Naturalhoosier Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 I’m reading The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman. It’s pretty interesting about the events from the 90s that have shaped our culture today. Music, sports, movies, politics, etc. Highly recommended. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Not necessarily my favorite book or anything, but I just finished the second book in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy - The Crossing. Man, that was tough read on the subway to finish. Was worried about the horse. And what about the dog??? Thought I was going to start crying like a little bitch about the horse. WAs really a great book, but emotionally draining for an animal lover for sure. Any other fans of those books. I’m about to start the first one, which I’ve also never read. All the Pretty Horses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Lostin76 said: Not necessarily my favorite book or anything, but I just finished the second book in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy - The Crossing. Man, that was tough read on the subway to finish. Was worried about the horse. And what about the dog??? Thought I was going to start crying like a little bitch about the horse. WAs really a great book, but emotionally draining for an animal lover for sure. Any other fans of those books. I’m about to start the first one, which I’ve also never read. All the Pretty Horses. I cry about horses too, brother...Every time I look at my bank statement (J/K ) Edited February 1, 2023 by IUFLA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 20 minutes ago, IUFLA said: I cry about horses too, brother...Every time I look at my bank statement (J/K ) Ha, I wondered if you would surface here. But man, this book made me really invested in the old horse Nino. Don’t want to give any spoilers in case people have not read though. BUT the Border Trilogy is probably some of the best Westerns I’ve read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Lostin76 said: Ha, I wondered if you would surface here. But man, this book made me really invested in the old horse Nino. Don’t want to give any spoilers in case people have not read though. BUT the Border Trilogy is probably some of the best Westerns I’ve read. Did you ever hear of this guy? My daughter trained under Harry deLeyer's son when we first moved here... Awesome story that any animal lover would like... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Give me some homework 📄 playing trivia at books 📕 & brew 🍺 Thursday…. Cheep used books and great beer I’ll look back through the thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 10/12/2022 at 10:05 PM, 5fouls said: My 3 favorite standalone books of his are A Dangerous Fortune (which you reference) Night Over Water A Place Called Freedom Eye of the Needle is his best-known stand-alone book and is very good as well. Some of his other stand-alone efforts are mediocre. I’ll look for these 3 plus If I never get back random walk down Wall Street Onion field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naturalhoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 19 hours ago, Lostin76 said: Not necessarily my favorite book or anything, but I just finished the second book in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy - The Crossing. Man, that was tough read on the subway to finish. Was worried about the horse. And what about the dog??? Thought I was going to start crying like a little bitch about the horse. WAs really a great book, but emotionally draining for an animal lover for sure. Any other fans of those books. I’m about to start the first one, which I’ve also never read. All the Pretty Horses. Is The Road part of this trilogy? I read that but didn’t realize it was part of a set (if it is). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 19 hours ago, IUFLA said: Did you ever hear of this guy? My daughter trained under Harry deLeyer's son when we first moved here... Awesome story that any animal lover would like... No, but what a cool story. Rags to riches indeed. 27 minutes ago, Naturalhoosier said: Is The Road part of this trilogy? I read that but didn’t realize it was part of a set (if it is). It’s not. The Border Trilogy is the following: All the Pretty Horses The Crossing Cities of the Plain Like you, I had read The Road, but had never read these books for some reason. Highly recommended so far. Like I said, the second one (the Crossing) was a heck of a gut punch at the end. Still can’t stop thinking about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naturalhoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Lostin76 said: No, but what a cool story. Rags to riches indeed. It’s not. The Border Trilogy is the following: All the Pretty Horses The Crossing Cities of the Plain Like you, I had read The Road, but had never read these books for some reason. Highly recommended so far. Like I said, the second one (the Crossing) was a heck of a gut punch at the end. Still can’t stop thinking about it. Good to know. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Just finished both the latest Grisham book, Boys from Biloxi and the latest Baldacci book, Long Shadows which is the 7th in the Amos Decker series. Love both writers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naturalhoosier Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 12 hours ago, Steubenhoosier said: Just finished both the latest Grisham book, Boys from Biloxi and the latest Baldacci book, Long Shadows which is the 7th in the Amos Decker series. Love both writers I’ve read the Decker series. He needs to put that one to bed. I enjoy it but it’s run it’s course. The last few books have hinted at closure but never quite gets there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just finished Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. The book the movie and TV show Shooter is based on. Thought it was good enough to order the rest of the Bob Lee Swagger books. Reading Bad Luck and Trouble now. Another Reacher book. About 100 pages in and shaping up to be my favorite so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just finished Never Far Away by Bloomington native Michael Koryta. He really excels at character development. Dax Blackwell, who he introduced in If She Wakes and brings back in Never Far Away is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. He has written great stories in both the Thriller and Supernatural genres, including one set in French Lick (So Cold the River). His books Those Who Wish Me Dead (starring Angelina Jolie) and So Cold the River had been made into movies. https://www.michaelkoryta.