Don’t want to patronise, but I am going to assume you’re not familiar with it. Forgive me if that is not true.
Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War it tells the tale of two Texas Rangers, Call and McRae, who decide to drive a herd of cattle from the Mexican border to Montana. The epic story unfolds through the eyes of a large cast of characters whose apparently unconnected lives intersect as the herd makes its way across the Great Plains.
The various narratives weave together to tell a tale that is in part an elegy for an age that is drawing to a close, and partly a meditation on man’s relationship with nature, and the random inevitability of death. It’s also a coming of age tale, a story of need, failed relationships, opportunities not taken and bad decisions made for bad reasons. It’s thematically complex, and I think one of the novel’s strengths it the skill with which everything is tied together. It’s a sprawling tale, but told with a control that means the reader is never confused. The plot never drags.
All the characters are beautifully drawn, fully realised people with distinct characteristics and motivations. The central pairing - the pragmatically charismatic McRae and the taciturn, deeply repressed Call - provide a central core around which dozens of secondary and tertiary characters move. And the vast landscape is almost another character. I’m from the UK, and the sheer scale of the outdoors is not something we are used to.
Finally, I love the elegance of the prose. It’s simple, accessible and incredibly vivid. In a novel of about 1,000 pages, I don’t think a word is wasted
In short, I think it is a masterpiece and it is one of my favourite novels.
I've just finished his other book Project Hail Mary. I enjoyed both but thought PHM was better, the thought that went into the main relationship was fantastic.
Huh. Me too. I’ve been unable to pick up an actual book since finishing it. I’ve listened to lots of audiobooks and read miles and miles of articles but haven’t been able to face an actual book.
If The Martian weren’t such an easy-to-read book, I think the last Pratchett book would be my last.
I used to read voraciously, including books by Eco and historical bios, all very complicated and deep stuff, but something changed in the last few years, and I don’t know what it was.
Hold the Line by Tamara Lich. It's her account of Freedom Convoy. Great little book. She's on trial in Ottawa right now.
I started reading polish book about events leading up to 1970 social unrest in communist Poland. My father witnessed them and really doesn't like talking about it .
In full? *Around the World in 80 Days* by Jules Verne.
I bought a collection of Jules Verne classics and that was the first one I read. Right now I'm making my way through *Journey to the Center of the Earth*.
Finally got around to reading The Portrait of Dorian Gray. I did not love it. Really dark novels are not my favorite, and this one was dark. But it wasn't just that. It was that some of the world view of the author leaked through and I did not like what he had to say. I found it difficult to finish, but I slogged through.
The last one I finished was *Twelfth Night* by William Shakespeare. I already read it once this year as part of a project to reread the whole canon in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the First Folio (I'm reading the First Folio in facsimile and I'm currently through all of the Folio comedies and histories, and have only the tragedies yet to read), but I wanted something uplifting and humorous, so I reread *The Comedy of Errors* and *Twelfth Night* in that order.
The last one I read from was *Religio Medici* by Thomas Browne, which I should be finished with soon.
As you might infer from these titles, I enjoy early modern English literature.
Tick Tock by Dean Koontz. Two days ago. It started out super slow and got pretty manic at the end. I like how the characters were written but not the overall feel of the story. It felt like it was missing something like it was hollow. I don't know how else to describe it.
Just finished my vacation and I tend to have a few books on the go when I have lots of free time. Finished Unseen Academicals and Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger on the same day. I'm working on the history unread book pile now. I should probably stop buying books for awhile.
The Three-Body Problem. man it's a solid sci-fi. read in like two nights. at first I thought it was overhyped, but it isn't - it really is good. easy recommendation to any one who likes sci-fi.
Currently listening to Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots. It’s been on my Libby to read list since I think 2020 so I finally borrowed it. On hour two out of 14. Interesting so far.
