The Book Thread

In the last couple of weeks the Defiant guild chat has had a lot of discussions about books, so here's the thread we said we should start. Pimp a book!

Two of my absolute favorite books that aren't as well known as they should me IMHO.

"Daemon" by Daniel Suarez
"The Night Watch" by Sergei Lukyanenko

Both books have sequels (or a couple) and really are great reads!

So... what are you reading? What genre do you love?

Books I am currently reading (visual link). The Demon-Haunted World, Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan Drawing on the Artist Within by Betty Edwards The Best of the Best, 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozios All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven Bestsellers Guaranteed by Joe R. Lansdale Book of the Dead edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector Fiction: I read alot of short story compilations (and some novels/series). (I also prefer to eat at buffets.) I like to read science fiction, including hard scifi and especially space travel stories, apocalyptic fiction, horror genre, zombies, bizarro and absurdist fiction, cyberpunk, fantasy including urban fantasy, and raunchy twisted southern dark comedy/horror like Joe R. Lansdale writes (think a genre that mashes up True Blood + Stephen King + inbred hicks + a weird nightmare you just had). I also like literature like Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes, and some other classic lit. My favorite fiction authors are Larry Niven, Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen King, Kim Stanley Robinson, Anne McCaffrey, and William Gibson. Also, Kek-W is a new writer who so far has only published short stories in online magazines like Flurb, but I think he is one of the best and most original writers I have ever read. I also read non-fiction, such as art instruction books including topics like visual perception, and any books that deal with epistemology (how we know what we know), skepticism, ethics, sociology, philosophy, psychology (especially abnormal), and the nature of the universe/reality. I have a huge wishlist at Amazon that I am chipping away at but I keep adding more books! In fact, reading the book reviews at Amazon is one of my favorite pastimes. Lots of highly literate people there and it's fascinating to read all the varying takes on a subject. It would be hard for me to recommend any books as I love so many and have read so many over my lifetime, but I would say probably Anne McCaffrey's series have brought me the most joy and stuck with me the longest. As you can see by my long post, books are one of my passions.

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Hey Miss Zola <3 I know a few of us have mentioned the George R.R. Martin, Fire and Ice series (where my beloved Arrya comes from )That guy tells a wonderful story full of rich characters and is an incredibly bold writer, completely unafraid it seems, to alienate his audience! lol I was warned before I started reading the series not to get too attached to my characters because he has no problem killing them off. Sure enough, with the very first book I found myself yelling at him in disbelief, "NOOoooOOOOoo!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" hahha Because of school I haven't had the time to read anything for fun, well I have but I CHOSE to game instead :P So, I'm only on the 3rd book, with two more to go after that, so as I know Sethra knows, (and has been very good about too! Thanks you!) - NO SPOILERS!! PLZ !! (to anyone who has read beyond) Seeing him kill off other characters has me living in fear for the life of Arya and already in denial that she may too someday be killed of by him. I'll live if he does murder her, but, I can promise you ... he won't! rawr! oh, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings - nuff said there I think. I also went through a phase where I read about 50 of those Star Trek NG fan books <3 .. I think it helped with my withdrawals right after they cancelled the series! :: shock :: I've read nearly all of the Robert Ludlum novels - The movie, The Bourne Identity, his best book in my opinion, might give you a hint of what those are like. Another book that has given me maybe too much food for thought is called, "The Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness." If you're into that sort of thing and haven't read this book, I'd recommend it. (The whole double slit experiment etc is talked about in a more layman's way, making it a lot easier to get your head around.) - I've spent way too much time this past year studying just such things from a physical, philosophical and religious pov and though I'm mentioning it here because of the nature of this thread, I'm done with that for the time being. ATM, I have this vision of my brain punching itself in the face just writing about the above! LOL I don't believe it's quite recovered from the trauma I caused it by making it exercise it's left side the way I did. But hey, it's all about balance baby! But, I think I'm done with that, at least for the time being and will go away and do some art now .. ahhh pretty colors and pictures ...... la la la ** psst .. I, unlike the lovely Fairy, most certainly say so much less in a greater amount of space .. it's a talent of mine.. I think perhaps that in a previous life I was most likely a politician! :P