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 17, 2023 Report Share Posted March 17, 2023 Finished Bad Luck and Trouble which was pretty good. Just finished Black Light by Stephen Hunter. Thought the story was much better than Point of Impact but the language could be a bit rough, though not heavy in profanity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoyeCowbell Posted March 17, 2023 Report Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 11:21 AM, Lostin76 said: No, but what a cool story. Rags to riches indeed. It’s not. The Border Trilogy is the following: All the Pretty Horses The Crossing Cities of the Plain Like you, I had read The Road, but had never read these books for some reason. Highly recommended so far. Like I said, the second one (the Crossing) was a heck of a gut punch at the end. Still can’t stop thinking about it. I love the Border Trilogy. He is such a good and devastating writer. Obviously NCfOM is fantastic (coincidentally, the movie is probably my favorite of all time). Have you checked out Blood Meridian? Soooooo good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted March 17, 2023 Report Share Posted March 17, 2023 45 minutes ago, MoyeCowbell said: I love the Border Trilogy. He is such a good and devastating writer. Obviously NCfOM is fantastic (coincidentally, the movie is probably my favorite of all time). Have you checked out Blood Meridian? Soooooo good. I just started the last of the trilogy - Cities of the Plain. And it’s pretty cool that the two main characters from the first two books are in it. I’m still kind of scarred from ending of Book Two with the Billy Parnham and the dog. That was rough. I have a copy of Blood Meridian that I’m going to read next. There’s just something so compelling about the sparse dialog and the back and forth between characters. That and the descriptions of the land they are passing through. Really great stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 I was probably a bit too young to fully understand Tom Clancy books when I first read them. I never read them all so started with a new to me one. Without Remorse so far has been a pretty good read. But other than a couple character names the movie is a completely different story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 4 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: I was probably a bit too young to fully understand Tom Clancy books when I first read them. I never read them all so started with a new to me one. Without Remorse so far has been a pretty good read. But other than a couple character names the movie is a completely different story. I read one of the early Clancy books back when it first came out. It was a little too technical for me at the time and I've never gone back to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I read one of the early Clancy books back when it first came out. It was a little too technical for me at the time and I've never gone back to them. A lot of his books tie in current events too. Probably easier to understand now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: I was probably a bit too young to fully understand Tom Clancy books when I first read them. I never read them all so started with a new to me one. Without Remorse so far has been a pretty good read. But other than a couple character names the movie is a completely different story. I started reading Clancy when I was in Greenland... When I got back home I read through "Without Remorse" because my wife would buy them as presents... We both started college around that time, so I had enough reading from that to keep me busy 🙂 Edited March 25, 2023 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) I get bored reading a book series straight through so I like to switch it up. I found this today, A War Too Far: A Vietnam War Novel (The Airmen Series Book 1) by David Corley. It begins with the OSS in Vietnam at the end of WW2. Its historical fiction but now has me wanting to learn some Vietnam war history I'm not familiar with. What would I do without Amazon Kindle? Edited April 1, 2023 by mrflynn03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: What would I do without Amazon Kindle? I've never gone electronic. I still have to hold the book. I prefer the smaller paperback size to hardbacks and large paperbacks. Frustrating because those are becoming less and less common. Part of the allure for me is actually going to the bookstore and browsing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I've never gone electronic. I still have to hold the book. I prefer the smaller paperback size to hardbacks and large paperbacks. Frustrating because those are becoming less and less common. Part of the allure for me is actually going to the bookstore and browsing. I have both. Like you, I like having a book, something about the smell and feel of it. I also, prefer paperback. Easier to handle and can fit in a back pocket. The benefit of electronic for me is storage space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 I just finished Scott Turow's newest book, Suspect. Main character is the granddaughter of his best character, Sandy Stern who was played so well by the late Raul Julia in some of the movies made from his books. Not as good as the earlier books, but still worth the time if you like the author. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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