Do you mean you're looking for things somehow similar or related?

No more like I want to read another epic, unless I end up changing genres to memoirs or non-fiction or something.

traded one of my books for 'rising sun' by michael crichton...seems alright thus far, though, i'm not too far into it.

Bought more than 50 books at the book sale yesterday. Really excited.

What did you find annoying?

Cullen wrote it in strange fragmented sentences, went off on odd tangents about physical appearences among other things, and tried too hard to make it read like fiction. I greatly prefer simple structure in nonfiction without the attempts at literary flair.

Finally finished Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden.

An absolutely fantastic read & one of the best depictions of urban warfare that I can remember. My only issue with the book, and it's not the author's fault, is that it was really hard to remember all the soldiers names as they were being referenced throughout the book. I'm not sure how it could be made easy with nearly 100 Americans involved in the battle.

If people haven't read it in the past year, Bowden added a 10-15 page section at the end of the book basically defending himself against some comments made in the NY Times review. He explains his stylistic choices and why he attempted to remove himself (and his viewpoints) away from the story.

Great, great book, and I assume I'll read again in the future.

I have now begun Green Hills of Africa by Hemingway. I have a feeling this is one I might put down before finishing.

Agree on Black Hawk Down. Great read.

just finished on writing by steven king

it was pretty readable, but the only stuff in it i thought was helpful was his stuff on language and getting published, the rest was a bit too general and imo personal to him.

already said this earlier, but if you liked black hawk down, most definitely check out killing pablo, and possibly doctor dealer. i need to reread BHD, haven't in years. what's most f'd is the usa partially is responsible for all the crap in somalia - the govt was in bed with said barre for years.

Killing Pablo is really good - it reads more like a story than a non-fiction history/biography. I'll have to read the other Bowden's recommended in this thread.

Been reading Marjorie Garber's Shakespeare After All. Garber takes on all of Shakespeare's plays in separate essays, providing historical context and solid interpretations and explanations. It's an excellent guide to all of Shakespeare.

Finished "Last Call" and can't really recommend it.
It's very difficult to follow what's going on at times, while not really ever being entertaining enough to make it worthwhile. Liked "Declare" a lot better.

ok, almost done with interpreter of maladies.

i feel like a total woman for reading and enjoying this, but it truly is magnificent stuff.

So I decided to finish reading The Road since it wasn't that long and I heard it got better. It didn't. I think I mentioned this before in the thread but I like answers, and this book had none.

Taken from wikipedia...(not really any spoilers but I'll hide it anyways)



Gah! Could he tell us any less?

The ending really bothered me too. And for anyone who has read it...

THe Big Short - Michael Lewis
Story of the cause of the Global Financail meltdown and some nerds/geeks that made millions betting on it. Clearly written, lol moments, wtf moments for billions of dollars, interesting people, ....... Excellent.

Not sure you would like this if you have zero interrest in financial stuff as these is a fair bit of explaining of speciaty bonds and such, but my small interest was rewarded. I only found one or two pages to be a bit ...bla bla blaa

8/10

so if the dad's name was gary, it was a meteor, and if it started in detroit, you'd think it was a good book?

The name and place don't matter as much, although the lack of names could make it a little hard to follow at times. What I really wanted to know about what the catatrosphe or whatever it was that ended the world as we know it. That's mostly why I kept reading because I wanted to know what happened.

It's definitely a low point of his work. Not as bad as Across the River but still pretty mediocre. It's the kind of book you can skip if you don't have a major interest in Hemingway and you won't miss much.

I started reading 1984 this morning. It's one those books that's referenced everywhere but I'd never read it so I want to be in the loop. The hubby thought I wouldn't like it but I'm enjoying it so far, but maybe that's just because it's following a book that I really didn't enjoy.

i want to read that but scared that i'll hate it even though it is universally loved. animal farm was the nuts ldo.

I would be hard to dislike it. You should try it.

Gödel Escher Bach. I usually blitz through books but I have a feeling this one will last me a long time. I'm not too far into it, and don't really know what to think of it tbh. I'm enjoying it a lot though, beats revising.

I think I mention this every chance I get, but 1984 is basically my least favorite book ever. I wish books could feel pain cause if they could I would do horrible things to 1984.

I loved this book, also I am a Strange Loop by him was pretty interesting too.