I guess I should have been a little more specific on my original post. Like most readers, I read nearly everything. I enjoy fiction but I'm really picky, if it feels a bit too heavy handed Oprah-ish it turns me off. I'm embarrassed to admit I've never read Tolkien o.O I'm not a fan of fantasy in general, I have a hard time suspending my disbelief. I can appreciate the fantastical universe the author has created, I just don't enjoy spending time there. I read a fair amount of history and what I consider 'pop culture' stuff. George RR Martin would be my fantasy exception. It took Wolf/Sethra a few years to convince me to start the series and nobody was more shocked than I was that I really liked it. When I handsell his book I usually say it's fantasy for people who don't normally like fantasy. Because I am surrounded by books and book lovers all day (I work in a bookstore), I've read an obscene amount of 'teen' fiction lately, because it's hugely popular atm. Now that I'm fully involved in this post-insomnia fresh coffee buzz, I should state that I have a preternatural fascination for vampires. Vampires are included under the umbrella of things I am a snob about. ;) Now that every third romance novel includes some dark sexy vampire lord looking for the woman who has called him back from his eternity in torpor, I can no longer say I've read every vampire novel I could. Because 5 is my favorite number, here is a list of 5. 5 books I've read (or re-read) recently and would recommend 1) In The Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson - I've read 3 of his now, Larson has an amazing gift for making history come alive. Unlike so many history writers who simply fill in the blanks; Larson's every use of quotations is a direct quote from a journal or an interview etc.(I read a recent Cleopatra biography where the author created dialog... for Cleopatra!) 2) Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - the brains behind Boing Boing Cory is my nerdcrush. Little Brother is a teen book that wish I'd read when I was 15, it's smart and subversive, two of my favorite things :) 3) Already Dead by Charlie Huston - I'll include one vampire novel ;) This novel is very noir (think Maltese Falcon) Joe Pitt is the antithesis of the flouncy, prissy Lestat. Joe would kick Lestat's ass, and do it while smoking a cigarette. 4) Daemon by Daniel Suarez - Absolutely hands down the best tech savvy thriller ever. Smart as hell and so well researched the author was visited by the government. I had no idea where the book was taking and I loved the ride. This recommendation has earned me a handful of people who come looking for me to recommend something as cool. Too bad it isn't out there. 5) The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko - There is a Russian movie based on this book (and the sequel) which are enjoyable but not true to the books. I like to think of them as parallel stories set in the same universe. If there is an uneasy truce between the forces of darkness and the forces of light, what better place for them to stand watch than Moscow. The translation is so good you'll forget that it was translated in the first place. A fantasy universe that begs to be copied IMO. One of my joys in working at a bookstore is hearing what everyone else is reading and why :)

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Mahret, I put Daemon on my wishlist, thanks for the recommendation! Seems right up my alley. I actually have the Night Watch film series in my Netflix queue, so I'll wait to read the books until I am done with the films. I used to have a fascination with vampires too, after reading Anne Rice's books. I have moved on to zombies for some sick reason. (What is it with our fascination with the undead? For me it is probably the zombies are often paired with apocalyptic scenarios and also I feel an actual thrill of fear.) Have you read Poppy Z. Brite's Lost Souls? I remember enjoying that vampire book. Well film-wise I love True Blood, the Underworld and Blade series. So I am still interested in vampires to some degree. Lol@Bella's last comment. Different writing styles is all. I am really enjoying reading these responses. I hope more people post!

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OMG I really liked Lost Souls, it's been a long time since I read it but it had a gritty realism I liked. I loved Anne Rice for so many years and then she turned out to be such a disappointment to me after Taltos. I felt like she fell in love with Lestat and just started writing fan fiction for him. I have a difficult time with vampire movies as a genre, because there's a line between scary yet sexy and violent and unsexy, for each person it's different. From sparkling vampires with no fangs to gore that isn't sexy. I think what I like most about the genre is seeing how each author dances on that razor's edge. The Hunger is probably my favorite vampire film, I'd open a vein for Catherine Deneuve. I watch True Blood every week although it took me an entire season to get past the awful accents, lol. Underworld... *fans self* whew. I got the audiobook for World War Z, which even if you have the regular book you should buy because it's got a ton of actors reading the stories, it's great fun I can't wait for the movie. The Walking Dead was great too. I don't think I've really read any zombie books lately, when something becomes popular it's so hard to separate the good titles from the crap the publisher released to make a buck, ya know? :) Keep em coming I'm making a wishlist!

