What Book Are You Currently Reading? - Page 204

Ramplate · 08-15-2012, 08:10 PM

Finished The Autobiography of Black Hawk
So interesting to hear something from another perspective. The difference in cultures is amazing.

Next is The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Justin · 08-15-2012, 08:12 PM

I haven't read The Inferno in ages. Incredible though.

Ramplate · 08-15-2012, 08:15 PM

I have the other two on my listening list too

Ramplate · 08-17-2012, 09:22 AM

Well, that was interesting.
Alighieri put a lot of work into The Inferno - it has certainly left a lasting impression on society.
I think I will wait to listen to the other two parts at a later date - for now I am eager to get to the fourth book in the Odd Thomas series Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

FranklinTard · 08-17-2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JBond

What was Maya's story in that one? Spin is awesome.

well her story was fine, as she was trying to unite the various rebel groups, but she is just so annoying. chopping her hair off, freaking out 50 years after the deaths of boone and chalmers, still being a mood swinging broad, freaking out on jackie, etc, etc. just a drama queen. was really hoping she would drown...

morpheus1987 · 08-19-2012, 10:07 AM

I'm currently going through the Odd Thomas books again before I read Odd Apocalypse.

Ramplate · 08-19-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by morpheus1987

I'm currently going through the Odd Thomas books again before I read Odd Apocalypse.

I thought about doing that too. (I miss Elvis lol)

So far the new book seems to be rambling a bit.

morpheus1987 · 08-19-2012, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramplate

So far the new book seems to be rambling a bit.

Damn, as long as its good escapist fun I'll be happy. Let me know how it turns out.

Ramplate · 08-20-2012, 02:11 AM

It's not bad, mind you. Just slow at the start - I have to admit though, I was listening to the beginning of the audio book after going to bed so i kind of nodded off somewhere

I'm starting over tonight

EDIT: Actually it starts right off, but it gets very descriptive of this and that - been a while since I listened to a Koontz book, and that may be it. But I am enjoying it

futurealmatt · 08-20-2012, 03:39 PM

Reading You Only Live Twice, been reading some of the James Bond books lately and finding out how different most of them are from the movies.

Ramplate · 08-28-2012, 07:46 PM

I finished Odd Apocalypse and thought it was pretty good to get back to the world of Odd - Koontz picked right up with the character as if he never left off - it had enough reminders of what had gone on in the previous books to refresh my memory.
Odd is up to his regular smart-ass self, making people get frustrated with him so that they open up their mouths a bit more than they ought to lol.
This one is very strange and hard to figure out where it's going at first, but pays off in the end.

My next audio book is Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia which is the second book in the MHI series.

FranklinTard · 09-01-2012, 10:48 AM

been smashing through the first law trilogy by joe abercrombie, for some reason it just grabbed me and hasn't let go. about 3/4 of the way through the second one.

finished the stars my destination/tiger, tiger, which was awesome, in that 50's sorta cute/innocent way. although gully foyle is a timeless anti-hero.

anyone ever heard of this danish book we, the drowned? got it on a kindle daily deal for like 2 bucks, about some danish port town or something, has ridiculously good reviews.

Ramplate · 09-01-2012, 11:11 AM

cannibals, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivals

Sounds interesting

**JBond** · 09-01-2012, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by FranklinTard

finished the stars my destination/tiger, tiger, which was awesome, in that 50's sorta cute/innocent way. although gully foyle is a timeless anti-hero.

One of my favorite endings.

Ramplate · 09-04-2012, 07:21 AM

I finished Monster Hunter Vendetta And I'm glad I decided to read more of this series.
That one was pretty fun to listen to - had a lot of cool characters in it, and expanded on the ones in the first novel - now onto the third in the series (since I already have it loaded up)
Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia

Justin · 09-05-2012, 08:09 AM

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel by Charles Yu

FranklinTard · 09-05-2012, 11:40 AM

I have now grabbed just about every vonnegut book on my kindle for less than 3 bucks each, also grabbed John dies at the end by David wong, finishing up the first law trilogy now. It isn't as good as asoiaf or anything, but it is damn entertaining and has an ending already.

carnage4u · 09-05-2012, 12:32 PM

rereading the 10 book series- A tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson - On this reread I have decided I enjoy it more then Game of throne series.

Ramplate · 09-06-2012, 10:44 PM

Finished Monster Hunter Alpha and it was pretty good - it told the story of the man in charge of the Alabama MHI and I like this series very much.

