03-27-2024, 06:05 AM
#121
Year was off to a slow start, but I just knocked out a 650 page book in a week, Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
This was a sequel to The Talisman that I read last summer. Great book, I enjoyed it at least as much as The Talisman. There was some crossover to the Dark Tower series (which I still want to re-read), which was cool, but it almost seemed like too much at a few points. It didn't take away from the overall book though.
I've finally given in to peer pressure and bought myself a Kindle after resisting it for years. I love having a book in my hands, I love having all my books on the shelf so I resisted for years.
So far I'm loving it. It's going to be great when I travel, especially if I need to bring more than one book. I always try to carryon rather than check bags, and if I have to bring two large books, it takes up too much real estate in my backpack. I also love how I don't need a reading light, and books are far cheaper: the trilogy I just started would have cost my nearly $90 at the bookstore, and I got all 3 for $24 on the Kindle.
Spoiler!
1. The Stand by Stephen King
2. The Mask by Dean Koontz
3. Watchers by Dean Koontz
4. The Four Noble Truths of Love by Susan Piver
5. Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
This was a sequel to The Talisman that I read last summer. Great book, I enjoyed it at least as much as The Talisman. There was some crossover to the Dark Tower series (which I still want to re-read), which was cool, but it almost seemed like too much at a few points. It didn't take away from the overall book though.
I've finally given in to peer pressure and bought myself a Kindle after resisting it for years. I love having a book in my hands, I love having all my books on the shelf so I resisted for years.
So far I'm loving it. It's going to be great when I travel, especially if I need to bring more than one book. I always try to carryon rather than check bags, and if I have to bring two large books, it takes up too much real estate in my backpack. I also love how I don't need a reading light, and books are far cheaper: the trilogy I just started would have cost my nearly $90 at the bookstore, and I got all 3 for $24 on the Kindle.
Spoiler!
1. The Stand by Stephen King
2. The Mask by Dean Koontz
3. Watchers by Dean Koontz
4. The Four Noble Truths of Love by Susan Piver
5. Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
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03-29-2024, 02:10 PM
#122
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13. The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
The second book in the series. More of the same in that it’s a collection of short stories of mysteries that Father Brown solves. They were a little less interconnected in this one and I didn’t think it was quite as good as the first. I really liked the story involving the new invention of a lie detector test and how he pointed out the problems with it way back when.
1. The Iliad by Homer
2. The Odyssey by Homer
3. The One Thing by Gary Keller
4. Emma by Jane Austen
5. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
6. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
7. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
8. Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
9. Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
10. Pascendi Dominici Gregis: Encyclical on the Doctrine of Modernists by Pope Pius X
11. Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
12. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
2. The Odyssey by Homer
3. The One Thing by Gary Keller
4. Emma by Jane Austen
5. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
6. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
7. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
8. Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
9. Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
10. Pascendi Dominici Gregis: Encyclical on the Doctrine of Modernists by Pope Pius X
11. Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
12. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
13. The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
The second book in the series. More of the same in that it’s a collection of short stories of mysteries that Father Brown solves. They were a little less interconnected in this one and I didn’t think it was quite as good as the first. I really liked the story involving the new invention of a lie detector test and how he pointed out the problems with it way back when.
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04-14-2024, 10:44 AM
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16. NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority (#7 NYPD Red) by Marshall Karp- This series was James Patterson and Marshall Karp co-writing until this book. Now it's taken over by Karp.
17. 12 Months to Live (first in Jane Smith series) by James Patterson
18. The Black Book (first in series) by James Patterson
19. The Red Book (2nd in series) by James Patterson
20. Escape (3rd in series) by James Patterson
21. Dirty Thirty (30th Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovich
22. Never Never (1st in Harriet Blue series) by James Patterson
23. Fifty Fifty (2nd Harriet Blue) by James Patterson
24. Liar Liar (3rd Harriet Blue) by James Patterson
25. Hush Hush (4th and last so far of Harriet Blue series) by James Patterson
1. Gone (6th in Michael Bennett series) by James Patterson
2. Burn (7th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
3. Alert (8th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
4. Chase: A Bookshot (Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
5. Bullseye (9th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
6. Manhunt: A Bookshhot (Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
7. Haunted (10th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
8. Ambush (11th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
9. Blindside (12th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
10. The Russian (13th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
11. Shattered (Michael Bennett series) by James Patterson
12. Obsessed (Michael Bennett series) by James Patterson
13. Random in Death (In Death series) by J.D. Robb
14. Crosshairs (Michael Bennett series-last one as of now) by James Patterson
15. Missing Persons (Private series- last one as of now) by James Patterson
2. Burn (7th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
3. Alert (8th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
4. Chase: A Bookshot (Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
5. Bullseye (9th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
6. Manhunt: A Bookshhot (Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
7. Haunted (10th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
8. Ambush (11th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
9. Blindside (12th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
10. The Russian (13th Michael Bennett) by James Patterson
11. Shattered (Michael Bennett series) by James Patterson
12. Obsessed (Michael Bennett series) by James Patterson
13. Random in Death (In Death series) by J.D. Robb
14. Crosshairs (Michael Bennett series-last one as of now) by James Patterson
15. Missing Persons (Private series- last one as of now) by James Patterson
16. NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority (#7 NYPD Red) by Marshall Karp- This series was James Patterson and Marshall Karp co-writing until this book. Now it's taken over by Karp.
