Reading Is Fundamental - What Are You Reading?

here's what I have now to read:

Meg. Nightstalkers / Steve Alten. (Giant *saurs rise from the depth, all his books are good)

Thai Stick : surfers, scammers, and the untold story of the marijuana trade / Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter ; foreword by David Farber

The Nazi Titanic: the incredible untold story of a doomed ship in World War II / Robert P. Watson.

Grunt: the curious science of humans at war / Mary Roach. (Physiological stuff,
@curious2garden you'd find this interesting)

The Mindspan Diet: reduce Alzheimer's risk, minimize memory loss, and keep your brain young / Preston Estep, III. (for all you old guys/gals)

Liberty's last stand / Stephen Coonts. (Coonts usually writes military fiction (ex-aviator) but he has an axe to grind with Barry. Great book. You can really see this shit happening IRL. @Singlemalt @GreatwhiteNorth @curious2garden @tip top toker you'd like this author if you like Cussler

Eruption: the untold story of Mount St. Helens / Steve Olson.

The winter fortress: the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb / Neal Bascomb.

and I've got this one reserved about a Secret Service agent who tells all about Bill and Hill. Interview the other day on Hannity made me want to get it:

Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate - Gary J. Byrne
http://pagesix.com/2016/06/05/tell-all-book-reveals-hillarys-erratic-uncontrollable-ways-in-the-white-house/

and I got a email from the White Metal Detector company so I ordered these cause I wanna find the hoard: @Cpappa27 @Corso312 @Aeroknow @oldtimer54 @Padawanbater2

Fortune & glory : a treasure hunter's handbook / written by David McIntee

Lost and Found Coin Hoards and Treasures : illustrated stories of the greatest American troves and their discoveries / Q. David Bowers

Treasure hunter : diving for gold on North America's death coast / Robert MacKinnon with Dallas Murphy.

The kitchen God's wife (one of my fave books, Amy Tan is one of my top authors. The way she turns a phrase...)

Natural born heroes by Christopher Mcdougall (just starting it)

"Report of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi"

I can't wait to see if it ends. So far, it sucks though.

I'm currently reading Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris. Sam Harris is a great author, and he's effective at simplifying complex concepts. This book describes the few, tangible benefits of religious practice and demonstrates how they can be achieved by secular people without the magic and woo of religion. Fascinating...

note to self - read this article when you get a chance:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/arts/the-garrison-keillor-you-never-knew.html?_r=0

I'm just finishing up a great sci fi book titled " City at Worlds end " by Edward Hamilton , its a post nuclear war futuristic deal where an entire town is hit by some kind of emo that knocks everybody out , when they awake only their small town is left , everything else is desert in all directions .

When they start running out of food they form a scout party & find a futuristic domed city in the sky with nuclear power , hydroponic gardens and not a sole in sight , they find some communications equipment and send out an sos , six months later a massive ship lands just outside town with a telepath woman and a walking werewolf dude who's a nuclear physicist , they find out earth was abandoned 2,500 years ago & humans were relocated to other galaxies , its a great sci fi read & free from the library .

I'm reading everything available on cannabis and bass fishing. I dig a good sci-fi and fantasy, as well as Calvin and Hobbes collections.

State of Fear by Michael Crichton and Certain Prey by John Sandford. I just finished Salem's Lot by Stephen King and Next by Michael Crichton.

I'm also a big fan of Chuck Palahniuk and Tom Robbins.

Kronika said:

I'm a fan of The Dark Tower series myself, although I found King's latest addition (The Wind Through the Keyhole) to be kinda sucky .

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Yup yup I dig TDT a lot too.

panhead said:

I'm just finishing up a great sci fi book titled " City at Worlds end " by Edward Hamilton , its a post nuclear war futuristic deal where an entire town is hit by some kind of emo that knocks everybody out , when they awake only their small town is left , everything else is desert in all directions .

When they start running out of food they form a scout party & find a futuristic domed city in the sky with nuclear power , hydroponic gardens and not a sole in sight , they find some communications equipment and send out an sos , six months later a massive ship lands just outside town with a telepath woman and a walking werewolf dude who's a nuclear physicist , they find out earth was abandoned 2,500 years ago & humans were relocated to other galaxies , its a great sci fi read & free from the library .

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If you want a great twist on a post-disaster story, I have two for you.
1) S. M. Stirling, "Dies the Fire" and sequels
2) William Forstchen, "One Second After" ... spoiler ... it's about EMP

I'm reading Mad magazine

I'm nearly done with the 6th Dark Tower book. The 5th one was over 900 pages.

Did you read the wind through the Keyhole? If I remember correctly it's set between the 4th and 5th dark tower book. It can be read as a stand alone or whatever. It was written after the dark tower series was published. It's not the best, but not the worst. Get squinting at the 7th one!

I picked up a copy of THE HUNGER GAMES while waiting for my laundry and just got to the part where she took her sisters spot in that lottery thing. Idk now I guess I'll finish it

mein kampf, Adolf Hitler, scary shit when you compare it to todays politicians

MoMoGrows said:

Did you read the wind through the Keyhole? If I remember correctly it's set between the 4th and 5th dark tower book. It can be read as a stand alone or whatever. It was written after the dark tower series was published. It's not the best, but not the worst. Get squinting at the 7th one!

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I have them all, I was going to read it after #7. There are some short stories and a few novels that tie into the series too. I have around 50 of his books.

bobtokes said:

mein kampf, Adolf Hitler, scary shit when you compare it to todays politicians

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Got that one too!

Anybody read the Belgariad series by David Eddings? I fucking love those books, need to find them all again. Also need to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series again while I wait for next season of Game of Thrones. The books are better, just bloody slow to get into at first.

No sorry, I don't do too much fantasy or sci-fi nowadays. The Dark Tower series is about as deep I get into that genre. I do read a lot of Dean Koontz and Stephen King supernatural type of stuff. I read a lot of John Sandford, think I'm only two books away from completing the Prey Series. I like detective stuff and weird stories like Tom Robbins writes.

MoMoGrows said:

No sorry, I don't do too much fantasy or sci-fi nowadays. The Dark Tower series is about as deep I get into that genre. I do read a lot of Dean Koontz and Stephen King supernatural type of stuff. I read a lot of John Sandford, think I'm only two books away from completing the Prey Series. I like detective stuff and weird stories like Tom Robbins writes.

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I never did finish The Dark Tower series. My dad lent me the first book years ago and my dog ate it so needless to say he wasn't sharing the rest of them