BB.com book club

[Jaescrub]

Hey every one thought I would start a post or all my fellow book nerds. So post up anything about authors, books you like, don't like or want to read. I'll start with my Fav Author Christopher Moore I own all of his books! He is a very smart and funny author he is hard to explain but for anyone wanting a crazy story with silly lol "for real you will Lol reading and look like a loon" some of his books are best read in order. So you can look that up or ask me and I'll be more then happy to point you in the right starting points. I can even go into depth of what his books are about in later post if any one wants to ask about one of his books.

[DLP]

Jasper Fforde is hilarious is you can live with completely literary mixups

I'm a Mercedes Lackey fan myself (especially her Herald's of Valdemar Chronicles).

On the Sci-Fi side of things - Robert A. Heinlein comes to mind as one of my all time favorites. Mix in a little Orson Scott Card, Spider Robinson, Robert Aspirin, Larry Niven, Alan Dean Foster, Philip Jose' Farmer, Piers Anthony, .... well okay the list goes on and on

[classygranny]

I've recently become a big James Patterson fan. I think it is because he writes most of his books with very short chapters. I am not a disciplined reader and hate to stop reading anywhere except at the end of the chapter (if I can't finish the whole book) and he fits that bill. If you know of any books that fit this bill (or shorter books-read in one session) I would be interested.

I think that is why I spend so much time reading the old threads on the boards and all of the "knowledge" articles I can find online. No interruptions, as it seems my time for reading has diminished drastically over the last few years.

Vacation is next week, so today-tomorrow, I am on a quest to find Mark Baker's Game Changer so I can take it in while relaxing. I usually get two or three good books in on a vacation.

[the_halfie]

My absolute favorite author would have to be Frank Herbert. Absolutely LOVED the Dune series of books, and even enjoyed the book "House Harkonnen" written by his son Brian Herbert (I believe Kevin Anderson co-wrote it). I will eventually have to go out and snag ALL of the Dune books written by both Frank and Brian Herbert as it is my favorite series.

I must also admit I do enjoy Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum's books as well. The Jansen Directive being my favorite book by Robert Ludlum, and Patriot Games being my favorite by Tom Clancy (as it's the first Clancy book I've ever read).

For the fantasy side of things I enjoyed Chrisopher Paolini's Eragon and Eldest (still need to read Brisingr and Inheritance) and who read and didn't enjoy some of R.A. Salvatore's works especially with his skillful Drow Drizzt Do'Urden? Pretty funny to me how a support character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy ended up becoming the most popular character in the series lol.

[DLP]

From Salvatore - I was more of a fan of the Cleric Quintet series. The Drizzt books I read were an ok read, but you are right, there is a certain level of irony tied to the fact that a supporting character ended up being the most popular.

Since both hubby and I play World of Warcraft, we read the books that are written to support the lore and the backstory of the world. Well, he reads them, I usually just here the details The long drawn out, gory, details....

[the_halfie]

DLP good stuff. I used to play WoW a few years back, and honestly the only reason I gave it a shot was because I used to be a diehard Warcraft 1 and 2 fan lol. The lore is pretty indepth, and its absolutely crazy how long they've been running it.

[DLP]

ClassyGranny - thanks for the bowling book idea!! Found it on kindle much less than in paperback. Sounds like I'm up for some casual reading over the 4th

[Jaescrub]

was going to pick up a horror book on vacation but the book store I looked at did not have it so I just stuck with re reading Fluke. On a side note I'm starting some cool threads around here

[DLP]

I haven't read any good horror in years! I used to be a big Clive Barker and Stephen King fan but really haven't been into it much. Though I will say I'm always up for a good re-read of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, but I wouldn't necessarily call those horror.

I want page turning, keep me awake at night hide under the bed with my bowling ball type of horror... any ideas?

[Jaescrub]

Ha ha ha no the only Horror books I have under my belt are two zombie books call the rising and city of the dead by Brian Kean, Cell by Mr. King, and Bentley Littels the resort that was the book I looked for on vacation but did not find :/ really I read a lot of off beat books that's why I read the Christopher Moore books. His books are very funny and done in away that makes you really Lol. but you will be sad you won’t ever be able to quote his works in normal conversation. For example I would love to be able to say.
“Shoes off in the whale! And don’t try and make a break for the anus.” in a convo, but I don’t think there will ever be a time when it’ll be useful and/or needed.