17. 12 Months to Live (first in Jane Smith series) by James Patterson
18. The Black Book (first in series) by James Patterson
19. The Red Book (2nd in series) by James Patterson
20. Escape (3rd in series) by James Patterson
21. Dirty Thirty (30th Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovich
22. Never Never (1st in Harriet Blue series) by James Patterson
23. Fifty Fifty (2nd Harriet Blue) by James Patterson
24. Liar Liar (3rd Harriet Blue) by James Patterson
25. Hush Hush (4th and last so far of Harriet Blue series) by James Patterson
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04-15-2024, 03:05 AM
#124
Been a while with the misc outage, so i'll just update with a score but without reviewing each book
Since i last posted
Finished :
Vincent B Davis II - The Man With Two Names (The Sertorius Scrolls 1) - 4/5
Aristotle - Poetics - 3/5
Vincent B Davis II - The Noise Of War (The Sertorius Scrolls 2) - 5/5
Gareth C. Sampson - The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War - 4/5
Vincent B Davis II - Bodies in the Tiber (The Sertorius Scrolls 3) - 4/5
Vincent B Davis II - Whom Gods Destroy (The Sertorius Scrolls 4) - 5/5
Vincent B Davis II - Sulla's Fist (The Sertorius Scrolls 5) - 5/5
Vincent B Davis II - Son of Mars (The Marius Scrolls 1) - 4/5
Appian - The Civil wars - 5/5
Currently reading
Mike Duncan - The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Steven Pressfield - The Afghan Campaign
Spoiler!
1. Robert Harris - Lustrum
2. Christian Meier - Julius Caesar
3. Robert Harris - Dictator
4. Ovid - Ars Amatoria
5. Cicero - Selected Political Speeches
6. Stephen Dando-Collins - Caligula
7. Audley Anselm - Plato & The Tyrant
8. Eck Werner - The Age of Augustus
9. Stephen Dando-Collins - Caesar's Legion
10. Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and the Margarit
11. Thomas Lin - Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta
12. Gareth C. Sampson - Rome's Great Eastern War: Lucullus, Pompey and the Conquest of the East
13. Mikhail Bulgakov - The heart of a Dog
14. Stephen Dando-Collins - Rise of an empire
15. Lee Fratantuono - Lucullus: The life and campaigns of a Roman conquerer
16. Duane W Roller - Empire of the Black Sea: The rise and fall of the Mithridatic world
17. Lucretius - On the nature of the universe
18. Theophrastus - Characters
19. Robert P Crease - The Quantum Moment
20. Philip Matyszak - Mithridates the Great: Rome's Indomitable Enemy
21. Adrienne Mayor - The Poison King
22. Robert Graves - The golden fleece
23. Gino Segré - The Pope of Physics
24. Gareth C Sampson - Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the invasion of the East
25. Soren Kierkegaard - The sickness unto death
26. Epicurus - The art of happiness
27. Victor Davis Hanson - A war like no other
28. Phillip Matszak - Sertorius and the struggle for Spain
29. Vincent B Davis II - The Man With Two Names (The Sertorius Scrolls, #1)
30. Aristotle - Poetics
31. Vincent B Davis II - The Noise Of War (The Sertorius Scrolls, #2)
32. Gareth C. Sampson - The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War
33. Vincent B Davis II - Bodies in the Tiber (The Sertorius Scrolls, #3)
34. Vincent B Davis II - Whom Gods Destroy (The Sertorius Scrolls, #4)
35. Vincent B Davis II - Sulla's Fist (The Sertorius Scrolls, #5)
36. Vincent B Davis II - Son of Mars (The Marius Scrolls, #1)
37. Appian - The Civil wars
38. Mike Duncan - The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (In progress)
39. Steven Pressfield - The Afghan Campaign (IN progress)
Since i last posted
Finished :
Vincent B Davis II - The Man With Two Names (The Sertorius Scrolls 1) - 4/5
Aristotle - Poetics - 3/5
Vincent B Davis II - The Noise Of War (The Sertorius Scrolls 2) - 5/5
Gareth C. Sampson - The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War - 4/5
Vincent B Davis II - Bodies in the Tiber (The Sertorius Scrolls 3) - 4/5
Vincent B Davis II - Whom Gods Destroy (The Sertorius Scrolls 4) - 5/5
Vincent B Davis II - Sulla's Fist (The Sertorius Scrolls 5) - 5/5
Vincent B Davis II - Son of Mars (The Marius Scrolls 1) - 4/5
Appian - The Civil wars - 5/5
Currently reading
Mike Duncan - The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Steven Pressfield - The Afghan Campaign
Spoiler!
