Any suggestions on something new to read?

[JohnnyMack]

I was thinking about trying Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I've never read any of his stuff. Thoughts?

I also want some sort of Jack the Ripper / Sherlock Holmes / Victorian mystery. Any of you ever read Anne Perry?

[olevetonahill]

Start the series
By Terry Goodkind
" Blood Of the Fold " is # 3 ;)

[OU4LIFE]

have you read all the Dresden Files?

I just finished the most recent one

[olevetonahill]

have you read all the Dresden Files?

I just finished the most recent one

Tell me ?

[TheUnnamedSooner]

I just finished "Duma Key" by Stephen King. It was pretty good.

[OU4LIFE]

Tell me ?

Jim Butcher, OU grad.

http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/

and a wikipedia on it...tells you all you need to know. It's good reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

[olevetonahill]

:cool:
I will Be gettin it . ;)

[JohnnyMack]

Jim Butcher, OU grad.

http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/

and a wikipedia on it...tells you all you need to know. It's good reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

I liked it better when it was called Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[olevetonahill]

I liked it better when it was called Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Then try " HOOD " By Stephen Lawhead
Its a New twist on the Robin Hood thing
Im fixing to start Book 2

[olevetonahill]

Oh and Your Local Library Is yer friend :cool:
Both the Young ladies that work here In Wister Know the Kinds of Books I like , They are always hooking Me up .

[royalfan5]

I'm awaiting the new Regan and Nixon book that are coming out in the next couple of weeks. Until then, I'm reading dry financial stuff.

[olevetonahill]

I'm awaiting the new Regan and Nixon book that are coming out in the next couple of weeks. Until then, I'm reading dry financial stuff.

I bet you watch Tee Vee to ?:eek:

[royalfan5]

I bet you watch Tee Vee to ?:eek:

When the Royals or Boxing is on.

[OU4LIFE]

I liked it better when it was called Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

this thread just became six degrees of Charisma Carpenter.

[JohnnyMack]

Like the fist of angry god.

[SteelClip49]

SI Swimsuit Magazine

[reevie]

Gaiman is pretty interesting, or odd. I read his Anansi Boys and Good Omens, but haven't read Neverwhere.

His work on The Sandman is suppose to be pretty good.


I'd also throw out Warren Ellis' The Devil You Know .

[Rogue]

Whatcha lookin' for?

Best books I've read lately are "I Am Charlotte Simmons" and "The Tender Bar." Dresden Files are good escapism fiction, a little too reliant on sarcasm though. I'm halfway through John Grisham's library now and digging it.



Good advice in this thread. (http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91725)

[kbsooner21]

Prey by Michael Crighton.

Also a book called Natural Selection, although the author evades my mind at the moment

[TMcGee86]

"Black Widow" by Randy Wayne White.

"The King of Lies" by John Hart

[12]

I'm a huge fan of Richard Russo. He has a new one out (the "Nobody's Fool" Russo) and I've also been thinking about getting the Steve Martin book. Looks like an easy weekend read and I've heard it is surprisingly insightful.

Other than that, it's getting hot outside and I got no time fer readin'.

[OU4LIFE]

MOW YOUR YARD!

[Sooner_Bob]

have you read all the Dresden Files?

I just finished the most recent one

I finally bought the first 3 books . . . I hope to start on the first one later today.

[OU4LIFE]

I finally bought the first 3 books . . . I hope to start on the first one later today.

Let me help prepare you.

You will get tired of him repeating descriptions of certain things for the first three books, it gets better though. And srsly, you can plow through one in a weekend.

let me know what you think.

[Howzit]

I was thinking about trying Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I've never read any of his stuff. Thoughts?

I also want some sort of Jack the Ripper / Sherlock Holmes / Victorian mystery. Any of you ever read Anne Perry?


For me Nerwhere was kind of meh. If you are wanting to read Gaiman you might try American Gods.

[Sooner_Bob]

Let me help prepare you.

You will get tired of him repeating descriptions of certain things for the first three books, it gets better though. And srsly, you can plow through one in a weekend.

let me know what you think.



Will do . . .

[Sooner_Bob]

I just wish George R. R. Martin would hurry it up . . . A Dance With Dragons (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0553801473/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209474088&sr=8-1) can't get here soon enough.

[crawfish]

Let me help prepare you.

You will get tired of him repeating descriptions of certain things for the first three books, it gets better though. And srsly, you can plow through one in a weekend.

let me know what you think.

Excellent. There's a team pimping Dresden Files novels now. My work here is done. :D

I still need to get the latest one. I'm currently reading the fourth book in Butcher's Codex Alera series, "Captain's Fury". Very, very good epic fantasy, but not as easy a read as the Dresden stuff.

[crawfish]

I just wish George R. R. Martin would hurry it up . . . A Dance With Dragons (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0553801473/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209474088&sr=8-1) can't get here soon enough.

No kidding.