It would seem that I have been remiss in posting to this thread! As an avid reader, I am scolding myself. These are, by no means, listed in preferential order. Recommendations: 1) The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin (and most anything else by him) 2) The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (and most anything else by him) 3) The Amber Chronicles by Roger Zelazny (and everything else by him) 4) The Jhereg series by Steven Brust (and everything else by him) 5) Anything written by Charlie Huston 6) The Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Mayberry 7) The Mission Earth dekology by L. Ron Hubbard 8) The Kushiel series by Jaqueline Carey (and everything else by her) 9) The Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey 10) Nevermore and American Gods by Neil Gaimen 11) Anything written by Christopher Moore 12) Daemon series by Daniel Suarez 13) The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Pennman 14) Heart-Shaped Box and Horns by Joe Hill 15) Silmarillion, Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings by J R.R. Tolkein 16) Anything written by Laurie Notaro 17) Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams 18) Neuromancer by William Gibson 19) The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 20) The Johannes Cabel series by Jonathon Howard 21) The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare 22) The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins 23) The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Heather Brewer 24) The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie 25) Little Brother by Cory Doctorow 26) The Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko Ok, that's enough for now. I could go on all night!! <3

/bump so the Crifters from tonight can find the thread.

My all time favorite books are: Ender’s Game, Dune (the sequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson are fantastic too), and of course the Lord of the Rings trilogy… I am a big fan of older science-fiction and adventure stories. However my soon-to-be favorite author is my wife, J.V. Ashley (you know her as Tenebrae). She is still looking for an agent/publisher for her fist book while she continues writing her second. Below is a list of the books I’ve read since January of last year (yeah.. I keep a running list… heh heh…) _____ JV Ashley – Saving Sukie Isaac Asimov – I Robot, The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, The Stars Like Dust, The Currents of Space, Pebble in the Sky, Prelude to Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundations Edge Ray Bradbury – The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, The Golden Apples of the Sun John Barnes – Directive 51 David Brin – The Postman Anthony Burgess – A Clockwork Orange Edgar Rice Burroughs – Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, The Chessmen of Mars John Campbell (editor) – Astounding Stories Collection I & 2 Christian Cantrell – Containment Orson Scott Card – Ender’s Game Richard A Clarke – Cyber War Susanne Collins – The Hunger Games Harry Connolly – Child of Fire Michael Crichton – Jurassic Park, The Lost World Philip K Dick – Ubiq, The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich, Martian Timeslip, Dr Bloodmoney or How We Got Along After the Bomb Cory Doctorwo – Little Brother Pat Frank – Alas Babylon Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book William Gibson – Spook Country Stephen S. Gubster – The Little Book of String Theory James Gunn – Kampus Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow – The Grand Design Robert Heinlein – Starship Troopers Robert E Howard – The Hour of the Dragon Aldus Huxley – Brave New World Madeline L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time CS Lewis – The Last Battle Stephanie Meyer – Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Michael Moorcock – The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword, Stormbringer George Orwell – Animal Farm, Nineteen-Eightyfour Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle – Inferno, Lucifer’s Hammer Richard Panek – The 4% Universe – Dark Matter Dark Energy and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality Philip Plait – Death from the Skies: The Science Behind the End of the World Slavomir Rawicz – The Long Walk JK Rowling – Harry Potter and Sorcerers Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of AzkabanThe Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix , The Half-Blood Prince, The Deathly Hallows Kim Stanley Robinson – Red Mars, Green Mars Nevil Shute – On the Beach Lemony Snicket – The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window John Taylor – The Prod of Immortality JRR Tolkien – Tales from the Perilous Realm Kurt Vonnegut – Cat’s Cradle Scott Westerfield – The Uglies Jack Williamson – Mazeway Connie Willis – The Doomsday Book Brenna Yovanoff – The Replacement

I had always thought about keeping a running list, but I thought that might be seen as... "odd". I'm kicking myself now for not having done that so long ago. :(

I have read the Terry Brooks series'. I love them all. Some I have re-read a few times cause they are awsome. And am ready to download his newest!!! I <3 my nook. I can take all my books with me everywhere! I have read some of those posted here, but I just keep going back to Terry Brooks. lol

I have a friend that when I go over to st. pete to party with has cases and cases of books in 'my bedroom' and I love that room. I myself now in years gone by have tried to repilicate this in my guest room, and am only up to 3 large bookcases with most double stacked, which sucks cause you can't read the bindings, but the room layout limits me a bit ... and this room has it purpose. I know where all my books are and it is wayward friend home with the caveat don't touch my books without permission lol. Anyways if I was to do a book list of late most of my titles wouldn't be for all, but one author I really have grown to love of late is Robin Hobb ... starting with the assassin series, then moving along to another 2 series and think she is working on a 4th trilogy now. Its not like Jordan and others where its 12 books in a line .. its semi unified works with cameos, much like heinlein did in his later years .. and I love me some heinlein.

