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I'm on Wizard and the Glass by Stephen King. I had never read any of the Dark Tower books so I started with The Gunslinger and I've been reading them all straight through. I had told myself that I would take a break after The Wastelands but anyone who's read it knows that there's no way to take a break after that one.
I'm really into the Dark Tower series now. I can't believe I never read them before and I'm kind of glad that I get to read them back to back to back (parts 6 & 7 come out this summer) instead of waiting years between.
Next up I have The Rising by Brian Keene, a horror novel about a father trying to get across the country to be with his son after a zombie apocalypse.
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I can't really fathom (or maybe I can) the extreme popularity of Stephen King amongst people on this message board. I like some of his older stuff, like The Stand, Misery and It, but he just got way too commercialized. Too many references to Pepsi or Levis for me.
Too commercialized?
This kind of attitude toward King's writings makes me want to hop into my Ford F-150 and drive to Cali, stopping only to fill up with some Techron gas at the Chiriaco Summit Chevron and to grab a Whopper from the Burger King in Baldwin Park, then go to your place, knock on your door, and bash you over the head with a Louisville Slugger which I purchased at Target.
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I'm still reading "Jack the Ripper: Case Closed". It's really good but damn if I don't get lost in the technobabble quite a bit.
I went on a walking tour of Jack the Ripper sites in London, led by a guy who wrote a book on the subject. Great time - bought his book at the end of the tour. Its a pretty good read. Complete Jack the Ripper by Donald Rumbelow
I just read "Bringing Down the House" which is about how a bunch of MIT students counted cards playing Blackjack in Vegas and won millions. Very fast read - entertaining too.
I am now reading "Fields of Fury" by James Webb - former Sec. of the Navy and a Vietnam veteran. Supposed to show Vietnam in the light of how it really was in the bush. Its kind of too much in a way to take.
Also pick up on occasion and read a chapter through:
Bush at War - Bob Woodward (almost finished)
When I Was a Kid, This Was a Free Country - G. Gordon Liddy (only a couple chapters in)
"Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer This is a good read about mormon fundamentalism and polygamy in several of the border towns of Utah/Arizona.
Also I just finished "The Divinci Code" by Dan Brown. Holy crap was that a good book. If you havn't read it do yourself a favor and read it.
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You sure are right on that account. I am 3/4 the way through The Da Vinci Code and it is one of the best books I have ever read. It is a mystery thriller that knocks a lot of what we are taught (indoctinated) about Christ and the Bible to be false. As a matter of fact I took a breather to hit my e-mails and a few boards I am on and will continue reading it until I finish later today. This is a must read and I have heard others talk about this book and how terrific it is.
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How far into it are you? Have you read any of his other books? I've read all of them except for Case for Christ.
Just recently finished it. Like you, I haven't read The Case for Christ. I want to, though. The Case for Faith was quite good. It really hit me when that quote from Madilyn Murry O'Hair's diary popped up.
I just started The Odyssey by Homer (translated by E. V. Rieu). Pretty good, so far. Hopefully it will get better.
The entire Wheel of Time series is good. However, be warned: some may not have the diligence to read through the entire series.
A Song of Ice and Fire series is good, but I can't really be the judge, since I've only read a bit of the first book.
Other good fantasy series: The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks; and The Crimson Shadow Trilogy, The Cleric Qunitet, and the Drizzt series, all by R. A. Salvatore. Harry Potter is good, and so is the Prydain Chronicles (by Lloyd Alexander) and The Dark is Rising sequence (by Susan Cooper).
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Also about to finish Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.
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