists 700 years in the future? It's weird. It starts off boring and difficult to follow because the protagonist has to make his ideology known, and that was done by the use of massive amounts of dialog and argumentation. The bit about metaphysics was the worst. But now that I'm past all of that, I'm enjoying it. It really shows well how much influence the moneyed classes have over government and enforcement. Honestly, could almost be a case for anarchism. There are a lot of references to actual events that happened during the late 1800's/early 1900's, and that makes it very interesting.
Leave a comment:
Leave a comment: