Read any good books lately?

[Tommy]

The Martian was great. You'd like it.

[Heismanberg]

Did you just take that from a HS junior's summer reading list?

Those are Hemingway's three best books.  The Old Man and the Sea is one of my favorites. 

A man can be destroyed, but not defeated. 

[Johnny English]

Those are Hemingway's three best books.  The Old Man and the Sea is one of my favorites. 

A man can be destroyed, but not defeated. 

And it's only about 80 pages long. There's no excuse for not reading it.

Steinbeck's my favourite American classic author though.

[Heismanberg]

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Harvest Night by DA Madigan

Last three that I've read.  I'm re-reading The Passage by Justin Cronin because I want to pick up the second book in the trilogy soon.

[Johnny English]

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Harvest Night by DA Madigan

Last three that I've read.  I'm re-reading The Passage by Justin Cronin because I want to pick up the second book in the trilogy soon.

The Twelve is even better.

[Miamipuck]

I have been reading the Devil in the White City. I thought the serial killer part would be interesting but really I found the parts about building the World's Fair more interesting.

Thank you for the replies.

[Heismanberg]

I have been reading the Devil in the White City. I thought the serial killer part would be interesting but really I found the parts about building the World's Fair more interesting.

Thank you for the replies.

It's excellent.

You know there's a Scorsese/DiCaprio adaption in the works, right?

[Miamipuck]

It's excellent.

You know there's a Scorsese/DiCaprio adaption in the works, right?

Lol of course.

[mj2sexay]

I read Watchmen for the first time last weekend. I know its in comic form so I guess its not a book, but wow. Really good.

[Tommy]

And it's only about 80 pages long. There's no excuse for not reading it.

Steinbeck's my favourite American classic author though.

The only classic I ever read and liked was Count of Monte Cristo. I read that every few years or so.

[Johnny English]

The only classic I ever read and liked was Count of Monte Cristo. I read that every few years or so.

The Grapes Of Wrath is one of the most powerful books I've ever read.

[Tommy]

The Grapes Of Wrath is one of the most powerful books I've ever read.

I really need to get in on those classics. The only classic book that I read without it being forced on me is Count of Monte Cristo.

[Johnny English]

I really need to get in on those classics. The only classic book that I read without it being forced on me is Count of Monte Cristo.

I went through a phase of alternating between a literary classic and then something with an F-15 or a submarine on the cover. I'm more relaxed about it now but it was a good way of getting myself into the routine of not just reading trash, although I do still like crap espionage and crime thrillers. I don't enjoy them all and I'm not afraid to give up on a book if I'm not enjoying it, but I think a lot of the classics are more enjoyable in your thirties than when they're being rammed down your throat in your teens.

[Tommy]

I went through a phase of alternating between a literary classic and then something with an F-15 or a submarine on the cover. I'm more relaxed about it now but it was a good way of getting myself into the routine of not just reading trash, although I do still like crap espionage and crime thrillers. I don't enjoy them all and I'm not afraid to give up on a book if I'm not enjoying it, but I think a lot of the classics are more enjoyable in your thirties than when they're being rammed down your throat in your teens.

That's a real good point. I'm going to start with old man and the sea being that it's so short.

[Pope]

I've never enjoyed reading books, don't have the patience or attention span to sit there flipping pages all day. That and being a procrastinater at school having to read full books in the span of a day didn't help.

I may try it again at some point with a Kindle or audio book but never found the urge