muppy Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 some of you may not have seen this. I posted a thread regarding a book being sold on amazon by a twobillsdrive memner @Tuco If any book belongs on a Bills mafia book club list it is an author who is a member 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I favor alternate history. Currently it’s Bombs Away! by Harry Turtledove, the first of a trilogy set during the Korean War. The US uses nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, and the Soviets retaliate in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) 19 minutes ago, PastaJoe said: I favor alternate history. Currently it’s Bombs Away! by Harry Turtledove, the first of a trilogy set during the Korean War. The US uses nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, and the Soviets retaliate in Europe. I am very thankful that IS alternate history. I actually like time and history stuff. “this separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion, if a stubborn one.” - Albert Einstein Edited January 29 by Augie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomstone.Part.Duex Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Another great book.. David Goggins: "Can't Hurt Me" https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hurt-Me-Master-Your/dp/1544512287 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Started reading “Assistant to the Villain.” Knew absolutely nothing going in, just chatter about it when it came out. It’s pretty goofy and has made me laugh a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Read Boys in the Boat over the summer, best book I've read since Unbroken. I'm putting off seeing the movie because I was very disappointed in the Unbroken movie...the uneven reviews for BITB lead me to believe the same for that movie. UPDATE: Saw Boys in the Boat last weekend. Very good movie, not great, and I believe it captured the essence of the book. Edited February 13 by Ned Flanders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Another fan of science fiction, especially the classics (Philip Dick, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke - "The Star" is my favorite short story). Not very well known in the West, but very much worth a try: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian brothers who always wrote together. My favorite Strugatsky novel: "Roadside Picnic". Also excellent: "Hard To Be A God". I also like authors with humor, such as Vonnegut or Carl Hiaasen. The two books I have read most frequently both fall in the "hilarious" category. I loved both already before I had kids, and then had to read them numerous times to the kids when they were between 6 and 10 or so. "The Last Man Alive" by A.S. Neill (the German translation has very funny cartoon illustrations), and "Memoiren eines mittelmaessigen Schuelers" by A. Spoerl ("Memoirs Of A Mediocre Student"; however, to my knowledge, no English translation has ever been published). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Augie Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 5 hours ago, Fr. Jerk said: Well, I came here to see what the erudite among us were reading. I didn’t expect to see this. Is it a signed first edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Jerk Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 21 hours ago, Augie said: Is it a signed first edition? Yeah brah, and its a total page-turner, ya dig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I just started this yesterday. It's no secret, I feel because of TV and the internet, my ability to just sit and read for hours has disappeared. This book definitely has kept my attention and time flies while reading it. Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle - by Rachel Dratch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 1/29/2024 at 9:40 AM, muppy said: some of you may not have seen this. I posted a thread regarding a book being sold on amazon by a twobillsdrive memner @Tuco If any book belongs on a Bills mafia book club list it is an author who is a member 🙂 Hey thanks for the plug Mupster! Having a book out there for all the world to see has been a lot of fun so far. https://www.amazon.com/DEADLY-POSSESSION-M-K-Danielson/dp/B0BW2RSL8L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 1/25/2024 at 12:54 PM, Simon said: Total book nerd here. Just finished Rick Atkinson's The Guns at Last Light, the third in a three book series that starts in N Africa, continues through Italy and finishes in Western Europe. I read some of that series. Very good, very dense and detailed in every way. In that Guns at last light the way he talked about the use of paratroopers late in the war by high command was sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Anyone read Fairytale by Stephen King? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Earlier in the thread, I mentioned that I was halfway through The Earthburst Saga by Craig A. Falconer. I'm near the end now, and, wow what a thrill ride! Interesting characters, cool futuristic tech (maybe 10-20 years away for some of it), plot twists, and, like driving thru the Rocky Mountains, there are ups, downs, and something spectacular around every corner. I highly recommend it, and Amazon sells the Kindle version for $0.99 - for the whole series. I'll be reading more of his work. https://www.goodreads.com/series/360931-the-earthburst-saga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, WhoTom said: Earlier in the thread, I mentioned that I was halfway through The Earthburst Saga by Craig A. Falconer. I'm near the end now, and, wow what a thrill ride! Interesting characters, cool futuristic tech (maybe 10-20 years away for some of it), plot twists, and, like driving thru the Rocky Mountains, there are ups, downs, and something