Read any good books lately?

That's actually on my list. Let me know how it is when you get done.

Right now Im on The Engineers Trilogy, book 1... It's pretty typical of a fantasy in that it begins pretty slowly, but it's not typical of a fantasy because it's all about real science and physics and such. No magic involved. As a half-engineer/half-chemnerd, I'm starting to love it.

sidebar: I also read the Hunger Games, loved it, ridiculously excited for the movies. ...I read the His Dark Materials triology (The Golden Compass was book 1) and it was also fantaaaastic, then the movie completely BUTCHERED it (I actually teared up as I left the theater, bc I knew I'd never see the 2nd and 3rd movies made)... so Im excited that I'll have some YA-triology-to-movie redemption soon.[/quote]

I was actually looking at the engineer trilogy too. Like Matterhorn, I found it when I went to the used book store, and it seems interesting. I always like to get a few advance reviews before I commit myself to a multi-book series, so I am looking forward to this review as well.

I have read the first book of the Hunger Games, and I need to read the rest. The movie does look like it is going to be pretty legit. I will have to agree that the movie version of the Golden Compass blew. I haven't read any of the books, but they have to be better than that.

I just read "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer. It was a wonderful book, but very sad. Even more so since it is true.

I read The Sun Also Rises this Summer and I couldn't quite get into it the way I got into some of Hemingway's other stuff.

I picked up High Fidelity and a few other things. Should keep me occupied for a bit.

Spring reading. From what I hear you have to end up reading it twice.

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a fun look into a world that I know absolutely nothing about. I worked at a Mellow Mushroom for like a month about nine years ago, but that particular "slice"--get it?--of the world of food was nothing like the one described in Kitchen Confidential. He had some funny stories and tips along the way. My one gripe was the disjointed nature of the narrative. Something even as small as putting a date header on each chapter would have gone a long way, since it jumps back and forth through time, from job to job without much mention of where we're at, time-wise. It was a good read though.

We went to the bookstore, got the (former) enemy's rewards card this weekend, and loaded up on books.

Now I am starting:

Yes sir. I miss 40% off and coupons out the ass. I wish I had taken more advantage of our liquidation, too.

On our last day, the liquidator brought a bunch of boxes out to what was once our information desk, and made an announcement that whatever you could fit in a box, you could take home for a dollar. That was about when I wished I had stashed stuff away.

So i need to readon Foundation, my friend has been recommending it for a while and i just haven't gotten to it. I started reading Hunger Games, but i've been told it kinda gets twilighty with a whole love triangle story and i'm not sure how in to that i will be. I've read the book Battle Royale, (made a Japanese Movie on it) and it is somewhat the same plot as Hunger Games, just a lot darker and violent. So a lighter version of that may not be my cup of tea.

Although it does sound ridiculous i suggest Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to anyone interested. It's such a quick read and really well written. It's awesome because it gives somehat of a biography on Abraham Lincoln, goes through his life and what he has done at certain times. But it kind of gives this back drop that most of his actions were done to counter a vampire conspiracy. It's really really cool. Also the movie is coming out too, which i hope doesn't get all Tim Burtonized (which isn't a horrible thing, just maybe for this movie). It's being directed by Timur Bekmambetov who did Wanted (eh) but also did the Nightwatch trilogy (Books turned Russian Film). I hope the director follows sticks to more of the tone of Nightwatch than Wanted.


But yeah... my next book is Foundation.

mayo, i agree with you, his dark materials is an excellent trilogy. it is marketed towards young adults but the books are so thick and have a lot of ideas connecting with spirituality/death etc, i think a lot is lost on younger readers. i think we even talked about this in this thread before?? but i was lucky enough to see them perform the books in a two plays (a book and a half each show) at the national theater in london in 2004. dominic cooper (from mamma mia, captain america etc.) played will parry. it was insanely well done as you can imagine, and truly some of the best theater i've ever seen to date.

i think i am going to reread jm coetzee's waiting for the barbarians. i was on a coetzee kick for a while a long time ago and liked that book the best from what i remember. has anyone else read it?

Probably one my favorites ever!

I finished Infinite Jest a little bit ago.

It was the most gripping book I've read. Seriously, the thing has no wasted pages, no wasted sentences, the whole thing is just so beautiful. If you've been thinking about reading it and haven't because it's daunting (it is) or because you think it might be a waste of your time, it's not, read it.

Jeebus, I think I've been working on that book for 2 years now NoD.

I love how open-ended it was actually, leading us into the start of Gately's sobriety. The last sentence was perfect for me.

I really enjoyed Bryson's A Walk in the Woods for what it was. lots of people in the AT community hate Bryson but I guess they just can't see the forest for the trees. BINGBONG!!!