Next I think I will listen to 'They Have Killed Papa Dead!': The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance by Anthony S. Pitch

Ramplate · 09-11-2012, 02:45 AM

Finished 'They Have Killed Papa Dead!' and there is quite a bit of information that I haven't head before there. I guess he did a lot of research into various documents from people who were there within a certain radius of the events and those related to them.
History is interesting stuff.

Next I have a very short audio book (one and a half hours) called Unsolved Serial Killings by R. J. Parker
And after that for 9/11 I am going to listen to the controversial book No Easy Day by " Mark Owen", Kevin Maurer - that's the one about the Bin Laden mission as told by the second SEAL through the door. The unauthorized book that has everyone so upset.

EDIT _ Ok Unsolved Serial Killings was a PoS book - it's about as fascinating as listening to someone reading the dictionary - It should have been called "Serial Killers for Dummies"
The only people who could be interested in this book would be people who have never ever heard the words Serial Killer in their entire lives - I'm talking "See Spot run. Run, Spot, Run!" level readers. And even they might be bored with it,

Ramplate · 09-11-2012, 06:11 PM

Finished No Easy Day yeah I listened to it all afternoon.
Good book - I couldn't tell what secrets he supposedly gave away - there was new information about contingency plans, but nothing one wouldn't expect as they try to cover all foreseeable options - no plan is perfect, and improvisation must be done as smoothly as possible - these guys train in such a way as to keep on going no matter what.

Oh - actually I did find something that should probably have remained top secret.
Osama Bin Laden used

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

Next up I have John Adams by David McCullough loaded in my audio player - after listening to the Washington biography I thought it might be interesting to listen to as many presidential biographies in order as I could.

Brock Landers · 09-14-2012, 04:55 PM

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by (duh) Benjamin Franklin

Joe Cohen · 09-14-2012, 05:22 PM

Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln'

Ramplate · 09-14-2012, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock Landers

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by (duh) Benjamin Franklin

Ooo that's been on my want list forever - but something else always gets my attention - I'm doing presidents now, but founding fathers is a good list too

Brock Landers · 09-20-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramplate

Ooo that's been on my want list forever - but something else always gets my attention - I'm doing presidents now, but founding fathers is a good list too

I'd check it out if I were you, especially if you have an interest in the Founding Fathers, like I do (PoliSci grads represent, yo) -- so far, pretty great (but, then again, what do you expect? It's Benjamin "Freaking" Franklin writing an autobiography

). After I finish this one, I'm going to go try and find a good book on Thomas Jefferson, even if I know quite a bit about him already. Fun fact: Jefferson and one of my ancestors, Mr. John Adams, his good friend/one time rival for the Presidency, died 50 years to the day after the release of the Declaration of Independence -- July 4th, 1826. I believe my ancestor's last words were: "Jefferson lives."

08-15-2012, 08:10 PM	#5076
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	Finished The Autobiography of Black Hawk So interesting to hear something from another perspective. The difference in cultures is amazing. Next is The Inferno by Dante Alighieri __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

08-15-2012, 08:15 PM	#5078
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	I have the other two on my listening list too __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

08-17-2012, 09:22 AM	#5079
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	Well, that was interesting. Alighieri put a lot of work into The Inferno - it has certainly left a lasting impression on society. I think I will wait to listen to the other two parts at a later date - for now I am eager to get to the fourth book in the Odd Thomas series Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

08-19-2012, 10:07 AM	#5081
morpheus1987 I like turtles Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Dark Side of that's no Moon Posts: 6,421	I'm currently going through the Odd Thomas books again before I read Odd Apocalypse. __________________ “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” - Winston Churchill

08-20-2012, 02:11 AM	#5084
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	It's not bad, mind you. Just slow at the start - I have to admit though, I was listening to the beginning of the audio book after going to bed so i kind of nodded off somewhere I'm starting over tonight EDIT: Actually it starts right off, but it gets very descriptive of this and that - been a while since I listened to a Koontz book, and that may be it. But I am enjoying it __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?" Last edited by Ramplate; 08-20-2012 at 06:58 AM.

08-15-2012, 08:12 PM	#5077
Justin Executive Producer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 11,896	I haven't read The Inferno in ages. Incredible though.

08-20-2012, 03:39 PM	#5085
futurealmatt Grip Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 6	Reading You Only Live Twice, been reading some of the James Bond books lately and finding out how different most of them are from the movies.