[OU4LIFE]

Excellent. There's a team pimping Dresden Files novels now. My work here is done. :D

I still need to get the latest one. I'm currently reading the fourth book in Butcher's Codex Alera series, "Captain's Fury". Very, very good epic fantasy, but not as easy a read as the Dresden stuff.

I finished it last week. It reads VERY quickly and it's over much sooner than you'd like it to be, but it's good.

I'd LOVE to tell you a few things about it, but i'd hate to ruin anything.

[C&CDean]

When do you hillbillies find time to read?

The only time I get to read for leisure is while on the airplanes. I haven't read a book at home in years.

[JohnnyMack]

Great, Craw and Hairy are fagging up my book thread.

Like I couldn't see this coming.

[crawfish]

Great, Craw and Hairy are fagging up my book thread.

Like I couldn't see this coming.

If you're going to read Gaiman, start with American Gods. Anansi Boys, Stardust and Good Omens are also great. Never read Neverwhere, but I did like the BBC series.

[JohnnyMack]

I ordered Stardust and Neverwhere with my Amazon gift card.

Along with some other guilty dork pleasures I don't care to discuss here.

[Sooner_Bob]

Along with some other guilty dork pleasures I don't care to discuss here.


Bwok . . . bwok . . . come on, you're among friends.

[olevetonahill]

When do you hillbillies find time to read?

The only time I get to read for leisure is while on the airplanes. I haven't read a book at home in years.

If youd quit watching A/I so much youd have time :P

[OU4LIFE]

Bwok . . . bwok . . . come on, you're among friends.

no, he's not.

[Frozen Sooner]

I just wish George R. R. Martin would hurry it up . . . A Dance With Dragons (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0553801473/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209474088&sr=8-1) can't get here soon enough.

I'm a tad worried he's going to end up Jordaning on the series.

[Sooner_Bob]

I'm a tad worried he's going to end up Jordaning on the series.

Bite. Your. Tongue.


That would stink . . . big time.

[Sooner_Bob]

no, he's not.

Ok, you're among friends and Hairy. ;)

[Frozen Sooner]

Guy's 60 and doesn't look like he works out a lot. All I'm saying.

I've been on a kick of reading the Foundation series. Can't believe I've never gotten around to them before now.

[texas bandman]

I really liked the Harry Dresden books (I finished them over spring break). Right now I'm reading the Hollow series by Kim Harrison. So far they've been good. They are nice light fiction along the line of the Harry Dresden, except the hero's a girl that lives with a vampire. They are fun to read so far.

[Howzit]

If you're really geeky think about Dan Simmons Hyperion and Endymion series.

Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children was pretty good.

Peter F. Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction series.

Tad Hamilton's Otherworld series.

[JohnnyMack]

You're some kind of dork.

[Howzit]

Well...hyah...

[JohnnyMack]

You could come over and see my Star Wars and Shadowrun RPG books I have in boxes in my garage. Then you'd realize you're prolly quite normal. In comparison.

[Howzit]

In boxes? UNOPENED ORIGINAL PACKAGING?!?!?

:les: I'LL BE RIGHT OVER!!!!1

[JohnnyMack]

In boxes? UNOPENED ORIGINAL PACKAGING?!?!?

:les: I'LL BE RIGHT OVER!!!!1

some of them are.

[Howzit]

I have an HG Wells time machine in my living room.

It doesn't really transpport you to a different time, but it's awesome to pretend.

[Frozen Sooner]

If you're really geeky think about Dan Simmons Hyperion and Endymion series.

Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children was pretty good.

Peter F. Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction series.

Tad Hamilton's Otherworld series.


Darwin's Radio was outstanding. I liked Darwin's Children but not as much.

I tried to read the first book of Otherworld and just couldn't get into it.

Haven't read the rest.

[Scott D]

Yeah, the first Otherworld book was slow, and they get somewhat better as the series goes, but for a Tad Williams series to me it was a disappointment. Then again, I don't know if anything he writes will measure up to the Memory, Thorn, and Sorrow trilogy.

I've totally geeked out and started reading some of the Warcraft novels, especially since they are available as 'Archive' versions (3 or 4 novels in one bigger paperback). The War of the Ancients trilogy was pretty interesting, and I just started the Warcraft Archive which starts with The Day of the Dragons. Lots of Deathwing in that one.

[reevie]

Isn't American Gods the sequal to Anansi Boys? Why read it first?

[Frozen Sooner]

Because 1) American Gods isn't the sequel to Anansi Boys, 2) American Gods is superior reading to Anansi Boys, and 3) The events in Anansi Boys occur after the events in American Gods. I think. But I know that American Gods came out first.

[reevie]

Ok, well I thought it was the sequel, not the first story.

[Frozen Sooner]

:D No worries. They're only very loosely related anyhow-you can read one without the other. Personally, I think American Gods is much better anyhow.

And being that you're a comic guy, you really should read the Sandman stuff. It's beyond bizarre, particularly considering when it came out.

[Okla-homey]

the last book I read was The Kite Runner. I highly recommend it.