1. Robert Harris - Lustrum
2. Christian Meier - Julius Caesar
3. Robert Harris - Dictator
4. Ovid - Ars Amatoria
5. Cicero - Selected Political Speeches
6. Stephen Dando-Collins - Caligula
7. Audley Anselm - Plato & The Tyrant
8. Eck Werner - The Age of Augustus
9. Stephen Dando-Collins - Caesar's Legion
10. Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and the Margarit
11. Thomas Lin - Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta
12. Gareth C. Sampson - Rome's Great Eastern War: Lucullus, Pompey and the Conquest of the East
13. Mikhail Bulgakov - The heart of a Dog
14. Stephen Dando-Collins - Rise of an empire
15. Lee Fratantuono - Lucullus: The life and campaigns of a Roman conquerer
16. Duane W Roller - Empire of the Black Sea: The rise and fall of the Mithridatic world
17. Lucretius - On the nature of the universe
18. Theophrastus - Characters
19. Robert P Crease - The Quantum Moment
20. Philip Matyszak - Mithridates the Great: Rome's Indomitable Enemy
21. Adrienne Mayor - The Poison King
22. Robert Graves - The golden fleece
23. Gino Segré - The Pope of Physics
24. Gareth C Sampson - Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the invasion of the East
25. Soren Kierkegaard - The sickness unto death
26. Epicurus - The art of happiness
27. Victor Davis Hanson - A war like no other
28. Phillip Matszak - Sertorius and the struggle for Spain
29. Vincent B Davis II - The Man With Two Names (The Sertorius Scrolls, #1)
30. Aristotle - Poetics
31. Vincent B Davis II - The Noise Of War (The Sertorius Scrolls, #2)
32. Gareth C. Sampson - The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War
33. Vincent B Davis II - Bodies in the Tiber (The Sertorius Scrolls, #3)
34. Vincent B Davis II - Whom Gods Destroy (The Sertorius Scrolls, #4)
35. Vincent B Davis II - Sulla's Fist (The Sertorius Scrolls, #5)
36. Vincent B Davis II - Son of Mars (The Marius Scrolls, #1)
37. Appian - The Civil wars
38. Mike Duncan - The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (In progress)
39. Steven Pressfield - The Afghan Campaign (IN progress)
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04-15-2024, 08:35 AM
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1 The Voyageur by Grace Lee Nute
2 Autobiography of Samuel Hildebrand
3 Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods by Cary J. Griffith
4 White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery and Vengeance in Colonial America by Stephen Brumwell
5 Geronimo's Story of His Life by Geronimo and S.M. Barrett
6 Listening Point by Sigurd Olson
7 Voyage to Crusoe by Leif Beiley
8 Jesse James Last Rebel of the Civil War by TJ Stiles (audiobook)
9 Clash of Eagles by Martin Bowman
10 Temagami: A Wilderness Paradise by Hap Wilson
11 Top 70 Canoe Routes of Ontario by Kevin Callan
12 Singing Wilderness by Sigurd Olson
13 Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson
14 The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
15 A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe
Spoiler!
1 The Voyageur by Grace Lee Nute
2 Autobiography of Samuel Hildebrand
3 Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods by Cary J. Griffith
4 White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery and Vengeance in Colonial America by Stephen Brumwell
5 Geronimo's Story of His Life by Geronimo and S.M. Barrett
6 Listening Point by Sigurd Olson
7 Voyage to Crusoe by Leif Beiley
8 Jesse James Last Rebel of the Civil War by TJ Stiles (audiobook)
9 Clash of Eagles by Martin Bowman
10 Temagami: A Wilderness Paradise by Hap Wilson
11 Top 70 Canoe Routes of Ontario by Kevin Callan
12 Singing Wilderness by Sigurd Olson
13 Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson
14 The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
15 A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe
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04-15-2024, 12:16 PM
#126
SMH… resisted the Kindle for years, and now that I finally tried it, I love it. been demolishing books while the Misc was down
Read all of the Mistborn Era 2 books by Brandon Sanderson (4 main books plus Mistborn Secret history in between 3 and 4).
