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What's the Last Book You Read?

What's the Last Book You Read?

We talk about movies and TV, so why not have a discussion about the books we read!  Let us know what's the last book you read, and feel free to recommend it or expand on what it's about.

I mostly read through my Kindle and get most of my eBooks through Amazon.

The book I recently finished was Inside the Real Area 51: The Secret History of Wright Patterson.

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Heh, I just finished reading Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan. It was hilarious. The man crams 5 children and his wife into a 2 bedroom apartment in Brooklyn and describes how New Yorkers respond to his ever-growing family. For example:

“We are all a little weird. And we like to think that there is always someone weirder. I mean, I am sure some of you are looking at me and thinking, “Well, at least I am not as weird as you,” and I am thinking, “Well, at least I am not as weird as the people in the loony bin,” and the people in the loony bin are thinking, “Well, at least I am an orange"."

or:

“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.” 

 

A quick read that leaves you laughing... definitely recommend!    

 

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These waiting periods

Quoting Wizaerd, reply 20

Recently finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and am reading the second one called The Wise Man's Fear.  Trouble is, the third one isn't out yet, and I'm going to get all sorts of agitated waiting... ugh, I hate waiting...

http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/books.asp

 
lol, agreed!

Really loved Name of the Wind, went through the waiting period for The Wise Man's Fear as well as this current waiting period. Sometimes I wish I had the foresight and willpower to wait for an entire series to come out before I start reading it!

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Quoting Leo, reply 27

These waiting periods
Quoting Wizaerd, reply 20
Recently finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and am reading the second one called The Wise Man's Fear.  Trouble is, the third one isn't out yet, and I'm going to get all sorts of agitated waiting... ugh, I hate waiting...

http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/books.asp

 lol, agreed!

Really loved Name of the Wind, went through the waiting period for The Wise Man's Fear as well as this current waiting period. Sometimes I wish I had the foresight and willpower to wait for an entire series to come out before I start reading it!

Yeah, typically I will not read a series until it's finished, because I hate the wait.  I went ahead on this one because I really thought the next one would be out before I finished the 2nd one (based on the time period between the 1st & 2nd), but alas, I was completely wrong.  I started The Broken Empire trilogy to bide my time, and hopefully it'll be out by then, but I'm not holding my breath since I read rather quickly.  However the author is going to be releasing a book about Auri.  It's not really related to the trilogy per se, but focuses on Auri specifically.  I haven't read it yet, but thought I'd let you know.  Expected release is November, so probably no book 3 in the Kingkiller series this year...  ARGH!!!.

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I am a voracious reader - when the mood strikes me.  I read on my Kobo and/or iPad.

 

The last books I read were:

Quirk by Hannah Holmes.  A look at how brain chemistry forms personality from a neuropsychologists view.  A tad biased, but informative. 

 

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingleman-Sundberg.   A hilarious tale of pensioners who take matters into their own hands when their care home is sold to an unscrupulous firm who overmedicates and under feeds them to line their own pockets.  So the oldsters , led by a rather uniquely gifted old lady of 90, decide to go on the lam, head to a fabulous Hotel and steal precious artwork from a museum to fund their golden years.

 

The Psycopath Test by Jon Ronson. What do Psychopaths and Politiicans have in common?  Much more than you think.  Hehehe.  This book takes a look at the industry of madness.  How people are more and more, defined by their insane edges.  

 

The Beast by Faye Kellerman.  A Lazerus/Decker novel.  A mega wealthy recluse is discovered dead in a rather ordinary apartment building.  Not so interesting unless you count the bengal tiger he has for a room mate and who never touched the body of her owner. And, as the case unfolds,  not only does he have this dangerous beauty, but he also secretly owns more apartments filled with exotic and dangerous reptiles, insects and the like as well as a freezer containing packages of human body parts.    The hunt is on for the murderer  with  a victim who, is less than sympathetic.  

 

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The Sound and the Fury (By William Faulkner)

It is a story about the disintegration of the Compson family, and is very riveting. Could not keep the book down till I reached the back cover.

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Battle Born by Dale Brown. Now reading Flight of the Old Dog by same author....again!!

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Ah yes, I remember Flight of the Old Dog from many many moons ago. Seems like I read that 20+ years ago, is it really that old?

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Raising chickens for dummies.

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Love Lasts Three Years by Frederic Beigbeder which shamelessly lying..

That was read on the beach last year under the influence of several tequilas :)

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Wild Goose, Brother Goose by Mel Ellis   Told from the goose' point of view. A poignant story about a pair of Canadian geese. btw Canadian geese mate for life...well until one dies. 

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Little Failure and The Russian Debutante's Handbook - Gary Shteyngart.

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 38
Little Failure
...I';m reading that now, and it is so good!!  So I will probably read the other as well!!

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The Stand, Stephen King. Back when it was fresh.   I don't read much...heheh.

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Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.   Great books, innovative magic system in it.

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I'm rereading the Wheel of Time series, except that I'm finally getting to read all 14 books for the first time.  It's been a good time so far!

Am currently just over 300 pages into Path of Daggers, and am pleasantly surprised by the pacing.  I remembered books 7-10 being a slog, but aside from a couple chapters, CoS wasn't bad at all, and thus far, PoD has moved along just fine as well.  Perhaps it's more WH and CoT that move along so slowly.  Either way, I'm enjoying the journey in the meantime.  B)  

 

 

 

Quoting Murteas, reply 41

Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.   Great books, innovative magic system in it.

Agreed.  I found the pacing to be very uneven (it seems to be a Sanderson trademark in my experience), but it's an excellent series with an amazing storyline. 

 

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Since we are on the subject of books and reading, I am reading, The Case for Books by Robert Darnton, the celebrated historian. He writes about the future of the printed book in this digital age and is a good read.

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Stephen King - Under The Dome.

1200 page mofo/doorstopper.

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Quoting bahuvirupaksha1, reply 43

Since we are on the subject of books and reading, I am reading, The Case for Books by Robert Darnton, the celebrated historian. He writes about the future of the printed book in this digital age and is a good read.

Can you get that on kindle? Joking! Kind of.

 

edit: the answer is yes, and it is now on my wish list.

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"All our Names" by Dinaw Mengestu ......  Takes place in Africa and the USA in the 1970's.  A very good read.

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The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

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Game of Thrones by George RR Martin. Finally started the books after realizing how much the tv series diverges in the latest season.

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'Lamb' by Christopher Moore, very funny.

 

Just started 'Run, run, run away' by C. R. Cummings.