Last 5 books read?

1. Gates of the Alamo - Hartigan
2. Damage Done - Warren Fellows
3. Good German - Joseph Kanon
4. Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
5. Memorial Day - Vince Flynn

On Deck:-
Gost Wars - Steve Coll
Conspiracy of Fools - Eichenwald

I love these threads, usually give me great ideas. I keep a list of books that I must read, and I currently have my entire bottom row of my bookshelf filled with "on deck" books. Choosing the next book to read is like a having my own private draft!

 

yep definitely love these threads as well

always looking for some new stuff to read

 

Nice thread.

The DaVinci Code -- Not bad, but it didn't live up to the hype (or my expectations). Still, I don't regret reading it. I wish I hadn't read it right after I saw the movie National Treasure, though, since they're both very similar.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- It was okay, but there was a rather large plot hole that I found concerning the identity of the half-blood prince. I won't mention it, though, for spoiler's sake. Also, the ending didn't make me feel good.

The Long Walk -- A Richard Bachman book. Very interesting! It's about a futuristic athletic competition in which 100 boys start walking and continue until there is only one left (those who stop or fall below pace are shot!). It's a great character study and I highly recommend it.

Cujo -- My girlfriend gave me three Stephen King books and this is another one of them. It was okay, but definitely not one of my favorite King books. I definitely won't read it again.

The Tommyknockers -- I'm about sixty pages or so from the end of this one. I like it. My final opinion will depend on the ending, but it has held my interest so far.

 

In the order I read them:
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune

Next up is Chapterhouse Dune, then I am going to leave Arrakis for a while.

 

Ming Dynasty: if you haven't already, check out "The Art of Fiction" by John Gardner. Hands down, it's the best book on fiction writing I've ever read, and I've literally read more than a dozen. (I write fiction as well.)