I am slowly working through these recommendations and adding them to my Amazon wishlist if I find them interesting. I have a budget where I buy a certain dollar amount of books from Amazon every month. Thanks for the recommendations! I also love reading all of your thoughts and experiences with books. @Ciarach, I have read Good Omens! I used to own a first edition signed copy, but had to sell that a long time ago for financial reasons. I agree that is is a fun read. I no longer collect collector's editions of books because it is too expensive. I loved it while I was doing it though. Here are this month's Amazon purchases: Under the Dome by Stephen King (I have started this. It's good so far! Sort of small-town apocalyptic.) Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow (collection of stories by various authors set in Lovecraft's world and/or using his style collected by one of my favorite editors) High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (more weirdness by one of my favorite writers) Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne (a novel about a zombie apocalypse, as a day-by-day account) Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Thompson Brande (a pep-talk for writers)

I'm an avid reader and trying to work on writing something to the end for publishing. My husband kicks me if I haven't written even a couple paragraphs in a few days. LOL! I currently have an allegorical fantasy and a modern day Christian romance in the works. I also have a sci fi novel done, but its one of them works that may or may not publish because it really shows how my life changed over the period I wrote it. In a way that makes it cooler, but harder to edit! Anyway, I'm an avid reader, but my tastes have changed immensely. Even after pruning my books out so I had room on the shelves along with my Knicknacks, movies and music, I still only have one empty 3 foot shelf in an 8 foot high, 12 foot long shelving unit in my living room. I have tons of fantasy, sci fi, thriller and Christian fiction. tons of Christian non-fiction, things about writing, things about woodworking (hubby's fav), project management and plenty of computer geekdom. Current non-fiction read is an old book from the 1880's about the Times and Life of Christ. Found this with some old books more than likely handed down through hubby's family. Needless to say it is quite interesting reading through something written 140 years ago since the choice of words is making me use my dictionary again while I read. Just read the first in the Bower Series. A series about an FBI agent. My hubby is now currently devouring it, so I'll probably get the other four books of the series. A few months ago I reread the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. Tolkien, McCaffrey and others fill my fantasy shelves. Having been an avid D&D player in my day, I have a lot of the books written around the various realms. Christian Fiction - really enjoyed reading the Left Behind Series. Just reread this again this winter. Think I spend more time reading non-fiction lately than fiction. Of course, the one book I read every day - the Bible!

wow, how do some of you find all that time to read? Books I currently have sitting on my desk to read: A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 - 22, 1861 - James Morgan American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House - Jon Meacham Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Walter Issacson The Federalist The Golden Compass series(nice little box set still not touched) Recently read: Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson Dead or Alive - Tom Clancy The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot - Robert Morgan Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II - Richard Curtis Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11) - Charlaine Harris I know I have a lot more to get caught up on. I just can't remember what they are.

@Bashir Well I have time to read because I am technically unemployed (self-employed artist and wanna-be writer) but my husband pays most of the bills. I spend my days creating art/writing and reading/watching films/surfing the net/blogging and doing housewifely duties. But! I have been an avid reader since I was a toddler. I used to buy books instead of food, true story. I have an unread books pile too, right by my bed. :) Afterwards they go on a shelf.

Well I was thinking about Stoat. I first thought he said Jan of this year.

Sorry I misread the intent of this post... heh heh... Here are my recommendations (remember that I like "old-school/pulp adventure and science fiction" in particular) I tried to narrow my list down to books that have stuck with me over the years, or have changed the way I look at the world (the following are all fiction): Isaac Asimov - I Robot, Foundation (one of my favorite authors) David Brin - Startide Rising, The Postman Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan of the Apes, John Carter of Mars (one of my favorite authors) Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead William Gibson - Neuromancer William Gibson & Bruce Sterling - The Difference Engine Joe Haldeman - Forever War Robert Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land Frank Herbert - Dune (and it's sequels) Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson - The Dune Prequels Infills and Sequels... Ursula K LeGuin - A Wizard of Earthsea, The Disspossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness CS Lewis - The Narnia series Neil Stephenson - Snow Crash Bruce Sterling - Islands in the Net JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings Connie Willis - The Doomsday Book If I was forced to "just pick one"... it would have to be Ender's Game

