Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 8, 2003 I don't mean right this minute, but are you on a book now? (real books, not comics) I'm reading "Violets Are Blue" by James Patterson right now. Only about 100 pages in. Same guy responsibe for Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider...although in the book the detective is in his late 30s with two small children and lives with his grandmother...and in the movies it's Morgan Freeman, go figure. Anyway, good book. Any of Patterson's Alex Cross books are definatly worth reading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Notorious CRD Report post Posted May 8, 2003 I'm currently reading R.A. Salvatore's "Sea of Swords." I have about 6 more books backlogged just waiting to be read after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moral suasion 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2003 I am reading 1984 right now. It's one of those books that I've always been told was awesome but have never read. It's really interesting so far. Scary portrayal of the world. This thread should get pinned. It would make a good place to get suggestions on reading when you have none. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted May 8, 2003 I just finished reading "Tishimongo Blues" by Elmore Leonard. The usual solid work from him - his books are the type that you want to read in one sitting. I'm just about to start reading "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr" by Terry Brooks, and then I've got a couple more backlogged... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted May 8, 2003 I'm on chapter 3 of "In the Pit w/ Piper." It's been pretty entertaining so far. I've read a lot of the wrestling books: Who's Next (Goldberg) Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops (Foley 2) Have a Nice Day (Foley 1) Positively Page (DDP) It's True, It's True (Kurt Angle) The Rock Says... (The Rock) After Piper's Pit, I hope to read Hogan's book & Dynamite Kids book. I'll pick up The Brain's book too if my library ever gets it. I've also read a paperback Bret Hart book...but it was kayfabed and had a lot of full page pictures, so it wasn't really a good read. I think it was geared more towards young marks. I might actually read the Hardyz book too. I'll be avoiding Chyna's though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nl5xsk1 Report post Posted May 9, 2003 (edited) I just finished "The Game", by Ken Dryden this morning, so am debating between "Flinch" by Rob't Ferrigno and "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Whatever I don't read next will be read right after. And when I'm done traveling, I'll be pulling out the 800+ page biography of Ronald Reagan. So, I should be all set for the next month or so. Change of plans: started and finished Flinch, but Crime and Punishment was way too heavy to read while oversees, so went out and bought Chopper. I'll read that, then Electroboy and save C&P for the flight home. Edited May 12, 2003 by nl5xsk1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Miss Indy Queen Report post Posted May 9, 2003 Actually I picked up Freddie Blassie's new book so I'll start reading that this weekend hopefully. I just finished the Hardy Boyz book and it was was good. Jago, dynamite kid's book is really good as well. I know that the book put out by Meltzer's wrestling observer is slightly different from the one that was released in the UK. I only read the UK one because it has more information in it but overall it's a really good book. I would put it up there with Foley's first book. Hogan's book was eh, if you want to bother reading the book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 9, 2003 The U.K. version of Dynamite's book has some kind of story about Stu Hart that pissed off Bret, so much is that it's not in the North American version. Don't know what it is though. Dynamite's book is good, but he's a bitter egomaniac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted May 9, 2003 I just finished Jack The Ripper's Black Magic Rituals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kingpk Report post Posted May 9, 2003 I'm reading Apollo 13 (the book the movie is based on, I guess) by Jim Lovell for the 4th time. I need some new books. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HurriShane 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2003 I'm reading The Dirt by Motley Crue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thuganomics 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2003 I'm reading Storm of Swords, Bk 3 of George Martin's Song of Ice & Fire. Great series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted May 12, 2003 I just finished reading "Tishimongo Blues" by Elmore Leonard. The usual solid work from him - his books are the type that you want to read in one sitting. I'm just about to start reading "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr" by Terry Brooks, and then I've got a couple more backlogged... Quick update - finished reading "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr" by Terry Brooks and I'll probably start on the latest New Jedi Order book out. "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr" by Terry Brooks was pretty good and as per usual is somewhat open-ended so that Brooks can continue the Shannara saga. I'd recommend reading the first two parts to the trilogy though. I'll give it about 7/10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Grand Slam Report post Posted May 12, 2003 Right now, I am starting on "Sign of the Unicorn" by Roger Zelazny at work and the new Feist novel "Talon of the Silver Hawk". Looks good. I hope to get a chance to re-read "Have a Nice Day" and "Return of the King" soon, along with the last two Clancy books, "Bear and the Dragon" and "Red Rabbit". