Books You've Read in 2007 (merged)

Walter C · 01-11-2007, 10:53 AM

I wonder if there are any bookworms out there. I enjoy reading, more so than watching movies, but not as much as watching TV shows. I know it is blasphemy to bring this up here, since they're considered opposite hobbies (reading vs. watching TV & movies). I used to hear "Why can't you read instead of watching TV" a lot, from my parents and some teachers.

Getting the idea from TV on DVD challenge and Track the Films You Watch, I'll try it with the books that we've read in 2007, and if you want, your review of the book. And it can include those that we started reading in 2006, but finished in 2007.

I'll start off...

1. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - finished 1/11

2. Blowback by Brad Thor - finished 1/19

3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - finished 2/01

4. The Digital Fortress by Dan Brown - finished 2/28

5. The Street Lawyer by John Grisham - finished 7/16

6. Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Neil Middlemiss · 01-11-2007, 11:29 AM

Just finished reading 'Equations of Eternity' - By David Darling!
I was fascinated by the book (even if the last few chapters are more the author having fun with his imagination). Old book and dirt cheap. Really enjoyed.

I am now reading U2 By U2 (since I am a HUGE U2 fan).

Great thread.

DaveHo · 01-11-2007, 11:44 AM

Interesting topic.

I read the net, mags, & newspaper regularly, but I haven't read a book since I was forced to back in college(13 yrs ago). I just really don't enjoy reading. Am I alone?

Jay H · 01-11-2007, 12:44 PM

Oh boy... I am a big bookworm too... although i do a lot of reading for pleasure, I do a lot of reading for knowledge...

Knowledge:

1)Northern Forest Tree Identification

-For hiking and being a woodsman and wood stove owner, like to familiarize more with the trees I'm burning, more so than just categorizing them as Maples, Oaks, or Beechs.

2)Wiring Simplified

-For updating my house's electrical wiring, learn more about AC and circuits

not for knowledge

David Roberts (author of the following three books)

-Iceland: Land of Sagas

All about the history of Iceland and their folklore, aka Sagas

-Four Against the Arctic

About 4 Russian (Pomola) hunters that get stranded on an island in the arctic far off the coast of Norway/Greenland for 6-7 years surviving on Reindeer meat, driftwood, and shear guts alone.

-Escape from Lucania

About Brad Washburn (who JUST passed away RIP) and Bob Bates amazing trip to climb Lucania in the Yukon Territory. It was the highest unclimbed mtn in N.A. at the time and they had to hike out of practically middle of nowhere when their bushplane could not land to pick them up.

Jon Waterman

-A Most Hostile Mtn

About a harrowing sail from Bellingham up the Inner Passage and an attemp at climbing Mt St. Elias, the hardest mtn in North America to climb

-Arctic Crossing

About trying to find a northwest passage about Canada and Alaska via a kayak (w/ Sail).

Chip Brown

-Good Morning Midnight

About Guy Waterman and his bio and his suicide on Mt Lafayette

Laura Waterman

- Losing the Garden : A story of Marriage

Widow of Guy Waterman who writes this about their life together and history

I read a lot of adventure travel, I've read others and magazines but those are some of the interesting ones this year...

Jay

Holadem · 01-11-2007, 01:01 PM

Heard of Sacred Games, by Vikram Chandra, on the radio this morning, sounds interesting, but according to one of the editorial reviews above, the intimidating length might not be entirely justifed. Waiting to hear more I guess...

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Dennis Nicholls · 01-11-2007, 01:33 PM

Hey, it's only the 11th of January.

So far in 2007 I've read:

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (never got around to it before).

Condi vs. Hillary by Dick Morris (Dick's "preview" of the 2008 elections).

Canadian History for Dummies by Will Ferguson (see my thread on books on Canadian history).

I'm finishing up Confronting Iran by Ali Ansari today, so I can get it back to the library. It's due tomorrow.

Andy Sheets · 01-11-2007, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (never got around to it before).

That's one I'd very much like to read at some point. Love the movie.

I'm working on a few books right now, so it's been slow going lately, but I have finished a couple.

Judgment Night, by CL Moore (1943). One of the great space operas. It's largely distinguished by taking what up til then had been a lively and adventurous genre and giving it a much more downbeat spin. From a tonal standpoint, it's very much the story the Star Wars prequels were trying to be. Also has a real firecracker of a female protagonist (not surprising from Moore).

Doc Savage: Fortress of Solitude. Well, it's basically the story that revealed the secrets of the Man of Bronze's Arctic Fortress of Solitude

Great fun from the glory days of hero pulps.

Russell G · 01-11-2007, 02:07 PM

I'm reading:
Voices In The Fire - Alan Moore. The comic scribes first novel. Good stuff so far.

Also reading:
Lost Girls - Alan Moore w/ Melinda Gibbe. This is a porno comic by the above author, and is very, very good. Not just for the porn either, it;s very smart and surprisingly literate.

Bryan X · 01-11-2007, 03:47 PM

I just finished reading 'Culture Warrior' by Bill O'Reilly. Nothing else yet, but it's still early in the year.