spectacular around every corner. I highly recommend it, and Amazon sells the Kindle version for $0.99 - for the whole series. I'll be reading more of his work. https://www.goodreads.com/series/360931-the-earthburst-saga Just added it to my “Want to Read” list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 In addition to Tuco's book, which was really good, I also recommend Niagara Falls into Darkness, by our very own ChevyVanMiller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 19 minutes ago, WhoTom said: In addition to Tuco's book, which was really good, I also recommend Niagara Falls into Darkness, by our very own ChevyVanMiller. Funny, I bought that one and started reading it right around the time we moved. It’s been about 2 years and it hasn’t popped up again. I know it’s here somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goin Breakdown Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 My favorite books are RA Salvatore's Drizzt novels Margaret Wise and Tracey Hickman's dragonlamce novels. Reality sucks so I've always like fantasy novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills4everNY Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I just started reading "Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored" by John Lydon. I've only read the first 2 chapters but so far its a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 22 hours ago, WhoTom said: Earlier in the thread, I mentioned that I was halfway through The Earthburst Saga by Craig A. Falconer. I'm near the end now, and, wow what a thrill ride! Interesting characters, cool futuristic tech (maybe 10-20 years away for some of it), plot twists, and, like driving thru the Rocky Mountains, there are ups, downs, and something spectacular around every corner. I highly recommend it, and Amazon sells the Kindle version for $0.99 - for the whole series. I'll be reading more of his work. https://www.goodreads.com/series/360931-the-earthburst-saga I just finished the 6th book in the "complete" box set only to find that there's more: at least one more book. I like a variety of genres and I have about 8 books in my queue, so I don’t think I'll continue this one right away, if at all. I liked the conclusion of the 6th book, other than the final scene with the "to be continued" message, so I'm content with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Just started book 5 of the Dark Tower series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 What’s everyone reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 I just finished re-reading Ronald Reng's "A Life Too Short" about the German soccer goalie Robert Enke who was on his way to become the top choice for the German national team for the 2010 World Cup. However, suffering from depression, Enke killed himself in November 2009. Reng's book is powerful testimony how even highly successful individuals can be afflicted by depression. The book won several awards, including British Sports Book of the Year. For some lighter entertainment, try "The Keeper of Dreams" by the same author. It chronicles the career of another German goalie who, coming from a forth division soccer club in Germany, suddenly ended up in the English Premier League. Especially enlightening are the accounts of day-to-day life in the Premier League, which is not always so glamorous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted Monday at 03:29 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 03:29 PM On 4/15/2024 at 10:43 PM, DrW said: I just finished re-reading Ronald Reng's "A Life Too Short" about the German soccer goalie Robert Enke who was on his way to become the top choice for the German national team for the 2010 World Cup. However, suffering from depression, Enke killed himself in November 2009. Reng's book is powerful testimony how even highly successful individuals can be afflicted by depression. The book won several awards, including British Sports Book of the Year. For some lighter entertainment, try "The Keeper of Dreams" by the same author. It chronicles the career of another German goalie who, coming from a forth division soccer club in Germany, suddenly ended up in the English Premier League. Especially enlightening are the accounts of day-to-day life in the Premier League, which is not always so glamorous. Very cool! Thanks for keeping the thread alive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted Monday at 04:46 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:46 PM Finished two by Cormac McCarthy. "The Road" and "The Passenger". Road was very "dark" and Passenger was a difficult read for me - just could not get into it. Excellent writing tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted Monday at 06:11 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:11 PM I just got home from my “bookstore”, a/k/a Costco where I picked up a couple easy reads, a Baldacci and whoever wrote this one for Patterson. My wife is still trying to finish The Art of Racing In The Rain. I liked that one, but she just doesn’t have much time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD4Bills Posted Monday at 07:54 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:54 PM Recently finished "Persuader" (a Jack Reacher novel), which I believe is the book that Season 3 of the show will be based on. Currently reading "Burn Book" by Kara Swisher, a long time tech reporter since the early days of the internet. The book basically dishes on all of the one-time wonderboys of the tech world who are now by and large a bunch of d-cks. After that, I have the "3 World Problem" trilogy on deck...not sure yet if I'll read them all back-to-back or take a break with something a bit less dense in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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