What are you currently reading?

[webstar1000]

I'll be starting this tonight:



John

So JELOUS man!!! Congrats!

[Sai Sheb]

I've just finished "let me off at the top" by Ron Burgundy
Just started DK VII (again) I'm also trading the constitution of Ireland!

[Brian861]

I'm also trading the constitution of Ireland!

What are you seeking in return?

[Sai Sheb]

I know! To read gives you knowledge, to trade gives you a bloody headache..

[Roland of Gilead 33]

i'm sorry but that's a terrible cover

[sharki69]

I just started snow crash. Looks Like I'll Need to get into it more - bit confusing in the beginning

[terrier91]

Just started on The Fall, second book of The Strain trilogy. The first book really sucked me in (pun intended).

[WeDealInLead]

Gene Wolfe - Free Live Free

And still working my way through Ilium. I am enjoying it, but because it's such a dense book I haven't been able to give it full attention. Been busy working (at least) 65-hour work weeks and when I'm not working, I'm pounding the pavement and getting ready for race season.

[webstar1000]

Abominable by Simmons... Loving this one!

[Dan]

Abominable by Simmons... Loving this one!

I loved this book. Very technical, but enjoyable also.

[jhanic]

Abominable by Simmons... Loving this one!

One of my favorite Simmons!

John

[webstar1000]

Yeah loving it so far boys! Much better than Illium

[Roland of Gilead 33]

i have FINALLY finished "The Bone Collector' and for those who haven't read that sucker yet if you are like me and love a great mystery check it out. though looking up the book on wikipedia it gave away who the killer is as the version i read wasn't store bought at all but i downloaded it. and reading up the synopis even though i have the film on dvd. that didn't bother me at all, but what did surprise me was a twist that was put it the last chapter. it's not in the film either, it was a fantastic book and i plan on watching the film again soon. one thing that wasn't in the film was a character named Fred Dellray an FBI agent and he was pretty useless character that i can see why he wasn't in the film version of the book.
either way it's not one of those things where it pisses me off on what was changed for the film it was just small minor things. one thing that should have been in the book was the reason why he went started killing and i can't remember if that's in the film or not so i may be wrong. but it was small things they left out, for example

there's a theme throughout the book where he wants to kill himself and he at the end has Amelia going to help it do it too. but than is stopped at the last second before anything serious happens. i'm not saying what for those who haven't read it. that them was dropped from the film. plus in the book he's a white dude. unlike in the DT film where i think it's fucking stupid as fuck they cast a black actor, and it's not anything i have against the actor at all it's just that well it kinda hurts the theme of the DT books in Drawing of the three where Odetta hates white people and has to accept being around them in Roland's world. that's all i'm saying about that subject because there are plenty threads about it on here already. my point is

it's not a big deal casting a black man for a character that is white when the bone collector is white in the book. i dunno if any of that came out right but you get my point i'm sure

[Heather19]

Abominable by Simmons... Loving this one!

Excellent! I have it sitting at home waiting to be read.

[Roland of Gilead 33]

another one i downloaded as i have never seen this book for sale in stores well any stores i've ever been at, not that i've looked for it either to be fair. and that's The Thin Man which also came out the same year as the film in (1934) and i love and adore the film to death and i am really starting to love the book it took me sometime to get used to the writing as it's done differently than i'm used to. i've loved the film since i first saw it years ago when i was in i think my early 20's. or late teens something like that and i've always wanted to read the book but i never got around to actually look for it so i can read it and i'm so far on Chapter 8. they are nice & short which i just love to death when books have short chapters.

it' s odd reading Nick swearing and Nora calling a woman a bastard since the film is so clean since it was (1934) and i think it was made after the Hayes Code came into being. has anyone read it? i have no idea how to spell the guy's name but if you know the book and the film series you know who wrote it.

[thegunslinger41]

Hey guys. Just finished a book called BROKEN MONSTERS by Lauren Beukes .


This is a must read!


-G

[jsmcmullen92]

Just started The Martian by Andy Wier this morning. Really liking it so far.

[Br!an]

Just started The Martian by Andy Wier this morning. Really liking it so far.

I really enjoyed it. It's like MacGyver on Mars.

I was given the movie as a birthday present. I haven't watched it yet. Perhaps tonight.

[webstar1000]

Just started The Martian by Andy Wier this morning. Really liking it so far.

I really enjoyed it. It's like MacGyver on Mars.

I was given the movie as a birthday present. I haven't watched it yet. Perhaps tonight.

Movie is GREAT Brian... enjoy

[jsmcmullen92]

Just started The Martian by Andy Wier this morning. Really liking it so far.

I really enjoyed it. It's like MacGyver on Mars.

I was given the movie as a birthday present. I haven't watched it yet. Perhaps tonight.

Movie is GREAT Brian... enjoy

So I finished the book yesterday so I watched the movie last night. I will say that I REALLY liked the character of Mark in the book being so sarcastic all the time so the movie was a little off for me. I did enjoy both a lot though.

Now reading Carrie.

[Br!an]

I watched the movie. It was good. I, as usual, preferred the book.

[Heather19]

I think a combination of the two was good. I love all the science and technical aspects of the book, which understandably they left out of the movie, so it was nice to have that in my head while I was watching the film. I do wish they had included it a bit more because everything just seemed too simple and easy in the film.

[Br!an]

I think a combination of the two was good. I love all the science and technical aspects of the book, which understandably they left out of the movie, so it was nice to have that in my head while I was watching the film. I do wish they had included it a bit more because everything just seemed too simple and easy in the film.

Exactly. In the book we were able to go along with Watney as he constantly managed to innovate and survive. Watching the movie I never felt the same sense of peril that the book imparted.

A lot of things that happened in the movie would be a mystery to me if I had not already read the book.

[Ricky]

I think a combination of the two was good. I love all the science and technical aspects of the book, which understandably they left out of the movie, so it was nice to have that in my head while I was watching the film. I do wish they had included it a bit more because everything just seemed too simple and easy in the film.

Now the you mentioned the technical aspects of The Martian, it just goes to show how a technical subject matter can be successfully adapted for a general audience, unlike The Big Short.

[terrier91]

Finally settling in to read The Fireman.