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Book recommendation
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:45 pm
by SpiffCoug
I just finished The Martian on Audible. And I've got my next book credit coming up at the end of the week. Anyone got a good book recommendation?
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:06 pm
by Ddawg
The Revenant by Michael Punke
AN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL OF REVENGE, SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Trapping beaver, they contend daily with the threat of Indian tribes turned warlike over the white men's encroachment on their land, and other prairie foes--like the unforgiving landscape and its creatures. Hugh Glass is among the Company's finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive.
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Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:07 pm
by Ddawg
The Revenant.
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:12 am
by Mars
I loved The Martian. His language greatly reflects my own.
I've gonna give Maze Runner a try next, while my sister is going to read Ready Player One and report back.
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:09 am
by ABYUFAN
I'm just finishing up Dean Koontz' The City. I wasn't sure that I was going to like it, but - it turns out that Ilike it a lot
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:25 pm
by Schmoe
Steven Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" is a great read about the Spartans and the Battle of Thermopylae.
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:26 pm
by snoscythe
ABYUFAN wrote:I'm just finishing up Dean Koontz' The City. I wasn't sure that I was going to like it, but - it turns out that Ilike it a lot
aka source material for Frank Miller's "300"
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:16 pm
by Schmoe
Oh, also Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick is fascinating.
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:11 pm
by sage
SpiffCoug wrote:I just finished The Martian on Audible. And I've got my next book credit coming up at the end of the week. Anyone got a good book recommendation?
Best fiction: Les Miz (abridged version)I've read both, abridged is much better
Best about life: Man's search for meaning (recommended in conference, so I read it and agree)
Best revelatory of misconceptions: Never cry wolf
Re: Book recommendation
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:05 pm
by Mars
Maze Runner wasn't very good. Nice idea, juvenile writing.
I've been told that Ready Player One is very good. Also, Moonwalking with Einstein. Those might be the next two on my list.
I love reading.