08-28-2012, 07:46 PM	#5086
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	I finished Odd Apocalypse and thought it was pretty good to get back to the world of Odd - Koontz picked right up with the character as if he never left off - it had enough reminders of what had gone on in the previous books to refresh my memory. Odd is up to his regular smart-ass self, making people get frustrated with him so that they open up their mouths a bit more than they ought to lol. This one is very strange and hard to figure out where it's going at first, but pays off in the end. My next audio book is Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia which is the second book in the MHI series. __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

09-01-2012, 10:48 AM	#5087
FranklinTard Damn,ThatsAColdAssHonkey Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 15,729	been smashing through the first law trilogy by joe abercrombie, for some reason it just grabbed me and hasn't let go. about 3/4 of the way through the second one. finished the stars my destination/tiger, tiger, which was awesome, in that 50's sorta cute/innocent way. although gully foyle is a timeless anti-hero. anyone ever heard of this danish book we, the drowned? got it on a kindle daily deal for like 2 bucks, about some danish port town or something, has ridiculously good reviews. __________________ Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

09-01-2012, 11:11 AM	#5088
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	cannibals, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivals Sounds interesting __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

09-04-2012, 07:21 AM	#5090
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	I finished Monster Hunter Vendetta And I'm glad I decided to read more of this series. That one was pretty fun to listen to - had a lot of cool characters in it, and expanded on the ones in the first novel - now onto the third in the series (since I already have it loaded up) Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

09-05-2012, 08:09 AM	#5091
Justin Executive Producer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 11,896	How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel by Charles Yu

09-05-2012, 11:40 AM	#5092
FranklinTard Damn,ThatsAColdAssHonkey Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 15,729	I have now grabbed just about every vonnegut book on my kindle for less than 3 bucks each, also grabbed John dies at the end by David wong, finishing up the first law trilogy now. It isn't as good as asoiaf or anything, but it is damn entertaining and has an ending already. __________________ Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) Last edited by FranklinTard; 09-05-2012 at 01:50 PM.

09-05-2012, 12:32 PM	#5093
carnage4u The Bad Man Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,994	rereading the 10 book series- A tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson - On this reread I have decided I enjoy it more then Game of throne series. __________________ Carnage4u I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself.

09-06-2012, 10:44 PM	#5094
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	Finished Monster Hunter Alpha and it was pretty good - it told the story of the man in charge of the Alabama MHI and I like this series very much. Next I think I will listen to 'They Have Killed Papa Dead!': The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance by Anthony S. Pitch __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

09-11-2012, 02:45 AM	#5095
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	Finished 'They Have Killed Papa Dead!' and there is quite a bit of information that I haven't head before there. I guess he did a lot of research into various documents from people who were there within a certain radius of the events and those related to them. History is interesting stuff. Next I have a very short audio book (one and a half hours) called Unsolved Serial Killings by R. J. Parker And after that for 9/11 I am going to listen to the controversial book No Easy Day by " Mark Owen", Kevin Maurer - that's the one about the Bin Laden mission as told by the second SEAL through the door. The unauthorized book that has everyone so upset. EDIT _ Ok Unsolved Serial Killings was a PoS book - it's about as fascinating as listening to someone reading the dictionary - It should have been called "Serial Killers for Dummies" The only people who could be interested in this book would be people who have never ever heard the words Serial Killer in their entire lives - I'm talking "See Spot run. Run, Spot, Run!" level readers. And even they might be bored with it, __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?" Last edited by Ramplate; 09-11-2012 at 03:47 AM.

09-11-2012, 06:11 PM	#5096
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,665	Finished No Easy Day yeah I listened to it all afternoon. Good book - I couldn't tell what secrets he supposedly gave away - there was new information about contingency plans, but nothing one wouldn't expect as they try to cover all foreseeable options - no plan is perfect, and improvisation must be done as smoothly as possible - these guys train in such a way as to keep on going no matter what. Oh - actually I did find something that should probably have remained top secret. Osama Bin Laden used Spoiler!!! Click to Read!: Just For Men hair coloring in his beard Next up I have John Adams by David McCullough loaded in my audio player - after listening to the Washington biography I thought it might be interesting to listen to as many presidential biographies in order as I could. __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?" Last edited by Ramplate; 09-11-2012 at 06:14 PM.

09-14-2012, 04:55 PM	#5097
Brock Landers Ninja + Poet Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 27,017	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by (duh) Benjamin Franklin __________________ YOU'VE GOT THE TOUCH. YOU'VE GOT THE POWER. This will explain everything.

09-14-2012, 05:22 PM	#5098
Joe Cohen Boom Operator Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 59	Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln' __________________ Want to know more about me? Last edited by Joe Cohen; 09-14-2012 at 05:25 PM.