oldblueeyez 15475 Report post Posted May 17, 2013 I've got a lot of spare time on my hands now and I want to start reading books again (it's been a while). What's everybody reading? I need suggestions please. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ot**w***og****n Report post Posted May 17, 2013 A few weeks ago I finished "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen about the raid on Bin Laden's estate and his demise. I thought it was a good read. Gives some insight as to what these guys go through. Also, read "Who am I" by Pete Townsend...I liked it as I'm a long time Who fan. Some ideas anyways. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Emily J 172062 Report post Posted May 18, 2013 I'm reading The Naked Ape By Desmond Morris. (Subtitled: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal) Very interesting so far! :) Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping, socialising, grooming, playing. Zoologist Desmond Morris's classic takes its place alongside Darwin's Origin of the Species, presenting man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape, remarkable in his resilience, energy and imagination, yet an animal nonetheless, in danger of forgetting his origins. With its penetrating insights on man's beginnings, sex life, habits and our astonishing bonds to the animal kingdom, The Naked Ape is a landmark, at once provocative, compelling and timeless. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fiskaa 2600 Report post Posted May 18, 2013 Anything by James Lee Burke...especially the Robicheaux series of novels. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazzitup 5652 Report post Posted May 18, 2013 Anything by Jo Nesbo. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gryphin55 120 Report post Posted May 18, 2013 The complete works of Edgar Allan Poe 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jake_cdn Report post Posted May 19, 2013 Anything by Ken Follett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest K***e D****ls Report post Posted May 19, 2013 I tweeted about these two books recently: 'The Glass Castle' and 'Half Broke Horses', both by Jeannette Walls. Just incredible reads. I'm a voracious reader and these are by far two of the best I've read in quite a while. 'The Glass Castle' has been published in over 20 languages. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldblueeyez 15475 Report post Posted May 19, 2013 Damn, I wish I'd had the foresight to title this thread "Cerb Reads" (borrowed from CBC Radio). 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhantomKnight 7914 Report post Posted May 19, 2013 Tom Clancys- Rainbow 6 Chris Kyle- Sniper (pretty sure that's the title, fantastic read) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pumpkin 649 Report post Posted May 19, 2013 I wish I could include the link to my book, but since I'm being published next spring I can't just yet, but I am currently reading two books, one is a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini and the other is Game of Thrones... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nathalie L 112512 Report post Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) Here's a list of some of my all-time favourite books: "Kushiel's Dart" by Jacqueline Carey "1984" by George Orwell "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold "Self" by Yann Martel "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult "The Clan of the Cavebear" by Jean M. Auel "The Swimming-Pool Library" by Alan Holinghurst "Fall on Your Knees" by Anne-Marie MacDonald "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham "Sexing the Cherry" by Jeannette Winterson "The Postmidstress" by Sarah Blake "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin "Chorus of Mushrooms" by Hiromi Goto "Valencia" by Michelle Tea "Zami" by Audre Lorde "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan Edited May 21, 2013 by N*t****e L*f***** 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoddyThomas 2746 Report post Posted May 20, 2013 The Naked Ape by D Morris in my favorite book! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erica Obsession 2076 Report post Posted May 20, 2013 Recently I have been reading dystopian novels. I just finished The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (I can't believe I missed that one in high school) and I just started The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The next on the list is The Trial by Franz Kafka. My favourite all-time novels include: 1984 and Animal Farm - George Orwell Lord of the Flies - William Golding Watership Down - Richard Adams Frankenstein - Mary Shelley I have also been eyeing the book 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Has anyone read this novel? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Erica. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley Ann 75247 Report post Posted May 20, 2013 Marilyn at Rainbow's End by Darwin Porter. Not only does this book discuss Marilyn, but there are also many other stories on other celebs from back in the day...btw this book details how Marilyn was murdered and the giant cover up! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philander39 3705 Report post Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) I tend to prefer reading more non-fiction. Last summer's reading list included these two interesting reads: "Wide is the Waters: The story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired" by Benson Bobrick This one was an impulse purchase but well worth it. A fascinating history of the creation of the King James Bible and how the translation process influenced the English language, the development of Christianity and the history of the English-speaking world. "Bloodlands -Europe between Hitler and Stalin" by Timothy Snyder A very very depressing book about the parts of Europe (Poland, Baltic States, Ukraine and Belarus) which were located between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. You know you are going to a dark place when the author is arguing that a place like Auschwitz wasn't as bad as people thought because their were actual survivors unlike many other camps where barely anyone survived. Even with the depressing subject manner, Snyder does a great job conveying the central theme that this evil can easily occur when regimes turn people into numbers. Only when those numbers are seen as people can we keep our humanity. On the fiction front I tend to read writers from the 1930's and 1940's. Not sure why, guess those high school English classes influenced me more than I thought. Seeing some of the reading lists here does have me thinking that may be I should expand my fiction reading wish list. Nathalie's list contains at least three books that have been recommended to me friends and co-workers. Edited May 22, 2013 by Philander39 fixing typos and dumb grammar mistakes 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cleo Catra 178382 Report post Posted May 22, 2013 I'm currently reading 'The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared', a comedy novel originally written in Swedish by Jonas Jonasson. So far it's absolutely adorable, very enjoyable book. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gentleman11 10508 Report post Posted May 23, 2013 For someone just getting back in to the reading things the choices are endless. As a voracious reader myself, I would suggest you start with selections on the New York Times Best Seller list (google it) and take a look at the fiction and non fiction selections. Its just a starting point to let your imagination grow to the myriad of other great suggestions on this thread. Good luck and happy reading. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazzitup 5652 Report post Posted May 29, 2013 In the mystery section find Donna Leon. She has created a series with the character Commissario Guido Brunetti. The setting is Venice Italy, which adds to the enjoyment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest K***e D****ls Report post Posted May 31, 2013 I know this author was mentioned earlier in this thread but Khaled Hosseini's 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' were outstanding. I just got his new book 'And The Mountains Echoed' and I can't wait to start it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cleo Catra 178382 Report post Posted September 1, 2013 I've just picked up a novel called 'Room', written by Emma Donoghue. Terrifying subject matter, but written in an amusing, clever way. Seriously. I have a feeling I'll finish it in one sitting this evening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted September 1, 2013 I've just picked up a novel called 'Room', written by Emma Donoghue. Terrifying subject matter, but written in an amusing, clever way. Seriously. I have a feeling I'll finish it in one sitting this evening. That's a great book. Without giving too many details away, it's bitter sweet and is an emotional roller coaster. I wonder how many times this situation has actually happened and what it would do to a person's character. Have fun reading!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcguy42 38594 Report post Posted September 6, 2013 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. From a review of the book: "A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15783514-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane Additional Comments: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. From a review of the book: "A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15783514-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribbles 6031 Report post Posted September 6, 2013 +1 On the Gaimen book. Finished it two days ago, and it was a great read. Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515a using Tapatalk 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spud271 47779 Report post Posted September 6, 2013 Started re-reading Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. Just snagged it off the shelf and realized I hadn't read it since University. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