Great series, had the same cool magic system as the first trilogy, however throw in guns and wild west stuff. It's hard to compare with the original trilogy as it's so much different.
Have any of you fantasy fans read the series Malazzan: Book of the Fallen? 10 books of over 1000 pages, supposed to be epic but incredibly confusing at times. I'm not quite halfway through the first book, Gardens of the Moon, but I'm loving it so far.
Spoiler!
1. The Stand by Stephen King
2. The Mask by Dean Koontz
3. Watchers by Dean Koontz
4. The Four Noble Truths of Love by Susan Piver
5. Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
7. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
8. Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
9. The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
10. Mistborn Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
11. The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
Read all of the Mistborn Era 2 books by Brandon Sanderson (4 main books plus Mistborn Secret history in between 3 and 4).
Great series, had the same cool magic system as the first trilogy, however throw in guns and wild west stuff. It's hard to compare with the original trilogy as it's so much different.
Have any of you fantasy fans read the series Malazzan: Book of the Fallen? 10 books of over 1000 pages, supposed to be epic but incredibly confusing at times. I'm not quite halfway through the first book, Gardens of the Moon, but I'm loving it so far.
Spoiler!
1. The Stand by Stephen King
2. The Mask by Dean Koontz
3. Watchers by Dean Koontz
4. The Four Noble Truths of Love by Susan Piver
5. Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
7. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
8. Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
9. The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
10. Mistborn Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
11. The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
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04-15-2024, 12:53 PM
#127
Have any of you fantasy fans read the series Malazzan: Book of the Fallen? 10 books of over 1000 pages, supposed to be epic but incredibly confusing at times. I'm not quite halfway through the first book, Gardens of the Moon, but I'm loving it so far.
I used to read a lot but got busy with life and fell out of the habit. My wife got me started on the Ranger's Apprentice books earlier this year. They're young adult (or whatever) so super easy reads and gave me a chance to pad my states a little. I read Gardens of the Moon on a recommendation and enjoyed it. It certainly took more effort to follow along than the Ranger's Apprentice books. I enjoy Sanderson and need to go back and read the Era 2 Mistborn stuff. I read the first trilogy (and maybe another 1 or 2) years ago. I just started into the stormlight archives and it's a good thing I had a chance to pad my stats at the beginning of the year because those books are killing my average. Also snuck in a couple books on tape. I'd read the chronicles of Prydain as a teenager. We drove across the country with the family for the eclipse last week and listened to a few on the drive.
Spoiler!
1. The Ruins of Gorlan
2. The Burning Bridge
3. The Icebound Land
4. Oakleaf Bearers (also published as The Battle for Skandia)
5. The Sorcerer in the North
6. The Siege of Macindaw
7. Erak's Ransom
8. The Kings of Clonmel
9. Halt's Peril
10. The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
11. The Lost Stories
12. The Royal Ranger
13. The Tournament at Gorlan
14. The Battle of Hackham Heath
15. Gardens of the Moon
16. The Way of Kings
17. Words of Radiance
18. The Book of Three
19. The Black Cauldron
20. The Castle of Llyr
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04-15-2024, 02:33 PM
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14. The Incredulity of Father Brown
15. The Didache
16. The Shepherd of Hermas by Hermas
The Incredulity of Father Brown was more of the same except the focus of the stories was more about America and South America. I’d never read any apocrypha before, so these two were interesting and short. Hermas’ visions/dreams were interesting but nothing shocking.
1. The Iliad by Homer
2. The Odyssey by Homer
3. The One Thing by Gary Keller
4. Emma by Jane Austen
5. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
6. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
7. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
8. Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
9. Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
10. Pascendi Dominici Gregis: Encyclical on the Doctrine of Modernists by Pope Pius X
11. Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
12. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
13. The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
2. The Odyssey by Homer
3. The One Thing by Gary Keller
4. Emma by Jane Austen
5. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
6. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
7. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
8. Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
9. Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
10. Pascendi Dominici Gregis: Encyclical on the Doctrine of Modernists by Pope Pius X
11. Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
12. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
13. The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
14. The Incredulity of Father Brown
15. The Didache
16. The Shepherd of Hermas by Hermas
The Incredulity of Father Brown was more of the same except the focus of the stories was more about America and South America. I’d never read any apocrypha before, so these two were interesting and short. Hermas’ visions/dreams were interesting but nothing shocking.
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