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I need a good book to read - Legion - 05-08-2008
I'm still doing the stay at home dad thing for the baby and its driving me absolutely bat-shit crazy. I have read and RE-read every damned book in my library.
As Im on this forum I do not need to say that I am a horror or thriller fan. But i am also a comedy fan.
Please tell me somebody on here has something I havent read. I can spend hours in a bookstore and I either find nothing worth even reading in the store, or I find good stuff... but i have read it al already.
I need a good book to read - Libby - 05-08-2008
Legion Wrote:I'm still doing the stay at home dad thing for the baby and its driving me absolutely bat-shit crazy. I have read and RE-read every damned book in my library.
As Im on this forum I do not need to say that I am a horror or thriller fan. But i am also a comedy fan.
Please tell me somebody on here has something I havent read. I can spend hours in a bookstore and I either find nothing worth even reading in the store, or I find good stuff... but i have read it al already.
Comedy: Read Chistopher Moore if you haven't.
Parents from Hell by Judith Newman, stories of good intentions gone wrong...
Pest Control Dill Fitzhugh
Thriller: Tropic of Night and Valley of Bones by Michael Grubber
Tarry Prachett...
Comedic twisted thriller: The beasts of Valhalla by George Chesbro
Don't know too much abotu the Thrillers/and Pest control. They are from my mom.
I need a good book to read - bones weep tedium - 05-08-2008
I am currently reading The Princess Bride abridged by William Goldman.
It is very funny and very exciting, so should fit you like a glove. Even if you have seen the movie there is a lot of good things about this book. A lot of stuff not in the movie, and even the familiar stuff is better.
:yesnod:
I need a good book to read - Libby - 05-08-2008
bones weep tedium Wrote:I am currently reading The Princess Bride abridged by William Goldman.
It is very funny and very exciting, so should fit you like a glove. Even if you have seen the movie there is a lot of good things about this book. A lot of stuff not in the movie, and even the familiar stuff is better.
:yesnod:
OH! Love that book! William Goldman wrote the screenplay too...
I need a good book to read - Pleiades - 05-08-2008
If you read science fiction, try some of the novels by Jack McDevitt, especially his series: "A Talent for War", "Polaris", and "Seeker". Each story is independent, but have the same characters. Basically, Indiana Jones 10,000 years in the future.
The Preston and Child Pendergast books ("Relic",...) are more along the lines of horror.
I need a good book to read - Miskatonic & Gin - 05-08-2008
"Blasphemy" by Douglas Preston!
I need a good book to read - fpw - 05-08-2008
[SIZE="3"]Stephen Hunter's books are almost all excellent. Check out his Bob the Nailer series.[/SIZE]
I need a good book to read - Legion - 05-08-2008
Chris Moore is one of my favs altho hes taking WAY too long doing anything new.
Preston and Child are up there on my fav 3 list ( with FPW at the top. Not brown nosin. Theres just nothing better.) Altho blasphemy let me down BIG TIME. Its like their stuff has been coming from the same mold these days.
And well, I've read most everything else mentioned...
I need a good book to read - ccosborne3 - 05-08-2008
Legion Wrote:Chris Moore is one of my favs altho hes taking WAY too long doing anything new.
Preston and Child are up there on my fav 3 list ( with FPW at the top. Not brown nosin. Theres just nothing better.) Altho blasphemy let me down BIG TIME. Its like their stuff has been coming from the same mold these days.
And well, I've read most everything else mentioned...
If you skipped Bukowski in college pick up Post Office. Funny stuff.
I need a good book to read - Libby - 05-08-2008
Legion Wrote:Chris Moore is one of my favs altho hes taking WAY too long doing anything new.
Preston and Child are up there on my fav 3 list ( with FPW at the top. Not brown nosin. Theres just nothing better.) Altho blasphemy let me down BIG TIME. Its like their stuff has been coming from the same mold these days.
And well, I've read most everything else mentioned...
Parents from Hell even! I love that book!
I know alot of fantansy, so I will give you some of those titles. The Anybodies by N. E. Bode. It is very good, a favorite of mine since I was about nine. Ella Enchanted and Just Ella, buth a different veiw on Cinderella, and anything by Dianna Wynn Jones. Branch out from horror and comedy, try fantacy!!! Also Eragorn(?) is a very good book, but a crappy movie.