What Books Are You Reading

[Chris Beckett]

Finished Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box earlier this week and started "Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption" right after.

The son writes as well as the father. Hill really set the mood of the story well and had me creeped out in the opening chapters like I haven't been while reading a book for a long time. The only thin lacking for me was an emotional connection with the main characters. Not that these were sympathetic characters, which was kind of the point, but still, with any of his Dad's novels I've always felt an immediate connection with a character that kept me involved. With Heart-Shaped Box, I found myself setting it aside for months at a time. But I would definitely recommend it. And, with the characters as envisioned Hill was able to have them grow as people through the narrative, allowing them to find redemption.

Also have Accidental Genius on the night stand, a biography of John Cassavettes, widely regarded as the father of the independent film. I recently discovered his movies through the Criterion collection and am really enjoying a look at an actor/filmmaker who bucked the system and managed to survive and eventually flourish. He probably could not have done it at any time other than when he started in the 50s.

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[Steeven]

I'm almost done with the Wheel of Time series (at least what's out) by Robert Jordan. I'm listening to the Audio books. I just started Knife of Dreams last week.

[Dezreavey]

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[Steeven]

[Brad]

I just finished re-reading Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, and am starting on the sequel, Rule of Two. After that, of course, I'll read the final book, whose name escapes me at the moment. Path of Destruction was *really* good.

[Geekarino]

Went to a book fair last weekend and picked up a lot of goodies. Just finished reading Mortal Stakes by Robert Park and am now going to start Time For Yesterday by AC Crispin. I've read Yesterday's son, but have never read the sequel.

[Steeven]

I'm trying to read Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy . . . I've had it on my desk for months.

His books can be very hard to get into.

[DarkKnightJared]

Going back and forth between The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by Steig Larsson, and Songs of Innocence, by Richard Aleas.

[Pamp]

I just finished Riding The Rap by Elmore Leonard and just started another of his novels, Rum Punch. I've never seen Jackie Brown, so I'm reading the book and then finally watching the film.

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[DarkKnightJared]

Finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo--bloody fantastic and engrossing read--now onto The Girl Who Played With Fire.

[Knatty Dreadnok]

I'm reading just about anything Warhammer or Warhammer 40k related.

[Steeven]

[DarkKnightJared]

Old Man's War, by John Scalzi.

[Adam]

[DarkKnightJared]

Yeah--it took to about 100 pages to get through all the exposition and another 100 to get into the real meat of the story, but it was still a great book.

[Eternalm]

I'm currently going through Mike Carey's Felix Castor series. I'm having a lot of fun with it, up next I've got The Windup Girl and the new Richard Castle book.

I just finished Book of Lies, and didn't really like too much, but I'm thinking I just don't like The Davinci Code style historical conspiracy stories.