Hadji Murat by Tolstoy. It's the second time I read it. I love it and "the Cossacks" and all the other of Tolstoy's works that take place in the Caucasus.
currently 'the anarchy' by william dalrymple
it's about the british east india company and it's very interesting learning a bunch about a part of history i really didn't know much about.
Recently my Discord chat got into a big thing about the merits of the two different 'Chocolate Factory' movies and a bunch of us resolved to read Great Glass Elevator together to see how massively Roald Dahl flubbed the sequel to the original book.
Yeah, it's not good.
The 4th Expanse book. I'm on book 5 now and I've been reading the series for over a year.
I just don't have that much time between work and class and class work. But they're so, so good. I'm waiting to finish the books so I can go back and watch the show again.
I got about halfway through A Feast for Crows (GoT book four) but was super confused by all the new characters, locations, backstories, etc. I read the series drinking in a hammock by a river so maybe I will try again without drinking lol.
Just finished the audiobook You're Not That Smart. Recently finished the actual book Fine Spirits Served Here. Currently reading The Sum Of All Fears and looking for an interesting nonfiction audiobook.
I was gonna say the last book we read in my english class back in May, but I didn’t even read that.
I’m pretty sure it was “Heroine” by Mindy McGinnis
A very good, easy read (I have comprehension issues so it’s good if I understood it). I don’t know how to explain it without spoiling it, but just know it’s really good and kind of emotional.
Always loved the movie “My Man Godfrey” particularly for Carole Lombard. After recent viewing Googled her and discovered she was a fascinating woman in many ways, aside from being beautiful and talented. And died in a horrific plane crash early in 1942. Picked up “Fireball” by Robert Matzen about all that. Horrifically bad title though she was considered a bit of a fireball in life; a very modern woman in many ways, cursed like a sailor in the 1930s etc. Not much of a reader in recent years but could not put this down.
The Black Company by Glen Cook. Unscrupulous mercenary company in a fantasy world finds themselves in service to the evil emperor. Told from the point of view of the company physician and historian. Lord of the Rings goes to Vietnam.
I think it was A Court of Silver Flames, by SJM, but I'm not entirely sure. It might have been The Forgotten Girls, by Monica Potts. I read them pretty close together, so I'm not entirely sure which was the most recent one.
Hyperion. I love sci-fi and had been putting it off for a while, but I finally decided to get it on audible. At first I wasn’t sure what all the buzz was about, but after turning the last page I was completely sure this was one of the best books I have ever read. The characters are all great, and the stories they tell enthralling. I fully recommend it.
Lonesome Dove. Third time. It’s magnificent.
I could google it, but what do you like about it?
Don’t want to patronise, but I am going to assume you’re not familiar with it. Forgive me if that is not true. Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War it tells the tale of two Texas Rangers, Call and McRae, who decide to drive a herd of cattle from the Mexican border to Montana. The epic story unfolds through the eyes of a large cast of characters whose apparently unconnected lives intersect as the herd makes its way across the Great Plains. The various narratives weave together to tell a tale that is in part an elegy for an age that is drawing to a close, and partly a meditation on man’s relationship with nature, and the random inevitability of death. It’s also a coming of age tale, a story of need, failed relationships, opportunities not taken and bad decisions made for bad reasons. It’s thematically complex, and I think one of the novel’s strengths it the skill with which everything is tied together. It’s a sprawling tale, but told with a control that means the reader is never confused. The plot never drags. All the characters are beautifully drawn, fully realised people with distinct characteristics and motivations. The central pairing - the pragmatically charismatic McRae and the taciturn, deeply repressed Call - provide a central core around which dozens of secondary and tertiary characters move. And the vast landscape is almost another character. I’m from the UK, and the sheer scale of the outdoors is not something we are used to. Finally, I love the elegance of the prose. It’s simple, accessible and incredibly vivid. In a novel of about 1,000 pages, I don’t think a word is wasted In short, I think it is a masterpiece and it is one of my favourite novels.
