Originally Posted by Gambo

Is hunger games same genre as Enders Game? Enders Game was great for being OG wirtten in the late 70's. And most will enjoy the Song of Ice and fire series it is very well written, but the begging kinda sucks.

Same genre yes. But doesn't have anything to do with aliens. It's really good, look it up.

 

Originally Posted by Shrubbery

Same genre yes. But doesn't have anything to do with aliens. It's really good, look it up.

Ender's Game is awesome but did you just say it had nothing to do with aliens?

Read Assholes Finish First by Tucker Max recently, entertaining but not as good as the first one.

Also read The Big Short, which was good, but I felt like I already knew most of the story from other reporting about the housing crash. Did give me a somewhat better understanding of how we got into the mess and there were a few interesting characters. Michael Lewis is a great writer, and keeps what could be a very dull story interesting.

Recently started Peoples History of the United States, interesting so far. Would also recommend Modern Times by Paul Johnson, for the opposite take on history (very conservative writer, for instance makes arguments that african colonization wasn't as bad as made out to be, etc).

In the middle of the 4th Game of Thrones book, which is on indefinite hold...the first three books were very slow at parts but eventually really paid off, not sure I have the patience to finish off the series (i know i'm probably in the minority here)

just finished the 2nd book of the hunger games trilogy...they are very entertaining and a super easy read..gonna bang out the final book this week...i liked the girl with the dragon tatoo trilogy more but the hunger games books are good shit too...gonna check out that heroin diaries in a few weeks

 

Originally Posted by Jsup

just finished the 2nd book of the hunger games trilogy...they are very entertaining and a super easy read..gonna bang out the final book this week...i liked the girl with the dragon tatoo trilogy more but the hunger games books are good shit too...gonna check out that heroin diaries in a few weeks

Fiction right? They sound kinda interesting. I guess my aim, as always, is to find a book that I just cannot put down. I will say that probably my two favorite books ever were Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code. I read both books in under 24 hours, I literally could not get away. I would love to find something that good again but I just can't find it.

I only read prob like 75-100 pages in I just couldn't get into it, mind kept wandering, kept losing my place etc. I still have it but this never happens to me I usually get a book and get into it and read it over a few days max. It took me 2 weeks to push myself to read what I read and I honestly couldn't get into it to the point where I don't really remember that much. Maybe at some point I'll be bored enough to give it another try but I can't remember a book ever being this difficult for me to get through that wasn't required for a class or something. It's weird since everyone I know who has read it has liked it and I'm a pretty avid reader.

 

Originally Posted by PoWdA

So these are all non-fiction?

Yes, all except game of thrones.

 

Originally Posted by ParanoidAndroid

some of my favorite books I read this past year

the Jungle - Upton Sinclair.
the Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
a Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry.
The World Acoording to Garp - John Irving
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
the Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
the Pillars of Earth - Ken Follett
Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger

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As far as non fiction goes....

... something every American should be required to read.

did you finish junior year of high school this year?

i swear most of those books were either on my high school reading lists haha.

At the moment, I'm currently reading OT.

I read "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" in like 4 days, that book takes roughly 200 pages too hook you but once it does you can't put it down. I'm currently reading the sequel but left my home town for a week and left it at home on accident and am regretting that, both very good reads just are a little slow to start. Once I have finished this trilogy im going to start reading The Hunger Games. I haven't enjoyed reading in a long time and am looking forward to that series.

 

Originally Posted by ParanoidAndroid

some of my favorite books I read this past year

the Jungle - Upton Sinclair.
the Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
a Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry.
The World Acoording to Garp - John Irving
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
the Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
the Pillars of Earth - Ken Follett
Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger

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As far as non fiction goes....

... something every American should be required to read.

i was in honors classes and haven't read any of these lol. wtf?

 

Originally Posted by feedthemfish

i was in honors classes and haven't read any of these lol. wtf?

 

Originally Posted by 36crazyfists

Hard to believe that anyone would read the grapes of wrath by choice.

I'm reading it right now by choice.

I will say, it is dragging at this point.

Yeah i set Grapes of Wrath aside for now and went and bought Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. The font and colors on the pages are distracting as hell but it is a decent read so far and I am very glad I picked it up. It will be over soon as I am enjoying it so much so good suggestion there. I couldn't find that "God hates you hate him back" book locally so I might move on to that sniper book. Again, thank you all for the suggestions and if you have more, keep em comin.

Steve Jobs biography and John Irving's "Until I Find You" which is the worst John Irving book by a mile imo.'