testB Posted January 9, 2018 #76 Posted January 9, 2018 The Foundation series by Asimov. I'm doing slow progress.
Kargai Posted January 14, 2018 Author #77 Posted January 14, 2018 Finished "The Road" from Cormac McCarthy yesterday. I must have seen the movie back in the days (don't really remember well tho) and I believe the book will have the same effect, not very memorable on the long term. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed most of civilization and, in the intervening years, almost all life on Earth. I know the book received a Pulitzer price in 2007 & all but I found it ... insipid. Nothing new or really creative. Basically it's a mix between Walking Dead and Mad Max. And when the book was written (2006) the Walking Dead comics already existed for 2 years. I mean it's not a bad book at all but it's ... flat.
Xylber Posted January 14, 2018 #78 Posted January 14, 2018 On 9/1/2018 at 4:22 PM, Kargai said: Just finish The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant. Then I recommend you Ab Urbe condita by Titus Livius
lupandina Posted January 19, 2018 #80 Posted January 19, 2018 I have not much time for reading last time... But I still reading for my kids every evening, so now we're enjoying "Karlsson-on-the-Roof" by Astrid Lindgren :)))
Kargai Posted February 9, 2018 Author #81 Posted February 9, 2018 Forgot to update the thread lately but finished 2 books : Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn Manual of the warrior of light by Paulo Coelho
Aleks032 Posted February 9, 2018 #82 Posted February 9, 2018 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Зелёная_миля Repeatedly watching the movie. decided to reread this book. I also read a lot
missfox Posted February 18, 2018 #83 Posted February 18, 2018 just finished The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck great easy read
stimubate Posted February 18, 2018 #84 Posted February 18, 2018 I'm currently reading this topic. Lol, I wish I could start reading again, life has put some of it's nonsense all around me that has me anxiously trapped inside this cage with bars wide enough for me to escape from, yet in my mind I believe I can't escape. or whatever , i dunno. Here are some of my favorite books that I have read that have become part my collection of favorites and would just like to share with anyone interested.
Jtc763 Posted February 18, 2018 #86 Posted February 18, 2018 Not currently reading but one of the best books I've read in a while is Ready Player One
Kargai Posted February 22, 2018 Author #87 Posted February 22, 2018 Just finished the first 2 books (out of 4) of David Gemmell's cycle : Rigante. Title Sword in the Storm & Midnight Falcon. With J.R.R. Tolkien and Terry Brooks, Gemmell is definitely in my top 3 of the best heroic-fantasy authors.
Kargai Posted March 21, 2018 Author #88 Posted March 21, 2018 Finished the books number 3 and 4 of David Gemmell's cycle : Rigante - Ravenheart (book 3) & Stormrider (book 4) A nice but a little too long (2200+ pages) story spreading over multiple hundreds of years. Also finished the last book of Stephen King in french (a block of 850+ pages) : The bazaar of bad dreams
Waldo Posted March 23, 2018 #90 Posted March 23, 2018 I am reading Everyone Poops by Tarō Gomi. Riveting.
Kargai Posted March 28, 2018 Author #91 Posted March 28, 2018 Just read "Inside Wikileaks : My time with Julian Assange at the world's most dangerous website" I saw the movie "The 5th Estate" few months ago and the book is one of the sources of it. But It's written by the right hand of Assange and I had read that the movie was not really close to what really happened with Wikileaks. So I wanted to have the other point of view. Quite interesting, nice book. Also read the 5 "Ultimate End" comics of the 2016 Marvel's main event : Secret War
Kargai Posted April 11, 2018 Author #92 Posted April 11, 2018 Just finished a book in french "Les contes des arts martiaux" that can be translated in "Tales of martial arts". Multiple little stories (fex pages each) around the philosophy of martial arts. A quick and nice read.
MaxFlash Posted April 18, 2018 #93 Posted April 18, 2018 Mostly I read only newspapers, and sometimes Stiven King
Kargai Posted April 18, 2018 Author #94 Posted April 18, 2018 My last read was the first part of a romanced version of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, one of the best (if not the one) well known samuraï of the feudal Japan. Written by Eiji Yoshikawa (one of the best japanese author of the last century) it's a very great book for those who like adventure, martial art, japanese culture, values of honor and dignity, zen/buddhism, etc. But it's quite a long read (850 pages) so if you don't like that ... you'll probably never finidh the book. Now i'm starting the second part In english I believe the entire story was published in 7 books with the simple title of "Musashi". At least that's what Wikipedia say : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_(novel)
VIP Host Marija Posted April 20, 2018 VIP Host #95 Posted April 20, 2018 Reading your previous posts made 'The Da Vinci Code' to hop straight to No.1 on my 'to read list'. 😄 I just got 'The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros' and can't wait to start reading! I have no idea how I missed this one while reading 'A song of ice and fire'. 🤔
Xylber Posted April 20, 2018 #97 Posted April 20, 2018 Started this one yesterday BTW @Kargai, do you recommend any good/complete/neutral book about the french revolution?
Baecon Posted April 21, 2018 #98 Posted April 21, 2018 Today I'm reading my favorite book of Harry Potter when I don't have any balance on stake and I'm bored I'm just reading some books or watch movies.
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