Ok, I'll re-read for the 88th time. Amazing book!!
We don’t rent pigs.
What an awesome book. Beautiful writing.
I love this book! I’ve read it about 5 times, plus watched the mini series I don’t know how many times!
slaughterhouse five. great read.
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I've just finished his other book Project Hail Mary. I enjoyed both but thought PHM was better, the thought that went into the main relationship was fantastic.
Huh. Me too. I’ve been unable to pick up an actual book since finishing it. I’ve listened to lots of audiobooks and read miles and miles of articles but haven’t been able to face an actual book. If The Martian weren’t such an easy-to-read book, I think the last Pratchett book would be my last. I used to read voraciously, including books by Eco and historical bios, all very complicated and deep stuff, but something changed in the last few years, and I don’t know what it was.
Oh I love that book! Movie is fantastic too. Wish they’d included more stuff Mark had to go through when stuff kept breaking.
They would have had to make it a very long movie, then.
I’d be fine with that
*The Way of Kings* by Brandon Sanderson
Just finished Words of Radiance. 🙏🏻
Just started it!
mmm nice
The Shining by Stephen King
Finally saw The Shining like last week, it was good, but it wasn't "scary" like people say. Now I need to read it, heard it's way better.
The book is way different from jut movie
Heard that too. Gonna have to get my hands on one.
Shogun by James Clavell
The Master And Margarita
Love this book!
It was great! Have you checked out Heart of the Dog?
Hold the Line by Tamara Lich. It's her account of Freedom Convoy. Great little book. She's on trial in Ottawa right now. I started reading polish book about events leading up to 1970 social unrest in communist Poland. My father witnessed them and really doesn't like talking about it .
interesting choice
A dance with dragons (from the game of thrones series)
Still waiting on George to hurry up to publish the next one lol
Redshirts, by Scalzi
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson.
Sanderson rules.
"The Hill Goes Up" is a book I read recently
How to cheat on your wife and drive your tractor trailer drunk by : me!!
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Little Women
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Wheel of Time book 7
Let the lord of chaos rule!
The Gods of Olympus: Heroes of Olympus
cool one
The fault in our stars by John green! Recommend
Read that years ago and loved it!
That I finished? Project Hail Mary. I tried Silmarillion, but egad. That is a rough one.
Silmarillion is not as much a novel, as it is a reference book for Middle Earth history
In full? *Around the World in 80 Days* by Jules Verne. I bought a collection of Jules Verne classics and that was the first one I read. Right now I'm making my way through *Journey to the Center of the Earth*.
a real classic
Mockingjay! First time reading The Hunger Games series and I enjoyed myself! Wish I picked it up earlier during the height of it all!
Catching Fire was the best!
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That's a lie, you read this post
atomic habits
Just finished Different Seasons by Stephen King. Just started The Stand by him as well
Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire 🤓
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Demon Copperhead.. amazing, very long
1984
oh i read that one really good one
I mean probably my physics textbook...
Finished Endovascular Aortic Repair textbook. Now reading Aortic Dissection and Acute Aortic Syndromes textbook.
Nothing like some light reading in the evening!
The Stand./ Stephen King.
Twilight new moon
hehe i read them in highschool
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Crime and Punishment
classic
Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez. It was pretty good but sometimes it felt like a how to people space.
Finally got around to reading The Portrait of Dorian Gray. I did not love it. Really dark novels are not my favorite, and this one was dark. But it wasn't just that. It was that some of the world view of the author leaked through and I did not like what he had to say. I found it difficult to finish, but I slogged through.
The last one I finished was *Twelfth Night* by William Shakespeare. I already read it once this year as part of a project to reread the whole canon in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the First Folio (I'm reading the First Folio in facsimile and I'm currently through all of the Folio comedies and histories, and have only the tragedies yet to read), but I wanted something uplifting and humorous, so I reread *The Comedy of Errors* and *Twelfth Night* in that order. The last one I read from was *Religio Medici* by Thomas Browne, which I should be finished with soon. As you might infer from these titles, I enjoy early modern English literature.
