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smoker guy · 05-31-2011, 08:09 AM

Wow, just finished reading ray bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I must say what a great book it is. I polsihed this one off in about a day's time, not because of the thinness of the book, but because it held me captive. I wish I had read this a long time ago as I always planned. To say that this book mirrors some of today's society would almost be an understatement. Its scary to think that someday something of this nature could happen...scary

***nettiesaur*** · 05-31-2011, 04:43 PM

(05-31-2011 08:09 AM)smoker guy Wrote: Wow, just finished reading ray bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I must say what a great book it is. I polsihed this one off in about a day's time, not because of the thinness of the book, but because it held me captive. I wish I had read this a long time ago as I always planned. To say that this book mirrors some of today's society would almost be an understatement. Its scary to think that someday something of this nature could happen...scary

I felt that way when I finally read it last year. The things that go on now are so close to what he described in the book.

smoker guy · 05-31-2011, 08:32 PM

(05-31-2011 04:43 PM)nettiesaur Wrote:
(05-31-2011 08:09 AM)smoker guy Wrote: Wow, just finished reading ray bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I must say what a great book it is. I polsihed this one off in about a day's time, not because of the thinness of the book, but because it held me captive. I wish I had read this a long time ago as I always planned. To say that this book mirrors some of today's society would almost be an understatement. Its scary to think that someday something of this nature could happen...scary

I felt that way when I finally read it last year. The things that go on now are so close to what he described in the book.

Gonna start another book I always wanted to read tomorrow, To Kill A Mockingbird. Would start tonight, but after a 232 mile motorcycle ride in gusty winds thru central Iowa I'm a bit too tired to. Wink

***RN-PRN*** · 06-01-2011, 05:19 AM

(05-31-2011 08:32 PM)smoker guy Wrote:
(05-31-2011 04:43 PM)nettiesaur Wrote:
(05-31-2011 08:09 AM)smoker guy Wrote: Wow, just finished reading ray bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I must say what a great book it is. I polsihed this one off in about a day's time, not because of the thinness of the book, but because it held me captive. I wish I had read this a long time ago as I always planned. To say that this book mirrors some of today's society would almost be an understatement. Its scary to think that someday something of this nature could happen...scary

I felt that way when I finally read it last year. The things that go on now are so close to what he described in the book.
Gonna start another book I always wanted to read tomorrow, To Kill A Mockingbird. Would start tonight, but after a 232 mile motorcycle ride in gusty winds thru central Iowa I'm a bit too tired to.

I just read To Kill a Mockingbird this winter. Never read it before, but was helping my oldest in English so I thought it might be a good idea to have a clue what he was talking about. Good book.

***Bageleth*** · 06-01-2011, 09:45 AM

(06-01-2011 05:19 AM)RN-PRN Wrote:
(05-31-2011 08:32 PM)smoker guy Wrote:
(05-31-2011 04:43 PM)nettiesaur Wrote:
(05-31-2011 08:09 AM)smoker guy Wrote: Wow, just finished reading ray bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and I must say what a great book it is. I polsihed this one off in about a day's time, not because of the thinness of the book, but because it held me captive. I wish I had read this a long time ago as I always planned. To say that this book mirrors some of today's society would almost be an understatement. Its scary to think that someday something of this nature could happen...scary

I felt that way when I finally read it last year. The things that go on now are so close to what he described in the book.
Gonna start another book I always wanted to read tomorrow, To Kill A Mockingbird. Would start tonight, but after a 232 mile motorcycle ride in gusty winds thru central Iowa I'm a bit too tired to.

I just read To Kill a Mockingbird this winter. Never read it before, but was helping my oldest in English so I thought it might be a good idea to have a clue what he was talking about. Good book.

I bought that book at a used bookstore a few months ago. Now that I'm unpacked from moving and I just finished another book, I should start reading this one. I've never read it nor have I seen the movie.

**BrianW** · 06-01-2011, 11:22 AM

(05-25-2011 07:39 PM)Gungawoman Wrote: I like the idea of audio books. He has such a nice voice.

Anyone read "On the Beach" by Neville Schute? Without giving away a great ending, it's about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Very suspenseful.

One of my favorite books. Forced to read it in HS; I skimmed it, then went back after college and devoured it. I hand sell it at the store. There apparently is a B&W movie version starring Gregory Peck. Not seen by me.

**Gungawoman** · 06-01-2011, 02:11 PM

(06-01-2011 11:22 AM)BrianW Wrote:
(05-25-2011 07:39 PM)Gungawoman Wrote: I like the idea of audio books. He has such a nice voice.

Anyone read "On the Beach" by Neville Schute? Without giving away a great ending, it's about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Very suspenseful.

One of my favorite books. Forced to read it in HS; I skimmed it, then went back after college and devoured it. I hand sell it at the store. There apparently is a B&W movie version starring Gregory Peck. Not seen by me.

Isn't it funny how we go back and read the books we were forced to read in high school, and only now realize how good they were???? I haven't seen the movie either.

**Scythe Matters** · 06-02-2011, 02:37 AM

I'm reading John Irving's A Widow For One Year, which I found in Goodwill and Bubba's latest book (the latter I'm reading aloud so Hubby and I can both enjoy it). But last week I ordered the entire series of Homicide: Life On The Streets on DVD (for about $63!!) which has been a favorite show of mine since it premiered. That led me to get David Simon's book, which the show is based upon, on my Kindle. I am also reading that. I also got 2 new books on my Kindle: one is about 80's songs and the other is about the Mob and Hollywood. Oh yes, also bought Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates at B&N (I finished her Unfamiliar Fishes last week). So I'm backlogged for a bit.

VincentUlyssis · 06-10-2011, 01:17 PM

I highly recommend ATLAS SHRUGGED! Finally finished it after seven months. Excellent overall.

SpaceCadet · (This post was last modified: 06-11-2011 12:51 PM by SpaceCadet.)

(06-10-2011 01:17 PM)VincentUlyssis Wrote: I highly recommend ATLAS SHRUGGED! Finally finished it after seven months. Excellent overall.

Excellent - someone who reads as slowly as me! Big Grin

Actually I think it took me over a year the first time, because I was basically savoring every sentence. Guitarist Paul Gilbert once described Atlas as "all meat and no fat" - I agree fully, and the analogy to a "feast" is apt.

I'm eagerly awaiting the release of "Hunter," a first-novel thriller by Robert Bidinotto (another lifelong Rand Brat,) who stepped down from his post as editor of The New Individualist magazine to devote himself to fiction writing. Bidinotto is the guy who turned me onto Lee Child's phenomenal Jack Reacher novels and Robert Crais similarly-excellent and frequently hilarious Elvis Cole detective novels, so I expect great things from him.

I have about fifty pages left of Rogue Warrior Richard Marcinko's lackluster "Vengeance" to plow through and John S. Lewis' nonfictional "Mining the Sky," which ought to fit perfectly - "Hunter" is due in the Nook and Kindle downloads in a couple of weeks, with the trade paper versions ready maybe another week after that. Color me psyched.
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