K so I had a whole list and Stoat and Wulf completely pre - empeted me . Bastages : ). My faves - Enders War - Orson Scott Card (Includes ender's game and Speaker for the dead) Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein (so u understand when i ask if u grok something) Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke Wizard's First Rule - Terry Kind (entire sword of truth series) Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan -- with the following caveats - he got very sick and very enamored of character development after book 8 - got VERY tedious - last 3 books by Jordanettes (folks commissioned to finish series after his death) attempted to remedy the tedium -- with some success. Hoping for a happy conclusion in November/

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Okey stoat - we love the same authors -- send me ur wifes stuff -- bet i like it

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Wow, great thread! Most would consider him a 'trash' fantasy author, but I've enjoyed almost everything ever written by R.A. Salvatore. This guy cranks out a Ton of material. I also enjoyed the first three books of the Dragon Rider series by Anne McAfree. I didn't care much for the numerous sequals however. Someone already mentioned the Amber seies by Zladzny. Very orignal concept. Tolkien - gotta say it! Lovecraft - Yo Mucho Gusto

In no particular order (save my jumbled recollection): Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. In my opinion one of the greatest American novels. Heller's first novel; poor Joe never wrote anything nearly as good after it. How could he have? The Incomplete Enchanter (or the "Harold Shea" stories) by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. There are three or four stories in this series, which I recommend. After Pratt died, de Camp wrote more in collaboration with others but never hit the same note. Fail-safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, and Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. Both are outstanding novels in their own right, which were subsequently treated as the basis for outstanding films. Both deal with issues from the Cold War that still resonate today. The Lost Voices of World War I (anthology, Tim Cross Editor). Much of the soldier's experience is universal, and transcends era, place, and the particulars of cause or right and wrong. The generation of voices snuffed out during the Great War in my view gave strongest and most eloquent expression to this experience. My own favorite poet, Wilfed Owen, figures prominently in this collection. The Guns of August, The Proud Tower, The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman (or hell, just about anyting by Tuchman...The Zimmerman Telegram, The Distant Mirror, etc etc). Tuchman received a Pulitzer for The Guns of August, but she is sometimes derided as a "populist" historian by more arid and esoteric writers. Because, as we all know, it's somehow wrong to write something approachable by the broad mass of the people...In particular, The March of Folly is a series of essays on a common theme that is important today; how governments act in ways counter to their best interest, even when that fact is clear to key individuals within that government. England in the American Revolution and America in Vietnam are two cases in point she uses to illustrate her point. Any WWI history by Lyn MacDonald The first Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson, especially the first two books of the trilogy. Ok, I'll stop just because I probably already took more than my share of space...but there are so many more books. I made an attempt to avoid listing anything previously noted, though I agree with many of the others' selections. Just didn't want to post, "yeah, that too" :D

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so many books, so little time! I've got a week of sitting in a deck chair in the sun coming up, my nook will get some serious use then. I'm filling it with your suggestions. Thanks!

George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice," Is one of the best series I have ever read. I am more than halfway through the third book, and I cannot remember enjoying literature this much since my adolescence. Granted, I have a degree in English, so I read lots and lots in college, mostly what the professors picked out. I highly suggest this gritty series for anyone and everyone. Sad to say the HBO series is what got me turned on. Though if mainstream media can get people to pick up a book, that's not a bad thing IMO, (cough, cough Twilight, cough).

"The first Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson, especially the first two books of the trilogy." Ug! The hero you love to hate. I have mixed feelings on this series. I spent half the time wanting to clobber the 'hero' in the head.

For those of you just getting into GoT because of the HBO series, they are currently filming Season 2. :)

Just read a book called, The Postmortal by Drew Magary. It is a fiction book about what might happen to the world if the cure for aging is discovered and legalized. It is funny, serious, and insightful. A fairly quick read, but I can easily see it being adapted for a movie.

Just for starters...... =D The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. Just started “Game of Thrones” after chatting with Sethra about it. Anything by Orson Scott Card. The Keith Laumer Bolos series. The Brotherhood of War series by W.E.B. Griffin Anything by Manly Wade Wellman.... (Who Fears the Devil?, John the Balladeer, What Dreams May Come) Anything by C.S. Lewis Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman There are so many good books/authors...

I'm on a Stephen King kick right now. Just read 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' almost in one whole day, and finished it off the next night. Riveting. I recommend it. When you are like...why hasn't Fairy logged in? It's probably because I got my nose in a book during the day and suddenly it's really late and time for sleep.

Fairy, have you read Lisey's Story? It's not your typical Stephen King book. I would say that those who don't like King should give it a read. I am assuming that you have already read The Dark Tower series like all true fans of Stephen King must do!

No I haven't read the Dark Tower! I still want to be a true fan tho. I'll look up Lisey's Story.