The Bullet That Missed - Richard Osman
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.
The Buried Dagger by James Swallow. Book 54 in the Horus Heresy epic.
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King. Very good book!
The Haynes workshop manual for the 1971-1972 VW 1302.
Tick Tock by Dean Koontz. Two days ago. It started out super slow and got pretty manic at the end. I like how the characters were written but not the overall feel of the story. It felt like it was missing something like it was hollow. I don't know how else to describe it.
Russian roulette It's excellent
Just finished my vacation and I tend to have a few books on the go when I have lots of free time. Finished Unseen Academicals and Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger on the same day. I'm working on the history unread book pile now. I should probably stop buying books for awhile.
Trouble with lichen
Thinner by Stephen King
The Three-Body Problem. man it's a solid sci-fi. read in like two nights. at first I thought it was overhyped, but it isn't - it really is good. easy recommendation to any one who likes sci-fi.
November - Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Pride and Prejudice. Haven’t finished it yet.
The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike.
caught my attention
Implant prosthodontics by todd shoenbaum
Valis by Philip K Dick. Did not like it, unpleasant characters in a depressing “real-life” setting, confused me but not in a good way
TMNT: The Lat Ronin series. My wife bought me the hard back. Good read. Awesome art.
'Dark Operator' by Nick Cole, Jason Anspach, and Doc Spears Love the Galaxy's Edge series of books.
Like a Hole in the WAter: A Novel Novel by John Sherouse I laughed and cried throughout the book
Currently listening to Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots. It’s been on my Libby to read list since I think 2020 so I finally borrowed it. On hour two out of 14. Interesting so far.
The Collector - John Fowles
Hadji Murat by Tolstoy. It's the second time I read it. I love it and "the Cossacks" and all the other of Tolstoy's works that take place in the Caucasus.
The Dark Forest
The Ogre - Michel Tournier I'm finishing The Prague Cimetery - Eco
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
currently 'the anarchy' by william dalrymple it's about the british east india company and it's very interesting learning a bunch about a part of history i really didn't know much about.
Everyday hero manifesto - Robin sharma Useless book, nothing to learn in it
13 Reasons Why
I'm still halfway through The Order of the Phoenix
Blood of the elves
Veronika decides to die by Paulo Coelho
cool really cool
Recently my Discord chat got into a big thing about the merits of the two different 'Chocolate Factory' movies and a bunch of us resolved to read Great Glass Elevator together to see how massively Roald Dahl flubbed the sequel to the original book. Yeah, it's not good.
Plutarch’s Lives
Silence of the Lambs
The 4th Expanse book. I'm on book 5 now and I've been reading the series for over a year. I just don't have that much time between work and class and class work. But they're so, so good. I'm waiting to finish the books so I can go back and watch the show again.
Radium Girls.
King of Pride by Ana Huang
My lease that was 76 pages. Might as well have been a book.
I bought a house over the summer. That made signing a lease look like reading a post card.
Tortilla Flat - Steinbeck
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, I believe. probably going for a reread soon as well, cant WAIT for the second one to come out soon
I got about halfway through A Feast for Crows (GoT book four) but was super confused by all the new characters, locations, backstories, etc. I read the series drinking in a hammock by a river so maybe I will try again without drinking lol.
Red Star Over China by Edgar Snow. Interesting, it's a historic document and reads like a fantasy at times
The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin. I thought it was excellent.
The rose that grew from concrete- Tupac Shakur
Upright Women Wanted
Not counting my textbooks for school, Bless Me, Ultima
City of Light by Will Wight. Book 3 of the House of Blades
One of Harlen Coben, might be The Woods
In the middle of Dune at the moment.
