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What Are You Reading Now? Pt 2.
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Andrew wrote: "I'm reading The Girl in the Ice. So far, a good thriller."Sounds interesting, adding it to my list.
Erin wrote: "Andrew wrote: "I'm reading The Girl in the Ice. So far, a good thriller."Sounds interesting, adding it to my list."
It is. And the story gets more interesting going forward.
Reliquary by Douglas Preston I'm really enjoying it. Pendergast is one of the series I am reading this year.
I've finished The Girl in the Ice, a good thriller, with so many exciting moments. Today I started The Bridge Over the River Kwai, a classical and a movie I've seen many times. I'm curious to read the book, now. :)
Pines by Blake Crouch. Although my wife had our baby last week so I’ve had zero time to read.
Almost done with The Shining. I have not enjoyed The Shining as much as I enjoyed Carrie. I'm frankly very disturbed.
I'm rereading The Instatute.
My book finally came in at the library. A Man of Honor and actually it's the autobiography of Joe Bonanno. I divide my time fairly evenly between Stephen King and nonfiction organized crime/gangster/mafia type stuff. Started out reading the fictional mafia tales. Mario Puzo is pretty amazing and for way more than just The Godfather. Then I found the nonfiction stuff to be much more interesting and much more entertaining. It's like wow you really can't make this stuff up. Fast forward to now and I'm obsessed. I can't get enough. I just want to read more and more and more nonfiction about organized crime. I've read so many already. Looking for differences and similarities and maybe even little tidbits I didn't know about. I'm sure my name is on some kind of list because the books have all come from my local library.
I'm reading Poison Orchids by Sarah A. Denzil and am also trying to get through Lisa Scottoline's Someone Knows.
If you are into the nonfiction then I would recommend; ” I heard you paint houses”... I grew up in this time frame and what defense attorney Charles Brandt said about the life of Frank Sheeran, an alleged mafia hitman who confesses the crimes he committed while working for the Bufalino crime family; Is real and believable...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Heard...
Jen_Ken wrote: "If you are into the nonfiction then I would recommend; ” I heard you paint houses”... I grew up in this time frame and what defense attorney Charles Brandt said about the life of Frank Sheeran, an ..."Thanks for the suggestion! I'll be adding it to the list.
Almost done with A Man of Honor. Undecided on what to read next. Torn between I heard you Paint houses as seen above or some other non-King horror (I'm thinking Peter Straub) or more Stephen King. I run into this constantly. What to read next
Hey Derrick, my wife has an interesting method. She puts the titles of all of her books on little strips of paper as soon as she buys them and puts them in a bowl. Whichever one she draws out of the bowl is her next book.
Charles wrote: "Hey Derrick, my wife has an interesting method. She puts the titles of all of her books on little strips of paper as soon as she buys them and puts them in a bowl. Whichever one she draws out of th..."That's a really good idea! Unfortunatly, I don't actually buy very many books. Most of the books I read come from my local library. This way, I read them and they go right back. Otherwise I'd have hundreds of books and I just don't have the space in my apartment.
Currently reading Necroscope IV: Deadspeak by Brian Lumley
I'm reading The dark tower: The drawing of the three. Though I've read a lot of Stephen King books, this is the first of the dark tower series. I'm reading this because one of my groups is reading it this month. If I like it I'll probably go to the first one next. I've just started it. I'm on page 20.
I just finished A Man of Honor. I really enjoyed it. I've decided on Mr. X by Peter Straub for my next read. I've never read anything written by him before nor have I read The Talisman or The Black House. I'm excited to see what his writing is like. Hopefully it arrives quickly at my local library.
Derrick wrote: "I just finished A Man of Honor. I really enjoyed it. I've decided on Mr. X by Peter Straub for my next read. I've never read anything written by him before nor have I read The Talisman or The Black..."He is a good writer, hopefully you enjoy Mr. X.
Erin wrote: "He is a good writer, hopefully you enjoy Mr. X."Thanks Erin! Stephen King has nothing but good things to say about Peter Straub. I'm sure it'll be awesome.
I just finished reading Diamond Doris (it's a bio). Now I am trying to decided what to read next.
Jen_Ken wrote: "If you are into the nonfiction then I would recommend; ” I heard you paint houses”... I grew up in this time frame and what defense attorney Charles Brandt said about the life of Frank Sheeran, an ..."Also the basis of the movie, THE IRISHMAN. Great flick.... great story.
Mark wrote: "Pines by Blake Crouch. Although my wife had our baby last week so I’ve had zero time to read."
If this is your first baby, then be aware that your house will never be quite again... at least for another twelve years or so. Congratulations!
I'm listening to The Neverending Story!
Nick wrote:If this is your first baby, then be aware that your house will never be quite again... ..."
It's our 2nd baby. We have a 3 year old. Things were just starting to get into a rhythm and then the new baby came and we're in chaos again, haha. But it's all fun. I try to keep up with readings while trying to rock the baby to sleep.
I picked up Mr. X from the library today. Enjoying it so far.
Nick, tragically I don't have Netflix so I'm unable to watch The Irishman.
Mark wrote: "Nick wrote:If this is your first baby, then be aware that your house will never be quite again... ..."
It's our 2nd baby. We have a 3 year old. Things were just starting to get into a rhythm and ..."
Congrats, Mark!
Just finished The Leopard - a classic of Italian Literature. My review is at:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just started The Last American Vampire by Seth Graham Smith. I hope it's as good as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was.
Just started "Where The Crawdads Sing" and so far I love her writing style.
So I'm a little farther into Mr. X now. I just have one thing to say: wtf am I reading?! Guess there's only one way to find out....
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