The Last Book You Read Thread

Controlled Chaos · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:03 pm

Yoya wrote:

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

1. The Gunslinger - The Dark Tower I
2. The Drawing of the Three - The Dark Tower II
3. Currently reading, The Waste Lands - The Dark Tower III

The Drawing of the Three was the best, IMO. Wizard and the Glass was great too...not sure if it was the book itself that was awesome, or if it was just great to read The Dark Tower again after so many years of waiting for the next one to come out.

I actually really liked the last one too, seems I'm in the minority on that. A lot of people have complained about the ending, but I thought it was pretty much perfect.

Zemilylimez · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:11 pm

Just finished "Killing Yourself to Live" by Chuck Klosterman...I quite enjoyed it though I think "Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" is better. He has some pretty interesting views on life saturated with pop culture.

tremo41 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:58 am **Posts:** 449

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. Great book. If anybody has any interest in Teddy this would be the book to read. It's the first of 3 on his life and it goes all the way up to his Vice Presidency.

Willis · **Posted:** Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:16 pm

Finished Kafka on the Shore a while back
Amazing post-modern, surreal, Greek tragedy. Very very good

Controlled Chaos · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:34 am

Just started reading Stephen King's new one "Under the Dome". It's over 1000 pages so it better be good LOL

Arctic · **Joined:** Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:18 pm **Posts:** 4330

Finished Under The Dome...it was amazing. Great book, kept me reading throughout the 1000+ pages.

ladydragon · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:57 pm

Last book I read was Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey. I'm always sad when I finish a series, and then it was a bittersweet end to boot. Oh well, I was warned.

I was working on Ender's Shadow, but I've been distracted by video games lately. I go through phases.

wolfie1984 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:13 am

clapton by eric clapton
fooking awesome book
i highly recomend it

John Galt · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:27 pm

I finished The Jungle for my AP US History class, what an awful book. It was basically one gigantic straw man argument against capitalism. Upton Sinclair makes the classic mistake so many have and will continue to make by not actually understanding what capitalism is. As for story, it was pretty good until the end when it got totally polemic and the politics tank and ruin it. It's certainly an interesting book to read for the historical influence it had but expect to get riled up if you are at all a fan of capitalism.

SummerGirl · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:26 pm

^ Will make you think twice about eating again...blech...

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson...fantastic novel about Marconi and the scientific race for wireless telegraphy, which eventually led to the radio. Second storyline a gross murder and investigation by Scotland Yard. Loved it!

Willis · **Posted:** Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:16 pm

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk

Very good bookstore. Free worldwide shipping, and cheap. Check it out if your one of those people that buy way to many books LOL

Willis · **Posted:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:07 pm

A Streetcar Named Desire

Amazing play, no idea why i hadnt read it before now.

wanegilly · **Joined:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:38 am **Posts:** 5

I just finished Jonathan Kellerman's When the Bough Breaks and found it to be a pretty solid mystery. I'll probably be picking up his other books from time-to-time.

ginyjhon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:10 pm **Posts:** 5

Just finished Midnight At The Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates. Its for a Diasporic Literatures class. and now i am reading Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets...

cscbo1 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:50 pm

The Heroin Diaries - Nikki Sixx

I can't believe he is still alive after all the drugs he did, good read though

leadguitar_85 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:33 am

I just finished Lord of the Flies. What a disturbing read.

Am starting "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." It's a long read but I've always been fascinated with that period in history. Anything WWII, I'm on it.

Merinda · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:00 pm

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris. Great read, as are all of the Sookie Stackhouse novels.

Daniel · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:30 pm

Is that the TrueBlood books? I just watched Season 3 ep1. Epic stuff.

TheEdgeOfReason · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:32 pm

Anybody read "I hope they serve beer in hell"?

I've read most of the blogs on TuckerMax.com, and thinking about getting the book.

Petey · **Posted:** Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:38 pm

Just saw this thread and thought I should promote my moms books on here. She is an author and has two of her own books.

Three Finger Brown

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Finger-Mordecai-Brown-Story/dp/0803218885/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282411886&sr=8-4
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5376771518&ref=search

Mordecai Brown was a cousin of my mom's, an old cubs pitcher back before baby ruths days. Hall of fame pitcher who because of an acident only had 3 fingers! It's a great story, involves the mob making threats to him trying to throw games etc.

Brigid of Ireland

http://www.amazon.com/Brigid-Ireland-Historical-Cindy-Thomson/dp/082546112X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282412083&sr=1-1
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Brigid-of-Ireland/134573176557321?ref=ts
Haven't read this one yet, I know shame on me. But everyone I know loved it, fiction book about some Irish saint. My girlfriends mom read it in one day, not a short book. She just liked it I guess.

This is also my mom's facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/cindy.thomson?ref=ts

She just lost her sister, she was only in her 50s. It would cheer her up maybe if her books got some more hits. green grin

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