56 by Kostya Kennedy. It's about Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak. Great writing.

j_crazy;1462194 wrote:Sarcasm was laced throught his post. I will explain.

He was alluding to the cover. Bunch of boys scantily clad all of whom look to have self esteem issues and would welcome the comforting hand of a coach, to be a father figure ans to help guide them through their first sexual experience. Next there's the title Juggernauts, obviously your brain had a Freudian fart and read tuggernuts. Needless to say the sarcasm comes through because no one would be shocked to see you read this type of literature as you clearly have both an affinity for homoerotica and a predisposition for mis-reading material at first glance.

Would read again.

Blazing Ice: The Real Story of Show Business

Curly J;1462462 wrote:Blazing Ice: The Real Story of Show Business

I only read 5% of it.

Sonofanump;1462463 wrote:I only read 5% of it.

Yep. That's the part about teh ghey sects.

This thread reminds me that I need to finish For A New Liberty. Rothbard is a boss.

chicago510;1442359 wrote:I told myself I wanted to read Game of Thrones series this summer (I'm almost caught up on the TV show). I didn't realize how long some of his books are and that there are 2 more planned. So far so good, I 95% of the time prefer the books to the tv show/movies (although GoT is incredibly well done).

I'm about halfway through Book 13 of Wheel of Time. After reading through the thread for the GoT series, I could just imagine the nightmare that translating WoT from book to TV would be. There's a TON of fat to cut out (such as nearly the entirety of Book 10), but if they wouldn't cut out a shit ton overall, you'd have actors aging 15 years over the course of a series that lasts a year or two for its 14 books.

If there's one thing I think is genius, it's Rowlings making each Harry Potter book represent one year. That way, when it came time to make movies out of it, all they had to do was keep the same actors around to grow up into their roles (while probably praying every single night that none of them grew up to be ass-ugly drug addicts until after Deadly Hallows was finished).

Heretic read the runelords series. I liked it more than wot.

Oddly I'm proofreading "Throw Like a Girl" by Jennie Finch. We're gonna buy it for our softball team, but had to make sure it's age appropriate.

Reading Lone Survivor again. Friday is the 8th anniversary of the event and the movie is coming out this fall.

Next book will be some research for a project...Murder City.

j_crazy;1462679 wrote:Heretic read the runelords series. I liked it more than wot.

I was thinking about moving on to that one after I'm done with WoT and then A Song of Ice and Fire. Started following David Farland (think that's the name of the author) on Twitter somewhat recently after I saw he was following me and, since I'm a big fan of fantasy series, that one is on my radar.

A couple other good ones are The Death Gate Cycle and David Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorian series.

Just Finished:
Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin- This was the best book in the series so far, especially the second half of the book. Although, I really liked the book, and want to know how everything will eventually wrap up, I'm very hesitant to move on to the next two books in the series. I've read enough bad reviews of them that I'm not sure if they will be worth the time commitment...

River of Doubt by Candice Millard- A nonfiction book about Theodore Roosevelt's journey down an unexplored Amazonian river in 1913. It took me forever to get through this book. It was very well written, but I was never able to get completely sucked into the narrative...


Now Reading:
Under the Dome by Stephen King- This is the first King novel I've read since I was a kid. I'm a quarter of the way through and it's a fun read so far...

Just finished Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It is a compelling story that takes place in post-Civil War Barcelona circa 1955. I would give is a solid B. A for the writing, B for character development and C for plot. It's one of those books that has been recommended to me over and over and I could never get excited about it. I enjoyed it, but would not recommend it.

Reading the book about Wooden by Seth Davis. Pretty good, actually.

Just finished Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. It was very, very good. I am excited for the movie later this year. I love Reese Witherspoon, so I am optimistic that it will be good. I am sure it won't be as great as the book, but that's typical.

Chris Kyle, American Sniper.
Pretty bad ass stuff, although not a continous story.

thavoice;1579042 wrote:Chris Kyle, American Sniper.
Pretty bad ass stuff, although not a continous story.

I have had that on my Kindle for over a year and have not gotten around to reading it. I have heard great things, though.

Just finished Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Finished up Catching Fire (2nd Hunger Games book) last weekend. Enjoyed it. Started Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces on Sunday. So far, so good.

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610392116

Previous reads were Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom and Hunger Games. Enjoyed both.

http://www.amazon.com/Theodore-Woodrow-Presidents-Destroyed-Constitutional-ebook/dp/B0078FACL2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392132757&sr=1-1&keywords=woodrow+and+theodore

Fab4Runner;1579053 wrote:I have had that on my Kindle for over a year and have not gotten around to reading it. I have heard great things, though.

I got the memorial addition for Christmas that has an extra 40+ pages in it of letters/testimonials in it. I met him a number of years ago in Va Beach, seemed like a pretty good dude.

dlazz;1303507 wrote:The Bible.

Still reading this

dlazz;1579153 wrote:Still reading this

Victory in Jesus.

Just finished The Death of Santini, by Pat Conroy. I really like his writing, but all his books kind of have the same theme. I also read recently the Wolf of Wallstreet, and probably some others that I can't think of right now.

I started reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy a few weeks ago. I'm about a third of the way in but damn is it a difficult read. I loved The Road and No Country but this is tough. There is one sentence in the book that is a page and a half long and a ton that are longer than your typical paragraph. I'll probably just read bits here and there until I get through it.

justincredible;1579516 wrote:I started reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy a few weeks ago. I'm about a third of the way in but damn is it a difficult read. I loved The Road and No Country but this is tough. There is one sentence in the book that is a page and a half long and a ton that are longer than your typical paragraph. I'll probably just read bits here and there until I get through it.

You live once. You're old enough to not waste your time with shit that doesn't move you. The author isn't going to personally write you a note thanking you for finishing it, so throw it in the garbage and go out there and find an amazing book from page 1.