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Cigarpass Book Thread

Yea, I've read that book a few times over. It's a great book. It got a lot of negative reviews but I enjoyed the read.
 
MadMonk said:
I thought I replied to this last night. Gaiman is a great suggestion. "Graveyard" or some such title. I don't think it won a nebula, but I remember it won more than one respected awards.

My son just devoured the whole "Missing" series. like, a book every 2 days, while on break. (7 books) It's for young readers. I'm glad he enjoys reading as much as I do.
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Neil Gaiman married Amanda Palmer and her music is nearly as interesting as his writing. Certainly his works are great stuff. I have recently been on two completely opposite reading paths: 1) modern-ish classics, and 2) mindless horror. I recently re-read A Clockwork Orange and I am in the middle of Lolita right now. Anthony Burgess and Vladimir Nabokov are utterly amazing wordsmiths. For my horror dedication, I have read every bit of Richard Laymon that I can get my hands on...that dude knew how to write fun horror stories. Mario Acevedo is also just plain fun to read. I mean who can turn down such thrillers as "The Nymphos of Rocky Flats", "The Undead Kama Sutra" or "Werewolf Smackdown"?
 
Catch me if you can the book the movie was based off of was a great read. The movie was good the book is even better.
 
I'm going to show my inner nerd by suggesting Ready Player One. If you want an enjoyable romp through a continuous 80's reference of video game awesomeness, this is up your alley .
 
I don't have nearly as much time to read as I'd like... but I've been working on two books for the past couple years haha.

I read a little, and then put it down and forget about them and then go back and re-read. In any case they've both been fantastic reads:

Drood by Dan Simmons
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
 
Just received "Stocism and the Art of Happiness" by Donald Robertson. Will start the read tonight.
 
Thanks for the tip and again thanks for starting this thread. Better to read than progress into Archie Bunker mode. The elections are all over the "news" channels and really doesn't do much to help with the digestive tract.
 
Decided to pull out my Xanth books. Already made it through #3 since this weekend. Reason I stopped reading them years ago is because I have gaps in the series. Need to find those.
 
Anyone read Dante's Inferno?

I've been tempted, but don't know if its written like a Tale of Two Cities. Even as an adult I can't understand that book.
 
bluue13 said:
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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One of my all time favorite reads. His Going After Cacciato is also very good; another definitive and magnificent Viet Nam novel is Denis Johnson's sprawling Tree of Smoke, which is just amazing, even for Denis Johnson, one of the most elegantly visceral wordsmiths I know.

Currently re-reading Katherine Dunn's astounding Geek Love, which should be experienced raw, not described. Like no other novel ever.

~Boar
 
bluue13 said:
I don't have nearly as much time to read as I'd like... but I've been working on two books for the past couple years haha.

I read a little, and then put it down and forget about them and then go back and re-read. In any case they've both been fantastic reads:

Drood by Dan Simmons
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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The Things They Carried is a great book!
 
Anyone on the forum enjoy fishing and reading? Great book recommend Tales of a hooker and her madame. Stories of these guys who sailed around the world trying to catch world record billfish.
 
Peterk814 said:
Anyone on the forum enjoy fishing and reading? Great book recommend Tales of a hooker and her madame. Stories of these guys who sailed around the world trying to catch world record billfish.
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I haven't seen that one but it sounds intriguing. The last one I read on fishing (which is a great hobby of mine) was 'Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish'. That's about poaching Chilean Sea Bass. I still cannot order that fish when I see it on menus.
 
Peterk814 said:
Anyone on the forum enjoy fishing and reading? Great book recommend Tales of a hooker and her madame. Stories of these guys who sailed around the world trying to catch world record billfish.
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Captain Ahab?

Post up a link to Amazon please.
 
Finished Nineteen Eighty-Four... I feel obligated to go pick up a cigar from Room 101. Think I'll keep my "Why Haven't I Read" theme up and grab Lord of the Flies next.
 
I recently enjoyed a couple of books by Iain Pears so I decided to read the one that garnered "international acclaim". Stupid, as I should know that the one the critics love is always the least interesting. I will probably, eventually finish it only because it is well written. But I'm frankly bored one third of the way through 685 pages of unrelenting 17th century stupidity and tragedy. Another example of tastes trumping talent - not my cuppa. If you're a tragedy fan you may enjoy it, though. I loved his most recent, Arcadia and, as I mentioned before, Stone's Fall.
 
Currently reading Chris Offutt's memoir My Dad the Pornographer- It's solid non-fiction

Last fantasy was Ben Percy's The Dead Lands - Writing was good, but I didn't dig the plot
 
Just started reading "All fisherman are liars...believe it" by Dave Reifsnyder. Dave is my wife's uncle and a great guy to talk to and the book is written in a way that feels like you are talking to him. Mostly a collection of short stories about his life and love of fishing.
 
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