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Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:19 am
by BubbleGumTiger
The Long Season.......... Jim Brosnan (1960)

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:35 am
by Tiger Lady
Prairie Brides----------Linda Ford, Amy Roomlie

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:35 pm
by Orange and Brown
A Prayer for Owen Meany
~John Irving~

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:50 pm
by BubbleGumTiger
Instant Replay............... Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap (1968)

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:27 pm
by Boonedawg
abuck76 wrote:What boonie.........No Turner Diaries?........... :12224
Sorry I don't subscribe to what you erroneously think I am.

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:15 pm
by abuck76
Nothing erroneous about it................. :12224

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:34 am
by BubbleGumTiger
When Pride Still Mattered.......... David Maraniss (1999)

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:48 am
by caglewis
Orange and Brown wrote:A Prayer for Owen Meany
~John Irving~
Absolutely agree - one of my favorites!! I think his The Cider House Rules is better known, but I didn't like it nearly as much as "Owen Meany" which still resonates in my head and thinking.

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:42 am
by Dean
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne.

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:43 pm
by ManitouDan
Savages by Don Winslow

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:55 pm
by kantuckyII
John Grisham's non-fiction 'The Innocent Man' is an excellent read. The next time you hear someone say, 'I know they're guilty, lock em' up and toss away the key' you should point them to this book which tells about one man's incredible nightmare of being convicted of something he didn't do. Spending time in prison and being tormented by sadistic prison guards (which Grisham even list the guards' real names)

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:59 pm
by ManitouDan
7 events that made America America by John Schweikart from Dayton Ohio.

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:14 pm
by Bear
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Emperor Mollusk Versus The Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

just to list a few good reads.

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:23 pm
by ManitouDan
all Tess Gerrittsen medical murder books

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:49 pm
by abuck76
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond.................... :12224

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:28 am
by BubbleGumTiger
Babe: The Legend Comes to Life............. Robert Creamer (1974)

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:11 pm
by caglewis
abuck76 wrote:Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond.................... :12224
Absolutely agree! An important book on all counts. Interesting, enjoyable, informative!!

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:03 pm
by caglewis
ManitouDan wrote:all Tess Gerrittsen medical murder books
Her books are the basis for the "Rizzoli and Isles" TV shows. I've read and watched both.
They're good, but I like the Patricia Cornwell/Kay Scarpetti medical examiner series better.

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:45 pm
by ManitouDan
Read one of Cornwell's last week , my first... pretty good . a couple of Tess's were far above the others " The surgeon " and "The apprentice " were very good

At the request on here I read " The Innocent man" by Grisham the past 2 days.... pretty good read . sad commentary on our justice and penal systems .... terrible !

Starting a book from Savages author Don Wilslow this weekend ... I liked Savages but all his fans thought it was far below his earlier work " The Power of the Dog " I'll start it tommorrow MD

Re: Books You would Recommend

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:15 pm
by caglewis
Have any of you ever watched "Longmire" on A & E TV? I thought it was pretty good - I learned it was based on books written by Craig Johnson about Sheriff Walt Longmire in a western state - much like Joe Pickett series written by C. J. Box. BOOKS are always BETTER in my estimation. Occasionally some talented people translate books WELL to film - movies/TV - but rarely.
My library [Briggs in Ironton] had very few of these books - but they "borrowed" them for me from Jackson, Athens, McCarthur, et al libraries - and that's what I'm reading right now. I have to do it quickly because I have to get them right back - after all - they're double borrowed.