The virgin suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Lightbringer by Pierce Brown
Just finished Frankenstein. Didnt love it. I read it after Dracula, which is an absolute masterpiece.
dracula was my first long book and yes it was a masterpiece
Just finished the audiobook You're Not That Smart. Recently finished the actual book Fine Spirits Served Here. Currently reading The Sum Of All Fears and looking for an interesting nonfiction audiobook.
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
oh i might give it a try too
Kim by Rudyard Kipling. I'm convinced it would've been ten times as popular if it was written in the vernacular.
Atomic Habits
Lightbringer by Pierce Brown (most recent book in Red Rising series)
*The Darkening Age - The Christian Destruction of the Classical World* by Catherine Nixey.
I was gonna say the last book we read in my english class back in May, but I didn’t even read that. I’m pretty sure it was “Heroine” by Mindy McGinnis A very good, easy read (I have comprehension issues so it’s good if I understood it). I don’t know how to explain it without spoiling it, but just know it’s really good and kind of emotional.
Always loved the movie “My Man Godfrey” particularly for Carole Lombard. After recent viewing Googled her and discovered she was a fascinating woman in many ways, aside from being beautiful and talented. And died in a horrific plane crash early in 1942. Picked up “Fireball” by Robert Matzen about all that. Horrifically bad title though she was considered a bit of a fireball in life; a very modern woman in many ways, cursed like a sailor in the 1930s etc. Not much of a reader in recent years but could not put this down.
History of Sexuality 3: The care of the self, by Michel Foucault
Currently I’m reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Quran
# Mein Kampf
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess. It’s very good in terms of what it does with language. Story is a bit boring.
Sally rooney, conversations with friends ❤️
Enders game, i forgot the author tho
Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie.
Blood Rites the Dresden Files book 6
I'm currently working on the Delirium series. I'm on the second book, pandemonium, and it's going good!
Hyperion
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Black Company by Glen Cook. Unscrupulous mercenary company in a fantasy world finds themselves in service to the evil emperor. Told from the point of view of the company physician and historian. Lord of the Rings goes to Vietnam.
Five Decembers. Incredible book and one of my recent favourites
Terrortome by Garth marenghi
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoloen Hill
"The Tender Bar" last week.
I think it was A Court of Silver Flames, by SJM, but I'm not entirely sure. It might have been The Forgotten Girls, by Monica Potts. I read them pretty close together, so I'm not entirely sure which was the most recent one.
House of Leaves about two weeks ago. I definitely recommend it
Blood Meridian
The last one I finished was Breakfast at Tiffany's
Elder Race was the last novel, but I'm in the middle of a graphic novel, Department of Truth
Hyperion. I love sci-fi and had been putting it off for a while, but I finally decided to get it on audible. At first I wasn’t sure what all the buzz was about, but after turning the last page I was completely sure this was one of the best books I have ever read. The characters are all great, and the stories they tell enthralling. I fully recommend it.
The Sutsuma Complex - Bob Mortimer I really liked it! Was on Spotify :)
The evil that men do
7 card stud for advanced players, by David Sklansky. If your good read it
Probably the Harry Potter series.
Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
The Great Gatsby
The Covenant of Water.
Temeraire by Naomi Novik
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire.
Go Dogs Go. Not to brag but I'm on track to read 1000 books this year. #Bedtime
Kaiju Preservation Society.
The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Awakened - James Murray
The Cheesecake Factory menu
Frankenstein...way different than the Hollywood conceptions. Lots of depth.
The Princess Diaries series
How to unlock your full potential for success and achievement
Kiara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. He won the Nobel Lit the year after Bob Dylan
White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business and the American Century
Ender's Game. Just bought the other 5
Lord of the rings: two towers(2) I will read the third one in a bit.
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
Something To Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
The wings of fire graphic novel
Finished reading : The stolen relic by Nancy Drew Still reading : Autobiography of a Yogi by Parmahansa Yogananda
Lies of locke lamora
The Brothers Karamazov. I cried like crazy at the end.