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 2009-04-30 7:44 AM |
Resident Curmudgeon  25290    The Road Back Gold member |  Subject: Need a quick book recommendationFlying out tomorrow, have a longer than anticipated layover and a shortage of reading material. Looking for something light but captivating, bonus points if it's current and accessible. Going to the library at lunch... |
| 2009-04-30 7:46 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation A classic (fails your current criteria) if you haven't read it. Catch-22. Well written and you'll appreciate the cliche much more after the read. Edited by pitt83 2009-04-30 7:47 AM |
| 2009-04-30 7:52 AM in reply to: #2120218 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation pitt83 - 2009-04-30 7:46 AM A classic (fails your current criteria) if you haven't read it. Catch-22. Well written and you'll appreciate the cliche much more after the read. Read it many times! |
| 2009-04-30 8:02 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Champion 7036 Sarasota, FL | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation I'm about half-way through the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey-Maturin ("Master & Commander") series. Good adventure stuff, historically accurate for the period. Mark Edited by RedCorvette 2009-04-30 8:04 AM |
| 2009-04-30 8:08 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Expert 783 Spokane, Washington | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Twilight - find out what all the teens are talking about. |
| 2009-04-30 8:11 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Expert 808 Columbia, MD | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation |
| 2009-04-30 8:16 AM in reply to: #2120259 |
Master 2493 Atlanta, Georgia Silver member | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation RedCorvette - 2009-04-30 9:02 AM I'm about half-way through the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey-Maturin ("Master & Commander") series. Good adventure stuff, historically accurate for the period. Mark X50!! I've read the series of twenty books about five time through. If you can get through the first 50 pages of the first book, and can forget about the movie, you'll never stop...Favorite series of books ever. BTW, it's important to do them in order. Edited by alltom1 2009-04-30 8:17 AM |
| 2009-04-30 8:22 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Master 2231 Des Moines, Iowa | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation "The Shack" |
| 2009-04-30 8:28 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Champion 6786 Two seat rocket plane | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation
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| 2009-04-30 8:31 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
MotoQueen 13195 | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation What do you like to read? I'm a librarian and I'm sure I could come up with a long long list. Twilight I'm sure is not available as there are long reserve lists on it here (I personally don't think the book was well written and it is geared towards teens). The Shack is okay, also has reserves on it. So both of those might not be good choices. |
| 2009-04-30 8:34 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
| Hawai'i | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Not light but a great perspective on the world we live in - Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes: The Assassins Who Changed History by Kris Hollington Funny and light - A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Not sure how captivating but a funny book - The Ridiculous Race by Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran |
| 2009-04-30 8:50 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
MotoQueen 13195 | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Suspense - Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods (and if you haven't read any of his, there are lots of titles to choose from) Suspense - Your Heat Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz Suspense - The Rule sof the Game by Leonard Downie Jr. Historical Fiction - The Fight for Rome by James Duffy Novel - Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann |
| 2009-04-30 8:58 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Master 2006 Portland, ME | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation the bear - 2009-04-30 7:44 AM Flying out tomorrow, have a longer than anticipated layover and a shortage of reading material. Looking for something light but captivating, bonus points if it's current and accessible. Going to the library at lunch... Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny. It is an easy read but extremely interesting. It is NYT's current number 1 on the best sellers list and half the fun of reading the book is the look of despise you get from the liberal sitting next to you. |
| 2009-04-30 9:02 AM in reply to: #2120273 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation c_cic - 2009-04-30 8:08 AM Twilight - find out what all the teens are talking about. After seeing the movie, I have zero interest in reading the book. Had to be the worst movie in recent memory. Maybe if they had spent a couple million dollars on special effects, and $1.98 on pancake makeup, instead of the other way around... Already read The Road, Confederacy of Dunces, Stagger Lee. Making a list of the more interesting other recommendations. |
| 2009-04-30 9:06 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Extreme Veteran 542 Pauls Valley, OK | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Here are the three best books that I have read this past year. |
| 2009-04-30 9:13 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Champion 5117 Brandon, MS | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Get some Robert Ludlum. Awesome spy/assasin stuff. The Bourne series is great. The movies fall about 140.6 miles short of being as cool as the book. |
| 2009-04-30 9:18 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Veteran 225 Kingsville | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: Haruki Murakami Awesome book if you like running |
| 2009-04-30 9:20 AM in reply to: #2120339 |
Expert 1158 A Husker stuck in VA | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation ride_like_u_stole_it - 2009-04-30 9:28 AM
Agreed, great read, might want to get the Zombie survival guide first though. |
| 2009-04-30 9:24 AM in reply to: #2120445 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation I loved the series, but I really thought the movie was a rotten tomatoe. |
| 2009-04-30 9:26 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (CHristopher Moore) Smart, witty, captivating. A good read. (and no, you don't need to be religious) |
| 2009-04-30 9:31 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
MotoQueen 13195 | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation
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| 2009-04-30 9:41 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Pro 4909 Hailey, ID | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation One of two books by Orson Scott Card: Enders Game (if you haven't read it)  Empire  First one is a classic Sci Fi novel that attracts a lot of non sci fi people (wife loved it, she hates sci fi). Second is about an imminent civil war in our near future. Good times. |
| 2009-04-30 9:47 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Expert 706 New Orleans | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Nelson Demille is great airplane reading. He's very entertaining, and his main character is a real wise-azz. I'd recommend Wild Fire. It's probably under the mystery/fiction section. |
| 2009-04-30 10:16 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation World War Z |
| 2009-04-30 10:32 AM in reply to: #2120214 |
Champion 10019 , Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Need a quick book recommendation Ask the Librarian when you get there. Unless you have a huge regional library at your disposal, this conversation is useless if it's not available. Or, let us know which library you're using and I'll look at the catalog (I'm a Librarian...) If the library doesn't pan out, I often buy books at the airport. Best deal available since they charge the cover price and not a huge mark-up. They always carry easy to like bestsellers. the bear - 2009-04-30 7:44 AM Flying out tomorrow, have a longer than anticipated layover and a shortage of reading material. Looking for something light but captivating, bonus points if it's current and accessible. Going to the library at lunch... |
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