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted May 13, 2003 "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman This thread really should get pinned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Grand Slam Report post Posted May 13, 2003 Hey, if I had my modly powers outside the SWF boards, it would have been pinned already. Picked up a book last night called "What Baseball Means To Me", personal stories from various people talking about memories and feelings and expieriences that make them love baseball. If you love the game, this is a good read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Reservoir_Kitty Report post Posted May 13, 2003 I just finished Misery and I'm now reading Christine. I'm on a huge Stephen King kick right now. I finished collecting Anne Rice's vampire and witch books... I needed another author to obsessively read, so I chose King. I got the super-huge uncut hardcover of The Stand for my birthday, but my friend's reading that. When it comes back, I might pick it up again, even though I have ten other new books sitting around. I re-read books a lot. I need more books. Or, I need to learn how to read slower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 13, 2003 If you're into horror try Bentley Little...although he's a lot sicker then King. "The Store" or "The Association" is a good start. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DawnBTVS Report post Posted May 13, 2003 I'm reading Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire again and am surprised that it's better then I remembered Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moral suasion 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2003 "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman Thats a cool book. He has done some comic book/novel things that are also cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted May 14, 2003 If you're into horror try Bentley Little...although he's a lot sicker then King. "The Store" or "The Association" is a good start. I've read two Little books: "The Store", which was quite good, and "The House", which was only so-so. I haven't read enough of him to fully gauge how good he is, although I've enjoyed what I've read so far. King, I feel, IS a good storyteller, but he's lost the "spark" if you will when it comes to actualy writing horror that.....you know, horrifies. Little, it would seem, is now filling that role. I also recommend Douglas Clegg. Clegg may be better than Little. I recommend "The Halloween Man" as well as "You Come When I Call You." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted May 14, 2003 I'm reading a book called Complications by Atul Gawande. It's a surgeon's notes about how many mistakes are made in medicine, and how they're unavoidable. It's pretty fascinating stuff, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted May 14, 2003 If anyone wants a good read in the field of social philosophy (with some psychiatry and quantum mechanics thrown in for good measure), I highly recommend Robert Anton Wilson. Specifically. Prometheus Rising, Quantum Psychology, and The New Inquisition, though all of his books in this vein are worth it. Scifi fans may recognize him as the co-author of the Illuminatus! trilogy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 14, 2003 If you're into horror try Bentley Little...although he's a lot sicker then King. "The Store" or "The Association" is a good start. I've read two Little books: "The Store", which was quite good, and "The House", which was only so-so. I haven't read enough of him to fully gauge how good he is, although I've enjoyed what I've read so far. King, I feel, IS a good storyteller, but he's lost the "spark" if you will when it comes to actualy writing horror that.....you know, horrifies. Little, it would seem, is now filling that role. I also recommend Douglas Clegg. Clegg may be better than Little. I recommend "The Halloween Man" as well as "You Come When I Call You." The House is just a little too perverted even for me. The Ignored, and The University are his very best...but I don't see them as much on bookstore shelves. They might be out of print. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Amazing Rando Report post Posted May 14, 2003 Reading Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn for the 2nd time And just finished Micheal Bracewell's When Surface Was Depth Bracewell's book gets into art a bit too much...but still a good read... and all of Daniel Quinn's work amazes me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2003 Recently(as in about a month ago), I started reading a biography on the Marquis du Sade which contained The 120 Days of Sodomy. I got through the biography part and the beginning of The 120 Days, but after 4 or so stories in the book, I had to put it down. It was the most vile, nasty, downright dementedly perverted piece of literature I had ever read. I seriously felt like I needed to go to Confession after readng the book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tank_abbott Report post Posted May 16, 2003 Casualties of War by Daniel Lang See movie by same name for details, quick read Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Steviekick Report post Posted May 16, 2003 I just read Hogan's book. It was exactly the same as the "Hulkamania Rules" DVD as far as content and story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cover of Darkness Report post Posted May 17, 2003 I'm getting all of Ian Fleming's reprints as they come out. Fleming's style- terse, yet descriptive- still holds where some of his Cold War stories do not. In comparison, John Gardner, Ian Fleming's successor, still holds up as far as brilliant plots, while some problems with his style make some of his books tough reading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted May 18, 2003 Recently(as in about a month ago), I started reading a biography on the Marquis du Sade which contained The 120 Days of Sodomy. I got through the biography part and the beginning of The 120 Days, but after 4 or so stories in the book, I had to put it down. It was the most vile, nasty, downright dementedly perverted piece of literature I had ever read. I seriously felt like I needed to go to Confession after readng the book. I've been meaning to read that book. Honestly. I was really thinking about picking it up lately because the History Channel did a one-hour biography-type show on him. I need to see if the actual book is as depraved as the rest of that man's life was. If you're looking for lighter, but still baudy, fare, might I suggest Boccaccio's Decameron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
